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Doors Open to railways in September
August 12, 2013 by Grace Franklin · Leave a Comment
Glasgow Central Station is one of the star attractions during Glasgow Doors Open Day from Monday 16 to Sunday 22 September.
Some of the behind-the-scenes places which visiting member of the public will be able to see will be the famous glass roof of the Station.
More than 100 buildings, 54 walks and tours and 23 talks and events are included in the free programme which can be viewed online or picked up as a brochure in public places such as libraries.
Railways is one of the themes running through this 'built heritage' festival which is in its 24th year. The Commonwealth Games and Green City are the parallel themes.
Pollokshaws West is the oldest railway station in operation in Glasgow and its doors will be open. Talks will explore the early days of rail in the city as well as Glasgow's Southside suburban railways and Glasgow's railway heritage and the materials used. A 'Subcrawl' will offer a ride on the city's underground with information about buildings around the circle.
An advance look at the changes being made to accommodate the Commonwealth Games will be available during Doors Open days. This will include the Athletes' Village, Glasgow Green Hockey Centre, Hampden Park, Kelvingrove Park Tennis and Bowls Pavilion and Tollcross International Swimming Centre as well as a discovery tour of hidden Bridgeton. The architecture of sport and leisure will be explored in the talk: 'Starting Blocks & Building Blocks.'
To co-incide with 2013, the Year of Natural Scotland, Doors Open will also have a green theme. The natural beauty of Glasgow and the ways in which everyone can help to keep it that way will be addressed. Among the Doors Open events will be – viewing the city from City of Glasgow College; visiting the Concrete Garden's home grown Scottish fare and the Hidden Gardens' native and exotic plant collection; discovering Eco-Friendly Glasgow at Caledonian University and The Tall Ship.
People will be invited to relax in a temporary park with SEDA PARK(ing) Glasgow, turning parking spaces into parks. And folk can learn about the seven lochs wetlands park and go on a journey through the History of Glasgow's Parks.
Among the highlights will be a last chance to see the Henry Wood Hall which has been the RSNO Centre for many years; a costumed interpretation at Pollok House; discovering The Rome of the North – Springburn; sampling therapies at the Calman Cancer Support Centre; joining the Storytelling Tour of Pollok; seeing an exhibition of the world's mosques at Madrasa Taleem ul Islam; learning to play the pipes at the National Piping Centre and Pipers' Tryst Hotel; going behind the scenes at STV Studios – among hundreds of interesting visits and events.
Doors Open's website is newly designed to enable visitors to plan their time to suit their interests. Try it! www.glasgowdoorsopenday.com
There are competitions and many special interest events, talks and venues to be enjoyed.
As Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau (GCMB) said: "The 2013 Doors Open Day programme features an exciting and diverse range of buildings and locations, offering the chance to explore Glasgow as never before. There are many discoveries to be made!"
Anne McChlery, Director of Glasgow Building Preservation Trust said: "We are absolutely delighted that it's this time of year again and are so proud to be the organisers of this much loved event in Glasgow."
Pauline McCloy, Events & Development Officer at Scottish Civic Trust said: "Doors Open Days continues to impress with its depth of variety and consistent quality. Glasgow's programme effortlessly merges contemporary interventions in the city's public space alongside the serenity of more tradition buildings."
For the full national programme see: www.doorsopendays.org.uk
Glasgow's programme is coordinated by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, a charity that focuses on saving the built heritage by establishing new uses for and restoring much loved old buildings. Last year more than 80,000 recorded visits were made in the city during Doors Open. Around 1,115 people – mostly volunteers – worked 7,004 hours on the events which brought an estimated £101,297 into Glasgow.
Hampden to host Brian Taylor's Big Debate
September 17, 2012 by Grace Franklin · Leave a Comment
The Editor of the Big Issue, Paul McNamee, former captain of Motherwell football club, Stephen Craigan, and a polemic of politicians will be in Hampden Park on Friday 21 September for the weekly radio show 'Brian Taylor's Big Debate.'
Broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland from 12 noon till 1pm each Friday, the programme is based on questions from the audience. Said a programme spokesperson: 'We look for questions on the most stimulating moral, political and social issues of the day – the current issues that will get people talking. The programme gives the audience the opportunity to challenge politicians, policy makers, writers and thinkers.' Brief questions raising matters of genuine national interest and which are 'newsy' can be emailed to : email@example.com by 4pm on Thursday 20 September. To book a seat at the Debate which is broadcast live, go to : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-15190428 The location will be Lomond 2 Suite in Hampden Park on Letherby Drive Glasgow G42 9BA. Entry to the venue will be from 11am.
The politicians expected to spice up the debate will be Conservative MSP Jackson Carlaw, Labour MSP James Kelly and local SNP MSP, James Dornan.
Laura nets a well-deserved award
February 4, 2011 by localnews · Leave a Comment
Women's football stalwart, Laura Montgomery won a top honour at the McDonald's / Sunday Mail Grassroots Awards, in partnership with the Scottish FA.
Laura was named Best Volunteer in Women's/Girl's Football at the awards ceremony held at Hampden Park on the Thursday 3 February. The awards celebrate the tireless efforts of volunteers who keep football flourishing in communities across Scotland.
Laura co-founded Glasgow City Ladies Football Club in 1998. It has gone on to become the most successful Scottish women's team, winning the last four Premier League titles in a row and being the first Scottish team to qualify for the Women's UEFA Champions League.
An unprecedented achievement, Glasgow City Ladies was the only amateur team to get to this stage of the tournament.
Scotland legend and McDonald's Head of Scottish Football, Kenny Dalglish, praised Laura's work and encouraged more women and girls to take up the game. Speaking at the awards ceremony, Kenny said: 'Football in communities is built on the sheer hard work of individuals like Laura. Laura's dedication over the past 13 years has seen Glasgow City Ladies become the most successful women's team in the country, and to advance into the last-16 of the UEFA Champions League as an amateur team, is a remarkable achievement which is yet to be matched. As a long-term supporter of grassroots football in Scottish communities, McDonald's is proud to honour Laura and her team's achievements.'
Laura added: 'Winning this award is a wonderful honour. When we founded the club, we never imagined we'd end up winning the Premier League – let alone four times in a row. Alongside playing, I've also been responsible for our sponsorship, accounts, marketing and the website. While I always say I've got two full time jobs – my day job and my work for Glasgow City – I wouldn't change a thing.'
The eighth McDonald's / Sunday Mail Grassroots event covered ten categories including Best Volunteer in Youth Football, Grassroots Community Club and McDonald's Community Champion Award.
Over the last eight years, McDonald's has helped to improve football in Scotland, significantly. The scheme has created more than 2,000 new community coaches and 1,800 new football teams. And it has worked with a network of McDonald's restaurant franchisees to provide kit and equipment to clubs through the club twinning programme.
Last year alone, McDonald's helped to create over 700 new boys' and girls' teams in the local community.
For more information on McDonald's coaching programme, please go to www.mcdonalds.co.uk
Hit the ground running and win a copy of Played In Glasgow
April 22, 2010 by localnews · Leave a Comment
Football grounds, bowling greens, dog tracks, 'doocots', racecourses, blaes pitches, athletics tracks and swimming clubs; our city has had them all. Ged O'Brien's book, Played in Glasgow, is a modestly-sized but mighty anthology that covers every sporting nook and cranny since Victorian times.
