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BIG STUDIO 5 min WALK to METRO zone 2 K6
Size26 m²
Floor No.1
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Kilburn High Rd, NW6 4HS London, United Kingdom
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|2 days ago
Floor: 1st Floor
Self-contained fully equipped kitchen with Fridge/Freezer, Microwave, Cooker/Oven, Vacuum Cleaner (communal use - hallway area), Cutlery and Kitchenware
Private bathroom with a soap and a roll of toilet paper
Double bed
Double sofa-bed
Washing machine (communal use - hallway area)
Fresh Bed Linen and Towels on ARRIVAL
Furniture: wardrobe, chairs, chest of drawers, dining table/coffee table TV
Entry door code
Central Heating
ADDITIONAL ITEMS (on request):
Iron and ironing board
Additional set of keys
Washing machine liquids and detergents
Children accessories
Parking and storage spaces
Wheelchair access
Airport transfers
Kilburn Park, zone 2, Bakerloo line, 7 min. walk
Kilburn High Road Overground Station, zone 2, Overground line from Watford Junction to Euston Station, 4 min. walk
Kilburn Tube Station, zone 2, Jubilee line, 15 min. walk
Brondesbury Overground Station, zone 2, Overground line from Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford Station, 11 min. walk
Local and Night Buses walking distance
Several Buses to Central London
Minicab (local taxi service) walking distance
Less than 30 min. from Central London (by underground)
House rulesDear Guest, once you make a reservation, you will have a property address and our arrival contact number ( we will provide it closer to the arrival day). In order to receive the keys, you are required to go to the flat on the check in day with a prior 1 hour notice call to our arrival number.
• Check in time: from 2pm – 8pm.
• Late check in: After 8pm. Additional fee: £20.00. This fee is automatically added to the total bill, which you must pay in full on arrival.
• Early check in: before 2pm. Please let me know if you need to check in earlier as it is a subject to availability
• Checkout time: before 11 am.
• Smoking IS NOT permitted in the apartments or in any other area of the property.
• You can come with your pet. Additional fee: £30.00. Please inform us about it before the booking is confirmed.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 550
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 2175
|Price for > 2 guests
|€ 6 per guest/night extra
|Check-in After
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out Before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews for this host's other properties
Unfortunately, the apartment was not cleaned. The kitchen was very dirty, everywhere was dust. In the bathroom there is no way turn off something. Out of the drain pipe, it stank. The beds were not made, we did himself. In front of our house entrance were rats. If the apartment NOT recommend.
Leider war die Wohnung nicht geputzt. Die Küche war sehr schmutzig, überall war Staub. Im Badezimmer hat man keine Möglichkeit etwas abzustellen. Aus dem Abflußrohr stank es. Die Betten waren nicht bezogen, machten wir selber. Vor unserem Hauseingang waren Ratten. Würde die Wohnung keinem empfehlen.
Disgusting, small, horrible neighborhood, all evil
Asqueroso, pequeño, barrio horrible, todo mal
The only real advantage of this apartment is that it has a great location right next to Hyde Park and it is easy to quickly reach central London in particular by bus.
The studio is located on the top floor (the last steps are difficult to climb) and faces the back of Inverness Terrace with a view without charm. In hot weather the only solution is the opening vent window and then enjoy the sound of vents located on the back of the restaurants in Queensway;
The studio is right .It appears well equipped but with little utensils or cooking or cleaning (not even a broom). Luckily we only used to sleep ...
So in the end we were disappointed with the quality / price ratio
Le seul véritable atout de ce studio est qu'il est très bien situé juste à coté de Hyde Park et il est facile de rejoindre rapidement le centre de Londres notamment par bus.
Le studio est situé au dernier étage (les dernières marches sont difficiles à monter) et donne sur l'arrière d'Inverness Terrasse avec une vue sans charme. Par temps chaud la seule solution d'aération est l'ouverture de fenêtre et alors de profiter du bruit des aérations situés sur l'arrière des restaurants de Queensway;
Le studio est correct .Il apparait bien équipé mais avec peu d'ustensiles soit de cuisine soit de ménage( pas même un balai). Heureusement nous ne l'avons utilisé que pour dormir...
Donc au final nous avons été déçu par la rapport qualité/prix
The apartment very comfortable, everything clean, with wifi.
Well connected by underground and overground.
Very friendly contact person.
Negative: was broken shower hose, but you could also shower.
Cleaning utensils were common with neighbors.
Worst: the entrance to the building.
El apartamento muy cómodo, todo limpio, con wifi.
Bien comunicado con el metro y overground.
Persona de contacto muy amable.
Negativo: estaba rota la manguera de la ducha, aunque te podías duchar igualmente.
Los utensilios de limpieza era comunes con los vecinos.
Lo peor: la entrada al edificio.
Not worth the price. I've stayed in cleaner, better serviced & maintained apartments/rooms then 10 Stanley. Its dirty unhygienic it's not worth your money!!! Kitchen /cleaning utensils minimal and I'm not to complain but falsely advertised! No toilet paper or fresh towels supplied.
The hostess was not Irene, appeared with a small delay someone else to give us the keys and tell us something of the apartment.
La anfitriona no era Irene, apareció con un pequeño retraso otra persona para darnos las llaves y comentarnos alguna cosa del apartamento.
the apartment is located in zone 3, but however the tube line is within walking distance and is well connected to central London. The area is full of market and all in all not bad, although I do not know how it is at night since we came back up to 21.00. The apartment was not the ultimate in cleanliness, in fact it was full of dust, but the thing that has been weighing on the sofa bed they slept in my children that was completely broken .... just be thrown away, buckled and rusty ... Ivan, the boy sent by Irene to fix the situation was very kind and tried to fix the best network .... but unfortunately without success. All in all, apart from the inconvenience and the smell of damp and mold in the entrance hall, our stay in London was amazing and London is lovely !!!
l'appartamento si trova in zona 3, ma tuttavia la linea tube si trova a breve distanza ed è ben collegata con il centro di Londra. La zona è piena di market e tutto sommato non è male, anche se non so come sia di notte in quanto massimo alle 21.00 noi siamo rientrati. L'appartamento non era il massimo della pulizia, anzi era pieno di polvere, ma la cosa che più è pesata è stato il divano letto su cui hanno dormito i mie bambini che era completamente rotto....proprio da buttare, inarcato e arrugginito...Ivan, il ragazzo mandato da Irene a sistemare la situazione è stato molto gentile ed ha cercato di sistemare al meglio la rete....ma purtroppo senza esito. Tutto sommato, a parte gli inconvenienti e la puzza di umidità e di muffa nell'androne, il nostro soggiorno a Londra è stato stupendo e Londra è incantevole!!!
exepcional situation, very quiet, 2 minutes walk from the station i of a 24 h supermarket area.
It is located in a house that has been divided in several studies. This has 4 hotplates, but the fume extractor does not work, the bed was broken i every 2 x3 well we had to put the mattress that was falling. The banjo was very young: if you are taller than 185cm wide i you are something not enter. The second day there we had to call us to be lit warm water in 30 minutes it was fixed. The rest ok: Ok cleaning, heating ok, ok neighbors.
is what you see in the picture plus a banjo 1 x 3m.
situacion exepcional, zona muy tranquila, a 2 minutos andando de la estacion i de un supermercado 24 h.
