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Is it necessary to take puppy out in the middle of the night?
She's two months old, and is slowly learning how to go potty outside. She still has accidents on the carpet, but she will go outside if she happens to have to while she's out there (and then gets treats!). It doesn't seem like she's too good at holding it though... it just comes out when she's walking around the house. At night, I leave a puppy pad in her crate and she uses it if she has to. Is it completely necessary to wake up in the middle of the night to take her outside? I don't really mind doing it, but I'm mostly wondering when she'll be old enough to be expected to hold it for the night (for 7-8 hours). Advice?
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At two months, YES! Her bladder is not that big, and you need to set her up for success in potty training. If you do the work now, it'll save you a lot of headaches in the future.
I'd reccommend taking her out every two hours, give her a potty command, and praise the heck out of her when she goes. Use the two hour rule during the day, as well; also after eating.sleeping, and playing. You never want your pup to think it's OK to pee in the house. Just be consistant.
Dahlia answered on 10/18/12. Helpful? / 2
Jane..I see you have tons of questions. That is great! We would love to help you out. May I suggest you post on the main Forums, in the Puppy Place forum. That way we can get a dialogue going..all in one place. We can ask for more info, & you can reply.
Here in Answers, you can only post once, & we can only reply once.
Dahlia gave you good advice on the potty issue. Yes..you need to take her out in the middle of the night. Remove the pee pad from the crate. Dogs should not spoil where they sleep, which is why crate training can be an excellent tool. Giving her a pee pad sends her confusing messages.
Member 904338 answered on 10/18/12. Helpful? / 0
The capacity of any dog often changes from time to time, and yes, puppies don't have the same abilities as adults. Regularity is the answer, but I'm not sure why you're concerned, given that you've incarcerated it. If you put a Pad in it's crate, did you not expect it to use it ?
Becca answered on 10/18/12. Helpful? / 0
I think this would help in the potty training, the faster they get the idea to go outside , the better. I know it is a pain, but I would rather get up myself , then have to clean up a mess in the morning.
Tiara answered on 10/19/12. Helpful? / 0


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In the GOP's latest hellish vision (bills S.2112 and HR 3824), the lives of living organisms would be bartered, traded, and thrown away like so much monopoly money in a "credit system. "
In mid-December, GOP Senator Mike Crappo (whoops - Crapo) of Idaho introduced a bill that is designed to gut protections for endangered species. You will note how this bill, like all other outrageous schemes likely to enrage the public, are slithered onto the books right before or after Xmas while everyone is preoccupied. The aim of this latest GOP assault on all that is good and decent is to get around the defeat of a previous bill introduced by Richard "I Hate the Environment" Pombo (Pimpo?) and to help insure the passage of another equally odious bill proposed by Pimpo. The defeated bill proposed by Pimpo would have, in essence, given away vast tracts of public-owned wilderness to the mining industry. Pimpo's other bill, which passed the GOP-dominated (not for long!) House in late September, was one of the worst attacks on environmental protection in decades. Here's the rotting essence of the bill, HR 3824, as provided by the Center for Biological Diversity. The bill would:
** Completely remove protections for endangered species critical habitat
**Allow political appointees - such as Secretary of Interior Gale Norton - instead of scientists, to determine what constitutes the best available science (Ronald MacDonald would be better qualified)
***Greatly weaken recovery efforts, by making recovery plans voluntary and bending them to the desires of developers
***Undermine the government's ability to protect endangered species by removing independent review to ensure that they do not drive species extinct
***Bankrupt endangered species programs by forcing the Fish and Wildlife Service to pay off developers to not violate the law
"This bill takes a wrecking ball to our nation's most important wildlife protection law," said the CBD's director Kieran Suckling.
Because this bill is so odious that even some Republican senators may have trouble swallowing it without puking, Pimpo and Crappo, along with their evil sidekick James Inhofe, have decided to repackage the rotting essence of H.R. 3824 as senate bill S.2110. This bill, obscenely titled "Collaboration and Recovery of Endangered Species Act," is , says Melissa Waage, legislative advocate for the CBD, part of an even bigger plan to gut the Endangered Species Act" that will "adopt the worst provisions of Pombo's House bill behind closed doors."
The Crappo-Pimpo bill basically makes environmental protection optional. And, if developers decide to just trash a habitat, there won't be any significant federal oversight to annoy them while they do it. In addition, the assignment of what is endangered and what isn't is left up to Gale "I Love My Guns" Norton and her Bushie sidekicks, whose collective scientific and environmental knowledge could be nicely displayed on the head of a pin. In Crapo's hellish vision, the lives of living organisms would be bartered, traded, and thrown away like so much monopoly money in a "credit system. " The CBR analysis states:
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Tropical cyclones occur in regular seasons in all tropical basins, affecting Island States and coastal areas.
Tropical cyclones cause destruction in three major ways: extreme wind destroying structures, storm surge causing coastal flooding and, the major hazard for weaker storms, extreme rainfall causing flash-floods and landslides. Preparedness and mitigation measures help reduce the impact of cyclones.
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In the new methodology the Vulnerability Indicator for Tropical Cyclone described belove has been integrated in the alert model.
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In addition, GDACS calculates population potentially affected by storm surge, but this is not taken into account in the alert model yet. Storm surge is calculated using HyFlux2, a numerical hydrodynamic code implementing shallow water equations.
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Uncertainty in meteorological forecasts is propagated in GDACS results, causing alert levels to change upwards or downwards. For each advisory, the alert messages use an alert level related to what is to come, ignoring the previous impact. However, the main impact report on the web site shows the alert status of the whole storm, and is modified with each advisory.
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With regards to tropical cyclones, we're currently working on:
The objective of GDACS is to assess the overall impact of earthquakes (and associated tsunamis) on affected societies. GDACS alert levels aim at classifying earthquakes according to the likelihood that societies can no longer cope at national level and will require humanitarian intervention.
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The formula for the threshold is calculated as follows. This formula was established based on statistical analysis and minimization of omission and commission errors of historical earthquake disasters.
First, the alert score is calculated:
These factors are combined and weighted as follows:
draft_alert_score = (P * M * V^1.5) / 3
This formula gives a higher weight to the vulnerability of the country, therefore emphasizing that prepared and rich countries with good building standards that can be enforced can better cope with earthquakes than other countries. Equivalent earthquakes are more likely to be a disaster in vulnerable countries.
