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Debates of May 28th, 1999
House of Commons Hansard #233 of the 36th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was amendments.
- Points Of Order
- Criminal Code
- Jack Wells
- Nanoose Bay
- Lord Strathcona Horse
- Medical Research Council
- The Family
- School Bus Safety
- Astronaut Julie Payette
- Windsor And Essex County
- Port Authority Boards
- Riding Of Brome—Missisquoi
- The Balkans
- The Environment
- Premier Of Ontario
- Industry Canada
- Gasoline Pricing
- Public Works Canada
- Centre De Recherche En Infectiologie
- The Economy
- Foreign Affairs
- Publishing Industry
- Immigration
- Justice
- National Defence
- Tainted Blood
- Publishing Industry
- Tainted Blood
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Radio-Canada
- Publishing Industry
- Customs Act
- Publishing Industry
- Agriculture
- Finance
- Justice
- Water Contamination
- Canadian Grain Commission
- Devco
- Agriculture
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Universities
- Pensions
- Fisheries
- National Revenue
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Points Of Order
- Land Claim Agreements
- Government Response To Petitions
- Canadian Brides
- Committees Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Criminal Code
- Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Act
- Criminal Code
Astronaut Julie Payette
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Odina Desrochers Lotbinière, QC
Mr. Speaker, like many Quebecers, it was with much pride and emotion that I watched the space shuttle Discovery head skyward yesterday with Quebec's first female astronaut, Julie Payette, on board.
Space has fed the imaginations of many adolescents. Like many others, I dreamed of seeing a launch.
By taking her place on board Discovery , the astronaut from Quebec is not just realizing her dream, but is ensuring that her name will go down in history.
Over the next ten days Julie will help to assemble the international space station.
Yesterday morning, I relived the strong emotions I felt 17 years ago, on June 27, 1982, when I had the opportunity of being at the Kennedy Space Centre for the launch of the fourth Columbia mission.
Bravo Julie. All of Quebec is behind her and our thoughts are with her in this adventure which transforms imagination into reality.
Windsor And Essex County
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Rick Limoges Windsor—St. Clair, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to tell everyone a little about Windsor and Essex county. We are the automotive capital of Canada and the birthplace of Hiram Walker's and Canadian Club whiskey that has made Canadian distillers respected the world over.
We boast the busiest border crossing in North America and enjoy a larger GNP than seven of Canada's provinces.
Casino Windsor has not only turned into one of the area's largest employers, it is also Canada's biggest tourist attraction.
Visitors can enjoy a "Two Nation Vacation", by taking the 10 minute drive across our friendly border. Visitors can experience major league sports or world class arts and entertainment and easily return to Canada for an evening stroll in our lovely riverfront parks or a meal in one of our numerous and delightful restaurants and bistros.
I could go on and on. Suffice it to say that we welcome visitors from all over to join us in Windsor and Essex County for a vacation they will not forget even if they do not win big at the casino.
Port Authority Boards
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Lee Morrison Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK
Mr. Speaker, patronage appointments to the new port authorities are getting completely out of hand. We are not naive on this side of the House. We do expect a little bit of this stuff. However, there must surely be somebody out there, who is not a Liberal, who could chair one of the new port authorities. He does not have to be a well known Liberal operator like Mel Woodward or Merv Russell for example.
I have a news flash. Patrick Wong, former member of the Fraser River Harbour Commission and an executive of the B.C. Liberal Party, has been appointed to the Fraser River Port Authority Board and is now the chairman. In 1996 and 1997 he and his accounting firm donated $5,380 to the Liberal Party.
The creation of new port authorities was supposed to take politics out of the ports, but the slimy dance continues.
Riding Of Brome—Missisquoi
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Denis Paradis Brome—Missisquoi, QC
Mr. Speaker, big things are happening in Brome—Missisquoi.
In the last election campaign, I made a commitment to promote cross-border shopping in our area by our American neighbours. A new magazine, The Shopper , will be distributed in Vermont twice a month to encourage shoppers to come to Brome—Missisquoi.
Vermont, which is located right next to my riding, offers a highly attractive market for our businesses. I thank Economic Development Canada for its contribution to this extraordinary project.
Congratulations to all the people in Magog, Bromont, Farnham, Bedford and Knowlton who have made this shopping guide possible. It will be launched officially at the end of this month.
Welcome to all the U.S. shoppers who will be coming into our area. Welcome to Brome-Missisquoi, fellow Americans.
The Balkans
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, the humanitarian crisis in the Balkans has escalated to the breaking point. In recent days the Yugoslav army has stepped up its cleansing activities and ethnic Albanians are again flocking to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.
I have just returned from Macedonia where as many as 10,000 people a day, 500 people per hour, are flooding across the border and into refugee camps that are already bursting at the seams. Imagine a fenced gravel compound no bigger than the parking lot of a shopping centre housing 30,000 people or more with no cooking facilities, the barest of sanitation and as many as 20 people to a tent.
The very old and the very young are already at risk from the extreme heat of the summers in that region and relief workers are even more concerned at the prospects this winter.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is calling for donor countries to host many more of these refugees in a humanitarian evacuation program. Canada is hosting 5,000 currently. There is an urgent need in the Balkans to do much more. I believe we could double or triple our commitment.
The Environment
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Jocelyne Girard-Bujold Jonquière, QC
Mr. Speaker, we now have the first portrait of the agro-environmental situation on Quebec farms.
The participation rate of 88%, representing 20,360 operations, makes it an extensive and valuable survey. This project, an initiative of the Union des producteurs agricoles made possible through the co-operation of many partners, is a first in Quebec and in North America.
The high rate of participation by farmers is an indication of their wish to help protect the environment and to make changes in their daily practices.
The next step will be to analyse the data collected and produce regional and sectoral portraits, which will give us a baseline and help identify future priorities.
I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the agricultural sector and all stakeholders in Quebec's agri-food sector on this initiative aimed at building a healthy environment for sustainable growth.
Premier Of Ontario
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Eugène Bellemare Carleton—Gloucester, ON
Mr. Speaker, with an election campaign in full swing, Ontario's premier, Mike Harris, says that Franco-Ontarians in the Ottawa region are living in the past in their efforts to keep the Montfort hospital open.
This is the same Mr. Harris I ran across in Montreal during Quebec's last referendum. He was there to show that he cared about Quebec's francophones. Today he is bent on destroying the only French language teaching hospital in his province.
This is a strange way of promoting the future of Franco-Ontarians and Canadian unity.
Industry Canada
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Progressive Conservative
Peter MacKay Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, NS
Mr. Speaker, HRDC is not the only department running afoul of the information commissioner. For over three years Industry Canada has refused to explain why it ignored its own published rules in the awarding of digital PCS licences.