Se encuentra en una casa que ha sido dividida en varios estudios. Este dispone de 4 fogones, pero el estractor de humos no funciona, la cama estaba rota i cada 2 x3 teniamos que colocar bien el somier que se caia. El banyo era muy chico: si mides mas de 185cm i eres algo ancho no entras. El segundo dia tubimos que llamar para que nos encendieran el agua caliente, en 30 minutos estaba solucionado. El resto ok: limpieza aceptable, calefaccion ok, vecinos ok.
es lo que se ve en la foto mas un banyo de 1 x 3m.
Apartment as photos. A little dirty.
Appartamento come da foto. Un po sporco.
The apartment very correct with all amenities. But the input side street is an authentic guarrada full of bags piled garbage and not collected. At the entrance when it rains, you have to put bricks to avoid getting wet shoes.
El apartamento muy correcto con todas las comodidades. Pero la calle lateral de entrada es una auténtica guarrada, llena de bolsas de basura amontonadas y no recogidas. En la entrada cuando llueve, hay que poner ladrillos para no mojarse los zapatos.
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Don't know if anyone's heard of these girls, but they're a new country trio who released their digital debut a few weeks ago and are currently touring with Toby Keith. I heard about them through a friend at my UMGD internship, and you can check out some of their material over here: www.imeem.com/carterschord. More importantly though, the tour's stopping through Mountain View next Friday at the Shoreline Amphitheater, should be really fun.
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In a few weeks I will get two package bees from BeeWeaver, whom I have never got packages from. I did get some queens from them last year, that I have been pleased with, by the way. I have never really had good success with package bees. I have been beekeeping for about 5 years or so. They just never seem to build up very fast. I have read all the stuff. Over and over and over. Any way, I would like some opinions, please, on your preferred method for getting your package bees off to a good start. I am here in Western Ky if you were wondering.
The first 3 years I started them in 10 frame deeps. After seeing so many people going to mediums or 8 frame boxes, I switched to 8 frame stuff. They seem to start better in the smaller 8 frame deeps than the 10. In my experience. So, I use 8 frame deeps, wooden frames with a mix of plastic & wax foundation. I use inner covers with jar feeder holes in them. I usually feed with two jars & dont let em run dry, because they will fill in the holes on the jar if I do. Put another hive body to conceal the jars & telescoping inner cover. I feed with 5lb bag of sugar in a 1 gallon jug mixed with water the whole first year & those foam hive top feeders through the winter. I have never had a moldy hive, summer or winter. I have had problems with the hive dwindling and shb, or wax moth trouble though.
I have no trouble installing packages, they just dont seem build up as well as I read that they should. They really seem to struggle to fill the frames with comb. I think the weather around the time that packages arrive have had an important role in their success, but I may be mistaken on that. The first few years I was advised to get em early. It seemed to me, early was cold and crappy rainy weather, so I switched to getting them about 3 weeks later in the shipping range, which has been a bit better imo. But again, I may be mistaken on that too. I have had success with a few packages though, not all of them have been bad. For the most part it seems that most of the packages I have purchased, the queens havent been all that productive. By the end of the summer, the colonies dwindle, and she is there, just stops laying or is very spotty. I dont get clipped wings, just marked.
I do somewhat regular inspections, about 1 time a month so I dont disrupt them any more than I have too. In a new colony that isnt building much comb, and inspection is fairly straight forward & quick. With out a bunch of hives, my resources for combining or raising replacement queens is not really an option right now. So, if there is an issue with a queen I am sol pretty much. I have given them a boost with a few frames from strong hives, but I havent had any luck with them having enough time to raise a new queen on their own. I have had bad luck ordering queens & getting them in a timely manner to actually be effective.
My most successful bees have been from nucs or splits that I made. They just seem to already have a jump start & have no trouble adapting to a new hive.
Packages arent getting any cheaper, and shipping costs are going up. How about some tips on what you do with your first year packages? Let me know if my method is not all that great too. I love beekeeping, but buying two packages every year & not really making an addition to my numbers is getting tough to do. So, I am looking for some help if ya dont mind....


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a place for zinesters - writers and readers
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I haven't posted here much; I'm a lazy lazy man. I've been putting out the zine The Inner Swine since 1995. (www.innerswine.com)
1995. Damn, I'm an old man, too.
Wanted to mention that I just put the latest issue up as an Amazon Kindle title. 99 cents. I figure I'll do this for all future issues. I set it up for unlimited lending as well.
We invite you to take part in the First International Exhibition "ZINESHOW" in Ukraine. Participation is free. Any technique. Any theme and format. No return. Deadline: 15/04/2013. Exhibition on the blog http://zineshow.blogspot.com All works will be exhibited also in the gallery "tymutopiyapres" http://tymutopiyapres.blogspot.com is not a commercial gallery. Welcomed but not "necessarily" summary of your zine or about you or your creative work (this is necessary for further elucidation of the project and possible documentation). Zines for the exhibition please send air mail: "Zineshow" A/C 9875, Sadivnycha 19/1, 79038, Lviv, Ukraine.


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Bristol, Virginia city manager resigns
Dewey Cashwell announced his resignation Friday morning
BRISTOL, Va. - In a special called meeting that lasted less than ten minutes, Bristol, Virginia city manager Dewey Cashwell stepped away from his job Friday morning.
Cashwell and council members both describe the departure as a mutual decision. "It was a mutual decision reached with members of the council," says Cashwell.
"I think it was a mutual agreement," says councilwoman Catherine Brillhart. "Mr. Cashwell is a great promoter of economic development in our city and worked well with city council."
In accepting Cashwell's resignation, the city council voted 4-to-1 to double the six-month severance package outlined in his one-year contract, which was set to expire June 30.
Mayor Jim Steele voted 'no'. "I don't believe in this. I thought we should go back to Monday vote up or down if he gets six months' severance package. I think the taxpayers of Bristol have paid out enough money," said Mayor Steele.
Cashwell says the decision to leave the post was based partly on a desire to spend more time with his family.
Mayor Steele says members of city council decided not to continue with Cashwell a couple of weeks ago and the decision was primarily based on personality differences. "We just felt like there were some things that went on and we needed to change, put a new face in there, someone that can get out and really get along with the people," says Steele.
While his time in Bristol, Virgnia is over, he says he would consider another job locally. "There are some jobs pretty close by to here I would like to get some consideration for as well," says Cashwell.
He is proud of his accomplishments as city manager, and says he's leaving the city finances in a better situation than when he arrived in town almost three years ago.
The city council is set to hold is reorganization meeting Monday.
Council members are expected to name an interim city manager at that time while they work on the process to find a replacement.
In the meantime, the two assistant city managers are in charge until an interim city manager is named.


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Just tested the new S80 3.2 6 cyl FF for a few minutes in Cerritos Auto Sq (so called the largest auto center in the world) few days ago.Good points :1. Very quiet.2. Shock absorption very good, comfortable ride.3. 6AT shift smoothly (the AT is from Japan, maybe Aisin.)4. Handling is OK for such a big FF sedan.Bad points :1. Engine torque not linear, lack of low end torque, feels like a turbo engine (but it's NOT a turbo engine).2. Dashboard does not look nice, especially the upper part, quite ugly, the material feels cheap.3. HID lamps not standard in a $40K car ?Conclusion :A car tuned for comfort. A stronger low end torque will be much better.
