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1950 ford f-1 seat replacement
Does anyone have any recommendations on what to salvage a seat from to replace my original seat on my f-1? I appreciate any input; i am on a budget. I am considering any type( buckets; 60/40; or bench). Will eventually have it done in black; either cloth or vinyl.
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Jeep cherokee seats are fairly narrow and have a high pedestal...Those might work..Or you could look at the bench from an S-10 or Ranger p/u as those may fill the bill..
Check out the seat tutorial at the top of the forum for some tips.. Sam
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really appreciate the input; it gives me an idea which direction to go |
i used the buckets from a 1995 lightning
shortened it's supporting base by 13" and welded back together needed 4" base to elevate looks great and because of support makes driving a lot better |
I finally settled on a set of 50/50 split buckets from a 2003 Dodge Intrepid car. I also found that Katskins produces leather seat covers for these seats. Sounds like re-covering will be in order this winter.
i used bucket seats from a 95 lightning
i fabricated a base with 1 3/4 roll bar piping welded to frame stiffened up ride buckets way to go |
ONE OF our local wreckers has bucket seats for $50. i got two that i think came out of a van and are TOO DAMNED TALL! but oh well!!!!!
it probably wouldnt be so bad if i didn't have a stupid sun visor on too. i have to duck down when it's dry to see the damned traffic lights. when it's wet i can just see the color of the light reflecting in the rain drops on the hood. i live in washington so that's usually the case. they could be a little lower. they have a stand underneath them. i would say get some out of a car. make sure they have a head rest. happy to have gotten rid of the seat. a friend of a friend wanted an original one for his truck so i GAVE mine to him. First off the f-er turned out to be a millionair who owned his own truck line, Second, one of the SOB's trucks had thrown up a rock that dented the moulding around my windshield five years before. i didn't know any of this till after he picked up the seat. dammit! i coulda charged him a hunnerd dollas |
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Can never get an appointment when needed we have waited over an hour past apt time to get in not deal with Dr.Smosarski for more then 15 mins the staff is terrible he is very good at pretending he cares but seems very clueless and concerned about other things instead of taking care of his patients I also will be looking for a more sincere Dr also then a Dr who just says try these pills come back in a month
Awful I put myself in hospital three times under his care he talks to his tape recorder more than u on your visit and his only true concerns are pee test I have not seen him for three months and still gives the med from then he has done nothing for my kidney problem nothing for my blackouts or high fevers or heart valve replacement all these problems still need to be dealt with so if you want nothing done go to him if you are in real distress run find a real doctor but now we're do I go and who I were there is none
So as of June 2016 the staff are better in the new office .The timing is still awful I never get in at the actual appointment time usually is 40 min wait .Dr smosarski is spending to much time trying to look efficient and not enough time actually being efficient also its absolutely insane I can't get an appointment when I need one sometimes I have an issue I need delt with that week not in 4 weeks so frustrated I used to recommend him now I'm ready to find a more caring Dr
My father was taking 80mg of oxy a day prescribed by this man when he closed his practice in haldimand and left him high and dry. He went into withdraws and long story short kicked the pills. Dad went back to Dr smos when he reopened in Hamilton, now he is back on the oxy. Thanks alot doc
Honestly, I am so ashamed, and frustrated with this office. Initially I found that his practice worked well, his staff were even pleasant. Now, he ( or they, or whoever) are terrible with follow up, filling scripts, even prescribing the right medication. I could go on, and on... Dr. Smosarski is a kind soul, but his practice is overwhelmed by too many clients, and a lack of priorities. Also, his receptionists are rude, and have terrible bedside manners. The only person there that I think actually cares is the nurse he works closely with. I would not recommend this office .
Dr Smosarski is a great physician and a great person. I am counting my blessings to be under his care.I have very serious health problem and he is the one who " keeps me going " and gives me energy to look for better future...He takes time to explain my symptoms and how my medications will work, he takes time to talk to my pharmacist and consult any new medication as well ... Ladies at the front desk are also very friendly,helpful and understanding. Thank you Dr. Smosarski and staff. ..and by the way - to those unhappy patients - change the doctor !!! to one who will listen to your winning, you life stories and endless complaining - don't waste GOOD DOCTOR TIME !!
He is a nice man but terrible at getting you in to specialists, he needs better flocks or maybe a better staff.
I've had Dr. Smosarski for the past 15 years. He is an excellent doctor. His nurse is excellent. He is very caring, considerate of our needs. As long as he is practicing, I will keep him as my doctor.
Reading the rest of these comments, something terrible wrong it happening to Dr. Dave's Practice!!! I have to concur with much of what has been said. I think Dave is a great man, easy to talk to, knowledgeable and provided great care. But over the last 8 - 10 months the level of health care i have received has diminished to ZERO. I am not sure what the issue is but i have decided to start the search for a new doctor, which is a shame because he is such a good Doctor. Beside that, his support staff are absolutely HORRIBLE... RUDE, OFFENSIVE, NO PEOPLE SKILLS, NO CONCEPT OF PATIENT CARE...the only reason i have stayed for the last 2 plus years was because of Dr. Dave sill and bedside manner, but not anymore, the PROs no longer balance out the CONs with this Clinic....
