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Editor's Note: Now let me get this straight:
I'm sitting in front of a computer, slaving away in the office, while Shawn
is out renting a motorcycle in Kauai for a webBikeWorld article? Uh,
what's wrong with this picture?!
Well, it's tough duty, but somebody's gotta do it. We
sent Shawn on a mission: tell us what it takes to rent a motorcycle.
But did he have to go all the way to Hawaii to do it? Here's his
It's the usual morning routine around here.
Make a pot of coffee, eat a banana and check email.
In the inbox there's a note from Rick, the Editor of wBW
with an idea: why don't you go and rent a motorcycle and write about the
experience? You know, that actually sounds like fun.
This would give me a chance to try out a different ride for
a day without having to commit anything beyond a rental agreement.
I've only ridden metric bikes (mostly from Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki) and I
thought this would be a great chance to try what seems to be the most
popular brand with middle aged men in the United States: Harley Davidson.
For the record, I'm not middle aged. At least not yet.
I did some quick research and found a Harley rental shop
about 45 miles from me. Perfect. I can ride up on my bike, try a
Harley out and then ride home. Then came the next email. This
one was from work. I was being sent to Hawaii for two weeks.
Please, oh please...
I knew my trip was going to be broken into two portions, one
part on Oahu and the other part on Kauai. Since I knew that I was
going to have some time where I wasn't working, this seemed like the prefect
chance to ride in a place that most people don't get the chance to. I
decided to seize the day.
Three days in Oahu, and then I'm off to Kauai. 80% or
so of the population of the State of Hawaii lives on the island of Oahu.
The population of Oahu is something north of 800,000. Kauai, on the
other hand, has a population around 80,000.
It's not that Waikiki on Oahu isn't nice. It is very
nice. But I've always read that Kauai was regarded as the "garden
isle" so I thought I'd try to hold off until I got there to execute
"Operation Harley Ride 2007."
After a single Google search, I had located a Harley
Davidson dealer in the general area of my hotel in Lihue, Kauai. Kauai
Harley Davidson is located west of the town on Kaumaulii Hwy a.k.a. Highway
50. The Kauai HD store is very close to the Lihue Airport, Princeville
(north shore) and Poi'pu (south shore) resort communities and the Nawiliwili
Cruise Ship Terminal in case you're arriving via Norwegian Cruise Lines or
They even offer rider/passenger pick-up and return from
Lihue Airport and Kauai Hawaii resorts. Not only are they an
authorized Harley-Davidson rental shop but you can even book your rental
online if you'd like too. Make sure you have a motorcycle endorsement
on your license, but other than that they didn't want my insurance card as I
was purchasing insurance from them for $20.00
Their rental rates were published on the website, but I was
trying to figure out the total budget with items such as the security
deposit, taxes and insurance. So I fired off an email in hopes of
getting a response later on that day.
Instead, I got an answer about four minutes later from the
"dealer principal," Tim Lach. Needless to say, I was very surprised
especially considering the fact that I sent the email at 6:45am. Tim
got things off to a great start with quick, concise answers to my questions.
The answer to my questions was, by the way, "tax is minimal
(4.167% plus $3.00); Security Deposit is $1,000.00 held against the credit
card for 3-7 days, depending on the card type and issuing bank." The
only thing beyond that is they require you to return the bike filled with
premium gas along with the receipt showing you filled up.
The total rental would cost $167.79, everything included
except the gas. The next big hurdle was to go down, pick out a bike
and schedule my ride.
Finding the Kauai HD dealership was a breeze. They are
located directly across the street from the community college and it's hard
to miss a dealer with all their bikes out gleaming in the sun. The
staff was quick to offer help and rental advice.
I explained that I'd never ridden a Harley before and that I
was used to riding touring class bikes. I told them that I was equally
comfortable on sport bikes, but that I really wanted to try a traditional
cruiser style.
They helped me narrow it down to two styles: the V-Rod
and the Sportster 1200 XL. I chose the latter, because it had more of
the traditional styling I was hoping for, and the saddle height was lower
than the V-Rod. After making my choice I decided that I probably
didn't want to ride in shorts and flip flops, so I scheduled my ride for the
next day and took off for the hotel to make a plan.