No automaker should have a FWD car as their flagship vehicle, let alone Volvo. I think this the reason why the last S80 attempt didn't go so well. The interior isn't very well designed, it looks all over the place. The vents on the center stack along with the wood trim looks dated, while the center stack's super slim design is futuristic. The navigation system placement looks like an afterthought. The standard 3.2L inline-6 only has 235 HP, in a class full of 275 HP M35s, 300 HP GS350s, 255 HP 530i's, 255 HP A6s, and 268 HP E350's. The V8 option in the S80 isn't that great either, producing 311 HP from a 4.4L.
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Volvo and Saab have been doing FWD for quite some time now for for all models flagship or otherwise. Acura also. And not everyone is looking for a road warrior. To some 235 hp is plenty when combined with a solid respectable ride. Another thread had said senators looking to limit power...Maybe Volvo is right in line with the future.
It looks pretty good on the commercial.


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Les grandes oeuvres ne s'élaborent que dans le recueillement et le silenceLesage, Augustin
Les grandes oeuvres ne s'élaborent que dans le recueillement et le silence, between 1923 and 1925
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Lesage, Augustin (1876-1954), France
Augustin Lesage was born in Saint-Pierre-les-Auchel, in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. Coming from a family of miners, he took up this trade in his turn. At the age of 35, while working down the mine, he heard a voice predicting he would be a painter some day. Some months later, he heard messages which seemed to confirm this vocation.
From then on he addressed himself to doing drawings 'dictated' by the dead, notably his younger sister, who had died at the age of three. Augustin Lesage subsequently engaged in painting, creating an initial canvas of nine square metres which took him from 1912 to 1913. He interrupted his pictorial activities the following year but resumed them in 1916, finally abandoning his occupation as a miner seven years later in order to devote himself exclusively to art until he died.
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Obama Encourages Citizens to "Civic Hack"
Jason Mick
January 23, 2013 1:24 PM
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We're guessing they're not advocating LulzSec 2.0, but the premise is nice
While the Obama administration has not always been on good terms with hackers, clashing with
groups like Anonymous and LulzSec
, it has maintained a strong verbal
push to promote technology and innovation
in the U.S. And while some would contend
its policies
are in fact
stifling innovation
, the White House is having none of that, announcing its June 1-2, 2013 initiative dubbed the "
National Day of Civic Hacking
The White House
on its blog:
National Day of Civic Hacking is a call to action for anyone who wants to make a positive impact on their town, city, and country. A coalition of leading organizations, companies, and government agencies have banded together to issue this challenge with the goal of promoting transparency, participation, and collaboration among governments, startups, and citizens. These partners will support Civic Hacking Day by hosting activities across the country that invite anyone to become part of the civic hacker community—whether you're a newbie or an expert—and by connecting people in person or online during the weekend celebration.
The event is taking place in conjunction with
Random Hacks of Kindness
Code for America's
Brigade meetings and is being modeled after the
Innovation Endeavors'
Super Happy Block Party. A number of Federal agencies, including NASA, the Census Bureau, and the Department of Labor, are participating by offering specific challenges for hackers to work during the event.
This is an opportunity for citizens in every town and city across the Nation to roll up their sleeves, get involved, and work together to improve our society by cultivating an ecosystem for innovation and change. Activities are already being planned in Augusta, GA; Alexandria, VA; Asheville, NC; Austin, TX; Bend, OR; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Grand Rapids, MI; Honolulu, HI; Lexington, KY; Oakland, CA; Palo Alto, CA; Portland, ME; New York City, NY; Philadelphia, PA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; and Tucson, AZ.
Now remember, this is the same administration that approved questionable charges to
send a security researcher to prison for five years
for exposing a gaping hole, which essentially left an open door to AT&T, Inc. (
iPad customers' records
. Such punishments don't necessarily jive with the White House's assertion that hackers have "long worked to improve our country and the world."
However, it's nice to see the White House recognizing the value of the hacking community. It should be interesting to see what kind of events get cooked up for June 1.
Events are occurring across the county. [Image Source: Hack for Change]
Just remember, "civic hacking" may earn you praise, but disclosure-type hacking often earns you condemnation. Even the
most responsible private-disclosures
often lead to repercussions. As the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished. Of course such hacking has done a great job of helping protect everyone's security online by exposing and forcing companies to fix flaws that otherwise could have led to dangerous leaks of personal information. But to our hacker readers: tread softly and carry a big proxy.
To sign up for an event or volunteer to host one, visit
The White House
Hack For Change
"I'm an Internet expert too. It's all right to wire the industrial zone only, but there are many problems if other regions of the North are wired." -- North Korean Supreme Commander Kim Jong-il
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An individual who acts manly and/or cocky; A behavorial state of manliness often characteristic of excess testosterone
Ex. Jack is so cockstrong that he took on a whole gang of badasses in a fight just to prove that he isn't a pussy.
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A man that is unusually phyically strong for his size because of lack of sexual activity. It is believed that sexual activity temporarily physically weakens a man. Professional athletes abstain from sex prior to an athletic contest. College coaches keep their athletes under wraps the night before a game because of this. Professional boxers abstain from sex during training before a fight.
A male virgin.
A male virgin.
A dude like that, I normally would have kicked his ass....but that big country-assed motherfucker was cock-strong. He probably ain't never had no pussy in his life.
by mitch4t February 16, 2008
One who's cock and usually balls, can withstand excessive punishment. In fact, they are so strong that they become the possessor's greatest offensive weapon.
"I wouldn't mess with Johnny."
"Why not?"
"His cock is bigger than yours, in fact, it can walk right through the door."
"With a feeling so pure?"
"Yeah, he's cockstrong."
"Why not?"
"His cock is bigger than yours, in fact, it can walk right through the door."
"With a feeling so pure?"
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by CF Hunk May 31, 2006
I word originating in the 1980s in NC. Initally a nickname many people called a guy from Jacksonville NC. Use of the word originally was used to describe his feats of strength in the gym. Many people thought it had to do with his sexual aura,so the word has overtime developed a second meaning to refer to a mans vitality.
1) That guy is cockstrong! Did you see him lift the back end of that car?!
2) So much sex last night, glad I am cockstrong.
2) So much sex last night, glad I am cockstrong.
by pauppop February 12, 2010
very strong dick. the ability to do 345 cock push ups
while jason is very cockstrong, james is very cockweak
by Anonymous June 14, 2003
A man who thinks his shit don't stink. Thinks he's better than everyone else, especially to other men. A man who thinks he's in charge of everything/everyone.
Look at John over there acting Cock strong bossing the other guys around. Better not get Cock strong on me, he ain't the forman.
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Betty Lou Jensen, 82, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at the Senior Class Home Health Care in Pequot Lakes.
She was born to Ed and Anna Ranfranz on Feb. 2, 1930, in Rochester, Minn. Betty married Clarence "Bill" Jensen in Rochester on Sept. 21, 1954. Bill and Betty owned and operated several bakeries. Betty enjoyed going to the casino, traveling in their RV and spending winters in Florida, Texas and Arizona.
Betty is survived by her husband, Bill; sisters, Peggy Iverson of Redwood Falls and Phyllis Holloway of Rochester; brothers, Ray Ranfranz of Virginia, Minn., and Ralph Ranfranz of Rochester.