Most unorganized staff I've encounter to date! Dr Smosarski is a very gently, pleasant person but is very distracted and dismissive .. He seem to always be in a hurry to get rid of his patients instead of listening to your health concerns. Normally this would not be so upsetting if it was easier to get an appt to revisit him. The women that answers the phone for his office is the most unpleasant ppl I've ever spoken too. It's frustrating to call his office knowing how horrible they treat the patients on the other end of the line. I have anxiety everytime I need to call for an appointment because of their attitude. I have complained about them numerous times but yet they remain unchanged. Something should be done about people like that to prevent them from working in the health care facilities! The same women answers the phone for all doctors in that building, so no matter which doctor I choose to visit, the call through these same women. The most recent bitter woman I got on the other of the line is Sharon ... These women should be prison guards, not healthcare receptionist
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Patient autonomy is just a particular instance of individual autonomy, a term that may sound pretty dry and academic but if we used the term individual freedom we would essentially be talking about the same thing.
Respect for the autonomy of the individual may be the most important of the principles that form the foundation of medical ethics. (1)
One attribute of personal autonomy is: "the capacity to be one's own person, to live one's life according to reasons and motives that are taken as one's own and not the product of manipulative or distorting external forces." (2)
There is no disagreement about the importance of respect for individual autonomy but as I'll explain, it seems that its pre-eminence is being questioned in some proposals to use antiretroviral treatment to prevent transmission of HIV.
The recent demonstration that antiretroviral treatment can prevent transmission of HIV among serodiscordant heterosexual couples is great news. However, when the person offered treatment has not yet been shown to personally benefit from it, an ethical issue needs to be addressed. This is because it has yet to be reliably shown that for people with greater than 350 CD4 lymphocytes, starting treatment immediately rather than deferring it confers a net benefit; indeed, it may even prove to be harmful. START is a randomized controlled trial now enrolling that will provide needed information, but we will have to wait several years for its results.
The issue isn't whether people with greater than 350 CD4 lymphocytes should or should not receive treatment. A respect for their autonomy means that the decision whether or not to do so is made by them and is made free from coercion.
A recent issue of the Journal, Public Health Ethics (3) is devoted to ethical issues associated with the proposal that a program of universal testing and treatment of infected individuals could bring an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Such a proposal would involve the treatment of healthier HIV infected individuals not at this time known to personally benefit from antiviral medications which could even harm them.
In an article in the journal referred to above, public health ethics is said to require an approach where respect for individual autonomy is not paramount; a commitment to the supremacy of individual autonomy could have no place where the "primacy of collective wellbeing is the starting point".
In that case I wonder just how desirable a collective wellbeing would be where individual rights were subservient to whatever was defined as the collective good.
I can only hope that this goes nowhere, as abandoning the pre-eminence of respect for individual autonomy opens the door to tyranny, paternalistic or otherwise. Individual freedoms have been hard won, and we should always be aware of harms that have been perpetrated in the name of the public good, even leaving alone the problem of who defines what constitutes the public good.
In public health, medical research and medical practice, concern for individual autonomy remains paramount. The only commonly agreed acceptable exemption is the restriction of personal freedoms to prevent harm to others such as limiting the movement of individuals with highly communicable diseases where the harm that may be done to others is considerable. That is of course outside the criminal justice system, among individuals who are free.
People have the right to make decisions about their treatment, their participation in a research study, or in a public health intervention, free from coercion.
Providing misleading information is a form of coercion; withholding information may also be coercive.
Providers of health care have an obligation to provide patients with honest information to inform their decisions. This must include information about what is known about the risks and benefits of treatment, as well as what remains conjectural.
Information and the strength of the evidence upon which it rests:
It's not enough to simply provide individuals with information concerning the benefits and risks of a particular treatment. In order for the information to be useful we must also indicate the strength of the evidence on which the information rests. (4)
The most reliable evidence regarding the effects of a particular treatment is provided by results of randomized controlled clinical trials. This is because the treatment in question has been put to the test in a protocol that minimizes bias; we can therefore have a greater degree of confidence that effects observed are in fact caused by the treatment.
Unfortunately information derived from randomized controlled trials is often unavailable. The clinical trial may not yet have been completed, or for whatever reasons the trial cannot be undertaken.
When this is the case we have to consider evidence of inferior quality, for example, evidence derived from reviews of patient records or observational studies, and the opinion of experts.
Observational studies are beset with interpretative difficulties because subjects are not randomly assigned to receive one or another kind of intervention. The particular reasons why participants were selected for study may influence the outcome rather than the effects of the intervention.
Expert opinion:
In all the systems I have seen that grade the quality of different kinds of evidence, expert opinion is at the bottom of the list.