Almost immediately things started jumping out at me on the
map. In particular, a word that any motorcycle enthusiast would love:
canyon. Roads through a canyon mean curves like those normally found
only on dancers wearing grass skirts.
Since this was Hawaii, I decided
that all my entertainment should have curves and therefore I would be
riding west towards Waimea Canyon. I planned on riding back down to
the beach and then coming back, all at a leisurely pace -- after all, I had
nowhere to really "go", and the purpose of the trip was to enjoy myself and
try out the rental experience as well as the bike.
The next morning I took my sweet time getting up. I
had a light breakfast and was getting ready to go when I thought about
delaying my arrival time on purpose -- I wanted to see what happens if you
show up late for a rental; do they give your bike away or not?
So I went diving instead. Good thing too, because the
water was really clear and I swam with some great fish that morning. I
knew that eventually I had to get out of the water -- after all, unless you
have gills, you're restricted in the amount of time you can spend out there.
So I went back to the room, showered and changed and headed
to the dealership, arriving just before noon. Guess what? They
were still expecting me and the bike was still there. Not a big
surprise I guess, as their service had been off the chart since the initial
One of the technicians warmed up the bike while I completed
the rental agreement and went and picked out a helmet for my melon.
The tech then walked around the bike with me and wrote down every nick and
scratch, to ensure that I wouldn't get dinged for damage to the bike that I
didn't do.
As it turns out, for a 2006 bike with 6,200 or so miles on
it that is normally used for rentals, the Sportster was in great shape.
The tech walked me through the basic features of the bike then asked me if I
had any questions. Nope -- it was time to ride.
The Sportster is pretty traditional sounding HD ride; I
can't decide if that is good or bad. There were three things that
jumped out at me immediately: One, I'm not used to riding without a full
face helmet. The wind coming in behind my sunglasses made my eyes
water up considerably once the speedometer went above 35.
Two, this thing shakes. A lot. I'm used to much
less vibration. Three, the feet forward sitting position takes some
getting used to. If you're comfortable with a more upright sitting
position, the traditional cruiser will feel a little strange at first, but I
found that I adapted rather quickly.
The bike has plenty of power through all the gears -- the
biggest thing I noticed is that it really likes first gear. Most bikes
I've ridden don't like to be shifted down into first, especially near a
corner. They almost always prefer second gear and will jerk heavily if
you drop down into first.
Not this particular HD ride. The Sportster 1200 seemed to love first gear as much as any other gear and I
felt like I had plenty of control and power available no matter which gear I
was in. A quick crack of the throttle and you can expect a ten mile
per hour jump in speed almost immediately.
Overall, the bike has nice styling and good performance.
The stock saddle is firm but I wouldn't really be able to tell how it would
perform without getting up to my usual highway speeds and distances.
As Kauai isn't a very big island, this just isn't going to happen on this
ride. On the other hand, that isn't what this ride is about either.
I left the dealership and headed west on Hwy 50 along the
south coastline towards Waimea Canyon. There are lots of smaller towns
along the route, like Hanapepe and Lawa'i, so the top speed you'll likely
see is about 50 MPH, slowing down to 30 MPH in the towns.
Truthfully, I never got up that much speed because I was
constantly pulling over and marveling at the scenery. There's little
sign that hurricane Iniki ravaged this area in 1992, even though the eye of
the storm went right over the areas I'm riding in.
Riding in paradise is a huge distraction; I must focus.
I continued west through the town of Waimea to the turnoff for Hwy 552 to
head up into the canyon. All I can say is that the roads lived up to
my expectations. There are a couple of things you need to know though
-- there are potholes. They aren't everywhere, but they do exist and
usually in a corner where hitting them would be less than advantageous.
The other thing is chickens -- they're everywhere!
Iniki broke them free from their cages and they've been breeding in the wild
for 15 years. Wild and running around. Hitting one at 35 in a
corner would be almost as exciting as the aforementioned pothole, so it pays
to keep your eyes on the road around here.
Up in the canyon, I intersected with Waimea Canyon Drive,
a.k.a. Hwy 550 (photo above). It was the perfect place to stop and reflect on the
scenery again. It also promised some great riding going downhill into
some more of those turns. The road delivered exactly what I expected
and soon I was back at the beach again.
