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When the National Academy of Medicine (NAM, formerly the Institute of Medicine/IOM) released its recommendations for Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID) as a replacement for "ME/CFS," I saw a lot of people spreading this myth: That "post exertional malaise" (PEM) is what differentiates myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) from other illnesses. This is not true, nor is this what's explained in the NAM's report. At most, the report says that the presence of PEM helps distinguish it from other conditions, while it is what best distinguishes "ME/CFS" from idiopathic chronic fatigue. PEM alone is not specific to M.E., Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or SEID, just like unrefreshing sleep is not specific to any one disease. Continue reading "The Parts of ME: Does "Post Exertional Malaise (PEM)" exist in other diseases?"
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The Killer in the Crowd
Something I never considered the IVIG might do was the one thing I've diligently avoided doing at all costs for the past two years: Wake my immune system from its compromised state of complacence. Because that, in turn, as has happened every single time over the past six years, would reactivate my latent bartonella infections.
But that's exactly what it did.
Some of you may not remember my ordeal with this infection unless you've somehow been following my blog since the beginning, but this short post from January 2012 might help a little.
I realized a year later that my symptoms were re-emerging and my bloodwork showed increasing signs. From then on I did everything I could to not stimulate my immune system, especially avoiding antibiotics at all costs (i.e., in the event I caught something extra; because as we know this entire treatment-failure conundrum was caused by me being unable to tolerate antibiotics to treat the Lyme, bartonella, mycoplasma, etc.). Because of this, and thankfully so, it remained somewhat latent in contrast to how quickly it spread the first few times it was active. From past experience, I'd seen that activating my immune system in any way triggered it to attempt fighting infections wherever they existed, despite my immune system not having everything it needs to actually fight, or even being able to use what it does have, efficiently. I'd found out the hard way that to reactivate bartonella was to initiate my imminent decline: The first time this happened, I was bedbound within eight months; the next, within just four.
Well. All the symptoms that have occurred periodically since the bartonella relapsed, are once again emerging VERY reliably every 5-6 days (usually five, as is part of the reason bartonella "quintana" got its name). There are the frontal headaches; the unusual rashes and bumps on my feet, ankles, lower legs, and hands/fingers; the foot pain; the shin pain; chest pain; more arrhythmia; more anemia; the volatile moods that occur the worst on that 5th day, leading to rapid cycling between hopelessness, suicidal ideation, rage, paranoia, and anything else you can imagine, before fading as quickly as it arrived; the worse "brain fog" and neurological dysfunction; low-grade fevers; excruciating fatigue; worse dehydration… Unsurprisingly, its pattern started five days after my first infusion in October, and has continued ever since.
A part of me just cannot believe this is happening again. The other part of me has not experienced something so dangerous since practicing Buddhism, and is able to be objective enough to find it fascinating how a body reacts to infection.
The worst flares–the ones that scare me–happen right before my infusions, when my immunoglobulin levels are at their lowest. I get IVIG every four weeks, but at my current dose the effects only last three weeks… So the fourth week, my system has fallen back to its usual, immunodeficient state, which means I am at mercy of a potentially-fatal infection with little to give it pause.
I discussed this with my immunologist today and he has upped my dose. We'll see with my next infusion if this new dose will last long enough to stretch the entire four weeks, but if not, we'll try every three weeks. If that doesn't work, then I'll have to do it subcutaneously every week just to stay stable. :\ (I hope not; I don't know if I could handle that, mentally.)
I felt so horrible the morning of my last infusion, I thought I might more likely end up in the emergency room than their office, and wasn't even sure if I should go. But within two minutes of praying for guidance, my doctor's office called me and told me to come in, come in immediately. So I did, and by that evening I was a different person. For one, I was hydrated, but I also no longer felt like I was being mauled by a bear from the inside out. The flare completely stopped.
For the first time in over two years, I feel like I have a chance to slow these diseases' progressions. And after seeing how my body can now fight back after receiving an infusion containing the parts of my immune system I've never adequately been able to create on my own, I have hope that maybe I can be like everyone else who gets a bartonella infection, and just kill it off before it kills me. This can really only go one of two ways.
If I can continue getting IVIG reliably then maybe several months from now my new-and-improved immune system, thanks to literally thousands, upon thousands, upon thousands of donors, can finally overthrow bartonella (and maybe the other, less-rapidly-progressive bugs?), and I'll never have to worry about it again. That'd be nice… Really nice. But if not, I know this is still my path.
I regret nothing.
♥ a rainbow at night
My First Real Post in Months: "Something" Has Happened
My birthday was in August and it was incredible. Full of love from friends and family and the amazing gift that I was alive to enjoy it. I thanked my Lyme doctor for helping save my life, because without his aid I know I wouldn't have made it. The whole celebration affair took two days to get through because I didn't want to exhaust myself–I tried!–but let's just say, next year I shall ask for more assistance, especially in opening gifts because I did the closest thing possible to arm-murder for someone with M.E. The eustress still affected me profoundly, and the muscle relapse I experienced took me weeks to recover from. By mid-September I did finally get to a place where I was okay enough to start typing, replying to e-mails, et cetera, albeit at a much-reduced level. I think that's when I made my last "real" entry… Anyway.
Since my last actual update I have been "officially" diagnosed with vasculitis, upped my Biaxin dose, then had to stop everything completely.
After a necessary car ride (read as: hurricane evacuation) put me in the sunlight for eight hours, my sporadically-present vasculitis-of-the-past-ten-years went into overdrive and has been bothering me daily, often severely, ever since. I have to avoid all sunlight and any temperature change…which I always have to do, but right now it's even more important. I did get tests to see if anything autoimmune had been triggered, but the tests, ANA and the relatives, were all normal, so that's good. I got the diagnosis of inflammatory vasculitis on the 6th of September, which ironically was two days after upping my Biaxin to twice daily instead of once daily, but the Biaxin was unrelated, since the problems began days earlier with all that sun exposure. My PCP told me all the weird quirks I'd been having–the INTENSE dizzy spells, the blurred vision, that the main vascular problems were in my hands and feet–were all related. She said it starts in the small blood vessels–ears, eyes, extremities–and spreads from there, and to manage it with ibuprofen, which for now, mostly works.
We want to avoid going on steroids if we can, because of how they suppress the immune system… But I've been off and on Nasonex (an inhaled corticosteroid for sinus inflammation; I don't have allergies) and it's such a catch-22. I always feel better when I'm on it, but it also messes with my immune system so that other problems act up. Sigh.
For the most part I had been feeling GREAT with the twice daily Biaxin, but when I'm down, I'm really down. I have no idea what to say about my general health status, otherwise. :\ I always get a bad flare at the beginning of the month because this is one of the bug cycles (I think the Mycoplasma, but maybe the Lyme–I have no idea, I just know it's not related to my menses because that has no reliable pattern due whatsoever, and hasn't for years). Well, this month's flare was absolutely terrible because of being on the doubled antibiotic dosage–"herxapalooza," as one of my friends calls it.
When I was on Zithro (biaxin's cousin), there would be one day a month I'd have to stop my antibiotics and let the herx die down, lest I end up it the emergency room. I came very close to going this month, not because of the herx itself, but because of a Migraine that was almost completely resistant to treatment. All I had at my house was off-brand medicine and name-brand Treximet, the latter of which I cannot take with my type of migraine (which I DID NOT KNOW–need to discuss this with my new neuro!). So it was bad. Bad bad. The aura began with an awful prodrome of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome on Friday (Sept 28th) and the Migraine began two days later on Sunday (Sept 30th). Another two days later it was gone, but I have been sicker than sick ever since.
I have stopped ALL of my antibiotics in an attempt to recover, and I'm planning to resume them Monday if I'm able. If not, I'll give it another week like I sometimes have to do. It's been four straight months since having to take any kind of break, so that's good. I hope it's just the herxing (my liver is fine, by the way!), because this is a little frightening.
