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Saved by sausages!
So, I had to share this because one of the things I have read on here is how important it is to train your dog to have 100% recall. Every walk (almost all our walks are off leash in fields and forest) we practice and Sookie always gets a sausage when she returns and sits. She is great at this, she even will stop chasing a hare to return when I call her, but I've never had to test it when she can't see me or vice versa.
Today my partner didn't latch our gate properly. We live in a rural area and there are only 3 houses within 1.5 miles, so no fear of traffic, but our neighbors have chickens, kids, dogs and horses, so she could easily be a nuisance. I am upstairs, putting on makeup, and suddenly I hear lots of distant barking. From the front. When Sookie is supposed to be in the fenced in backyard. I shout at Steve it sounds like Sookie and he checks, sees his mistake and goes running outside towards the barking.
I open the window and shout as loud as I can (I can't see her and have no clue where she is really) "Sookie! COME!" - and race downstairs to put boots on to go searching - when just as I put my hand on the door handle there is a full body slam against the back door. I open the door: Sookie! Steve said as soon as I shouted out she appeared and came racing down the road towards him, didn't pause at him, but ran past him to the house. When I opened the door she bounded in and sat with the facial expression: "sausage?" So I moved it double time to the fridge.
Lesson of the day: latch the gate properly and use sausages!
Great story. Good Sookie dog!
It's wonderful to see your hard work pay off, particularly with such a solid response to a distant, no look command. I bet it gives you some nice peace of mind too. Nice job.
Good girl Sookie! Great job on the recall training.
That is awesome!
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Good girl. Time to start working on transferring the obedience to a praise reward.
Great story. I can imagine her face thinking "sausage now?" I do the same with my dog only I yell Cookies and she will do an about face immediately. I started with come and still use that but in an emergency I know yelling Cookies will get her attention off whatever she is chasing and back to the important stuff - like where the cookies come from. Good job.
Lol. Good job Sookie.
hahaha good girl Sookie! I can totally imagine the "Sausage?" face. Great story. Thanks for sharing!
Good job Sookie.
You earned your sausages. :)
We used dried sardines to train the recall. he loves them.
I know the opinions differ in that matter but I like to switch the reward form time to time (food, play or cuddle/praise)...but perhaps It is just me liking to spoil my dog. ;)
when you have a dog that is easy to motivate with food why not use it from time to time.
dogs are opportunists they might choose against when the human is too boring for them. When you have a great "Super awesome reward" its cool to have it as a back up in situations, when it is difficult to get the dogs attention.
Just my oppinion...I don't think giving a the dogs food or a toy as a reward isn't necessarily a bad thing.
(just deflowering my account, after being a lurker for some weeks, I really love reading stories about GSDs and sometimes I was really thinking it would be great to comment, that's why I registered even though I don't own the breed.)
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Talking to patients about an illness that will shorten their lives is among the most difficult jobs a doctor undertakes, especially late-stage diseases such as Stage 4 lung or colon cancer.
Still, the fact that chemotherapy will not cure those advanced diseases – although it may slow the progression – surely prompts physicians to clearly explain to patients the risks and benefits of undergoing such treatment, right?
Possibly, but not all patients hear what the doctors are saying, according to a recent study published in the October 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers revevealed that 69% of patients diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer and 81% of those with colon cancer reported that they either didn't know if chemotherapy would cure their cancer or that they thought it would. In reality, it wouldn't.
Jane Weeks, M.D., a research oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and fellow co-authors analyzed results from 1,200 patients with advanced cancer undergoing chemotherapy, interviewed within months of getting a Stage 4 colon or lung diagnosis.
Why the doctor-patient information gap?
Most patients and families expect their physician to initiate end-of-life discussions, but many doctors find it difficult to actually do it. Some believe that talking to patients about end-stage issues will depress them or make them lose hope, despite study results
to the contrary. Many end-of-life discussions, in fact, occur in the hospital during the last 30 days of a patient's life.
While the number of patients ages 65 and older who die in hospitals has declined – just over one-third did in 2007, compared with nearly one-half in 1989, according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention – there are still many patients with terminal illnesses on life support, dying in intensive-care units, or who underwent chemotherapy within 14 days of dying, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The repercussions of doctor-patient misinformation are great. If patients don't fully understand the facts about end-stage cancer or chronic disease of the heart, lungs kidneys or liver, their ability to make informed decisions about their treatment might be clouded, Dr. Weeks' analysis concluded.
When to have "the talk"
There is now a growing consensus that end-of- life discussions should begin soon after a diagnosis of incurable cancer and before a patient has begun to deteriorate. This approach allows the patients more time to plan and make their wishes known.
I believe similar standards should be utilized for patients with a chronic illness, whose condition is deteriorating. Unfortunately, many physicians are reluctant to have discussions until significant deterioration has occurred, leading to end-of-life discussions in hospitals with physicians who have not had a longstanding relationship with the patient.
If physicians are reluctant to engage their patients in discussions regarding end-of- life decisions what are patients to do?
These are the three steps I recommend:
- After the initial diagnosis, inquire about the prognosis, asking if the treatment is "curative" or "palliative." Curative treatment may offer a cure; palliative therapy is given to decrease suffering. Ask for some general statistics regarding expected results for a patient at your stage of disease. Tell the physician that you want him or her to be forthright in the discussions.
- If you have a living will or a durable power of attorney for healthcare, mention
that to the doctor, signaling you've thought about end-of-life care. If you have strong feelings about the type of care you want, let the doctor know. Once you begin therapy, you might not have another discussion for a long time.
- Should a relapse occur, do not be afraid to ask specific questions about new therapies and what the side effects and expected results may be. If you have feelings about quality versus quantity of life, share that with your doctor. When therapy appears not to be an option for you, discussing specific goals is an important next step.
Life-threatening illnesses are frightening to you, your family and to many physicians. I have cared for many patients with terminal illnesses and believe most people want to
be dealt with compassionately, to be told the truth and maintain control of their life. They also seek pain relief and want minimal side effects. Frank and open dialogue between the patient, the family and the physician is the best way to achieve these goals.
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There's no mistaking the braying howl of a 30 mm gun. Stand near one when it goes off, your ear drums will be shredded and you will gain a new appreciation for American Sign Language. Test firing one inside a building is a significant challenge. A weapon with that capability generates a lot of noise, air pollution and a considerable shock wave.
Hill Air Force Base came to the Corps of Engineers in 2007 with a problem: Test firing of newly built or rebuilt 20 and 30 mm guns was done at the only available range, located a three hour drive from Hill Air Force Base, in the desert. Once calibrated, the guns are used on Air Force A-10 fighters, in Air Force and Navy F-16s, and in Marine Corps Apache helicopters. The maintenance facility for the guns was at Hill. The guns brought out to the range, were sighted and fired, brought back to Hill for adjustments and back out to the desert again to test the effectiveness of the adjustments. It usually took five people one week to do the testing. If the weather was bad, testing was postponed. There was no suitable outdoor site available on the base. The situation was frustrating and expensive for the Air Force.
The Air Force asked the Sacramento District of the Army Corps of Engineers to build an indoor facility, where the guns could be fired, calibrated and maintained. This would eliminate trips to the desert and would also ensure a safe environment where the weapons could be tested and observed under controlled conditions.
Engineers working for the Corps and the design/build contractor, HHI, realized that the noise level and shock wave generated by these weapons could be considerable. One of the first steps taken was the establishment of a unique collaboration between HHI and a team of acoustical engineers from Brigham Young University to determine how noisy the guns were. The team included several engineering students, some of whom were able to use this research opportunity to write their thesis projects. This acoustical engineering team used very sensitive and specialized sensors and equipment to determine the noise level and pressure waves generated by the 30 mm gun. The team then used the gathered data to generate 3D computer images of a structure that would best be able to dissipate the immense sound and pressure generated.