But expert opinion can be valuable to an individual in coming to a treatment decision when evidence of the highest quality is not available. The advice of one's physician can be valuable even when there is reliable evidence.
Generally, evidence comes from studies of populations, providing a result that is generally applicable. But a personal physician knows the details of individual patients and can fine tune the results obtained from clinical trials to the needs of an individual patient.
It's absolutely appropriate to seek advice from one's physician. Many individuals, maybe most, entrust their physicians to make the best treatment recommendations for them. This is after all what we expect from our doctors.
Respect for patient autonomy means that patients have the right to make their own decisions regarding their treatment if they choose to do so, and that we provide whatever evidence is available to inform their decisions.
HPTN 052 is the study which demonstrated the efficacy of antiretroviral treatment in preventing transmission of HIV among serodiscordant heterosexual couples. Although the result was not unexpected it is nonetheless significant because it was obtained from a randomized controlled clinical trial.
We now know that the uninfected partners of individuals with greater than 350 CD4 lymphocytes will benefit from treatment of the HIV positive partner. At this time we can only have an opinion about whether starting treatment immediately or deferring it will benefit or harm the infected partner with greater than 350 CD4s or be without effect - apart from cost.
Most of the jubilant reports of the results of HPTN 052 do not mention the problem facing the healthier HIV positive partner in coming to a decision.
Do the commentators just assume that it's been established that all infected individuals receive a net benefit from treatment irrespective of CD4 numbers? Or do they not believe it to be important that patients make their own decisions regarding their treatment?
I wish I could say I was startled to read in one newsletter that "For treatment as prevention to work..... people need to be convinced that early treatment is in their interest."
Convincing people to take a possibly perilous course of action based merely on opinion and evidence of inferior quality is a step on a road that ends with enforcement.
A respect for individual autonomy means that we respect the right of individuals to make decisions on their own behalf, free from even subtle coercion. Our obligation as providers of health care information is to not only provide information, but also an indication of the quality of the evidence supporting it.
At this time we do not know that individuals with greater than 350 CD4 lymphocytes receive a net benefit from antiviral treatment. There is evidence that they may, but until this is put to the test in a randomized controlled trial such as START, we must not mislead them by trying to convince them that "early treatment is in their interest".
Given adequate information, a person with greater than 500 CD4 lymphocytes may reasonably decide to take antiretroviral drugs to lessen the risk of infecting a partner even knowing that there may be no personal benefit or that there is a possibility of harm.
At the end of the day what's of central importance is that we respect our patient's right to make choices about his or her treatment, and provide honest information to inform that choice, recognizing the difference between expert opinion and established fact.
Ever since Beauchamp and Childress published the first edition of their classic text, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, in 1979 four principles, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice and respect for autonomy have provided a frequently used framework for discussions on medical ethics
These are defined as follows:
Respect for autonomy: respecting the decision-making capacities of autonomous persons; enabling individuals to make reasoned informed choices.
Beneficence: this considers the balancing of benefits of treatment against the risks and costs; the healthcare professional should act in a way that benefits the patient
Non maleficence: avoiding the causation of harm; the healthcare professional should not harm the patient. All treatment involves some harm, even if minimal, but the harm should not be disproportionate to the benefits of treatment.
Justice: distributing benefits, risks and costs fairly; the notion that patients in similar positions should be treated in a similar manner.
Beauchamp and Childress; Principles Biomedical Ethics, OUP, 5th edition
Christman, J, 2001"Autonomy in Moral and Political Philosophy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2007 Edition) , Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2007/entries/autonomy-moral/>.
Several systems have been devised to grade the quality of evidence.For example: http://www.cebm.net/index.aspx?o=1025 The GRADE working group has been working on assessing the quality of evidence since 2000. http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org/index.htm


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Yes, one would think the only thing men wear these days is black on black. I am thinking Johnny Depp and John Travolta, etc.
That's why I am especially anticipating the release of Baz Luhrmann's (of "Moulin Rouge" and "Strictly Ballroom" fame) remake of "The Great Gatsby", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. My mouth is already watering.
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Mordants are compounds that are used often in the production of various textile products. The main purpose of a mordant is to interact with the fibers of a given material and the dye solution. This interaction helps to ensure that the dye sets properly, without splotching or running. Mordants are employed at several different points in the production process, depending on the type of material used and the desired effect that the manufacturer wishes to achieve.
There are a number of different mordants that may be employed as part of the process of dyeing and setting the color of a given fabric. If there is a desire to achieve what is referred to as a gram stain, iodine is often used to create the desired result. A number of metallic related compounds qualify for use as mordants, including such salts of aluminum, copper, tin, and chromium. Sodium, potassium and tannic acid are other agents that may be used as mordants.
Three basic procedures involving the use of mordants to set dyes are common today. Pre-mordanting is a technique that involves applying the mordant first and then introducing the dye to the material. Meta-mordanting employs the approach of combining the dye and the mordant agent first, then applying the mixture to the material that is to be dyed. The third option, known as post-mordanting involves dyeing the fabric first, then exposing the material to mordants as a final treatment. In all three applications, mordants act as dye setters that will prevent the coloring from running or streaking at a later date.