I haven't needed my wheelchair in months, so I put it in the closet. Then yesterday I went to stand up and almost went to the floor. I've had NO trouble walking in months. Now my legs are very weak. It just hits me in "episodes"–one part of the day I'll be sort-of okay; the rest, I am useless. This would make sense if I were currently on antibiotics, but I am not!
I have been sleeping a ton, and in bed all day regardless, only getting up for the essentials like restroom. And the pain… Oh, the pain. A day or two ago–they all blend together at the moment–I couldn't so much as roll over in bed without a dose of Vicodin. The "headache phase" (because that Migraine went on to irritate every surrounding nerve) has died down for the most part, but now I'm facing exhaustion, flu-like sickness, numbness in my right leg and foot, a bizarre action-related tremor in my left hand/arm that has actually been progressing instead of going away… I am hydrated but my blood pressure is poor, I am resting but my heart is weak… My heart has felt weaker the past several weeks, at random. I don't know what that's about (side effect of doubled Biaxin?) but my next cardio appointment is in November.
It's just such a drastic change, and I was doing perfectly fine (relatively speaking) on the doubled dose of antibiotics until this hit… And despite being off of them, it doesn't appear to be getting better yet, which is concerning when I've literally spent the past week in bed and usually this combination lends to me feeling better… Or at least, when it's M.E.-related, this lends to me feeling better. I suppose, with that in mind, I should stop thinking of it in those terms, because even though the majority of my troubles the past month-and-a-half have been M.E.-related and those ARE improved with rest, these problems I now face probably are not M.E.-related, and therefore there's no sense in thinking rest will help them.
Maybe I'm rushing things, or being impatient. I just wonder what happened that I'm taking so long to recover, and I hope this will all pass over without me being forced into a lower state of functioning in the mean time.
So as to my absence…! I have been doing mostly okay, seemingly doing much better–even starting to prepare my own meals!–until "this" happened.
♥ a rainbow at night
Alright, I caved.
I couldn't take it anymore and started my Zoloft…even though it interacts with two things I take. I opted to just take it as far away from those as possible, and since I'm only on 12.5mg, it couldn't be that bad, right?
Best decision I ever made.
And something interesting to share about my fatigue: It's incredibly reduced! My wonky brain chemistry must have been contributing heavily to it, because after about five days I noticed I had a lot more energy. Antidepressants are actually recommended for "chronic fatigue," and now I understand why! I thought fatigue was only a symptom of depression-related brain chemistry, but it would seem it's just a symptom of off-kilter serotonin levels in general. I'm pretty sure I learned that in my degree somewhere, but had forgotten.
My OCD is a lot better. The incessant thoughts are easing, and I no longer need to keep hand lotion around from my constant soap use.
I take Flagyl Thursday thru Sunday, and usually by Saturday I am exhausted. This Saturday? I exercised. And by exercise I mean my usual stretching routine that I used to do for Fibromyalgia treatment. I got through it all! And the next day I stretched again, but at a reduced level. Today I took a break from it. I'll see how I feel tomorrow. But I'm in shock that I was able to do that! It's a very good sign. I'm elated that after five months in Lyme/Mycoplasma treatment, I am starting to get back to things I used to be able to do. I've been incredibly blessed to have my family's support, emotionally and financially, but all I want is to be able to take care of myself again. At the rate I'm going, I think that will happen.
Neurologically, I've had a lot more numbness in my limbs. This is healing, right? I get the "hot foot" sensations daily, my feet itch like mad (neuropathy), and.. I remember an instance last week where a sharp, stabbing sensation went through my right leg to the bottom of my foot, and my leg immediately went numb. When the neuropathy was progressing, things got worse, and in new places; this is more akin to old problems flaring up with their last dying effort, so again, here's hoping this is part of the healing process.
Headache wise, I've had what acts like a tension headache for about four days, now. It makes my teeth hurt. I say "acts like" because I never get tension headaches, and I'm not entirely sure if this is one, but based upon descriptions I've read… Then again I've also heard people describe Lyme headaches like this, so who knows. It could even be the Zoloft or it may be as simple as ibuprofen withdrawal after taking it for several months. Whatever the cause, hopefully it'll go away, soon. It's the least of my concerns!
♥ a rainbow at night
Mycoplasma and Reflections on Having PANS/PANDAS
The most important thing to report this time is that my random cough continued to be persistent and began to worsen, so I saw my primary physician who says I now have asthma. (Well, asthmatic bronchitis–two in one, aren't I lucky!) If I were to assume this to be infection and/or herxing related, I would say this:
Since I'm fighting Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a bacterium that usually causes pneumonia (but also loves to attack your nervous system), my best guess is that treating this beast has caused a lot of herxing/die-off/inflammation in my lungs, where it's most likely been hiding out, at least partially. And said die-off may be causing the inflammation that's triggering this asthmatic response… I mean, it can't be any coincidence that as soon as I start trying to kill the pathogen that has caused lung problems for me in the past, I get inflammation in my lungs. Right?
But if that's not it, then I have genetics to thank. I'm going to go with "will hopefully go away as I treat Mycoplasma" theory until it proves itself otherwise. At least I'm not having any trouble breathing. I just have this cough, which, after three days on Dulera (which is literally just my Nasonex in an inhalable form…mixed with formoterol), I'm much, much better. :)
I'm convinced I had PANDAS (PANS) as a child; it just wasn't a diagnose-able condition back then. If so, then I definitely still have it, because my body has clearly reacted the same way as an adult. This might sound like baseless self-diagnosis but this will make sense as I'll discuss further below.
It stands for "Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections," and is basically what it sounds like: An autoimmune response to strep that causes damage to the brain, primarily resulting in neuropsychiatric illness like obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic-disorders like Tourette's Syndrome. (PANS refers to "pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome," the same as PANDAS but without being caused specifically by streptococci.) In the "My Story" section, I ponder over whether or not something triggered my childhood-onset disorders of OCD and Tourette's Syndrome, whether that might have been a brush with tick-borne infection, or something similar. After realizing there is an actual condition that does exactly this, it all makes too much sense:
- my primary immunodeficiency disease makes me extremely susceptible to infections (especially Strep)
- a history of autoimmune responses to things (like vaccinations)
- the fact that both my OCD and Tourette's were acute-onset
- those conditions flare up whenever I get additional infections, especially bacterial
As Lisa Wolk-Kilion writes for one national magazine:
"Although the word 'pediatric' is in both names, it is surmised that the disease is not merely a childhood one. . . The encephalitic-type illness is brought on by an infection, resulting in antibodies that barrage the basal ganglia. … Once the autoimmune system is damaged, any germs can trigger a PANS flare."
So, an autoimmune disease that responds to infection by attacking your own brain, instead. I was practically a walking target to get myalgic encephalomyelitis in the future, wasn't I? :\
On that note, I have to state the obvious, that Mycoplasma and Strep are very similar in this respect: They usually cause upper respiratory infection, but in the immunocompromised, they can wreak havoc everywhere, especially the nervous system. You know what happened to me when I got both Bartonella and Mycoplasma a month apart from each other in 2008? My Tourette's syndrome and stuttering flared up so bad I could barely talk for three months. I also got extremely paranoid, showing clear neuropsychiatric involvement. Additionally, that's when my movement disorder began worsening. I had the beginnings of the dystonia since getting Lyme disease (even though I didn't know I'd gotten Lyme, yet), but after those two infections, things progressed very quickly. (The Tourette's and stuttering eventually died back down, though they love to pop up at random, especially when I'm under emotional or physical stress.)
Treating Bartonella helped the dystonia symptoms A LOT…a lot a lot. But the thing is, the antibiotics that treat Bartonella are the same antibiotics that treat Mycoplasma (or at least the ones I was on, except for Bactrim), so I have no idea of knowing which infection is responsible for it. It's not gone yet (as evidenced by my oromandibular dystonia showing itself more lately), but the worst parts of it stopped progressing after a year on Rifampin (with other antibiotics).