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Fenella Saunders
Of all the waste products of modern technological devices, heat might seem like the most benign. But overheating is a major concern for computers, electronics, power plants, automobiles, even humans who are tromping around hot climates. Heat seems like a particular waste since it is a byproduct of energy that could go to more useful purposes. However, since heat itself is a form of energy, if it could be captured and transformed into something useful like electricity, the process would increase efficiency while also getting rid of the problem of excess heat. That was the thinking of Orest Symko and his physicist colleagues at the University of Utah. Their approach is somewhat unconventional: They turn the heat first into sound, which is then directly converted to electricity.
In the 18th century, glass blowers discovered by chance that heated glass tubes would spontaneously produce sound. Thermoacoustic refrigerators, which use sound to pump heat, have been investigated for some time (see American Scientist, November-December 2000). As Symko and his students reported at the Acoustical Society of America conference in Salt Lake City in June, they have been working to make the devices smaller and more efficient, so that they can function with lesser amounts of heat and be incorporated with microelectronics.
Right now most of their devices are metal tubes 9 millimeters to 3 centimeters long that contain a "stack" of material in the middle. The stack is made of insulating plates or fibers to provide a greater surface area to interact with the air in the tube. When heat is applied to one end of the stack, the temperature gradient builds up and changes the air pressure, which causes an acoustic wave to travel through the length of the tube.
At some point, depending on the length of the tube, the temperature gradient hits a threshold that causes the waves to bounce back and forth in the tube at a single frequency, a phenomenon called resonance. Longer tubes produce low frequencies, shorter tubes produce higher ones. Symko likens this to playing a flute: "When you blow into the hole, you produce little disturbances, and they excite the resonance of the tube itself. Here instead we have heat hitting the air and producing little pulses of sound."
"First you have heat which is very random and disorderly, and then you have sound that's coming out at one frequency. There's a similarity to lasers, you pump in energy and you get a coherent output," Symko explains.
The next step in the process involves a material called a piezoelectric ceramic crystal. These crystals link mechanical squeezing to electric voltage. The effect was first discovered by Pierre and Jacques Curie in 1880. The crystals were used in sonar to detect submarines in the 1920s, since the crystals can both emit sound pulses when given an electric signal, and return an electric signal when they receive the sound wave bouncing back from an object. They have since been used in everything from phonographs to gas-grill lighters. They are also used to set off automotive airbags, where the shock of impact causes the crystal to emit an electric signal.
Essentially, a piezoelectric crystal has domains of positive and negative charge which are symmetrically distributed, so the overall material is electrically neutral. When the crystal is deformed, the domains become misaligned, generating a voltage across the material.
The impact from the resonating sound wave in the tube actually causes the crystal to change shape, which leads it to emit electricity. Symko says that their devices typically have 10 to 25 percent efficiency in turning heat into power. His colleagues at Washington State University are developing new piezoelectrics that are single crystals, which should have a higher conversion rate from sound to electricity. A group at the University of Mississippi are creating computer models of the devices.
The thermoacoustic converters can work with a temperature difference as low as 25 degrees Celsius. Higher temperature gradients increase the efficiency of the energy conversion, but this heat difference is not always possible to obtain when the energy source is coming from small electronics.
Symko and his team are working on several improvements to increase the power conversion of the devices. They are developing ring-shaped tubes, which would allow the sound waves to continue to travel around the device instead of bouncing back and forth, which aids in their synchronization and increases efficiency. A similar mechanism is already used in some lasers to create a powerful coherent light beam. They are also pressurizing the air inside the tubes, as the greater density of the gas allows for higher energy transfer. They are looking into using carbon nanotubes to increase the surface area of the stack.
The team is figuring out how to further decrease the size of the devices so they can be mass-produced with some of the same techniques that are used to fabricate microelectronics. However, this raises another problem, as it's harder to maintain a temperature gradient in tiny tubes. Another goal is to synchronize many of the devices into an array to increase the output.
"A big advantage of these devices is that they have no moving parts so they are relatively easy to fabricate and require low maintenance," says Symko. There is not even a worry of sound pollution from these devices, as the smaller ones produce frequencies in the ultrasonic range. Adding insulation can solve any noise problems.
Within a year Symko plans to test small arrays of the 3-centimeter version of his team's devices on the hot-water power plant at his university. He notes that current piezoelectric crystals work well with the frequencies produced by tubes of this size. The military has interest in the devices for cooling radar and also for portable power sources for soldiers—Symko notes that the devices easily charge standard batteries and capacitors for energy storage. He also has high hopes for the devices as a complementary approach to increase the energy conversion of solar panels, as the heat that builds up in these panels is currently unused. As Symko points out, "There's always some heat around somewhere, whether it's car exhaust or fire."—Fenella Saunders
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Something curious has come out from GLORY's updated Heavyweight rankings, with that curiosity being that there are currently two new fighters thrown into the mix who weren't there before. Their names won't surprise you, as they've been around for a while now, and arguably they both belong with the top Heavyweights in GLORY. Those names are Hesdy Gerges and Ben Edwards. While there has been no official announcement just yet as to their signing, all of the signs seem to be pointing towards both men fighting for GLORY in the near future.
Both men appear in the updated rankings on GLORY's site, and seeing as though GLORY does not rank fighters who are not a part of their roster, it is safe to assume that they'll both be fighting for GLORY sometime in the near future. For K-1, who are currently planning their World Grand Prix events, this is considered a blow, as both men would make for solid competition and are recognizable names.
Ben Edwards first made waves internationally in 2010 when he won the K-1 World Grand Prix in Canberra event in devastating fashion, which put him right into the mix against Alistair Overeem in the Final 16. Since then he has competed in Australia as well as for SUPERKOMBAT and It's Showtime. Hesdy Gerges has been around for quite a while now, really making a name for himself in a fight against Badr Hari in 2010, when Hari delivered a kick to his face when he was down.


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An untrained no-good is male/female that has no intention of doing any good in this world and is just overall, untrained. Most if not all need to be trained and abused if needed.
There are many examples of untrained no-goods, for example if you leach around while i smoke weed and nag at me for hits so you can get your little fix, you are very untrained and most definately a no good. Another great example of an untrained is slutty teenage girls who commonly get intoxicated and "slut aroound". They tend to puke everywere and annoy everyone at parties.
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Hi all, my name is Chris and I am stationed in Belle Chasse, LA. I just went to my first gunshow this weekend and now would like to get a good carrying pistol. I look forward to hearing all the knowledge and experience that you all have. I hope that someday I will be able to contribute to this forum as well. Thanks, Chris.
Hi Chris, greetings and welcome to the forum from The Stone Mountain Georgia. Lots of choices out there to carry. Start researching through the forum to find out exactly what you need
Which ones have caught your fancy? Got to narrow it down a little better than that, plus a post search will likewise give you excellent considerations, as this is a much asked question. If it's anything over 10 rounds you better jump on it asap and try to get at least 3 mags to boot.
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Police: Brian Adkison steals truck from West Virgina, leads officers on chase in Ohio
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Ohio authorities say their officers were engaged in a car chase Tuesday morning involving Missouri fugitive Brian Adkison.
Adkison, 23, escaped from the Caldwell County Jail on Aug. 10 and has been on the run ever since. He is wanted on charges in several Missouri counties and for the rape and kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend, a University of Missouri student.