One of the unsuccessful bidders, TeleZone Inc. of Toronto, tried to find answers through the Access to Information Act. Industry Canada's stonewalling led the information commissioner to conclude that the department had wrongfully denied TeleZone's request for information.
Consequently, the Federal Court of Canada is now reviewing the industry minister's refusal to act upon the recommendations of the information commissioner.
Meanwhile TeleZone has launched a $250 million civil lawsuit against the Government of Canada which will no doubt result in lengthy litigation.
If PCS licensing decisions in 1995 can bear public scrutiny, why is the Minister of Industry refusing to listen to the information commissioner? Is there a political angle? Will taxpayers be left holding the bag for Liberal incompetence again and again?
Gasoline Pricing
Statements By Members
May 28th, 1999 / 11:10 a.m.
Mauril Bélanger Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Speaker, constituents of mine are contacting me to complain about gasoline prices and their wild fluctuations in our region.
Earlier this month, the people of Ottawa went to bed with gasoline retailing at 46.9 cents a litre. The next morning when they woke up pretty well every station was retailing gasoline at 57.9 cents a litre, an increase of 11 cents overnight.
Good morning, Ottawa, compliments of your favourite retail or wholesale gas company.
What on earth could possibly happen during the night to cause all gasoline retailers in this region to increase overnight their prices in the same amounts? With examples such as this one, how can one not think that they are on the losing end of unsavoury practices?
My constituents and I would be curious to hear the explanations of the gasoline retailers or the large gasoline companies. How do they explain these overnight massive increases?
Public Works Canada
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Keith Martin Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
Mr. Speaker, in my riding of Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca Public Works Canada, through this Liberal government, is ripping off the taxpayers of Esquimalt.
Public Works has deliberately changed the values of government lands causing them to be undervalued deliberately. This is causing a great deal of problems in my riding. They are saying that CFB Esquimalt is going to be closing in three years. That is news to everyone but the people in my riding.
This has resulted in an increase in municipal taxes of 8% within one year by virtue of the government yanking away grants in lieu of taxes, which it did within a couple of months. This is grossly unfair. It has resulted in an 8% increase in municipal taxes. The municipality cannot balance its budget in that period of time.
The feds need to give the municipalities at least a one year notice. It needs to value the land fairly on the basis of what the B.C. assessment has done and stop trying to rip off the taxpayer in another way.
Centre De Recherche En Infectiologie
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Hélène Alarie Louis-Hébert, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw attention to the excellent work done by the Quebec research team under Dr. Michel Bergeron, the director of the microbiology division, and the Centre de recherche en infectiologie at Laval University.
Through recent discoveries, such as DNA based tests permitting the identification of bacteria in under an hour instead of 48 hours, we have entered a new age in medicine.
We are therefore now able to process in record time and very precisely a vast number of analyses and create new, very specific tests.
By way of example, in veterinary medicine they are now able to identify very quickly the bacteria causing mastitis in cows, do transgenic tests and xenogeneic grafts. In the near future, a standard kit that will quickly indicate whether an infection is of a bacterial origin will be one of the instruments developed by this team.
Congratulations to all the researchers and to the directors of the Centre de recherche en infectiologie at Laval University, a real jewel in international medicine.
The Economy
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Chuck Strahl Fraser Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, evidence continues to pour in that Canadians are getting to keep less and less of their hard earned income. Today Statistics Canada says once again this year that their take home pay has been reduced because the finance minister continues to gouge more and more tax dollars out of their pockets.
It is even worse when we compare it to an American family. The average Canadian family takes home $28,000 less than its American counterpart. Why does the finance minister think that he has the right to demand more from Canadian families than ever before?
The Economy
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Paul Martin Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, again one might ask the Reform Party member to quote from the entire study.
It also showed that average hourly earnings for employees is up 1.4% from last March. It showed that employment increased this March as employers added 38,000 additional workers to their payrolls. I would suggest that the whole study be examined.
The Economy
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Chuck Strahl Fraser Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, I wish we could get some good news from that, but regardless of those facts average families get to take home less money than they did a year ago. Their savings accounts are cleaned out. They are cashing in their RRSPs. They do not get to take home as much money as they used to.
The president of the chamber of commerce says that politicians have a keen interest in muddying the debate on tax relief just to justify their increased spending. That is what the finance minister is doing.
Why do the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance think the money of Canadian families is better off in the government coffers than in their own pockets to look after their own families?
The Economy
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Paul Martin Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, in his preamble the hon. member said that Canadians want some good news. Well, let us give them good news.
Retail sales in the month of March were up 1.1%. Nominal merchandise exports are up. The fact is our trade surplus is up. The OECD expects Canada to have the second highest growth in 1999 and the highest growth of all G-7 countries in the year 2000.
I will go on, but I know you may cut me off, Mr. Speaker. Manufacturing shipments were up 2% in March. There is a whole list of good news and that is a—


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Social aspect of activity stimuli is related to positive affect in persons with Alzheimer's disease
- Department Human Development (0416), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- Correspondence to Shannon E Jarrott
Department Human Development (0416), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; sjarrott{at}vt.edu
Implications for nursing practice
■ Social stimuli, including simulated stimuli, generate the most positive affect among persons with moderate to severe dementia compared with various other types of stimuli.
■ Nursing home residents with Alzheimer's benefit from increased pleasure and interest during activities that involve social stimuli, particularly when it reflects their self-identity.
Implications for nursing research
■ There is a need to extend current findings by determining how to sustain mean levels of positive affect over extended periods during the day.
■ Techniques to effectively deliver social stimuli to small groups need further evaluation as most facilities cannot offer one-on-one programming.
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From time to time on these here threads we've quibbled about the best QB of all time.
Well, you're lookin' at him. Just needs to put in a few more years cause:
He throws the slant better than anyone.
He throws the back shoulder better than anyone.
He throws the seams better than anyone.
He's the best deep ball thrower in the league - and this includes the three different versions he's the best at.
He's BY FAR the best third down playmaker in the game.
He's BY FAR the best red zone QB in the game (Never saw a guy make the correct throw every time in the red zone - not only player, but whether to throw the fade w/air, whether to throw it with enough juice that the DB can't turn his head.)
He's the best guy in the game when the pocket breaks down.
And, he's by far the best progression QB I've seen. Man, is that game moving SLOW for him.
He' don't turn it over
Intangibly fantastic. Christ, he can roll out and chuck it 50 without his pulse rate going up.
Teams like the Jets are wastin' their time, cause if you can't hang 30 on them, you're not beating them.