This is one of the reasons I can't type up a post explaining my Bartonella experience and treatment: Because even though I can pinpoint a lot of which symptoms were caused by Bartonella–especially the ones that recurred every 5-7 days–I have absolutely no way of knowing exactly which infection caused what, specifically in regards to my dystonia and other related movement disorders. Because I got those infections a month apart from each other, and I treated them both at the same time. I can type about my theories, but I can't put a bunch of information out there that people are going to read, without being sure. All I have are correlations, and patterns, which I happen to have a talent at spotting.
Two years ago I hypothesized that Mycoplasma (which I easily tested positive for on the first try, unlike the others which I had to coax out with speciality labs) was going to play a much larger role in my health issues than I had at first assumed… I had no idea how right that would be.
[ETA 2017: It's been 5 years since this post and Mycoplasma pneumoniae has now been recognized to be a determining factor in the diagnosis of PANS, which all these additional years of disease and severe psychiatric relapse have unequivocally proven me to have.]
"The association of mycoplasma with diseases like arthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome, which has been implicated with a response of the body's immune system against its own components, is consistent with the growth and behavior of mycoplasma. The absence of a conventional cell wall allows mycobacteria to penetrate into the white blood cells of the immune system. Because some mycoplasma will exist free of the blood cells and because the bacteria are capable of slow growth in the body, the immune system will detect and respond to a mycobacterial infection. But this response is generally futile. The bacteria hidden inside the white blood cells will not be killed. The immune components instead might begin to attack other antigens of the host that are similar in three-dimensional structure to the mycobacterial antigens. Because mycoplasma infections can become chronic, damage to the body over an extended time and the stress produced on the immune system may allow other microorganisms to establish infections.
"Strategies to eliminate mycoplasma infections are now centering on the strengthening of the immune system, and long-term antibiotic use (e.g., months or years). Even so, it is still unclear whether antibiotics are truly effective on mycoplasma bacteria. Mycoplasma can alter the chemical composition of the surface each time a bacterium divides. Thus, there may be no constant target for an antibiotic."
Mycoplasma Infections via Encyclopedia.com
World of Microbiology and Immunology | 2003, The Gale Group Inc.
If anyone has any experience or information they want to share with me about PANS/PANDAS or similar things triggering OCD and Tourette's Syndrome, feel free to comment or contact me.
♥ a rainbow at night
Updated December 2015 to add helpful links about PANS/PANDAS
Updated May 2017 to add more helpful links and confirm diagnosis
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South Tampa Cherry Shrimp
So my cherry shrimp are breeding like crazy in my 27 gallon cube that I have setup. I currently supply a few LFS's in the Tampa Bay area but thought I'd throw them out to everyone as well. I don't want to deal with shipping them to people but am willing to sell them for local pickup. I'm asking $2/ea. Don't know if I should post this here as I'm only looking to sell locally or if I should put it in the swap and shop. PM me if interested!
Do you have any pics?
Thats a fine lookin tank! I have a 10 gallon that I have just finished cycling and I am going to be getting my 55 gallon ready for shrimps soon...
Are you randomly pulling them up or can you pick a good mix of males and females ?
I can get a good mix of them. I usually throw an algae wafer in so I can see them better and grab them that way.
JEden it's good to see that you didn't get carried away down there in S. Tampa :)
I have a few packages coming in this week from members here if the ones that I am looking for get here soon enough I will PM you for about a dozen of them :) (I'll be prepping the one tank Tuesday if all my stuff gets here)
Sounds good. Let me know. I have about 100 shrimp yet so you will get some good pickings.
Still have a lot of shrimp left for anyone interested. I'm also giving a shot at whisker shrimp. Just moved my berried female to a different tank to see how it goes.
FYI, if you're having trouble moving them it's cause they go for about $1 ea. shipped these days, i.e. http://epicfish.net/.
Not mine, it's epicfish's (on the forums here too), got my first RCS from him. You're right though, the LFS here still sells RCS for $6/each, and they're basically see through! Epic's are decent cherries, perhaps some low grade Sakura mixed in.
I've moved on to PFRs, been slowly culling away all my cherries, long and painful since I mixed them early on :/
That's why the local fish stores started buying from me because I bring in the bright reds. They've stated they are the best shrimps they've ever sold from their stores and have ceased all orders from their suppliers. That's the sole purpose of my 27 gal cube is for breeding them but also giving me the chance to work on my aquascaping techniques/skills. So the stores give me store credit and I buy my supplies with it. I can't tell you the last time I've paid out of pocket for aquarium supplies or equipment.
Well I went on vacation and have way too many shrimp now. $1 each if anyone is interested in any cherries. Let me know!
Hmm.. I might be Interested, Need to get a new blood line.
How many are looking to get? Possibly do a trade to introduce some new ones to mine as well. Let me know!
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I've got a lot of projects in the works and can't wait to show you next week.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Our Trip to JoAnns
I haven't been able to do much crafting this week to show you because Greg has been really sick. I got that dreaded phone call Tuesday morning that no wife or mother ever wants to get. He was with the EMT's and I was to meet them at the doctors office because they could get him in. He's very dizzy and his arms go numb and tingly. They've been doing all kinds of tests on him this week and I'm driving Miss Daisy because he can't drive. They are ruling the bad things out and now we go see a neurologist next week. He has good days and on those days, I take advantage of our little outings to doctors. Yes, we made a stop at JoAnns. I told him to just wait in the car, but he wanted to go with me. Guess what? He had more fun than I did! I kept losing him and thought I would find him passed out in an aisle somewhere, but no, he found something he needed to show me to buy. Believe me, I was in Heaven! The funniest thing was, when we were in line to check out, the cashier and I had to wait because he was still picking up things in that aisle they have when you go to pay. It's funny, little things like that make all the worry go away for a little while and pure happiness sets in!
I've got a lot of projects in the works and can't wait to show you next week.
I've got a lot of projects in the works and can't wait to show you next week.
Posted by Terri @ A Creative Princess at 8:34 PM
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- ghornets70 said...
I did have fun shopping at JoAnn's! Found a great deal on storage files.(I think there suppose to be for yarn or something like that). Thx Hun, Luv ya
- January 17, 2011 at 10:12 PM
- ghornets70 said...
Well finally it took, I get tired of responding and typing all kinds of good sh&* and it doesn't show up!!!!!
- January 17, 2011 at 10:13 PM
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Odds are, somewhere you stumble and learn a lesson for your next trip. It's happened to all of us. When it comes to what to bring and what to leave at home, you'll be weighing a lot of options. Without any exception, you'll want to remember these travel documents:
Your driver's license, passport and travel visa
It should go without saying if you are traveling within your home country or outside of it, you'll need identification. You can leave your voter registration card at home, but other than that – considering bringing everything (or at least copies of it).
For instance, if you are old enough to have a driver's license, you probably will consider it silly to bring a copy of your birth certificate. But if you lose your passport along the way, you may be glad you have an extra copy in the safe at your hotel when you need to contact the consulate for a new one.
Copies of all of your identification documents
We touched upon this above, but we don't just mean copies of documents where your originals are home. You want a copy of all your identification – as many as you have bags really. If you are keeping the originals on your person, keep a hard copy of your documents in your carry-on and each checked bag of luggage with which you are traveling.
These copies can help you in multiple situations. Lose the original identification? You've got copies to get you new ones – or home. Lose a bag? The airline or tour group has extra identification that it is indeed your luggage. We also recommend making digital copies and leaving them at home with a trusted loved one that can help if you need access to them while abroad.
Travel insurance plan details
Yes, a hard copy of this document can often times be very long (30-60 pages depending on the plan). If you should need to read the fine print of your travel insurance plan due to a stressful situation, you may be glad you have a copy.
