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From 3DLax.com, Jamie Munro brings you the "Clearing 101 Pop Quiz"
Multiple Choice
1. When there's no pressure on the defenders and goalie, which of these make a clearing situation easier?
A. Having all the middies come back for the ball
B. Having the middle middies come back for the ball
C. Having one middie stretch to the far restraining line
D. Having two middies stretch to the far restraining line
2. When a clearing defender has the ball, what should the goalie do to take advantage of only two riding attackmen?
A. Stay in his crease for protection
B. Cut up the field if he's open
C. Overload the ball side, making the off-ball attackman choose between leaving either the goalie or far defenseman open
D. Listen to the coaches' instructions during the play
3. When the riding team leaves the goalie as the only uncovered player, it's easiest to...
A. Pass it over the middle if the middies work hard off the ball
B. Stretch the two center middies to open up the middle, then step a third middie who's being covered by an attackman into the defensive zone
C. Bring your middies hard back for the ball
D. None of the above
When college teams make clearing look so easy, it's usually when they've stretched covered middies down to the far restraining line. Normal clearing is 7 on 6, which is more complicated than 6 on 5 (in which the clearing team stretches one middie) or 5 on 4 (stretches two middies).
Once you've simplified the clearing scenario, identify where the attackman covering a middie is, step that middie over midfield and lob him the ball.
The DGD vs. two riding attackmen is one of the most fundamental elements in clearing. Overloading a side and swinging the ball to the other is the key. By bringing your goalie halfway to the ball and slightly behind it, he can dictate where the ball goes. If an attackman's covering him tight, the goalie should yell "Over." If the attackman's anticipating the over pass, the goalie will yell "Goalie."
The easiest clear comes when the goalie is left open. Once he has the ball in the middle of the field, the two defensemen are guaranteed maximum time because no attackman can get to the goalie and then back to the defensemen.
The "Goalie Ride" is common in high school and youth lacrosse. Many teams stay in their 34 setup and cut the middies wildly, with the goalie trying to hit a receiver over the middle like a QB. It's easier to stretch two of center midfielders deep and open up the middle; that way, the goalie can walk it up, identify the middie covered by an attackman and lob it to him when he steps over midfield. When it's a "match feet" ride and the attackman stays onsides with his man, keep two middies onsides, run it up the middle, draw and dump a pass from the goalie.
6. It's difficult to get a fourth middie on in clearing situations
7. Off a shot-save clear or an endline restart, shortstick d-middies should stay opposite the bench
8. Clearing up the bench side is advisable
9. If a midfielder's uncovered, he should come back for the ball
10. It's easy to 10-man ride off stretched middies
6. F | The longstick middie can come off or go deep and the third defenseman can come to the bench side just as easily as go opposite the bench. Get him off and be a better clearing team.
7. T | Don't let your shortsticks come off the field or hover around the bench side. Make the opposing team keep their offensive middies on the field or give up an easy clear up the off-bench side.
8. F | There are usually a half dozen players coming in and out of the box in the early stages of a clear. Run the shortsticks off-bench side or wait until the subbing's complete to clear in front of the bench.
9. T | Whether you're stretched, on a corner or in the middle, follow this simple rule: if you're open, flash for the ball.
10. T | Many riding teams roll into their 10-man packages by covering stretched middies with defensemen and pushing their middies up the field for a numerical advantage. That's why clearing teams tend to start in a 34 and roll into an open set once it's been determined t


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By John MacKinnon
It was predictable, neither entirely wacky nor wholly unproductive, for Quebec's culture minister to weigh in Monday on the linguistic failings of newly appointed Montreal Canadiens head coach Randy Cunneyworth.
Cunneyworth, as the hockey world knows, does not speak French, although he is undoubtedly bilingual, as Gordie Howe once noted, speaking both English and profanity fluently.
He's also a fully qualified NHL coach, having played 866 games as a grinding, twoway forward, coached in the American Hockey League for eight seasons (seven with the Rochester Americans, then last season with Montreal's affiliate in Hamilton, Ont.) and been an NHL assistant coach for a couple of seasons.
But Quebec's culture minister, Christine St-Pierre, was serious when she suggested the Canadiens – having fired Jacques Martin, a FrancoOntarian at ease in both of Canada's official languages – should correct the situation as soon as possible.
By which she presumably meant remove Cunneyworth at the earliest convenience, or force-feed him a surefire Berlitz program before next season.
The Canadiens, St-Pierre emphasized, stating the obvious, are not merely a hockey team, but a cultural institution in Quebec, with obvious implications to respect the language of the majority, not to mention the organization's own rich, well-documented social history.
She is dead right about that. It's also a Quebecois cultural institution that has been owned for more than half a century by either Molson Brewery, the Molson family, the Bronfman family or U.S. entrepreneur George Gillett. The situation is nuanced.
Anyway, striking a balance between being a professional sports franchise in pursuit of excellence and being a cultural symbol with a duty to reflect the community it represents is a terribly daunting mandate.
It is reasonable in theory, but gets tricky in practice.
In a 30-team NHL, with a universal draft, free agency and much else, stocking Les Canadiens with francophone Quebecers has become impractical, if not impossible.
Currently, only Mathieu Darche, rookie Louis Leblanc and David Desharnais qualify. The national junior team boasts three Canadiens prospects – Michael Bournival, Brendan Gallagher and Nathan Beaulieu. Only Bournival is French-Canadian. Beaulieu, born in Strathroy, Ont., does not speak French.
