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Monday, October 31, 2011
Making Change
Change is a small word packed with heavy meaning.
I hate change.
I think most people do. Which is funny, because life is all about change—our bodies constantly change on a cellular level—so we should be used to it by now. And, really, what we mean is we mostly don't like change when something good and comfortable is involved. We are less likely to complain when something unpleasant ends or changes for the better, though I know some people hate change so much they mourn even that.
I just experienced a big change that on the surface appears negative: my two close barn buddies moved their horses to a different barn. This is a positive change for them (except, I flatter myself, that they will miss me), but not one I am willing or able to make at this time. Since they broke the news, I've alternately walked around with a knot in my stomach, cried, felt lonely and bereft, and tried very, very hard to find a bright side. I've returned to sayings and mantras that have helped me through stressful times before: "Let it happen. Let it go," "Don't cry because it ended. Smile because it happened" and so forth. I teeter from sorrow to hope that this change will bring me something good. Truthfully, I really need to spend less time at the barn. I have some major writing goals that I've been neglecting for far too long. Having dear friends at the barn causes me to spend more time than "necessary" to care for my horse (though I wouldn't trade one single second of that "unnecessary" time) and I've worked my barn schedule so that I could meet up with them there, when perhaps a different schedule would enable me to get more work done, at least hypothetically.
This is an ending to one phase of my riding life, and the beginning of a new one. This change, though sad and unwanted on the surface, may turn out to benefit other areas of my life. This may be the boot in the breeches I need to make some necessary…changes.
How has change affected you and how have you handled it, whether it was wanted or unwanted?
Good-bye, Ladies
8 comments:
- Claire M said...
Change? I'm not good with it either. This year I've found myself in somewhat of a 'funk' with my new empty nest. It can be exciting to look forward to more time for fun, but at the moment, I feel like the host of a big party and everyone has left and I get the clean-up!! But.... 'this too shall pass'.... and in a few days I'll be headed to NOLA for 'my time'!
- October 31, 2011 at 10:05 PM
- Kathy A. Johnson said...
Claire--That's a good description of what an empty nest must feel like. I imagine it's quite an adjustment, in a bittersweet way. That will be me in a couple of years (God willing)!
Looking forward to seeing you in NOLA!
- November 2, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- Kelly said...
...change...I'm not good at it either, but I seem to be getting better at it as I get older, because it keeps coming my way!
- November 2, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Kathy A. Johnson said...
I still find it hard, but like you said, the more you're forced into it, the better you become!
- November 2, 2011 at 10:01 AM
- freebird said...
Sorry to hear your pals left the barn. As far as change goes, I don't deal well with change I don't instigate. It took me a long time to realize the difference as my husband always would say I don't deal well with it. One day I realized I do okay if it's my choice but it is usually something he changes. He does well with it because he's usually the one opting for change to begin with! This change was thrust upon you so of course it will be difficult to adjust.
- November 2, 2011 at 7:19 PM
- Kathy A. Johnson said...
You are so right! It does make a difference if you are the one initiating the change. Thanks for reminding me.
- November 2, 2011 at 8:04 PM
- Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy said...
Oh, that is sad. I hope that you will still get to visit with them, though it won't be the same.
I have been through so many changes but things have settled down for now, for the past few years.
How do I handle it? I don't know, I just move on. These days I am trying to not over give right off the get-go only to be disappointed and hurt later when things are not reciprocal.
I hope that the new people who move in to the barn will be very special too.
Kathy M.
- November 3, 2011 at 6:10 PM
- Kathy A. Johnson said...
While I am sad to lose the day-to-day interaction with my barn friends, I think we're close enough to maintain our friendhsip outside of that, which is why I'm not totally devastated (just a little devastated!). And good point: I am hopeful that there will be new friends to be made at the barn eventually, just as in the past.
- November 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM


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City officials in Rutland say many local residents are still reeling from last week's car crash that killed 17-year old Carly Ferro and injured her father and several others. To help encourage healing, the city organized a community meeting tonight where mental health counselors will be able to talk with neighbors who live or work near the crash site.
Police Chief Jim Baker says many of the police officers that responded to the crash last week are still shaken up. But he says the department has systems in place to help those officers cope. Likewise, school counselors were quick to reach out to Carly Ferro's high school classmates.
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Lynne Walsh, executive director of Rutland United Neighborhoods and the Community Justice Center, organized the meeting.
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Bilateral Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
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The most common forms of injection used for the treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) patients with neurogenic claudication (NC) are the caudal and inter-laminar epidural injections of anesthetic and steroid. Unilateral transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TESI) are also used to alleviate patients' symptoms of NC from DLSS, particularly in patients whose level of stenosis is L4-5 or higher. However, these unilateral injections do not cross the midline, so in cases of lower extremity pain and symptoms on both sides, a bilateral TESI would probably be more beneficial.