Luckily, most travel insurance companies have a mobile app that can hold your travel insurance plan information, as well as all the information you need to call them and start the claims process. If you purchased your plan with InsureMyTrip, you can even download our mobile app which holds all of your documents in your smartphone. Best of all, if you download the information prior to leaving on your trip, when you are traveling, you won't need a data plan or wireless internet to access it!
Your travel itinerary details
Whether you have only one reservation or several, you'll want to keep copies of your itinerary in your travel luggage. This can help a myriad of ways. We particularly recommending having digital and hard copy proof that you already paid for a flight or a hotel, to avoid any questions if you arrive and they are questioning your reservation.
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Farm Foodie: Kid-Friendly Mango Chutney Recipe
This post written by Farm Foodie – Debra Dubief
I love having more daylight in the evening than in the morning, when I'm comatose anyway. In our house this shifting of light adds another little twist brought on by the fact that what is on our dinner plates will suddenly be a lot more visible. I know that sounds weird, but sneaky though it may be, in the darkness I found that dimmed lights and candles on the table meant unidentifiable "green stuff" and starch that was not pure white would often go unnoticed by our kids.
Not that this tact was flawless, but it had its moments. And even though our teenagers are much more accepting of a wider variety of healthy foods than they used to be, they are also old enough to stop by the store and pick up a super-sized bag of chips to munch on their way home from school. So I pack in extra nutritional nuggets whenever I can.
Now, with the exciting prospect of eating dinner while it's still daylight, I am turning to one of my other favorite tricks of the parenting trade: camouflage. With that in mind I added extra mangos to my box so we could make some chutney. Fresh mango chutney is easy to make, infinitely better than that jarred stuff and lasts for weeks in the fridge.
It is also a kid favorite in our house. They love a spoonful (or three) atop our weekly curry (like this Cauliflower Curry recipe) or stir-fry, not to mention a few other odd applications. And when their dinner has a big dollop of sticky, golden fruit on top they are a lot less likely to notice the extra veggies and brown rice below. Oh, the web we weave…..at least it's a good one and I know they'll eventually grow out of it, just like the phase of ketchup-dipped carrots. But that's a story for another time.
Adapted from foodnetwork.com
- 2 1/2 cups diced mangos
- 1 (1-inch) piece peeled fresh ginger
- 1 small habanero pepper, minced (less if you don't want a lot of kick or substitute jalapeno)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Place all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until thick, about 25 minutes, stirring often to keep from sticking. Let cool, and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Makes 2 ½ cups.
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Hydrogen peroxide is also an oxide, but is flamable and can be used as a fuel.
This is modern alchemy, not physics or chemistry.
So you can't get energy out of a raw material?
covalently bonded goodness
Quote covalently bonded goodness Give me strength - whatever is THAT?
covalently bonded goodness
4) The maximum theoretical energy available to be released in re-forming the water from whatever it's been split into (whether that's H2 and O2 or this mythical HHO stuff) is equal to the energy which was used to split the water in the first place, since you're just doing the reverse reaction.
NOTE, some of the water is acutally CONSUMED. This is not perpetual motion or energy from nowhere. The energy is from the water.
Can you burn Glass, Granite, Ash? No, because it requires more energy to get them to combine with oxygen (when even possible) than the combination produces.
"Water is an OXIDE not a fuel"True, but...Hydrogen peroxide is also an oxide, but is flamable and can be used as a fuel. There are plenty of other oxides which can be used as fuel. When I was 10, I was a pyromaniac. I spilled some hydrogen peroxide on the cement, threw light a match, and threw it on the peroxide. If I'm not mistaken, it lite on fire. If I'm correct anything that lights on fire can be used as a fuel. But I'm willing to say that I was wrong about this one. I was 10 some time ago. Besides, its totally unrelated.
dan dan, I just spotted this:Quotecovalently bonded goodness Give me strength - whatever is THAT?
Ash can contain any number of things, none of which will be worth seperating, [sic] because the item has already been combusted.
Water is the ash of burnt hydrogen, and as you point out...Quote Ash can contain any number of things, none of which will be worth seperating, [sic] because the item has already been combusted.
Ash can contain any number of things, none of which will be worth seperating, [sic] because the item has already been combusted.
The thing that I haven't seen mentioned yet is that Oxides are the product of combustion reactions, the ash, if you will. This is why they are not fuels. The combustion reaction is oxidation of a fuel. Most of the people on this site know this from basic chemistry, and probably assume everyone else does too.
Quote from: sophiecentaur on 17/07/2008 18:25:59dan dan, I just spotted this:Quotecovalently bonded goodness Give me strength - whatever is THAT?I'm not sure, but it sounds like a TV ad "for the delicious covalently bonded goodness of Dihydrogen Monoxide. Pour yourself a glass today!"
That's the nearest thing to sense I've read on this thread. If it works, then it can only be a matter of time before we can buy one for all our cars.I'd still love to know what "spent water" is, though.
I will try to explain what these guys with the electrolyzers are attempting to do. They are not trying to run their cars or trucks on the hydrogen. They are using the HHO gas as an accelerant. The vapor that comes off the small droplets of gasoline burns at about 4,000 feet per second. Hydrogen in air burns at about 38,000 feet per second. When you do the math, you will see that an engine running at 2000 rpm does not have enough time to completely burn the fuel (the power stroke is only one of the four strokes per rpm). The thought is if you can catch all the fuel on fire at once, rather than waiting for the flame to make its way down from the spark plug and through the gas, you will get a more efficient burn. I hope this sheds some light on what these guys are trying to do.
Back to Lavoisier then?
I wish this were the case, but nearly every HHO device that I've seen(there are thousands for sale on ebay right now) comes with the (false)promise that you can use them to run your car on 100% hydrogen, and kick the petroleum habit. Your explanation would probably get less argument(and sell more kits) than their ads. I have been watching the "acetone dopers", lately. They say that from 1 to 3 ounces of acetone per 10 gallons of gasoline(the exact amount depends on the car you drive) improves vaporization and combustion and thus increases mileage. It has also been said to lower hydrocarbon outputs, because of the complete burn. There are skeptics on this one too, but in this case it is the NON-scientists. Keep in mind that they're not peddling a conversion kit or "magic formula". The only thing it may require is adjusting your car to run "lean". There are sites with a lot of information on the subject, including at least one database listing results by make and model.
In my country there is a professor going around saying that he is able to use a certain frequency to break the H-O bond. The frequency generator is powered by the car battery. It breaks a H-O bond which causes a chain reaction that causes more bonds to be broken. Something like a chain reaction for U-235. Thus very little energy is required to break H-O bonds.
... no what you do to get enormous amounts of energy is to take the hydrogen molecules, and somehow (i believe this is done with lots of pressure) bond the hydrogen protons together to form another element, it's nuclear fusion, ...
Here's an article on it: ...sorry, you cannot view external links. To see them, please
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- Year:
- 2004
- Length:
- 65'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
- Twin / diesel
- Located In:
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- 59909-2903424
- Last Listed Price:
- Sold
RENAISSANCE is an excellent example of how a pilothouse motor yacht should be built. Designed by William Garden and built by Pacific Mariner this yacht reflects elegance, comfortable accommodation, functional operation, and a refined yet practical interior.