Tests revealed that the shock wave generated by firing the 30 mm gun inside an enclosed structure would be magnified. Engineers determined that the force from the gun was so great that unless right angles were avoided inside the indoor range, corners would "capture" shock waves from the guns, actually increasing the pressure generated due to a "stacking" effect of the shock waves, which would degrade the infrastructure of the building and risk the safety of the people working in the building.
"We worked with the acoustical team from Brigham Young University," said Greg Crosby, PE, quality control project manager from the contractor, HHI Corporation. "We did a lot of field testing and modeling to keep the design requirements within budgetary limits."
"Tests revealed that it was not unusual for the guns to generate 100 pounds per square inch of pressure," said Anthony Joseph, field inspection technician for the Corps. "That had to be remediated down to 3 pounds per square inch to be within acceptable limits."
Original specifications called for a building with utilities, parking, shop space and an earthen berm on all sides of the range.
A system had to be designed to minimize these impacts. But how to provide such a unique facility and still stay within budgetary limits?
Constructing a building that would ameliorate all of the force generated by the guns would have been prohibitively expensive.
"The solution was to design and construct a building that funneled and broke up the incredible sound and shock waves generated by the guns, with special emphasis placed on the 30 mm gun, which had never been fired at an indoor range," said Jason Redeen, Project Engineer for the Sacramento District of the Corps of Engineers." Once the shop space and range were constructed the acoustical engineering team from BYU returned for testing. The results were positive, but because of information gathered about the 30 mm gun the team concluded that the range itself would not be adequate to contain the affects of the 30 mm gun without additional measures."
" We had a few late nights trying to figure out how to solve these problems," said Don Hokanson, CEO of HHI Corporation, who led the design and construction team that built the facility.
Robert Smith, HHI Corporation Vice President and Design/Build Manager, added: "One night I thought of an old James Bond film in which Bond used a silencer on his gun. "
This is exactly what the team designed and constructed. The muffler (or silencer) was designed to emulate the range surrounding it, so as to funnel and break up the sound and pressure, in the same manner as the range. The muffler has 12 inch thick walls and a 10 inch thick ceiling that are filed with a special acoustical insulation (which also lines the range walls) and several screens that keep insulation from being torn apart from the shock waves and prevent harm from coming to the expensive parts that comprise the gun, its motor and associated hardware. It took testing and one remodel of the muffler to reduce the pressure produced by the 30 mm gun from 100 psi to an acceptable 3 psi. Through trial and error, it was discovered that a row of tires hung in the third stage of the muffler was effective in helping to reduce noise and the shock wave. The tires are hung by chains that are secured by I bolts. The force generated from a test fire was so great that the open-ended I bolts actually straightened out, which posed a safety risk. Beefier and enclosed I bolts had to be installed.
When the gun is fired it is aimed at a target mounted on ¾ inch plywood, at the end of the range. Bullets from the 30 mm gun have no trouble punching through the plywood into a chamber of steel clad concrete filled with gravel to capture the bullets. Periodically, the gravel in the bullet trap, which extends for 80 feet needs to be replaced. This is done by removing the 6x6 timbers which hold the gravel in place, then removing the gravel that is filled with slugs. The timbers are then replaced and the gravel refilled through ports that are accessible from the top exterior of the building.
To deal with the pollution issue the team installed a powerful filtered air exchange system that was designed and has proven to exchange all of the air with the room in five minutes.
Numerous safeguards were installed in the range to ensure that no one would be in the room when the gun fired. In the next room is a control complex. No gun can be fired until safety checks are made and the range is empty. Motion detectors inside the range will shut down firing if motion is detected in the range. Video cameras in the range also feed into the control room as an additional safety measure. They also record the firing.
"There's no telling what would happen to a person inside the range when firing was going on," said Redeen. "I don't think any of us are anxious to find out."
HHI Corporation was hired through the design/build mechanism, rather than the customary competitive bidding process.
"Design/build is much faster," Redeen said. "The emphasis is on contractors who have a solid track record. And, during the process, the contractor can talk with customers, which is a much more responsive way of doing business. There's no other way we could have done this. We made so many changes to the design that the final structure was much different than what had been originally envisioned. Design/build gave us the flexibility we needed and allowed the contractor to be more innovative."
The building was completed in less than two years for approximately $7 million, not a bad price for such a high tech facility. From the outside, it's an innocuous building -- there is no clue as to its function.


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Bringing Peace to the Niger Delta
The conflict in the Niger Delta has posed a fundamental challenge to the country's security for over a decade. What is the nature of the conflict? What steps can the government and international community take to restore peace to the region?
The conflict in the Niger Delta has posed a fundamental domestic challenge to Nigerian security for more than a decade. Despite pledges to address continued instability in the Delta, the administration of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has not yet initiated a process to resolve the political, economic and security problems in the region. Oil production continues to diminish as a result of militant attacks, and is currently 20 to 25 percent below capacity. Meanwhile, militia members in the Niger Delta continue to engage in criminal activities such as kidnapping and oil bunkering1 to maximize profits for themselves and their political patrons.
Oil bunkering and general instability in the region compound energy problems abroad, reducing supply and driving up the cost of oil in global markets. Nigeria is currently the fourth-largest supplier of oil to the United States; in March 2008 alone, the U.S. imported 1.154 million barrels per day from Nigeria.2
On May 2, 2008, USIP convened a public meeting to discuss the current situation in the Niger Delta and what actions the Nigerian government and the international community can take to restore peace to the region. The featured speakers were: Professor Peter Lewis of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Dr. Judy Asuni, executive director of Academic Associates PeaceWorks in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria and a current visiting scholar at SAIS; and Professor Darren Kew of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. The Institute's David Smock and Steve Morrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) moderated the meeting. This USIPeace Briefing summarizes the discussion.
Instability in the Niger Delta: Background and Major Issues
The conflict in the Niger Delta has its roots in the increasing protests of the region's communities against their political, economic and environmental disenfranchisement. The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), launched in 1990, was the first group to gain international attention for their grievances against the Nigerian government and regional oil companies. MOSOP's goals included increased local control over resources and more equitable development. MOSOP also sought the resolution of fishing and farming issues that arose from the environmental effects of oil extraction, such as oil spills, acid rain and soil degradation. Protection of human rights became another demand after peaceful protests by the Ogoni people were met with arrests, repression, and violence from the military regime of General Sani Abacha. The Ogoni movement inspired a host of similar organizing efforts in the region, particularly among the Ijaw.
The center of protests and political activism then shifted to western states in the Niger Delta, particularly Bayelsa and Delta States, where the Itsekiri, Urhobo, Ilaje and Ijaw communities began mobilizing over boundary and resource issues. The Ijaw in particular demanded accountability from regional political officials and a greater voice in the region's affairs. Their demands were outlined in the Kaiama Declaration, released in December 1998, which called for the immediate withdrawal of the military from Ijaw areas and the cessation of oil production if equitable control over these resources was not returned to the oil-producing communities. Clashes between Ijaw groups and the Nigerian government led to the imposition of emergency rule in late 1998 and early 1999. Tensions culminated in the Odi massacre in November 1999, in which the Nigerian military killed dozens of citizens.
After a brief lull in violence, the conflict in the Niger Delta escalated in 2002 and 2003, particularly during and after the election process in 2003. Three overarching and interconnected problems contribute to continued regional instability: lack of good governance; lack of social and economic development; and increased militarization.