Westlake, Ohio police confirmed to ABC 17 News that an officer tried to question a man sleeping in a pickup truck around 4:30 a.m. when the man drove off and started to lead police on a pursuit. Westlake is just a few minutes west of Cleveland.
Just 15 minutes later, officers from North Ridgeville Police Department were able to deflate one of Adkison's tires using stop-sticks. His truck became disabled and Adkison then ran away from police.
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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by NMURA, Jan 29, 2013.
Kihara is 5'9", how tall is takahashi?
The skater who competed pairs with Jean-Sebastien Fecteau of Canada? Is she coaching in Japan now?
Isn't ice time always a problem in Japan, especially for pairs teams?
Any speculations on possible abroad training centers? US? Canada?
This is an article in "Saga Shinbun" in Japan.
Translating to English from Japanese
JSF decided Ryuichi Kihara as the new partner of Narumi Takahashi.
January 30th, 2013 JST
In January 30th, Japan Skating Federation announced that they decided Ryuichi Kihara (Chukyo University) who participated to 2011 Junior Worlds as the new partner of Narumi Takahashi (Kinoshita Club) of Pair.
Takahashi won the bronze medal in 2012 Worlds with Canadian Marvin Tran, but canceled the combination of Pair with him in Last December because of the difference of directionality.
The new pair which was born is expected as the war potential of the group competition which is adopted in the Sochi Winter Olympics, and Takahashi said, "I feel very happy to be able to resume the practice of the pair". Kihara said, "I would like to do my best so as to be able to participate to the International competition as soon as possible".
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JSF decided Ryuichi Kihara as the new partner of Narumi Takahashi.
This is an article in "Asahi Shinbun" in Japan
Translating to English from Japanese.
Narumi Takahashi formed a new pair with Ryuichi Kihara.
January 30th, 2013 JST
In January 30th, Japan Skating Federation announced that they decided Ryuichi Kihara (20, Chukyo University) as the partner of Narumi Takahashi (21, Kinoshita Club), who won the third place and got the medal for the first time for Japan in the Pair of the Worlds in last season.
In last December, Takahashi canceled the combination with Marvin Tran (Canada) who won the medal with her.
Kihara is the player of Single, was the 12th place in Japan National in last season and was the the 10th place in 2011 Worlds. As for the body height, Kihara is 174 cm and Takahashi is 146 cm. Kihara said, "I am anxious, too, because I have not an experience of the Pair, but I would like to practice it utilizing my experience so far".
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Narumi Takahashi formed a new pair with Ryuichi Kihara.
If he's 5'9'', I think he's taller than Tran. Takahashi is 1.46m, I think that's about 4'10''.
Tran is listed at 175 cm (ISU) and Kihara at 174 cm (JSF) , so both are 5'9"<ish>, if the bios are right.
Ryuichi Kihara - Short Program (ISU JGP Baltic Cup 2011)
Ryuichi Kihara - Free Skating (ISU JGP Baltic Cup 2011)
That's the performance of his I watched live.
I have to take what I said back. He has a stiff back and his movements are a little awkward yes but he's actually quite expressive and under proper guidance could develop into a decent skater I think. Definitely potential there. He also seems quite tall.
According to this article, they will be coached by Yuka Sato and will train in Detroit.
I never thought of Sato, but Jason Dungjen taught her some Pairs, and they performed together. Thank you for the news!
Ehhhhh I guess there's bad blood between them and Gauthier then.
I am very disappointed because I think that Gauthier+Marcotte is the best pairs team there is.
I guess Sato/Dungjen will coach and Camerlengo/Krylova will choreograph?
Is there any update on Narumi's injury? Any idea if she's recovered enough to begin training properly with him? Could be crucial if they're hoping to be ready to compete at Nebelhorn to try to get the Olympic spot.
Well, he is already used to generic tango programs, so I guess he's half way there!
This is an article in "Mainichi Shinbun" in Japan.
Translating to English from Japanese.
Takahashi/Kihara pair learns from Yuka Sato coach
January 30th, 2013 JST.
By Tatsuya Haga
In January 30th, Japan Skating Federation announced formally that Narumi Takahashi (21, Kinoshita Club) who had canceled the combination of Pair with Marvin Tran (Canada) forms the new combination with Ryuichi Kihara (20, Chukyo University).
They are going to utilize U.S. Detroit as their training base and learn to both coaches of Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen who form together the conjugal Pair as professional.
According to HIdehito Ito, the director of Figure Skating of the said Federation, Kihara seems to have participated to the meeting for experiencing the Pair Skating which was held in Chukyo University two years before. Takahashi who coached him then seems to have been eager, saying, "I would like to form the Pair with him by all means because I felt a good fit to him", and he seems to have replied to it in this year.
They train in Detroit for two months from February and are going to aim at getting the qualification to participate to Sochi Olympics in the final Olympic qualifying competition in September. Director Ito said, "Although there is an aspect not to find that it doesn't attempt together actually, too, we would like to make them strengthen aggressively because a pair among the Japanese was formed specially".
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Takahashi/Kihara pair learns from Yuka Sato coach
Sato/Dungjen makes a lot of sense on paper. Jason was a brilliant pair skater and a good coach. Having a Japanese coach in the US will help the process.
They chose busy coaches though. (Alissa and Jeremy are not going to Worlds and their season is over)
I know Yuka and Jason are busy coaches but I actually think this will be a good fit for them, Yuka was a singles skater, but her and Jason did do some shows and pro-ams and I was extremely impressed with her ability to pick it up just like that (their throws were worthy), granted she was already a world champion, but I think she will be able to help Kihara transition into pairs, and hopefully they can pick it up and do well. Would like to see them compete at the Olympics.
They are definitely the "it" coaches at the moment but they have so many skaters, I wonder whether they will be able to devote a lot of their time to T/K.
And they haven't produced any pair teams yet so their ability in this regard is a big unknown.
Jason coached the Hartsells when they won the National title in 1999 - I remember because it seemed like a bit of a fun twist that Jason was coaching the team that beat Ina & Zimmerman, who were "supposed" to win, after Ina dumped him for Zimmerman. That said, Jason was part of a coaching team that included Johnny Johns, who has lots of experience with pairs coaching, so it's hard to say how much of the credit goes to Jason.
And he is also co-coaching Berton/Hotarek.
Translating to English from Japanese
January 30 th, 2013 JST
Good news
My new partner was decided.
It is Ryuichi Kihara of Chukyo university.
I have known Kihara well, because I used to have been to the international competitions together with him many times since the Junior ages.
I'm very glad that I can aim at the world together with him in Pair this time.
For the last three months after the surgical operation, I sometimes had spicy times, but could restart like this thanks to your mental support.
Really, thank you very much.
Please support the pair Ryuichi Kihara / Narumi Takahashi from now on.
The official blog of Narumi Takahashi"The fairy on the Ice"
Bumping this thread back up now that Takahashi/Kihara have debuted their SP at Lombardia Trophy in Italy today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DLmRpk7BwI
7 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 47.98 26.26 21.72 5.58 5.08 5.67 5.58 5.25 0.00 #10 (they made the SP minimum TES for the Olympics)
Pairs FS is tomorrow and there is a live stream - more info here: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?89233-Live-stream-of-2013-Lombardia-Trophy-from-Italy
Re-posting from The Ice thread (shows took place in Japan in late July):
Scheduled competitions this fall: Nebelhorn Trophy (Olympic qualifying) next week and 2 Grand Prix events - NHK Trophy & Rostelecom Cup.