Subsequently, the draft alert score is modified according to the following rules:
Finally, the alert score is transformed into an alert level according to the following thresholds:
At the same time, the tsunami alert score is calculated (see below).
GDACS tsunami alert calculations are triggered by earthquakes that occur in or near1 water. The logic for the tsunami alert is based on (1) the magnitude of the earthquake, (2) the depth of the earthquake, (3) the maximum wave height at any coast reach by the tsunami. The first two parameters are used to look up a tsunami wave height calculation in the JRC Tsunami Database (containing over 132000 scenarios).
For each earthquake of magnitude exceeding 6.5 occuring in a location with positive water depth (from ETOPO30), the tsunami database is queried for the closest matching scenario. Scenarios have been calculated for 13800 locations covering tsunamogenic areas (from NOAA database) for magnitudes ranging from 6.5M to 9.5M with steps of 0.25M.
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If no scenario has been precalculated (only very few cases), a new calculation is started (taking about 20 minutes), but the alert routine does not take it into account. Rather, the IOC alert Matrix is used (see figure below), based only on magnitude. This fall-back routine, although widely used in tsunami warning centres, results in many false alerts.
1 In 2009, we will extend this to zones near the coast (5km) to account for rupture zones that are partially on land and partially in sea.
2 JRC is working on a better depth correction algorithm, taking into account attenuation using the Okada model.
Over the years, the GDACS models have been put to the test, with a high user satisfaction. For earthquakes and tsunamis, the most important aspects are timeliness of alerts (as fast as possible) and avoiding false alerts (don't wake up people if it's not needed). The first aspect has been improved steadily by forging agreements with regional seismological institutes around the world to push data to GDACS (rather than GDACS scraping data from their web sites). This is most important for timely triggering of tsunami models. The second aspect is ensured by GDACS's earthquake vulnerability score (which effectively lowers the alert level for countries able to cope with disasters) and the wave-height-based alerting approach for tsunamis (reducing false tsunami alerts by 90%).
Some of the limitations of the approach are:
With regards to earthquakes and tsunamis, we're currently working on:
This page is currently in development to report on the status of GDACS models. Please check back later for more complete information.
The selection and alert level of natural hazards in GDACS is based on automatic impact assessment models. GDACS software continuously scrapes or receives scientific data on natural hazards. Information about the location, strength and other characteristics is then used to calculate an affected area. Different models are used for different disaster types. Subsequently, the potential impact of the event is assessed by calculating the population within the affected area and their vulnerability. All calculations and assessments are done automatically by software, without human intervention.
GDACS uses models for earthquakes, tsunamis and tropical cyclones. For floods, GDACS alerts are manually curated by the Dartmouth Flood Observatory. For volcanoes, GDACS currently reports on VAAC alerts, which are not appropriate for humanitarian intervention. Research and development is continous to improve the global monitoring.


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I recently picked up a factory refurbished Sig Sauer P226 Navy. Im pretty sure that in order to become a factory refurbished Sig, the the pistol has to come from a government agency, and that would mean mine would have come from the U.S. Navy.
I think theres a remote chance that mine could have been a real U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. P226
Can anybody shed some light on this for me?


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LIVEculture: How Creative Leaders Grow the Cultures They Want
Nancy K. Napier, Jamie Cooper, Mark Hofflund, Don Kemper, Bob Lokken, Rich Raimondi, Gary Raney, Leon Rice, and John Michael Schert
Many leaders undervalue the power of culture as a competitive advantage.
Don't make that mistake.
LIVEculture offers tips from successful creative leaders on how they shaped, communicated, and grew the cultures they wanted for their organizations. Their stories of how they use culture to boost performance are inspiring, sometimes funny, and immediately useful. Learn the secrets of a Gang of creative leaders who continuously do things differently to get better, and happen to beat their competition along the way.
Local, Simple, Fresh: Sustainable Food in the Boise Valley
Todd Shallat, Larry Burke, and Guy Hand
Just eat local has emerged as the mantra of a spiritual quest for simple living and healthier food. Local, Simple, Fresh considers the economics and ethics of farm-to-fork within 100 miles. Topics include organic ranching, vanishing cropland, craft beers, local wines, public markets, potato pundits, urban worms and the politics of farm subsidies. Produced by the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Boise State University, the volume is the fourth in an annual series on Boise's metropolitan growth.
Urban West Revisited: Governing Cities in Uncertain Times
Stephanie L. Witt and James B. Weatherby
Urban West Revisited offers a colorful primer on challenges faced by elected officials in midsized western cities. Featuring ten bellwether cities—Boise, Eugene, Modesto, Pueblo, Reno, Salem, Salt Lake, Spokane, Tacoma, and Tempe—the exploration finds common problems and hard-fought solutions in difficult times.
Quintessential Boise: An Architectural Journey
Charles Hummel, Tim Woodward, and Jeanne Huff
Quintessential Boise considers how buildings, streets and landmarks meet the needs of people and make the city a livable place. Richly illustrated with art, maps and photography, the book offers a five-star system for rating architecture. Charles Hummel is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a recipient of the City of Boise's lifetime achievement award. Tim Woodward has been a columnist at the Idaho Statesman since 1975.
Early Records of the Episcopal Church in Southwestern Idaho, 1867-1916 : Silver City and DeLamar
Patricia Dewey Jones
The book is a transcription of old handwritten church registers from the mining towns of Silver City and DeLamar up in the Owyhee Mountains. Albertsons Library Special Collections holds the original church registers, which are now fragile and written in script that is often difficult to decipher.
Old church records like these are important because the State of Idaho did not begin compiling birth and death records until 1911. So before that date, church records (with baptisms, burials, etc.) are often the only vital records there are.
The Ted Trueblood Collection at Boise State University : A Guide to the Papers of One of America's Foremost Outdoor Writers and Conservationists
Mary Carter-Hepworth, Sarah B. Davis, and Alan Virta
Ted Trueblood (1913-1982) loved to write about the outdoors almost as much as he loved the outdoors itself. Raised on a family farm in the southwestern corner of Idaho, Trueblood made a living by writing and taking pictures of the things he liked to do best -hunting, fishing, camping, and cooking in the great outdoors.
From his home in Idaho, he contributed hundreds of articles to Field & Stream and other outdoor journals, edited several book-length anthologies of his work, and, as the years went by, played an evermore influential role in the conservation and environmental movements in the American West.
