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For the past month while remodeling my house I've been using several batches of Hamilton brand joint compound (both hot and all purpose). I had nothing to compare it to until recently when my dad bought a batch of USGs all purpose. USG's mixed soooo much easier than hamilton. it went on more smoothly. there were no clumps. it dried faster. and it was easier to sand. Well, needless to say after good experiences with USG's all purpose I went and bought some. Well, I think I must have gotten a bad batch this time because all the qualities that I original found were superior to hamilton are all gone. The new USG AP batch doesn't mix well and it's lumpy. I hand mixed it for 15 minutes and it still is lumpy. I tried to apply some to the wall and the clumps do not allow a smooth surface or feathering. The clumps run through leaving streaks. Do any of you sometimes get a bad batch of joint compound? Does this happen? I noticed from when i first opened up the box it wasn't as moist as the original batch I had. It seemed harder too.
I ended up using an electric cake mixer for a few minutes and that smoothed out the big chunks(but not the really small ones tho) but I don't think I should have to do that to be semi-satisfied with the product. I want the consistency and ease of the first batch I had. Should I return it to the store?
oh and I live in southern california and I didn't leave the mud outside. It's been sealed in the room for 2 days.
They sell mixers for compound that attach to a drill. They run about $15.00. Use one and you're go to go.
I have a big mixer but no way can it mix those clumps. It could mix water into the compound but not those clumps.
All I use is USG and have never had an issue with lumps in 30 years in the remodeling business.
Maybe you're buying this merchandise in a place with a very slow turn over or you're letting it sit around for too long at home or storing it in an inappropriate location. Any and all of these can compromise the product.
Ron, I have heard this three times in the last month.I wonder if it is another outsourcing. I called my local newspaper about a problem, talked to Joe in India! Told me I'd have one within the hour.......
Told him I'd wait and watch for him........
I buy everything from the back of the stock, bread, cheese, etc. Take it back, newbpainter, get another one. Be safe, G
Thanks for that response Ron.
The 48lb box of USG AP sat at room temperature for 2 days. So I don't believe my care and storage of the product was an issue.
Both the good and bad batch were from a "big box" store. With the good box of usg, my father said the stocks were nearly empty and that he got one of the last boxes. The day I went to get another box they just stocked it up that day. But who knows how long it's been in the back storage. Long storage in the back may have been the problem. I noticed that the defective batch was not as moist as the last batch I had. That may be from long term storage but who knows for certain.
Question guys, is there any difference in the quality of joint compound that comes in a box and bag vs bucket? someone told me to avoid the buckets because of air pockets in the mud. is this true in your experiences?
I've had issues with hamilton as well. Some batches of hot mud mixed somewhat easy and others were a p.i.t.a. and clumpy. I also bought a big bucket of premixed Hamilton All Purpose... it had sooo many air pockets. And the air pockets weren't from mixing, they were present before I even mixed. I opened up the bucket and there they were. (those air pockets got bigger as I troweled) I taped corners using the Hamilton All purpose and the next day when I go to see my work ....its bubbled right in the middle on every corner I did. I taped corners using the good batch of USG AP and all was fine .I did the taping with the USG and Hamilton on the same day(on two different rooms) so my technique was rather consistent using both products. I'm never using hamilton again.
So, at the advice of most of the regulars of the forum - thats hammered in nearly every thread when a newb ask questions -, i strayed away from the "evil" big box stores with their "inferior products" and "limited selection", and instead headed down to the local lumberyard thats been in business for around 30 years. Well, they didn't have much of a selection of brands. They had Easy Finish and proform all made by nationalgypsum. I talked to the lady who owns the place and tell her about my previous problems. She assures me that she rotates stock on the regular. Well, I picked up the box of Easy Finish. I checked the bag and it was moist so I'm thinking all is good. I get home and start mixing. Looks decently smooth untill I put it on... Yes, more lumps. It cost 10 dollars there vs the 6 dollar boxes at the big box stores. I wasted more money and time! So I give up on it. The next day I head down to my local Lowes and talk to the exchange person. No hassle at all they let me exchange the opened and used usg box of All purpose that I talked about in my opening post and they let me pick out a new box and let me open it up and check it before I buy them. All is good... I got 2 usg boxes of ap and I'm back troweling like a machine. It mixes easy, no clumps, and goes on smooooth.
The big box stores are not the devil! :no: Btw, Lowes had a way way better selection than my local lumberyard and homedepot.
oh and learning as I go. I put the mud box into a bucket and hooked up my mixer to the electric drill. Smoooth....then I had a little surprise when troweling...little pig tail pieces of plastic from the mixer scraping the bucket. :laughing:. Not a big deal. As soon as I trowel it on and then I pick the few pieces(maybe 5 little pieces in 5 linear feet) out then smooth it over. haha learn as I go. it's these little things...
Sounds like the mud was frozen at some point, perhaps in shipping from the plant to the store. You say you're in Southern California, but no telling where the mud was trucked in from. Once mud freezes and separates, no amount of mixing will make it usable again....
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I fully agree man. I have about the same amount of cash to play with. It's been in the market since late 2008. Made some great returns, not it's kinda stagnant.
I went to look at some properties last weekend. I'm very optimistic about our economy's future. You just got to run the numbers really... how much of a return to your expect per year? I made huge returns in the market, but that was mainly because I jumped in at the lowest prices possible; right after the crash of 08.
If you buy a distressed home and are able to do all the repairs yourself, it makes your profit margin much higher than if you paid contractors. Just think about your target market, and think WHY someone would want to buy/rent in that area. I'm buying a rural area in Cali so I'm considering maybe selling to an elderly/retired couple, or renting to a single family since a school distrct is close ect.