There is no influx of French-speaking talent in the offing.
If ensuring that the head coach be bilingual were necessary and sufficient benchmarks to satisfy those who are vigilant about language in Quebec, well, that would a difficult, but achievable standard to hit.
But what satisfies Quebec's cultural watchdogs has been and remains a moving target.
Just ask Saku Koivu, the Canadiens' Finnish-born captain for a decade. Koivu, a gritty, inspirational player, found that comebacks from cancer and an horrific eye injury were insufficient to save him from criticism for a weak command of French.
The reality is, since Toe Blake, a bilingual anglophone, became coach in 1955, Les Glorieux have only rarely been led by a unilingual English speaker.
One, famously, was Al McNeil, who replaced Claude Ruel in the 1970-71 season and led that team to an upset Stanley Cup victory, with a phenom named Ken Dryden in goal. He was fired after that glorious season.
Another was Bob Berry, a born Montrealer, who played college hockey at Sir George Williams (now Concordia) University and had a lengthy NHL career. He spoke a basic sort of French.
Pat Burns, was an anglophone, for sure, but the former cop spoke a colourful, streetwise version of both official languages and never had any difficulty communicating with anyone. Oh, and Berry and Burns could curse fluently in both French and English.
It's also true that since Burns moved to Toronto in 1992, the shelf life of Canadiens coaches has been about three seasons, not much time to deliver a champion.
Post-Burns, the Canadiens have used and discarded Jacques Demers, Mario Tremblay, Alain Vigneault, Michel Therrien, Claude Julien, Bob Gainey (twice), Guy Carbonneau and now, Jacques Martin, whose 613 victories place him ninth all-time in NHL history.
The coaches' short shelf life is a function of the serial mediocrity of the team's onice performance.
The team's not winning, or not improving? Fire the coach.
This happens with coaches everywhere, of course, but in Montreal's case it has the effect of exhausting the supply of bilingual ones, which, as the culture minister has noted, is a prerequisite of the job.
This stipulation also has the effect of eliminating a massive swath of excellent coaches who are candidates for the league's other 29 teams, but not for Les Canadiens.
But, not to worry, Geoff Molson, the Canadiens' principal owner, was heard from Monday, standing behind Cunneyworth, sort of, and also saying, in a statement: " – it is obvious that the ability for the head coach to express himself in both French and English will be a very important factor in the selection of the permanent head coach."
Which, as I read it, kneecaps Cunneyworth as the long-term head man, while exhorting him to right the ship in the short term. Good luck with that.
Players who know the coach is not long for his job can often find ways not to deliver precisely the kind of performance Molson is hoping the coaching change will deliver. Call it the substitute teacher effect.
So, without a doubt, the balance between on-ice performance and cultural correctness can be a debilitating struggle for a sports franchise.
Meanwhile, the Canadiens' power play is ranked 28th in the NHL, their home record is 5-7-6, empty seats are sprouting in the Bell Centre, on and on.
I don't think the culture minister, the language police or various media hard cases have much to offer to remedy those deficiencies.

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The NHL All-Star was spotted watching the final table of the World Series of Poker's epic high-stakes $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Kessel joined the action when Negreanu got heads-up against opponent Dan Colman.
"It's a pretty good little sweat," said Kessel, in reference to the $7 million jump between first and second place in the tournament.
Negreanu hails from Toronto and has played with Kessel and various Maple Leafs in several charity poker tournaments. Negreanu mentioned on Twitter he played golf with Kessel last week.
Interestingly Kessel, who potted 37 goals for the Leafs this year, makes $8 million a year with Toronto. Negreanu could roughly double that in just three days of work by winning the first-place prize of $15 million.
The Big One for One Drop attracted 42 players this year and created a prize pool of $37 million with over $4 million going towards charity.
Kessel didn't say whether he would take part in the $10,000 WSOP Main Event, which former Vancouver Canuck's goaltender Roberto Luongo has played for the last two years.


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Bob, just at dusk the bass will sometimes be sucking insects off the surface. I love this type of casting because it's to rising fish. The casting is to the fish so it's all over the board. I use caddis and soft pillows in #10 (I like 'em big)and I dead drift the fly. If there is a lot of insect activity I will often twitch or even slide the fly across the surface to try and get their attention. Color doesn't matter a bit. I have a buddy that uses small poppers and he does well. I'm trying to remember where they were the last time and I think it was slow water after a riffle by the ex piano factory at St Charles. There was quite a bit of current so the drift didn't last long but it didn't have to. Most of the bass were smallish but it didn't matter.
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Evidence of the hold that Islam is acquiring over Britain piles up all the time. The release from prison of Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, sentenced to life for the Lockerbie bombing, shows that a Muslim country can already dictate British policy. More extraordinary still is the stranglehold that Muslim demands are acquiring on British practices and values at home. Such Muslim demands are in fact more often imaginary than real, which makes the British surrender to them all the more inexplicable.