The Ted Trueblood collection at Boise State University preserves the extraordinary literary and photographic legacy of a legendary outdoorsman and writer.
SNAKE: The Plain and Its People
E. B. Bentley, Bill Bonnichsen, John C. Freemuth, Bill Hackett, Glenn Oakley, F. Ross Peterson, Mark G. Plew, Todd Shallat, and Steve Stuebner
Idaho's longest river curves west through desert landscapes, cutting deep through ancient formations, flowing through space and time. How have humans dealt with the desert? How have we been shaped by the land? SNAKE: The Plain and Its People explores the physical and ecological roots of Idaho civilization through science, social science, photography and art.
The Broncos: A History of Boise State University Athletics, 1932-1994
Patricia K. Ourada
The Frank Church Papers: A Summary Guide Including the Papers of Bethine C. Church and Carl Burke
Ralph W. Hansen and Deborah J. Roberts
In 1980, when Frank Church lost his bid for a fitth term in the United States Senate, he decided to give his extensive collection of papers to Stanford University, his alma mater. The collection was transferred to Stanford in 1980-1981. Early in 1984, Senator Church reassessed the prospect of having his papers outside of Idaho. Church approached Boise State University about our willingness to be the repository of choice and received a confirmation of interest. Church then wrote the president of Stanford University requesting that institution release his papers to Boise State. Stanford graciously acceded.
Before Boise State could house the papers, it was necessary to construct appropriate quarters. To do so, 2,500 square feet of Library space was assigned to the Church Room. In this area, a large workroom and an exhibit/seminar room were constructed with financial assistance from the university and the Idaho State Board of Education. The facility was provided with separate air conditioning and humidity control so that the temperature could be kept at 68 degrees and the humidity at 40 percent, levels best suited for preserving paper.
The papers were received from Stanford in April 1984, and transferred to their new quarters in August 1984. Publicity of the transfer reached all the way to Washington where the Information Security Oversight Office, which receives its policy direction from the National Security Council, invited itself to Boise to examine the Church Papers for classified documents. Mrs. Church and members of the Church staff who were contacted by the University gave assurance that no such papers were in the files. We so notified Washington, and declined their offer of coming to Boise to search through the collection. Now that the processing of the Papers is complete, that decision has proven correct. No classified documents were found.
Boise College; an idea grows
Eugene B. Chaffee
The University Books collection contains over 10 works written about Boise State University, the Treasure Valley, or collections in the Boise State Special Collections and Archives. Some titles are available for download as a pdf and for others you will find a link to the library catalog where you can find a copy of the book.
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Tackling inequalities and informality is a priority. The tax-benefit system should be made more redistributive and employment friendly. Addressing barriers to competition and skill mismatch is crucial to support productivity growth.
The United Kingdom's economy is projected to expand this year and next, but challenges remain to boost productivity and make future growth more inclusive, according to the OECD's latest Economic Survey.
Mr. Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, was in London on 23-24 February to present the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of the United Kingdom, alongside Mr. George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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To improve Italy's long-term growth prospects, comprehensive structural reforms are needed to boost competitiveness and support job creation. Drawing on the OECD Economic Survey of Italy 2015, this paper provides a snapshot of the government's reform agenda and assesses the impact on productivity, employment and GDP of the reforms that have been introduced since 2012.
The over-arching message of the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of Italy is straight forward: 'a lot done, a lot more to do'. OECD Secretary-General shared some of the main findings.
Cambiare il quadro politico-istituzionale in Italia è fondamentale per garantire che le ambiziose riforme in corso rilancino la crescita e aumentino la qualità della vita, secondo un nuovo rapporto dell'OCSE.
Changes to Italy's political and institutional systems are crucial to ensuring the success of ambitious reforms currently underway to boost economic growth and raise living standards, according to a new OECD report.
The report provides an outline of recent and likely future urbanisation trends and discusses the consequences. The world is in the middle of an urbanisation process that will cause urbanisation rates to rise from low double digit rates to more than 80% by the end of the century. It argues that this is both a great opportunity and a great challenge, as decisions taken today will affect the lifes of people for a long time to come. The report aims at explaining why cities exist, and what can make them prosperous and function well. It also discusses whether cities are good for residents, for the countries they are located in and for the global environment. The report argues that cities exist and grow because they are a source of economic prosperity and offer amenities that benefit their residents. It concludes that urbanisation is a process that needs to be shaped by policy makers to ensure that all benefit from it.
As other high-income countries, Spain has experienced competitive pressures from China and other emerging economies that have resulted in a loss of global market share.
We therefore need a "copernician" change in our approach to the growth – inequality nexus: let's not think growth first, and inequality thereafter but let's consider both of them, together, in their circularity. In other words, let's think "Inclusive Growth", right from the start, and let's make it another touchstone of our efforts and complement the Pittsburgh tryptic of strong, sustainable and balanced growth!


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Enhance, Enhance, Enhance - FVP 1.5 Performance graphs
Enhance, Enhance, Enhance a line that makes techies smile or cringe when used in movies and TV series. CSI was (Is it still airing?) notoriously famous for it. The agents of NTSF:SD:SUV took it a step further.
All kidding aside you sometimes need the ability to zoom in to the smallest detail in order to get a better understanding of the situation or performance in our case.
The new FVP 1.5 software helps you with that and the U.I improvements are awesome. One of the UI features I love is the zoom view. When reviewing the performance graphs, terrible performance of the datastore can skew the performance view. While the performance of the flash device is in the sub millisecond range, having a datastore performing at 350 ms latency will bias the graph and basically render the important metric VM observed latency invisible.
Zoom in functionality allows you to dive into the details. Just hover over the area that you want to investigate, hold the mouse button and drag the area of interest. The graph will zoom in.
You can get an accurate readout of metrics by hovering over the data point, or if you like zoom in a little more. Just repeat the previous action, hold the mouse button and drag the area of interest.
It up to you how much detail you want. Now the only thing I ask, is not to sit behind your screen and yell enhance, enhance, enhance every time you do this. 😉


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" Bangkok / Thailand "
Bangkok Floating Market : Damnoen Saduak
The floating Market of James Bond fame is not actually in Bangkok at all but involves a two hour journey to reach it by road. It is 110 kms to the west of Bangkok. Usually people visit this market en route to somewhere else or combine a visit to other places of interest.