I decided that I would ride back east to ride down to Koloa
and Po'ipu. Once again, my instincts came through. Koloa road is
a great turnoff point and takes you through more of this great isle.
The small town of Koloa has some great little shops, but the victory dance
was performed at Po'ipu beach. I realized the reason I was dizzy was
more than just the roads.
Brennecke's Beach Broiler, Kauai.
That light breakfast wasn't providing enough energy to keep
me going, so food at Brennecke's Beach Broiler bridged the gap. Two
words: fish tacos. Two more words: most excellent. Great views, great
service and a great place to take a break.
I went down to watch a pair
of sea turtles surf the rocky portion of the shoreline, and this is the
point where I had to remind myself that I was actually being paid to be
here. Unbelievable -- Someone pinch me!
After leaving the beach, I rode north on Highway 520 back
towards Hwy 50. As it turns out, this road is mostly a "tree tunnel"
and is extremely cool to ride through - both in temperature and experience!
I turned east and headed back to the dealership. Although I had the
motorcycle for a days' rental, I didn't have a days' time to spend so I
would have to keep this short.
All said, the round trip was probably right around 100 miles
or so. At an average speed around 40 MPH I had taken four hours off
the clock when you include my time taking photos and eating. Although
I didn't use the full days' rental, the experience was worth it.
Completely worth it
For the record, it wasn't until AFTER my ride that I
discovered that Kauai Harley Davidson has a
virtual tour site setup on their website. C'est la vie...
I enjoyed the route I took, although later I would drive up
to the north shore by Princeville and Hanalei (no sign of a dragon, sorry).
I can assure you that these destinations will be included on my next
I can't say enough about the people at Kauai HD or the
people of Kauai in general. I found everyone to be extremely patient
and experiencing a new level of relaxation. If you find yourself in
Hawaii, it's worth taking time to visit the island of Kauai. Most of
the inter-island airlines will go roundtrip from Honolulu for less than
$100.00 which makes a day trip to ride in Kauai a reasonable expenditure.
If you have the chance, even if it's just once, it's worth it. It was
truly the ride of a lifetime. Mahalo!
Kauai Harley-Davidson
3-1866 Kaumualii Highway
Lihue, Hawaii. 96766
tel: 808.241.7020
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More than £4,000 has been raised so far, and more than 1,000 people have voted on what form it should take.
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The two-alarm fire broke out at the Cape Cod Village on Borregas Avenue about 2 a.m. Thursday, said Capt. Jeff Hunter of the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. The names of the victims haven't been confirmed.
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Laundry faucets like this are easy and cheap to fix. If it's dripping from the spout, you need a new faucet washer. And if water is leaking around the handle, the rubber O-ring around the valve stem is bad. But since you have to take out the valve stem for either repair, and the fix is simple, we recommend replacing both the hot and cold washers and the O-rings while the faucet is apart. Remember to turn off the water and purge the pressure before you start. If you're lucky, there'll be a separate shutoff for the laundry room. Otherwise, you'll have to shut off the water to the whole house by closing the main valve.
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Sez Annie - From the Great & Good to the Bad & Ugly ... and beyond!: Norwegian Gem Cruise Review by SezAnnie
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Sez Annie - From the Great & Good to the Bad & Ugly ... and beyond!
Destination: Canada & New England
Embarkation: New York (Manhattan)
All aboard for a wonderful fun time on Norwegian Cruise Lines' GEM. On Saturday, 09-28-13, my husband and I sailed out of Manhattan for a 7 day cruise up to Canada. Our stops for this cruise were Halifax, New Brunswick, Bar Harbor, Boston Harbor, and Newport R.I. I am always happy when I have the opportunity to write a great review on something whether it is a vacation, a dining experience, or tour. Actually, I will write about almost anything if I feel what I have experienced should be shared.
The Gem is one of the older ships in the NCL fleet, but the good news is that it was refurbished in 2010 and she is in beautiful condition. The interior design was a colorful array of bright colors. One of the first things that caught my attention was how clean the Gem is. Scattered around the ship 24/7 are busy crew members working hard so that everything surface, carpet, nook and cranny is More clean and shiny. Every public restroom I entered was clean no matter what time of day or night it was.