Shirley Chaplin has been a nurse for some three decades. She is a committed Christian and wears round her neck a small silver cross, about one inch big. Her employers, the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, warns her that she must remove this cross or be fired, in effect forcing her to choose between her faith and her job. Muslim nurses, however, are allowed to wear the hijab. Meanwhile in Liverpool, Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang have been running a hotel, and they are also committed Christians. A guest in their hotel was a Muslim woman, and she came down to breakfast one morning in a hijab. A discussion began, apparently about the status of Jesus in Islam. Mr. Vogelenzang allegedly said that Muhammad was a warlord, and his wife said that Muslim dress is a form of bondage for women. The Muslim woman went to the police, and the Vogelenzangs are now charged with breaching a Public Order Act, thus causing harassment, alarm, or distress. If convicted, they face fines of £2,500 each and a criminal record. On top of that, publicity has put a stop to business, and they have had to sell the hotel. On yet another front, the civil servants of the Home Office — in charge of domestic affairs — have been warned not to eat in front of Muslims during Ramadan. Operating officially within the department, it turns out, is a Home Office Islamic Network, paid for by the taxpayer, and it has inspired what it calls this "sensitivity" to Muslims. However, the Muslim Public Affairs Committee, established to promote Islamic interests, has put out a statement that "We don't care how much non-Muslims eat in front of us," — which is very kind, perhaps even sensitive, of them.
It is hard to know what exactly motivates this regular and obsessive obeisance to Islam, its practices and values. Obviously some profound collective cultural readjustment is under way in the country. Is it prompted by guilt about the supposed wickedness of the British colonial past, whose atonement will only be attained though a Muslim Britain? Or on the contrary, by fear of being overpowered? Is there a total loss of confidence in being British and Christian, and therefore a spirit of national defeat?
The international spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood is Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi. He is very well known as a Muslim supremacist, advocating in blood-curdling terms the death of those he considers enemies. Da'wa is the Arabic word for call, generally used in the sense of outreach, of converting or proselytizing. Some years ago, Qaradawi declared importantly, "We will conquer Europe; we will conquer America! Not through the sword but through Da'wa." But even so one-track a sheikh as him can hardly have foreseen the enthusiasm of the British to do his Da'wa for him.


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BBC Worldwide will be allowed to acquire Virgin Media's 50% stake in pay-TV joint venture UKTV to help secure the financial future of Channel 4, despite a ban on all other merger and acquisition activity imposed by the BBC Trust today.
Sir Michael Lyons, the BBC Trust chairman, today outlined a tighter remit for BBC Worldwide that will prevent the corporation's commercial arm making further acquisitions such as the controversial Lonely Planet deal.
However, Lyons said a deal to buy Virgin Media's UKTV stake would be approved. He added that the BBC Trust had explicitly left a clause in the revised remit to allow Worldwide to strike deals when a case of "exceptional circumstances" could be made.
He said that the possibility of a deal to acquire the 50% of UKTV that BBC Worldwide does not already own as part of a partnership with Channel 4 to help the broadcaster bridge a potential £100m a year funding gap would meet that criterion.
"[A UKTV deal] fits neatly into that category. A deal around UKTV and Channel 4 would be exceptional," added Lyons.
He said that he was hopeful that the protracted and fraught negotiations with BBC Worldwide might result in a deal now that Channel 4 was coming close to resolving uncertainty about senior management. Lord Burns, the Channel 4 chairman designate, has already started work – with finding a replacement for Andy Duncan as chief executive his top priority.
"Discussions have been going on some time. They have been complicated by different views in Channel 4 about their priorities. I think I can see discussions coming to an early conclusion," Lyons said. "There is still the prospect of a deal ... a net gain for Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide. I encourage them getting on and completing those discussions."
Negotiations are understood to have been renewed over Virgin Media's 50% stake in UKTV in the last few weeks.
When the talks with BBC Worldwide were taking place earlier this year, the idea was to create a joint venture encompassing assets including UKTV's channels, Channel 4's own digital services such as E4, and possibly 2Entertain, the DVD distributor in which the corporation's commercial arm owns 60%.
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As if we didn't need another injury to a draft-day closer. Now Kyle Farnsworth of the Rays is expected to be put on the disabled list with a sore elbow.
The smart money is on Joel Peralta to get the most save opportunities while Farnsworth is out. Peralta's last two seasons have resulted in a 2.20 ERA and 0.80 WHIP in 2010 and a 2.93 ERA and 0.92 WHIP last year. Plus, he's totaled 110 strikeouts in 116 1/3 innings over that span. That's pretty dominant.
No other reliever in the Rays bullpen (J.P Howell, Jake McGee or Fernando Rodney) can boast those skills. Peralta may even be worth holding onto after Farnsworth returns.
So let's see here ... We have the list of American League closers since the start of spring training. Congratulations if you managed to roster one of the five guys in the first category. There's an awful lot of uncertainty further down.
Mariano Rivera
Jose Valverde
Sergio Santos
Jordan Walden
Brandon League
Joe Nathan
Matt Capps
Jim Johnson
Chris Perez
Grant Balfour
Matt Thornton?
Jonathan Broxton?
Mark Melancon?
Joel Peralta?
The White Sox haven't officially named a closer -- and rookie left-hander Hector Santiago is apparently in the mix as well. Keep an eye on the screwballer, who is probably still available in deep leagues.
We've already gone through the Royals situation -- with Greg Holland and Aaron Crow also in the mix for saves.
The Red Sox look like they'll be turning primarily to Melancon for the 3-4 months Andrew Bailey is sidelined by thumb surgery.
Steve's been with USA TODAY in one form or another since 1993. He started at USATODAY.com in 1996, becoming the website's baseball editor in 1999, and has written the fantasy baseball column for Sports Weekly since 2006. Follow him on Twitter: @sgardnerUSAT.