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Les 400 Coups
Rating: 3 out of 4
400 Notre-Dame St. W. (corner Bonsecours St.)
Phone: 514-985-0400
Open: Friday lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; dinner Tues. and Wed. 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Thurs.-Sat. to 11 p.m.
Website: www.les400coups.ca
Wheelchair access: Yes
Reservations: Essential
Cards: Major cards
Vegetarian friendly: Yes
Parking: On surrounding streets
Price range: Starters: $10-$15; main courses $21-$30; desserts $10. Tasting menu: $65.
MONTREAL - Les 400 Coups is probably the restaurant getting the lion's share of buzz in the city right now. The lead-up to its opening in January was the topic on every foodie's lips. The chefs involved, Marc-Andre Jetté and Patrice Demers, are well-known to Montreal gourmets. Both have cooked – together and apart – in many of the city's top restaurants.
Demers came onto the scene nine years ago as the original pastry chef of Outremont's Leméac. Soon after, he became a chef-partner at Les Chèvres, and then in 2007, headed to Laloux, where he continued to wow with plated desserts that were not only sophisticated looks-wise, but flavour-wise. With two cookbooks to his name and a TV show, Les Desserts de Patrice, this 31-year-old is a definite player on the Québécois food scene.
Jetté's star is rising as well. I first tasted his modern Mediterranean cuisine at Le F in Outremont and later enjoyed his clean and elegant cooking when he arrived at Laloux in 2008. Less than two years ago, Jetté and Demers left Laloux and headed downtown to Newtown.
As much as the Demers-Jetté duo shone at Laloux, it faded at Newtown, where the cavernous, contemporary setting seemed to suck the personality out of their pretty plates. Can't say I was surprised last summer when I heard they'd be leaving.
These boys have jumped ship often in the past five years. But ship-jumping is common these days, as talented chefs are short on patience when it comes to finding an establishment with the right fit, be it for a salary increase, a partnership deal, a more desirable location or a different style of cuisine. What was especially intriguing this time was that sommelier (and Demers's girlfriend) Marie-Josée Beaudoin was leaving Newtown with them to become a partner in their own new restaurant, Les 400 Coups.
So we meet once again, in this swish new space with high ceilings, cushy window-side banquettes, a handsome bar and bare wood tables. There's a lot of black going on here, as in black chairs, a black ceiling and black walls adorned with huge time-lapse pictures of Paris's St. Germain Blvd., with one image layered over another. I love the space, but what I really like about Les 400 Coups is Beaudoin. The cooks may get the attention at this new venture, but to me, she's the secret weapon.
Much about Montreal dining revolves around wine of late, and this lady gets that. Her wine list is full of hand-picked gems sold at very reasonable prices with an impressive selection of bottles under $60 and great by-the-glass offerings. Few are serving a wine as magnificent as Schueller Riesling by the glass in lunch time in Montreal, but that's just the wine she poured me on a Friday (the only day they serve lunch) in a room filled with many Montreal movers and shakers.
There are many good sommeliers in our city, but lately, the women, with their combination of charm and smarts, are the ones who impress me most.
As for the food, I can't say it started with much of a bang. My first dish was a simple salad that lacked a vinaigrette interesting enough to make the greens sing. The beat picked up with the next course, a luscious pasta plate of spelt linguine chock full of pudgy rock shrimp, bits of kale and cherry tomatoes that were bound together with a slick of urchin butter. Topped with a scattering of toasted bread crumbs, the taste and texture of this dish were bang-on.
I ended that lunch with two of Demers's desserts, a creamy-and-almondy thin cookie stack that went down in four crunchy bites, and a signature dessert known as "vert," a compelling mélange of apple granité served on a mound of white chocolate and yogurt, flavoured with pistachios and cilantro. As much as I loved this dessert, it had already wowed me at Newtown two years ago. So: good lunch but no fireworks.
Happily, there are many when I return to the restaurant for dinner a week later. Seated at a table near an open kitchen at the back of the dining room, it occurs to me that this is my sixth time reviewing Demers's work and my fourth time Jetté's. That might explain some of the slight reservations I have about their cuisine. My previous complaint was that tastes were sometimes too subtle. That's still a problem, as is the small portion size of many plates.
Though I'm impressed by the waiter who knows his menu well and again by Beaudoin, who brings us all sorts of interesting wines to sample, the first round of starters lacks punch. I begin with a yellow beet salad, layered with sliced radish, flavoured a smear of yogurt and yuzu and topped with fried marrow. The portion is so small that I coin the dish, "The anorexic's dream." But what bothers me more is that the beets taste earthy (make that muddy) and the fried marrow bits are blah.
A second appetizer is a pretty white-and-orange mix of scallop carpaccio, oranges, marinated carrots and trout roe. It's good, but far from exciting, and again, very small in portion size. Happily, the third appetizer, a flat round of beef carpaccio, scores. Pleasantly spicy, the raw round is topped with beads of anchovy cream, croutons and a quenelle of mustard ice cream. Here the flavours soar, and though again the portion is petite, the mix of flavours and textures are satisfying and the presentation is awesome. We're miles away from the classic bistro tartare here.
I'm pleased to see the main courses are more copious. A Gaspor pork duo made up of the loin and belly is lean and succulent on the loin side, and crisp and melting on the belly side. Good stuff. A dish of guinea hen from the "Petite Campagne farm," offers a generous portion of this elegant bird served with turnips and black chanterelle mushrooms. The flesh is perfectly moist and the skin's ideally crisp and golden. All good.
Hands down, the best main course is the sea bass. Served with slightly al-dente navy beans (I'll give that a pass), the fish came off the bones and skin in large juicy chunks. Even when expertly cooked, sea bass can be a bore. But this one benefits greatly from the mild curry emulsion served alongside. Brilliant.
Desserts end the meal on yet another high note. Of the three, my favourite comprises a diagonal of maple financier cake, caramelized banana, mango sorbet and passion fruit cream. Demers has a lovely way of arranging several small dessert elements across the plate, and it's a look I adore. Yet I'm not so wild about the a mess of powders on two plates such as the chocolate mousse with pear sorbet and a beige blizzard of caramelized hazelnut micro crumble. I know it's very avant-garde (or very El Bulli to be exact) but it's looks a fright and doesn't do the velvety chocolate mousse hidden underneath justice. Same goes for the yuzu cream with grapefruit, coconut, cashew and Thai basil. It's a fun dessert filled with interesting flavours and diverse textures, but those little piles of fine white powder on and around the creams and meringues look like something you could get arrested for enjoying.