Each time you board the ship you are greeted by a crew member who will spray your hands with sanitizer and every time you enter one of the dining areas a crew member will be there with the sanitizer spray. In each restroom there is a small plaque on the door that reads "Please use paper towel when opening the door". NCL makes the effort to keep those nasty flu bugs and other germs that we might have on our hands at bay to reduce the spread of germs. This is my kind of ship.
The culinary choices in the complimentary dining rooms are bountiful, and in comparison to other cruise ships I have been on, rates a 9 out of 10 on the Sez Annie scale. The reason that it is not a 10 is because I have cruised on a much smaller ship on a European cruise line, with only about 900 passengers, where the food was a little more like dinning in a high-end restaurant. I am truly a PITB when it comes to food preparation. I also believe that rating food is subjective and many people are happy with anything that is presented nicely on the plate and they do not consider how it is prepared and how good it taste, the way I do. Maybe I am a bit like that bad boy, cute looking guy on the travel channel. On the Gem, you have a choice of two main dining rooms, the Magenta and the Grand Pacific. In addition, there is the Garden Café (buffet style) opened 24 hours and the Blue Lagoon (also open 24 hours) where you can sit down and be served by one of the many pleasant wait staff. The Garden Café has many selections every day for each daily meal and snacks for in between. There is so much to choose from, you will find it hard not to go back and fill your plate at least a second time. The Blue Lagoon has a limited menu but everything on it is prepared with as much care as they take in preparing the meals in both the main dining rooms and the Garden Cafe. The Blue Lagoon has a coffee & tea station, where you are free to stop buy any time for a cup of java, tea, or hot chocolate.
The activities on the ship are exceptional. You can search those out when you go to NCL's web site and also check out the nightly shows, which were so much fun. The Activities Director, Dan Dan, yes that is his name, is very energetic and he will keep you entertained and laughing each time you see him. By the way, Dan will surprise you with a performance of his own towards the end of the cruise.
The Gem Show Band is terrific and not only preformed for the evening shows, but graced the stages around the ship with their Big Band music, Lite Jazz and Blues. The Cynthia Macleod Trio rock the ship all through the cruise each time Cynthia picks up her fiddle and entertained us with Irish and Scottish music and other music for everyone's enjoyment. She too is a must see. Comedian Jeff Harms was hilarious … my rib cage was sore from laughing so much; juggler Charles Peachock's performances were amazing. What this guy does with juggling knives and rings will blow your mind away. I don't want to leave out the Soundbytes music band and vocalist, piano & vocals with Juan and piano melodies with Michael. All these performers added to a wonderfully entertaining experience.
One last note! Please be mindful when you plan your excursions and be sure to check out the reviews for each excursion you are considering. Some of the excursions are not worth the time or the money. My suggestion to NCL is that they check out the excursions before they present them to their passengers.
Until the next time, Bon Voyage to you and yours and be sure to make it happen on the Norwegian Cruise Line Gem or one of their other ships.
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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- We're continuing 2011's trend for dividend performance in the past week, with 35 companies announcing increases in their payouts to shareholders.
While that doesn't quite meet up to the 43 dividend increases we saw the previous week, it's important to remember that last week's number was the biggest instance of dividend increases in more than a year. If anything, the fact that dividends continue to be on the rise is an auspicious signal for investors because it suggests that companies are becoming confident enough in the current economic situation to part with their precious cash.
For income investors, that suggests an even bigger trend is in the works. History shows that when dividends rise, investors should pay attention. Over the last 36 years, dividend stocks outperformed the rest of the S&P 500 by 2.5% annually, and they outperformed nonpayers by nearly 8% every year, all while paying out cash to their shareholders, according to a study from NDR.
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And while that statistic applies to all companies that pay dividends, the companies that increase those dividend payouts over time are even better.
Each week, we take a look at companies that are actively increasing their dividend payouts to shareholders. Without further ado, here's a look at this week's dividend stocks.
Dun & Bradstreet
The past year has brought strong stock performance for shareholders of Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), the $4.2 billion firm that provides commercial information on businesses as well as risk management and marketing solutions to its clients; shares of the company rose more than 15% in the trailing 12 months. That performance has spurred management to increase the company's quarterly dividend payout by 2.9% to 36 cents per share.