This is part of the superb Played In Britain series, backed by Historic Scotland and English Heritage. The volume is subtitled 'charting the heritage of a city at play', and is a store of information for those of us who choose to look beyond the elegant stone facades, towering steel skeletons and pretty, manicured lawns.
Beyond Hampden Park, the home of Queen's Park and Scotland's international team, there are retrospectives on the homes of Rangers, Celtic, Partick Thistle, Clyde and the bullish ranks of Glasgow Junior football.
O'Brien also looks at the homes of the city's many rugby teams and enjoys our rich bowling heritage, all recorded with excellent photography and detailed with the care of a first-class reference work.
Played In Glasgow has a section on swimming baths and clubs, from the elegant but forgotten municipal pools of the late 1800s to their 21st century heirs and the architectural wonders of the Western and the Arlington Baths clubs.
The book also strikes a nostalgic tone with a look at the city's remaining red ash 'blaes' pitches and takes a flight into the world of the Glasgow pigeon fancier and their home-built doocots. Neither does it neglect cricketing heritage nor pass by the huge achievements of our many athletes over the years.
With one eye on Glasgow's place as host for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, this book is a roadmap that shows us how far we have come, what we have won, what we have lost and hints at what could yet be.
A blend of social and cultural history and a treat with archive and modern photography, sometimes evocative and occasionally controversial, Played In Glasgow is an essential addition to the book collection of anyone who has an eye for their city's sporting heritage.
LOCAL NEWS GLASGOW has three copies of Played in Glasgow to give away.
For a chance to win your own copy, just write and tell us which football teams play their home games at Hampden Park.
Send your answers by email to email@example.com. Please put 'PLAYED IN GLASGOW COMPETITION' in the header field and remember your name, address and a daytime telephone number. You can also enter by snail mail, please write with your answer to Played In Glasgow Competition, Local News Glasgow, YAM Publications, Third Floor, 142 West Nile Street G1 2RQ. Don't forget all your contact details.
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Despite its unusual form, the foliage of the lacebark pine reveals it to be typical of the Pinus genus. Its needles (the hallmark of pines) grow in closely arranged bunches of three and are particularly spiky to touch. The cones are equally unfriendly to handle; as with many pinecones, these are egg-shaped (ovoid) and ripen to a woody dark brown color. Compared to other conifer cones it has relatively few scales, but each one is tipped with a short spine. On opening, the seeds are released and dispersed.
It was first seen by Dr. Alexander Bunge (the species is named after him) near Beijing in 1831, and within 15 years of his discovery it had been introduced to Britain by the botanist Robert Fortune, who made his name collecting unusual and rare plants from Asia.
It grows naturally among limestone rocks, with wide-spreading roots and branches. Often cultivated by the Chinese in the vicinity of temples and cemeteries, in Korea it's also used for lumber, and the seeds and oil are eaten.
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|I rescued a senior dog. But I voted bought from a breeder because next time I'm doing it.
Too funny I adopted mine as a puppy 4 or 5 weeks old and it took her 12 weeks before she bonded with me! (believe me I was the one feeding, and taking care of her all day every day and took her with me everywhere I could as soon as she was well enough to) I always believed you where better off getting them as a puppy. But sometimes situations make things different.
I have always ALWAYS wanted a puppy for 2 reasons. 1. I will keep and love the dog till the day it dies would like to experience the puppy stage and not just the adult stages.
2. With having kids I figure it would help me to train the puppy from the beginning to not be aggressive, food protective or more apt to snap or bite at someone.
My 3rd reason is NEW and first time experienced. I have always felt that way they were not abused. But this last adoption taught me that when they are not getting their needs met, de-worming, enough food, she had Coccidia and or giardia, enough nutrition and lord knows what else she experienced in her first 4 or 5 weeks of life did take a toll on her. At least I think so I would of thought she would be more puppy like and more trusting of others at the beginning. To be honest I just could not leave her there knowing what kind of attention I could give her and knowing that she was really in a lot of need even though I was looking for a full blooded German Shepherd. I fell in love with her picture and she needed a good home. Although I must admit I was torn between her sister who looked like a full blooded white lab. (she was bigger boned obviously healthier)
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I feel like you connect much more with dogs when u get them as a puppy
The next day she was fine with me when we went to the vet, and I delivered the puppies, and they were all tough to get out, my hands were in places hands shouldn't have to go. Her owner was there too, but I was cheerleading, and I was hands on, I was helping her not lose ground. I was telling people to go get ice cream, I was drying off pups, and I had to work on one to get her going. The bitch was awesome with me. Those puppies are about 18 months old now. And, about a month ago, I saw her again. She had just had a surgery for an intestinal blockage. And they brought her home from the hospital and took her downstairs. When she saw me, she was so happy, came over and rested her head on me. What a great gal.
But this bitch is every bit as attached to her new people. When the husband came home and we were sleeping on the couch, she was so happy to see him. Every time he came in the room when having the puppies she was thrilled that he was there. And she wasn't happy without her owner being in the room with her. I'm not saying she has separation anxiety. But if her owner let her mother in law take care of her for a year, and then came back, this dog would be totally thrilled to see her again. It is just her nature to form very strong bonds with her people.
There are other dogs that have trouble bonding with people even as puppies. I sold Dolly as a puppy, and got her back just before six months. Good thing I did. But I had to give her space and time and let her learn to trust me again, and to heal. Now she is totally bonded with me.
I think we humans remember their puppy antics puppy-love so to speak long after they become adults. And by the time they are adults, we have a tight bond. For some, missing out on that stage might make the process different. I expect other people just begin to bond with the dog at first sight and never look back. There may be a different set of beginnings/memories -- getting the dog from the shelter, seeing how nervous the dog was, that first bath, going for the first walk, gaining weight back and condition back, and the moment when the dog accepts you.
There are so many things that endear us to our dogs, and each dog is different. Getting a puppy, or getting a dog at 1 or 2 years, or 4-5 years, or even 8-10 years really might not make a difference.
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|Ruger originally came from a good breeder, but the police K9 program was scrapped, and the officer and his wife's work schedules made owning a non-working dog really difficult, so he came to live with us. He was started as a pup and then when they decided to get rid of the program, Ruger was neutered and his training changed. We are going to look into schutzhund to give him something to do, I think it would be really fun for both of us.
|My husband just bought our 1st German Shepherd at 17 months old. We bought him from Erich Grasso & we are not sure of the exact circumstances he became available yet. We're suppose to meet up with him soon so we'll find out all the details. We've had him less than a week, but love him already. He's very smart & well behaved. He's not sure what to think of the cat, so we have to watch him in that area, but he's starting to realize to leave her alone.
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Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko felt his side fully deserved the 2-0 extra-time win over Newcastle that sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup, but also acknowledged a "great" performance from back-up goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon.
After the regulation 90 minutes failed to produce a goal at St James' Park, City took the lead through Alvaro Negredo's close-range finish in the first period of extra time and his strike partner Dzeko added a second soon after to seal the victory and a place in the last eight.
Dzeko was confident City could win without needing to go to penalties, telling Sky Sports 1: "We had a good pre-season, we worked hard and I think that we showed that in the extra time and I think we deserved the win."
Newcastle had chances to get on the scoresheet themselves but were denied by some fine goalkeeping from Pantilimon who kept the pressure up on first-choice stopper Joe Hart.
Dzeko said of the Romanian: "Yeah he was great. I think he's working hard in training and this is the second game in the Capital One Cup that he hasn't conceded a goal, so he's definitely improving."