Yay for them! Congrats to get the minimum Worlds TES. Hoping they keep doing their best in their FS.
Congratulations to them on their progress. It will be interesting to see whether their appearance at the Olympics can or will inspire other young skaters in Japan to pursue pairs.
One would have thought that common sense would push Japanese single skaters to pursue pairs. Logically, if you are number 6-10 Japanese man and there are such strong skaters as Takahashi, Oda, Kozuka, Hanyu, Mura etc, one should think how overcrowded it is currently in the men category and start looking into ladies number 5-10 for a lady in similar position. A few years (1-2) trying to gel together and hurray, you have a ticket to 4CC and worlds (as long as you meet the qualifying scores) which you would never get so quickly if you waited the queue in the singles category. You can't wait forever until someone retires and it becomes less crowded. The clock is ticking...
Takahashi/Kihara scored 90.05 in the FS at Lombardia Trophy today and attained the Olympic minimum TES - video filmed from the stands: http://youtu.be/5Zx9B5HmOJ8
They finished 7th overall (138.03) - on to Nebelhorn!
The problem is most Japanese single skaters are too short and thin even for their very small ladies. Kihara is definitely not built to be a pairs skater.
Kihara might not be built to be a Pairs skater, but after being in Pairs for eight months, he and Takahashi made not only the Olympic TES minimums in their first Senior B, but also the World TES minimums, exceeding the World TES FS minimum by almost 6.5 points. I know he had an experienced partner, but he's going to get to go to Championships within a year of having started Pairs.
Kihara has done very well in a short amount of time. I really didn't think it was possible to come so far. (I still miss Takahashi/ Tran, though)
There are shorter men skaters even from other countries. Szolkovy is not very tall, Brubaker neither. I am not saying that every male skater should become a pair skater, but even within Japanese men there will be some slightly taller and among ladies some smaller ladies.
I think the main obstacle is that any JPN pair team that is formed is "forced" to train abroad due to the lack of elite level pair coaches, and unless promising prospective pairs are funded by the federation (or are financially independent), this can get very expensive!
Kihara is not short for Narumi...but he needs to develop a lot of upper body strength. You just have to compare the guy with the rest of competitors. Male pair skaters are muscle GI Joes


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A Conversation Between Friends: Dr. Hans J. Nagel and Judith Forbis
Fall was in the air as the colors of the season were beginning to appear and the heat of the summer was replaced with a cool, comfortable breeze. It was a perfect day on September 21, 2016 when Judith Forbis and I visited Dr. Hans Nagel at his Katharinenhof Stud in Northern Germany. Our visit took place just days before the All Nations Cup was to be held in Aachen where Judith, long known for her Ansata Arabian Stud and various educational activities, was to be recognized as the first person to receive the All Nations Cup Lifetime Achievement Award. After spending time walking around the stables and looking at all of Dr. Nagel's horses, including the latest foal crop, we relaxed in the sitting room at the farm's charming cottage. Although I have enjoyed personal friendships with both Dr. Nagel and Judith, it was an honor to experience them together in this lovely and informal setting as they shared precious memories of their influential past.
The 2017 Qatar International Arabian Horse Show
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When the McCoys Favored Ferzon Over Fadjur
The McCoys clearly loved one over the other. You can see it illustrate in this pic when they chose Ferzon to represent Fersara, but chose to stand Bint Sahara alone rather than bring her new colt named Fadjur to stand beside her. rather than Fadjur who was born three months earlier than Ferzon. They had them priced in the same way. Ferzon was priced at $10,000, while Fadjur was a measly $750. Granny (Marjory F. Tone) loved Fersara t oo, and it prompted her to ask Mr. McCoy if he had any colts like her, at home.....and the rest is history. # GreatMoments # Fadjur # Ferzon "Great Moments" is a feel-good service of EvieInc Equine Social Media. www.EvieInc.net.
When Bay-Abi Wasn't Being a National Champion Stallion
... He was working cattle with the best of them. And he actually WAS the best of them at Sid Spencer's ranch, where Sheila learned her foundational horsemanship as a young girl. He was the best cow horse, out of all the Quarter Horses and Morgan horses on the ranch. True to this caption, he would often breed a mare in the morning (live in the pasture, with Sheila riding him bareback with a halter and lead rope and wash bu cket), work on the ranch all day long, then come home and breed another mare that night. If only all men were that lucky... # GreatMoments # BayAbi "Great Moments" is a feel-good service of EvieInc Equine Social Media. www.EvieInc.net
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The 2016 All Nations Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses Text and photos by Lisa Abraham The 2016 All Nations Cup for Purebred Arabian Horses, which took place from September 23-25, was a spectacular show and event. After the busy show season of summer, the competition elevates at the All Nations Cup (ANC), as this show is the first leg of the European Triple Crown. It is here that the farms choose who will represent them—and all stops are pulled. Once again, all festivities took place in the Albert-Vahle-Halle, located in the heart of the charming German city of Aachen. Although the arena provided an intimate atmosphere and is functional for showing horses, the spectacular décor of the
When Rashad Crossed the Atlantic
Rashad Ibn Nazeer was part of the very first importation of But he was part of the first importation of Nazeer blood. He arrived in the United States in 1958, along with the first Nazeer daughters, Bint Moniet El Nefous and Bint El Bataa (and two El Sareei daughters). It was the first shipment of Egyptian Arabians to come to the USA since the Babson and W.R. Brown importations in 1932. This shipment encouraged many American breeders to go to E gypt and bring back Arabians - it rekindled the interest in Egyptian Arabians. I always love the stark reminder of just how difficult those trans-Atlantic trips were at the time. This photo says it all... Rashad in a rickety tiny, wooden box stall, exposed to the elements on a boat
When General Dickinson Priced All Foals the Same
It was 1945. It was the policy of General Dickinson's Travelers Rest Farm to price all Arabian foals of a sex at a standard price. Colts were priced at $400 at weaning time, and an additional $50 was added to the price every six months until sold. Fillies were priced at $600 at weaning time and $50 was added to the price every six months until sold. Gen. Dickinson made it quite plain in discussing these prices that he did not at any time make an attempt to get a higher price than quoted for these colts even though some may have shown greater quality than others. At this time he was ambitious to have 50 broodmares producing purebred Arabian colts in his stud. In fact, he is quoted as saying, "We believe success depends upon pleasing


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Found these pics. Caliber is 5.45x39mm. The two are a beltfed that also takes AK-74 / RPK-74 box magazines and one is a standard RPK-74 with a device to feed the magwell with a ammunition belt.
Found these pics. Caliber is 5.45x39mm. The two are a beltfed that also takes AK-74 / RPK-74 box magazines and one is a standard RPK-74 with a device to feed the magwell with a ammunition belt.
Well I got my recoil spring and AR hammer spring today. I installed the AR spring in the top cover and put the recoil spring in. She feeds ammo all by herself now and yes it feels great. Thank you again CNT SS and Doubletapme for all of your help to get me to this point. I know that I still have a long way to go but thanks to you guys I know that I can make it. Thanks again..
"To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em."
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I could see how it would work with a motor and stuff, just have links that allow the round to pop off horizontally, rather than along the bullet's axis, just a motor, some gears, a ramp to pop the rounds out of the links, a sort of feed tray to hold the belt in position, and a cut up ak74 mag, and it'd work, just wouldn't feed the last 5 or so rounds...
