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Starbucks' Food FightBy
Howard Schultz has a complicated relationship with food. As the chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Starbucks, he has tried over the years to find just the right kinds of fresh food to sell in the company's U.S. stores, which now number about 10,000. Schultz's latest attempt involves the $100 million cash purchase of Bay Bread and its La Boulange bakery, whose products Starbucks will use to replace most of its current baked goods. "After more than 40 years, we will be able to say that we are bakers too," Schultz said when he announced the deal on June 4.
In the company's early days, Schultz had to be persuaded to sell any food at all. He always worried that it wouldn't be the same quality as the coffee. And as the chain grew (and grew) he was proved right. Starbucks had to give up using regional bakers and turn to industrial ones instead. They compromised quality for scale. Then came the recession.
When Schultz reclaimed the responsibilities of CEO in 2008 (after giving them up eight years earlier), he found much to be unhappy about: Starbucks' stock price had fallen, sales were down, the company had over-expanded, operations were inefficient, there was a sense of complacency among employees and frustration among customers, and the stores smelled like burnt cheese instead of coffee. (I wrote about Schultz's return here.)
Among the first things Schultz did was remove the offending breakfast sandwiches from the menu until a culinary task force could reformulate them, and eventually they did. They also came up with new recipes for Starbucks baked goods that used fewer and fresher ingredients. The company developed the Vivanno smoothie and created Bistro Boxes with hard-boiled eggs, cheese, and fruit, among other things. Now Starbucks sells $1.5 billion worth of food in the U.S. every year, 19 percent of its roughly $8 billion in sales. (The company didn't respond to a request for comment.)
Yet Schultz still wasn't happy. McDonald's remains more popular for breakfast than Starbucks, even among Starbucks customers, according to Dave Jenkins of CustomersDNA, a marketing firm in Chicago. "Will buying Boulange help? I'm not sure," says Jenkins. "The pastries and bakery offerings are not necessarily what people are eating for breakfast. They're eating eggs, sandwiches, cereal."
There is another potential problem. The appeal of La Boulange is that it's small (there are 19 bakeries in the Bay Area) and it sells hand-made-in-the-store, authentically French croissants and pastries. Starbucks wants to turn La Boulange into a national artisanal brand, an idea that seems quixotic at best.
"The challenge is they have an ideal of what they want the food to be, and at the same time they are limited by the size and capabilities of the stores," says Jenkins. The pastries served now arrive par-baked and are heated in ovens. "They do coffee hot and cold unbelievably well. Outside of that, there's something that just doesn't seem to work. It's not in the company and cultural DNA," says John Moore, a former Starbucks marketing executive who runs the consultancy Brand Autopsy. "They can get to a satisfactory level but will never be viewed as great bakers."
In a conference call after the announcement of the acquisition, Schultz said Starbucks is looking into "new methodology" that would "demonstrate romance and deliver fresh food for our customers." He didn't elaborate.
As for expanding the number of stores for La Boulange itself, Schultz and his executives didn't give any specific numbers, dates, or locations.


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blankZenon Babraj
With a long list of accomplishments at the international and national levels, Zenon Babraj begins his first season as director and head coach of the USC women?s rowing program.
Babraj and his wife, Kelly, were hired as co-head coaches of the Trojans? program in June of 2002. The pair take over as only the second coaching staff in USC history since rowing was first adopted as a scholarship sport at Troy in 1996.
?This was a great challenge for us,? said Zenon. ?We know that with hard work we will be able to bring this program to a very high level.?
A native of Warsaw, Poland, Zenon was a member of the Polish National Team for 10 years (1969-78) as both a sweep oarsman and sculler. In 1978 he was named head coach of the SKRA Warsaw club program and director of the Olympic Training Center. During his tenure, he led his crews to nine national championships and saw 15 of his athletes selected to Poland?s National and Olympic teams.
In 1984, under martial law, Zenon defected to the United States and made his first stop in Seattle, Wash. There he served as a volunteer assistant coach at Washington under legendary Husky head coach Dick Erickson for one season.
He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in the spring of 1985 where he directed the Cincinnati Rowing Club. During this time, the CRC became a designated National Training Center and Zenon helped organize the National Championship Regatta. In the summer of 1986, he accepted his first position with the U.S. National Team as an assistant coach.
Zenon was hired as an assistant coach at Brown University and in 1986 led his freshman crews to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championship in the eight and four events. That summer, Zenon returned to the U.S. National Team where he coached the pre-elite crews to gold and silver medals at the U.S. Olympic Festival.