On the prospects of City now going all the way in the competition, the Bosnia and Herzegovina international said: "There's still three more games to the final...we want to go to the final, that's definitely our target."
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In a recent update to its desktop software the cloud storage giant, Dropbox, made a number of user interface design changes to its OS X menu bar asset, allowing direct access to file sharing, recently changed files, and much more. Dropbox 2.0 for Mac expands the capabilities of its desktop client by allowing advanced management of a users online cloud storage from their computer. The version also offers a completely redesigned drop-down menu with advanced UI integration which supports real time notifications of invitations, shared folder updates and links, which are displayed in the Dropbox menu bar.
Of the many features included in the update, one of the more welcomed ones includes the ability to generate public links to shared documents without having to find the file in the Dropbox folder. The functionality applies only to recently changed items though but the system is still a step in the right direction going forward. The new iteration of the software allows users to keep track of changes to their shared folders, links or albums from the drop-down menu as well. Notification of incoming invites to shared folders are pushed immediately to the menu bar for quick acceptance or denial and users can click on links directly from the menu to be taken to the linked file or folder.
Another feature in the new feature set includes a set of two buttons at the top menu that direct users to their desktop Dropbox folder and to the Dropbox website. The information provided by the previous versions drop-down, such as space remaining and preferences, has been relegated to a settings icon located at the bottom right of the newly designed pane. Dropbox 2.0 is fully compatible with the recently updated iOS app, including push notifications. Those of you who are interested in downloading the new desktop version can do so directly from the Dropbox website.
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|Date Added: Sunday 28 October, 2012
This horseshoe is sturdy and great for our school kids to play with. It is good quality and the stakes work well.
|by Thomas P. Troyer
|Date Added: Saturday 27 October, 2012
The Champion Sports Rubber Horseshoe Set was very good for the reasonable price. It had a very strong rubber odor at first which remained for quite awhile. The set is being used in an elderly facility and works well. For the price it works very well. The only problem is that the bottom plate which holds the peg vertically sometimes pops off when a ringer is made. We have considered making a wooden bottom for the peg holder, but then it would no longer fit into the box for storage. These are minor problems for something that comes out occasionally and is nice to have around for the limited physical ability of the users.
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|Date Added: Wednesday 05 September, 2012
Great set- light weight and travels wells. It might not be a fixture in the back yard for years to come, but the kids love it and it's perfect for camping or evenings in the park.
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|Date Added: Monday 06 August, 2012
We got a boccie ball court with concrete under the gravel so we could get a horseshoe set that has to be driven into the ground. The mat is sturdy enough to take a hit from the horseshoe. Glad we got it.
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|Date Added: Thursday 10 May, 2012
I should have listened to other negative reviews. When I received the package I knew right away this was a piece of junk. It came in a very small flimsy cardboard box that looked like something out of the Dollar Store. But, I wanted to give my first impression the benefit of the doubt. Well, unfortunately, I wasn't wrong. The flimsy bottom rubber piece you place the plastic pole into is too short to ring the horseshoes around and was bent from being inside the box and wouldn't lay flat. We tried to play anyway and found that every time you got the horseshoe near the pole, it would bounce off or just knock the pole over. This certainly was not worth the cost, even being under $20. Then, I was shocked to find out the packaging indicates "This product is made with chemicals known to cause cancer in the State of California!...What???!!! A children's toy that is dangerous to play with! The company should be ashamed! I would not recommend. Suppose I am going back to the original way horseshoes are supposed to be made...out of metal.
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|Date Added: Thursday 03 May, 2012
Purchased this item for Easter for the family. My 7 year old loves it!! My 2 year old and 5 year old are not very interested in the toy. I highly recommend it for school age children and up. My husband and I also enjoy playing it with the kids.


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Ray Rice has known nothing except winning since he came into the NFL. For Frank Gore, it took some time.
Two running backs with contrasting styles and story lines will be on show at this Super Bowl, but they have one thing in common – lots of respect for each other.
"To battle thru what he's been through? He's a warrior," Rice said shortly after the Baltimore Ravens arrived in the Big easy, "hats off to my man Frank."
Gore, the leading rusher for the San Francisco 49ers, also was generous with the praise.
"He does it all. I like to watch him," Gore related of his Ravens counterpart. "When I saw him in college, I knew he was intended to be a pretty good back in the league."
They both are.
However boy, they sure took different paths to get here.
The 29-year-old Gore has endured plenty of losses, personal heartache (losing his mother to kidney failure) and an alarming string of injuries that might've damaged a lesser man. He tore up both knees in school at the University of Miami, prompting him to question if "football wasn't for me." Shaking off the doubts, he was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, but required major surgery on both shoulders after his rookie campaign. Later, he lost part of another season to a hip injury.
Even harder to take, Gore played on a sequence of bad teams, really bad teams. His first 6 years in the league, the 49ers failed to post a winning record – which was especially hard for him to take, considering he had known nothing but winning with the Miami Hurricanes. Football lines
"It was difficult, real tough," Gore related. "I would see some guys – who aren't here anymore – after we lost, and they'd just be like, 'Whatever.' I was not used to that. If we lost one game at Miami, it was like our season was over."
For Rice, the road has been much smoother.
Since he was drafted in 2008 out of Rutgers, the Ravens have made the playoffs each season, including 3 trips to the ACC championship game. This season, they got over that hump with a major upset at New England.
"I've been blessed and fortunate," Rice said.
Rice is a slasher of a back, darting thru the smallest of openings to break off big gains. He's rushed for over 1,000 yards 4 years in a row and is just as valuable in the passing game, recording more than 60 receptions each of those seasons, as well. In a November game at San Diego, he provided one of the most memorable plays of 2012. With the Ravens down by 3 and facing 4th-and-29, he hauled in a pass just past the line of scrimmage, swerved away from 3 defenders, broke a tackle that would have got the victory for the Chargers and plunged just outside the 1st-down stripe for a 30-yard gain.
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I know a fellow who once threw a handful of customers out of his restaurant because they were really wolfing down the chicken on all-you-can-eat night. (After the fourth platter, he announced to the men, all sport fishermen, "Okay, guys, that's all you can eat," as he ordered them out.) You can bet that they not only never came back, but (A) they told all their buddies, including me, about how they had been treated and (B) the eatery down the street was more than willing to have their business.
I know another fellow, a self-employed film/video editor, who cursed, slammed equipment around the editing bay, created an unpleasant atmosphere of tension on the set, insulted customers, and just in case that wasn't enough, rarely bathed. I worked with him only when absolutely necessary, and I was not surprised to learn that he has long since gone out of business. Instead, I took my projects to a competitor, a man who was just as talented, but also gracious, charming, and cheerful to be around, a man who always made me feel welcome and made it clear that he appreciated my business. (It has been more than 27 years since I left the area and have seen Lee, but he is still in business, paying the bills and, yes, even prospering.)
My point: It doesn't matter if you have a terrific product or service. As an SBO (small business owner), your greatest asset is relationships. Make sure that each and every customer knows (not "thinks," but KNOWS) that he or she is incredibly valuable to — and valued by — you. (When I invoice my clients, I often tell them: "Thank you for the opportunity to work together. I appreciate you.")
Even when a customer becomes rude or demanding or wants to skin you alive and then fillet you, there is absolutely no reason (none, zero, never) to be rude in response. Oh, you may have to say, "I'm sorry, but I simply cannot let this product go for $10 less than I paid for it." In these situations, be gracious but firm.