To date, there have not been any well designed prospective studies to determine the effectiveness of bilateral TESI below the level of stenosis in DLSS patients with NC. Therefore, the goal of this prospective, non-randomized case-series outcome study is to evaluate the effectiveness of BTESI in alleviating symptoms of NC, as well as improving function in patients with DLSS. The hypothesis is that BTESI at the level below the most stenotic segment of the central canal of the lumbar spine decreases symptoms of NC and improves function in patients with DLSS.
|Spinal Stenosis, Lumbar Region, With Neurogenic Claudication
|Drug: bilateral transforaminal epidural steroid injections
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Effectiveness of Bilateral Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections in Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients With Neurogenic Claudication: A Prospective Outcome Study
- Change From Baseline Pain Score at 6 Months [ Time Frame: baseline (pre-1st injection) to 6 months post-1st injection ]change from baseline (pre-1st injection) pain score, based on a numeric pain scale of 0-10(most severe pain), at 6 months post-1st injection
- Change From Baseline Swiss Spinal Stenosis Score at 6 Months [ Time Frame: baseline (pre-1st injection) to 6 months post-1st injection ]The Swiss spinal stenosis score is a questionnaire composed of 18 multiple choice questions designed to give information as to how the patient's back and leg pain is affecting their ability to manage everyday life. The Swiss spinal stenosis (SSS) questionnaire consists of 12 baseline questions asked of all participants prior to injection and an additional 6 questions asked at each time point post-treatment. The initial 12 questions assess reliability and condition at baseline while the 6 post-treatment questions assess treatment satisfaction. All questions ask the patient to assess symptoms over the previous month with a total maximum score for the initial 12 questions of 53 and a total maximum score of 24 for the 6 additional questions. The final total score is expressed as a percentage of the maximum possible score. Total score increases with worsening disability.
- Change From Baseline Oswestry Disability Index at 6 Months [ Time Frame: baseline (pre-1st injection) to 6 months post-1st injection ]The 2 questions from this Index pertaining to Standing and Walking are being utilized to assess changes in duration of standing and walking in these patients. The two sections of the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) used in the present study were those related to walking and standing (sections 4 and 6). For each section, the total possible score is 5 and overall ODI score was expressed as a percentage of the maximum possible score (10). Total score increases with worsening disability.
- Change From Baseline Pain Medication Need/Use at 6 Months [ Time Frame: baseline (pre-1st injection) to 6 months post-1st injection ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: BTESI
a prospective, non-randomized, case series investigating bilateral transforaminal epidural steroid injections (BTESI)
Drug: bilateral transforaminal epidural steroid injections
BTESI with local anesthetic and steroid, and the use of x-ray contrast, under fluoroscopy guidance performed by the PI. 10mg of dexamethasone (1cc) mixed with 1cc of 2% preservative-free xylocaine (lidocaine) will be injected on each side of the stenotic segment under fluoroscopic guidance after confirming epidural x-ray contrast (1-2cc) spread right before the steroid mixed with local anesthetic injection. The injection may be repeated, but not before 2 weeks after the first injection.
Other Name: BTESI
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Symptoms of back/buttock/leg pain (NOT radicular pain) in a neurogenic claudicatory fashion, relieved by stooping or sitting down, for at least 3 months with no or poor response to conservative treatment (analgesics, NSAIDs, or physical therapy)
- Patients with bilateral buttock and/or bilateral lower extremity pain in a neurogenic fashion with or without lower back pain
- Radiologic documentation of degree of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS)
- MRI/CT showing at least moderate central canal spinal stenosis (neuro-radiologist definition) with symptoms correlating with stenosis (symptoms of back/buttock/leg pain without unilateral radicular pain in a neurogenic claudicatory fashion, relieved by stooping or sitting down)
- Patients choosing to receive BTESI as their next treatment option, following discussions with their spine doctor
- Patients who can give informed consent, could tolerate the procedure, and who are able to understand and answer the forms and questionnaires properly.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Radiologic spinal stenosis without symptoms of spinal stenosis
- Symptoms of neurogenic claudication without at least moderate degree of radiologic spinal stenosis
- Patients with specific lumbo-sacral radicular symptoms or radiculopathy (radicular pain secondary to a single nerve root compression/inflammation; usually follows a specific dermatome in lower extremities; unilateral radiculopathy either from disc herniation or lateral recess stenosis)
- Patients with vascular claudication (pain in the legs secondary to arterial insufficiency)
- Previous lumbo-sacral surgery
- Any condition that does not allow the patient to stand and/or walk for any length of time (e.g., COPD, severe lung disease, etc.)