During the summer of 1986, he was hired as the men?s rowing program director at UCLA and took over a floundering program. In his five years with the Bruins (1987-91), he led the men to an unprecedented three straight Pac-10 Championships (1987-89) and earned Pac-10 Coach of the Year accolades each season. UCLA?s 1987 Pac-10 Championship was the school?s first in 17 years, while the 1988 title marked the first repeat in the 55-year history of the program. In 1990, Zenon guided the Bruins to a bronze medal at the Collegiate National Championships, marking the highest finish ever by a UCLA crew.
While at UCLA, he produced seven National Team athletes and three Olympians. In 1987, Zenon was an assistant coach for the U.S. at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, helping lead the eights to a gold medal. In 1989 he served as head coach for the World University Games held in Duisburg, Germany.
When the UCLA varsity program was cut in 1992, Zenon and Kelly moved to Alaska and opened the Alaska Sports Academy, training individuals and teams in several sports at the high school, collegiate, and elite level. Together they coached a number of athletes who went on to compete on U.S. National teams in their respective sports. The pair left Alaska in 1999 when Zenon was again hired as an assistant rowing coach with the U.S. National Team in preparation for the World Championships.
Zenon turned down a permanent position with the National Team in 2000 to instead rebuild a struggling program at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y. At the same time, Kelly accepted the head coaching position at William Smith College (Hobart, a men?s private college, is a brother school to William Smith, a women?s private college), where the pair spent the past three years (2000-02). Zenon led the Statesmen to two undefeated seasons (2001-02) and his crews finished as the top Division III team at the 2002 Head of the Charles and Stonehurst Invitational.
Zenon holds a master?s degree in physical education and a rowing coaching diploma from the Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw. He earned a general certificate of education from the Engineering College in Warsaw in 1974. In 1973, while attending Engineering College, he was honored with the City of Warsaw Award for saving a woman?s life. Zenon also served in the Polish Special Forces and was named a top cadet in 1979.
Born in Warsaw on Sept. 1, 1954, he and Kelly currently reside in Palos Verdes with their two children, Arianna (7) and Konrad (2). Zenon is the 1985 World Master?s Champion in rowing and the 1997 U.S. Master?s National Champion in cross country skiing.


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One Day…People Will Make Their Own Gadgets
Bethany Koby And Daniel Hirschmann of 'Technology Will Save Us' dream of a future full of easily accessible digital and electronic items.
PSFK asked creative experts working at the forefront of cultural change what they look forward to as 'one day' being the reality that we live in. As part of a series on forecasts, we asked Bethany Koby And Daniel Hirschmann of Technology Will Save Us, 'a haberdashery for technology and education dedicated to helping people to produce and not just consume technology':
One Day people will have the skills and confidence to make their own gadgets and solve their own challenges through the use of technology. In the same way that people currently plant their own gardens or bake their own bread, the understanding of technology will become second nature to people. Right now, we think that people are essentially lacking in either the confidence or the skills to actually create something using technology. Most of us blindly use technology as is with very little understanding of how to fix it when it's broken, let alone how to actually make something which could be useful for the rest of us.
We imagine a world where people can actually make and produce things, and design and create their own gadgets and their own solutions, because they have the skills and the resources to do so.
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Mikey...help me understand something: your first step is to hide so you can determine who kicked your door in. Got that. Your second step is to throw your knife if you can't hide or you can't get "a better look?"
(You put "other wise," which throws off what your plan of action will be.)
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Parker Waichman LLP Injury Alerts
New Study Suggests Excipient Levels in Medications Could Pose Toxic Danger to InfantsMar 1, 2009
As is often the case in the world of pharmaceuticals, however, even "harmless" substances can wind up causing serious problems in certain situations. Certain prescription drugs may have dangerous interactions with such things as sunlight, grapefruit juice, and Over-the-Counter (OTC) remedies. Now, researchers at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) in the UK, led by Dr Hitesh Pandya., have found that premature infants are routinely exposed to pharmaceutical excipients at levels which could potentially be toxic. The results of their analysis can be found in the Fetal & Neonatal edition of Archives of Disease in Childhood for January 20, 2009.
An "excipient" is defined as "a usually inert substance (such as gum arabic, syrup, lanolin, or starch) that forms a vehicle (as for a drug or antigen); especially: one that in the presence of sufficient liquid gives a medicated mixture the adhesive quality needed for the preparation of pills or tablets.
In their study, the researchers documented exposure to excipients in medications given to 38 premature babies, who were cared for in the neonatal unit at LRI over the course of a year. The team concluded at least some of the infants were being exposed to excipient concentrations even in excess of the maximum exposure limits for adults.
The excipients in question are added to liquid medications for oral ingestion. This is a common practice in the administration of drugs to premature infants designed to improve their taste and absorption, and to extend shelf-life.