The amazing thing: I've had clients who worked very hard to pick my pocket. Keep in mind that this must have been a standard practice for these folks. (If I say I can do it for $4,300, they will come back and demand that the price be $3,900.) They no longer phase me, if only because I've learned that bad business is worse than no business. However, here's the kicker: After they've made the rounds, it is not unheard of for them to come back to me and say, "Okay, let's do business. What was that price again?"
The bottom line: Work hard, make money, have fun … and always be gracious … always. — JRI
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Another Hollywood starlet has hit rock bottom. First it was singer Britney Spears, and now singer/actress Christina Aguilera has been added to the list. Last month she had two big flops happen to her on live television, when she forgot some of the National Anthem lyrics at the beginning of the Superbowl, and then just a week later when she stumbled on the stage at the annual Grammy Awards. As if things couldn't get worse for the 30-year-old star, it was announced earlier today that she got arrested.


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Around the corner and a long paddle against the sweeping current, La Preciosa peak is known to get picture perfect, especially going left. Needs more size than Encuentro, but gets real good in a due N without the same crowd factor.
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"I had constant pain for decades," said Richard Conroy, a 2011 Operation Walk USA participant from New York. Since the surgery, "I look forward to going back to work, and golfing again – things that had been too painful for me to enjoy for many years."The large number of orthopaedic surgeons and medical staff who volunteer their time and expertise each year, at participating hospitals throughout the U.S., "is really a testament to what a rewarding program this is, and what it does for everyone involved," said Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, the founder of Operation Walk (international), and an Operation Walk USA participant. "The ultimate service is unconditional giving of knowledge and skills. This is why we all chose medicine." Device manufacturers Biomet, DePuy, MAKO Surgical, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, Total Joint Orthopedics (TJO), Inc. and Zimmer donated the hip and knee implants for Operation Walk USA 2012 patients. Ortech Data, Inc. is providing a complimentary data system for OpWalkUSA patients. Ortech will provide this data to the national arthroplasty registry, the American Joint Replacement Registry. For more information about total joint replacement, visit orthoinfo.org. About Operation Walk USA 2012:
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Link Love
I've been getting so much inspiration all around the web lately. Just gotta share some of it with you guys!
What a beautiful gathering. I want to have more outdoor gatherings before it gets too cold.
A whimsical use for fallen leaves.
Rad patterns. (The birds are my fave!)
Country summer, summed up in a blog post.
A beautiful, peaceful moment.
The cutest baby.
Awesomely whimsical illustrations of animals in suits...
And an awesomely whimsical tattoo they inspired.
I love this outfit, and the scenery is so dreamy!
Turquoise inspiration.
How to look fabulous in light-wash jeans.
Not too many things induce me to want to go fishing. But these photos...
{image: one of the greatest inspirations- the Idaho sky.}
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roots in main drain
How do I get roots out of the main drain? Someone told me to put rock salt down the drain and this will eat away the roots.
Anbody else ever hear of this?
rock salt will work, although rootX will work better as it foams to reach the roots. (usually in upper area of pipe)
rock salt will sit along the bottom awhile and kill roots, which then rot, so long as you do not use much/if any water for a while, but it will rinse away, and may not kill as much as you'd like. some people put it down their tanks regularly. we have no trees in our septic area, so we don't need this solution, but i know some folks around here that do it.
I am not a fan of using any chemical for roots. Most drainage systems are not sitting empty for a long enough period of time to allow even a chemical that works, to do much good. A sewer auger with a cutter end installed is the best. The problem with roots is, they have already broken into the pipe, and will grow back through the same hole after a short period of time. PVC has been a great product for main drains since it is smooth and roots usually grow around the pipe instead of through it, like with cast iron which is rough in texture.
yup, glad mine are pvc, for sure.
If you kill the roots of a large tree then you might kill the tree.
How do I fix roots in a drain? I start digging and replace the drain.
The problem will only get worse. Soon you will have toilet paper catching on the root and restricting the flow. Then sewage will start to backup and eventually it will lead to a major situation when you can't afford it and don't have the time to mess with it.
Since you know what you have you can take the time to schedule it and get it done, and get it done right, on your time.
This is not an emergency and you can save up for a while before it gets real bad.
thanks everybody
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Okay cunts. Been quiet on here for a while but it's the end of the year and I've heard some fucking terrible shit. Couldn't be arsed to review the albums as I was too busy fucking.
Skrillex – First of the Year
As with all Skrillex this sounds like a 2 year old made it. Not only that but it also sounds 2 years old. No new ideas, obvious and heard-before techniques. Look you prick you've managed to kill dubstep – which is probably a good thing – but you need to evolve now. You have a stereotyped sound which comes across as uninspired – much in the same way as when you hear a new Nickelback tune you go "oh god". Oh and your video is basically 20 years out of date. Didn't Aphex Twin do this with Come To Daddy? Shut the fuck up and get your hair sorted pissface.
Jay Z and Kanye West – Otis
Look, if you guys had really been Watching the (porcelain) Throne this turd of a song wouldn't have crawled out.
Jessie J – Who You Are
(as per my review earlier this year:) A fake. A charlatan dressed as an Emo princess. The cover suggests a strong female, potentially transgender, dark and mysterious. Instead I appear to be listening to an unreleased Girls Aloud album. No, that's not fair on Girls Aloud. They at least knew pop tunes and had killer hooks. This has NO FUCKING HOOKS. It's fucking godawful sphincter clenching trash. Cheesy like a teenager's unwashed bellend and as musically clumsy as a virgin trying to stick it in.
*edit* Also, you can't sing.
Battles – Ice Cream
(from my review earlier this year:) Allegedly a single; however, no one still knows who the fuck they are. Basically starts like the music to Willy Wonka at his most paedophilic. Nice riff when it gets going though. Anything past the verse is unbearably messy though. Like a turd bakesale. Just an incoherent mess like Scrappy Doo playing the guitar after getting trashed with Shaggy.
*edit* Interesting to note based on how much attention and "OMG this is amazing" reviews it got when it came out that it does not appear on anyone's best of 2011 list. I was correct. Fuck you, Battles.
Fucked Up – Queen Of Hearts
Keep hearing loads of chatter about these guys and it appears that all of it is nonsense. It's like someone telling you The Fall are good – you know to ignore everything they ever say. Basically, Fucked Up are a grim bunch of broken coke vials that someone menstruated on. A speculum of Worzel Gummidge politics and loud dumb noises. Five-year olds being hit with articulated lorries make better sounds.
Lady Gaga – Yoü And I
What can I say? I've already reviewed the album and didn't think this one was so bad. However, I did state I hate this kind of music, but, as a troll myself, enjoyed this regurgitated Shania Twain vomit being spewed onto the Madonna cover album that Born This Way is. Just to fuck with people. You forget however that people who buy Lady Gaga albums buy music based on music videos or celebrity magazines. The rest of their album collection will be X Factor winners or Now That's What I Call Music. So they all lapped it up.
Just to confirm, I actually don't have an issue with Now albums and X Factor winners. That stuff is pure shit (usually) but you have your music and I'll have mine. I'm just saying this song is an infected gash.
Black Eyed Peas – The Time (Dirty Bit)
Okay, except this and the next one where it would appear I do have a problem with that Now album shit. Do I even need to talk about this one? Apart from sampling the worst song from the most overrated film this side of Twilight it's a mixture of heard-it-before production sounds and another swagger/Jagger rhyme. The fact it was number one says all you need to know about how many people buy singles anymore. Cancerous.