It's a tough one, but so is any other investment.
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Citation: Tamborindeguy, C., Gray, S.M. 2008. Analysis of Cyclophilin involvement in CYDV-RPV transmission by Schizaphis graminum. Phytopathology. 98:S154. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Luteoviruses are transmitted by aphids in a circulative, nonpropogative manner requiring the virus to be actively transported across cell membranes and through cell cytoplasm. Using proteomic analyses we have identified two forms of Cyclophilin in a F2 Schizaphis graminum population segregating for the ability to transmit Cereal yellow dwarf virus (CYDV)-RPV. Cyclophilin is a peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans-isomerase and has been involved in several functions including macromolecular transport. The cyclophilin gene sequence was determined for several S. graminum genotypes that differ in vector competency and also differing in which barrier (hindgut or salivary gland) is operating in the nonvector genotypes. A single point mutation changing a C to G is correlated with genotypes that are unable to transmit virus. The cyclophilin that predominates in the vector genotypes is able to bind to purified virus particles in co-immunoprecipitation assays. Continuing efforts are focused on functional assays to directly determine the involvement of cyclophilin in CYDV movement in the aphid.


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Thursday, October 06, 2011: Protest to End 10 YEARS of US Occupation of Afghanistan
by Debra Sweet, Director of World Can't Wait Several thousand people have signed up to be at Freedom Square in Washington DC on Thursday October 6. This day was chosen because it's the precise 10 year anniversary of Bush's invasion. It's a "work" day, and a day we can expect maximum coverage of the war. Join World Can't Wait there! On the October2011.org website:
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It all started one night in 2004 over dinner at the Charles Hotel. Professor Michael Ignatieff and his wife, Zsuzsanna, sat down with three mysterious strangers, whom the couple later referred to as the "men in black."
Their pitch to Ignatieff was as intriguing as it was audacious, given his background as an accomplished teacher, journalist, and novelist. Would he leave the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) to run for leader of Canada's beleaguered Liberal Party, and ultimately for prime minister?
"What didn't well up inside me was laughter. It should have. The idea was preposterous," Ignatieff writes in "Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics," an elegant and unflinching memoir of his disastrous six-year flameout from the pillowy cocoon of academia into the foul trenches of modern politics. The book is out this month from Harvard University Press.
" 'Fire and Ashes' is the story of why … I said yes to the men in black."
Ignatieff returned to his native Canada, winning election to the House of Commons in 2006. After losing a bid that year to become the Liberal Party leader, he was named deputy chief, a post he held until late 2008, when leader Stephane Dion resigned and "Iggy," as he is known, was elevated to interim head. In 2009, he was elected leader, only to usher the party to its worst defeat in its history in 2011, winning just 34 seats in Parliament. Ignatieff, who even lost his own seat, resigned not long after that.
"If you don't understand you can lose and don't understand what you can lose when you lose, you shouldn't go into [politics]," Ignatieff said in a recent Gazette interview from Toronto.
"But it's not a book whose premise is 'feel my pain.' I feel good about having done it, I feel actually lucky to have done it, and I don't regret doing it. I just think any honest account of politics has to talk about how bad it hurts the morning after you get clobbered. I think that's important. It's important to the truth of the experience."
"Very few Harvard professors go straight from the classroom into the cold room of electoral politics — Elizabeth Warren's done it and a few others … but rather few run for elective office," he said. "So I thought, if you start from a classroom, what's it like to do it? I thought it would be interesting to tell the story of what has to change inside your head, what has to change inside you, in order to do it."
He currently teaches at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, but will return to HKS in January to teach "Responsibility and Representation: Meeting the Demands of Public Office" and "Sovereignty and Intervention."
In hindsight, it seems clear that his viability as a novice candidate — one best known as a public intellectual — who was running for national office in a country he hadn't lived in for 30 years would be limited. But, Ignatieff said, when he decided to run, he was motivated by his family's rich diplomatic history as well as by his belief in the nobility of public service and his faith in the egalitarianism and romance of democracy.
He had the "deep moral belief that democracy is not merely the least worst form of government, but, much more positively, the best form of government, the form of government that can bring out the best in us," he said. There was "the sense that you may be a Harvard professor, but your vote is not worth any more than anybody else's. Democracy is the system that tries to counterbalance the power of money and the power of expertise and the power of privilege. And I feel very deeply attached to that ideal." read more
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Officers located Mr. Hill, as well as 21 year old Brittany Nichole Saunders, at this address. During the course of the visit, officers found plastic baggies with methamphetamine residue and K-2 residue. A small amount of K-2 (synthetic marijuana) was also found.
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Flemish artist Jan Fabre has created the 'Heaven of Delight' using 1.6 million Buprestidae beetles. Fabre and his team of thirty people took 4 months to glue all of the beetle shells to the ceiling of the Royal Palace in Brussels.
The jewel beetles were obtained from universities and connections Fabre had in the open market. They are a non-protected species that are abundant in certain countries like Thailand where the beetle is fried and eaten.
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As far as the ceiling is concerned, I first created a wide variety of forms and patterns by gluing beetles onto small surfaces. Then I told my 29 assistants that they could start inventing forms, knowing full well what they would come up with. This process allowed me to discover who was good at what type of pattern. Once I had this information, I could assign different areas of the ceiling to different assistants.
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Need POCO to determine service capacity?
We have underground service at our '84 built house located in Langley BC which is just outside Vancouver. I need to upgrade the service in order to install a heat pump but have a problem in that we only have a 100A panel. We currently have an electric range, dryer, and a spa so I'm pretty sure we are close to capacity for 100A.