- Patients with symptomatic hip joint pathology concurrent with spinal stenosis
- A coexisting musculoskeletal condition that would negate functional improvement from the injection (e.g., severe Parkinson disease, hemiparesis, etc.)
- Malignancy or infection to the spine
- Another pain generating condition that would mask the improvement provided by the injection
- Patients who had lumbar epidural steroid injections within the past six months
- Significant psychologic diagnosis and/or dementia
- Patients receiving workman's compensation benefit
- Patients unable to give consent on their own, or who are not able to understand and answer the forms and questionnaires, or their answers will not be reliable.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01995461
|United States, Wisconsin
|Marshfield Clinic
|Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States, 54449
|Principal Investigator:
|Mustafa Farooque, MD
|Marshfield Clinic/MCRF
|Principal Investigator:
|James Burmester, PhD
|Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
|Responsible Party:
|Mustafa Farooque, MD, Medical Staff Physician/Clinician, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01995461 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 18, 2013
|Results First Received:
|September 22, 2015
|Last Updated:
|October 22, 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Constriction, Pathologic
Spinal Stenosis
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Spinal Diseases
Bone Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 23, 2017


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Business plans for a global online community for collectors and a Web site that generates food delivery orders for restaurants tied for first place in the 2006 Edward L. Kaplan New Venture Challenge at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Kevin Knapp, a 2006 MBA graduate, Michael Moyer, a 2004 graduate, and Michael Dworecki, class of 2007, were part of a team that developed the winning business plan for Collectica, a global online community for collectors. Combining social networking with media technology, collectors can upload and link their collections to the site. The site, which is expected to go live in the fall of 2006, will feature convention and event coverage, auction and appraisal services, special collection awards, and exclusive content. Four additional undergraduate students at the University of Chicago were also part of the team that developed the business plan.
Sharing the first place award with Collectica was GrubHub.com, a Web site that generates food delivery orders and sells the orders to restaurants willing to deliver the meals. Grubhub.com was founded by Matthew Maloney, a current student in the Evening MBA Program. Grubhub.com connects hungry customers to restaurants that pay a pre-determined amount per order to participate in the program. The site was launched in 2005.
Collectica and GrubHub.com each received $17,500 for their winning plans. An additional $25,000 will be given by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to be split among the winning teams if they establish their company headquarters or primary location in Illinois.
Hybridtronics, a company that develops technology to increase the fuel efficiency of large commercial vehicles by 30 percent, won third place and received $10,000.
Finalists in this year's New Venture Challenge ranged from business plans for the development of solar windows to a salon and day spa targeting African-American professional women.
"The depth of the NVC teams this year was outstanding," said Steven Kaplan, Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at Chicago GSB and faculty director of the school's Michael P. Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship. "An unusually large number of the teams have started or will start their companies."
"One of the exciting things about this year's competition was the diversity of teams from lead generation websites to hybrid technology to consumer businesses," said Ellen A. Rudnick, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Executive Director of the Polsky Center.
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We had to walk a good 15 minutes or more to get to the organic cafe in the middle of the rice fields. An amazing journey with an organic treasure at the end. And walking is always the best exercise.
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Unique location, on the top of the cliff, lies this equally unique home designed by the architect Raul Lino. Currently part of the file history of the town of Sintra, Natural Beauty and Privacy, this property is located on a 10,000sqm plot and comprises the main house with 5 bedrooms (including one en-suite), the housekeepers quarters (2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen and toilet) an annex (with 120sqm with one living room, kitchen and toilet), a laundry, an outside kitchen with a barbecue area, swimming pool, a multipurpose playground, a garage with room for two cars, six kennels, chicken coops and a pigsty. The privileged location, the beauty of its architectural lines together with an immense tranquility and privacy, make this property a unique opportunity not to be missed.
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You are attempting to market and sell 21 variations on a theme of a non-essential stereo tweak with their distinctions summed up in just a few sentences. No specs, no noise reduction numbers, no differences in frequency response. Personally, I don't know what lava sounds like or what bathing in it sounds like and how that is different (and I hope for your health's sake, you haven't experience them either!). Very overwhelming...
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The couture shows in Paris ended on a high last night as design duo Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccoli unveiled their latest collection for Valentino.
Confirming that this week of shows has marked a new beginning for the Haute Couture industry which was crying out for a rush of new blood and a bold new direction, the designers unveiled a collection that was both subtly beautiful and hugely appealing.