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metalshaping and panel replacement '40 Willys roof
Someone said something about free metalshaping lessons a few weeks ago.............Better late than never, huh!!!
I hope to write several tutorials on the rebuild of this '40 Willys coupe.
I was contacted by the owner to build this one, after another gentleman had started on it, deciding it was more than he was willing or able to handle.
In speaking with him, he convinced me that there is a need for '37-'42 Willys replacement panels, so he has agreed to give me extra time for the build to allow me the needed time to build patterns, bucks and forms for offering a complete line of replacement panels for these coupes.
In this tutorial, we'll be dealing with the issues of replacing obsolete sheetmetal in an area with lots of detail.
The original roof sustained a hard hit sometime in it's past and was previously 'repaired' with about a 3/4" thickness of lead.
This area is impossible to get to from the backside, so repairing it is a near impossibility.
The heat of all the previous work and tons of hammering from the inside of the roof panel with a pick hammer had eliminated any chance of saving this one. The metal was ground so thin that it literally had holes ground through it in several spots where the pick hammer had been used. If you look closely in the photo, you can see a couple of the holes and also notice the thickness of the lead. I melted a section of it out so it would be apparent how thick it is. There is supposed to be a reverse curve in this area, but due to the severity of the damage, it was just filled completely with lead.
The damage runs from about two inches below the top of the windshield, across the entire top of the door and down to the beltline, including most of the sail panel, which is where the holes are left from heavy grinding.
In order to make a new panel for this section, I had to rely on the information from the right side of the roof to provide usable patterns for the damaged left side. In order to gather this information, a flexible shape pattern was made, comprised of sign makers transfer tape and reinforced strapping/shipping tape.
This is the best method available for copying existing shapes, as all pertinent information is captured, and it can be used as a road map to guide in the shaping of the new panel.
In addition to the shape pattern, I also indexed it, and made corresponding contour gages to make sure the final arrangement is correct. These will not be used until the flexible shape pattern fits tightly to the new panel, insuring that the proper amount of stretch and shrink has been introduced properly. If the shape patterns has areas that fit either tight or loose, this tells us that there are areas that still need to be stretched or shrunk. Properly indexing the shape pattern will insure that it's placed on the panel in the exact same location each time it's checked for fit. Areas in the shape pattern that are fitting loose, tells us that the metal needs to be stretched to fill this void, whereas areas that are tight, is an indication that there is to much material present in that particular area and it either needs to be shrunk, or the area around it is needing stretched. It's always best to slowly bring up the low spots (loose areas in the pattern) rather than resorting to shrinking high spots. This a slow, meticulous process, but the results are amazing!
Once the flexible shape pattern is fitting the panel, the contour gages are used to make sure it is in the proper arrangement (form)
Without a buck to clamp the panel to, this is all we have to go by to get the final arrangement correct. It will take some manipulation by hand to get this final arrangement, but the panel will want to go, simply because the proper amounts of stretch and shrink has been placed in the proper areas.
This part of sheet metal shaping take some experience to understand, but once it's learned, it makes duplicating panels much easier than any other method, short of building a buck.
I'll add photos of the contour gages later, as I failed to get a picture of them.
I made the decision to make this panel in two pieces. I split it in an area that requires the least amount of shaping. This not only makes it easier and faster to shape, but also maintains maximum thickness of the material, which in this case is 19ga. cold rolled steel.
Here, the panels are shaped and ready to be welded.
And here is a shot after welding and planishing the weld seam.
It's obvious that the edges need trimmed and the flanges tipped, but the initial shape is there and now we can focus on tipping the edges to form the flanges for the door jamb and windshield opening.
Creating the joggle to conform to the top edge of the door is a painstaking process, but one that has to be done, so you just have to be very patient and get it right in order to look good.
Here a few shots of the new roof section ready to be welded in.
I'll be installing this panel next week, and will add more then.
Randy Ferguson
Ferguson Coachbuilding
Robinson, IL
(618) 544-2972
Randy Ferguson
Metalshaping & Kustom Paint
Beautiful work Randy!
Randy,I must say, that is some of the best metal work Iv ever seen!Please post more!
Trying to put the body-filler companies out of business?
Need to put step by step on CD an sell-em!
body filler?????
What's that???!!!!???
Thanks guys.
Randy Ferguson
Metalshaping & Kustom Paint
websters dictionary....craftsman
Absolutely never ceases to amaze me just what you can pull off!
Randy the handmade aluminum fender was a masterpiece, but this time your pulling off miracles!
Really refreshing to see what somebody can do with the right frame of mind and talent....
Heck go for it then you can become the panel king!!
Good luck with the replacement panel biz I am sure that you will shine!
Happy new year to ya!
I'm just speechless! And what a great subject to be massaging!
Is there any way you can put this in your project journal? Should also put the thread on the aluminum fender in there too.
As you can see Randy is incredibly talented and he is about the nicest fellow you could ever meet. No real fancy tools there just a tremendous amount of skill and dedication. If you need metal work done the right way you won't go wrong with Randy.
Hi guys,
Thanks a million for the kind words.
Mr. advanced design is too modest to tell you folks that he's been over the past couple days helping me install this panel. It's a bit more than one guy can really handle without some help. The extra set of hands is a huge help.
The new panel is installed and almost metalfinished. If all goes well, I'll be finishing it up tomorrow, then I'll post the next series of the tutorial.
Sleeve396, no miracles here!! But thanks for saying so.