Pitbull (featuring Chris Brown) – International Love
One of the main things we learned in 2011 is that if your name is Pitbull you will appear on everyone's songs at the drop of a hat. Pitbull reminds me of Brick from Anchorman. You know, the retarded one? His chat on songs fades away and all I hear is "I love lamp" or "I ate a big red candle". A furious, pouting fountain of inane words tumble out across each song while you look around at other people's faces to see if they're also going "are you hearing this?".
Also, this song has Chris Brown on – the female-hating cunt – who I hope dies soon.
The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love?
Okay, so I liked The Rapture's last album. Was silly and fun so Pitchfork and other neon-glasses wearing abortions hated it. They loved this though as it was a twee snoozefest. Like Fleet Foxes or BonfuckingIver. I checked it out and just came out of the coma last week. Fuck me, six minutes of this? Who do you think you are? Porcupine Tree?
Bon Iver – Holocene
Bon Iver are basically a hipster version of the goth two-step movement. Dressed up in their scratch and sniff clothing I can see their fans holding the back of their hands against their foreheads and pretending to mock-faint. Seriously, this insipid virus corrodes your ear canals and their vocals are like a nappy rash.
The pause between plugging in a usb device and your computer recognising it has more dynamics.
James Blake – The Wilhelms Scream
(from my review earlier this year:) It's like Radiohead on Kid A without any melody or rhythm. Like the bit you get after a song is finishing after its crescendo and this is the section that fades out, and if you listened carefully enough you may catch your favourite artist cough or laugh or something before it disappears. Bit of beat came in. May have been hearing my own pulse though.
In a nutshell, it's the sound of someone prolapsing at 20bpm.
And lastly, if I missed anyone, if you do somehow have the same opinion as me and agree with all of that then I still think you're an idiot.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tailored clothes for fall and winter are turning away from the traditional as designers at New York's Fashion Week add twists and tucks to give time-honored looks an up-to-date image.
Sleek wool topcoats and jackets took center stage at Friday's show by Yigal Azrouel, among the designers showing their latest collections during the city's semi-annual fashion extravaganza.
Nearly 100 designers are showing at the official Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Manhattan's Lincoln Center, while others are showing at an array of venues around the city.
The Israeli-born Azrouel, who is based in New York and has been showing his line at Fashion Week for more than a decade, gave his tailored looks a kick by slicing the sleeves and slashing the backs with sparkling silver accent zippers.
Kenneth Cole, absent from New York's Fashion Week for seven years, made his return with layers of tailored vests, tunics and blazers.
Cole's slouchy pleated trousers were tucked into knee-high boots, and sleeves slipped into wide, elbow-length industrial-inspired leather gloves.
Colors were rich and dark at Azrouel and Cole - both designers stuck largely to jet black, deep burgundy, slate gray and warm oak brown.
Designer Chadwick Bell hewed to deep tones of plum, midnight blue, emerald green and pearl gray as well in his straight slit skirts, boxy jackets and loose-fitting trousers. Continued...


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To say that I'm not a big fan of oatmeal would be an understatement. When I was growing up, it's the one breakfast that I remember Mom making more than anything else and I had a hard time choking down what I considered the slimiest breakfast ever. In my young opinion, it was better than eggs, though, and I would put plenty of brown sugar or honey on it to increase its palatability.
If you've been around the blog for very long, you might remember that I'm not really a big fan of breakfast in general. Cupping my hands around a warm cup o' joe while I do my morning reading is more appealing to me that getting all industrious making a meal first thing in the morning.
However, I do know how important that first meal of the day is and one of my goals this year is to make more of a priority of eating it. I'm happy to say that I'm doing pretty good so far and this recipe is one reason.
Yes, it's oatmeal. Who AM I? Just a figment of my former self, apparently.
I came across this recipe on Molly Wizenberg's blog, Orangette. I first "met" Molly through her book A Homemade Life and then recognized her in Bon Appetit Magazine when she unlocked the secrets of Pomodoro al Forno from Cafe Lago. I adore her and trust her culinary expertise so I had to give this oatmeal recipe a try. How could toasting the oats in a little butter before cooking them in slightly sweetened milk be a bad thing?
Well ... it's not a bad thing at all. In fact, this is now my oatmeal of choice. Thank you, Molly, for sharing.


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Hello everyone-
At the request of the masses, here's an FAQ for the g60 forum. For now, most of the content will be copied out of the FAQ in the Corrado forum, but I'd love it if we could develop some more in-depth stuff to have in here. If anyone's willing to do writeups or pictorals on common (or not so common!) procedures, or anything like that, please let me know.
g60 topics:
-Rebuilding the g60 Charger
-BOV's, the boost return hose, and related topics
-Turbo conversions for the g60 Corrado
-16v g60 Information
-Checking the boost on your MFA, What boost you should have with different pullies, etc.
-Overview of g60 modifications
-4 lug to 5 lug conversion (ie, swapping the 5-lug setup from the SLC on to a g60)
-Removing the g60 charger
-Automatic to Manual transmission conversions
-Removal of the bumper and stock intercooler
-Motor mount options - OEM and aftermarket
-Exhaust systems
-Coolant Flushing
-20v Head with PG block..
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter, daughter of Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant banker, and Elena Bonham Carter (née Propper de Callejón), a psychotherapist, was born in Golders Green, London, England on May 26, 1966 and is the youngest of three children. She is the great-granddaughter of former Prime Minister Herbert H. Asquith and her blue-blooded family tree also contains Barons and Baronesses, diplomats, and a director.
After experiencing family dramas that included her father's stroke-which left him wheelchair-bound-and attending South Hampstead High School and Westminster School in London, Bonham Carter devoted herself to an acting career. That trajectory actually began in 1979 when, at age 13, she entered a national poetry writing competition and used her second place winnings to place her photo in the casting directory "Spotlight." She …


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.: The E46 is Gone, AND Forgotten. Here's Why ;) :. *Imola Red M5 Build Thread*
I wanted to change things up.
With the E46, I was about to undertake a project of nearly 10K for some serious HP upgrades, but I figured why not sell it and jump into something else?! I was growing tired of the E46 anyways after four years... And it had to be something special, something wild and something I've wanted since being a teenager: an E39 M5.
Having owned only silver and black BMWs in the past I refused to settle for anything less than extraordinary for an M5. It had to be Imola Red. No exceptions. Ideally, an Imola Red interior too, along with being clean, well maintained, pampered, no accident history, and not winter driven - but that's like looking for a unicorn!
So I outlined my budget to factor import costs (an annoying 6% duty of the purchase price in addition to the 13% in taxes upon registration, plus shipping and flight costs... this was adding up VERY fast) and the hunt was on for the replacement. I told myself if I am going to make this jump, I am going to get EXACTLY what I want and not settling for anything else. And luck struck twice: not only did I manage to find the ideal M5, I also sold my E46 days before flying out to west to buy the new car.
I had been scouring all the major auto resale websites for weeks and low-and-behold found the perfect car through a listing on M5Board. A found a few, but both had Caramel interiors. One of them was extremely clean and priced ridiculously well. Unfortunately (or fortunately, now that I look at it. Lol.) it was sold before I could place a deposit. And then a scant listing popped up on M5B an hour before I logged on: a 2002 Imola on Imola M5 with all the pedigree one could ask for. I didn't waste a second. This car HAD to be mine! Only one problem: it was a few thousand beyond my budget and out on the west coast... Eventually, I convinced myself to pony up the extra bucks for this perfect car. I would have been furious had I lost out on an immaculate, rare, IR on IR M5 to another buyer simply because I was too stubborn to pay a justified premium.