Various canals known as khlongs were built to assist in the transportation of goods around Thailand as there is an abundant supply of rivers and waterways in this area. The canals were used to bring water to the farmers in order to water their crops. It was also a quicker means for rural farmers to bring their produce to the markets to sell.
The region is very fertile and a wide variety of produce are grown including cabbages, beans, coconuts, papayas, oranges, grapes, onion, melons, star fruit, mangoes pineapples and bananas.
The local people live along side the Canals some on houses built on stilts and during your visit here you can see the local people washing and bathing in the canals kids playing in the water en route to the market.
On reaching Damnoen Saduak you take a long boat ride to the market. These boats are about 20 to 30 feet long are very narrow and carry about ten persons on little slat type seats. Much too small for some western bums I might add. You are transported at speed along the canals leaving a wake behind you unfortunately the boats returning in the opposite direction also leave a wake and you can be thrown about and may get soaked in the process. Hey it's all part of the fun.
On reaching the Market area you are dropped off and may walk along to the market where there are men with low tables with various pythons on. They may approach the tourists and dump them round your neck and then charge you for having your photo taken. Passing swiftly by you reach the market proper where there are café's and stalls selling all kinds of locally produced items nick nacks, souvenirs and clothing. It is absolutely mental here and quite crowded with both locals and tourists alike.
You transfer here into smaller long boats that go along the canal that have small shops either side selling all kinds of colourful fruit and flowers, various souvenirs pots and pans and all kinds of house wares. The boats are usually steered by women using poles, with sun scorched faces wearing straw hats to try to protect them from the burning sun. Boats filled with all kinds of merchandise ply beside you trying to tempt you to buy something from them.
There are even boats cooking all kinds of delicacies which paddle past, little pots of bubbling curries, rice or noodles. There are bubbling woks, frying all kinds of meats and snacks to sell to the workers shoppers and tourists in an attempt to make a living for the families. Although it is a working market there is a sense that some of it is put on for the benefit of tourists. Saying that it is good fun and there are amazing abundance of colours and smells to attack your senses.
Shops on the other side of the canal sell stuff to people on the opposite side of the canal by means of tins attached to pulley ropes. The person calls across to the vendor what they want then a tin is dispatched across by pulley rope, the money is put in and sent back across the canal the goods and change are placed back in the tin and sent to the shopper.
The market is open from 08:00 and closes around 11:00.
Cost of air-conditioned mini bus to the market on an organised tour is around about £10 including the price of the boat trips for a half day tour.
You can go independently by bus which costs about a pound from Bangkok and the boat trip costs around 10 Baht which is roughly equivalent to 20p.
Would I recommend this trip.
Yes absolutely but I would combine it with an organised tour as you get to see so much more.
Commerce on the water is an old tradition that is still being practiced. Everything from vegetables and fruits to freshly-cooked noodle and souvenirs can be purchased at this lively market.


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Which Should Be Done First: Braces or a Tooth Implant?
I need to get a tooth implant. I also need braces. Which should be done first? Or does it matter? Appreciate your help, I am "so confused". READ MORE
How Long Can I Wait Before Getting a Dental Implant?
I need to extract a tooth as soon as possible due to infection. I would like to know how long I can wait to get an implant. I need to extract the... READ MORE
Is It O.K. to Do a Dental Implant on a 17 Year Old Boy?
My 17 yo son was recently diagnosed with an external resorption of tooth #8 (idiopathic, no known hx of trauma). His dentist, peridontist, and recent... READ MORE
Braces Before Molar Dental Implant?
Hi, I have two lower first molar taken out, I need to get braces to correct severe overjet/overbite issue. Do I need the braces first or dental... READ MORE
Recovery After 9 bottom Teeth Pulled at Once?
Just had 9 bottom teeth pulled with replacement dentures placed same day how long is recovery READ MORE
What are my options for a #19 tooth extraction and how long do I have to do something? (photo)
I recently had #19 extracted. I am not sure what to do. I definitely do not want a titanium implant and would lean towards a zirconian but am not... READ MORE
Can I Get an Implant and Wait for the Crown Until I Straighten my Teeth?
I was wondering if I could get an implant and then have braces put on. Once my teeth would straighten I could get the final crown. The implant would... READ MORE
Do I Need to Get All Implants Done at the Same Time in Order to Have a Removable Denture?
Can i do 2 on top left side then come back in 3 months and do 2 on the top right side and still be able to get removable denture. READ MORE
How long do I have to wait to replace the failed implant?
I got an implant on 42 back in September. In November, the implant was still a little loose so the implantologist "tightened" it in hopes that it... READ MORE
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The crown on my front upper tooth became wobbly after I bit into something hard. My dentist said there is not much tooth left to hold a new crown so... READ MORE
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I have 6 bottom teeth left on the bottom, one tooth is supposedly dead, 2 dentists recommended, that I have them extracted and get dentures, once I... READ MORE
Need advice regarding getting a dental implant prior to braces and lower jaw advancement surgery (Photo)
Hello All, I have a dramatic overbite and overjet. I've been to several orthos and they have all recommended surgery for my case but I also need one... READ MORE
Should a Person Get Permanent Teeth Implanted Before Face Lift or Doesn't It Matter?
Plastic Surgeons probably know what I mean. Actor Tony Curtis promotes it: instead of dentures that a person can remove, they implant permanent teeth.... READ MORE
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I have several cavities and need braces and implants. I am having the last bad tooth on the bottom left side removed tomorrow. I only eat on that side... READ MORE
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Last time I did the bone graft for my four front teeth. Then I waited for seven months to put the implants in. But the doctor told me that my bone... READ MORE
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How long can I wait to get them crowned and what are the repercussions if they are never crowned? Thank you. READ MORE
Should Third Teeth Be Implanted Before a Facelift?
Let's say, a person wants to ditch her dentures and wants teeth implanted, should she do this before the facelift or does that not matter? READ MORE
Lack of molars leads to bone loss and possible disfigurement? How long can I wait for an implant on #15?
I had a root canal done on #14 recently and was going to have the crown prep, but kept having pain. It turns out #15 also needed a root canal. The... READ MORE
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"The challenge," says Clark Woods, president of domestic theatrical distribution at MGM, "is that each of the producers comes with fully financed films and, in most cases, fully financed p&a arrangements, so they have a vested interest in what we're doing. Trying to balance all those things is somewhat difficult."