A.D., I'll try getting my scrap (book) moved to the Journal.
Randy Ferguson
Metalshaping & Kustom Paint
Hi Folks,
Here's part two, with the new panel installed.
The inner structure was shoved in about 3/4"-1" along the top of the door opening. Getting that straight was also a challenge!! advanced design, a fellow member here, got to help with that.
To aid in getting the panel in the right spot. The centerline of the roof was marked and careful measurements taken from the center line to the edge of the shape pattern. The shape pattern was then flipped and the measurements duplicated on the opposite side.
Here's a couple shots of the section cut out, just prior to trimming for final fit.
I installed this panel with a combination of MIG and TIG welding, but was in too much of a hurry to get it done to take pics of the process. That's all been covered before anyway, so here are the pictures of the finished panel.
That last pic will need to be replaced. I must have flinched when I pulled the trigger!!
Randy Ferguson
Ferguson Coachbuilding
Randy Ferguson
Metalshaping & Kustom Paint
simply beautiful. As allways completely amazing work.
any chace you could get someone to film you while you work, and make an full length version of how you do such amazing work. That's my beef with car shows on tv, is they give you about 30seconds of that work showing the beginning and then the finished product, and then the rest of the show is all drama.
There is nothing like watching a master at his craft
'74 Gran Torino Project
351W, c6 trans, 9"
You could probably talk me into it if there is enough interest.
Not sure how many people would want to watch me work???!!!
Randy Ferguson
Metalshaping & Kustom Paint
Well, all one can say is you do amazing work. Where did you learn your craft at such a young age?
Thanks again for this post Randy. Excellent!!!
Hi Chopper64,
Thanks for the compliments!
I have been shaping metal for about 5 years now. I have had an interest for years, but didn't know anyone who did this type of work, then I ran across an internet based discussion group about 5 years ago. The fine folks I got to know through the group headed me in the right direction and 4 years ago we started having week long gatherings we call MetalMeet. It takes years to learn this craft, but getting out in the shop and taking the time each day to learn it will speed the process greatly.
If you're interested in this craft, come visit us at www.metalmeet.com
Randy Ferguson
Ferguson Coachbuilding
Robinson, IL
(618) 544-2972
Randy Ferguson
Metalshaping & Kustom Paint
Well, at Dutch's place, it was hamburgs and hot dogs.....
Is he doing that again this year? I'm still willing to "donate" my 39 Chevy 2dr sedan for a chop (and section, if time permits LOL).
Heck, I'd even FEED everyone!
You guys HAVE to see Randy pummel steel.
Randy, AKA Mighty Thor, makes it look EASY. It is, if your Popeye.
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by admin on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Featuring hospital and health care headlines from the media and the Web.
Iowa News
Doctors, patients share duty to contain costs
We can envision the letters from doctors. We don't perform unnecessary procedures, they will say. But when the most profitable tool one has is a scalpel, there is an inevitable tendency to use it. There is pressure from bosses to use it. And patients just go along. It is no secret Americans use more health care than people in every other country. We undergo too many tests that lead to unnecessary procedures. We rush to the doctor for minor ailments. We undergo unnecessary surgeries. And then we talk about containing health care costs. The most obvious way to do that is to use less health care. (Des Moines Register)
Cancer center continues Mercy mission
The official opening of Mercy's Hall-Perrine Cancer Center on July 19 was an exclamation point to Mercy's legacy as the leader in cancer care in the Cedar Rapids community. Well-known business leader and philanthropist Howard Hall recognized Mercy's commitment to cancer care as far back as 1956 when he helped bring the first cobalt radiation technology to Hall Radiation Center. Today, as a member of the Mercy Medical Center board of trustees since 1991, I have witnessed Mercy's continued commitment to ensuring Cedar Rapids and its outlying areas have the best cancer care close to home. (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
National News
Denver Health: Low readmission rate not easy to emulate
Denver Health can do it, every hospital ought to be able to do it. That's the implicit challenge of the new Medicare penalties for high hospital readmission rates that will be hitting 2,211 American hospitals come October. Denver Health, despite being a safety net hospital, won't be paying a penalty: It has an enviably low readmission rate. But there's a problem says Medicare's poster child: Denver Health's quality chief calls the new policy imprecise and perhaps unfair, too. (Kaiser Health News)
Ohio hospital successfully battles C. diff
When officials at The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health in Cincinnati launched a high-priority initiative in 2009 to bring down its skyrocketing C. diff rate, it took far less time and money than they expected to get dramatic results. With better controls on antibiotic use, new room-cleaning strategies, and revamped standards of care, the hospital cut its C. diff infection rate 50% in just six months—a period when the average number of cases dropped from about 16 a month to fewer than half that number. And the decline continues: From January through March this year, the infection rate was down nearly 80% since the initiative began, with no change in occupancy rates. (USA Today)
Cleveland Clinic wellness program gets results
As Cleveland Clinic's wellness program hits its five-year anniversary, Chief Wellness Officer Michael Roizen says the program is showing real results and returns. Fierce Healthcare spoke with Roizen about how the program has affected the patients, the community and employees–plus previews a patient wellness widget that's in the works. (Fierce Healthcare)
CIOs walk fine line between doctor access and patient privacy
Health care CIOs are struggling to balance the needs to doctors and patients as they work out the governance of electronic medical records. Glenn Mamary, CIO of Hunterdon Healthcare System, in, Flemington, N.J., says he has worked out a series of governance policies designed to address the practical challenges he has faced while transitioning to electronic medical records. He has contended with problems such as doctors not getting sufficient access to those records and with curious personnel looking at medical histories they should not be seeing. (Wall Street Journal)


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Didn't win but still want a chance to run CLE for free? The other official bloggers will be running contests from now through the beginning of April, so be on the lookout for those. Two bloggers who are running contests this week are Jess and Joe. Check them out, and read about all of the official bloggers on the Run.Train.Blog. page. There are some great posts on there!