Here's the interesting part. Service meter is rated for 200A, PVC conduit is 3" (which BC Hydro is required for 200A service) cabling from meter to the panel is 3AWG copper, but the panel is only 100A.
Should I call the POCO to pull the meter to determine the actual service size? What are the chances that the underground cabling is only rated for 100A? BC Hydro does not have the info on what was installed.
Any insight?
Where you reside,why do you have a 100 amp entrance?
Can't say about anywhere else, but our POCO feeds are good for 400A. That gets resized at the house connection depending on the service panel size, and meter pan.
You will need to call them anyway to get the meter pulled and get the permit.
Called BC Hydro and there were able to tell me I can get 125A service with the cabling in place. Might be sufficient, but I really would like the 200A service.
For 200A, they will have to pull a new line for $855. Hopefully I have conduit and won't have to dig up the yard all the way to the hydro box...
You will probably be fine. How often will be be cooking at full tilt on that range, while having a spa, while clothes are drying?
Only when I'm running my 3HP table saw and 2HP dust extractor with enough light in the shop to illuminate half my block. :)
That is weird they only allowed a 25 amp boost in a panel. Maybe that is just stateside they made a unwritten rule to provide cables to the house that are normally at least 200amp rated.
What size is the cable from your meter pan to your main panel? If it's 2/0 then you can run a 200 amp service. (2/0 is only rated for 185, but if used as a service conductor the ampacity can be 200A).
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A thrilling triple overtime game ends a great season, and now there is one thing left to do, give out the Tewaaraton Trophy. Five finalists from four different teams have been chosen, and this is a close race.
Last season, Maryland's Katie Schwarzmann was the first person not on the NCAA champion team to win the Tewaaraton Trophy since Duke's Katie Chrest did it in 2005. Since the award was first given out in 2001, only three have gone to players that did not win the NCAA title that year. This may favor UNC's Kara Cannizzaro, but two players, Katie Schwarzmann and Alex Aust, played for a Maryland team that lost just one game this season.
3/1 – Katie Schwarzmann, Senior, Maryland, Midfield
With the target constantly on her back, the reigning Tewaaraton winner led the Maryland midfield to 22 victories, contributing on offense and defense with 58 goals, 27 assists, 39 draw controls and 39 ground balls. She was a perfect 3-for-3 on shots in the NCAA title game and had the game-winning assist against Syracuse to get Maryland to the title match. She may get an edge over Cannizzaro after being named the IWLCA Midfielder of the Year despite that Maryland lost to UNC in the finals.
4/1 – Kara Cannizzaro, Senior, North Carolina, Midfield
When the NCAA Tournament began, Cannizzaro probably was not higher than fourth on most Tewaaraton lists. But thanks in part to the senior captain, the Tar Heels ran the table in the NCAAs and took the title. She finished with 61 goals, 29 assists and 30 caused turnovers, a true force on both sides of the ball. If the committee puts a lot of emphasis on the NCAA Tournament, that bodes well for her, she finished 16 goals and six assists in the NCAAs, earning at least five points in every game.
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The IWLCA Attacker of the Year concluded the 2013 season second in Division I with 5.43 points a game with 70 goals and 55 assists, connecting on 56.5% of her shots. She also helped the ride effort, leading Maryland with 22 caused turnovers. Until the title game, Aust had at least four points in Maryland's first three wins in the NCAA, including five goals and two assists against Duke. She lit up the scoreboard and quarterbacked Maryland's offense most of the year, but her biggest "threat" for the Tewaaraton is probably her teammate.
15/1 – Alyssa Murray, Junior, Syracuse, Attack
Murray became the leader of Syracuse's offense, a very young offense at that, after Michelle Tumolo's injury and was incredible, earning 104 points off 64 goals and 40 assists, even adding 18 caused turnovers. She was a star in Syracuse's NCAA wins over Dartmouth with five goals and five assists, the sixth time in the last seven games that she had at least five points. She drew a lot of attention during the Maryland game, getting just one goal, but helped lead Syracuse to a semifinal berth.
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Michigan Tech has appointed Alex Mayer as the Charles and Patricia Nelson Presidential Professor. Mayer, who holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, is recognized for his outstanding efforts to bring water-related research, education and outreach to the forefront at Michigan Tech. Continue reading
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Michigan Tech faculty, staff members and students received awards tallying $71,175 in funding through the Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Continue reading
At a recent student "Challenge Bowl" competition organized by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists at the University of Oklahoma, a team of Michigan Tech students came in third. They were the only team composed of undergraduates to make the final round and they were also the only team with any females to make the finals.
"This is the third year that Michigan Tech students have participated in this competition, and our students consistently perform extremely well," said Wayne Pennington, interim dean of engineering and faculty advisor for the Michigan Tech student section of SEG. "This year's team consisted entirely of undergraduates, and they were up against formidable opposition from advanced graduate students, defeating almost all of them. We are very proud of their performance, and I personally am very pleased that Neala Creasy and Stephanie Dow were the students who chose to compete on our behalf."
The National Mining Competition announced the three winners from the 2013 event. First place Michigan Tech, second place University of British Columbia, and third place Edwards School of Business.
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Three Michigan Tech students won scholarships at the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologist (AEG) 56th Annual Meeting in Seattle.