Lack of Good Governance:
The Nigerian state lacks political legitimacy at all levels of government because of chronically flawed elections, the most blatant of which were the rigged elections of 2007. The lack of legitimacy is more pronounced in the Niger Delta, which suffers from what one speaker called a "striking lack of democracy." The region has never had credible elections since the military returned to the barracks in 1999. In both the 2003 and 2007 elections, voter turnout in the Niger Delta was extremely low, on average less than five percent. Gang members on the payroll of politicians and party officials intimidated the few voters who showed up at polling stations, and in many areas no elections were held at all—yet the official election results reported more than 90 percent turnout in some states. In Bayelsa State, despite single digit voter participation in the 2003 election witnessed by both domestic and international observers, the official final tally amounted to 123 percent participation. During the 2007 elections, Nigerian officials reported results for polling stations that were never even opened in Rivers State.3
The federal government has also failed to provide goods and services to the people of the Niger Delta, who experience terrible poverty despite living in the region that produces the vast majority of Nigeria's wealth. Widespread corruption and lack of transparency in detailing how oil money is allocated and spent at the state level further erode the people's trust in the government. Equally important, neither the government nor the oil companies have adequately addressed environmental problems such as gas flaring and oil spills. Finally, the Nigerian government has not provided adequate security to communities in the Niger Delta. With few exceptions, the government has allowed gangs and militias, some of which are funded by local politicians and party officials, to run rampant. Violence between rival gangs—particularly in the aftermath of the 2003 and 2007 elections—has resulted in the deaths of dozens of innocent civilians.4 Even when security forces have been deployed to the Niger Delta, they have also committed atrocities against civilians, and some officers have been engaged in corruption and the illegal oil trade.5
Lack of Social and Economic Development:
Little substantive progress has been made in addressing development issues or revenue allocation in the Niger Delta. The region continues to lack adequate social services, viable employment opportunities, or economic growth and development. Although in 2006 two-thirds of the militia members and leaders surveyed by Academic Associates PeaceWorks said they would take advantage of training or jobs if they were available, the dearth of such opportunities contributes to the decision of youths to join militias for economic gain. Profiteering from oil bunkering and the kidnapping of oil workers presents a lucrative and increasingly popular alternative, especially since the youth lack any sense of ownership of, participation in or benefit from the oil industry. This virtual exclusion of local individuals or companies from employment opportunities in the oil and gas sectors has led to anger, alienation, and aggression. It has also contributed to the steady supply of youth who are willing to join gangs and militias.
Militarization of the Niger Delta
Militia groups in the region have proliferated, often sustained by government and party officials who use the militias for their own political and economic purposes. Groups such as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which was organized in 2006, function as a loose network of gangs rather than a coherent organization. They lack a common political agenda or political wings that could participate in a negotiation process. While some groups possess legitimate grievances and goals, they also engage in criminal activities that lead to the continuation of the conflict—by doing the bidding of the politicians and others who pay them, the militia members perpetuate the governance system that contributes to the region's problems.
The militias have become increasingly violent, both toward one another and toward civilians. Kidnapping victims now include not just oil workers, but also children and other people who are not associated with the oil industry. An influx of small arms and more sophisticated weapons into the Niger Delta from regional and international markets has led to the increased arming of the militias. They are now nearly evenly matched with the Nigerian military, which was dispatched to the region in 2003 and maintains a significant presence there. The result has been a stalemate. Politicians in the Niger Delta who fund the militias retain the lion's share of illegally sourced wealth and are able to sustain their activities with minimal losses, raising enough revenue to pay off their patronage networks and militias. Politicians in Abuja offer plans for peace without taking action, doing little to alter the status quo.
The Way Forward: The Role of Nigeria and the International Community
Thus far, the Nigerian government has displayed paralysis and indifference when it comes to resolving the conflict in the Niger Delta. Indeed, Abuja has shown little interest in launching a serious political dialogue process that will address the fundamental issues. However, one speaker argued that a window of opportunity for launching a political dialogue has opened. President Yar'Adua's compromised victory in the 2007 elections diminished his political legitimacy, and over the past year he has worked to earn support and build political alliances. If the Nigerian Supreme Court upholds his victory in the 2007 election, Yar'Adua may feel emboldened to implement his vision for Nigeria, including a peace plan for the Niger Delta. His administration is planning a conference during the summer of 2008 to launch what may be an ambitious peace process, but already many of the key regional stakeholders have not been invited, prompting some militias to threaten anyone from their areas who tries to attend.
Any credible peace process must involve all parties to the conflict, including representatives of the government, the communities of the Niger Delta, the militants and the leading oil companies in the region. A framework for discussion, a forum for articulating grievances, and a well-developed agenda are all needed to begin a negotiation process that will lead to a comprehensive solution of the relevant political, economic and security problems. In order to organize and oversee this process, a comprehensive, unified facilitator with regular access to President Yar'Adua will be essential. A federal government task force of the key ministers and oil parastatals that can make decisions and respond quickly to the needs of the peace process would also be of great benefit.
The process must first deal with the governors, party officials, and powerful national actors who have established small fiefdoms in the Niger Delta. These potential spoilers have the most to lose in a more legitimate and accountable political system. An elite-targeted negotiation should be conducted in parallel with a public consultation process that engages communities directly, given the lack of accountability of local politicians. Second, jump-starting development projects could provide opportunities for local organizations to play leadership roles, giving the Niger Delta communities a stake in the peace process and convincing them that the government is serious. Discussions about localized resource control and a new formula for allocating resources must also be on the agenda: a principal demand of opposition groups is that the 13 percent of oil and gas revenue that state governments currently receive from the federal government be increased—some argue to as high as 50 percent. Political leaders from other regions sharply disagree, promising a difficult negotiation that will also have to engage the National Assembly in order to amend the revenue formula. National action will also be required for election reform, which is a desperate need for all Nigerians, but is particularly acute in the Niger Delta. Finally, the government will need to play a demonstrable security role. While unleashing the military in the Niger Delta would be counterproductive, the government must provide security for citizens by reining in the militias, perhaps through provisional ceasefire arrangements until a more permanent agreement is reached.
Although the onus to resolve the conflict in the Niger Delta must be on the Nigerian government, the Yar'Adua administration's inaction to date indicates that external pressure must be continued for any kind of problem solving process to begin. The international community, particularly the U.S. and the U.K., could do a great deal to support a Nigerian-led political dialogue once the Yar'Adua government demonstrates serious initiative. The U.S. and the U.K. are already cooperating closely and quietly encouraging the Nigerians to move swiftly, but they will also have to work to coordinate productive responses from Western oil companies if a comprehensive peace process gets underway. The United Nations could also play a supporting role with mediation assistance, development aid, and environmental cleanup. One speaker suggested the establishment of a contact group that would include the U.N., U.S., U.K., and perhaps China as well as non-governmental organizations within the U.S. This group could support a Nigerian-led mediation process with funding and advice, and could lead an effort to control the importation of weapons into the region.
The conflict in the Niger Delta continues to challenge both the Nigerian government and the international community. On the domestic front, one speaker noted that the strategy for moving forward involves an inherent contradiction regarding the nature of federalism in Nigeria. While more localized resource control and democratic policies are needed in the Niger Delta, the federal government's ability to play a more constructive role in establishing security and making governors more accountable is equally important. To date, the international community has deferred to the Nigerian government's insistence that it will handle the matter internally. However, the international community also has a stake in helping to resolve this conflict: the problems in the Niger Delta also destabilize global markets, especially as the price of oil continues to rise. Bringing peace and stability to the region will require the Yar'Adua administration to fulfill its own promises of launching credible peace and development processes, supported by the cooperation of the international community.
1. Oil bunkering refers to the illegal theft of oil. Militants divert barrels of oil that, according to law, belong to the Nigerian federal government and sell them, reducing the supply of oil for global markets and costing Nigeria millions of dollars in revenue each year.
2. Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/
3. "Politics as War: The Human Rights Impact and Causes of Post-Election Violence in Rivers State, Nigeria," Human Rights Watch, v. 20, no. 3 (A), March 2008, http://hrw.org/reports/2008/nigeria0308/
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
This USIPeace Briefing was written by Kelly Campbell, senior program assistant in the Center for Analysis and Prevention at the United States Institute of Peace. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of USIP, which does not advocate specific policies.
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and development, and increase conflict management capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by directly engaging in peacebuilding efforts around the globe.


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This is off the topic of the SB but to say there is little and hard to spot difference between the steel and glass cars is just a huge joke, equally ridiculous is the phrase bolts right on.