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The new Findlay City Council was sworn in Monday afternoon and is set to take over in January of 2014. Six new members and the five, incumbents, only three of which maintain their current seat, represent the most significant change in Findlay's legislative body in recent memory including a new ward..
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New At-Large Councilman Tom Shindledecker sees restoring some eliminated positions in the city while carefully monitoring the budget situation and flooding as the major issues going into the new year. Andy Douglas, who will take over the Sixth Ward is eager to begin his term..
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Newcomers John Harrington, Tom Klein, Holly Frische (Frish' ee), Tom Shindledecker, Andy Douglas and Grant Russel will join veterans Bob Nichols, Ron Monday, Randy Van Dyne and Anne Spence in January. Nichols will represent Findlay's new Seventh Ward. Jim Slough will continue as Council President and Susan Hite was sworn in again as Findlay City Treasurer.


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TORONTO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index on Tuesday saw its weakest close in more than two years as continued pressure on crude oil weighed on sentiment in the resource-linked market.
"What started the day on the wrong foot was the November trade data from China," said Ben Jang, portfolio manager at Nicola Wealth Management, adding that slower economic growth from China is weighing on global markets.
The drop in U.S. crude oil prices below $40 a barrel has been taken as an indication that "global demand is weak," according to Ian Nakamoto, director of research at MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier.
Oil futures ended lower after plumbing near seven-year lows on fear that global oil producers will pump even more crude in a battle for market share in a saturated market.
The biggest weight on the index were the major banks, which last week all reported a rise in bad loans in the energy sector from a year earlier. Investors worried that this could turn into more writedowns and losses. Continued...


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by Dan Royer on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Featuring hospital and health care headlines from the media and the Web.
Iowa News
Iowan played role in study of meth babies
A now-retired Des Moines physician was one of the co-authors of a study billed as the first of its kind to show behavioral changes in toddlers whose mothers used methamphetamine while pregnant. (Des Moines Register)
Hospital foundation offers scholarships
The Dallas County Hospital Foundation has announced that it is accepting applications for its high school- and college- level scholarship programs. (Des Moines Register)
UIHC sees increase in meth-related burn patients
Patients with methamphetamine-related burns are filling up the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics burn unit once again, UI officials say. (Daily Iowan)
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LouAnn Snodgrass, executive director continuum of care at Greater Regional Medical Center, said Monday the partnership between GRMC's Home Care and Hospice and Iowa Health expected to take place Jan. 1 has not happened as several components of the partnership are still being discussed. (Creston News Advertiser)
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Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa wanted more than a new emergency center for the Mason City, Iowa, community. It wanted to create a positive healing environment, efficient seamless patient flow, and an experience with more privacy for a growing patient population. (Health Care Design)
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The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee surprised no one Tuesday when he released a spending blueprint that would drastically reshape the Medicare and Medicaid programs for the elderly and poor in an attempt to rein in their soaring costs. (Kaiser Health News)
Publicity Push as Health Law's Court Date Nears
Republicans on Capitol Hill have put together a highly coordinated two-week renewed assault on the health care law, seizing on the legislation's second anniversary and the next week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court concerning its constitutionality. (New York Times)
High court has options on health care law
The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature. (Associated Press/Yahoo! News)
Romney's Medicare plan could create gap for seniors
Last week, Mitt Romney turned 65 and made the decision to forgo Medicare, the federal health insurance program for seniors. Romney made the move as he proposes delaying the age that Americans can receive Medicare to 67 as a way to rein in its skyrocketing costs. (Boston Globe)


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Moyer made ten starts with the Rockies this year and oddly fared much better at Coors Field than on the road. Moyer was 2-1 with a 3.72 ERA in 29 innings at home compared to 0-4 with an 8.03 ERA in 24 innings on the road. Overall, Moyer leaves the Rockies (and likely professional baseball) with a 5.70 ERA and 1.73 WHIP in his final year. If he does hang up the old stirrups, it comes not a moment too soon.
It's almost impossible to evaluate Moyer's comeback properly as earlier in the day Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd admitted he didn't expect Moyer to last until June. He only made ten starts and he only won two games, but to do it all at age 49 and with a fastball in the upper 70's was impressive.
The Jamie Moyer experiment says more about where the Rockies are than any indictment on Moyer. The Rockies are in a transition year, another thing their G.M. admitted this afternoon. The Rockies pitching is in a dire situation with injuries, of course, which has forced them to depend on young pitching to the point of detriment. The organization obviously viewed Moyer as a placeholder, but also valued his leadership and ability to mentor some of their young pitchers.
"I enjoyed my time here," Moyer told the media Wednesday afternoon. "Dan [O'Dowd] gave me a great opportunity to come to Spring Training and Jim [Tracy] stuck his neck out for me. He gave me an opportunity and that's all I asked for when I came here. It was a great opportunity and unfortunately I didn't hold up my end of the bargain and this is what happens in the game."