While that dividend hike may not sound enormous, it's the latest in a string of consistent increases that the company has undertaken since 2007. D&B even maintained its payouts through the roughest patches of the recession. By far, D&B's biggest asset is its commercial database of businesses, which other firms use to rate the creditworthiness of potential partners, competitors, and clients. As a result, the company manages to deliver massive cash generation abilities -- nearly 20% margins and minimal noncash income statement items are big contributors to that.
It's Dun &Bradstreet's cash prowess that should keep those dividends moving for shareholders for the foreseeable future. That's the hope of Breeden Capital Management, a hedge fund manager founded by Richard Breeden in 1996. Other major Breeden positions include H&R Block (HRB) and Zale Corporation (ZLC).
J.B. Hunt
While the trucking industry saw significant struggles back in 2008 as demand tapered off and fuel costs hit all-time highs, there's a powerful resurgence in the trucking business right now -- an industry whose performance often acts as a leading economic indicator. J.B. Hunt (JBHT) is one of the biggest names in trucking. If you've spent much time on U.S. highways, you've probably seen the firm's logo more than a few times. Last week, J.B. Hunt announced an 8.3% dividend increase, bringing its quarterly dividend to 13 cents per share.
J.B. Hunt is a major player in the intermodal delivery business, transporting rail freight to ultimate end customers. That intermodal business contributes more than 50% of the company's sales -- and its fixed-contract nature provides significant downside protection against the cost effectiveness of rail transport, one of the biggest threats to trucking in an inflationary environment. Contracted hauling services still account for around 40% of sale, and brokerage and logistics make up nearly 10% of total revenue. That mix of operations significantly cuts down on the risks seen by the firm's trucking peers.
One of J.B. Hunt's biggest shareholders is Richard Aster's Meridian Fund, which manages assets in excess of $2.4 billion. Other Meridian holdings include Citrix Systems (CTXS) and another firm that increased its dividend this week, Mattel (MAT).
United Parcel Service
Shipping giant United Parcel Service (UPS) is another firm that stands to gain considerably as systemic demand perks up at the tail end of the economic recession. Last week, the company increased its dividend by 10.6%, bringing its quarterly payout to 52 cents per share -- a 2.78% yield at current share prices.
As the world's largest package delivery company, UPS deploys a fleet of more than 100,000 vehicles and 500 aircraft, making it one of the world's largest airlines by fleet size (that said, its aviation operations are smaller than those of peer FedEx (FDX)). That global reach affords UPS significant logistical advantages over its competitors, as well as the ability to transport items at incredibly low costs spread across tens of millions of packages per day. Despite the capital-intense nature of maintaining a delivery network, UPS is in excellent financial health, and deals with minimal balance sheet leverage. As such, the company should have no trouble keeping up with payouts to its shareholder base.
Among that base is the T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund (PRFDX), managed by Brian Rogers. Other PRFDX holdings include large stakes in American Express (AXP) and AT&T (T).
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Management Tips for Diabetics
Diabetes is a lifelong disease, but, with education and lifestyle changes, it is also highly manageable.
Below are some tips from Scott & White specialists on how to stay healthy and prevent diabetes-related complications. For more tips and information from our providers, visit our blog at community.sw.org.
Lifestyle Changes
"Our focus is on prevention. We don't want to wait until you have a disastrous complication," says J. Marshall Devall, DPM, Podiatrist. "Get control of your sugars, your weight, your diet and prevent problems before they start."
Schedule regular recommended health screeningsSchedule regular recommended health screenings
Routine screenings by healthcare professionals is vital to diabetes maintenance. These screenings help to prevent and monitor complications.
Maintain a healthy weightMaintain a healthy weight
"High-fat, high-sugar diets, coupled with sedentary lifestyles, often raise cholesterol and glucose levels and increases blood pressure, increasing the risk for heart disease, stroke and a host of other problems," Dr. Devall says. "Many of the side effects of a poor diet can be reversed if people just tighten control of their diets."
Eating more fruits and vegetables and choosing lower-fat meats, such as chicken and turkey, will enable your body to better respond to insulin, which in turn will it easier for you to exercise. It will also aid in maintaining healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Don't smokeDon't smoke
Non-smokers have a lower risk of heart, nerve and kidney disease. Not smoking also makes it easier for your body to respond to insulin.
Enuff of the Puff offers tobacco cessation group counseling through the American Lung Association's Freedom from Smoking (Tobacco) Program.