I used the word soul when I spoke of the metal car, now I will try to explain a little further for the one that this comment went over the heads
Close the door on a metal car here that sound, it also has a more positive feel to the latching. Same goes for the vets
Tight curves and bends the same no way the glass bodies are rounded not sharp, metal is more durable, that is the reason the cars are still around. Metal does not change shape just sitting around a shop or in the sun.
I like the drip rail on the metal cars; they are delicate, crisp and have small defects where spot welded to the top. These are a few examples of the soul that lacks on the glass cars , there is a difference and it is real , from rats to vws I generally get the idea that the owners are driving and enjoying the hobby in the mode that they like and that is as it should be.. I will agree we disagree and that is just fine., but you are wrong on the same same and can not tell the difference . that statement is all wet ..
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Oct 26, 2012 - StaffBirths
A daughter was born to Rayna Oldman, of St. Stephens, and Bradlee Wadda, of Fort Washakie, at 9:57 a.m. Sept. 11, 2012, at Riverton Memorial Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces.
A daughter was born to Diane and Tracy Wagon, of Arapahoe, at 10:36 p.m. Sept. 4, 2012, at Riverton Memorial Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces.
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Story Hour Players Present Halloween Plays at the Lander Library, 200 Amoretti St., Lander.
Story Hour Players Present Halloween Plays at the Lander Library, 200 Amoretti St., Lander.
Picture with Your Pet Photo Shoot is 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the community room at the Riverton Branch Library, 1330 W. Park Ave. Dress up your pet for Halloween and get a free 4x6 photo. For more information, call the library at 856-3556.
Men of Worth is 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Robert A. Peck Arts Center Theatre at Central Wyoming College, Riverton. Men of Worth blend their voices with harmony and support their collection of songs with their varied selection of instruments, presenting a concert of music from Ireland and Scotland.
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In Fremont County Sheriff's Office reports Thursday to Friday morning:
- Jason Cole, 22, of Douglas, was arrested on a court order.
In Riverton Police Department reports Thursday to Friday morning:
- Richard Wright, 21, of Riverton, was arrested for driving under the influence and bond revocation early Friday.
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Opening a Ticket with Chrysler
Hi everyone - I am new to the forum for about the last 10 days and like it a lot. I have had my new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited v6 for about the last 2 weeks and like it a lot, but as with others on this forum I am experiencing some annoying problems which I have been reading about in different threads. I frequently see that people say tell your dealer but also open up a ticket with Chrysler. Can someone explain to me how, where and why to also open up a ticket with Chrysler ?? Just want to do the right thing. Appreciate the help, thank you.
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In other words... Don't panic, have the problems looked at by a dealer first.
and Welcome to JeepGarage!!
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Thank you, will do. Appreciate the informative advice.
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You already got good advice, so I'll just say welcome to the Jeep Garage!
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During the first week of the visit I was accompanied by Nicola Thomson and Linda Lloyd from Rodney House School (they teach the children there with the most serious multiple disabilities) Diana Jellinek (a consultant neuro-developmental paediatrician from Manchester) and Mary White (a specialist nurse who works with people with spina bidida and hydrocephalus and helps children and young people to manage incontinence problems)
Nicola and Linda had received gift aided donations of £900 to cover the costs of the visit. And Mary is now busy acquiring specialist catheters and other materials which will be of great benefit for the future.
Had some very happy visits here with the group. Rodney House school is very supportive of Rodni Kut, and the staff have met Nazar on a number of occasions when he comes at Christmas.
Nazar has never succeeded in using a toilet. Having spent his first nine years lying down and using a nappy at Zhuravichi, he did not seem able to change. This Christmas Helen and I realized that he might be able to use a bottle, but when they suggested this to him at RK he refused to try. Mary brought a 'magic bottle' – just like a large film canister but with an expanding balloon inside it. Nazar is now using this every day and is really pleased with himself. When I spoke to him last weekend, he had not had a single accident for nearly a week! This will make a big difference to his life, and be a huge help to the carers too.
We now have permission to build the 12 metre extension at Rodni Kut which is what we wanted in the first place! In November officials from the local executive committee said it was quite impossible to give permission for a building to be less than three metres from the fence. Now they are saying we can go to within one metre! So David will be in Belarus from April 20th to have some meetings with the building and architects departments, and with Sergei and the people he is suggesting might do the work. We hope that permission can be secured in May or June and work can start, so that it is completed by September.
The Building Department at the Executive Committee are suggesting that the cost will be about $40,000. We are hoping it will be les than this, but will ask the Totnes Group to go for a goal of £20,000 to cover the costs of the work.
The visiting group were very impressed by the happy atmosphere at Klimovka. Liena was looking healthy and was outgoing enough to sing a Karioke song for us and Greesha gave everyone a massage. He tried hard to get me to tell Galia that when he doesn't want to read, she shouldn't make him but I didn't fall for that one. When I went back a week later with Jean the carers said he had been trying much harder at his reading.
Anya was still there, despite the fact that Mags and I in November, and then Jean in January, had all said that she ought to leave by the end of March. She has been staying at Klimovka all the time. Jean told Galia that she needed to prepare a programme to gradually move Anya out over a period of the next four or five weeks. One boy from Rechitsa, Vasily, will definitely come to Klimovka at the end of May. We had been thinking of taking a boy called Denis as the second. Ivan, the stroppy director, at Rechitsa, proposed to us another young man, who had never been mentioned to us before. This boy Vitalec, seems to be more suitable for Klimovka, and Denis is saying he would rather go to Vasilovka anyway. Jean felt that the whole process was too quick, so perhaps this is something we need to discuss. Vitaly and Vasya will visit Klimovka some time in the next couple of weeks and we'll see how they get on.
Rechitsa Boarding School
Had a very strange visit here with the teaching/medical group. We had not been told that it was a special day celebrating the success of the trade union at the school (rather different from the trade union activity we are used to) There were visitors from other schools there and when we arrived a concert was about to start. It was nice to hear some Belarusian singing and see national dress, but rather odd that it was mostly the teachers performing. The teachers who spoke with Nicola and Linda gave the impression that they work in pretty much the same way, but it seemed that in some cases they were just saying what they thought was expected of them. They certainly did not wish to interact with the visitors when they got the chance later. Mary had a more useful time with the medical staff, discussing the needs of some of the children. Vova in particular (Ira's best friend) is in need of urodynamic testing, so he will be one of the first people to try out the new equipment at the end of May. After this he may be able to have a catheter. Shortage of pampers was a desperate situation again at Rechitsa ( I hope they were due for a large consignment from the current aid, but could not really clarify whether this was the case). If some of the children could have catheters and use less pampers it would be such a great help.
Had a chat with Allessia on both visits – with the group and with Jean – about her forthcoming operation. She ought not to have been told until the permissions have all been granted but she was asking if she would be able to walk after the op. All her friends were asking this too. I was worried that she would be upset when I explained that she wouldn't, but she seemed fine. Happy to hear that the lump would be taken off her back and that she should be much healthier after the operation. Anatoli at the Regionl Hospital says that the permission of the Ministry of Health is not needed if we are paying for everything (don't quite understand this as I can't imagine anyone offering an operation abroad and then saying the Belarusian Government would have to pay for it). I have just had confirmation from Alder Hey that Allessia can come in June and that it we can send a neurosurgeon with her.
Ira at Rechitsa. She is no longer saying that she is going back to her parents, but that she is going to Vasilovka, and she seems happy about it. Liena and I met Alexandra and Valentina at Social Protection and then had a meeting with Valentina, the Director at Vasilovka. We talked about providing the funding for carers so that disabled young people who needed more support than the current residents could live there. We were asked by Social Protection not to talk specifically about Ira which I found very difficult to accept, but Valentina knew anyway who we had in mind. She was not resistant to the idea this time and she will think about possible suitable people to work in this role.