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The creativity of students at several Tacoma schools is on display during the Puyallup Fair's annual Junior/Senior High School Art Show.
Catherine Tran of Bellarmine Preparatory School offers the chalk pastel drawing "Hot House." It depicts the interior of a home, with a window in the middle. Flames are coming up from the floor, thus the title.
Tatiana Amundsen of Bellarmine provides a spiritual scene in the tempera painting "Heightened State." It depicts a woman on her knees praying. She is on a floor with a checkerboard design in yellow, red and orange. Above hang curtains in checkerboard patterns of blue and orange and black, yellow and purple.
In her watercolor painting "Tide Flats," Mary Kate Lester of Bellarmine depicts what Commencement Bay looked like prior to the arrival of industry. There are no shipping terminals or factories in this piece, which has pastel blue as the primary color with purple accents. In the foreground is some brown vegetation.
"Tropical Bloom" is an ink drawing by Lauren Nelson of Meeker Middle School. A flower is made of dots of pink, orange and red. The background is white with blue dots. It is framed in a pink border and a blue border.
Arianna M. Westmark of Meeker uses a similar technique in her ink drawing "Blue Hawaii." It depicts a flower of blue and green dots.
Vanessa Adams of Meeker did a good job capturing the Jack Nicholson Joker character from the "Batman" movie in her charcoal drawing "What's So Funny?" He has beady eyes and a grotesque smile.
Anya Evans-Scournski of Bellarmine captured the glass art in the shallow pool outside Museum of Glass in the laser print "Moment of Reflection." She also has a photograph of the adjacent Chihuly Bridge of Glass titled "Cold Spell." It is of the two blue plastic objects on the structure.
Brandon Porras of Bellarmine examines a serious topic in his photograph "Abuse." It depicts a young man sitting on the floor, a bottle of booze in front of him. His face is blurred by a bright line running through the middle of the photo, recreating on film the blurred memory on someone in a drinking binge.
Phoebe Elizaga of Meeker Middle School went back to the 1960s for the inspiration for her charcoal drawing "Twiggy." She depicts the famous British model with short hair, heavy mascara and a sweater with a snowflake design.
The most cleverly titled piece in the exhibit belongs to Alicia Sessler of Bellarmine. "Truncated" is a tempera painting of a blue elephant's head. Its trunk is sliced into pieces.
"Spawn" by Alexis Harroun of Bellarmine is a watercolor painting of pink and yellow salmon swimming about.
"Tropics" by Sommer Hallquist of Bellarmine is a tempera painting of a green parrot amid many wild, brightly colored geometric shapes.
"Panda Life" by Dalton Faker of Concordia Lutheran School is a linocut depicting a mother panda with a cub in a bamboo forest.
The show runs through the final day of the fair, Sept. 23.


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TurboXS stealth-back exhaust w/ high-flow cat
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550cc injectors (Helix)
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
TurboXS top-mount intercooler
TurboXS RFL-H blow-off valve
Perrin oil catch can
TurboXS parallel fuel rails
TurboXS Fuel delivery system
Koyo aluminum radiator
STi 1.3 bar radiator caps
Samco silicone upper and lower radiator hoses
TurboXS UTEC w/ map selector, custom tuned by Jermaine @ TurboXS 22 psi tune
8-gauge ground wires
Exedy lightened fly wheel
Cobb Short shifter
Mishimoto Silicone hose kit
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I've shot my dad's a lot. Neither me or him have ever had any problems with it.
This is a discussion on Bersa Thunder within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; What do you all think about the Bersa Thunder .380? Anyone have one, good or bad experiences? thanks...
What do you all think about the Bersa Thunder .380? Anyone have one, good or bad experiences?
I've shot my dad's a lot. Neither me or him have ever had any problems with it.
Sorry for the hijack, but do all Bersa Thunders have the S&W type lock?
I had one, bought it for $150 used, it was the wife's first pistol, we ended up selling it to a friend that was looking for a cheap, dead nuts reliable pistol.
Never had any issues with it, and I think it's the one gun I sold that I actually broke even on. I'd have no issue with buying another Bersa if I wanted a .380 in that size class. That being said, there are larger caliber guns of the same size, but they do cost a bit more.
Perhaps a look at the Thunder 9 is in order as well.
I guess there is one thing that I didn't like about it, it seemed to sting my hands, the recoil was a little sharp for a .380. I never had that feeling with my other .380s, just the Bersa and that was with the rubberized grips.
The wife loved it, but when she decided to up her caliber it just say in the safe, as when she did need to carry something smaller, she carried a smaller .380.
Regarding the size of the Bersa, it's really not all that small.
Here's the Bersa over a 3" 1911
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I just bought a Firestorm .380 last week haven't shot it yet but feels nice in my hands. Thunder/Firestorm same gun little difference on cosmetic. When I purchased the Firestorm there were 3 people in the shop also buying one. Im taking my CCW class in a few weeks and have read some good things about Bersa.
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Very nice little gun. I have never had a problem with it. Before you fire it break it down and clean all the oil/grease out of it. Thats not lube in there, it's a anti-rust oil from the factory and will gum up the gun causing problems.
Surprisingly, the little gun is a nail driver, very accurate. For more info on the gun check out the Bersa forum, good people and a lot of info on the site.
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I have one. Very accurate and easy to shoot. Only 2 FTEs in 350 rounds. Also very easy to carry.
Make sure when you reassemble the gun to put the smaller side of the spring in first. Definitely go to the Bersa forum to get more tips.
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Bersa's are great guns, mine is on permanent loan to my Father.
It's not small but it is a great gun and very reliable. I would buy another one and might get a Thunder 9 UC
Bersa's are undervalued IMO. The only problem I have with them is the scarcity of spare mags.
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I've owned 2 Thunder 380 over the years. Both have operated flawlessly for me. While not a well finished as your higher priced guns, they do what they were designed to do. In the long run that is the most important thing. I'd rather have a $200. gun that functions every time, than a $1000. gun I have to wonder about.
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Just got a Bersa 380 CC and it works great.
If you get one try winchester supreme HPs in it
they are very accurate in mine.
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Hello. In my opinion, Bersa's line of .380 autos offer good value and the ones that I have shot have been reliable with the sights regulated such that POA = POI.