Les 400 Coups offers a serious gourmet experience, yet the small portions left me wanting, which may seem petty considering prices here are low for the fine-dining scene (main courses are in the $20-range and at lunch three dishes will set you back a mere for $25). So kudos to the kitchen for producing such intricate, high-end cuisine. Yet a mere half hour after polishing off the last crumbs, I was already yearning for more.
Note: This review was originally published in 2011, and chef Marc-Andre Jette is no longer the chef. The current chef is Guillaume Cantin.


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St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Mar 29th · Mar 30th (2014)
Robby Gordon Formula Off-Road brings a new breed of off-road featuring live motorsports, bringing back what was once the concept of legendary racer Mickey Thompson. Robby Gordon's new concept of Formula Off-Road involves high-powered off-road trucks racing side-by-side on challenging dirt tracks consisting of huge jumps, crossovers and tight corners. Comprised of 12 heart-pounding races providing action in the greatest venues across North America. Professional drivers race for a huge Championship purse – the biggest in off-road today.


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Streamlined profile for runners and hikers who want a pack that gives you maximum range of motion—and also extends your range. Built around a 1.5L Antidote® reservoir, this minimalist pack also features storage for essentials like keys, trail map, phone or wallet—plus an easy-access pocket on the harness for your energy gel or phone. Air-mesh harness with adjustable sternum strap for snug comfort.
Reservoir Features: Antidote® 50 oz (1.5 L) Reservoir with 1/4 turn - easy open/close cap, lightweight fillport, low-profile design, patented Big Bite™ Valve, HydroGuard™ technology, PureFlow™ tube, easy-to-clean wide-mouth opening
Key Pack Features: Essentials pocket, front and back reflectivity, key clip
Designed to Carry: Trail map, snacks, phone, wallet, keys
CamelBak® Got Your Bak™ Guarantee: If we built it, we'll Bak it™ with our lifetime guarantee.
We recommend wiping your pack with a damp cloth to remove dirt. If the pack is extremely dirty and needs a deeper cleaning, soak it in cool or warm water with a very mild soap. Rinse the pack thoroughly with cool water. If soap residue remains in the fabric, it may create suds if exposed to water or sweat.
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The best way to care for your reservoir is to clean and dry it after every use, especially if you fill the reservoir with anything other than water. However, if a reservoir has not been cleaned after every use, and mold or discoloration develops:
1. Use hot water and a CamelBak Cleaning Tablet. Or use 2 tablespoons of baking soda or bleach instead of CamelBak Cleaning Tab. Mix the solution inside your reservoir and elevate the reservoir above the tube and Big Bite Valve. Pinch the bite valve, allowing the solution to flow into the drink tube and fill the bite valve.
2. Let the reservoir and cleaning solution sit in the reservoir and drink tube for about 30 minutes.
3. Wash the reservoir with hot water and mild soap. Be sure to completely rinse away the cleaning solution in the reservoir and drink tube before using again. You can also use CamelBak brushes from our Cleaning Kit to scrub your reservoir and drink tube. Brushes are the best way to ensure you are scrubbing all of the areas of the reservoir clean.
4. Once the reservoir is clean, be sure to air dry overnight so no moisture is trapped inside, which can cause mold to grow.
These steps will make your reservoir safe for use. If there are still spots left behind, these are permanent mold stains that may not be removable. However, your reservoir is still safe and usable after you've cleaned it.
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Great for running
By dme614
from Cleveland, OH
About Me Avid Adventurer
Comments about CamelBak Dart™ - Discontinued:
First off I need to have water when I go for a run. I wanted something cheap, easy to use, and some way have it replaced if something happens. Where I live temporary's can get up to 90 degrees and feel like 100 at times. Well it is light and easy to get started with. I listen to my ipod on my runs and that is even easier to do now then ever before. I go on 4 to 13 miles with it and Im impress with how much water I still have left and not to mention cool. However, the down side is that reservoir tubes is not insulated and in order to get the tube I would have to buy a Quick Link Conversion Kit and then get the insulated tube. All together costing about 28 dollars more. I wish they sold the quick link with packs.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By M.C.
from Las Vegas, NV
About Me Casual/ Recreational
The pack is unstable when running. I added a second, lower strap across the front. Now it works great.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Great Pack
By Max
from Schenectady, NY
Went for a 13 mile training run for my first time out with it. Took about a mile to get the straps where they were comfortable and the pack didn't move. I wouldn't say you don't notice it's there, but it's comfortable and I was glad to have it long the way. I would say that it slowed down my pace by about 15 sec/mi.I'd like to see a second, lower strap for a bit more security and comfort. I'd also like to see the full Antidote pack and not a trimmed down version. The one that comes with the Dart doesn't have the drying arms, or the quick-connect. I'd pay a few extra bucks for these features.The pack has plenty of storage and is built to last. Overall - great minimalist product.
Perfect for 1/2 Marathon
By Run Dog 414
from Canton Ohio
Tried this for my first 1/2 marathon training when I got into the double digit runs. This pack is very comfortable and it is just the right size for those 8-12 mile runs. The zippered pocket on the back is great for keys or a phone. The pouch on the strap will hold two energy gels.This pack is a must if you want hands free, comfort and light weight. It stays in place nicely and after a while you do not realize its on. It truly made my first 10 mile run enjoyable.
Great trail running pack
By Lee
from Menlo Park, CA
I use this pack trail running in the SF Bay Area. Easily holds my wallet, power bar, whistle, emergency shelter, and keys. I attached a pocket to the shoulder straps to hold my cell/GPS. I previously used a Camelback fanny pack, but this has completely replaced that. Carries about the right amount of water for an couple hour run. I really like the feel (or lack thereof) and don't bother with the waist strap. The only improvement I'd suggest is addition of a small GPS/map pocket on the shoulder strap. But overall I love this pack. Highly recommended.
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Minimalist to a fault
By Ayla A
from Astoria, NY
I really wanted this to be the right product for me. The pack is slim, minimal, lightweight, easy to use. There is storage for cell phones, snacks or gel packs, mp3 players, keys, wallet - all of the essentials. There is a chest strap that fits and work well. However, I found this pack while searching for a hydration unit for middle to long distance running. That is how it is categorized and advertised. After 2 miles of running I had to stop and walk home. The pack bounces all over the place! What it really needs is a 2nd strap at diaphragm level. It's practically unusuable for running as it is now.
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MANKATO – Violet L. Bode, 100, of Mankato and formerly of Nicollet died Friday, January 4, 2013 at her home, Monarch Meadows, in North Mankato.