The work is being done on the floor in the bedroom which got so damp. Two trainers from Manchester were at the Mayflower last week, and hopefully they have helped to select some significantly disabled young adults to stay at MF as well as the children they can still take. Sue Young in Scotland has found a Rotary club who will raise funds to buy them a new hoist. Shocked to find that the small hoist which should have gone to Rodni Kut over a year ago was stashed away in the MF store cupboard!
Diana and Mary had consultations with half a dozen parents and their children at MF. During part of this time Nicola and Linda entertained 13 year old Ilya. He has spent a great deal of time in the psychiatric hospital and has tried to kill himself a couple of times. The poor boy has severe epilepsy and a number of other health conditions. He is over protected by him mum, taught at home and has very few friends. They are frightened to take him at Mayflower because of his epilepsy, so I asked if he and his mother would like a holiday at a sanatorium. They were both delighted at this idea so SCT will organise a 12 day holiday for them some time in the next few weeks. I also promised that by May we would get him a computer. So he either needs one on the next convoy, or I could take a laptop out when I go in late May. I am sure there must be lots of people who are upgrading their laptops and we could take their three or four year old computers for children at the cancer hospital or kids like Ilya.
Vikov Adult Home
'Our' class is lovely and the teachers from Manchester enjoyed working with our teachers there and sharing ideas. But Diana, Mary and I with Ira explored other parts of the corridor and had a very sad visit.
We started by visiting Yura, who I had talked to last time about a sanatorium holiday. He was desperately trying to tell me something and the nurse did nto want to listen. We eventually deciphered that his mum wants to come to the sanatorium with him. So we need to fund a 12 day holiday for Yura, Marina who shares his room and is always with him, his mum and a carer as well I think.
We then went to visit two brothers of 24 and 26 who had only recently moved from Zhuravichi. Dima and Sasha don't look a day over 8 and 10 and they lie in their beds with nothing to do, see or listen to.
We asked about washing and how they managed without using a hoist. The nurse assured us that it was no problem. They bathed all the residents every morning. Then when we went to see the bathroom, there was one room with a bath propped up on bricks, and another next door which seemed to have two baths in it, was locked. Oh, that is only opened on a Thursday when the bath woman comes, we were told. Hmm! So much for bathing every day.
A bit later we asked if we could see the showers, and they were pointed out to us in another block which they can take people to in the summer.
When we asked to see some more people they took us to see Sveta. She was sitting on a grubby bed with her thick tights rolled half way down her legs, and she rocked and cried as she recited poems to us, and told us how unhappy she was. She is just 52.
If Sveta was the resident they were happy for us to see, how bad must the situation be for others, we wondered. We came to a room which was bolted shut and asked about it. Isolation room, we were told, and the nurse tried to move on. But we said we would really like to have a look, so she reluctantly came back and said it was a room where they put people who are difficult. When she opened the door a little skinny lady bounced out, grinning.
It was a large room, completely devoid of any furniture or decoration. One young man had weed on the bare boards, others were huddled in corners and against the radiator. One old lady in a wheelchair had a pot underneath which she had used with all the other people around her. When I asked her how long she had lived there she started to cry. Two of the young people who sometimes take part in the classes were in there too.
We tried not to show too much horror and disgust, and a few days later I went on a short visit to see the Director. I said we would like to do something to make this room nice – paintings on the walls, a high shelf where a CD player could be, comfortable wipe clean furniture, and perhaps a partition so that part of the room could be for the class and part a day centre. Antonina started going on about putting in plastic paneling and a tiled floor. I said that we would not be able to spend a lot of money on it, just enough to make it bright and comfortable. She is going to have a think about what she thinks should be done and we can do the same. Perhaps David can go and have a look at it.
Baby Home
Tatiana, the Director of the Home, was very happy for us to spend time in the building where the older children live, but was not so keen for us to go to the other building with the babies and children with disabilities. I had to gently insist that it would be a real pity not to as we had so many specialists in the group who worked with very profoundly disabled children. We were taken round the second unit by a doctor, who insisted that they do not have any babies now with hydrocephalus. When I asked her about the two children who had recently moved to Zhuravichi with terribly severe hydrocephalus, she acted as though she was not sure who I meant and asked what their surnames were! I told her that they both had heads almost as wide as the cot, which surely should make them memorable. It would seem very strange if they really don't have any at all now. They do have one child who has had a shunt but I think it unlikely that shunts have become so common, and so effective over the last few years that they would not have any children with this condition now.
The doctor was quite obsessed with Adam, the little boy who has no arms at all and only very small legs. I did not think it would be possible for him to be able to walk but he is so determined that in the last month or so he has started to, sometimes pushing a truck along, and sometimes unaided. He does have some bad falls though, so perhaps we could get him a helmet of the type children with severe fits wear. He is the pet of all the staff and this month he will be four and will have to move to Rechitsa. He won't get nearly so much attention there and will find it hard to adjust. We asked how the transfer would be managed and were told that someone would go with him and stay for an hour or two to settle him in!
I was amazed to be welcomed at Zhuravichi by a woman I had never seen before. I knew that Natasha, who has been director for the last couple of years, was on pregnancy leave, but I thought Raisa would be in charge again in her absence. But Social Protection have decided that Natasha is not ready to be Director on her own when Raisa retires in the near future, and they have appointed a new Director. Natalia is a maths teacher by training and has been head of a small school and member of Zhuravichi District Executive Committee. She had been in her new post for three days when we arrived.
As if it was not bad enough for her having a bunch of foreigners visit so soon, when we went back on the Tuesday we clashed with not only a visit of bigwigs from Gomel Regional Social Protection department but also an all day sanitary inspection!
Nicola and Linda observed a number of classes and then spent some time working with a teacher with a group of autistic children. They shared some of their materials and ideas, but were generally very impressed with the way she was coping with a very difficult group of children. In another class, with less challenging children, the staff were disappointingly uninterested in both their visitors and their children. This is quite unusual at Zhuravichi now. Many of the teachers are trying really hard to teach the kids as best they can, and there has been some good professional input from the diagnostic centre in Rogachev.
In the cot rooms most of the children were out of the cots and in the playroom next door on mats or in chairs. When it came to lunch time Diana was particularly keen to see the children who were to be tube fed. I think there were just four children with nasal tubes. They are not fed special nutrition but liquidized food, whatever the other children are having, and this has to go through very narrow nasal tubes. Diana had hoped to see how the food was prepared but it was impossible to go in the kitchen as the sanitary inspectors were in there. We were told that the cot children's food would come at exactly 12.30, but it only turned up at 2.15, because of these wretched inspectors spending so long in the kitchen. In one of the cot rooms Nicola, Linda, Ira and I all helped to feed the children. But even so, the staff who were feeding them at the same time were shovelling the food down too fast. If they had not had our help, it is awful to think how fast the children must be fed. One little girl was so stressed by spoon feeding that she was having lots of small seizures. Diana was very concerned about her and strongly recommended that she be fitted with a nasal feeding tube as soon as possible. Ideally the children would have gastrostomies.
Diana and Mary spent some time with a poor little girl with extremely severe hydrocephalus who has very bad pressure sores on both sides of her head. I had brought some really good dressings which John Costello, our palliative care consultant, had acquired for us, and they applied these and told the nurse how to look after the sores more effectively.
We visited some of the older children with severe learning difficulties and the young adults who are taught by Ludmilla, the first person we sponsored at Zhuravichi. She does a fantastic job with them, but was asking if we could think about sponsoring another half time carer to help in the afternoons when she is not with them and there is just one carer to look after about twenty young people.
When we sat down with Natalia and Raisa for a meal, we discussed the sanatorium holiday. Natasha had agreed last time that we could bring a group of UK and Belarusian volunteers to Zhuravichi for a week while the other children are at Ptich. And also that we could bring a larger group of learning disability nurses at the beginning of September to work with the children and staff. But the new Director and Raisa were very dubious about both these arrangements. They were not sure what would be possible, what would be legal and generally looked quite alarmed about the whole thing. I have spoken to Valentina at Social Protection and Liena will speak to her again soon, and hope that she can sort out the legal and practical issues.