Some mordants are better suited for use with particular types of fabrics. Cotton is often treated with tannic acid or some type of oil before introducing one of the metallic types of mordants. This process allows the metallic compounds to permeate the cotton fiber with a higher degree of efficiency. Wool typically does not require the use of oil or tannic acid as part of the process, and tends to be very receptive to mordants such as iodine and tin. Silk can be a little more complicated, as it does not respond well to the use of mordants such as potassium. However, chromium agents are generally understood to work very well in the task of setting color in silk material.
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There are a number of natural mordants, including alum (a derivative of aluminum that have been used to purify drinking water for centuries), cream of tarter, and plant derived tannins.
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Lot 80: Glass Snuff Bottle with Children, 20th C.
1184: Art Journey: China
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Glass, milky white with polychrome enamel-painting
China, 20th century
Circular shape
Deep hollowed body
Narrow mouth and straight lip
Recessed base with a flat foot rim
Both sides with circular reserves depicting boys
The sides with an ornamental yellow background
The neck with an iron-red Leiwen-border
Base with the four-character Qianlong mark
Stopper of tiger eye on mother of pearl plate
Height of the bottle with stopper: c. 6.5 cm
Width of the mouth: 0.6 cm
Width of the neck: 1.7 cm
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The glass snuff bottle is in good condition with slight signs of age and wear such as a minimal chip on the foot rim. The height of the bottle with stopper is c. 6.5 cm. The width of the mouth measures 0.6 cm and the width of the neck is 1.7 cm.
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Despite the vast differences in maximal lifespan across species some of the mechanisms that control lifespan are evolutionary conserved;
The aim of this proposal is to identify and characterize novel mechanisms of lifespan extension that display evolutionary conservation. The long-term goal of this project is acertain the genetic mechanisms in place that regulate the aging process in mammals. The first specific aim examines four genes identified in a RNAi screten for increased lifespan. These four genes aside from increasing adult lifespan postdevelopmentally also misregulate the germline/soma cell type specificity. This phenotype although previously undeseribed is shared with known regulators of lifespan and may contribute to both the increased lifespan and enhanced resistance to stress.
Specific aim 2 utilizes a classical genetic screen to identify new regulators in three pathways that influence lifespan in C. elegans. A pilot study has identified 22 genetic mutants that regulate the worms response to three distinct pathways which when reduced in function increase mean adult lifespan. Despite the diversity in these cellular pathways a subset of these mutants regulate all three mechanisms, and may represent master regulators of lifespan. Mapping and characterization of these gehelic mutants will identify novel regulators of C. elegans longevity. Finally, 64 genis were previously identified in a post-developmentar RNAi screen for increased lifespan in C. elegans. More than 90% of these genes are conserved from yeast to man.
Specific aim 3 will characterize the orthologs of these genes in fly and mouse, v/hich may reveal conserved mechanisms of lifespan extension. We will test the ability of the mammalian orthologs to rescue the joss of function phenotype in the worm. Using GFP reporters in the worm along with bioinformatic and RT-PCR expression analysis of the mouse orthologs we wiN compare the tissues where these novel lifespan regulators function. Using these criteria we will pick our best candidates for conserved longevity regulators and test post-developmental khoekdown in the fly and targeted temporal/tissue specific disruptions in the mouse.
Results from this study are important for public health as with age comes an increased incidence of disease and this study will provide insight into essential cellular pathways that regulate lifespan as well as answer many fundamental questions in cell biology.
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Comic play reading on tap in Westport
Published 7:13 pm, Thursday, February 6, 2014
A Script in Hand play reading of "Mary, Mary," a romantic comedy about a marriage gone awry, will be onstage at the Westport Country Playhouse, on Monday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.
"Mary, Mary" is a comedy about recently divorced Mary and Bob, who meet to sort out some tax matters when a Valentine's Day snowstorm traps them in his apartment with three others: Their lawyer, a handsome film hero, and Bob's young and wealthy fiance.
Tickets for the play reading are $15. For more information or tickets, call the box office at 203-227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529; go online to www.westportplayhouse.org or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court.


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The clients, a couple from the island of Mallorca, come to Barcelona once or twice a month for a couple of days. In our first talks they explained to us that in the last house they had in Barcelona, they used to cover all the furniture with blankets to protect them from the dust. The way they described this chore of taking off all the blankets and getting the house back to life again sounded like a tedious task. From their description we started thinking that the project was going to be about a temporal home, somewhere between a hotel room and a house.
The issue of keeping furniture from being covered with dust was one of the main concerns when we started designing the apartment, so, for all the things you can need during the day, we created a piece of furniture that can be opened. This process occurs gradually throughout the day, as you need the furniture to help you with certain activities: cooking, a table to eat or read, the bed, a table to leave your reading books at night…
The room remains closed and empty most of the time and a skylight permanently lights its interior. It is as long as the whole plan. When the owners arrive, at any moment, after several days of absence, the natural light welcomes them in, showing the whole room, ready to be used.