Currently manufactured ones have the lock; older ones do not but these are harder to find in new or like-new condition.
Extra factory magazines are relatively expensive but do work considerably better than aftermarket ones on these pistols.
If interested, here is a comparison done a few years ago:
Comparing the SIG
Though I am not particularly enamored with the .380 ACP cartridge, I really do like the Bersa. This one's given exactly zero problems over the years and has never malfunctioned. I replaced the recoil spring one time after about 2K shots. While it has not been carried very much, it's made more than a few range visits and has perhaps another 1500 shots downrange. I've not fired it more than 200 shots between cleanings but it has not balked nary a tall nor become "sluggish" whatsoever.
This Bersa was bought several years ago and continues to serve well.
Best and good luck.
My wife owns a BT380CC (Concealed Carry) and I own a BT9UC (Ultra Compact). Both have worked flawlessly. The 380's grip is nice to hold. The 9UC's grip is good, but I ordered a Pachmyr rubber grip for it. I have a Pachmyr grip on my G23.
p.s. If you can find either of the above, buy it. Bersa's are very hard to find in stock right now.
I have one, a Bersa Thunder 380 DLX, with extended 9 round magazine. It's big...granted there are larger calibers available in the same size gun...but it fits my hand well, is super reliable, and is the gun I am the most accurate with, so I carry it almost everyday as a BUG or as a primary should it be a one-gun day.
With proper ammo the .380 ACP can be a potent round. This ammo is pricey, but worth it if you intend to use a .380 for defensive carry:
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On the other hand, Bersa/Firestorm also offers 9mm and .45 handguns if you're looking for something with a little more bite, albeit in a larger package than the Thunder 380.
An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if shot with a .357 Magnum will get angry and kill you.
Bersa Thunder is a great pistol. I have the Thunder Plus (15+1) and it has gone bang everytime I pulled the trigger and hit what I aimed it at.


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It's April 15 Tax Day in America. A day individual income tax returns are due to the federal government. Since 1955 tax day has traditionally fallen on April 15, however in 2016 Tax Day will be April 18. And if you file a tax return from outside the United States you have until June 15 due to the two month automatic extension granted by IRS Publication 54. Yes, you can file for an extension if you need a little more time to do your taxes.


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Ohlone College Presents Qigong Grand Masters From ChinaNewark, CA—In their only West Coast visit, eight Qigong Grand Masters from the Chinese Health Qigong Association will be at Ohlone College to instruct participants in the forms of Health Qigong at a Qigong Symposium October 11 and 12.
The media is invited to meet with the Chinese Masters prior to the Symposium on Tuesday, October 7 at noon at the Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology. Members of the media can participate in a question and answer session with the Qigong delegates, watch demonstrations and learn more about Qigong.
Qigong has been developed and standardized based on the modern theories and methods of health science as a connected set of movements. The movements include turning, extending, and pulling on muscles, bones and joints, especially those of the spine. These actions are characterized by elegant, natural and smooth movements.
Today, millions of people practice Qigong in China and around the world to successfully improve general health, support longevity, and promote psycho-spiritual growth and happiness. These energy-building methods provide the means to assume greater responsibility for personal health and to achieve benefits for body, mind, and spirit. A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society describes the "striking immunity-boosting effect" of Tai Chi, the best-known movement form of Qigong.
Leading the delegation is Lu ShiMing, Team Leader and the Head of the General Office of the Chinese Health Qigong Association and the Deputy Secretary General of the Health Qigong Administrative Center of China's General Sport Administration. He is joined by delegates with extensive knowledge and experience in teaching Health Qigong including: Huang Wei, Assistant Team Lead; Shi AiQia, Head Coach and Professor at WuHan Physical Education College; Ji NaWei, member of the Health Qigong Association and Quigon researcher; Hua Hua, Associate Professor at WuHan Physical Education College; and Jai HaiRu, Instructor at WuHan Physical Education College.
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Week before last I attempted to work from the woods for a few days powered only by the sun and pluck. It sort of worked out. Here is the video proof.
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In a few days I'm taking a train to Gods country to tree plant for about two months.
This'll be my second year, and I was pretty suprised at the amount of technology in the camps.
Ipods were an obvious thing, as working 10 hours days is boring, but made better if you've swapped music with weird hippies and can listen to Allan Watts recordigns about mantras whilst traipsing through the woods.
Laptops were uncommon, but occasional.
It's fascinating how in what is one of the most human industries with very little room for mechanization or comfortable lodgings is still a place where the human lust for shiney electronic devices still grips the psyche – even if a pair of headphones can literally be melted by the strength of the bug repellent we were using.
Anyone else only seeing the intial f-you followed by the boingboingtv splash and then a menu?
It's a "leanto", not a "shelter" although of course it *is* shelter, just not *a* shelter. And those were probably blackflies, which are the bane of everybody's existance this time of year (one just landed on my monitor. Good timing, bug, squish). Consistently higher temperatures later in the spring will kill them off.
Oh, and I like the black socks. They speak to the geek in me.
I realize this is late, but I just got a chance to watch this. Joel, I think your videos are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Really funny stuff.


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It was a Saturday night and Mama decided to pile us all into the old Plymouth and head off to the Starlight Drive-in to catch a movie. The Starlight was located right off the southbound 99 near Childs Avenue in Merced. I forget what time we made it back, but we were half asleep when Tio Boogie walked over to the car while we were parked in the driveway to tell us the news: "Papa was busted for bootlegging!"
Everyone in the family called my grandfather Augustine "Papa." He was born September 30, 1893, in Jacona, Michocan, Mexico. To me, Papa was always old. He'd be at all the family functions, eating, or sitting quietly, wearing his sweat-stained felt hat, blending into the wallpaper, almost invisible.
Sometimes I'd come home and find Papa asleep in sitting position on our living room sofa. I'd tiptoe by as quietly as possible because if I woke him up he'd jerk up angrily and cuss me out in Spanish. And if he was awake, he never smiled, he just looked at me like I was a bug. He was Mama's father, though, so I was always respectful.
The news of his bust shook our sleepy heads out of the clouds, especially Mama, whose face took on a frantic horror worthy of the spooky movie we had just seen. "Ay dios mio, what happened?" she asked, almost screaming. Right away, images of whiskey stills, organized crime, and G-Men flooded our senses. When you put the pieces together, though, such a thing happening to my harmless-looking, sixty-seven-year-old grandfather just didn't add up. Papa?