Following on where Raf Simons left off with his debut show for Christian Dior on Monday, Valentino's vision for autumn/winter is focused on an elegant, architectural silhouette which, while exquisitely crafted, is never ostentatious.
Flowing gowns which were entirely free from fuss gave this show its starting point. Cut from silk chiffon, some featured perfectly aligned pleats while others were cut away at the back. The waistline which played a key role in Simon's Dior offering also served as a focal point for Chiuri and Picolli and lent the collection a regal feel.
A sense of lightness was apparent throughout. While the palette was bold - rich midnight blue was punctuated with floral embroidery in dusky pink and leaf green - the overriding feel was of a gentle fluidity.
Sumptuous velvet had been cut to create floor-length capes which cascaded onto the catwalk while hand-darned lace was layered on top of sheer silk.
Among the stand-out pieces on offer was a knee-length velvet dress in burgundy and a structured thistle-print gown. But the designers' decision to include linear trousers, perfectly tailored jump-suits and knee-length shift dresses - none of which are commonplace in couture - was this collection's greatest strength.
While historically, couture has focused around glittering ballgowns with huge circumferences, today's brightest couturiers seem dedicated to creating beautiful clothes which although still phenomenally expensive, make for a practical, wearable inclusion into a contemporary woman's wardrobe.
An obsession with supreme craftsmanship and an ability to team a respect for age old traditions with a modern approach ensured that this Valentino collection was among the finest seen on the catwalk this week.
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Since 1996, when Gail Roper was recruited from Austin, Texas, to develop an IT infrastructure strategy for Kansas City, she has played a significant role in making that city one of the country's most technologically sophisticated municipalities.
Her accomplishments include overseeing deployment of a fiber-optic ring around Austin to provide high-speed connectivity to the school district, local government and the University of Texas.
"As CIO, it has been my job to make certain we are accomplishing what we set out to do and that it has value -- that it really has an impact on the organization, particularly as it relates to efficiency, productivity, [and] access for the citizens," she said.
To achieve this, Kansas City significantly changed the way it manages IT. "We have transformed ourselves into a consulting arm for the organization," Roper explained. "Now, as well as a team of technical people, we have as many business consultants and business analysts. We are now talking about things like return on investment, financial models and total cost of ownership for IT initiatives, both now and into the future."
As a government entity, Kansas City didn't have the option of wholesale firing and rehiring. So to transform the IT department, Roper developed strategies to reskill existing staff. "We really had to look at our human resources and human capital and decide how we were going to get those individuals reskilled to work on enterprise initiatives, doing the kind of business analysis that was needed. In essence, we took COBOL programmers and turned them into PeopleSoft support people."
Roper believes government's biggest challenge is accountability. This involves not simply proving ROI for technology, but also across the organization. "We need to take the lid off government, so our constituency understands what's going on within government in regard to services," she said. "In today's economy, we really have to prove value and improve service by doing more with less."
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Sen. Eliot Shapleigh sees technology not just as a good idea, but a force that can help solve some of this country's most pressing problems. By initiating, designing and passing several pieces of legislation in Texas, he played a pivotal role in achieving many state e-government initiatives, including TexasOnline, a leading state portal for online government services; the state's education portal; Texas' online high school curriculum; IT infrastructure enhancements; and a Technology Immersion Pilot Project, which champions wireless technology in classrooms.
He was one person behind a new requirement that procurement officials conduct ROI assessments to better determine the costs and benefits of Texas' IT purchases.
He's most proud of an initiative to put laptops into lending laboratories in elementary school libraries. "In El Paso, only one in 10 households have home computers," he said. "With this program, I believe we have solved the digital divide better than any other American community."
Shapleigh sees El Paso, the area he represents, as the frontier of the future. The area has a large population of recent immigrants. "If Texas does not solve the issue of how to deliver a quality education to everyone here, the average Texas family income will have dropped $6,500 by 2030," he said.
"Government's biggest challenge -- local, state or federal -- is education," he added. "How do we create a 21st century quality education in this country? How do we deliver that education, measure it and ensure that every child has an opportunity to get educated? And how do we advocate for the public funds necessary to provide that quality program?"


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- The UAB football team worked out for nearly two hours in shorts and shoulder pads Tuesday afternoon at the Blazer practice fields as head coach Garrick McGee's squad looks ahead to Saturday's season finale against UCF.
The Blazers will take on the Knights at Brighthouse Networks Stadium with kickoff set for 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT. The contest will be televised by Fox Sports Net.
UAB will be looking to close out its season on a positive note and bounce back from last Saturday's disappointing 46-9 loss at home to Memphis. The loss to the Tigers followed back-to-back impressive wins for the Blazers over Southern Miss and Marshall.