In each trip one takes a minimum of belongings; in this apartment, the reduced space does not allow the accumulation of objects. When the owners arrive with minimum luggage, everything they need is waiting for them inside two big trunks, which look like the suitcases used for long trips in the past. When the owners have arrived at their destination, these trunks turn into a piece of furniture that contains all that is needed.
The project investigates minimum space in our daily activities; the pieces of furniture open according to each moment of the day. Thus, the unique space of the room 9x3x3 metres varies in size and use during the everyday activities. These two big packages are the ones that put the inhabitants in relationship with the space of the room. When they open them, they guess why they have such size: in their different parts, hidden uses appear and fragment the big unique space into smaller spaces of human scale. Thus, in each stay the signs of temporal occupation will be different, depending on the hand luggage brought (mobile), and on the trunks (fixed) that shape the room, which will open more or less according to the needs of use.
Programme: | Rehabilitation of the street façade of a XIXC building in the Barcelona Grid, and conversion of the old communitarian laundry into a penthouse. |
Promoter: | Mr and Ms. Alabern. |
Architects: | Eva Prats, Se Duch, Ricardo Flores. |
Carpenter: | Carpintería Rius, Esparraguera. |
Drawings: | Eva Prats, Ricardo Flores. |
Models: | Frank Stahl. |
Photographs: | Eugeni Pons. |
Situation: | 120 Bruc Street, Barcelona. |
Area: | 27 m_ |
Budget: | 60.101 € |
Date of the Project: | 1996 |
Date of Construction: | 1997 |


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USS Enterprise at Port in Pearl Harbor 1986
February of 1986 we stay at Bellows Air Force Base and attended a Change of Command at Pearl Harbor on the USS Enterprise.
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I think because he had his hands full at the time.
He had a great time sitting at the pool and the beach watching the Hawiian Girls all day. Photo taken before a Lauau at Hale Koa.
Had a Wonderful Time on the Star of Honolulu Dinner Cruise for Carol's Birthday, December 24, 2002
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We went to Hawaii in September of 2007 so we could be home for Christmas with the Family.
We did enjoy a wonderful lunch at the "Gordon Biersch Brewery" in the Aloha Tower.
During the last week in February 2008, we stayed at our new Condo in Kahana, Maui, Hawaii. Kahana Falls resort is a wonderful place to stay. We found a great restaurant across the street from the condo and watched many sunsets while enjoying great food at the Kahana Sands Restaurant.
December 14, 2010, We made it!! Married for Twenty-five years. We celebrated, as always, on Oahu and they just happened to have a Luau the day of our Anniversary at the Hale Koa where we were staying.
We even flew to Kauai for a day trip. We happened upon the Waterfall they used for "Fantasy Island".
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Oskar Hansen
Oskar Hansen Poems
...And It Was Her Summer
…And It Was Her Summer
"Go back to the children's home, she said I have no work and
can't afford to keep you" Late June afternoon she sat on a bench
with a man I didn't know. The man smiled I didn't like him, but
took the coins he gave me to buy an ice –cream for; I was still
hanging about so mother got up and slapped me across the face.
"Get lost you stupid boy! " My face was burning I threw the coins
into the lake and ran away. When I stopped running it was night
and I could see sheep in a field, I was tired and cold, thought of
seeking shelter in a...
The Blue Boat
The Blue Boat
When winter rain falls
The lake in the vale fills up
Clear as a child's tear
Where a blue rowing boat floats
Whishing it were a schooner
When the wind blows
You can if you try see masts
And its boastful sails
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First attempt - my tablet is broken and I have a crazy mouse, but it was a fun try :)
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i love the way you done the hair the skin tone and brightn eyes a great character 5h fav
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We'll be around soon, just one more issue to iron out, and its ready to go.
lake silva raft up on saturday 8/11/07
just south of bahia mar
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We'll be around soon, just one more issue to iron out, and its ready to go.
cool ,, this was a very good raft up
the theme was imported beer everyone brought a 12 pack of some type of beer , half of them you never herd of before .
there was about 20 boats rafted up in lake silva today we left there around 7:30 pm it was great i would say there where about 60 to 75 peaple all hanging out and partying . one of the big cruiser's had a big B B Q and brought a lot of food for everyone . i must say it was one of the best raft up's i have ben to so far
and i think there will be alot more of them now .
see you on the water soon .
give me a call when you get the boat in the water or email me and we can meet up .
my buddy frank was also there with his 28 pantera
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Looks like fun, I will let ya kow when its ready, just waiting for a new Starter to come in, then some final touch up work. This is what i was doing yesterday.
nice pics
If it would stop friekin' raining, I could go finish the boat up, and be out for Labor day.