Papa looked like a homeless person as he scavenged through the alleys of Merced collecting bottles and cans in his beat-up wire cart with crooked wheels. He walked in a crouch, dressed in raggedy clothes, and wore thick Coke-bottle eyeglasses. Papa moved so slowly it took him thirty minutes to cover two city blocks.
Whatever hard living Papa may have experienced in his younger days, it had happened long before I was born. I'd heard stories from Mama or uncles and aunts that raised eyebrows, though. One was how he'd kidnapped Grandma Socorro from Mexico when she was thirteen and brought her to Merced. Other stories of his strict, sometimes violent behavior left severe resentment. When Grandma died in 1949, she made Mama promise not to bury Papa anywhere near her.
Despite whatever history he had, he was still Mama's father, and with the startling news of his arrest, the family went into panic mode. On March 23, 1961, the Merced Sun Star and the nearby Fresno Bee had front page stories on the scandal. One headline read: "Merced Man, 67, Blames Insomnia for Bootlegging." Next to the story was a picture of Papa sitting with both hands between his legs, while a detective knelt below him counting various-sized whiskey jars. Just below the picture was a small headline: "Homemade Hooch."
To say this was a total embarrassment to our family would be wrong. We were stunned, but our family was used to bad things happening, so it just added to the mix. Once the news of Papa's arrest sunk in, it became the scandalous hot topic of the week. There was something cool about having your grandfather arrested for running a whiskey still and having it splashed on the front page of the hometown newspaper. Eventually, the local police handed him over to the Feds. "Yeah," my brother said proudly, "Papa hit the big time."
Of course, we all felt bad that Papa was locked up and possibly headed to prison, especially since Mama stressed terribly over it. Maybe he was too old, or the authorities felt sorry for him because, despite the felonious nature of the crime, he was released about a week or two later. The circumstances were typically murky. Of course, Papa had to promise to give up his shady hooch operation and become an honest citizen. He was even quoted in the newspaper that he only sold the whiskey to pay his taxes.
From then on, I saw Papa in a different light. To start with, the beat-up cart and raggedy clothes were a total front. Beneath those thick eyeglasses and that slow-moving hobo exterior beat the heart of a crafty criminal. I'd watch him sitting in the living room now, all quiet and innocent, knowing he wasn't really sleeping but plotting the next big caper.
I learned many years later just how good Papa's homemade whiskey was. According to Boogie and Charlie, the whiskey he sold in pint-sized jars for two dollars a shot was the best anyone ever drank. "Even one of the cops in town came to Papa's house to buy his whiskey," Tio Boogie bragged. Papa had a ten-gallon copper cooker, barrels of mash, and a fruit press stashed behind the house.
"Papa used pickle and jelly jars, anything he could scrounge to fill with whiskey," Tio Boogie said, "He even wrote names on them like 'Tumbayaca,'" which roughly translates Knock the Indian Down. To this day, if I bring the bootlegging bust up to any older family member, they shake their head and smile. "Papa made the best stuff in town."
Toward the end, Papa was confined to a hospital bed. Mama placed his wire cart with the crooked wheels in her bedroom. I looked inside when she wasn't around to see what treasures he hauled in there. Two empty jars, a worn out picture frame, two cans of corn, an old tattered copy of a Mexican newspaper, and some rocks. The rocks, I'm sure, were to throw at the dogs in the alleys.
The big concern among some family members was knowing that he would die soon and not being able to pry Papa's secret whiskey recipe out of him. By then, stories about the quality of the hooch were legendary. Mama told me that Tio Boogie and Tio Charlie asked him for the secret over and over with a tape recorder at his bedside while he was weak and delirious, but he never gave it up. Knowing Papa, instead of revealing the secret ingredients he was probably cussing the hell out of them for trying. Papa took it with him. For some reason, I admired that.
As the decades melted away, the family's scandal of the century was almost forgotten. But every once in a while someone would bring it up during an event or gathering. Someone was always shocked and didn't believe it. Then a cousin or uncle would pull out a crumpled copy of the newspaper clipping and point out Merced's most famous bootlegging bust. The notorious crime wave we called Papa.
(Papa was buried on the other side Calvary Cemetery, far from Grandma Socorro, without a gravestone marker. Mama kept her promise.)
Charles Mariano was born and raised in Merced, California, and graduated from Merced High School in 1970. He is currently writing stories about growing up in the Central Valley for a book titled Piece Work.


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Think about this, when a hood is closed you are over powering the springs. The springs and a bunch of leverage are saying STAY OPEN. So ever time you pull down on the hood to close it you are bending a number of parts of the hood, hinge, and hinge mounting just a tiny bit. Some hoods bend real easy, I have seen hoods back in the seventies on Chevy pickups fold in half just from shutting them because the hood reinforcement wasn't as strong as the springs and resistance built into the design to hold that big old hood open.
So every time you pull down on the hood a little bit of bending is going on, a little bit of giving up is going on, the hood and everything related to that hinge is giving up just a tiny bit. It's going to be different on every hood and every car but there is a little bit of bending with every closing of the hood.
Your car may simply be at a point where the hood or hinge mounting point has flexed that tiny bit that is effectively "rotating" the hinge mounting points forward, thus raising the back of the hood. Think about this, if you bend the mounting points on the hood up at the front bolt and down at the rear bolt it would be like shimming the hood at the rear bolt. It would be doing the same exact thing as if you shimmed that rear bolt, which raises the back of the hood.
Every time the hood is shut the hinge is pushing up at the front bolt saying NO, I AM NOT GOING TO FOLD UP AND LET YOU COME DOWN, the hinge doing this is pushing the mounting point up a little on the hood at the front bolt, and doing the pulling down on the rear bolt.
I know this is an odd abstract way to look at how this hood works. Picture a diving board.
When you jump on the diving board the rear bolts would want to "stretch", the front bolts aren't doing much at all.
The hood is exactly the same way, every time you shut the hood those rear bolt areas are being stretched and the front are being pushed up.
Sooooo, if the hood has been bent a little bit over the hundreds of times it has been closed (or the few times because it is a repro hood that is weaker than the original) what do you do to bend it back?