"We won a couple games, and I really do think that I backed off," McGee said. "I thought that things were headed in the right direction and I was starting to see signs of our team coming to life, so I turned down some of the intensity and some of the pressure."
In UCF, UAB will be facing one of the top teams in the conference. The Knights will be looking to clinch the C-USA East Division title Saturday.
"They've got a lot of very good players," McGee said. "They have a really sound scheme, it's not complex at all on offense or defense. They just do what they do and they do it very well. When you're playing teams like that, you have to make sure you're playing the game the way you're supposed to be playing, which is exactly where we need to go anyway this week."


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The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will conduct an informal meeting at 4 p.m. today at the Wingate hotel in Gillette to discuss air service. No decisions will be made at the meeting.
The commission is in Gillette to conduct airport tours today and its quarterly meeting Friday.
Commissioners will tour the Hulett Municipal Airport at 11:30 a.m. today, and the Gillette-Campbell County Airport at 2:45 p.m.
The quarterly meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Wingate.
The commissioners, appointed by the governor for six-year terms, approve grants of state and federal money for airport construction, maintenance, improvements, marketing and air service enhancements.
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"Britain is now most powerful nation on earth". So read a headline in The Independent on Sunday, calculated to provoke something of a double-take at breakfast tables yesterday. Do we have the power to stop the bloodshed in Gaza? Do we have the financial muscle to bail out the eurozone? Are we feared and respected by all other countries?
No, the report focused not on wealth or military might, but on "soft power", a concept invented in 1990 by a Harvard academic, Joseph Nye, who subsequently wrote a book which eloquently laid out the principles of this idea: "A country may obtain the outcomes it wants in world politics because other countries – admiring its values, emulating its example, aspiring to its level of prosperity and openness – want to follow it."
The notion of getting others to co-opt ideas rather than forcing them to is, of course, a very attractive one, and soft power is now talked about by governments of all stamps as a means of achieving an end. So we should take notice of an annual survey, conducted by Monocle magazine, which ranks the countries of the world in terms of their soft power. There is a degree of subjectivity, but 50 areas of influence – largely cultural – are measured, and the result is that Britain has usurped the United States as a world leader.
The Olympics was clearly an important factor, but Britain's success in the entertainment world, from Downton Abbey to Skyfall, from Adele to Damian Lewis, has projected a positive image. More importantly, the openness and inclusivity of our society presents us in a beneficial light. Our nature being what it is – modest to the point of self-deprecation – it is sometimes difficult for us to recognise, and take satisfaction from, the aspects of modern Britain that others envy. At the weekend, a friend visiting from Miami was telling me that he was lost in admiration for the way Britain had changed since he first came 20 years ago. He was referring specifically to London, but more than the vibrancy of the restaurants, the energy of the streetlife and the general air of confidence generated by the Olympics, he was deeply impressed by the ways different cultures and ethnicities mix.
"You really get the sense of a great big melting pot," he said. And he comes from Miami, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world. "Yes, but here the pot has melted." (He is right about the culture of separation in Miami. Last time I was there, I was on a bus going through Cuba town, then Haiti town, then Guatemala town when the person next to me said, "You know what I like about Miami? It's so close to the United States.")
It is an interesting idea to play with on a Monday morning: that Britain, in these financially difficult times, has the riches in its culture and in its civic society to exert real influence overseas. Colin Welland may have jumped the gun, but perhaps his words at the Oscar ceremony 30 years ago can now be considered to have a prophetic ring: "The British are coming!"
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5 reasons electric vehicles don't get buyers charged up
There are 43 comments on the Detroit Free Press story from Oct 29, 2012, titled 5 reasons electric vehicles don't get buyers charged up. In it, Detroit Free Press reports that:
Every weekday, Chevrolet Volt owners jockey to hook up their cars to the two electric-vehicle charging stations in front of General Motors' Renaissance Center headquarters in downtown Detroit.
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#1 Oct 29, 2012
I believe the whole technology of power storage and charging needs to change from the current wall charging of a battery.
Induction charging would allow the vehicle to simply drive near the charging station and be charged. There would be no wires or safety implications like plugs.
The storage would hopefully be supercapacitors instead of batteries. These could potentially be charged in about the time it takes to fuel up a gas vehicle now. This technology is used in small model airplanes. A quick charge allows it to fly for a bit. Capacitors would probably outlast the vehicle and maybe be transferred to future purchases.
#2 Oct 29, 2012
The only reason the electric car is being pushed is so they can increase your electric bill, an easy push. Electricity is easier to manipulate than gas. You'll be paying out the ass if you own an electric car, doesn't matter how many miles you get on it.