Get That Boat Finished , I Will Be Out At Lake Sylva On Sunday The 2nd , I Have To Work On Saturday To Pay For Gas
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Billionaire Russian oligarchs with ambitions to own British soccer clubs take note: It may be best to leave the managing to the managers. Jose Mourinho, the pontificating Portuguese manager of the English Premier League soccer club, Chelsea, has left after a series of disagreements with its owner, Roman Abramovich. The club announced on Thursday that Mourinho had left "by mutual consent."
Mourinho was never one to shy away from self-congratulation, having memorably called himself "The Special One," but many felt him justified in saying so since his tenure as manager has been so phenomenally successful. He brought fans of Chelsea two big titles in three seasons, after a 50-year drought.
That was partly thanks to the club's gigayacht-owning sugar daddy spending his billions on stacking Chelsea with some of the world's finest players, and partly thanks to Mourinho's tactical savvy. Said to be a masterful manager, Mourinho displayed theatrics, arrogance, and balls (along with an amusingly poor grasp of English) at press conferences, but he was cautious and calculating on the pitch.
Bookies in Britain are already placing bets on the 44-year-old becoming the next England manager, and he could yet bag £25 million ($50.2 million) in compensation–Mourinho still had three years left to go on his £6.5 million ($13.1 million) a year contract.
Too bad his farewell to Chelsea was more bitter than sweet. "The worst-kept secret in football has been the deterioration of the relationship between manager and owner," wrote Martin Samuel, the chief football correspondent of the Times of London. "Abramovichs demands are simple. He wants his players to win every trophy in sight, while balancing the ball on their noses like sea lions."
Mourinho's problems with Abramovich (stress on the "mo") stemmed largely from the billionaire owner's escalating involvement in the club's strategy. Most famously, Abramovich wanted to bring relatively old players like Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko, both aged 30, onto the team.
For Mourinho, who demanded complete autonomy, they didn't fit into his system, and he already had players covering their positions. Shevchenko's American wife, Kristen Pazik–dubbed the "Yoko Ono of football" by Italian fans–was even reported to be friends with Abramovich's ex-wife, and instrumental in his transfer from AC Milan to Britain.
More recently, there were a handful of embarrassing losses by Chelsea in Europe. Press reports in Britain suggested that the final straw came when the club drew against lowly Rosenborg in the Champions League on Tuesday. The fact that Shevchenko, who Abramovich bought for $60 million, was the only Chelsea player to find the back of the net against Rosenborg probably heightened justifications in the billionaire's mind that it was time for Mourinho to go.
Now the big question on pundits' lips: How long will Abramovich himself stick around? Some see his ownership of Chelsea as a passing fad, a plaything he may soon, for want of new trophies, tire of. Whether he's willing to dump a team of ageing marquee players, who have generally proved themselves a force under only one particular manager, is another matter.


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On July 10, 2013, Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) introduced a bill in the House that would amend the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) to streamline the environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The bill has bipartisan support and was recently ordered to be reported on July 31, 2013. Titled the RAPID Act (Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013), H.R. 2641 would set timelines on the preparation of environmental review documents, limit the reviews that could be performed on a major federal action, and allow agencies to tier to the environmental review done by state agencies or by federal agencies on similar actions. While the Act represents a strong attempt at worthwhile NEPA reform, it may also present complicated judicial review questions should it become law.
The RAPID Act may provide a needed element of certainty to the NEPA review process by establishing deadlines for the completion of environmental reviews. According to the Act, the lead agency would have two years to issue an environmental impact statement (EIS) and one year to issue an environmental assessment (EA). The clock would start running on the date on which the agency published a notice of intent to prepare the EIS or EA, or after the agency receives a request to initiate a project. The Act would allow for extensions of time (up to 1 year for an EIS and 180 days for an EA) in two situations: demonstration of good cause or an agreement among the lead agency, the project sponsor, and all participating agencies. If the agency fails to meet the applicable deadline, however, the action or project would be deemed approved.
Consistent with NEPA's directive to reduce paperwork, the proposed bill would also reduce the level of duplicative effort involved with projects that entail either state and federal review or review by multiple federal agencies. A federal agency would be allowed to adopt the state law equivalent of an EA or EIS in place of preparing its own EA or EIS (provided that the state law is similar to NEPA) in two situations: if a state document was prepared for the same project or if a state document was prepared for a similar project with similar environmental impacts and that project is in geographic proximity to the proposed action. Additionally, the Act would limit an agency to preparing only one EIS and EA for a project. An agency would be free to prepare supplemental analyses, but the Act would prohibit a federal agency from preparing an independent NEPA analysis for a project once the lead agency issues a record of decision.
While the NEPA review process could benefit from reform, the RAPID Act may produce as many complications as it does benefits, and it overlooks an area where reform is truly needed. The imposition of a timeline for completing environmental review documents would be tremendously helpful to government and private industry alike. However, the benefit of deeming a project approved if an agency fails to meet the one- or two-year deadline could be short-lived if the "approval" is challenged in court. Without a complete environmental review document and an articulated basis for a decision, it is doubtful that a project would survive a legal challenge because the Act does not shield automatically approved decisions from environmental review.