Although the purpose of the study was not to explore potential links between excipients and their possible side effects in infants, the researchers believe the level of exposure they identified "will understandably generate concern among parents, nurses, pharmacists and paediatricians." They suggest medications with lower levels of expedients should be developed specifically for premature infants on a priority basis. At the moment oral liquid medications tend to be developed based on adult human and animal studies which may not be relevant to premature infants.
Seven of the 38 infants in the study suffered from chronic lung disease (CLD), a common complication often seen in premature infants. The infants' records showed they were had been given eight oral liquid drugs containing 20 excipients. The seven infants with CLD had been exposed to higher levels of excipients.
The excipients the researchers found included such chemicals as propylene glycol and ethanol, which have already been identified as a neurotoxin. Also found were high levels of sorbitol. Significantly, the team also discovered the presence of Ponceau 4R (a coloring agent) in an iron supplement formulation. The UK Food Standards Agency has already recommended this excipient be removed due to concerns that it may be potentially harmful to a child's neurological development and behavior.
In their report, the researchers stated: "We feel it is important that the European Medicines Agency/Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency ... only ensures that all manufacturers provide detailed labelling of the excipient content of their products." Dr. Pandya further stated: "We are planning further studies on the chemicals to understand exactly what these effects might be."
The team is hopeful that the appropriate regulatory bodies will take action "to determine whether existing practice constitutes a risk and, if so, how this might be dealt with."
Overdosing of infants has consistently been a problem with respect to pharmaceutical products. Thus, it is easy to understand why the same apparently holds true for excipients that are contained in medications.
To understand why small infants are at risk when exposed to dosages of any medication designed for older children or adults, one need only consider the ever-increasing awareness of the potentially fatal effect over-the-counter (OTC) cold remedies designed for "children" have when given to infants.
In November 2005, findings were released by the Montgomery, Ohio, Coroner's Office that linked a number of infant deaths to improper medicating with cold remedies that were intended for older children. This prompted health officials in other states as well as at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to start their own inquiries into the apparent harmful and often deadly confusion between "pediatric" and "infant" dosages for OTC cold medications.
At the time, the Coroner's Office said that they encountered 10 deaths over an 8-month period in infants less than 12 months old with toxicology findings that included a variety of drugs commonly found in OTC cold medications.
The drugs detected were ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, dextromethorphan, diphenhydramine, chlorpheniramine, brompheniramine, ethanol, carbinoxamine, levorphanol, acetaminophen, and the anti-emetic metoclopramide.
The toxicologists involved in the investigation said that these specific cases demonstrated that the administration of some OTC cold medications is not safe and can result in fatal levels of toxicity in infants who have been exposed to contraindicated doses of such drugs or their active ingredients.
Since 2005, there have been other major occurrences of infant deaths linked to improper dosages of over-the-counter medications, causing physicians and medical professionals to advise patients to seek medical advice from a professional even in regards to OTC medications when it comes to infants and children. On February 26, 2006 the Chicago Tribune ran a story regarding the deaths of two Kane County infants within a 24-hour period and attributed these deaths to accidental overdoses of prescription cold medicines.
Reports from around the U.S. indicate that accidental overdosing of infants is a serious and growing problem. Moreover, the problem is not limited to prescription drugs, as life-threatening overdoses of OTC medications also appear to be on the rise.
The Chicago Tribune article noted a similar situation to the Ohio deaths in at least one of the deaths in Kane County where "the prescribed dosage of medicine was 0.2 milligrams, he said, but the dropper that was used, which measures 1 milligram when full, could lead a confused caregiver to deliver 2 droppers-full of medicine instead of just two-tenths of one dropper."
Researchers in Atlanta found that prescription and over-the-counter cough and cold remedies were responsible for the deaths of three infants. The autopsies of two boys and one girl, between the ages of one to six months, revealed that all three children had high levels of the nasal decongestant pseudoephedrine in their blood.
According to the investigators, the cough suppressant dextromethorphan and Tylenol (acetaminophen), were noticeably present in the blood of two of the infants. In addition, the blood levels of pseudoephedrine found in the children were nine to 14 times higher than the recommended doses of the decongestant for children who are ages two to 12 years.
"Because of the risks for toxicity, absence of dosing recommendations, and limited published evidence of effectiveness of these medications in children ages younger than 2 years, parents and other caregivers should not administer cough and cold medications to children in this age group without first consulting a health-care provider and should follow the provider's instructions precisely," the investigators wrote.
They went on to say that clinicians should also be careful when administering or prescribing cough and cold medications and fever reducers to children under the age of 2. Most children's medications are not intended for children under the age of 2 and even giving small dosages can cause harmful effects.
Clinicians should also always ask caregivers if they are using or plan to use OTC medications before prescribing any other drugs to treat infant illnesses to make sure that there are no fatal combinations or possibilities for overdose.