#3 Oct 29, 2012
More likely government would tax your charging to mimic the money they receive from gas taxes.
#4 Oct 29, 2012
Electricity is still far cheaper than gasoline. My wife and I own a 2012 Volt and we don't even know what the going rate is for gas because we rarely use it. I have to admit its nice just passing up the gas station and not looking at the price. Our electric bill only went up by $20 to $30 a month depending on if we charge more than once a day.
#5 Oct 30, 2012
I topped off the 35 gallon Sierra tank yesterday just in case there were refinery problems from Sandy. I could go to the Keweenaw Peninsula and still not need to fuel up. But if I did, it would take about five minutes. I could bring back a load of Christmas trees or bricks if I wanted to. If there is a foot of snow, I have to avoid the little cars stuck in my path like croquet wickets.
Overall, my cost per mile including purchase cost is very good compared to a Volt and doubly so when cost per pound carried is figured in.
The Volt has not been marketed in a "free market" sense. You are driving on government welfare so to speak. That's fine for you if you enjoy it. This concept won't succeed in high volume unless something changes. I sincerely hope technology progresses to the point that electric vehicles are viable without support. We all have to go with what works for us. I need about 300lb.ft of torque.
#6 Oct 30, 2012
soon electric cars will be assessed a yearly tax for road upkeep. the government will claim the are loosing gas tax dollars because of the cars.
#7 Oct 30, 2012
I would actually favor a tax based on miles driven, which is roughly what the gas tax is supposed to do. However, I am against the privacy intrusion that could take place from extra information that could be recorded and used inappropriately.
The roads do need to be maintained and those using them should pay the bulk.
#8 Oct 30, 2012
It's time we taxed bicycles too. The cyclists demand safer bike trails and marked pathes through the city so if they want to push "Share The Road",let them "Share The Cost"! How about $15.00 a year for single speed,$20.00 for multiple less than ten speeds and $25.00 for ten and over. Seems fair. Set the fines like driving without a car tag. Get caught riding without a license, the officer can take the bike with him. Don't pay the fine,auction the bikes.
#9 Oct 30, 2012
Sounds good to me ThomasA and I could certainly handle those minimal fees. While we're being creative and using newer technologies, how about keeping track of miles on a bike and offering a credit for saving the gas and roads. Let's make a system of total equity. People who jog may be using more clean air too.
#10 Oct 30, 2012
Tom & Pete, I agree.
#11 Oct 30, 2012
Everyone should own a mini car to navigate around debris in the streets after a after math like Sandy...
#12 Oct 31, 2012
Emergencies are hard to plan for. Sandy was somewhat planned. Most emergencies come out of the blue. Too much "stuff" can get in the way during an emergency. I believe in keeping the basics of food and stored energy (fuel and electric). Beyond that, it's important to stay in shape yourself so you can take advantage of opportunities that an emergency presents.
#13 Oct 31, 2012
Urban areas will harbor disaster at a time when we are being warned of foreboding events, there's nothing we can do they must be able to flee the risk of being there with their own impulse...
#14 Oct 31, 2012
No shortage of impulse in the urban areas. If the disaster doesn't kill them, they will copulate in a frenzy causing a major spike in births.
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#15 Nov 1, 2012
Don't forget a bicycle drivers license and registration and Insurance, if these bike f uc ks want to drive on the road, make them pay for it just like the car owners.
#16 Nov 1, 2012
Right. And how about a license for shoes for when people walk across the street. Those pedestrians get in my way all the time.
#18 Nov 1, 2012
If you could close the deal your wife would not need the vibrator.
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marriage is becoming obsolete..
#22 Nov 2, 2012
Ok. So you are saying Sergio Marchionne, who is the CEO of 3 companies, will focus energy on getting rid of seniority? Sure he will. The financial situation in Europe and Chryslers return from bankruptcy and the poor economy here and the slew of new product launches that will be happening the next few years and he will try to change seniority? You do realize how unimportant that is in the grand scheme of things? It won't even be on the table.
#23 Nov 2, 2012
Low build quality won't be on the table either. Never has been.
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Texas Tech's Dan Law Field has proved each year to be among the nation's top baseball facilities with its top-notch game atmosphere, outstanding fan support and first-rate baseball facilities. The field has also proved to be one of the toughest places for opponents to visit as the Red Raiders have posted eight seasons of winning over 80 percent of their home games.