The limitations on the number of NEPA documents allowed for a project may potentially reduce the time needed for project approval and result in cost savings as well. The Act, however, is silent in regards to the treatment of a programmatic EIS. A programmatic EIS or EA, like those prepared for land management plants or oil and gas lease sales, is tailored to help move site-specific actions through the NEPA process quickly. By limiting the number of EAs or EISs allowed for an action, the proposed legislation may have the unintended consequence of eliminating this beneficial approach to NEPA review.
Finally, the biggest area in need of reform is left unaddressed by the Act: NEPA's statute of limitations. Unless limited by other law, the statute of limitations to challenge a final agency action under NEPA pursuant to the APA is six years. Considering that work on an approved project begins relatively shortly after the record of decision is issued, allowing for a six-year period to bring a legal challenge presents government and industry with significant uncertainty. Any attempt at NEPA reform should address this issue. The RAPID Act still has a long path ahead to becoming law, but the general goal of NEPA reform appears to have momentum.
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This brings to mind a question---------say a top notch artist donates a piece of art worth a million dollars on the open market. Is he/she allowed to deduct the going price of a million dollars or just the $50 or so for a canvas and paints?
My bet, in this case, is that he/she could deduct far more than the cost of materials.


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(Ugh! I thought I'd posted this months ago and just found the half written blog post...) oops! Sorry, Hollie!
Here's what I got from Hollie in our LAMQG swap... A table runner! Yippee!
She took my lonely little hexagon block and turned it into this
wonderful piece. And when she realized that she'd made the whole thing for me and it had no red, she added some into the binding. ;) (my kids love that)
I had to move the huge bowl of lemons off the runner to take a pic just now, so pardon the circle indentation in the last photo... As you can see, it's getting a lot of use. In fact, today, I even hosted Hollie here for lunch and we had soup at the table and enjoyed her gift together.


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Victorian Christmas
Submitted by NinaThe 15th Annual Victorian Christmas Celebration will be held at the Dr. Samuel Mudd Home on December 3rd and 4th, 2016. The museum will open at 11 am and close at 8 pm. The price of admission will be $8.00 for adults and $2.00 for children. Reservations are not required. This year we will have music, refreshments, Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, Civil War Soldiers, and a walking tour of the house. The house will be decorated as it would have been in the Victorian Period.


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October 30, 2008
What are you reading?
I can't imagine a better dream, an enormous wardrobe and a modest library of over 2000 titles. Sure she did not spend hours a day pouring over the shelved books, instead she would have the ones she wanted pulled and brought down for her. That would be nice. In the mean time I do my own pulling, and I have added some features to the blog that focus on, you guessed it, books!
If you take a look to your lower left, you will see a Light Reading section. I picked out some of my currently favorite books (and some that look and sound too fab not to have) that you might be interested in. It is called Light Reading because they are perfect for reading before you fall asleep, or if you are just curling up with a book on a rainy (or frosty) weekend! And to our lower right is the Bookshelf. The bookshelf will feature select books that are a staple on my bookshelf.
Let me know if you have any questions or recommendations for me, because even though I should not be getting more books –my to-read list is pretty big- I am always looking.
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I'm currently reading Marie Antoinette and the Last Garden at Versailles. It's a lovely book and covers her building projects at Trianon, as well as the changes she made to the gardens. I should mention, though, that a lot of the photos are b&w. Many are of interiors the public doesn't have access to, as well as the Grotto, Belvedere, etc. It also covers the dilapidation of the post-Revolutionary era and the recent restoration. I can only hope that the Trianon itself will get the fabulous new book it deserves, now that the work is completed.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, that book does sound wonderful, do you find that it focuses on one memoir more than others?
Polonaise the Last Garden is coming up quickly in my 'to read' line up! I have to find it in a library though because the prices for it are so steep! So that is challenge #1.
I bet that a fab Trianon book is in the works especially with all the restoration they just did. Actually I am surprised one was not out with the opening...or was there???


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A customer at the shop dropped off a "comfort bike" for a tune up the other day with a Wald wire "paper boy" front basket mounted to it.
Now when Wald designed this accessory, they never accounted for bikes with suspension forks or super long head tubes. Add in a tall stem, and the mounts on the basket that attach to the handle bars make the lower struts far too short to reach the wheel axle, where the lower strut is supposed to be attached.
Never fear! Shade Tree Mechanic is here!
Note the threaded hook, much like you might see used on a traditional clothes line, which has been employed to clamp the upper part of the chromed steel stanchion on the suspension fork. Instead of hack sawing it off to a decent length, the owner looks to have used a spacer, (why? I can't really say), and then used two nuts to one- tighten the hook against the stanchion and pinch the rack stay to it, and two- to jamb the inner nut so it can not back off. (Why not just use a washer instead of the spacer and a Nyloc nut? Ahh........who am I kidding?! These guys are grabbing what is at hand. And of course, the whole idea of attaching to the fork stanchion......bah!)