Moyer became the oldest player in the history of baseball to win a game earlier this season when he beat the Astros in his home debut. After having Tommy John Surgery at age 48, he successfully made a comeback to the majors and no one can ever take that away from him.


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Director joshey once again comes up with a youth movie after robinhood and this time its not a disaster as of the previous movie.
Sevenes is a movie which says the story of 7 youths who are font of playing football.They are put into a match which brings them victory but their life is taking a u turn by this match were they knowingly injure a person who was actually not the person they were looking for and to save his life they move into bad practices. They way they save themselves from the situation is shown in the movie.Rest you can see on the screens.
The cast includes kunchacko(syam) who is in lead who captains the team of sevenes in the game as well as the movie. Asif ali, nivin pauly,ameer,rajith,aju etc have their role to play in the movie. Bhama and Reema are the female lead who doesnt have much importance in the movie.maniyampilla raju and nadia moidu also have a good role to play within. Kunchacko has improved a lot from the past.Asif also plays a good role. Important person to be noted is ameer who has no dilogues in the movie but good for his body and style.
Josheys direction is not up to the mark at the starting of the movie but it slowly picks up during the full run of the movie .Script by iqbal also lets down the movie were he couldnt generate punch nor impressive dilogues.
The background score at the beginning was not good but towards the end it was good. The songs were almost suiting to the occassions but the songs were not that impressive.
The important drawback of the movie is the climax which puts the audience in a dilemna whether to take it in good sense . The starting of the movie also was not that interesting for them who went with huge hopes for a joshey movie.
you can definitely watch this movie for one time since its better than robinhood and christian brothers which were the last flicks of joshey .Its better than those movies for the movie and not for the direction which is not upto the mark in sevenes


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Garage wall leaning out
A side wall on my garage is leaning out about 4" at the top. Is there a way to push up on the center of the roof and pull the wall back to verticle, then brace the roof so it wont happen again?
Yes, attach a cable at the top of the plate, on both sides, use a turnbuckel between the cables, use this to draw the walls plumb, and at same time use a couple of house jacks to push up on the roof, this will require for you to slowly, when your building creaks stop, let it settle a day or so and do it again, until your walls are plumb. once they are plumb install collar ties, this should keep your walls from spreading again. You may have to use more than one set of cables and turnbuckels.
You could also jack up the ridge beam to take some of the weight off the walls. Might make it easier to pull them back in.
I am having a similar problem and was considering building a dummy wall in front of the existing with 2x6 and lag bolts attaching 2x6 to the leaning wall and then to the existing sturdy roof rafters.
Proper way has been outlined
Jack up the middle of the roof while pulling the wall(s) back in
Attached or detached ?
Only one side is leaning out ?
detached garage, only one wall is leaning.
if it were the fnd settling, both walls would lean UNLESS the ridge beam was angling & there're no collar ties, no ? :huh:
One side wall is separating from the back wall at the top. This separation is causing the rafters to split and detach from the ridgeboard.
sounds like settling if only one side is tearing loose
Collar ties must be located properly. If they are not you may end up with thrust.http://www.unified-eng.com/ch/thrust.htm Is the any corner bracing in the walls perpendicular to the problem wall? Seems like both walls must be leaning. If only one wall is out of plumb it should be separating at the top or bulging in the middle. Hope this makes sense.
yep he said rafters are pulling loose thats why i thought sinking
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KISS hits the road, betting on spectacle and classic hits
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the concert business struggles with top-name cancellations this summer, KISS hits the road in North America, betting that its spectacle of classic rock, pyrotechnics and fire-breathing will lure cash-strapped concert-goers looking for dependable entertainment.
The group is set to embark on its 32-date "Hottest Show on Earth" tour of the United States and Canada that starts on Friday in Cheyenne, Wyoming and ends in Fontana, California in September to promote its "Sonic Boom" album.
The fact that KISS still plays 15,000-seat venues 37 years into its career comes from providing fans with what they want and touring with regularity, even when the band's popularity ebbed and flowed, its lead singer said.
"It's about the marathon," KISS co-founder Paul Stanley told Reuters. "It's more about who lasts the longest -- if you're depressed or lose your drive because of one tour or one show, then you're in the wrong business."
Stanley says fans are now "more discerning" and artists have to give them high-quality, high production entertainment if they hope to fill arenas and amphitheaters during this economic downturn. "They want bang for their buck," he said.
KISS has been riding a wave of renewed popularity since it put its trademark make-up back on in 1996, in contrast to the early 1980s when album and ticket sales plummeted and the band was regarded as hard rock has-beens.
Several artists have been finding this summer a tough slog. Earlier this month, concert industry publication Pollstar said that ticket sales from the top 100 tours in North America had slipped 17 percent in the first half of 2010, compared to a year ago.
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TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO: AS PRESIDEN T OF THE UNIVERSITY, I have the honor to submit to you, trough the Regents, the report of the University of New Mexico for the academic year, 1958-59. Although basically this report covers the period from July I, 1958, to June 30, 1959, it also includes a number of significant developments of the last few months-current enrollment statistics, interesting new programs, and other events of importance-in order that it may present a more complete and timely picture of the University's activities. During a year of continued self-examination, of heightened efforts to secure equitable salaries for our faculty, and of grave concern for the problems caused by a rapidly expanding student population, it is a pleasure to report progress in a number of areas. It is especially gratifying to note the genuine interest shown by you and by the members and committees of the 24th Legislature, with a greater awareness of the critical needs of higher education than has been evidenced for many years. The $800,000 increase in the University's 1959 appropriation was far less than was requested, but there was no question but that the increase represented the maximum that was possible under existing circumstances. State officials, as well as legislative leaders, gave the universities and colleges the highest level of cooperation.