Sadly, all three infants had ingested cough-and-cold remedies containing pseudoephedrine, and one had even been given both a prescription preparation and OTC medication containing the vasoconstricting decongestant.
Two of the children had also been given prescriptions containing the antihistamine carbinoxamine. Carbinoxamine was banned by the FDA following the reports of these infant deaths, citing that it contained medications that they had never approved. Since those deaths occurred, the FDA banned the manufacture of carbinoxamine-containing medications that the agency had not specifically approved.
While healthcare professionals always have access to this information and are expected to adhere to it when prescribing a medication or suggesting an OTC remedy, the same cannot be said of consumers, however.
All to often, patients "share" prescription medication with friends or relatives believing that it is safe as long as the other person has (what appears to be) the same medical problem. Thus, it is not uncommon for some very powerful (and dangerous) prescription medication to find its way to people who should not be taking it at all or who need a completely different dosage (or drug) because of their age or weight.
The problem with OTC medications is even more serious since there is usually no medical professional involved in the decision as to which product is taken and how much of it is used. Dosing charts are often ignored, thrown away, or misunderstood. There may even be problems with the clarity of the instructions or the accuracy of measuring devices included with the product. This problem is only getting worse as more and more prescription drugs are being approved in OTC varieties or dosages.
In August of 2005, for example, the FDA announced that Perrigo Co., was voluntarily recalling all lots of four types of its concentrated infants' liquid pain, cough, and cold drops that come packaged with syringes that could cause the youngest infants to receive overdoses of the various active ingredients including acetaminophen.
The oral syringes which Perrigo distributed with these over-the-counter liquid medications were not marked to measure doses of less than 1.6 milliliter which may be prescribed for children younger than 2 and less than 24 pounds. Ingesting too much acetaminophen, a pain-relieving ingredient, may cause liver damage. Previously, the medications had been distributed with droppers that had different markings. The new markings "caused some confusion among consumers and health-care professionals and may lead to improper dosing," the FDA said.
Taking a few extra OTC painkillers to get relief, multiplying or dividing recommended dosages depending on a child's weight, or ignoring warnings concerning dangerous interactions can, it seems, be deadly.
Each year, OTC drug overdoses and interactions send thousands of people to hospital emergency rooms and kill scores of others. When a parent or caregiver decides, without any medical advice, that half a dropper of a children's cold remedy is perfectly fine for a 18-pound, 10-month-old infant simply because the recommended dose for a much heavier 2-year-old child is one full dropper, the stage is set for a potentially deadly overdose. An infant's developing bodily systems are often far too immature (or even undeveloped) to expose to toxic medications without specific medical advice and supervision.
In October 2007, some over-the-counter infant cough and cold medicines were recalled by their manufacturers because of the concerns about the safety and effectiveness of such drugs. Studies by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) increased calls for such medications to be banned.
Up until that time, the FDA had concluded that if OTC cold preparations were safe and effective for adults, then smaller doses would be safe and effective for infants. The studies proved that assumption wrong. The CDC found that between 2004 and 2005, 1,500 children under the age of 2 had been injured by common over-the-counter decongestants and antihistamines, while the FDA found that from 1969 to 2006, at least 54 children died after taking over the counter decongestants, and 69 died after taking over-the-counter antihistamines. The FDA safety reviewers actually recommended a ban on all over-the-counter infant cold medications.
On October 19, 2007, an FDA advisory panel recommended a ban on over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for children younger than 6 and on January 17, 2008 the agency issued a Public Health Advisory for parents and caregivers recommending they do not give OTC cough and cold medicines to infants younger than 2 because they can lead to serious and fatal side effects.
Clearly, the message to be taken away from all of this is that premature babies and infants cannot and must not be lumped in with toddlers, older children, or adults when it comes to potential side effects from medications or even their so-called harmless excipients.
As always, if you believe that you or a loved one has suffered an injury as a result of taking a prescription drug or OTC medication, do not hesitate to contact Parker Waichman LLP at www.yourlawyerr.com for a free consultation with one of our experienced attorneys.


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Fundraising Events Calendar
Below is a list of our current and past events. Please contact us for more information regarding these events and sponsorship opportunities.
Current Events
- JVS 85th Anniversary Gala, Honoring Vivian Seigel
September 24, 2016 - The Beverly Wilshire Hotel
- 4th Annual Woman To Woman Conference
November 17, 2016 - Skirball Cultural Center
Past Events
- Scholarship Awards Reception
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- 3rd Annual Woman To Woman Conference
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Final 2013 Composite Recruiting Rankings – Conferences
Note- All annual rankings ARE NOT EQUAL. The #2 composite class in 2012 would be ranked #6 this year. So teams slightly below 2012 rankings are adding near equal talent, those that appear to have similar classes are really adding more and those above average are way above average.