Anyway, the threaded portion must have been protruding out further than the owner was comfortable with so he nipped it off with what appears to have been a bolt cutter, leaving a nice, jagged steel edge to snag on, or worse- Cut you to ribbons.
And just to give the guy some well deserved credit, he actually uses this bike to grocery shop with, leaving his car at home. Bonus points there at least.
Awesome! This is the kind of stuff that keeps me going in the dead of winter.
Friday Fatbike Commute and busy day Photo dump...
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Vittorio De Sica- A film series
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I've always felt like I got lucky when I fell into the Software Quality Assurance career field. As I've written previously, I completed a Computer Science degree while in the USAF but realized quickly that I did not have the patience to be a programmer. I can read code and follow the logic used and have done so on projects using a variety of programming languages; I just find it difficult to build programs myself. I don't know if it's a deficiency in me or I just never had an instructor present things in a way that made the light go on for me. My best bet is to take a block of code (such as HTML), play with it, see what the results are, tweak some things then look again. It's not efficient but it allows me to do some things and learn as I go.
I started in Quality Assurance through a nationwide Defense Logistics Agency training program. The DoD was in the forefront of implementing Software Quality Assurance programs and I liked the idea of being a pioneer. The DoD programs concentrated on controlling the process in order to control the product. For most QA "commodities" (textiles or hardware development for example), during the Engineering development phase of a project, QA is pretty hand off since there are always modifications to processes up until production. For Software though, if you wait for the production phase, all the software has been developed already so there's nothing to monitor for the most part. Software is nebulous, ephemeral even, as you can't pick up the bits and bytes that go into a program while it is being developed. So you use the things like Requirements reviews, Design reviews, Code inspections, and so on during the code development to monitor the quality of the product.
I was placed at a Defense Contracts Administration Service, Plant Representation Office (DCASPRO) at a GTE facility. I had occasional battles with the various GTE folks on most every program they had but knew always, that the processes and procedures they used worked. They had empirical evidence. I was told a few years later when the idea of the Capability Maturity Model was hitting the literature that this particular facility was one of the handful of organizations worldwide deemed to be operating at a CMM Level 3. Probably my biggest surprise after I left DLA was just how many firms continued to fight the idea of robust SQA programs and processes. Which goes back to the lack of respect often accorded to Quality Assurance within a lot of organizations.
For years I resisted getting involved with the Testing side of QA. Waiting until the start of testing to "test the quality into the application" is wasteful, although it is not uncommon. Then I got tapped for a couple of testing intensive projects where I began to see all the ways testing could be brought into the picture far earlier than is normal. And I found out that testing is fun.
You see, as a tester, I get paid to break things, i.e., the software application. The easiest testing is when the requirements have been laid out nice and neat, assigned to development modules and the design of the application is available to use as part of the work flow of the application. Rare, but the easiest. Most often there is some mix of the requirements and design information available and you work with the information available to you. I and most all testers are going to be running test to make sure the application does what it is supposed to do, i.e., it meets the stated requirements. What I try to do is also make sure the application does not do what it is not supposed to do. So as I develop my test scenarios and test cases, I try to interject "faults" where I purposefully hit the wrong key or try to perform an action that is not supposed to be allowed at all levels of user. Variants on this allow me to see that the application is handling the error conditions correctly. I have found security holes you could drive a truck through by testing in this fashion, all because most of the folks (often someone with detailed functional knowledge of a job and its requirements but not a lot of QA or testing experience) tested just for the positive attributes of the application and not testing the negatives.
The most difficult testing is when there are no formal requirements specified or design documents. So what do I do? I try to blank the mind and just accept the "as written" application. Most custom applications can be learned just by plugging in information or clicking links to see what happens. It's really inefficient but it can be done.
So there you have it. A mix of process related QA to go with some heavy duty manual testing experience. Both parts of the QA world can be brought to bear on just about any effort, and have positive results. That's why both are individual components in the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) certification process. I do not have a current CSQE, my last having expired a few years ago (and I've let my ASQ membership lapse as well), but I was one of the first CSQE in the world, having taken and passed the initial pilot test back in 1995. Due to the travel and moving I've done over the years, I was usually in no position to re-certify without testing so I've taken the CSQE test at least three times over the years, passing it successfully each time. I own about a third of the books and documents that comprise the Body of Knowledge for the CSQE plus have my own experiences to guide me when I take the exam.
Mr Boris Beizer was one of the early gurus for Software Quality Assurance and Testing. In one of his books, he listed the Ten Attributes Of a Good QA Worker. The only area where I'm potentially in conflict is the first one of being a "good programmer" but I don't think he and I are all that far apart, even there.
So remember to call your QA staff ahead of time. We might even be able to save you some time and money, if you're willing to listen. Or if you don't have an experienced QA staff, I know where you can hire someone to help you get started.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
I Do Love Software Quality Assurance
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