It could be powered or it might be spring loaded or powered. Maybe a spring that winds up to last a certain number of rounds. The 5.45 belts might be very special for something like that and using other cartridges with standard belts might be more difficult to get working properly. a special bolt carrier or something that attached to bolt carrier might be enough to work special type belt through a box like that.
Can a person use a trunnion without a bullet guide seeing how the trunnion is upside down anyway?
The bullet still needs to be guided into the mouth of the chamber and just stripping the cartridge from the belt links doesn't guide the bullet reliably so I would have to say no, it most likely would not work.
this thing is awsome. when i have enough posts i will try to get plans. how much are they? you said they were free to military? does that include military wives???


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I had a visitor to my apiary this morning who had a good idea. I demonstrated my "ear to the hive" technique to listen to the cluster, I spared him my rendition of "AH, AH, AH, AH, stayin' alive".
He couldn't hear them when he pressed his own ear to it, but then he pressed his cell phone against the hive and recorded the sound; When he played it back on high volume he could hear it clearly.
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On Deadline: Does it matter whether 'senior day health' programs survive?
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Jun 29, 2011
The answer has a particular relevance to Palo Alto, Mountain View and communities in south San Mateo County that are served by the Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health Center. The center stands to lose about half of its 60 spaces due to cutbacks in MediCal funding -- part of the state and federal budget disasters that are washing away so many social and educational programs.
The Kleiner center will remain open, officials vow, thanks to a strong base of client, family and community support. At the same time, our population demographic continues to grow older, both in the still healthy Baby Boomer bracket and in the more frail elderly, called by some the "old old."
But there is a broader significance. There are several hundred such programs in California. Whether they make it through the California budget crisis and disgusting partisan battles is a very real microcosm of what's happening to "social programs" statewide and nationwide.
A glimpse of the impending crisis was provided last Tuesday to 20 former board members of Avenidas, once known as the unwieldy handle of "Senior Coordinating Council of the Midpeninsula Area, Inc." -- or just SCC.
Lisa Hendrickson, in her 12th year as Avenidas' executive director, outlined the difficulties Avenidas faces Tuesday at a luncheon for former board members of the organization, now more than four decades old. Some of the board members served as far back as the early 1980s, and attendees included former Palo Alto mayors Jim Burch and Jean McCown and several "Lifetimes of Achievement" award recipients.
Overall, Avenidas is doing well despite continuing "to ride out this very long economic storm."
The organization is doing particularly well in its "Avenidas Village" program that helps its 325 current enrollees remain in their homes by providing home-based support services. It is the second largest "village" program in the United States, and re-enrollment is running at about 95 percent, Henderson said.
Avenidas also is collaborating with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation on the new David Druker Center for Health System Information on redesigning health care for seniors, under a program headed by Dr. Paul Tang, a nationally recognized expert on computer-assisted health care.
But the day health program hurts. While the number of persons affected may be small in the large picture the depth of impacts is deep, on the individuals and their families.
The Kleiner center is located in its own building in the 200 block of Escuela Avenue in Mountain View but it is one of Avenidas' major programs.
The center serves a specific segment of the local population: frail elderly persons and their caregivers, usually family members. A staff of registered nurses, social workers, physical and speech therapists, dieticians and activity aides provide stimulation, health-supporting services in what is termed a "warm and nurturing environment" behind the rehabilitative services. There is even a cozy fireplace.
Every day, 60 or so quite elderly men and women are brought by van to the center for attention and care by trained professionals, for social contact and to provide respite for family or other caregivers. The half expected to remain in the program are self-funded, often with family support. Day health programs differ substantially from "senior day care" centers, which focus primarily on social and recreational activities. Such centers receive no state funds.
As of late June, this week, 20 senior day health programs statewide have shut down due to an impending loss of state MediCal funds, and the Palo Alto/Mountain View center is about the feel the strain of loss of MediCal funding. Governor Jerry Brown has signed off on the legislation that cuts the MediCal funds, about $175 million worth.
Some kind of "replacement benefit" is supposed to come from the state, "but we're not seeing much action on that at all." The federal government needs to approve the MediCal cut, which is a near certainty, Henderson reported.
"We expect it to be eliminated within 90 days," she said of MediCal funding, California's version of the federal MedicAid funding for the poor.
She is "doubtful there will be a replacement program in place" given the current state of the state.
And even if a program emerges, it would be funded at about $85 million, roughly half the current funding, according to John Sink, Avenidas' vice president for programs. Sink in the early 1980s headed the senior day health program when it was based at the Palo Alto Baptist Church in south Palo Alto and had about two dozen daily attendees.
There's a cruel twist to the day-health saga. The so-called replacement program is called by the acronym KAFI, which means "Keeping Adults Free from Institutions." Ironically that is the biggest benefit of senior day health programs from a taxpayers' perspective, as most clients of such programs would otherwise need to be put in a full-care institution.
Tracking the needs of seniors in the Palo Alto area has been a focus of Avenidas and the Senior Coordinating Council since before it became its own nonprofit organization. In the early 1960s Palo Alto created a half-time "senior services coordinator" position, provided an office in the Downtown Library and hired Diana Steeples.
Then the city commissioned a "senior needs survey," done by the late Queenie Amirian and the late Carol Bernhardt, in 1962. But city officials were fearful of doing more because of a concern voiced by some that Palo Alto would become a "magnet" for needy seniors from all over the Bay Area. Then an update of the needs survey circa 1966 disclosed that a large majority of seniors had lived in Palo Alto for more that 25 years.
This meant that most of the local seniors had spent much of their lives in the community, in both high-end jobs and lower-paying positions of store clerks, service-station attendants, and intermediate-pay jobs as teachers, public-safety employees, journalists and others.
I reported on the story for the Palo Alto Times as a young reporter fresh on the Palo Alto beat. Magically, it seemed, the old fears evaporated and the city moved toward creating a full-fledge senior coordinating agency to pull together disparate efforts. While many persons were involved, two stand out: Dr. Sid Mitchell of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic and Wesley "Bud" Hubbard, who rose to the city's "impossible" challenge of raising $1 million to qualify for occupancy of the 450 Bryant St. building.
Other needs studies were done in 1972, 1986 and 1997, augmenting and updating U.S. Census data. All showed a serious concern about access to health care and support services with advanced age and illness or physical or mental limitations. The 1986 survey in particular showed an acute concern about loneliness and isolation, in addition to accessibility and cost of health care and related services. No survey was done in the past decade due to prohibitively high costs.
"Avenidas" means "The Avenue." While some lanes may need narrowing it may take some real doing to keep programs from hitting a dead-end.
[Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be e-mailed at firstname.lastname@example.com. Other blogs and columns can be accessed at www.PaloAltoOnline.com (below the Town Square forum) and in online archives of the Weekly.]
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 29, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Marie is a registered user.
As a retired person, who wants to age in place, I am supportive of anything that will help me do it. However, per the website below, the average cost per day is $64.