Lauren Schaefer, a geology PhD student, won the Tilford and Lemke scholarships. The Tilford scholarship is provided to a graduate student for field studies. The Lemke scholarship is provided for outstanding student abstract for the work, "Geotechnical characterization of materials for stability analysis of large volcanic slopes: Are studies for specific volcanoes justifiable?" Lauren is advised by Thomas Oommen (GMES). Continue reading


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After finding this simple solution hidden in the patchwork of documentation, I decided to write a brief tour of the basics of the .NET configuration namespaces, as well as share this tip.
The ConfigurationManager namespace, introduced with .NET 2.0, cannot be used to save connections strings. ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings.Add() throws an error and System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager does not allow saving to app.config.
While the simplest answer may be to write XML, the .NET 1.1 configuration API System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettingsCollection supports modification and saving. The last part of this tip is refreshing the 2.0 ConfigurationManager after modifying the config file.
The Configuration APIs are confusing, rather than complex. The combination of poorly chosen names and bloated functionality can be navigated safely with a quick guided tour.
There are three filenames: app.config, YOUR_APPLICATION.exe.config, YOUR_APPLICATION.vshost.exe.config.
App.config is the source file which is copied and renamed when a project is built. The IDE overwrites YOUR_APPLICATION.exe.config with app.config depending on the setting of the "Copy to Output Directory" property. Solution Explorer > app.config > Right-click Properties > Copy to Output Directory. Note that F4 shows the XML document properties if the focus is on the code pane, rather than the solution pane.
App.config is divided into sections. Each section has its own handler that defines how to read and write the section. Predefined sections that predate .NET 2.0 have predefined/hardwired handlers. For example, appSettings can be managed using System.Configuration.ConfigurationSection.AppSettingsSection.
There are two sections with similar names: appSettings and applicationSettings. I find it impossible to remember which is which. (The longer name is newer, and is the section added by the IDE starting with .NET 2.0. Solution Explorer > Application Properties > Settings.)
There are two similar namespaces: System.Configuration.Configuration and System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager. The longer one ("ConfigurationManager") is newer. It was introduced in .NET 2.0. While it has nice features like type safety and code generation for each defined setting, it does not support saving applicationSettings or connectionStrings to app.config. The applicationSettings section is read-only.
The applicationSettings section introduced with .NET 2.0 is managed by the System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection class. Many developers have been stymied and annoyed that the applicationSettings section in app.config is read-only. While the rationale for not storing user preferences in app.config is sound, the inability to persist settings for valid reasons (e.g., installation or configuration) is unnecessarily limiting.
Some sections, such as the connectionStrings section, can be managed by both namespaces.
For connection strings, the predefined handler is System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettingsCollection. .NET 2.0 introduced System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings.
Both frameworks can read connection strings from app.config. System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettingsCollection allows additions.
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings is a read-only collection that implements Add(), but Add() throws run-time errors.
Saving connection strings is simple when you use the old configuration namespace framework.
/// <summary>
/// Adds a connection string settings entry & saves it to the associated config file.
/// This may be app.config, or an auxiliary file that app.config points to or some
/// other xml file.
/// ConnectionStringSettings is the confusing type name of one entry including:
/// name + connection string + provider entry
/// </summary>
/// <param name="configuration">Pass in ConfigurationManager.OpenMachineConfiguration,
/// ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None) etc. </param>
/// <param name="connectionStringSettings">The entry to add</param>
public static void AddAndSaveOneConnectionStringSettings(
System.Configuration.Configuration configuration,
System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings connectionStringSettings)
// You cannot add to ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings using
// ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings.Add
// (connectionStringSettings) -- This fails.
// But you can add to the configuration section and refresh the ConfigurationManager.
// Get the connection strings section; Even if it is in another file.
ConnectionStringsSection connectionStringsSection = configuration.ConnectionStrings;
// Add the new element to the section.
// Save the configuration file.
// This is needed. Otherwise the connection string does not show up in
// ConfigurationManager
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<connectionStrings configSource="connectionstrings.config"/>
Where connectionstrings.config is the name of the separate file, but could be any name. Note, this file has to be in the same folder (*or deeper) as the config file. This trick can be used to define different NTFS based file-permissions on the connections strings file from the app.config file.
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I'd be grateful if someone out there could give me two different widths and height of this area on the instrument cluster (1st attached pic). I want to put the various lights from my v1 into the cluster but my planning can only go so far without taking out the cluster to get some measurements. If you have a cluster nearby and can take a few measurements that would be very cool. I'm also looking for a cheap used or broken one on line (actually anyone know which different model's clusters are sized just like the e93 m3 cluster, not including the gauges, I'm going to have to cut up the plastic area so I'd like a dash that's the same size in all the different areas on the cluster.
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Apple released macOS 10.12 Sierra on 9/20/2016. Some customers are reporting Office 2016 for Mac applications are closing unexpectedly, or crashing when an Office application is launched, or when the computer is moved between Wi-Fi networks (e.g. moving a laptop from home to work).
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|Originally posted by KKmama
Well... I'm not really happy with the state of malpractice insurance and how defensive it has made drs. about childbirth, but... my parents probably should have sued the pants off the dr. who delivered my brother (~35 yrs ago).
She was late, he did a totally botched induction/augmentation of labor, she probably should have had a cesarean at that point, and he had a birth injury that led to some pretty big developmental disabilities. It not only screwed up his life, but it put a huge burden on my parents' weak marriage...
|yes, but do you think that if she'd had a super crunchy homebirthing midwife or an UC that everything would have been fine?
|Originally posted by Greaseball
Doctors also give women advice that can cause life-threatening problems. Women who follow the doctor's advice of minimal weight gain, low-calorie and sodium restricted diets are more likely to develop eclampsia than those who are under the care of midwives and receive instruction in real nutrition and are "allowed" to gain as much weight as they need.