TOM MURPHY @ 443-994-2705 OR EMAIL firstname.lastname@example.com
BOAT IS LOCATED IN: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Please contact Tom Murphy, IYBA at 443-994-2705
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Boat Name
LOA: 65 ft 0 in
Beam: 17 ft 3 in
Maximum Draft: 4 ft 9 in
Displacement: 69000 lbs
Total Power: 1650 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: MTU
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Port
Engine Hours: 1860
Engine Power: 825 HP
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: MTU
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Port
Engine Hours: 1860
Engine Power: 825 HP
Fresh Water Tanks: (285 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (1100 Gallons)
Vessel Walkthrough
Appreciation for this vessel begins when stepping aboard the wide swim platform, with security staple rails. Two steps up takes you to a teak covered aft deck. Wide protected side decks allow easy access to the foredeck which is fitted with sun pads. Main salon is entered on the same level as the after deck. Four steps up brings you to the galley and pilothouse level. Port and starboard wing doors allow easy access to the exterior. Interior steps allow easy and protected access to the flybridge. The enclosed hard top flybridge offers protection from the weather. Moving aft, there is a dinghy and davit storage area. Steps from the aft port corner return you to the lower aft deck. Owner and guest accommodations are accessed from steps on the forward starboard steps in the pilot house. Crew accommodations are accessed from a lazarette on the aft deck.
The aft -deck sliding door opens to the spacious salon; inside, the full glass aft bulkhead creates an open airy feel with all the comforts expected in a yacht finished at this level. All windows and sliding glass doors have custom shades for complete privacy.
The large entry door and oversized port and starboard windows provide an unobstructed view of the surroundings. To port, the large white L-shaped sofa reupholstered in white faux leather (June 2015) provides comfortable seating with storage below. Just forward of the sofa is a brightly finished large teak hi-low table. The forward section of the salon is dedicated to a complete entertainment center that includes a concealed flat screen TV (newly replaced), china and glass storage, refrigerator, ice maker, and wet bar. The starboard side includes a 2-person period upholstered settee providing additional seating.
The main electrical panel is located conveniently on the starboard side at the entry door.
Up four steps from the salon, the galley features a large U-shaped design with a teak cabin sole, SS appliances, including a double sink, full size side-by-side GE refrigerator / freezer, GE microwave, Décor full size range, Kitchen-Aid dishwasher, trash compactor and Corian countertops. Cabinets above and below provide ample storage for utensils, crockery and china. Custom shades matching the salon are fitted port and starboard.
The full beam Pilothouse on Renaissance provides a large and efficient command center. In front of the galley, a forward-looking faux leather L-shaped settee and brightly finished expandable teak table allow guests to enjoy the ride along with the captain. Port and starboard side sliding doors give access to the wide, safe side decks. A remote station on the starboard side deck provides ease of operation for docking. The helm area includes twin Stidd helm captain/navigator's chairs. The centerline control station features MTU electronic controls, bow thruster, roll stabilizers, Garmin GPS 952X, Simrad autopilot, ICOM VHF, Detroit/MTU engine monitors, NEC multi-sync display, and Furuno radar.
PC rebuilt and upgraded (Nov 2014) - HP Compaq Pro 6000 SFF, Intel Core 2Duo CPU E8500, 3.16GHz 3.17 GHz, RAM 4 GB, 64 bit Operating System Windows 7 Professional Storage - 1 Tetrabyte
Navigation software upgraded to Nobeltec Trident Time Zero 126.96.36.199 (2014)
VIP Guest Room
Located forward, the large VIP Guest stateroom features a centerline Queen bed, ensuite head with step-down shower. Spacious storage, hanging locker, entertainment center, wall-mounted flat screen TV/VCR/DVD combo and CD player/stereo provide guests with upscale accommodations.
Soft goods were replaced (May 2015).
Port Side Guest Cabin
The portside third cabin includes two twin beds, a wall-mounted flat screen TV, VCR/DVD combo and CD player/stereo. An entrance from the stateroom to the spacious head and separate shower allows for complete privacy.
Soft goods were replaced (May 2015).
Master Stateroom
The mid-ship full-beam master stateroom features a king-size island bed on centerline. Ample space and full headroom throughout give this master true full time live aboard capability. Portside moving aft is an entertainment center including a wall-mounted flat screen TV, VCR/DVD combo and CD player/stereo. Next aft is built in spacious drawer storage, followed by a full size cedar lined hanging locker. To Starboard a desk/work area features a fully functional office desk. The extra-large master ensuite head includes a full-size bathtub/shower.
Soft goods were replaced (May 2015).
The well-planned fully functional bridge layout repeats the electronic layout of the pilothouse except for replacing the FB GPS - Garmin 741XS with GXM52 Sirius XM WX/Radio antennae. The centerline helm area includes twin white Stidd helm captain/navigator's chairs. Adding to the comfort and convenience of the bridge area, an L-shaped seating area features a Corian tabletop, refrigerator, and grill. New Sunbrella ™ cushions on Fly Bridge settee (June 2015). A hard top and three- sided Sunbrella™ enclosure with "U" zips protects the area from sun, wind and rain. A Nautical Structures davit will assist the crew when it is time to lower and raise the tender located aft of the seating area. The back port corner of the boat deck has a SS ladder leading down to the aft deck.
Forward Deck
The forward deck provides a bow sun pad seating/lounging area. New Sunbrella™ cushions fitted June 2015. Flat decks and wide walk around work area make for easy docking and anchoring. The bow is fitted with a Simpson Lawrence electric vertical windlass with chain rode and 80# Suncor SS anchor. A 75# CQR is stowed as backup. To starboard, a docking station flips down into a fiberglass locker.
Aft Deck
The teak-laid aft deck includes comfortable seating and ladder access to the fly bridge. New Sunbrella™ cushions on aft deck settee. (June 2015). Sunbrella™ bimini at transom of aft deck; adjustable from horizontal to vertical (June 2015). Port and starboard electric docking assist winches installed on gunnels.
Crew Quarters
Crew quarters and engine room, located below the aft deck are accessed from a large lazarette hatch under the settee. The Crew quarters include two over under bunks to starboard. A head, refrigerator, and washer/dryer are to port. On center line moving forward is a water tight bulkhead with dogged door.
Engine Room
- Fireboy™ fire suppression system
- two 100' 50 amp Glendinning™ Cable Master systems
- Reverso™ oil change system
- 20 KW (3,150 Hrs.)& 12 KW (1,650 Hrs.) generators
- Water heater (Replaced May 2015) and water maker are located in the clean meticulously organized engine room.
- Watermaker refurbished with new RO membranes, UV filter and all particulate filters.
- 10'6" Rendova includes a 25 hp. Mercury outboard.
- 7' Sunbrella™ bimini over Rendova tender (June 2015)
- Sunbrella™ cover for tender (June 2015)
Additional Features
Five Underwater LED Lights, Bimini Blue
SimpliSafe™ Security System with sensors on pilothouse doors, flybridge hatch and rear sliding door.
Equipment Addendum
- Grohe Fixtures
- 4 Head Hunter Fresh Water Toilets
- Fresh and Salt Water Wash Downs Fore and Fresh Water Washdown Aft.
- Hot and Cold Cockpit Shower
- Fresh Water Tank, 316l Stainless Steel, 285 Gal. Port and Stbd Fills. Cleanable Filters at Discharge.
- 30 Gal Hot Water Tank New 6/15
- Sea Recovery 800 Gal/Day Watermaker (33 Gph) Newly Refurbished W/ Ro Membranes, Uv Filter And Particulate Filters. Fresh Water Flush
- Color-Coded Plumbing
- 2 Fresh Water Pumps/ Accumulator Systems W/ Crossover Valves 24 Volt
- Hot Water Circulation pump for interior faucets
- Full Size GE Side by Side Refrigerator/ Freezer
- Dacor Glass Top Stove and Convection Oven.
- GE Profile Full Size Spacemaker XL 1800 Microwave
- Kitchen aid Superba Dishwasher
- Kitchen aid Superba Trash Compactor
- Stainless Steel Double Sink
- Insinkerator Disposal Select Plus1 5/15.