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She is survived by a son DeWayne Bode of Brainerd; a daughter, Judith Engelhart of Mankato; a daughter-in-law, Joyce Bode of Hutchinson; loving grandchildren, Dan (Bobbi) Bode, Cindy Porter, Pam Eliason, Rhonda (Joe) Feidt, Randy (Robin) Bode, Rene (Jim) Mosher, Den (Lori) Engelhart, Tracy Filand, Becky Schlup; eighteen great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; a namesake, Violet Enter; sisters-in-law, Myrtle Bode, Ardella Bruns, Lillian Gerlach, and Glenda Bode; and by several dear nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Alfred H. Bode in 1988; a son, Ronald Bode in 2006; a sister, Irene Hanson; by brothers Lloyd, Roy, and Ole Anderson; a son-in-law, David Engelhart in 2011; daughters-in-law, Glenda Bode in 2001 and Carlotta Pelava in 2002, and a great granddaughter Crystal Porter in 2000.
Violet L. Anderson, the daughter of Otto and Etta (Sheldon) Anderson was born on October 13, 1912 in Dows, Iowa. At the age of four she moved with her family to rural Mankato. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith in 1927. On August 8, 1935 Violet was united in marriage to Alfred H. Bode. After marriage they farmed in Nicollet Township until 1969 when they moved into Nicollet. Violet was an Avon Representative for twenty three years, retiring in 1990. She was also an area correspondent for the local newspapers from 1959 1996. She was a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Nicollet, the Ladies Guild at church, served on the church archives committee and was in charge of the church library. She also worked with the Cancer Society, the Nicollet County Home Extension and was a 4-H member as a child and a leader as an adult. Volunteering was a passion of hers. Violet enjoyed all of God's creations around her.


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by Erie Warrior » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:14 am
by skatingtripods » Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:04 pm
by Chief24Wahoo » Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:56 pm
Erie Warrior wrote:We should do an over/ under on the number of different lineups used this season.
by scott » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:02 pm
by Toxicadam » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:21 pm
I would also like to see LaPorta take over left field sometime in June or July
by carnegie44115 » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:45 pm
by Chiefroy » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:43 am
Chief24Wahoo wrote:1. Grady Sizemore CF2. Mark DeRosa 3B3. Victor Martinez C4. Jhonny Peralta SS5. Travis Hafner DH6. Shin-Soo Choo RF7. Ryan Garko 1B8. Ben Francisco LF9. Asdrubal Cabrera 2BI don't like having Hafner in the 3 hole to start the season, I'd like to see him at either the 5 or 6 spot so hopefully that takes a little pressure off of him. Hopefully he can return to form. I'd like to also get rid of Dellucci as soon as possible and get LaPorta up on the ball club.
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by redneckofsc » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:00 pm
Red, I'm penciling in Dellucci for at least 300 AB's b/c you know Wedge will play him semi-reguarly as he did last year and Nixon the year before. I'm basically going by Wedge's history in playing his grinders irregardless of what numbers they post.Bottom line is if Dellucci is on the roster he will play and play alot.
by Chief24Wahoo » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:50 pm
Jhonny wrote:Why does the number of lineups matter? The Indians always have a bunch of part time players, and 2009 is no exception. I also second Laporta in the lineup by June. Law says he's MLB ready now. Unless he struggles, why wait?SizemoreDerosaChooMartinezHafnerPeraltaGarko/ShoppachFrancisco/DellucciCabrera
by Stu » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:28 pm
by TitoFrancona » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:00 pm
Chief24Wahoo wrote: It's hard to get in a rhythm as a hitter if you're constantly being moved around in the order. Especially when Wedge gives them such a short duration at any particular spot in the order. Doesn't even let the players get into a rhythm before he shuffles the entire lineup around.
by AGoodPerson » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:46 pm
by Chiefroy » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:53 pm
AGoodPerson wrote:Opening Day, Lee Vs, Sabathia, Brand New Scum Stadium -(-one day lineup only)#1 Sizemore cf#2 Cabrera 2b (.346 lifetime v. LHs, CC: lethal v Lhs past two seasons)#3 DeRosa lf#4 Martinez 1b#5 Garko dh (.315, .894 lifetime v. LHs)#6 Peralta ss (I wavered on this, #6 or #7. P hit LHs .241 last year and Shoppach cremated them. My take is C could be out of the game late so a pinchhitter would be necessary if Shoppach placed here) #7 Shoppach c (Victor and Kelly are the only guys in this team who would have a clue about sabathia)#8 Francisco rf#9 Carroll 3bI'd hate to anticipate sitting Hafner or Choo much. Easily inserted for late-inning blows on the skank pen.
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In short: Great. I'd be back in 06 if it wasnt for the Amsterdam MarathonDate of review: July 3, 2006
In short: A well organised, really enjoyable event.In full: Had heard much hype about this race in advance. Thankfully, the race lived up to its billing and if anything exceeded expectations. Fantastic venue and facilities, on the whole good marshalling, medical aid was on the ball.Special thanks for plentiful supplies of water throughout course, much appreciated on a warm day. Good course from runners perspective, mostly flat, and good for spectators at start and finish. Fine race forum on RW website both pre & post event that provided all the encouragement you could need. Hope to be back again!Date of review: October 31, 2005
In short: good for pb,s and maybe a record or 2Date of review: October 21, 2005
In short: Fab marshalls and great scenery In full: Couple of climbs on the way back in I wasn't prepared for but a great route with loads of support. Really friendly race managed to sort of chat in between gasps on the way round. Date of review: October 19, 2005
In short: Was a really good flat race. Was a little busy at the start but didn't interfere with me that much.Date of review: October 19, 2005
In short: out and back countryside courseIn full: great race well organised a few bottlenecks at the start but once away it was very good. good atmosphere crowd cheering you on all the way round well worth the trip aloneDate of review: October 19, 2005
In short: SuperbIn full: My 1st half. It was an excellent race and an excellent day out. Don't have any other races to compare it with, but, I would recommend it to anyone. Will be back next year, hopefullyDate of review: October 19, 2005
In short: Very well organised, quality eventDate of review: October 19, 2005
In short: Excellent!!In full: Second time of doing this half-marathon, and definitely hope to be back next year. Well done to Mike James, and everyone concerned with the event. You all made this run a resounding success, and what better way to finish than with a really nice medal, personalised teashirt, and a welcome goody bag with fruit, biscuits and bottle of water.Date of review: October 18, 2005
In short: First time I have done this - but it is one to go back toIn full: Although it was unseasonably warm, the copious water (and water stations) made it easy to manage at a good pace. Despite still recovering from a muscle injury this summer - and from the previous weekend's hard 10-miler - I was within two minutes of last season's PB.Not too crowded at the start and the field soon thinned out. Most of the course is so close to flat that you couldn't ask for better!Great finishing half mile as well.Special congrats to all of the marshalls and helpers at the water stations, who all did a cracking job.Date of review: October 18, 2005
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"The Present" is a very special clock: Rather than measure the passage of time in increments of seconds, minutes, and hours, its solitary hand travels about the rainbow spectrum of its face, making a single revolution over the course of the year. Its movement, controlled by microchip, has been engineered to be so subtle that it's virtually invisible from day to day: Over the span of 365 days, its 360-degree trek passes through the pure white of the winter solstice, eases into the green of the spring equinox, the yellow of summer, and the red of the autumn equinox before coming full circle.