So, I booked the ticket and jumped on a plane from Buffalo, NY to Portland, OR and made it happen. The seller was a hardcore M5 enthusiast - he had TWO mint E39 M5s and the Imola one was the garage queen! He spoke in great length about the car's history during his tenure as it's owner and we grabbed a few pints and talked cars for a few hours as fellow enthusiasts.
Oh, the best part: I asked where we could go for a drive. Imagine my shock to see the ridiculously scenic mountain roads near the city! I just bought an M5 in my dream specifications and now for the first drive, I was headed to some of the best roads imaginable! It's like doing European Delivery, except on the west coast! Despite having done amazing, long roadtrips through Tennessee and Virginia, and being well acquainted with scenic roads that were built for cars like these, I was still blown away. Life doesn't get better than driving a BMW Motorsports V8 singing at high revs through some incredible roads in the Cascade mountains.
Fast forward a week or so and today she FINALLY arrived! The shipper was fantastic. Kept me appraised throughout the journey and delivered her in the same condition she was loaded. I've been driving around all afternoon. This car is NUTS! So much torque, what a monster. I can't believe it made me forget about my E46 so fast and I loved that car! Merry early Christmas to me! :thumbsup:
Stay tuned. She won't be stock for long ;)
This photo was from the seller and a bit over-saturated. It's not that bright of a red interior, lol.
Bone stock except for a Dice kit.
EDIT: More pictures as per Post 28.
Here are some pics after a 3.5hr winter time detail from this morning. The temperatures were far too cold for using real waxes and polish, so I had to settle for spray on stuff from my stash. Not a bad outcome IMO. Can't wait to hit this gorgeous Imola paint with a buffer in the spring :excited:
Vaccumed the interior; wiped down: interior, door+trunk jambs/seals/linings, engine bay, wheel arches, sideskirt underbody. Took me 3.5hours but totally worth it. Ignore the messy garage, lol.
Additional updates on posts: 52, 62, 68.
That is GORGEOUS! Congratulations
Meh I like the 330 A LOT more...
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This is beautiful I loveee the e39 m5 one of my favorites. And the color combo is fantastic, congrats!
Looking forward to seeing this at the opening cruise!
beautiful car...What are your plans for it?
Siiick!!!! Congrats man
wooooooowwww awesome color
wish i could could have one lol
NICE! E39 M5 is by far my FAVORITE BMW ever. Hands down. Keep us posted!
Congrats, e39 m5s are beasts and can sound insane with the right exhaust.
Gorgeous car. I am looking forward to seeing its evolution.
dat interior
Awesome!! I love it!
love it
Nice one Anuk. Knew you would get an M.
very nice
Congrats dude! That's badass.
Looks great!
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Tulane running back Matt Forte rushed for 2,127 yards during his senior year — second-best in the country — and scored 23 touchdowns in the process.
Following a terrific Senior Bowl performance both running and catching the ball, Forte put up impressive numbers at the NFL Scouting Combine, running a 4.46 40-time that placed him among the top running backs. He also finished among the elite performers in the three-cone drill and the 20- and 60-yard shuttle runs.
Houston and Atlanta have already worked him out. The Bears are scheduled to fly in for a workout April 3rd, but some team reps are also flying in to take him to dinner March 27th to get to know the polite and confident young man.
Forte is currently en route to Detroit for his first official team visit. With the recent release of Kevin Jones, the Lions currently have Tatum Bell and Brian Calhoun on the depth chart, so they will undoubtedly be looking to select one of the top running backs in this draft to compete with the pair for the starter's spot.
Forte talked about all of this recent attention from NFL teams with me during an exclusive interview on Thursday night ...
Ed Thompson: You've been having some exciting times as of late, haven't you? A workout with the Falcons and another one with the Texans roughly a week ago.
Matt Forte: Oh, yes sir.
Thompson: Who came to see you at the Atlanta workout? And what did you do while they were there?
Forte: It was the running backs coach from the Falcons who came to see me. First we watched film, and he was very impressed with how much I knew about the offense and the defense and what's going on between snaps. Then we went outside and went through a few running back drills, and he threw the ball to me to see how my hands were. Everything went well. I don't think I dropped a ball the whole time.
Thompson: What was he most impressed with when you guys were watching film?
Forte: How much I knew about the blocking scheme, who was supposed to have who on the offensive and defensive line. Also, the blitz packages guys bring. Who am I supposed to pick up, and who is the line supposed to pick up.
Thompson: Did he talk much about how he saw you fitting into the Falcons' offense?
Forte: He talked some about their blocking scheme and how they did it. He asked me some questions and drew some plays up to see how fast I learned them, and I think I learned them pretty quick.
Matt Forte tries to slip out of the grasp of a tackler in a contest against Southern Mississippi.
AP Photo/Steve Coleman
Thompson: Where was the workout held?
Forte: It was at Tulane's facilities and field.
Thompson: Then you had Houston come in. Who did you work out for on that day?
Forte: It was the running back coach as well. And we did pretty much the same thing.
Thompson: Were you surprised by anything either of the running back coaches had noticed about you?
Forte: Not really. They all watch film and know what I can do and my ability. The only thing they were surprised by was how much I knew by watching film with them and how much football knowledge I had.
Thompson: I heard you had a trading card signing the other night with Topps. Tell us about how that process works.
Forte: Yeah, I had a bunch of cards to sign for them and another one. A couple days before that, I had just finished a card signing. They either ship them to me or someone will come to the house with them and watch me sign them.
Thompson: How many cards did you sign?
Forte: Approximately 5,000 cards. My hands are still tired. I had about 2,800 on one and almost 3,000 on the other one.
Thompson: How many hours did that take?
Forte: It took about three hours a piece.
Thompson: Was that the first time you had seen yourself on a trading card?
Forte: Yeah, it was. And they had some nice action shots.
Thompson: How cool was that? Did you collect cards as a kid?
Forte: Yeah, I sure did. It was really cool to see that on there. It was like a reality check like, "Man, I'm going to get to be one of those guys that I was looking up to when I was a kid."
Thompson: You have a visit with Detroit coming up, and they have an exciting running back scenario for a rookie because it looks as though it'll be a wide open contest in training camp for the starter's job.
Forte: Yeah, and that'd be a nice situation to go into. I'm excited about going up there. I'm flying out on Sunday, and Monday I'll meet with everybody. It should be nice going up there. They were down at our pro day and I talked to Sam Gash, their running backs coach. We had a long talk, and I think they're very interested in me. It should be fun.
Thompson: Sam had quite a career himself. What have you learned while talking to him, and do you see any similarities between yourself and how he approached the game?
Forte: He was a fullback and played 12 years. He gave me some pointers from what he did in his career. He told me to be confident in my ability and talent because you have to be confident in those in the NFL. He's a really good guy.
Thompson: Any other teams in the mix for a workout or visit at this point?
Forte: I'm supposed to have dinner with some people from the Bears next week. Then in early April, they're coming down and I'm going to work out for them also.
Ed Thompson's player interviews and NFL features are published across the Scout.com network and at FOXSports.com. You can contact him by email through this link.


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The Confusion of the Modern Mind Leaves Much Behind
Kenneth Bridge
11/17/2007 / Poetry
What sound is this?