- Corian Counter Tops
- Teak and Holly Sole
- Wet Bar W/ Uline Icemaker and Refrigerator in Main Salon
- Flat Ware, Glassware and Mikasa China Tableware Included
- Custom Hardtop
- Three Sided Strata Glass Enclosure
- Full Instrumentation at Helm
- 2 White Stidd Helm Chairs with New Cushions and Covers 11/15
- "L" Settee Newly Recovered
- Norcold Refrigerator and Force 10 Electric Grill On Bridge
- Rendova 10'6" RIB W/ 25 HP Mercury 4 Stroke Outboard (Bimini and Cover 6/15)
- Nautical Structure 1500 # Capacity Hydraulic/Electric– 24 Volt DC Davit
- Furuno
- Radar
- Bridge Remote Display
- Color Sounder
- NEC Multisync LCD 1550V PC 4G Ram, 1 Tetrabyte Storage
- Nobletec Timezero Trident Chart Plotter
- Northstar 952X GPS/ NAV
- Simrad Depth/ Speed/ Wind
- Simrad AP20 Autopilot W/Bridge Remote
- ICOM M602 VHF, Hailer and Speaker
- ACR Electronics Search Light Control Both Stations
- Bridge
- ICOM M402 On Bridge
- Garmin GPSMAP 741XS On Bridge
- Garmin GMX52 XM Weather
- Simrad IS 12 Mega Display
- Simrad Rudder Angle Display
- Argonaut Tflex G615XL Screen
- Twin MTU Series 60 825 HP Diesel Engines
- DDEC Electronic Controls and Monitoring– Pilothouse and Flybridge
- Twin Disc 5114 Transmissions
- Propeller Shafts 2 ½" Diameter 22 HS
- Dripless Shaft Seals and 2 Spares Replaced February 2015
- Propellers Standard 32x33" FIVE-BLADE NIBRAL Manufactured to S-Class
- Spare Props
- Reverso Oil Change System for Mains and Generators
- Docking Helms On Aft Deck Port and Forward Side Deck Starboard
- Naiad Bow Thruster 25 Hp Unit Hydraulically Driven by Pump On 20 K Generator
- Thruster Controls at Four Stations
- Naiad Hydraulic Ship Roll Stabilizers
- 2 Generators 20KW and 12 KW Northern Lights 250/ 125 Volts
- Shore Power 2- 100 Ft. – 50 Amp 120/240 White Shore Power Cords
- Glendinning Cablemaster Each Side
- Port Power Cord W/ISO Boost Transformer to Boost Low Dock Voltage
- Stbd Power Cord W/ISO Transformer
- 1 30amp Shore Power System
- Fireboy Halon, Engine Shutdown System
- 3000 Watt Prosine Inverter Provides AC Power to Certain Equipment When AC Is Not Available.
- Inverter Includes 65 Amp 24v DC Battery Charger That Charge the House Batteries
- 40 Amp Charger in Engine Room That Charges Start and House
- 20volt Charger That Charges Start Batteries
- 2 Diesel Fuel Tanks 550 Gallons Each Total 1100 Gallons
- Crossover Valves Installed to Allow Filling Form Either Side of the Vessel
- Electric Fuel Gauges and Sight Gauges in The Engine Room
- Aqua Air Chilled Water System Reverse Cycle Air Conditioning
- Resistance Wall Heaters Installed in The Main Salon, Pilothouse, VIP Stateroom, Master Stateroom and Crew Quarters.
- Bosch Clothes Washer and Dryer in Crew Quarters
- GE Half Ht. Freezer in Crew Quarters
Upgrades and Additions
- PC rebuilt and upgraded (11/14) - HP Compaq Pro 6000 SFF, Intel Core 2Duo
- CPU E8500, 3.16GHz 3.17 GHz, RAM 4 GB, 64 bit Operating System, Win 7 Professional Storage - 1 Tetrabyte
- Replaced FB GPS - Garmin 741xs with GXM52 Sirius XM WX/Radio antennae
- Nav software upgraded to Nobeltec Trident TimeZero 220.127.116.11 (11/14)
- Salon sofa recovered (6/15)
- Soft goods in all suites replaced, modernized (5/16)
- TV in salon replaced
- Headliners replaced: Main Salon, Pilothouse and VIP Guest Stateroom (3/16)
- SimpliSafe Security System (sensors on PH doors, FB hatch, rear sliding door)
- Added Bimini aft of cockpit deck, adjustable
- Underwater LED Lights (5) Bimini Blue
- New cushions on bow sun pad, aft deck settee, FB settee (6/15)
- New cover for tender (6/15)
- Added 7 foot Bimini over tender (6/15)
- STIDD flybridge helm chairs recovered in white leather (2/16)
- Flybridge Strataglass windshield replaced (5/16)
- Added 80# Suncor Stainless Steel anchor
- original 75# CQR galvanized anchor as back up
- Water heater replaced (5/15)
- PH A/C installed new temp sensor and circuit board
- Watermaker renewed with new RO membranes, UV filter and all particulate filters
- New hoses on both genset raw water systems (6/16)
- New dripless seals and spares, both shafts
- Bilge system anti-siphon valves replaced
- Both engine room blowers replaced (11/15)
- Replaced hyd. fluid in stabilizer system (6/16)
- Storage hold-down devices built for spare props in swim platform locker
- Both engines: all motor mounts adjusted to within 02/1000ths
- Engine hours as of (6/16)
- Port 1904 hrs. Stbd 1904 hrs.
- Generator hours as of (6/16)
- 20KW 3333 hrs. 12KW 1668 hrs.
- New bottom paint - Seahawks Cukote RED (6/16)
- "Prop Speed" propulsion anti-fouling on propellers and shafts (6/16)
- Tuff Stuff primer and anti-fouling to rudders and struts (6/16)
- Tuff-Stuff epoxy primer and Tuff-Stuff epoxy to bow thruster (6/16)
- Renew all zincs (6/16)
- Vessel waxed from rub rail to hard top (6/16)
- Acid wash hull sides and wax with Awlcare Polymer sealer 96/16)
- Replace all windshield gaskets on pilothouse and flybridge (6/16)
- Replace all windshield wiper blades (6/16)
Mechanical Disclaimer
* Engine hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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WAG Louise Redknapp is the new host of 'Something For The Weekend', it has been reported.
The glamorous wife of footballer Jamie Redknapp will join regular host Tim Lovejoy on the BBC's Sunday morning magazine show.
Former pop star Louise hosted the show for three weeks in the summer, enough to impress the show bosses.
She will replace nutritionist Amanda Hamilton, who is quitting at the end of the year.
Show chef Simon Rimmer will round-off the presenting threesome.
Redknapp told The Sun: "I've really enjoyed having the opportunity to interview some great guests.
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Brother versus brother in Diamonds Direct suit
One of the owners of Diamonds Direct USA Inc. has been sued by two of his brothers, who say they are equal owners in the business and want their ownership confirmed in court.
Doron Arabov and Itzhak "Zahi" Arabov, both residents of Israel, say they each own 31.6 percent of the shares of Diamond Direct and have filed suit against their brother, Alon, who also lives in Israel and owns 31.6 percent of the Charlotte company as well, according to the suit, which was recently moved to the N.C. Business Court.
Itay Berger, president of Diamonds Direct, is also named as a defendant because the suit affects his rights as a shareholder, the suit says. Berger owns 5 percent of the company, according to the suit.
When Diamonds Direct was incorporated in 1995, Alon and his father, David, each owned one-third of the shares, and former president Boaz Ramon owned a third. In late 2004, Ramon was removed as president and sold his shares to Doron, according to the suit.
David Arabov later transferred his interest in the company to Alon, giving him ownership of two-thirds of the company. In 2007, the brothers agreed to redistribute their interests in Diamonds Direct so that the three would have equal interests in the company and other diamond and real estate businesses owned by the brothers and their parents.
As a result, Doron, Zahi and Alon each became owners of 31.6 percent of the shares of Diamonds Direct, and Berger became an owner of 5 percent of the shares. The new ownership structure was documented in a 2011 shareholders resolution, the suit says, and in a 2012 shareholder loan agreement.