What "The Present" lacks in practicality, it makes up for in a promise to allow you to "live in the moment," the remedy for our collective, ubiquitous anxiety: "How can we live in the moment if the moment changes every second?" asks the promotional video for the world's first annual clock. The two-minute clip depicts life as a frenzied series of mouse-clicks, Google searches, and seconds speeding by. "It's an explosion," designer Scott Thrift told ARTINFO of our information age. "It's difficult to feel settled and content with what's happening right now because you always have this sense that you could be doing more."
Pushing past the mawkishness of this sentiment, or perhaps won over by it, the Internet has voiced its approval: In November 2011, "The Present" more than quadrupled its $24,000 Kickstarter goal thanks to hundreds of backers who felt this was something the world needed. ("I had given up hope, but you did not," one earnest enthusiast emailed Thrift). A year later, "The Present" is now on the verge of production, ready to assuage the persistent nagging of our everyday lives by silencing the ticking of the clock.
"The Present" may be perfectly timed: Lately, we've seen measurably greater strides towards relieving ourselves of anxiety. New York Magazine has noted an uptick in the use of benzodiazepines — anti-anxiety medications like Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, and Valium — in the last decade or so: Prescriptions for these drugs have risen "17 percent since 2006," according to one article, while the rate of rehabilitation treatment for them has tripled between 1998 and 2008. Similarly, CNN has identified a swell in relaxation-inducing, mood-calming beverages: Neuro Sleep, Sleep Water, Marley's Mellow Mood, and others like it serve as the antitheses of Redbull. In contrast to the Surge and Extreme Go-Gurt guzzling, happiness-pursuing "Prozac Nation" culture of the '90s, it seems that these days all anyone really wants to do is chill out.
In the design realm, fashion, marketing, art, and production are following suit, mirroring this influx of chill pills and island-evoking canned beverages in their own non-chemical way. Take, for example, Swiss-based design firm Kawamura-Ganjavian's Ostrich Pillow. It's a cushion in which wearied office-workers can insert their heads and take a nap, simulating the experience of lying in one's quiet, darkened bedroom without leaving one's desks. Like "The Present," this desktop sensory retreat was a Kickstarter superstar: One week after launching its fundraising campaign in September, the Ostrich Pillow reached its $70,000 goal, then went on to raise more than $195,000.
In London, Selfridges launched its "No Noise" initiative just last weekend, a campaign positioned as a response to our increased bombardment "with information and stimulation." At several of its locations, the British mega-store currently provides architect Alex Cochrane-designed "Silence Rooms" in which shoes, phones, and talking are prohibited; "Quiet Shops" in which the salespeople whisper; and "Headspace" pods that provide short, guided meditations. While the windows feature artwork by Katie Paterson that comprise little more than dust, the sales floor is pushing a line of curated, minimalist clothing: all-black and all-white separates pulled from the spring lines of Acne, Margiela, Mugler, and other labels. Countering conventional retail wisdom, Selfridges has gone as far as muting the hum of incessant sales pitches by wiping the logos off of its product labels. (It brings to mind 2012's wildly popular Brand Spirit blog, which, over the course of 100 days, took 100 cultural artifacts with the most recognizable and emotive branding — Coca-Cola bottles, Converse Shoes, Nintendo controllers, and the like — and silenced them by painting them all white).
In February, crowds lined outside of Doug Wheeler's sensory-muting, colorless, soundless "SA MI 75 DZ NY 12" (2012) installation at David Zwirner, waiting to experience a brief foray into the sublime void. And after the thrill of hurtling down the gigantic slide, visitors to Carsten Höller's 2011 "Experience," the New Museum's best-attended exhibition to date, were invited to strip down and unwind in the sensory-depriving "Giant Psycho Tank," 1999, to simply float in peace and quiet (and potential water-borne illness, until the NYC Health Department shut it down).
From the ubiquity of yoga studios in New York that rival that of hot dog stands, to these desktop face caves, prescription pills, and de-branded jars of Crème de la Mer, the point at which these cultural phenomena converge is in the resounding plea to shut everything out. The anxieties that plagued previous generations are less easily escapable today, when work and social anxieties follow us home on our handheld devices. (And until recently, the looming end of the world was likely adding to the tension).
What "The Present" and other designs like it have to offer, Thrift hopes, is a much-needed break. By stretching our unit of time from seconds to years, he aims to calm our fears that time is running out. "Having that extra leap in the scale of time has allowed me to feel a lot more comfortable about what I should have accomplished, or what I should expect of myself," he said. Think of it this way: In the grand scheme of things, a single bad day at work is a small misstep in the much longer road toward ultimately being promoted. "The Present" is here to serve as a reminder.