While every player doesn't stick and most never even see the field for the team they sign with today, the talent grab is the building block for the future of every team and every conference. Attrition happens and for those lucky few and it happen to a bit less in the coming 4 years, their overall talent may catch up to teams that out recruit them.
But do not under estimate each recruiting cycle. Failure here produces gaps in talent or starts a downward trend of an entire football program. Championship teams aren't made today, but they can certainly be lost.
Not a lot, as expected, in this breakdown. It appeared that the big mover in 2013 was going to be the Big Ten. They are still the biggest mover in total average talent for a conference but from up over 8 spots per team for the start of NSD week to just 4 spots is a big drop.
#1 is the SEC. Same as last year and the years before. Their total talent grab this year huge this year and well beyond the #22 average class of 2012. And considering the overall talent rankings in 2013 are higher than 2012, the increase in top to bottom SEC talent was amazing. Just wait until they get 3 teams in the 4 team playoff. With 14 teams, it can happen. Odds for continued SEC domination are going up.
The Big 12 just held down its position as the #3 recruiter of the last 4 years. The Big Ten tried to slightly close the gap and teh PAC12 fell way back in overall talent with a very down year in recruiting. The biggest hurt for the PAC12 is that the fallers were their top teams. Conference perceptions are based on the best teams being the best. Oregon. USC, Stanford all down, down, down.
The ACC flat out took it right in the shorts. Boston College and Georgia Tech both took on sub #75 classes? 14 Non-AQ schools out ranked those two. Awful. On the flip side, it makes it a whole lot easier for the top teams to stay on top and that, more than anything, is what a conference needs for power perceptions and rankings.
*ESPN ranks only thru #40 so their conf. ave numbers are skewed.
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The first trailer for Don Jon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut has been released after receiving generally good reviews at Sundance. The film stars Levitt as a porn addicted ladies man who's attempting to reform himself, and along the way meets a girl he's actually interested in for more than a night.
The film also stars Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Tony Danza. In addition to starring and directing, Levitt also wrote the screenplay. Yes, the man is a creative triple threat.
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Nixon love letters to his "dearest heart" on display
By Cynthia Johnston
(Reuters) - Old-school love letters between a young Richard Nixon and the woman he would later marry have been unveiled at the former president's library in California, showing the poetic side of a man who addressed his future wife as "dearest heart."
The letters, written by hand from 1938 to 1940, include professions of love in which Nixon tells Pat Ryan, as she was then known, that "nothing so fine ever happened" to him as falling in love with her.
"Every day and every night I want to see you and be with you. Yet I have no feeling of selfish ownership or jealousy. In fact I should always want you to live just as you wanted - because if you didn't then you would change and wouldn't be you," Nixon wrote in one of the letters, part of a rotating display at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
"Let's go for a long ride Sundays; let's go to the mountains weekends; let's read books in front of fires; most of all let's really grow together and find the happiness we know is ours," he continued.
Nixon, who was U.S. president from 1969 to 1974, stepped down in the face of almost certain impeachment due to the involvement of his aides and campaign in an attempt to bug his political opponents' offices at the Watergate complex and the subsequent cover-up.
He was pardoned a month after he left office by his successor, President Gerald Ford. Nixon, whose wife stood by him throughout a scandal that damaged national trust in the White House and government, died in 1994.
The letters illustrate the couple's courtship between the time they met during tryouts for a community play in Whittier, California, in 1938 and when they were later married in 1940, nearly three decades before becoming president and first lady.
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This one has been around the block for a while but I still spit blood every time I see it. It is ultimately about people control not gun control.
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This one has been around the block for a while but I still spit blood every time I see it. It is ultimately about people control not gun control.
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The vid views older actions of the U.N., but still makes me angry every time I think of an appointed organizations of corrupt countries, who hate the U.S., gladly take our money and then propose taking away our 2A rights.
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Just points out the direction the world is heading........ to the NWO (one-world government.) Our own politicians are the ones allowing this to happen to the USA !!!!! Money talks, I guess. (sigh)
Thanks to our trillions of dollars debt, owing to foreign countries........ looks like they have us by the balls! If we expect to keep borrowing THEIR money, we will have to play by THEIR rules. And this is exactly what Obama and the "Socialist / Liberal" agenda is all about !!!
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Since we are worse off than broke folks, the American Empire shall soon have to retire with our firearms, no longer able or willing to defend and protect foreigners from harm over there everywhere because we can no longer afford it and we no longer care. So, let those European and Asian and African nations go back to their ancient, traditional, tribal conflicts against and with their old enemies and friends, once again, as they did before we got involved in all of their wars. Let them have fun without those old American guns.