Just before the end of the visit, I took Anatoli, Director of the Regional Hospital out for a meal with Yuri, one of his deputies, who used to be in charge of health care in Rogachev district. We spent some time talking about how the health care at Zhuravichi can be improved. I told them about the children with very severe hydrocephalus, and they said that babies are now having shunts fitted so this should not happen in future. We talked about the feeding problems, and I mentioned that the ideal thing would be to fit gastrostomies when this becomes possible. Aantoli said,' We can do this now. It is an easy operation!' I said that I knew it was relatively easy, but I had never seen a child in Gomel with one. He assured me it was not a problem and promised to do this for some of the children at Zhuravichi. He even said they can get liquid nutrition for them, so we will see what happens. I will ask Ira to ring him this week to confirm if they have arranged for any of the children to come into hospital yet for the operation. I asked if they had the gastrostomy sets needed for feeding the children, and he was rather vague about that, so we may need to provide them. I had another go at how we can get rid of the dreadful doctor from Zhuravichi hospital who is supposed to look after the children. But it seems no-one wants to be responsible for him and they all accept that it is not possible to have a decent doctor based in a village area.
At Anatoly's suggestion I will write to the Director of Health and ask if a paediatrician from a hospital in Rogachev could visit Zhuravichi at least once a month to spend a day looking at the health needs of the children, and we will pay for the fuel. He thinks this might work.
Urodynamic equipment.
Anatoli is over the moon about this. A professor in Minsk has wanted to introduce these machines for some time, but the officials were not interested. If Anatoli can show how useful they are, then maybe they will be purchased for all the major cities. Malcolm, the urologist, and a technician, go out at the end of May to set everything up.
There are so many strange anomalies in the system. I was accosted by the carers we pay at Zhuravichi, asking why they only get 30 days holiday. I said I understood the norm now was 24 days for everyone and we had added a few days to that. But it seems that 'Nyanichki' working alongside the people we are funding are earning 40% more than they are and still getting 56 days holiday. According to Valentina at Soc Prot, a low level carer in a boarding institution can earn more than a highly qualified manager of a centre in Gomel. And some jobs still have the long holidays, while others, very similar, do not. Had a meeting with the office staff at which the only topic was salaries. They pointed out that, unlike people on shifts, they could only do one job; that prices have risen dramatically in the last few months; the official average salary is $330, and that they often work very long and unsocial hours for no extra pay. I think we will have to have quite a major review in April. Liena was very upset that we did not review salaries in March and said it made people feel very uncertain about the future.
School No. 5
Unfortunately it was a school holiday so the Rodney House group could not see the children but all the staff were in and a few little kids in the pre school group. They could tell immediately what a good school it was from the atmosphere which comes from Oleg, the Director, through all his staff – friendly, positive, caring and always open to new ideas. Although our group of wheelchair kids were not there, the room itself is lovely with so much going on it it and they heard about how the teacher and carers work with the children.
This little three year old boy was not supposed to stand on his feet without support. Some specialists had told his mother that it was really bad for him and someone must always support his hips when he tries to walk. But Diana, as a neurodevelopmental paediatrician said that this was absolutely not the right advice and he ought to walk as much as he wants to.
Psychiatric Hospital
I made a brief visit to the hospital on my own, mostly to find out more about Ilya, and then a further visit with Jean to talk to the Chief Doctor and Tatiana, Head of the Children's Department, about their forthcoming visit.
Tatiana was over the moon about the training which had been given just a week earlier by am psychiatrist and psychologist from Yorkshire. She wants lots more of it. Suicides and attempted suicide by children and teenagers, seems to be their main concern.
I had a few minutes to have a look around and meet a few of the kids. As always, it was really hard to fathom why some of them were there. And when you ask you get strange answers like 'learning difficulties'
Search Club
Marina and I spent a lovely Sunday morning in Gomel Park with the Search Club. We went to the Winter Garden and then we bought them all a hot dog at a little café which they seemed to think was a great treat. You will see all the bottles on the table but none of the young people would touch a drop. I am sure on days when they are going out they do not drink anything from the moment they get up till they get home again, which might be six hours as they have to be collected in several shifts. There are no disabled accessible toilets in public places. So we could solve this problem, for the young men at least, by giving each of them one of the 'magic bottles' like the one Nazar has. Mary has just acquired a dozen of these which I will take for them on my next visit.
Children in Trouble
I had meetings with Elena and Ira about the Recuperative holidays and we worked out the interpreters for the visit. Ira had told me that Evgeny had some strange plan involving using the coach and he wanted to tell me about it.
He has had discussions with the Department for Humanitarian Affairs and various other government departments and has been told that he can set up a company, linked to Children in Trouble, so that he can make money to keep CiT going. He said he did not want to keep looking foreign friends like me in the eye and begging for money. They will use the coach commercially (yes, that's the one we nearly scrapped and John said they should get rid of immediately) and they have someone who wants to run the company and a driver. I pointed out that you could not really run a coach company with one coach as the first time it breaks down when someone has an important booking they will be in trouble. Evgeny said they realized that the coach was not enough so they also wanted to make products from wood. He has a friend – I think the one he was talking about heading the new company – who has a small company which produces crafts from wood. Very high quality he said, but they wanted to improve what they do by buying some special equipment. I believe the cost is $12,500! He is wanting someone to help to buy this equipment. Would it not be better to ask for funds for CiT, I asked, and Evgeny said that he would then have to ask again and again, and the company would make what they need for the future. I tried not to show my total scepticism and said that I would report the idea to the Trustees.
A few years ago the Rogachev Association tried to do the same thing and we discouraged it feelling that they would devote too much of their time to making money instead of supporting kids, and that it would cause legal problems for them as a voluntary organization. I feel even more strongly that Evgeny is barking up totally the wrong tree and will be amazed if he finds a charity which wants to back the idea
At the Children's Cancer Hospital with Ira I met:
This man with his youngest child. The family have five children and one of the older children has already died of cancer. He came to thank me for some money I left last time to support the family.
This 13 year old boy with his very anxious grandma. I hope he will come for a holiday next Summer.
Four year old Vlad who is not going to survive. He ought to go to the hospice but his mum is insisting on him having a further course of chemotherapy when the doctors know it will do no good.
When one of the psychologists came to see us, she said that a child had just died 40 minutes ago and another little boy –who came with him mum to Evesham and Crewe two years ago – was in intensive care and would not last many more hours.
This little girl was doing well with her treatment and her mum seemed very positive. I hope they will come for a holiday next year, but could not ask them as they were in the same room as Vlad and his mother.
Anya spends much of her time in the office of one of the psychologists. She is the child who witnessed her mother being murdered by her father and is now officially in the care of an aunt with a drunken husband. All are very worried about her future, and will be talking to local social services to make sure that Anya gets proper care or is taken away to safety when she eventually goes back home.
This young man lost his left leg to cancer as a small child. He went to a clinic in Germany to have a prosthetic leg fitted and then went back a few times for replacements. But three years ago it became impossible to go to Germany and he has been without a prosthetic leg all this time. Now he has cancer in the bone in his right leg. I asked his dad why they had not had a leg made in Minsk and he was scornful about how poor the legs were in Minsk and that it took so long to make them that the child had grown by the time they were ready. I asked if he had been to the centre recently and he said that they were there last year.
It sounds strange as the man who came to the mobility centre in Exeter for a week seems to be very capable and was confident that he could make legs for Ira. Apparently he is the only specialist they have and can't keep up with demand. I think we need to find out more about this.
I had brought a laptop, the one Keymed gave me a few years ago. It was for a girl I met on the last visit, but she had been given one, so I gave it to this boy, who seemed remarkably cheerful considering his predicament. He expects to be in a wheelchair soon.
This boy lives in an orphanage. The nurse adores him and would like to adopt him but she only has a small flat and two children of her own.