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That seems really high and my guess is that the Palo Alto program is probably "above average." Avenidas does not state what the full unsubsidized charge is on its website that I could easily find. I also don't know what the state pays but I vaguely remember reading an article that it was in that range. If someone was in adult day care 5 days a week, 22 days a month, that would be over $1,400 a month which is more than low cost 24/7 hour living facilities (not nursing homes). Full price at Chai House in San Jose for a one bedroom is $1,211 per month. For $224 more, you get a monthly meal plan. The subsidized rate is less. Why is senior day care so expensive?
Sadly, it doesn't make sense for the state to pay more for adult day care than for 24/7
care. I have a relative who has a parent in an altzheimer unit, albeit in Stockton, for $1,200 a month, paid for by his social security and SSI. Sadly, in the kind of budget crisis we are in, unless they can reduce the cost of adult day care, it is cheaper to use those live-in facilities. My guess is senior day care programs pay their workers and administrators more than low cost assisted living centers and/or perhaps have higher administrative expenses since they are not 24/7. It is a conundrum.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Jun 30, 2011 at 11:39 am
Marie: Extremely well said. I love Avenidas, but the reality is always about "bang for the buck", isn't it? And, we have to face reality, in a shrinking economy, there simply isn't as much buck to give a bang with.
However, how about private donations to help keep these places going? There are still a few folks with money left in the area, maybe there would be some kind donors willing to help out, as long as the costs could be pared down. What on earth is costing so much, I wonder? Seems worth a look
a resident of Downtown North
on Jun 30, 2011 at 12:17 pm
It is great to see people talking about such an important issue, but some misperceptions should be clarified. People are mixing apples and oranges in their discussion here. There are two models of care: the social model, which is simply adult day care. Then there is the medical model, Adult Day Health Care, and that is the model that Avenidas Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health Center (SDHC) in Mountain View follows.
SDHC is a licensed Medi-Cal certified health facility that treats the health and supportive needs of older adults with multiple, chronic conditions in a safe, homelike day setting. The goal of SDHC is to prevent or delay placement into nursing homes or other more expensive care settings. This is done by improving and preserving each individual's physical and mental health, and improving their quality of life. Older adults with chronic conditions are able to successfully live in the community while a benefit for the caregiver is regular respite from 24-hour caregiving responsibility. SDHC provides many health and social services under one roof for one set daily fee. Persons attending SDHC are pre-approved by the Medi-Cal field office (if a Medi-Cal beneficiary). Non Medi-Cal participants pay out-of-pocket. The Avenidas Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health program uses a sliding scale for private pay participants, which ranges from $76. 27 to $125 per day.
SDHC participants attend, on average, 3 days per week. Many services and activities are offered based on a thorough assessment and plan of care. Services provided on an individual basis include nursing supervision and assistance, medication monitoring, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and social work. Assistance with daily tasks such as eating and walking are provided by trained program assistants. Group activities provide companionship and social stimulation and are designed with the participants level of ability and interests in mind. A noon meal, transportation to and from the center, caregiver support groups, community outreach and education and other services are also provided.
Generally, by having their frail and elderly loved ones attend Avenidas Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health Center, families can keep them out of nursing homes longer. These folks are not candidates for independent or assisted living—they would need to go to skilled nursing facilities, which are very costly.
Avenidas doesn't believe it is a good fiscal decision to cut Medi-Cal funds for this type of care because institutionalizing chronically ill older adults is much more costly and puts a heavier burden on the healthcare system.
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 1, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Marie is a registered user.
As an alternative to nursing homes, Avenidas' program makes sense. Does this mean this program can give medicines and do testing, like blood glucose tests, as nursing homes can?
At $125 a day (apparently full cost), that means approximately $15 an hour, which is probably less than most, but not all, private home health aides. I realize this is not apples to oranges as Avenidas provides a lot of services that a home health aide cannot, but the reverse is true as well. From the perspective of providing a break for caregivers, however, the two kinds of services are the same.
Aging in place is not a simple path but one I hope can be cost effective. Often it isn't. To end up in a nursing home when living at home is possible with extra resources is a tragedy.
I have mixed feelings about the medicaid part. If only those recipients who were eligible for a medicaid financed skilled nursing facilities qualified for medicaid assistance in senior adult day care, then I support it.
However, compared to assisted living facilities, it does not make sense. What would impress me more is if there was a social program available at a much lower cost than home health aides, for those who aren't ready for skilled nursing but whose caretakers still need a break.
My understanding from the website is that Avenidas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which does have an endowment and does receive significant funds from private donations. However, my best guess is that it will be quite difficult to make up the medicaid funding from private donations alone. I hope someone is actually tracking whether the severe cuts in senior daycare does increase medicaid spending due to an increased number of people going to nursing homes. That would certainly be a great argument to get funding restored.


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Sunny side up for me thanx, Maree!
strawberries OR plums?
(P.S. Here on the farm we have a small strawberry patch & the many plum trees are either finished or still ripening - depending on their variety! )
Happy New Year/2015 to you ALL! :-)
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Apples or oranges?
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Apples or oranges?
I like both, but if I had to choose only one.....Oranges.
Regular book or an audiobook?
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Regular book: I always fall asleep during an audio book and then can't find my place. (I am keen to hear the BBC series of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere though)
Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel?
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Paul Simon. He plays here this weekend. Not able to go .
Sugar or spice?
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Sugar, if I had to choose one.
Early bird or snooze in on the weekend?
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Early bird ... somehow I'm cursed, I simply can't snooze in even if I go to bed late. At least I have more time then.
Choosing recipes by what is on offer OR choose recipe first and then go shopping?
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well i am naughty for this but its recipe first then shopping
Hot and spicy curry or mild and creamy
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But a guy that tall (6'8") at that size (and he'll be asked to put on 10-20 lbs more) is more likely to have back issues faster than anyone else on the field (all things being equal).
That and his leverage sucks, making him awful against the run and suspect against the pass. He has a very bad habit of being neutralized one on one.
This would be a great draft.
Outstanding value and needs.
Trufant is a stud and would be an immediate starter.
Hunt is a physical freak who would get a great education on the DE position with tuck & jpp
williams is a house at DT - might be to good to be available in the 3rd
Williams is the best blocking TE in the draft
Yeah Margus Hunt will definitely rise after his great combine. Trufant is a great pick, love this guy and I think he has a bright future. I love Kevin Red****, but he is a 3rd maybe an early fourth round pick.
Also agree with the pick of Bennie Logan, I like him better than Williams, and he also wants to be a Giant, so that also counts.
If we do draft Hunt, I think we would make him a DT, too big to play DE. He will have lots of trouble putting his shoulders down, and getting under the O-Linemen.
I also have Hunt as #2 in my 1st mock posted. He might not make it to us in round 2 after the combine though.
Maybe Reese will draft another LSU player in Logan..i really liked him and Montgomery on that d-line. They're both good,
I know historically some DLs have been labeled of not being " hard workers " all the time or " taking some reps off " but at least IMO it's not that bright coming out and admitting that in public thru the media, even less intelligent during the combine. That's to brutally honest or just plain brutal depending in your point of view.
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Week of June 20-27
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Doing something that normally has an agreement between 2 parties with a secret 3rd party. Unbeknownst to one of the 2 original parties involved. This can include under the table business dealings to gain an increase in funds without a person who you have an agreement with knowing so they never ask for a cut of the profits. Also can be used as a synonym of cheating on one's boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
I know this one guy who is always doing side deals and thinking that he will get away with it well I know about it and I better get my cut or he will not have a good day at all.
by Ukonvasara January 13, 2012