It could be as simple as opening the hood too far and pushing it up! If you were to push the hood up open too far and look at the mounting points you may see a flex. If you push up a little bit you may very well bend it back because it has weakened. Often this is all that is keeping the hood from closing as far as it once was.
Often opening up the holes on the hinge so it can rotate further back or a shim are your best options. You an bend the hood by pushing it open but this often will only be a temporary fix as it will simply slowly fail back to where it was.
Worn hinge pivot points will also do this, think about every one of those pivot points being worn just a hair, add up all those hairs and you have enough slop that the spring pushes up the hood at the rear. It could also be a sloppy reproduction. The hinge may not seem bad at all because the spring is pushing it all into place. Remove the spring and move it up and down and you may see a sloppiness to it. That sloppy fit could be allowing the spring to push up the rear of the hood.
Lots of things at play here, to over come them you can slot the holes to rotate the hinge back or shim the front hinge to hood bolt, both will bring the back of the hood down.
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:34:56 -0000, Shizu <slivo.vitz at msa.hinet.net> wrote:
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> Would anybody tell me what's the difference between these two --
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> Regular expressions are not easy for me!
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Wanted to add to this topic by saying that my 2012 Focus with dual-clutch transmission (build date December 2012) also started to shudder and hesitate upon acceleration while going into 2nd gear. This started after 10,000 miles. It only did this on a warm engine (after several starts and stops). It was fine when shifting into higher gears.
Turns out that the clutch was defective. It wasn't releasing correctly. My Ford dealer called the Ford service hotline and they confirmed that this is an identified problem on some Focuses. Replacing the clutch was the only solution. They got a new clutch kit from Ford and completed the repairs in a day.
Just got my Focus back today and the problem is resolved.
Glad it was fixed! Looking like this will need to be done sooner or later to mine as well. It still works pretty good and sometimes doesn't even slip, usually under really light or really heavy acceleration it works fine. But from a stop with medium acceleration; about half way thru 1st gear it will start slipping and I will feel the shudder again right before shifting into 2nd and occasionally it will have a strong lurch or harsh shift into 2nd. I havn't noticed if it's worse after warm up ... seems like it happens randomly all the time regardless of hot or cold. The rest of the gears shift normal but I get a random lurch once in awhile in the upper gears as well but no slippage that I can tell.
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I've used this on a layout of my cat - with the matching stickers. Great colours and continuous pattern that isn't too big, which is good if you want to use a small piece of the paper.
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This is a small Frick built all New Jersey cedar coffin box in the shape of a classic small Barnegat Bay sneakbox. It's all cedar with copper nails, has the classic shape (pictures will be supplied), has oar locks , a little decoy rack on the back, and a cover--everything's made of cedar and does it smell good when you open it up. It also has a removable cedar floorboard.
It's cedar on the top, fiberglass covered cedar on the bottom so it's solid and has no leaks.
Only used it twice, but can say that it tows better than my Fatboy, smells better, and is classic dark green. It's 3 years old this fall. Selling it as I have the Fatboy and now a Stealth 1200, so three is too many....
Dimensions are ca. 10 feet long, ca. 3.5 feet wide. Cockpit is 43 inches by about 20 inches. Due to its small size I'd call it a coffin box and wouldn't use it on big water, but it is great in the marshes once towed nearby. It also kayaks pretty well, holding a line as it has a nice cedar skeg at the rear which helps it stay on line.
Price is $550. Call 609-577-0564, or PM me and I'll e-mail photos upon request as well. You'll have to pick it up on the Jersey shore, maybe when you're coming to the Tuckerton Decoy Show, however-- no shipping for this little prize.


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Citation: Brabec, D.L., Maghirang, R.G., Casada, M. 2004. Effectiveness of a high-pressure, water fogging system in controlling dust emissions at grain receiving. Transactions of the ASAE. 2004. 47(2):505-511. Interpretive Summary: In grain handling, dust emissions are generated whenever grain is dropped or elevated. Grain dust is a potential source for fire and explosions as well as a nuisance to workers and should be controlled. A high-pressure fogging system was evaluated as a potential dust control method at grain receiving. It was found that the spray-fog induced significant airflow and redirected the dust emissions. The resulting airflow and fog reduced the dust emissions from the test chamber by 75%. However, some fog was emitted and some deposited on the walls. Receiving grain from producers using end-dump trucks is a dusty job. The spray-fog system could be used in country elevators and feedmills receiving dry grain products. A short interval of fogging in the grain hopper would offer some relief from the dusty environment.
Technical Abstract: Grain dust at the receiving area is a fire hazard, a health concern, and a sanitation problem and should be controlled. The effectiveness of a high-pressure, water-fog system in controlling grain dust emissions was evaluated with corn and wheat while spouting 2.1 m3 (60 bu) of grain into a test chamber. Dust/fog emissions and deposits along with entrained airflows were measured for four fog treatments, a control and an air-blower treatment each at two grain flow rates. The uncontrolled dust emissions varied with grain type and grain-flow rate. Water-fog sprays, when applied across the top of the test chamber, redirected the airflow downstream of the spray nozzles and reduced dust emissions significantly. Dust reductions ranged from 60% to 84% for corn and 35% to 73% for wheat. However, the sprays produced significant fog emissions and deposits in proportion to the liquid supply. At the highest spray-fog rate (855 g/min), fog emission was 32 g/min (3.8%) and fog deposits ranged from 1.4 to 7.1 mg/cm2/min.


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Dentition is a vital element of human and animal function, yet there is little fundamental knowledge about how tooth enamel endures under stringent oral conditions. This paper describes a novel approach to the issue. Model glass dome specimens fabricated from glass and back-filled with polymer resin are used as representative of the basic enamel/dentine shell structure. Contact loading is used to deform the dome structures to failure, in simulation of occlusal loading with opposing dentition or food bolus. To investigate the role of enamel microstructure, additional contact tests are conducted on two-phase materials that capture the essence of the mineralized-rod/organic-sheath structure of dental enamel. These materials include dental glass-ceramics and biomimicked composites fabricated from glass fibers infilrated with epoxy. The tests indicate how enamel is likely to deform and fracture along easy sliding and fracture paths within the binding phase between the rods. Analytical relations describing the critical loads for each damage mode are presented in terms of elemental material properties (hardness, modulus, toughness) and tooth geometry variables (enamel thickness, cusp radius). Implications in dentistry and anthropology are discussed.
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