Dan Law Field has been home to various NCAA Regional and conference post season events as Texas Tech has been selected to host an NCAA baseball regional in three of the last four seasons. All three were enormous successes. In 1999, Texas Tech hosted the four-team NCAA Regional in Lubbock and ranked sixth among the 16 regionals in attendance as the tourney drew a total of 19,869 fans to see Texas Tech, Rice, Rutgers and UW-Milwaukee play. Tech averaged 2,838 fans over the seven-game tournament. The 1997 NCAA Regional drew 4,992 fans to see Tech play Southwest Texas State. Overall, the 10 games in the 1997 NCAA Regional drew 23,407 total fans, an average of 2304.7 fans per game. In 1996, Dan Law Field averaged 2,808.8 fans per game as Tech hosted a six-team NCAA Regional.
Texas Tech also hosted the 1996 Southwest Conference Post-Season tournament. The four-day event, which drew all seven SWC teams for the first time in history, saw 31,542 fans enter Dan Law Field, an average of 2,628.5 per game. Perhaps no collegiate baseball facility in America has seen the renovation that Texas Tech's Dan Law Field has undergone the last eight years. And those renovations are not yet completed. Since head coach Larry Hays took over the program in 1987, not only has the quality of play been upgraded, but so have the facilities.
Not only has the ballpark been given a name- Dan Law Field in 1988 after a local businessman and Texas Tech graduate Dan Law- but the facility has now become one of the most outstanding diamond facilities in all of college baseball.
The first item on the renovation agenda was the construction of a new ultra-modern light system that Law helped fund and lead toward becoming a reality. The current $300,000 lighting system is considered one of the finest among the nation's collegiate ranks. Next was the installation of an Astroturf infield surface. The eight-year old Astro Turf "8" infield was one of Hays' requests made to help put his program together with the extra ability to recruit speed. The 30,000 square feet of turf was installed at a cost of approximately $125,000 which included excavation, sub-basing and carpeting.
When the infield surface changed to Astroturf, the dimensions of the park also changed. Home plate is now 405-feet from straight-away centerfield, while down the lines, it takes a 330-foot blast to leave the yard over a 16-foot high fence.
Prior to the start of the 1992 season, other fan-appealing additions to the park were added to Dan Law Field. A new concession stand was constructed directly under the main grandstand, along with a ticket booth and restroom facilities, which sit just inside the main entrance.
Special care was taken with the renovations to help those with special needs: reserved parking for handicapped fans, new hard-surface walkways and switchback ramps to gradually ascent to the main grandstands were added.
Thanks in part to the cooperation and donations of United Supermarkets, Lubbock Power & Light and Southwest Coca Cola Bottling Co., the athletic department made an addition to Dan Law Field for the 1993 season.
The renovations continued in 1994 as locker room facilities were constructed behind both the home (first base) and visitor (third base) dugouts.
One of the more unique features of Dan Law Field is the Skyboxes. Fourteen luxury boxes, located atop the main grandstand, were completed during the 1996 season. Various companies and boosters pay a rental cost each year for the skyboxes complete with heat and air conditioning units. Tenants have the opportunity to decorate their own area as they wish.
In the Fall of 2001, Texas Tech began yet another phase of renovations as the university continues to show its support of the Red Raider baseball program. Phase One of a major renovation to Dan Law field was completed prior to the start of the 2002 season. Texas Tech spent $1.7 milllion on a new clubhouse, an outfield fence complete with major league-style bullpens, an interior brick facade and a new exterior fence.
Texas Tech officials made another addition to Dan Law Field in the fall of 2003 as Tech installed a new scoreboard complete with a video screen. RaiderVision, Texas Tech's in-house televsion department, now makes its home at three athletic facilities (Jones SBC Stadium, United Spirit Arena and now Dan Law Field). Tech fans will get to experience a "live" video screen that will offer instant replays and various camera angles to help increase the excitement of the game. The entire cost of the project was approximately $600,000.
For years, Dan Law Field has been one of the most exciting places in the nation to watch college baseball and the recent renovations have also made the park one of the nicest.
(since head coach Larry Hays became head coach in 1987)
Year W-L Pct. 1987 13-14 .481 1988 26-11 .702 1989 25-10 .714 1990 23-12 .657 1991 30-8 .789 1992 24-10 .706 1993 33-2 .943 1994 25-6 .806 1995 29-3 .906 *1996 32-6 .842 *1997 29-7 .805 1998 28-5 .848 *1999 28-5 .848 2000 27-5 .843 2001 25-6 .806 2002 28-5 .848 2003 25-11 .694 2004 26-10 .722 2005 23-9 .718 Totals 484-140 .775
"I love Dan Law Field. It gives us such a tremendous home field advantage. We have great fan support and part of that is because Dan Law Field is fan friendly- the fans are a part of the game and they're tied in with what's going on in the game. That makes it tough to play here for an opponent. Plus with the new turf on the infield, Dan Law Field is a great place to play. We have plans to upgrade it but right now it's one of the best in the country. Chancellor Montford, President Haragan and Athletic Director Gerald Myers along with the community have been extremely supportive to our needs and it shows in our facility."