Education and Support
In addition to reviewing your diabetes treatment plan with your physician, diabetes nurse educator Barbara Buckles, RN, CDE, recommends participating in a formal diabetes education program annually and regularly attending a diabetes support group.
"Sometimes a person's status has changed, they are beginning new therapies, or just need a refresher course," Buckles says. "Education is the key. If you know your blood sugar levels are borderline and you don't do anything about it, diabetes will eventually happen to you. Understanding the disease and doing everything you can to prevent or delay its onset is the best medicine"
Diabetes self-management classesDiabetes self-management classes
The Scott & White Education Center provides diabetes self-management classes to help patients and families cope with type 2 diabetes. The six-month program covers topics such as healthy eating and exercise, foot care, stress management and glucose monitoring.
Diabetes support groupsDiabetes support groups
This support network for adults with type 1 and 2 diabetes provides a place for people coping with diabetes to give and receive support in dealing with a condition that can be demanding and challenging. Through group discussion and lectures from specialists, you can share your experiences, gain support and understanding, and improve your diabetes self-care.
Foot Care
With poor circulation and loss of sensation in your feet, it's easy for ulcerations (or chronic wounds) to develop. These diabetic foot ulcers develop when you get a small sore on the sole of your foot, and with poor circulation, oxygenated blood (or antibiotics) doesn't make it there to help it heal; or with neuropathy, you're unaware you have a wound and it festers and grows.
Diabetic foot ulcers are the primary cause of hospitalization for people with diabetes. They're also "a contributing factor in more than 85 percent of all diabetes-related amputations,"says J. Marshall Devall, DPM, Podiatrist.
To help prevent the foot problems associated with diabetes, Dr. Devall offers these three tips for diabetic foot health:
Perform self-assessmentsPerform self-assessments
Checking your feet every night is vital in finding the problems leading to foot ulcerations that can cause infection, hospitalization, amputation or death. Prevention is far easier than treatment.
To inspect your feet effectively, Dr. Devall suggests examining your feet every day — preferably at night — for:
- Redness
- Sores
- Cracks
- Open wounds
- Foreign material
If you can't lift your leg up to get a good view, place a mirror on the floor and sit on the edge of your bed (store the mirror under the bed and slide it out with your foot when you need it). If you have poor vision, have your spouse, partner, child, grandchild or friend check your feet for you.
"Be aggressive in checking your feet. We don't want you to wait until you have a disastrous complication," advises Dr. Devall.
Take care of your feetTake care of your feet
In addition to performing nightly self-assessments, Dr. Devall recommends having a professional trim your toenails and remove corns and calluses monthly.
Also wear properly fitted shoes to offload your weight.
See a podiatrist routinelySee a podiatrist routinely
"You should be seen once a year for a complete evaluation to check everything from circulation to nerve supply to everything. Your podiatrist will then put you in a risk category," explains Dr. Devall.
"The risk category system is a paradigm for treatment. Risk Level 0 means you have good circulation and no loss of protective sensation; you have pretty good feet," says Dr. Devall.
"Risk Level 3, on the other hand, means you have previous ulceration, where we would be wanting to see you, depending on what the problem is," details Dr. Devall, "anywhere from every month to every three months."
Don't self-manage woundsDon't self-manage wounds
Don't treat open wounds, stickers, burrs, splinters, etc. on your own. Foot wounds in patients with diabetes can progress from minor to serious very quickly. Seek immediate professional treatment from your primary care physician or podiatrist when you have a sore or wound on your foot.


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Think About It...
A MAN IN NEBRASKA WAS GOING FROM aisle to aisle at his local Walmart kissing people! Yep, sloppy wet kisses for all the ladies and even one guy! During his smooch session he was also randomly tossing items from shelves onto the floor. He was then escorted out of the store but returned later and started smooching all over again. One lucky? lady was even groped. As he was escorted out for the last time, he left a big wet kiss on the head of a Walmart employee.
A FLORIDA WOMAN WAS RENTING OUT THE UPSTAIRS of her home to an older lady about six years ago. At some point the upstairs neighbor died. Eventually the lady's corps exploded! (when officials found the body, they said decomposition had set in and the internal contents of her body explosively expanded and then started leaking.) That's right, leaking all over the home owners first floor apartment. She filed a claim with her insurance company and they said NO CASH FOR YOU! While she was covered for many different perils, an exploding body WAS NOT one of them. She lost in court!