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Very fast course, a few organisational issuesIn full: Did this race despite all the negative feedback about 2012 race. The car parking is a bit crap, and a long walk from the race more like 1 mile rather than the advertised 800m£2 for baggage is a rip off, especially given the parking.The course was super fast, good mix of abilities, and I smashed my PB my 13 mins!!!Not much of a crowd to speak of, and getting out of the car park was tediously slow.But if you're looking for a super fast race, then look no further and arrive early!!!Date of review: February 17, 2013
In short: MY FIRST EVER HALF - LOVED ITIn full: Did this as my first ever Half Marathon, didn't know what to expect, and had read bad reviews of the organisation but I thought it was excellent, the buses work really well and there are enough of them that you are not waiting around before or after the race. The race itself was pleasant enough, if a little hilly given I had only ran 8.5 miles before, a little sparse on support. The last hill is a bit of a killer for people finding it tough, but still managed to get in within target 2:02:28 and exceptionally pleased.Only been running for 5 months and this has sold it to me!Date of review: December 11, 2012
In short: REAL POTENTIAL BUT LET DOWN BY ADMINIn full: I'll start with the positives, the start was well organised and proper toilets at the athletics track almost made the event! The stewards around the course were a chirpy bunch giving good support.The negatives however, was a dull course on roads through an industrial area, which was ok, if a little boring, however the roads were not actually closed off, which meant you could overtake someone to find yourself head on with a car!!! Once you got off the roads you were in some pleasant countryside and all of it was really flat. There seemed to be something amiss with the km markers as the 11k marker was about 1.5km after the 10k marker, and my final distance covered reflected a longer range than the advertised 13.1km. The finish was shcoking, you come over a bridge and straight into the finish line, where you get your medal, goodie bag, and then you find your bag which is dumped where anyone could have taken it... I had pre-arranged to avoid the bus transfer as it sounded like a ridiculous idea, so didn't see the issues with the buses, but I am not surprised. Why they chose to start and finish in seperate locations is beyond me and definitely not runner or spectator friendly!!!Like the idea of a step up from 10k and half marathon, so think they should continue the idea, however they really do need to resolve these points.Date of review: October 29, 2012
In short: GREAT RACE, LOVELY LOCATIONIn full: Really enjoyed this race in the great surroundings of Hatfield House. Mixed terrain, grass/paths. Good crowd support.Set a new PB of 52 mins, beating my old one by 4 mins.Will definitely do it again next year!Date of review: October 8, 2012
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Sep 11, 2012
The IT Rules Have Changed
Mobile devices, cloud computing, and big data analytics are blowing the old IT rules to pieces. Where companies once turned to their IT organizations for tech support, they now need technology embedded into their products and services. This customer-facing role for IT has been growing ever since the dawn of the Web, but now it's a win-or-lose imperative. What we're seeing in this year's InformationWeek 500 ranking of the most innovative U.S. users of business technology is how the very best IT organizations are changing to play by these new rules.
This year's No. 1 company, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has been using electronic health records since 1985--long before most other hospitals--and is able to leverage the impressive amount of patient data it has collected over the years for its new medical informatics platform, Clinical Query. No. 2 company Deere experimented with agile programming and found that its developers liked the technique so much, they're pushing to use agile sprints on other projects. And at No. 3 company Zynga, customer service is just another IT function.
Find out how these and other companies are embracing the new rules for IT and how the CIO role is changing to meet the new challenges. (R5320912)
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Survey Date December 2011 to April 2012
Region North America
Number of Respondents 500
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Household goods and personal effects. You can deduct the cost of packing, crating, and transporting your household goods and personal effects and those of the members of your household from your former home to your new home. For purposes of moving expenses, the term "personal effects" includes, but is not limited to, movable personal property that the taxpayer owns and frequently uses.
You can deduct any costs of connecting or disconnecting utilities required because you are moving your household goods, appliances, or personal effects.
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Tony Richardson dies
By the time of his death in 1991, Tony Richardson was perhaps as well-known for being the one-time husband of Vanessa Redgrave and the father of Natasha Richardson as he was for being an Academy Award-winning film director. Indeed some tabloids focused on the manner of his death, that being from AIDS at age 63, by slinging out headlines like "Secret Shame," rather than highlighting the depth of his achievement in life. The only son of a chemist, Richardson was not raised in a theatrical family. But in high school, and then later at Oxford, he found in a drama a natural outlet for his talents. His unique productions in college gained him a position at the BBC, which pushed him in the direction of television and films. From the start, Richardson had a knack for channeling the creative zeitgeist of his times. In the mid fifties, he helped form the Free Cinema movement with Sight and Sound editors (and later filmmakers) Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reisz, after which he connected with the Angry Young Men school of drama, working closely with playwright John Osborne on the films Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer. Later, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and A Taste of Honey were held up as examples of the tough social realism of the Kitchen Sink school. But just as Richardson became known for presenting a raw, unflinching look at contemporary Britain, he made Tom Jones, a sexy, colorful adaptation of Henry Fielding's great 18th century comic novel, for which he received a best director Oscar, while the film won Best Picture. Richardson's work––36 stage plays, 20 films and 44 television drama––continued to defy expectation, even up to his last film, a surprising military drama called Blue Sky (with Tommy Lee Jones and Jessica Lange), which was released several years after his death.


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In the Foxhole Together: How to Have the Most Successful Client Relationships
Posted Feb 01, 2013 in Labs & Profiles
LMT interviews Terry Fohey, CDT, who has brought the concept of collaboration to a whole new level at NuCraft Dental Arts in Bogart, GA.
When he first started his career in the 1970s in a high-volume production lab, Terry Fohey, CDT, was quickly discouraged by the dentist-clients' lack of commitment to quality and unwillingness to give the laboratory what it needed. "I thought to myself, 'what a fraud' and considered looking for another career," he says. "But my father reminded me there are always two sides to every story. I started investigating other approaches and philosophies and discovered Dr. Peter Dawson."
During that time, Fohey also met Dr. Thomas McDonald, of nearby Athens, GA, who mentored him in the concept of high-end dentistry and introduced him to other like-minded dentists. Fohey had found his passion; he immersed himself in the teachings of those clinicians advocating a team approach and began to build his laboratory, NuCraft Dental Arts in Bogart, GA, with a philosophy of high-level partnership he now calls, "in the foxhole together."
LMT: Tell us more about what "in the foxhole" really means as a business model.
Fohey: In today's world, people are accustomed to the "give-it-to-me-fast-and-cheap" mentality. Over the years, I've found that it's far more rewarding both professionally and personally to resist this approach and, instead, work at developing deep and lasting relationships with my clients and their patients.
Being in the foxhole together is not just a partnership; it's the essence of collaboration. For it to work, dentists and technicians must truly understand each other's challenges and goals. That's when you see the best possible results and the most satisfied patients.
Let me tell you about an "a-ha" moment I had early in my career. I received a call from a client who wasn't pleased with the reduction coping I made. He told me, "Drive down here one day and I'm going to teach you where the pulp lives," so I did. And you know what? Not only did I learn how to do a reduction coping that day, but I realized something very important: that I needed to know what my clients know.
As dental technicians, we have to understand the masticatory system, how the dental practice operates and what the next step is in every procedure. Every technician should witness and experience tooth preparation and case delivery to learn first-hand what their dentist partners go through; it's an eye opener to see what the patients endure as well. We don't need to know how to practice dentistry, but we have to understand what needs to be done.
This shared knowledge base is inherent in the foxhole philosophy; it's something my clients and I believe in deeply and constantly nurture.
LMT: What are the various ways you and your clients pursue this knowledge base?
Fohey: We attend meetings together as well as high-end educational programs by Dr. Dawson, Dr. John Kois, Dr. Lloyd Miller, Walter Gebhard, Michel Magne and Willi Geller, for example. And when I hire world-class technicians to come into my laboratory to train me and my staff, I always invite my customers, too.