We need to get out of the UN and let the rest of the world take care of itself for a change. They (the UN) truly are disgusting.
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There is something about firing 4,200 thirty millimeter rounds/min that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
This video has been around for a while now. However, it still makes me sick.
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2. The installation used galvanized screws, and there are significant "gouges" around the screws. What can be done?
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5. The bannister post (and a few other 1/x8 decking planks) are already showing serious cracks (8"or longer on one side, for example). Is this normal, or should I replace?
6. pressure treated lumber was used for the columns (square columns) and it is riddled with Knots. I assume I will now need to paint, right? Do I need to wait out winter and paint in the spring, or should I prime now?
7. Should I seal all the seams with exterior gout or paintable filler now? Bondo?
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Pictures will help. Treated lumber does not hold up well in finish applications. Splitting and knots are very commonplace. The wood will also shrink a lot, so whatever is tight now will soon have a gap. Did you look at any other decks that he built?
We did the best we could when choosing a contractor.
What do you think about the dark spotting? thanks!
The wood will age and change color during the process. No one knows how the "spotting" will end up looking later . I assume you had son authority over the type od treated wood used. Obviously, it is not redwood or a premium material and you may end up staining it to the tint of your choice. Any treated lumber will shrink because it is used so it can absorb the "treatment", so a previous poster is absolutely correct.
If you used 8" wide deck boards, the cracks created by the normal shrinkage and some slitting can expected. can be expected.
The height a hand rail is controlled by code (safety reasons), as is the spacing of any spindle spacing is also code controlled.
Normally treated wood should be allowed to dry out, shrink and stabilize before staining or sealing. After all, it is just lower grade lumber.
If you posted your location, the climate effects could be estimated better.
Personally I feel PT wood is garbage and should really not be used at all, especially for decking. Every year the lumber get's progressively worse. Pictures would help tremendously to check for workmanship issues, but even then there is only so much workmanship you can do with garbage material.
I recently replaced a few boards on my parent 35 year old pretty large pressure treated deck, while fixing some poor initial design problems (like cutting a 4x4 post down to a 2x2 and expect that to work as a floating railing end :huh:). They used 16' 2x4s as deck boards (with 24" joist spacing). I reused most of the length of those 2x4s in other projects. the failures were pretty localized and not catastrophic. The pool deck is also pressure treated and is doing good after about 25 years.
PT doesn't look top notch, but it usually last pretty well. The only problems I've seen with it is when you have a 4x4 cut off an exposed to the elements in a vertical orientation. the treatment doesn't fully penetrate sometimes and the middle can rot. If capped, they are fine.
Are the spots just water spots?
IMHO, don't seal or paint anything. I think it makes PT look worse, and isn't needed.
pt lumber does twist and split like you wouldnt believe... but you can work with that... it requires picking through the lumber at the yard more... and planning your cuts..
regarding 1/8" gaps in the boards around the posts. is pretty common place with this being on the outside of the house where its going to be subject to the weather its better to give the wood room to breath. reason being the wood will expand and contract. if its too tight the wood can buckle or split
having the handrail higher is actually better in the long run. even though the deck is low off the ground. if codes change and they require a higher hand rail than 36" your already covered... that is unless codes want the handrail to be at 42" regardless the height of the deck. canadian code states that guardrails must be 42" off the deck or landing when the height of the deck is 6' or higher
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When you're working in a spectacular city like Amsterdam, you want to be right at the centre of it all. Surrounded by the capital's famous canals and stunning architecture, Amsterdam de Vijzel ('The Vyzel') is a multipurpose building that puts your business as central as it gets. Because you're in Amsterdam's city centre, you've got instant access to local amenities, including hotels, cafes and restaurants. Meanwhile, excellent public transport on the canals and trams put Amsterdam's Central Business District (CBD) just minutes away. So you get a location in the centre of the city, with quick access to the centre of business. And if you need to travel further, Schiphol Amsterdam Airport is just twenty minutes away by car or 25 minutes on public transport.
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1998 NCAA Champions
With the largest margin of victory in over ten years, Georgia won its fourth NCAA Championship. Just as they had in 1993 the Gym Dogs began the Super Six competing on the uneven bars. And the rotation was just as successful in 1998. The upperclassmen performed 16 of the 24 routines in the preliminaries and in the Super Six team finals at the NCAAs. Even with the victory in hand, Karin Lichey put the exclamation mark on the win with her 10.0 vault as the final competitor for the Gym Dogs.