Homebirthing mothers report less pain with birth, if they have had previous hospital births. They tell me the pain they experienced in the hospital was abnormal and came from the interventions, while the pain at home was normal, natural and had a purpose.
Do you honestly believe that nothing at all goes wrong in labor or delivery if a doctor isn't at the bottom of it?
|Originally posted by eilonwy
Okay, I know that there are people here who have gotten this advice, but it's totally outdated. I've never had anyone tell me anything like this, and I'm a fat person. In fact, any doctor with any sense will tell you that you don't need to restrict sodium, or eat a low-calorie diet. This particular example is one of many things which homebirthing advocates assume that all doctors do. It certainly has not been my experience.
|It is my understanding that most women who've had prior births report less pain in subsequent births, regardless of where they happen and who is with them.
|Originally posted by citizenfong
...many complications are the result of obstetrical interferance, since they never seem to occur in UC (or many homebirth) situations.
|Originally posted by citizenfong
I have to add my opinion here. Doctors and other interventionists get blamed for doing so much wrong because so much of what they do is wrong.
|We no longer have ANY idea about what the range of normal in pregnancy and birth is, because almost NO ONE has unhindered pregnancy/birth. Since I started researching UC about a year ago I have met so many women who had perfectly healthy births with factors that would have NEVER been allowed to develop under the care of docs. Like the woman who labored, not just prodomal labor, for 11 days before giving birth. Or the woman who started off and on labor at 33 weeks. Her water broke at 36 weeks. 3 days later she gave birth to a 7 lb. baby who was obviously ready to be born. Just a few examples.
|The thing is this: so much of what OBs do is superstition, voodoo, non-evidence-based malarky. Therefore, when you examine a birth story/situation and find X, Y, and Z that a doctor shouldn't have done, there is no way of really knowing how much ensuing damage is a result of malpractice-avoidance medicine and how much actually would have occurred otherwise. Am I making sense here?
|Although, the more research I've done, and the more birth stories I've read/heard, the more obvious it becomes that many, many complications are the result of obstetrical interferance, since they never seem to occur in UC (or many homebirth) situations.
|So the bottom line is that if I blame OBs for everything I KNOW they are doing to muck up the birth process, and if every OB I've ever heard of is doing them, it's going to seem like a lot of blame.
For what's it's worth, I am happy to be living in a time when good nutrition is easy, information is extremely accessable, and emergency medicine that I AGREE to is available just down the street.
|I saw a show about a doctor who has been doing surgeries on women in rural parts of Africa (Ethiopia, I think) who had a common complication of prolonged labors: they developed holes between their bladders or colons and their birth canal, thus rendering them unable to contain urine or feces.
|Originally posted by Greaseball
OK, here are my open-ended questions:
Homebirth does not mean unhindered birth. Even a UC can be complicated if a mother tries to use medical interventions on herself. I would say these births need to be looked at more in-depth, instead of saying "Everything went wrong because they were at home." What about mothers who are in hard labor for several days to a week at home and have healthy babies? How do we explain that? How do we explain c-section mothers who have incontinence?
|Do you really know why women started dying in childbirth? They were doing fine until hospitals were invented. Doctors there refused to wash their hands after surgeries or after touching dead bodies. They attended births covered in blood and grime from previous operations. Women labored in beds from which corpses were recently moved.
|Hospital-acquired infections are still a leading cause of death in this country, and maternal death can be prevented. Mothers and babies who deliver in hospitals have higher rates of death.
|What OBs do is based on time and money, not evidence. It used to be that 9 and 10-lb babies were healthy and normal, now they are harmful. Did the "evidence" change from one decade to the next? What "evidence" says that in 1970 it was safe to vaginally deliver breech babies, but in 1990 it wasn't? Why was it once normal for a woman to carry over 42 weeks, and now it's abnormal?
|What about doctors in other countries - do they use evidence? If so, where is the evidence that Swedish women need cesareans 4% of the time but American women need them 26% of the time, and Brazilian women need them 95% of the time?
|Where is the evidence that says although a woman giving birth in a hospital in New York City can safely labor for 18 hours and push for 4 hours, women in Atlanta can only labor for 12 hours and push for 2 hours? Is it something in the air?
Evidence shows that almost all babies can be safely born at home with little or no intervention. It's easy to miss that when you don't want to see it.
|Originally posted by eilonwy
First of all, most of what OBs do is, in fact, based on evidence. Just because it's evidence that you don't like doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Secondly, if you can't tell for a fact that a doctor caused X, Y, and Z and you don't know exactly what the consequences of X, Y, and Z are, how can you assume that the doctor was at fault?
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Looks to me we can connect them so that the LED lights when the button is pressed, but will we suffer voltage drop issues from the LED?
Undoubtedly yes. The iPhone, for example, uses capacitive touch through glass.
This might be the best product SFE's ever developed. Thanks once again, guys!
Nevermind. It's still in Engrish. Hopefully this will work better than the SEN-08668
A JPEG camera with good documentation! Finally! Thanks, SFE.
"It works well at cutting thin plastics, styrofoam, or various butters."
I think I love you guys.
Decisions?this or the Netduino?
So. Cool. Brilliant theory and execution.
The only thing more I want from this is a VERY quiet case for it. :)
No criticism here, merely drawing the similarities between the two.
I was gonna say the same thing…
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Jack White or Johnny Depp playing dress-up in Tim Burton's closet? I'm confused. Wait... is that... it's not is it.... EDWARD? EDWARD SCISSORHANDS?! The similarities are insane do you not think, but the talent of Craig McDean in capturing Jack White for the new issue of Interview Magazine is unquestionable. This is quite the wonderful collaboration between Photographer and Muse.