Alon has been responsible for the operation and management of Diamonds Direct, but in the summer of 2012 he began to question whether the brothers should have reallocated ownership in the family business, according to the suit. He suggested to Zahi and Doron that they should "vacate their agreement and reallocate their respective interests in the family business as they had existed prior to 2007," the suit says.
Zahi and Doron refused. Recently, Alon has suggested the ownership change was never implemented and that he is the majority shareholder of Diamonds Direct, while Zahi has no ownership interest, according to the suit.
In September, Zahi and Doron emailed their brother, asking that Alon make certain corporate and financial records of Diamond Direct available. He responded that Zahi was not a shareholder and was not entitled to inspect the documents. A lawyer for Doron and Zahi made follow-up requests in October and November, and, in response, lawyers for Diamonds Direct and Alon informed Doron that the records would be made available under certain conditions.
The conditions were "unacceptable and inconsistent with (Doron's) rights as a shareholder," according to the suit, and he would not agree.
Doron and Zahi are asking for a declaratory judgment asserting their ownership in the company. They are also asking for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo of the company and prevent any actions that would affect its financial condition or ownership structure in any way.
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This Grand Banks Heritage Europa 47 was originally custom built with many additional features and is the "Extended Cockpit model". This is a Sparkman & Stephens designed Grand Banks 47, with the newer hull design, which is more stable, more efficient and more pleasant to be operating and riding on. The ride is remarkable (not to be confused with the older generations of Europa's). Many subtle design features contribute to the low trim angle and excellent visibility. Distribution of weight, shallow prop tunnels, dual chine and flared bow, increased rake of the bow and shallower forefoot all make for a comfortable ride and easy entry of the hull in rougher waters. This model also has a 15' 9" beam (older models had 14' 9" beam) and revised keel design.
This newer GB EU 47 is solid fiberglass below the waterline and topsides are cored with Herex® cross-linked, closed-cell foam to prevent water intrusion. All coring is vacuum bagged to optimize strength. When manufactured, the bottom received a clear layer of gel coat and 3 layers of epoxy barrier coat, which reduces the chance of osmosis. Heavy duty stringers of molded fiberglass are bonded to the hull for additional strength and rigidity.
This model is powered by twin Cummins QSC8.3 diesels rated at 550 hp each. Brochure speeds offered by Grand Banks are 22 kts. @ 2600 rpm and 26 kts. @ 3000 rpm. I have personally seen these speeds to be a reality (and greater) on a sea trial, when the yacht was purchased by the current owner. The current owner normally likes to slow cruise this boat, more in tune with displacement speeds. This is a two owner boat, first launched in May of 2011 and then purchased in May 2013 by the current owner.
The interior layout is the two stateroom model, with island queen berth forward with ensuite head for the Master. Guest cabin has twin side by side berths with day/guest head/ shower opposite. Ergonomic designing of the interior, re-fashioned flybridge and the extended overhead,10' aft deck/cockpit make for comfortable and easy living on board. Galley is up. Interior is hand-crafted teak paneling of classic styling. Visibility is excellent from all helm stations and from the seats in the salon.
This was a custom ordered GB EU 47. It has many features that the normal boat does not have, such as: Onan 11.5Kw generator, Marine A/C in the forward cabin and the salon, Washer & Dryer, an additional Stidd Helm seat on the flybridge, upgraded designed extended cockpit and overhang, Force propane Cooktop, Salon starboard TV cabinet with pop-up entertainment center, Flybridge wet bar and Sleipner Bow Thruster.
Boats can be lucky. This GB Europa 47 has had two fine owners that have both taken very good care of this boat. It shows! Annual preventive maintenance programs have kept this yacht both, looking and running, like a new boat.
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LIBERTE' sleeps 4 in two staterooms, each with an individual basin / head / shower. Additional, occasional sleeping can be accommodated in the salon. This is a Galley up floor layout.
The Master Stateroom is forward with an island queen walkaround bed. The head is ensuite and has a separate shower stall. Cabin has 3 S/S opening ports and an overhead hatch with Oceanaire screen & blackout shade. There is a Garmin remote digital display mounted for owner to monitor wind & depth. Hanging lockers are cedar lined. Plenty of storage in numerous drawers and lockers. All cabin soles throughout the boat are teak and holly, varnished. Large mirrors are wall mounted. All cabinetry is teak paneling with a classic design and designer fabrics. Elegantly appointed.
The Guest cabin has two twin, side by side berths. Cabinetry and soles are the same quality of the Master Stateroom, and Salon. The head is across the hallway and has a separate shower stall. Companionway down from the Salon to the sleeping accommodations is wide and the stairs are easy to maneuver with good grip handrails.
The Salon, because of the headroom and excellent windows, makes this 47 seem much larger. The satin varnished teak interior cabinetry is stunning and has been well care for. One feature that everyone enjoys while on board is the extreme visibility from both the helm station and when sitting in the salon. The large, frameless windows are strategically placed so that everyone can enjoy the sea view at all times. There are 3 sliding, opening windows along with an electric opening centerline windshield window. Aft of the galley, on port, is an L shaped settee which has an option to be pulled out for an occasional double berth. The teak salon table has a holly inlay with leaves that fold out. The entire table is an adjustable hi-lo table for dining or for cocktails. This table could be moved to the aft deck for outdoor dining if so desired.
There are two beautiful barrel chairs that swivel, to starboard. They are upholstered in a durable blue ultra suede material. Between them is the entertainment section / cabinet that houses the flat screen TV. Settee and the drapes are all a neutral beige material. Forward of the barrel chairs is a custom cabinet that has bottle storage and opposite is a smoked glass cabinet with 3 racks for glass stemware storage.
Fiberglass/teak sliding door w/ phantom screen Starboard pilot door with screen
Chrome plated salon reading lamps Retractable door screens
Indirect lighting and overhead lighting Several storage lockers
Teak bar and storage cabinets Teak & Holly cabin varnished soles
Electrical System on the GB EU 47 is comprised of both AC and DC systems.
AC is 120 / 240, 60 Hz, with power from the Onan 11.5 Kw (upgraded model) and shore power cable. AC power can also be generated via the Mastervolt 2000 watt Inverter.
DC power is supplied by batteries. (2) 4D batteries for engine starting; (2) 8D batteries for house bank; (1) 2D battery for generator start; (1) battery for the bow thruster. DC power can also be generated off the main engines and generator via alternators.
All circuits are run through a Distribution Panel in the Wheel House area. All circuits are protected with circuit breakers. There are Vimar outlets and switches throughout the boat.
Battery Charger 12V 80 amp Battery disconnect switch bilge pumps
Carbon Monoxide Detector Outlets protected with GFCI or ELCB protection
Electric 20 gal. Hot water tank Kahlenburg Air Horns
Icemaker AC on Flybridge Shore Power inlet 50 Amp
CableMaster - Glendenning -75' Splendide 2100 Washer Dryer Unit
Refrigerator - Isotherm - Flybridge Courtesy lights / Nav lights / Interior lights
The Flybridge area is again, very impressive. The favorite spot on the boat for the current owner and his wife. Two Stidd helm chairs in place; both are mounted on SS polished pedestals that adjust fore & aft and up & down. Two large bench seats on port with bar, icemaker and storage in a cabinet between them. Built in L shaped bench seat on starboard with a teak table.
The helm station has a cleverly designed pop-up instrumentation panel to be used while underway, but can be stored away easily to protect it from the weather and sun.
Custom Navy blue canvas bimini top is mounted on 1.25" polished SS tubing. Everything on the flybridge, including the Stidd chairs has custom fitted Navy blue covers. Aft is the fold-down mast with Radar, antennas and instruments. Aft of that is the Steelhead Crane and dinghy chocks for the AB 10VS 10' 6" inflatable, which can be launched easily by one person.