I was visited in the psychologist's office by a mother who was very tearful about her 15 year old son. She said that he would be able to have a stem cell transplant from her when he gets rid of the fungal infection he has. He needs an expensive drug every day and the hospital would have some more of it next week but the doctors had said it was important not to stop the treatment. She could get some medicines from Moscow if she had the money. As we have not been able to buy and meds in UK recently, I though tit was a reasonable thing to do, and gave the psychologist $1,400. But it later turned out that the doctors were able to get some more of the medication the next day. Ira now has this sum of money. Can she keep the $1,400 for the next time there is an urgent need for medicines which can be bought in Russia?


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Trish, Your quilt is lovely!
Nancy, I like that idea of a dresser scarves to sit under the machines that go on the shelf. I will have to make a couple for my machines that aren't in a box.
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Trish, Your quilt is lovely!
Nancy, I like that idea of a dresser scarves to sit under the machines that go on the shelf. I will have to make a couple for my machines that aren't in a box.
Nancy, How do you get your foot that hight to the shelf? I can't. I can only get my foot about 4 feet off the floor. lol
I use orphan blocks to make a zippered foot control bag for my FW when I need to take one with me in the Tutto bag. I have made a couple of crumb quilts and don't know when I'll have enough blocks for another one.
Purplefiend - I love your machine covers. It has made me rethink what to do for mine. I made one a while ago, with dowelling to make it stand up like a tent. It's a bit of a joke. Next time I'll use your approach, which is more like a giant sized tea cosy.
Crossstitcher - Fantastic colours, really cheerful, and I like the way it just grew!
Thank you everyone for all the lovely compliments for my quilt. I've sent off the forms to enter it into a show in May - I'll keep you posted!
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The Mondo Bag! Stitched on my 401A.
Made with the gridded fusible interfacing. You fuse 2 1/2" squares (I used batiks) to the grid and then sew the seams to make panels for the outside of the bag. This is a huge monster bag perfect for hauling quilts to club for show & tell.
Carly seems bored with the finished project...
What a great bag Cindy...stylish, big and useful....all things I think a bag should be. Never was a clutch/small bag girl...all my bags are "life support systems", everything but the kitchen sink:)
Cindy, I love your Mondo bag! I had to google Mondo bag, never heard of one. I found a helpful you-tube video that shows the process that you describe. I have that added to my to do list. I'll look for the fusible grid interfacing that is used for this project. Thanks for sharing!
Nancy, yes Carly is one of our cats. The fuzzy thing is a raccoon tail that our youngest DD got at Sauder Village, a pioneer museum in NW Ohio a few years back. The cats like to carry it around the house.
My cutting table is my old dropleaf dining room table. It's just the right height for rotary cutting (for me, anyway). I usually keep one leaf up and one down (as in the photo). When I'm basting a large quilt, I open it up all the way and rotate it diagonally so that it fits in the room better.


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Primary Material: Sterling, glass
Size: 3 inches
Pattern: Hearts
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Yongle Canon - The Largest Encyclopedia in Ancient China
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Yongle Canon, a great encyclopedia, was compiled in the Ming Dynasty. It contains 22877 volumes of articles and 60 volumes of table of contents all in 11095 books, with a total number of about 370 million words. The Canon contains over 8000 ancient books and records from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty in China. It's the largest encyclopedia in ancient China, which was finished over 300 years earlier than the famous Encyclopedia of Britain.
Originally named Collection of Classical Literature (Wenxian Dacheng), the Yongle Canon was compiled in the first year of Emperor Yongle's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1403), and was finished in 1408. It embodies about 8000 important ancient classics and covers almost all topics. The works contained are faithfully compiled according to the original texts in whole, in piece or paragraph, which further enhances the documentary value of the data preserved.
The compilation of Yongle Canon is highly scientific, which ensures convenient searches when using it.
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Software: Look Hard Before Leaping
Selectivity is the key to investments in software stocks right now, says Jonathan Rudy, who's the sector's analyst for Standard & Poor's. S&P is neutral on the software group as a whole, he reports.
But Rudy adds that S&P has buys on Microsoft (MSFT ), McAfee (MFE ), and Veritas Software (VRTS ). In the case of Microsoft, he notes, "it has been frustrating," with the stock stuck in a trading range even though it seems to be doing everything right in corporate governance and returning value to shareholders. McAfee's virtue is its position in Internet security, he says, and Veritas has strength in data storage, backup, and recovery.
Video games are another attractive area, says Rudy. He favors Activision (ATVI ) and Electronic Arts (ERTS ). On the controversial attempt by Oracle (ORCL ) to take over PeopleSoft (PSFT ), he thinks Ellison & Co.'s current bid is unlikely to be accepted -- but he doesn't dismiss the possibility that a deal might eventually be made.
These were some of the points Rudy made in an investing chat presented Nov. 2 by BusinessWeek Online and Standard & Poor's on America Online, in response to questions from the audience and from Karyn McCormack of BW Online. Following are edited excerpts from this chat. A full transcript is available on AOL at keyword: BW Talk.
Note: Jonathan Rudy is a Standard & Poor's Equity Analyst. He has no ownership interest in or affiliation with any of the companies under discussion in this chat. All of the views expressed in this chat accurately reflect the analyst's personal views regarding any and all of the subject securities or issuers. No part of the analyst's compensation was, is, or will be, directly or indirectly, related to the specific recommendations or views expressed in this chat. For required disclosure information and price charts for all S&P STARS-ranked companies go to and click on "Investment Research," and then click on "Required Disclosures & Standard & Poor's STARS vs. Closing Prices Charts."
Q: Before we get to your specialty, what's S&P's current view of the equity market? A:
Q: Before we get to your specialty, what's S&P's current view of the equity market?
A:I can't speak for the broader market, but we're neutral on application and systems software at this point. We feel that stock selection will be very important, going forward, in these areas.
Q: Why hasn't the market for Microsoft gone up with the forthcoming dividend? The price is low. A:
Q: Why hasn't the market for Microsoft gone up with the forthcoming dividend? The price is low.
A:It has been frustrating. We have a buy recommendation on Microsoft, and the company is doing everything right, in our opinion, in terms of corporate governance and returning value to shareholders. However the stock has been stuck in a trading range for the better part of two years now. We believe that eventually Microsoft's fundamentals will be reflected in the stock, and shareholders should be rewarded. Our 12-month target price is $35 a share.
Q: Do you have any other 5-STARS (buy) ranked stocks? A:
Q: Do you have any other 5-STARS (buy) ranked stocks?
A:Yes, I do. I have three overall: Microsoft, McAfee, and Veritas Software. McAfee has benefited from streamlining its operations to focus on its core Internet security solutions. We believe that the company will be able to obtain higher profitability levels and grow faster as a result. Our 12-month target price for McAfee is $32 a share -- shares are currently trading around $25.
We also believe that Veritas is well-positioned in the data storage and backup and recovery markets. The shares are attractively valued at approximately 22 times our 2005 EPS [earnings per share] estimate of $1.02. The company has a strong balance sheet and generates strong cash flow.
Q: Oracle raised its bid for PeopleSoft, saying it was its best and final offer. Will the deal go through? A:
Q: Oracle raised its bid for PeopleSoft, saying it was its best and final offer. Will the deal go through?
A:At $24 a share, we believe that this offer was to get PeopleSoft's management team to the negotiating table. However, since PeopleSoft's board of directors had already rejected Oracle's earlier offer of $26 a share, we view it as unlikely that the deal will be completed at these levels and that Oracle may have to raise its bid. However, Oracle has gotten a lot further than we had anticipated, so we wouldn't count them out at this point.
Q: Is the software market preparing for any big operating-system releases in the coming months? Anything that will drive sales? A:
Q: Is the software market preparing for any big operating-system releases in the coming months? Anything that will drive sales?
A:The next big Windows operating-system release is code-named Longhorn, and that's currently scheduled for release in calendar year 2006. Other than the continued growth in the Linux operating-system market, we would say that Longhorn's release is the next big thing.