Head coach Suzanne Yoculan was named NACGC Coach of the Year and assistant coach Doug McAvinn was named the NACGC Assistant Coach of the Year. Kim Arnold won the AAI American Award, the first Georgia gymnast to be honored as the nation's top senior gymnast. Arnold and Lichey were a one-two punch in the all-around standings, with Arnold successfully defending her 1997 title as the overall winner. Both were five-time All-Americans, becoming the second and third UGA gymnasts to earn the maximum number of first-team awards in a single season. Arnold and Jenni Beathard shared the beam title to give Georgia its first individual title on that event. Karin Lichey won her first individual NCAA title when she scored a 9.950 for her floor routine. It marked the eighth consecutive year that at least one Georgia gymnast came away with an NCAA individual title. Georgia had the most gymnasts competing in the individual event finals of any school with seven, and its 18 first-team All-America honors were the most for any school in 1998.
"We knew this was a special team right from the first day of practice," Yoculan said. "All we've had to do is turn on the lights and get them on the bus. That's the kind of team it's been. They've managed themselves, they've taken care of themselves, they've called their own team meetings. They were a team that was on a mission. We were definitely led by the six upperclassmen."
"This was a Team's Team. All the coaches needed to do was unlock the doors and turn on the light - the gymnasts took care of the rest. Expereince made the diffrence as we stormed through an undefeated season with lots of All-American upperclassmen. We were truly UNLEASHED and every minute of everyday was fun!" - Coach Suzanne Yoculan
"Being on the 1998 Championship team was truly an honor. This team was disciplined. From the first fall practice to the last routine on the last event at nationals, this team fought until the very end. Our determination lead us to take control and pull it together to make things happen. Being on the award stand with my teammates, my friends, was a feeling of accomplishment that I will never forget." - Karin (Lichey) Usry
"The 1998 NCAA Championship team was such a great team. All of the girls worked so hard because we all wanted to win, and we were all on the same page, with the same goal on our minds. We were so confident, because we competed just like we practiced. When it came time for Nationals, I don't even think we were that nervous. We just had a calm feel about it, and went out there and got the job done." - Kim (Arnold) Arenas
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Are you ready to get into the playoffs? If you're reading this, your team is either already in or holding out hope at punching its ticket to the tourney in Week 13. The whole win-or-go-home situation can be nerve-wracking if you're serious about fantasy football, but embrace the excitment. This may be the last meaningful week of your season, so leave nothing bottled up. Enjoy the circumstances and let the chips fall where they may. To help you set your lineup this morning, this post will be constantly updated until the 1 p.m. Eastern kickoffs with all of the news regarding the actives and inactives in today's early games. The notable game-time decisions today are Sidney Rice , Danny Amendola and Andre Roberts , but when I say we'll have ALL of the updates about the fantasy playmakers in these early games, I mean it.
Players who have already been ruled out for Week 13 include Percy Harvin, Ben Roethlisberger, Jonathan Stewart, Michael Vick, LeSean McCoy, Maurice Jones-Drew and Andre Brown. For a full rundown of injuries around the league this week, click the link below the NFL's official injury report.
-- Tim Tebow won't play today for the Jets. He was listed as questionable on the injury report, but he has fractured ribs and really shouldn't have been active for the Thanksgiving Day massacre versus New England when he was the team's only backup QB. He's not on the fantasy radar. This is only news because it's Tebow. Greg McElroy will back up Mark Sanchez today.
-- Adrian Peterson and Kyle Rudolph are active for the Vikings. They were both listed as probable. Adrian is Adrian; you know what to do. Rudolph is a fringe TE1 today with Percy Harvin out of the lineup, but Green Bay defends tight ends pretty well.
-- Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings is officially active for today's game against the Vikings. It's his first game action since Week 4 and thus, he'll likely play limited snaps today. He's a desperation WR3, but Aaron Rodgers might try to target him often when he's on the field. Donald Driver is inactive because of his thumb injury. No matter there.
-- Cardinals wide receiver Andre Roberts is inactive. He didn't practice at all this week and was listed as questionable because of an ankle injury. Michael Floyd will start in Roberts' place, but no Cardinals WR is a great play with Mr. Ryan Lindley at quarterback. I think Larry Fitzgerald is a WR3, and that's just sad.
-- Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola is inactive. It's a smart move since his foot is clearly not healthy. Chris Givens and Brandon Gibson should see increased targets in a tough matchup against the 49ers. Givens is the high-risk, high-reward play.
-- Lions WR Titus Young is inactive due to being an idiot. He has completely turned the team against him with his recent actions, and it's questionable if he will even play again this season. I love me some Ryan Broyles as a WR3 today against the Colts.
-- All of the questionable Patriots that you need for your fantasy team are active. Wes Welker and Aaron Hernandez are must-starts. Brandon Lloyd remains a boom-or-bust WR3. Julian Edelman is in that area, too. It's gotten to the point where I'd almost rather start Edelman than Lloyd.