Read Jack's interview with Buzz Aldrin (Um... Yes Please!) here


text: In June of 2009 I found myself surrounded by the most beautiful garden I had ever stepped into. The Huntington Library,Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. The 120 acre garden has plants from a geographical range spanning the globe. The Desert Garden alone has over 5000 different cacti and succulent species. The Japanese Garden and Chinese Gardens feature bridges,a furnished Japenese house, Liu FangYuan~ Garden of Flowering Fragrance, streams and a lake surrounded by beautiful sculptured plants,buildings and many Bonsai. The other gardens are the Rose, Jungle,Subtropical,Shakesphere,Palm,Lily Pond, Camellias,Jungle,Herb, Australian and Childrens Garden. The site also has museums and a library that hold priceless art and artifacts. I can not begin to explain the feeling and inspiration I left with after a day spent wandering the 240 acre wonderland. Below are just a few pictures of the day. www.huntington.org


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Dark Souls II - DLC Preview @ EuroGamer
EuroGamer previews the upcoming DLC for Dark Souls II, and comes to the conclusion the DLC doesn't look that tough. Here is a sample of why they think that is.
Some Souls fans may decry the addition of DLC so shortly after the main game has launched - although it's hard to argue that Dark Souls 2 was small - but Yoshimura is adamant that the new content's production was a response to the game's sales in the west anyway. "It was really last-minute that we became confident about the game content. We were so anxious about it," he says about the parent game's unenviable goal of having to follow up the cherished Dark Souls. "In regards to the DLC, after we finished creating the game we had a will to create the DLC, but we weren't sure if [Dark Souls 2] was going to be successful, so it was only after we released the game that we decided to do the DLC."
With the unofficial Souls successor Bloodborne on the way, Dark Souls 2's DLC looks a fraction less fresh and inspired than it would have last year, but even a slightly lacklustre addition to the Souls franchise is still an engaging experience. Furthermore, the somewhat malleable environments, fresh foes and optional challenging routes should provide added incentive to explore Dark Souls 2's robust combat systems and marvellous monstrosities even further. For fans of the series, that's in no way a bad thing.
Information aboutDark Souls II
SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: Action-RPG
Platform: PC
Release: Released


text: I carry a SS Springfield mil-spec though the only original parts are the frame,slide,barrel,trigger and safety. I like it cause it's low maintenance and reliable. I prize my Blue Colt srs. 70 reissue. sise by side, it's a finer weapon. not as thick as the Springfield, it is a superior product period. That doesn't mean it's anymore reliable then my Springer, just finer. Funny thing is, After modifying the SA to get up to par, I've probably got more money in it then the Colt!


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im thinking about buying these head lights for my 02 rex. i have a couple of ?s. where can i buy them from any websites? why is everyone selling theirs is there something wrong with them
This is a discussion on Morette Headlights 02-03 within the Exterior & Appearance forums, part of the Tech & Modifying & General Repairs category; im thinking about buying these head lights for my 02 rex. i have a couple of ?s. where can i ...
im thinking about buying these head lights for my 02 rex. i have a couple of ?s. where can i buy them from any websites? why is everyone selling theirs is there something wrong with them
They have long been discontinued.
I used to have a set, sold them for $650. That was used. The picture above is what they looked like on the persons car that I got them from.
There are more than a few sets around, and occasionally they change hands when people sell their car or decide to go in a different direction. Be prepared to spend some money on them. They are a highly sought after item and command a high price thanks to their rarity and out-of-production status.
They looked crazy on my black wrx. I had planned to paint them but then just put them in anyway.
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I believe those are Morette headlights, made in the UK.
Sorry but I'm a newbee here and cannot post a link.
If you go to morette dot com, there are the headlights.
im looking for a pair of morette headlights for my 03 WRX
i preferably want a pair in sonic yellow but will take any color. LMK ASAP
it would get you further if you posted that in the for sale/wanted thread. However with morettes...... your gonna have to take what you can get.
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I think I am the most recent on this thread to have bought these lamps, they're going for anywhere from $350 with a lot of wear and no paint up to near $800. eBay is where I got mine, like 4 months ago, and after paint and a good set of bulbs I was still under $500. If they're what you really want, be patient. There is nothing wrong with them, they're just a pain in the rear end to service, other than changing bulbs, insofar as to say that if you break one, you had better have some understanding of fine body work, or they are going in the trashcan. Throwing away a $750 lamp set is waste, IMO. A good set with no cracks and clear lenses should run you around $600 in honest dollars for what they are really worth. They are a world of difference from the OEM reflector and lens type, but at the same time keep an eye out for the STi lamps at a good price. If you can deal with learning the intrinsics of HID systems, they are really cool looking lamps. Same with Morette, if you want them, get good electronics for them. HID kits vary, and you get what you pay for to a point, there's a huge sticky here and Nasioc seem to share about decent HID and decent prices, and how companies will rip you off deeply... read a lot, and the lamps will land in your lap.


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The flying Dempsey photo bomb:
Highlight from this morning: @clint_dempsey #PhotoBomb duing @J_Klinsmann photo with local police! pic.twitter.com/3wkMelpILo — U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) June 20, 2014
Leaving Sao Paulo headquarters for the jungle:
The #USMNT boards their flight to Manaus for #USAvPOR. #1N1T #SeeYouSunday https://t.co/CFYQtlIuCK — U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) June 20, 2014
Off to Manaus #BusinessTrip — tim howard (@TimHowardGK) June 20,
Landed! Next on our schedule -
Portugal pic.twitter.com/rnczDILlAY — Mix Diskerud (@MixDiskerud) June 20,
If you want something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done. #eyeontheprize #1N1T — Brad Davis (@Brad_Davis11) June 20, 2014
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It's Veteran's Day. Thank a veteran today for his service.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Veteran's Day 2010
Posted by Pat Austin at 5:04 AM
Labels: Veterans Day
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- Reaganite Republican said...