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Surf: 6 to 8 feet, confused and wind abused
Events Held: Men's Round of 96, Men's Round of 64, Heats 1-6
Nature's Call: I will always keep you guessing.
Predicted: Lots of math crash courses tonight
Today was tax day. When all the year's payments and expenses are added up, spit out on a spread sheet and presented before you. Did you come out in the black? Or will The Man keep you down and living contest to contest for another long year? That's what a dozen or so of the world's most hardened qualifiers were wondering as they hunched over on those uncomfortable aluminum bleachers in the Sunset competitor's area, occasionally looked up at the tattered, windswelly lineup and then buried their heads back in the ratings sheet. "Two guys have to make the semis, and the rest have to make the finals to pass me," announced Sydney surfer Kai Otton who is currently qualified but left himself vulnerable today when he lost in Heat 12. "But I'm not celebrating anything until Al raises my hand up and tells me I'm in."
No one is. Because today, in some of the most confusing Sunset conditions this reporter's seen at this storied event, no one was safe. Ask five-time Triple Crown winner Sunny Garcia, who couldn't buy a proper wave during his heat. Or the ever-improving Taj Burrow, who racked up a 4.33 total heat score in his Round of 64 heat and admitted he shouldn't have gone out last night. Or, worst of all, Aussie Luke Munro, currently last man in for next year's WCT, and needing to get through two heats in this event to guarantee his ticket to the Dream Tour. He faced the same thing last year, started out his heat strong, and failed to find a mere 3-point something to advance. Determined to not let history repeat itself, he went out and got one of the only tubes of the day and a 9.1 off the bat. Then he sat. And sat. And sat as Chris Ward and Nathan Carroll racked up 6s, 7s and 8s. With a minute to go he needed a four to make the cut…and he couldn't find it. Repeated.
On the flip side, we saw plenty of success stories. Some from the obvious: Myles Padaca, Jesse Merle Jones, Ian Walsh, XCel Pro winner Evan Valiere and Maui up-and-comer are giving the locals plenty to cheer about. And then, from the not-so-obvious: Brazilian flyweight Adriano de Souza put a lot of muscle into his Round of 64 heat and substance-banned Neco Padaratz will be back on the WCT with an exclamation point when he racked up the highest heat score of the day. But perhaps the biggest success story of all (at least for you USA fans) is O'Neill's Pat Gudauskas. Currently Ranked 25th on the QS, he squeaked past Hawaii powerhouses Makua Rothman, Daniel Jones and Fred Patacchia and is looking to sneak in through the backdoor in his first full year on the WQS. "You never know out here," he said. "But hopefully I can keep it rolling."
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Americans With No Abilities Act Passes Congress, Washington, DC
Congress approved today sweeping legislation that provides generous benefits for countless Americans lacking the basic skills and motivation required to function productively in everyday life. The \"Americans With No Abilities Act\" (AWNAA), signed into law by President Kerry shortly after passage, is being hailed by advocates as a major victory for the millions of Americans who lack any real skills, ambition or worth.
\"Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in our society. They\'ve been virtually left behind\" said President Kerry, a longtime AWNAA supporter. We can no longer stand by idly and allow Persons of Inability (PIA) to be ridiculed and passed-by by those with more motivation and skill. With this legislation employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to workers simply because they do a better job or have at least some idea of what they\'re doing\" said the beaming president.
President Kerry pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. Approximately 80% of postal employees lack job skills making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of Inability. Other private sector industries with long-standing records of nondiscrimination against the Persons of Inability include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%) and home improvement \"warehouse\" stores (65%). President Kerry has set an example by personally selecting hundreds of unqualified and incapable people to fill federal government positions, including many of his top-level cabinet jobs.
Under the Americans With No Abilities Act more than 25 million \"middle man\" positions will be created with important-sounding titles yet little responsibility, providing an illusory sense of purpose. Mandatory nonperformance-based raises and promotions will be provided under the newly signed Act to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The new legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations which maintain a significant percentage of Persons of Inability in top positions, and provides a tax credit to small and medium size businesses that agree to hire two clueless or worthless workers for every talented new-hire.
Finally, the AWNAA contains tough new provisions that make it more difficult to discriminate against Persons of Inability by banning discriminatory interview questions such as \"Do you have any goals for the future?\" or \" Do you have any skills or experience which relate to this job?\" and the sometimes asked \"Are you even awake?\".
\"As a Person of Inability, I can\'t be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,\" said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut spinner at the GM plant in Flint, MI due to her lack of notable job skills. \"This new law should really help useless people like me.\"
With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented Americans can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. President Kerry closed the signing ceremony by saying, \"It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her adequacy, skill or motivation, with some sort of entitlement. \"The Americans With No Abilities Act has fulfilled that mission\".


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South Shore Harbor Marina
League City, TX 77573
United States


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La Casita de Nena. Located south of the province of Leon'll find the best house in the whole region, you can enjoy our wooden house, cars pedal, patibici, derrapador, puppet theater, have a drink on the terrace or enjoy the sun in our solarium or ...
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