-- Cardinals RB Beanie Wells is active. He was listed as questionable on the injury report because of his knee condition. He'll likely be listed as questionable in many week, but he'll continue to get 17-20 touches per game. Facing the poor Jets run defense today, he is a low-end RB2.
-- Sidney Rice is active for the Seahawks. He was a late add to the injury report this week because of a calf injury. He's probably not operating at full strength, and I would rather have him on my bench against the Bears in Chicago.
-- Late-game note, but it's a good one: Raiders QB Terrelle Pryor will be active for the first time this season, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. There's no word on if he will actually play or not, but there have been rumors that he will see more playing time in the final couple of games. Something to watch if you are invested in Carson Palmer or any part of the Raiders' passing game.
-- Cecil Shorts and Justin Blackmon are both active for the Jaguars. I got a little worried when they both followed up a full practice on Wednesday with a no-show on Thursday. But use them as you will. It's a great matchup agianst the Bills. Shorts is a WR2. I would consider Blackmon as more of a WR3.
-- Bears RB Matt Forte is active. He missed some time last week because of an ankle injury, but he's up and ready to face a tough Seahawks front. I think he's more of a mid-range RB2 today.
-- Lions RB Mikel Leshoure is active after he missed the entire overtime period in Detroit's Thanksgiving Day loss. He's still very touchdown dependent, but he's a fine RB2 against the Colts.
-- As expected, Colts tight end Coby Fleener is active after missing the past few games due to a shoulder injury. He and Dwayne Allen will likely split snaps versus the Lions, so neither of them is a recommended play.
-- Wide receiver A.J. Jenkins, the 49ers' first-round pick this year, is active for the first time this season. He is well off the radar as the Niners' No. 4 wideout. Also in Niner news, kicker David Akers, who had been dealing pain in his pelvis, reportedly kicked a field goal from 60 yards during warmups. So he looks good to go. However, playing any kicker with any sort of lower-body injury is an unnecessary risk.
-- Arian Foster and Andre Johnson, both listed as probable on the injury report, are active. Start!
-- Titans backup running back Jamie Harper is inactive because of an ankle injury. An extra carry or three for Chris Johnson? Perhaps.
-- Dolphins running back Lamar Miller is active after being a healthy scratch last week. He is extra insurance for Reggie Bush and Daniel Thomas.
-- Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb is inactive, However, he's nearing a return from his rib injury. And who would have thought that we'd be living in a world where the return of Kevin Kolb would be seen as good news for the Cardinals' passing game?
-- Rashad Jennings and Montell Owens will be the only two active Jaguars RBs today. Jordon Todman is inactive. So maybe there won't be much of a rotation here. Jennings is an RB2 against the Bills.
-- Bills WR Donald Jones is inactive. He had been listed as questionable with a calf injury. He had microscopic fantasy value after not gaining more than 20 yards in each of the past two games. T.J. Graham will start.
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Harvin, for the second week in a row, was ruled out on Saturday. He didn't make the short trip with the Vikings to Green Bay. He tried to test his sprained ankle on Wednesday, and it didn't go so well. I think he's very questionable to play next week versus the Bears. Jarius Wright will continue to fill the void out of the slot for the Vikings, and he is a decent PPR plug-and-play if your team has been beset by injury.
Roethlisberger's sprained shoulder isn't ready for game action. So Charlie Batch gets another start for the Steelers. In other words, all Steelers receivers are extremely risky options while the Ravens may end up being the No. 1 fantasy defense this week.
Stewart is nursing injuries to both ankles, one of which is a high ankle sprain. He'll likely miss two or three games. DeAngelo Williams will get the start today versus the Chiefs. It's a great matchup, but he's only a flex option, because DeAngelo Williams is simply not a very good player. Plus, he'll lose all goal-line touches to Cam Newton and/or Mike Tolbert.
Vick and McCoy are out for another week, and there's a decent chance that neither of them play again in 2012. Vick has reportedly "plateaued" with his concussion rehab while McCoy remains stuck in phase 1. I don't want any part of Nick Foles, but Bryce Brown is a strong RB2 against the Cowboys.
The Jaguars will go with a running back rotation today, led by Rashad Jennings. He should lead the team with 15 touches or so, and against the Bills, that makes him a low-end RB2. MJD's return doesn't seem imminent.
Brown suffered a broken leg last Sunday night, so he's gone for the season. That injury opens the door for rookie David Wilson to get more carries. However, I think the bigger news for fantasy purposes is that Ahmad Bradshaw should reclaim the goal-line carries going forward. He is a fine RB2 on Monday versus the Redskins. Wilson is worth an add, but I don't expect a whole lot from him in the final month of the season.