Good stuff, we do need to keep our priorities in the era of an insolent, ingrateful White House...
"Let us continue to stand for the ideals
for which they lived... and died"
Ronald Reagan Speech: Veterans Day 2010
- November 11, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Tina said...
Just noticed that we posted the same clip for Veteran's Day. Serendipity at work :-) I've added a link to you.
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Clinton Denounces Cheney for Terrorism Comments
New York, NY —
Senator Hillary Clinton has denounced Vice President Dick Cheney for saying terrorists would be emboldened by the results of Connecticut's Democratic Primary.
REPORTER: That's where an anti-war candidate defeated Senator Joe Lieberman.
CLINTON: I don't take anything he says seriously anymore. I think that he has been a very counterproductive even destructive force in our country and I am very disheartened by the failure of leadership from the president and vice president.
REPORTER: During a campaign stop in the Bronx yesterday, Clinton accused the administration of shortchanging New York of its homeland security money.
A spokeswoman for the vice president said his comments on the importance of a strong national security strategy "speak for themselves."


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Alicia Afterimage
• The Bloomsbury Review 2008 Editor's Favorites
• Flamingnet Top Choice Award
• The Bank Street College 2009 Best Children's Books of the Year
• SSLI 2009 Honor Book
• Flamingnet Top Choice Award
• The Bank Street College 2009 Best Children's Books of the Year
• SSLI 2009 Honor Book
"A piercingly honest and compassionate picture of teen and maternal grief....In the process of coping with a loss that most parents will never have to experience, Delacre has, through Alicia Afterimage, helped her daughter's friends, and readers of all ages, to understand that there is no right or wrong way to grieve; and that grief, as difficult a process as it is, can also be an opportunity for personal growth....Learning that "the driver" has started to tell his story publicly, in the hope that others won't make the same mistakes he did, is just what we readers need to hear, before closing the book and telling every teen and parent we know to read it."–Aline Pereira, PaperTigers.org
"The spare interior monologues create a vivid collage portrait of the dynamic teen. The friends speak about how they met her and what they did together, from text-messaging to dancing, as well as the mementos they have of her mischief and loving support.... With its messages about healing and a list of appended resources, this is an excellent title for grief counseling." –Booklist
"A story of loss, recovery and love. . . . From grief to anger and spirituality, this book of comfort for all ages shows how individuals can seek a way to ease the pain of losing someone they cherished. Finding a pathway through grief and a road map to remembrance is not easy, but finding new ways is demonstrated here." –Rave Review, Latina Style Magazine
"Delacre provides a multifaceted portrait not only of Alicia, but also of her friends. We get to know Chad who, with Alicia, walked out on an insensitive documentary, and Corrina, who dressed as a Halloween angel to Alicia's mischevious devil. They remember the goofing around, the laughter, the sympathy, the support. Rich in detail, this nuanced memoir is a look at teen friendship and grief but is ultimately a celebration of Alicia—and of life itself." – Washington Parent Magazine
"I would hope it be widely used as part of memoir writing, oral history trainings, and most importantly as a tool for using writing to concretize responses to tragedy." –Dr. Rose Reissman, President of the New York City Association of Teachers of English, Daily News Curriculum Writer, Ditmas Literacy Consultant
"Alicia Afterimage is an emotional read. These memories of a loved one changed my own opinion on how to live my life." –Flamingnet
"A short read, the book mirrors the fleeting time Alicia spent in the world, yet overflows with the joy she spread. As each person mourns, a source of healing is found in Alicia herself. Her "afterimage," for which the book is named, takes a different form for each life she touched. For one friend it is a song; for another, a footprint. . . . The book melds past and present, slipping in and out of memory effortlessly." –Tomiko Mason, The Blake Beat
"...much recommended to any teenager who has lost a close friend." –Midwest Book Review
A book like this would have been very helpful for my teenage friends and I when we found out a week after graduation our friend Scott Boland had been killed in a car accident. I remember acutely the pain and confusion we felt. And how going to his funeral was the saddest thing I had ever had to do in my 17 years of living. As I read through the book I noticed that many similar themes with those of us dealing with the death of a smaller child.... And then I came to the final chapter, the perspective of Mama. And was struck once again with the fact that the death of a child is the worst thing a mother can go through. No matter what age the child. And I felt I related to the changes the mother describes....I am glad for the chance to review this book. I'm glad I didn't just discard it as a book for grieving teens." –Stepping Stones
"I lost a friend in high school and would loved to have had this book to read as I was going through my own grief because it captures the true feelings of real high school students who have lived through the tragedy of losing a friend. . . . I just fell in love with this book and hope that many of you will choose to read it for yourself, share it with someone who needs it, or buy it as a gift."–Write for a Reader
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Limalife put together a nice 3 part video about visiting the gun store, the do's & don't etc. I recommend it for any new or even seasoned purchaser.
I have searched around a bit and found a few things in a thread related to picking up a for a used/online purchase weapon after transfer to an FFL , but nothing definitive or related to a new purchase at a local gun store (LGS). I will be going to my LGS in the next 2 days to pickup my 1st handgun and want to make sure I dot the i's and cross the t's during pickup.