We really kick the teamwork approach into high gear with our two study clubs—one is for the "young guns"—the newer dentists—and the other is for the more experienced practitioners. We meet a few times a year, study each other's work, discuss complex cases and have a no-holds-barred discussion: "Why would you have approached it like that? Did you consider...." There's no so-called expert teaching us; rather, we're measuring what we've learned against real-world solutions.
Last fall, eight of the dentist-participants and I even traveled to Switzerland to visit Walter Gebhard, MDT, a world-renowned technician and educator whose laboratory is built on the concept of collaboration. We spent five days learning from him and it was so incredibly educational that we're going back next year.
LMT: In addition to the shared knowledge base, what else is essential to this philosophy?
Fohey: Another critical element: you and your clients must have a shared vision of what you want your business/practice to be and what kind of treatment you want to offer; only then is complete collaboration possible. If one of you is committed to a high-end, patient-specific approach and the other is more concerned about volume, it's not going to work.
Another example is how you respond to the rapid advancement of technology. It's easy to get caught up in "keeping up" just for the sake of doing so. But what we really need to do is keep up with our own values. Every time we're presented with a technological change, my clients and I measure it against our shared vision: Will it enhance our patients' treatment? Will it make our work last longer? Will it help my dental partner or staff? For instance, I've invested in CAD/CAM technology and I believe in it; however, I'm taking a wait-and-see approach with digital models because I don't think they're detailed enough yet.
LMT: How has this approach changed the trajectory of your laboratory?
Fohey: When I opened the lab 30 years ago, I was simply executing the treatment plans dentists sent to me. Gradually—as I gained confidence in my principles and in my knowledge of the masticatory system—I started making more and more suggestions and we saw some great results. By nurturing this collaborative approach, I was able to sow the seeds for the type of laboratory I wanted to have and, slowly but surely, worked my way out of lower-cost dentistry.
For the last 15 years or so, every case has revolved around a collaborative approach. My clients and I are constantly communicating and don't even start planning anterior or complex cases until I've seen the patient—whether it's in person or via Skype. (See Real-Life Cases from the Foxhole below for cases that illustrate this teamwork approach.)
The key has been developing both the knowledge and the communication skills to make the approach work. Walter Gebhard once said to me that American technicians never want to say to dentists, "this cannot be." But when you have the courage to tell your dentists when you believe they are compromising results, the better off everyone is. Today, my dentist-clients joke that if I call them and clear my throat, they should just start mixing the material for a new impression.
Working in the foxhole together requires not only that shared knowledge base and vision, but a mutual desire to create a lasting, meaningful relationship. In doing so, dentistry—which is never easy—becomes much more manageable and, dare I say, enjoyable.
Real-Life Cases from the Foxhole
The key components of Terry Fohey's foxhole philosophy—a shared knowledge base and shared vision—ensure that even the most challenging case is a success story. Here's a look at some of his most memorable cases that illustrate the power of total collaboration.
Dentist: Dr. Jimmy Cassidy, Macon, GA
Case details: This patient, in her 20s, had worn away 40% of her upper teeth. Having recently attended Dr. Pascual Magne's course on bonded porcelain veneers, Fohey recommended eight bonded veneers to Dr. Cassidy.
"We've always been taught not to have more than 2mm of unsupported porcelain on a metal framework, but Dr. Magne's research has found that rule doesn't apply when you're bonding to enamel," says Fohey. "I truly believed it was the way to go."
Fohey and Dr. Cassidy discussed the case at one of their study club meetings, along with a few other members who had also attended Dr. Magne's course. Dr. Cassidy was skeptical and concerned that the veneers would fail and crowns would have to ultimately be placed anyway.
"But I had faith in Terry, and knew he would get down in that foxhole with me and together, the two of us would make it work. Eight years later, those veneers look just as good as the day we put them in," says Dr. Cassidy. "When we have a challenging case like this, we diminish our risk by having that awesome shared knowledge base. When I met Terry, I noticed right off the bat he had an openness to learn anything. That's when we started our educational journey and really became partners in the deal."
Dentist: Dr. Denton Kimbrough, Huntsville, AL
Case details: An 18-year-old woman crashed into a pine tree while on her ATV. She suffered multiple broken bones in her face, knocked out some teeth and fractured others. She was airlifted to a hospital in Huntsville; an oral surgeon pieced her jaw together and, after healing, she was referred to Dr. Kimbrough for reconstruction.
While implants were the first option, there was too much damage to the bone to ensure their success. However, the patient was adamantly opposed to a removable appliance.
Accommodating the patient's desire for a fixed restoration was challenging because she had also lost part of her ridge in the accident. But the team devised a plan that allowed for a six-unit bridge, with Fohey using pink porcelain to simulate the missing area of her gums. The team members fabricated multiple diagnostic provisionals, getting the patient's feedback each time on the look of the pink tissue and the teeth because they were determined to give the young patient the smile she envisioned.
The result was a natural-looking, fixed restoration that so pleased the patient she ended up going to dental assisting school because it was such a good experience.
"This case really was the result of teamwork between the dentist, the lab and the patient. When they all come together on the same page, everything goes better," says Dr. Kimbrough. "Early in my career, I realized I couldn't do the type of dentistry I wanted to do without a true partnership with my laboratory. My relationship with Terry has been one of the best things that ever happened to my practice."
Dentist: Dr. Michael Loden, Warner Robins, GA
Case details: A woman with a cleft palate had been through multiple surgeries and had been wearing a flipper for over 30 years. She was tired of worrying it would fall out and desperately wanted a fixed appliance; however, she had been told it couldn't be done.
Although most cleft palate cases are treated with a removable prosthetic that seals out the defect in the palate, Fohey and Dr. Loden were determined to give her a fixed restoration. Studying photographs and models, they discussed a multitude of options and opted for a two-unit appliance—cantilevered off a single-tooth crown prep—with pink porcelain built up to cover the area of the palate that was still partially open. They both went into the case knowing it wouldn't be a straightforward approach and would require a lot of back and forth for try-ins. The result? A beautiful, stable restoration that has changed the patient's life.
"This was exquisite lab work. But I could never have just sent this case off to a lab and said, 'make this,'" says Dr. Loden. "Terry and I were constantly on the phone, sending photos and models back and forth. Our relationship-based approach is the only way this case could have worked. Because our business models are the same, we both see the value in maintaining the art of the dentist-technician relationship."
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A Grants Pass medical marijuana grower and an associate are being charged in federal court with illegally growing 100 or more marijuana plants.
35-year-old Jason M. Nelson and 61-year-old Richard M. Sherman of Cave Junction were arraigned in U.S. District Court in Medford.
It is alleged that Nelson was a grower for four medical marijuana patients, with Sherman as an employee.
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