This Grand Banks Heritage Europa 47 is an eye catching winner. Grand Banks has spent years perfecting this design. Performance is exceptional. My first sea trial had me wondering how they could have improved a great boat (the forerunner GB 46 EU) to this extent. Carving through tight figure eights, the lean and list was minimal and the ride was soft and comfortable. Adding in the amenities on board, and the long list of equipment inventory, complemented by the list of custom, upgraded features, this is a perfect owner operated boat for a cruising couple.
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A spokesman for SuperGroup said yesterday Mr Karpathios had decided it was time to move on in order to pursue other interests. Although he left of his own volition he is due one-year's basic pay of £300,000 as part of his contract.
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A 10-year-old girl has said she found it odd that the man accused of abducting and murdering April Jones asked if she would like to go for a sleepover on the evening the little girl went missing.
The girl described how Mark Bridger wound his car window down and asked her if she would like to go for a sleepover at his house. She agreed and he drove off.
When she saw him again a few minutes later in another part of town, Bridger was lying down in his car with a newspaper over his lap and was speaking into a walkie-talkie, the girl said. She and the friend she was with cycled home "really fast".
Bridger, 47, a former slaughterman and lifeguard, denies abducting and murdering April, who vanished from the Bryn-Y-Gog estate in the mid-Wales town of Machynlleth on the evening of 1 October last year. He also denies concealing, disposing of or destroying her body, which has never been found.
The prosecution has claimed his motive was sexual but Bridger claims he accidentally knocked April over in his Land Rover, panicked, put the body in the vehicle and cannot remember what he did with it.
On 3 October, the 10-year-old girl, who cannot be named, was interviewed by police. The video of the interview was played to the jury at Mold crown court.
Explaining why they needed to talk to her, an officer told her: "We're trying to find April." The girl told the officer she was a very good friend of Bridger's daughter.
She said that around "five-ish" on the evening of April's disappearance she saw Bridger on the Bryn-Y-Gog estate. "I saw Mark in his car," she said.
Bridger wound the window down and spoke to her. "He offered me to have a sleepover with his daughter."
The girl said Bridger had always been "very nice" to her; he always said hi and asked her what she was doing. But she said: "It was odd that he offered me a sleepover. I said: 'That would be great.' He said: 'That's sorted then.'" The girl said he drove off the estate.
She and the eight-year-old friend she was with rode on their bicycles to another part of Machynlleth. Again she saw Bridger parked up in his car.
"He was lying down with a newspaper on his lap," the girl said in the police interview. "He was talking into a walkie-talkie. He was acting really odd." The girl said he saw her and gave her a thumbs-up. She and her friend cycled home "really fast". She said it had been "a bit weird" and after dinner she went out again to see if she could see him but could not. The girl said she had seen April near both the locations where she spotted Bridger.
In a police statement read to court, the girl's mother said she had called her daughter on her mobile at 5.47pm and heard a man talking in the background. The girl told her this was Bridger. April was last seen at around 7.15pm.
The jury heard a statement from the teacher of Bridger's daughter. Bridger had been at a parents' evening at her school on 1 October. The teacher, Eleanor Holt, said: "Mark seemed his normal self." She added: "Something gave me the impression he may have had a couple of drinks."
Also read to the jury was a string of statements from people who told police they had seen Bridger on the evening April went missing. One witness said she saw him wearing camouflage trousers and jacket. Another said he had walked past her without acknowledging her – which she felt was strange as he was normally so polite.
A man told police that he had almost been driven off the road by Bridger, who was in his left-hand drive Land Rover. A woman said she had seen Bridger driving up and down the same stretch of road.
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During a World Match Play Championship that has garnered publicity more for those not present than those who are - the world's three leading players, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson, were among seven withdrawals from the select 16-man field - a welcome sight at Wentworth these past few days has been a walking, talking and smiling Ernie Els.
The six-times champion and long-time resident on the exclusive estate surrounding the Burma Road course has not played since injuring his left knee while on holiday immediately after the Open Championship in July. Since then Els has endured two operations - the latter to replace his anterior cruciate ligament with a tendon from his left hamstring - and "six weeks of sitting on my backside."
Still, his recovery has been steady and better than expected. Already the 35-year-old 2002 Open champion is chipping and putting around Wentworth's 16th green, which sits yards from his front door, and the hitting of full shots is perhaps only another month or so away. If all continues to go well, he intends to return to competitive play at the South African Open one week before Christmas.
"I'm way ahead of schedule, about four weeks they tell me," he claims. "The swelling has gone down. I can bend my knee and the pain has largely disappeared over the last week or so." All of which is an obvious relief to a man so unused to inactivity. Perversely, however, a break from tour life may have been just what Els' golf needed.
Before his accident, the big South African was mired in a golfing rut, low-lighted by some uncharacteristically poor finishes in the year's first three major championships. "I felt out of whack for most of this season," he admits. "I felt flat, wasn't quite myself and just couldn't get out of it. It was both a mental and a physical thing. But the mental aspect came first.
"It's a funny feeling. I've had it a couple of times in my career. It's a bit like a mild depression. I never felt like I was where I should be. I lost a bit of direction with my game. I was never sure of what I should be working on. I lost myself, in a way."
All of which has led to a much-revamped schedule for 2006. Praised and criticised in broadly equal measures for his commitment to being a "world player", golf's most amiable superstar intends to markedly reduce his previously prodigious accumulation of air miles, especially during the year's first quarter.
"Next year is going to be very different for me," he says. "I'll start in Dubai and Qatar at the end of January, beginning of February. I haven't qualified for the Mercedes Championship in Hawaii, so I won't need to go there. And I won't go to the Johnnie Walker Classic in Australia. In the past, I would have done all of that.
"After the Middle East events, I will be here at Wentworth for a week, then go to America. I'll be there for more than two months through the Masters. So I won't be doing nearly as much flying around. In the past I have arrived at Augusta feeling tired. So, although I've travelled all my life and am used to it, next year my run-up to the majors is going to be a lot calmer. I'll leave the round-the-world stuff until after the Masters."
The immediate future, however, involves returning to full fitness and, much to his wife's relief, getting out of the armchair his sizeable frame has occupied for much of the last six weeks. "It took Liezl about a week to get sick of me," he admits. "I drove her nuts. When you sit still for so long you start to notice things. That picture on the wall is a little squint. You should be dusting over there. Clean up here, will you? She lost it with me more than once.
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At six weeks it should be perfectly safe to wear this type of a corset. This is assuming you have had a standard type tummy tuck without any special or unusual added procedures. To be absolutely safe you should therefore clear this with your surgeon.
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I allow my patients who are fully healed to wear anything they like at 6 weeks. This sounds like an ideal question for your surgeon.
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Corset After Tummy Tuck
Six weeks after a Tummy Tuck I have usually given my Tummy Tuck patients their bodies back to do whatever they like. As long as you are fully healed, you should be able to wear what you like. In your case, however, I do not know what type of Abdominoplasty or recovery you have had, so I recommend you ask your plastic surgeon to be safe. Do be careful about clothing that is too tight, especially on the lower abdomen which usually remains numb. This area can get rubbed raw, without any pain, so be sure to check it visually. Congratulations on you belly makeover, and best of luck to you.
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Tummy Tuck/Abdominoplasty/Liposuction/Vaser High Definition Procedures/Tummy Tuck Revision
I appreciate your question. I would recommend that you discuss this question with your surgeon as every surgeon has their own respective post op protocol for their patients. Your surgeon is your best resource as he/she is most familiar with your medical history and how you are healing at this time. The best way to assess and give true advice would be an in-person exam. Please see a board-certified plastic surgeon that specializes in aesthetic and restorative plastic surgery. Best of luck! Dr. Schwartz Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Director-Beverly Hills Breast and Body Institute #RealSelf100Surgeon
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