Q: What's the biggest area of growth for software makers? You mentioned security with McAfee. What about wireless applications? A:
Q: What's the biggest area of growth for software makers? You mentioned security with McAfee. What about wireless applications?
A:The biggest wireless-application growth will probably be in the video-game sector. However, it still hasn't proven to be a profitable business model at this point in time. So we would continue to focus on other areas such as Internet security, storage software, and the video-game industry for the current generation of hardware consoles such as XBox and PlayStation 2. Upcoming launches of Nintendo's Dual Screen, or DS, and Sony's (SNE ) PlayStation Portable (PSP) should generate renewed interest in the portable gaming market.
Q: How about some small [software] names? A:
Q: How about some small [software] names?
A:Well, McAfee is about $3.8 billion in market cap -- it's more of a mid-cap name. Other than that, we have accumulate (4-STAR) recommendations on Sybase (SY ), which is about $1.5 billion in market cap, and Activision (ATVI ), which is approximately $2 billion in market cap.
Q: Do you like any video-game software makers? A:
Q: Do you like any video-game software makers?
A:Activision and Electronic Arts are our two favorite names in the video-game industry. This is primarily due to their diverse libraries of video-game brands and quality of titles. Overall, we believe that this current generation's hardware cycle is entering the later stages as we approach the anticipated launches of XBox 2 in late 2005 and PlayStation 3 in early 2006. Thus we would stick with the high-quality leaders that have strong balance sheets and multiple hit titles in their brand libraries in order to be as diversified as possible as we approach the next-generation cycle.
Q: What do you think of Adobe Systems (ADBE
Q: What do you think of Adobe Systems (ADBE )?
A:I don't cover Adobe, but our analyst Scott Kessler has a hold recommendation on the shares and a 12-month target price of $58 per share.
Q: Will Computer Associates (CA
) recover?. It has already come back a bit. A:
Q: Will Computer Associates (CA ) recover?. It has already come back a bit.
A:I don't cover CA currently. However, we have a hold recommendation on the shares. Zaineb Bokhari is the analyst who covers Computer Associates now. Her 12-month target price is $30 per share. The company did acquire Netegrity (NETE ) recently, which is a leader in identity and access-management solutions -- a rapidly growing area of Internet security. So we feel that Internet security could be an eventual growth driver for CA.
Q: Do you see consolidation among any of the companies you follow? A:
Q: Do you see consolidation among any of the companies you follow?
A:Recently, as I'd mentioned, CA acquired Netegrity. And with the ongoing Oracle/PeopleSoft takeover battle there's some consolidation in the software industry -- but not to the extent that many have anticipated. We believe that it will likely take the resolution of the Oracle/PeopleSoft situation in order for merger and acquisition activity to pick up, with Oracle as a significant consolidator in the software industry.
We believe that likely acquisition candidates include Siebel Systems (SEBL ), Sybase, and BEA Systems (BEAS ). However, we would caution investors not to buy software stocks solely on takeover speculation and to look at the fundamentals of the companies first. If there's an acquisition, it's just an added bonus.
Q: What about all those international companies, and what about all the piracy that's going on? A:
Q: What about all those international companies, and what about all the piracy that's going on?
A:First, I cover two internationally based software companies. Those companies are SAP (SAP ), based in Germany, and CheckPoint Software (CHKP ), which has dual headquarters in Israel and Redwood Shores, Calif. We have accumulate (4-STAR) recommendations on both companies.
As far as piracy, it's a serious issue overseas. According to the Business Software Alliance, the software industry as a whole lost over $13 billion in potential revenues in 2002. Piracy rates in Latin America and the Asia Pacific regions were about 55% of software in use. China had the highest piracy rate at approximately 92%.
Resolving this issue could result in substantial revenue opportunity for software companies. However, it's still a significant problem at this point.
Q: Which software makers should investors avoid or sell?. A:
Q: Which software makers should investors avoid or sell?.
A:We have avoid recommendations on THQ (THQI ), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO ), and Auto Desk (ADSK ). THQ and Take-Two Interactive are both smaller video-game companies that have relied on one or two particular hits, such as Grand Theft Auto for Take-Two and the WWE franchises for THQ.
However, we believe that as we transition to the next generation of video-game hardware, companies that have relied on one or two hit titles could [be] most [at] risk during this transition period. We would stay with more diversified companies such as Electronic Arts and Activision.
We have an avoid on Auto Desk primarily due to valuation. The stock has had a great run this year, and we feel it would be prudent just to be a little more defensive at this point. However, we do think it's a well-run company with a strong balance sheet and would find the stock more interesting at around $45 per share, which is our target price.


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Steamboat Springs Tasked with finding a way to help her community for her Steamboat Springs High School Leadership class, junior Christi Valicenti didn't have to stray far from what she knows best.
Valicenti, who has played high school tennis the past two years and enjoyed the game since she was 3, created Tennis to Tackle Cancer. She said it's a great way to benefit a cause that has affected her life while also introducing a new generation of players to the sport she loves.
Valicenti and her tennis teammates and coaches will host Tennis to Tackle Cancer from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Tennis Center at Steamboat Springs. The event includes 2 1/2 hours of tennis lessons, lunch and drinks. The camp is for beginner tennis players ages 9 to 18. The cost is $5 with all proceeds going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
"I knew I wanted to incorporate tennis and bring more kids into the tennis program," Valicenti said. "I also knew I wanted to donate to a cancer research program."
Valicenti said the idea to donate to cancer efforts came easily. She lost her grandfather and two of her uncles to cancer.
"It really makes you realize what's important in life and to see what you can do to help," she said.
In addition to Valicenti, tennis pros Don Toy and Greg Sussman will help with the clinic.
The camp will teach the basics of tennis as far as rules and correct strokes. Valicenti said she hopes the clinic will spur younger players to join the junior program while helping a good cause.
Registration for the clinic isn't limited to a specific number of participants and is due Sunday. Valicenti said 32 people had registered as of Thursday. She hopes to get many more children and teens to sign up.
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The Hotel Palomar combines sophisticated luxury, elegant textures, and contemporary Asian-influenced design for a stunning effect. Enjoy luxurious downtown San Diego accommodations, appointed with Zen-inspired furnishings, as you relax and rejuvenate from the day's excursions.
Located in the historic Gaslamp District, in the heart of downtown San Diego, this hotel will please experienced and novice travels with a prime location and solid amenities. Restore yourself at the rooftop pool, bar and lounge, or head to the spa. Get out and explore the city -- you're close to the San Diego Convention Center, Petco Park, the trendy East Village, Balboa Park, the San Diego Zoo, and more.
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hotel dining: 3.5
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cons: Pool was closed for party both days. Third day testing was being done to see if water was contaminated.
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Travelers beware! This hotel caters to young party goers. The room next to ours had a full-on after party from 1:45am-4:40am with people yelling and screaming slamming the door all night. The super thin walls did not help! We got absolutely no sleep and checked out very disappointed and tired. If you have young ones or need a good night's rest, I would strongly recommend staying away from this place! This place should've gotten 0 stars out of 5! DO NOT GET ATTRACTED BY THE LOW PRICELINE PRICE for Palomar or Salomar! STAY AWAY!
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cons: There was a full-on after party next to our room from approx. 1:45AM to about 4:30 AM. There were doors being slammed shut throughout this time period and people yelling and screaming. The super thin walls did not help. We got no sleep!
guest score:| 10 out of 10
Great hotel, stylish wonderful rooms, big windows, quiet. Nice extras (wine happy hour, bikes to take, coffee and tea). Friendly, helpful staff. Located conviently if interested in the Gaslamp district downtown, otherwise not a very pretty location. Beautiful inside though!
pros: AMAZING!!! I almost do not want to write this review as it means it will be busier, but they deserve it!! Great rooms with wonderful "extras" such as lepord print robes(!), complementary wine happy hour daily, complementary bicycles to use, great staff.
cons: Pool was closed for a few days for maintenance
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