-Texas Tech coach Larry Hays
"Texas Tech is a tough place to play. They're crowd is very active and they're sitting right by the dugout. It's loud and the visiting team has to make some adjustments."
-Mark Johnson, Texas A&M
"I think there's an air about Dan Law Field. When it comes down to getting something going, you can just feel the electricity in the air. Things start happening for us and things start falling apart for the other team. They can feel it too, because you can see it in their faces. You can see it in their body language."
-Jason Huth, former player
"Texas Tech's fans were so into the game. It's a great atmosphere for college baseball. Anybody there got their money's worth today. It just makes college baseball what it is. I understand why so many people come to watch Texas Tech- they're really fun to watch play. They never quit and the crowd never leaves them. Tech's fans were ragging on me about my diary. They kept asking `What are you going to talk about next- your hotel room?' and saying stuff like that. It was funny. It's great to have fans like that. They're so into it." -Rice All America shortstop Damon Thames who wrote a diary on the 1999
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"There's no place in college baseball that compares to games at Dan Law Field just because of everything's that goes on from the game, to the crowd, to the entire atmosphere. Everyone's into it. Dan Law Field is unique because of the layout and the seating location of where the fans are. It puts the fans `on-top of the game' as opposed to just `at the game.' When a rally starts, it's unbelievable- an electric atmosphere. Compared to the other fields I've been at, it's easily the most exciting. It's the only place where the fans are really close to the game."
-Chris Snead, Texas Tech baseball fan
"On a Tuesday night, we'll easily get 1,000 people out there in the stands. It's awesome. It's a college town. When I was talking with Coach Anderson on the phone when Tech was recruiting me he was saying, `On average, we probably get three, four thousand people to every game.' I couldn't believe him. I'm like, `yeah right' and `come on.' In Southern California, the UCLA-USC series is the biggest series out there and they probably get 2,000 people to a game- that's a big weekend for them. Then I came out here and it's totally different."
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PARIS--Mario Draghi took another great step this week in leading the eurozone, including the reluctant German Bundesbank, into the world of negative interest rates, showing for the second time that he is a central banker with the magic touch.
"Super Mario," as he is called by many analysts, waved his wand to fight off the rising dangers of deflation by cutting the ECB's three main interest rates so far that one of them means that banks must now pay for the security of parking their cash with the central bank.
In so doing, he has led the European Central Bank into uncharted territory where no leading central bank has ever set foot before.
The policy body of the bank agreed a wave of measures to push more funds through the banking system to stimulate lending, investment and consumption, and indirectly weaken the euro which would help exporters.
Draghi succeeded Frenchman Jean-Claude Trichet, but had already served on the policy committee as governor of the Italian central bank.
Trichet had seen the first financial crisis coming, and had prepared defenses. In a landmark event, on Aug. 9, 2007, he launched special measures to prevent a seizure in the eurozone interbank lending market which could have triggered a systemic collapse.
Those tensions then exposed critical budget and economic weaknesses in some eurozone countries which dragged the single currency area into a debt crisis.
Trichet was in the front line of orthodox crisis management for four years.
This culminated in a letter to the Italy then headed by Silvio Berlusconi that laid down reform conditions in return for any help in buying Italian bonds to push down borrowing rates for the government.
Trichet had won breathing space, but the eurozone was still on the verge of another crisis which could tear it apart and dislocate the European Union when Draghi took over one of the most demanding jobs in global finance, in June 2011.
Some commentators were skeptical that an Italian could retain the respect of the German central bank, the Bundesbank, founded on principles of monetary rigor.
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Last month, the German business newspaper Handelsblatt portrayed him in clothes like a Roman emperor, as "Mario Cesar Draghi" in defense of the euro.
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Confirm the date
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Clearing out
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The sooner you let your gas, electricity, water, home insurance and broadband providers know you are moving the better, as they can produce final bills or start the process of switching your service to another property quickly.
This is also a perfect time to review the cost of your utilities, as a new provider could give you a better deal. In addition, the company you currently use may not service your area. For example, the area you're moving to may not be covered by fibre optic broadband, meaning you would need to search for an alternative, such as satellite broadband.
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Buy boxes, bags, tape and bubble wrap in advance to ensure your belongings are protected while being transported between properties.
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Once you've settled in to the new place, make a list of all the firms that need be informed of the address change and send them an e-card or email.
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