I think it would be a good idea to have a thread about tips and procedures to be used when picking up any firearm at your LGS or FFL. Things to look for, check, inspect. When and how to do it, etc. Looking for feedback from you long time pro's. I am going to list the points that I have found and come to mind, please correct me or add anything I have missed. I will try to keep this 1st post updated with group consensus.
Safety 1st, always self verify the weapon is unloaded, even if the store clerk clears it. Then follow the 4 golden rules. Ask the clerk if they have any rules or places the prefer the weapon pointed toward.
Inspection (To be done before signing any paperwork? Once you sign it's yours regardless?):
Overall external appearance:
- nicks, stratches, gouges
- heavy wear, rust
- loose levers/safeties etc.
- any obvious deformities.
- Check slide operation, looseness, wear on rails
- safeties functional
- slide mechanism function (Do not release it and let it slam, use your other hand to control the slide after the release functions)
- firing mechanism function (ask clerk before dryfire)
- mag retention and release, mag safety
- slide lock when racked on empty mag
- any other feature of the specific to the model.
Please feel free to add your own ideas or thoughts, I was not trying to be the expert, just get things rolling. If I miss anything or get something wrong let me know!
Since I posted this I been told most of this is not/should not be needed on a new weapon, but that it cannot hurt to check. The real test is upon firing to see if you get FTF, FTL etc. If you do, be safe and start keeping track of the issues immediately. Ammo, magazine etc..


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On 1 of my cheeks it's fatter than the other and very noticeable. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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My right cheek is more fatty than left cheek. Bony structure is normal it's only excessive adipose tissue.
This is since childhood. I had a CT-scan and MRI once. The bony structure was normal its only excessive adipose tissue. Im worried if i could get... READ MORE


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So I hit the annual Go Magazine Readers' Choice Nightlife Awards bash at B Bar last night (in the excellent company of my TONY cohort "Mother," a.k.a. Melissa Anderson) and was buoyed to see that, despite constant claims to the contrary, lesbian nightlife is not dead in NYC! And much of that is because of Go, the little-dyke-mag-that-could, and because of all the hot young girls who just can't stop going out (or making out, as the case was in at least one corner last night). But the other forces are the women behind the scenes, who, believe it or not, are pretty much the same trio of party-promoter power dykes that have reigned for more than a decade: Brooke Webster (Cattyshack, winner in three categories), Wanda Acosta (Starlette, winner in one category) and Lisa Cannistraci (Henrietta Hudson, winner in three categories). How do they keep on going?
Other been-around-forever winners included Murray Hill (Best Drag King... and perhaps the only one left?), Michele Balan (Best Comic... and the one that never ages), Mary Mac (Best Hip-Hop DJ) and Rubyfruit (Most Romantic Dining). The staying power is just incredible in the lezzie world! Speaking of which, comedian Julie Goldman emceed, and Michael Musto scurried in and then right out again. (Trust me, it really wasn't his scene.) Congratulations, everyone!


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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, renowned journalist Neil Sheehan tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann-"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"-and of the tragedy that destroyed that country and the lives of so many Americans. Outspoken and fearless, John Paul Vann arrived in Vietnam in 1962, full of confidence in America's might and right to prevail. A Bright Shining Lie reveals the truth about the war in Vietnam as it unfolded before Vann's eyes: the arrogance and professional corruption of the U.S. military system of the 1960s, the incompetence and venality of the South Vietnamese army, the nightmare of death and destruction that began with the arrival of the American forces. Witnessing the arrogance and self-deception firsthand, Vann put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. But by the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He went to his grave believing that the war had been won. A haunting and critically acclaimed masterpiece, A Bright Shining Lie is a timeless account of the American experience in Vietnam-a work that is epic in scope, piercing in detail, and told with the keen understanding of a journalist who was actually there. Neil Sheehan''s classic serves as a stunning revelation for all who thought they understood the war.
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Neil Sheehan is the author of A Fiery Peace in a Cold War. He spent three years in Vietnam as a war correspondent for United Press International and The New York Times and won numerous awards for his reporting. In 1971 he obtained the Pentagon Papers, which brought the Times the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for meritorious public service. Sheehan lives in Washington, D.C. He is married to the writer Susan Sheehan.
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Praise for A Bright Shining Lie
"Dazzling . . . vividly written and deeply felt, with a power that comes from long reflection and strong emotions."
–The New York Times Book Review
"Masterly . . . a compelling, graphic and deeply sensitive biography [and] one of the few brilliant histories of the American entanglement in Vietnam . . . Sheehan's skillful weaving of anecdote and history, of personal memoir and psychological profile, [gives] the book the sense of having been written by a novelist, journalist and scholar all rolled into one."
The New York Times
"If there is one book that captures the Vietnam war in the sheer Homeric scale of its passion and folly, this book is it. Neil Sheehan orchestrates a great fugue evoking all the elements of the war."
The New York Times Book Review
"A brilliant work of enormous substance and ambition. In telling one man's story [A Bright Shining Lie] sets out to define the fatal contradictions that lost America the war in Vietnam. It belongs to the same order of merit as Dispatches, The Best and the Brightest and Fire in the Lake."
"The Washington Post Book World[A Bright Shining Lie] is more than a biography. It is also a compelling and clear history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Mr. Sheehan's book . . . is the best answer to any American who asks: 'How could this have happened?'"
The Wall Street Journal
"Enormous power . . . full of great accomplishments . . . Sheehan has written . . . the best book ever about Vietnam."
"One of the milestones in the literature about the war."
–The Christian Science Monitor


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