This whirring, whining, singing sound
That pauses for a moment then bites deep again
Releasing the sweet savor of cedar as sparks
Tumble through the spreading canopy toward distant ground
But something else, a fly in the ointment,
An odor of decay, of carrion or rotting fruit
Still clutching the branch with frozen, lifeless fingers
No longer drawing life from deepest root
Why assail the lofty tree whose ethereal branches dance in rarefied air?
Rising from the corruption of the forest floor
Rooted in revelation, fed by prophet's tears
Reaching ever upward through endless years
Tree of liberty and tree of sanctuary
Asylum flowing through xylem and phloem
Assuming its shape through some divine topiary
The straightest and truest and tallest tree is of this wood most fair
The soul of the bole is the cross of Christ that crossed the Hellespont with Saul
Who became Paul and answered the Macedonian call to forever change the world
One-eyed Wotan deserted in Valhalla while Saxon hearth and home are populated sanctuary
Lyr and Lugh left behind as the best of Brehonic Law and Celtic song as praying limbs are lifted toward starry heights unfurled
Roman ingenuity and Greek subtlety interwoven in Lindisfarne's tapestry
A vining whose broad leaf twines skyward toward the bright
Finding firm arboreal support for reason and delights
What couldn't be offered by the old gods, now dead who never lived, the Resurrected One does give
Nations clash and realign, iron rubs against iron
Commerce dares the oceans terrors and primal lands bright with promise
Join the journey of rising motion, boughs push upward, liberty's promotion
Blessings abound, cures are found, injustice fought with light in darkness shining
Rising above depravity and savagery to bring life, salvation and civilization's blessings,
But now what chirping Babel arises from the West's own Christian nestlings?
While snarling stealthy beasts skulk among the dark and twisted undergrowth
Their baleful eyes seek out with bloodlust the singers of freedom's song and loathe
While those fattened on liberty's tree attack it furiously,
"Oppressor of my freedom, enslaver of my body, robber of my wealth!" they cry.
And cutting deep at the notch of their support they try
To separate themselves from that which bears them up
O foolish ones, the thoughts you think, the words you speak, the hopes you clasp
Arise from within the very tree that bears you up and yet you seek deliverance from its grasp?
With splintering crack the bough gives way, its plummet marked by twin plumes,
Smoking towers torn from bluest September sky
Where is freedom found, and dignity? Tolerance and diversity?
On the ground, where snarling beasts surround?
In seeking freedom and life away from its source what do you find?
The confusion of the modern mind leaves much behind.
Ken Bridge is a former policeman and pastor who lives in Northern Virginia.
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Yikes! How will I ever be able to tell Mrs. Jones that I'll have to retake her x-ray? The film has turned out dark! That darn processor. The chemicals must have been too hot or is it too cold...or too old? Oh, I can never remember! Perhaps we have a light leak in the darkroom.
To make matters even worse, Mrs. Jones didn't initially want to have an x-ray. Although she presented to our office following an emergency call today (throbbing toothache on a mandibular first molar), her first concern was regarding the safety of dental x-ray radiation levels.
This is very likely to be a common scenario in your dental office, particularly if yours is one of the thousands of offices across the United States that is still using a film-based radiography system. Let's face it. Film-based radiography (especially when having to retake x-rays) can be a logistical nightmare. Working in a variety of dental practices for close to 15 years, I've been witness to, and admittedly sometimes a participant in, this travesty. Behind the scenes, the reading of poor-quality x-rays can bear more resemblance to a real estate negotiation than a reflection of co-diagnosis occurring among dentist, hygienist, and patient.
I remember how as a hygienist working in a traditional-modeled office, my team members and I had become somewhat proficient in attempted, but usually failed, pleas to our dentist to diagnose from botched films. Doctor, are you absolutely certain you can't see the interproximal decay through that horizontal overlap? We knew the answer to that request before he gave an answer, yet we really despised being the bearer of bad news to the patient, so it was worth the try. The bad news, as the team saw it, was not the diagnosis itself; it was that a retake of the x-ray would be necessary.
Fortunately, many of today's available digital dental technologies are making a dramatic impact on the diagnosis phase of dental care and cracking down on these logistical challenges that once plagued the profession. Going digital in terms of dental radiology means replacing the multitude of boxes of film that have amassed in dental offices around the world, stored in darkrooms, in refrigerators (often the same ones that are used for employee lunches), on shelves in stockrooms, and in drawers in operatories. Rid the profession of film packs (single, double, extraoral), roller transport cleaning, and best of all, the duplicating type! All is replaced with a single, portable, electronic item via implementation of a digital system. Gone is the necessity for a darkroom, messy chemicals, x-ray mounts, and the tedious process of waiting for films to develop.
Utilizing this technology, a sensor pad that is responsible for capturing the image is positioned inside the patients mouth. The sensor is analogous in size and shape to a size 2 dental film, is positioned similarly, and utilizes a holder that closely resembles a standard film holder. The process of dental tube-head positioning is also identical, however, radiation levels used in a digital system may be reduced up to 90%. Thats good policy from the point of view of our health-conscious patients. Rather than what often turns into a confrontation regarding the issue of radiation levels with our patients, we dental professionals are actually able to validate the patients concerns and assure the patients of a higher standard of care in the practice via the digital system.
Following sensor positioning and upon release of the exposure button, the image is displayed nearly instantaneously on a computer screen inside the operatory. Since the sensor is intraorally universal, retakes or exposing a series of x-rays are a breeze, rendering the previous film-based logistical nightmare a thing of the past. One simply repositions the sensor at the next appropriate location, without having to remove the sensor from the patients mouth, and the exposure process may then be repeated. Depending on the particular software, all images automatically appear on the screen precisely mounted and accurately spatially oriented. Average time for a FMX from the point of initial image capture to full development and mount is well under 10 minutes. Additionally, x-rays are stored on the computer system in a digital patient chart for future use, and when copies are needed, they can be quickly printed onto paper at any time.
An office that has implemented a networking multi-computer arrangement will realize the additional benefit of electronic image sharing, where the exposed image(s) may be projected onto any number of screens throughout the office. However, without doubt, the single greatest benefit of digital images projected onto a screen is the facilitation of patient understanding and ownership of particular conditions or pathologies. Patients having such improved diagnostic insight (visual education) are much more highly motivated to accept the treatment recommendations of the dentist or dental hygienist.
Digital radiography is only one example among a wide range of other digital dental technologies commonly implemented to assist with the diagnostic patient education process that occurs in todays dental practices. Other examples in-clude digital caries detectors and calculus detectors, digital periodontal probes, endodontic apex locators, digital imaging fiber optic transillumination (Difoti), digital intraoral and extraoral cameras, endodontic microscopes, and digital imaging smile design software, just to name a few. These technologies, like digital x-rays, are also serving to narrow the gap in the diagnostic abyss: that is, the space and time in which dental problems commonly go undetected those existing below a threshold that can be recognized by naked eye or by conventional standards of diagnostic equipment or materials. It is easily recognizable how todays dental technology has influenced the diagnostic aspect of our profession, as evidenced by the capability to enlarge a size 2 film radiograph onto an entire computer screen, to adjust the contrasts manually for maximum clarity, and to create virtual notes or measurements on the images, indicating areas to watch or to record for future insurance or referral reference. Tricky incipient decay (for which teenagers are infamous) that once required squinting, perfect backlighting, and a satisfactory radiographic history in order to definitively diagnose now becomes the size of a babys fist with the zoom feature found in todays digital x-ray systems. Time-concerned patients are thrilled to be offered a more efficient and definitive process of care, and from a hygienists point of view (I am particularly concerned with diagnosis and prevention), what a benefit!
As dental professionals, we are fortunate to work within an industry that not only offers, but mandates, continuous opportunities to learn and grow. It is common that we experience periodic personal changes regarding our view of the profession. I remember undergoing a vision shift regarding the model by which I practiced dental hygiene as it relates to the available digital radiographic technology. For some time, fresh out of hygiene school, I had been perfectly content (except for those pesky retakes) with a film-based radiography system. In parallel custom, my mission for hygiene care was rather traditional. It encompassed the delivery of high-quality, long-lasting therapies.
Through continuing education and ongoing professional/patient interactions, I began to aspire toward a more sophisticated hygiene goal. My dental hygiene purpose evolved to one of learning the safe and effective use of the available digital x-ray technology in order to motivate my patients to accept and desire the superior level of excellent care that I was able to offer. My paradigm shift meant that I preferred to have my hygiene care be something that I performed for my patients rather than to my patients.
All well and good, but a hygienist is certainly not in the actual position to purchase and implement the technology to realize such a goal. Further, as you reflect on your own practices diagnostic needs and dental care delivery mission, you may be feeling about your office as I once did about mine. There is no way that my doctor would ever go for it make that kind of investment? It's just too expensive! Almost every dental team to whom I am introduced that has recently acquired a digital radiographic system shares a similar reminiscence with me. My advice to those who feel this way is not to be so quick to assume. Rather than allowing this inner voice of disbelief to suppress your desires and professional ideas, embrace it as a vehicle for change. Listen for the subtle, subconscious message as if this inner voice were a riddle; bear in mind the deeper meaning that is held for you.
I have had positive and action-oriented results by following this simple strategy. Also, I have recommended it as a fantastic reparative technique to fellow hygienists afflicted with the quite common syndrome of hygiene burnout. Quite frankly, my motivation for writing this article has been based on my passionate belief in the universal, often-hidden ability possessed by dental hygienists to influence larger business changes than customarily are thought to be within the realm of the job description. Moreover, any office that incorporates digital technology upgrades such as a digital x-ray system without first having visualized a greater appreciation for the new practice model that is sure to ensue would not realize the full benefit of such an investment. As it has been said long before. Fail to plan and you plan to fail.
Any willing dental hygienist, by first granting the inner voice permission to power a professional philosophy evolution and second by thinking like a dentist-employer (careful consideration for the employer investment), will be appropriately empowered to devise a feasible, solid business plan. This plan supports technology adoption in lieu of the ever-changing patient care missions seen today. Once I had become concrete and tangible in my hygiene vision and was able to draw a relationship to my digital technology aspirations, my brain rather easily formulated the solution, which was a written business plan for gaining my dentists buy-in for this newly found religion of mine.
Dental hygienists, let me assure you, we are in a perfect position to partner with our dentist(s) in this regard. We, doctor and hygienist, who provide treatment services to mutual patients, are ideally suited to align our care beliefs, professional values, motivations, and overall dental business protocols. Only when performing as formidable allies collaborating on such decisions are we truly destined for successful long-term outcomes for ourselves, as well as for our patients.
Upon sharing my business plan for a digital radiographic system, I actually discovered that I had been incorrect in my previous assumptions that my dentist would never go for it. Rather, I uncovered clear financial evidence supportive of implementing digital radiology into our practice, which led to my dentists decision that he would not wait on it.
A business plan for any dental practice change must involve 5 basic components: introduction, summary, body, forecasting projections, and an appendix. The introduction should include background information regarding present treatment modalities and the reason(s) why a new system is under investigation. This addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the current approach, plus considers the threats of stagnant behavior and the realized opportunities expected via system change. In the summary, new system goals and objectives for both providers and patients are outlined. Overall, the components of the summary serve to provide the rationale for creating a well-documented business plan and an overall sense of the business focus and development direction. A strong, goal-oriented opening will act as the benchmark by which the end result can be evaluated and measured.
Graph. Cost Components Associated With Dental Radiography.
|This graph represents summary data based on the authors study of radiographic costs. Actual cost comparisons between film and digital radiography may vary in individual dental practices.
As expected, the body of the plan acts as the meat of the document. In its bulk, financial factors for such a system are appraised. At this point, productivity of the system has already been established through a well-written introduction and summary. Therefore, one must concentrate this evidence on profitability. This may include a study of the associated costs of the current system against the desired, upgraded system. In the case of dental equipment, the following costs are attributed: fixed, variable, and operatory. Both film-based and digital radiology systems have associated fixed costs (initial equipment purchase price and/or space dedication) and variable costs (ongoing and/or product support). In my study, I discovered that a digital system is significantly lower in both these costs compared to a film-based system. You may find in your office, depending on your space configuration and technology needs, that only one of these cost types is lower for a digital system. Digital radiography is theoretically instantaneous in nature; there are no associated operatory costs at all. As such, operatory costs exist only for a film-based system (Graph).
Operatory costs are those that are incurred when an operatory is allocated to a particular patient but no treatment can be performed (occurring during lag times while diagnostic film undergoes processing). These costs place a particularly heavy burden on the profitability of endodontic procedures and are often the sole factor in the profit margin of a digital system in this specialtys practice. The body of the business plan also encompasses other similar business development areas legal, marketing, case presentation, and treatment (sales) issues.
Concluding remarks of the business plan should provide forecasted results and references for the consideration of the specific available systems. Forecasting results for the complete business plan can facilitate the security that is required for an employer to obtain third-party financing or create a realistic internal funding strategy. This step must never be overlooked and must be realistic. Much of the required financial data may be gathered from dental technology articles, trade shows, and the Web sites of major dental technology manufacturers. Forecasting is crucial if the hygienist is to gain the dentist-employers consideration of the plan.
These are exciting times in our profession; traditional private dental practices are transforming to high-tech healthcare epicenters before our very eyes! In order to keep pace with the ever-changing patient demands and expectations presented to us in todays world, we hygienists have the chance to hone the planning skills that for years have been cultivated solely for the purpose of treatment planning and to sharpen these talents into business-planning acumen. Technological advances may arguably be the most influential driving force behind the evolving concept of the dental visit. Implementing some of todays digital technology options into the dental office means a new realization of the dental visit, from one that was once a dreaded patient encounter to one that is informative, painless, and quick, and therefore quite pleasant from our patients point of view.
From the providers perspective, the x-factor of co-diagnosis can readily be achieved. We know that our patients do place the greatest critical value on those emotions experienced while in a dental office as a way to judge the quality of a particular office or provider. Illustrating this fact is the determination that patients are most apt to measure the quality of care that they receive less by the clinical integrity of the service and more by the customer service skills of the dental provider. With these quickly transforming patient care values, dental hygienists must keep pace in our role as patient advocate and treatment plan facilitator; the time has come to add a new, business-planning feather to our caps!
Well, Mrs. Jones, I'm glad you shared with me your concern for the radiation levels that are used today in dental x-rays. I can tell from your question that you are concerned with your overall health, as are we! We are pleased to be able to offer you digital technology in this office, which addresses that exact concern on all levels. Allow me to explain...
Now, let's go ahead, take a picture, and see whats going on with that tooth that is bothering you!
Who has the bigger smile at this point the patient, or me, the provider?
Disclosure: Ms. Close works as an independent contractor for DEXIS.