APPARENTLY OUR COLLEGES ARE NOT VERY good at keeping the boys and girls apart. Campus rapes are up in a major way and the Education Department is investigating 55 colleges including Ohio State and Michigan.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND JOIN ME Monday morning at 9am on 640 WHLO. JIM


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Chelsea Sullens is the Chief Mama in Charge of the Loud Waterfall empire. She is a Los Angeles-based fine art photographer on a one-woman mission to make art an enjoyable part of our day to day lives.
Things that provide her with inspiration:
-Travel and adventure
-Her two adorable whirling dervishes
-Finding comfort in being outside her comfort zone
-Architecture and the hustle and bustle of new places
-The people you meet along the way
But it's what she does with that inspiration that sets Loud Waterfall Photography apart from the pack. Every image has a story behind it, but she doesn't just stop there. She tells you the stories - and each reads like you've just glimpsed a peek into Talitha Getty's personal journal when she was finding herself in Marrakech in the 60's.
She has a way of capturing the little details that would otherwise pass us by and making you feel like you are right there with her, smelling the luscious dahlias at the farmer's market. If this talent for magic-making is evident in her prints, it literally reaches out and grabs you in her range of lifestyle products.
With every item Loud Waterfall Photography sells, a portion is donated to Nothing But Nets to help eradicate malaria. Because. Malaria sucks. Chelsea knows first hand.
I am honored that you would want me to create something just for you. A few notes on the process / details of custom orders:
-If you want my images as is, with possibly a different crop or minor edit, there is no charge.
-If you want to customize my image with an idea you have (specific quote and such), there is a 20% charge for the time and care it takes to create your custom piece.
-If you want something from scratch (i.e. your image, your wording, my edits), there is a 30% charge for the time and care it takes to create your custom piece.
-I will provide you with several proofs for your approval, upon approval, I will create a listing for your custom image.
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Chelsea Sullens
Owner, Chief Momma In Charge Of LWP
Los Angeles based fine art photographer on a one woman mission to make art an enjoyable part of our day to day lives.
Production partners
Art of Where
Montreal, QC
My cases are produced from the vendor ArtOfWhere. I have product tested numerous vendors and I have found them to be the best quality, as well as the best client relations. I never sell anything I would not have in my own home. And I have several.
Bay Photo
Scotts Valley, CA
Bay Photo one of is the vendors I use for my prints, canvas, and bamboo wood blocks. Their quality is excellent as is their customer service.
Seattle, WA
Bill and I are collaborating on my night lights and coasters.
White House Custom Color
Eagan, MN
WHCC is a professional photo lab that produces top quality photo prints and other media.
Shop policies
Accepted payment methods
- Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits
International Clients:
Please be aware that any and all customs, tariffs, taxes, fees, et al are not included in your purchase price - only the artwork itself and my shipping / postage costs. Any further moneys owed are payable to that specific third party and LWP takes no responsibility for their assignment nor collection. No blanket refunds are given for refused packages. I will try to work with you but on a case by case basis. Please be aware of your countries laws & taxes.
Custom Orders:
I am thrilled to work with clients on creating custom orders from my images. Typically, due to the time and effort that custom work requires, I will discuss with each client on a project-by-project basis. All custom orders are guaranteed 3 revisions (usually more when they are just minor changes) for the agreed amount, which is calculated as a percentage of the regular listing price. (i.e. an 11x14 print $50.00 + 30% custom fee $15.00 = $65.00 plus shipping) Revisions above and beyond the initial 3 are charged at my hourly rate of $85.00/ hour and must be paid in full before final artwork will be shipped. I certainly want my clients to be happy with the final product, but I also need my time and effort and work valued. I am sure you understand.
International items will be sent by USPS unless you have a different method you would prefer. All international orders have a customs number; You may have tracking added at cost - just let me know if you would like me to find out the price to your country. Anything can be worked out ~ I am more than happy to ship anywhere!
Refunds and Exchanges
In the event of damage or postal service error, I am more than happy to work with you on a transaction by transaction basis. Items will only be sent to verified addresses.
Once you item leaves my hands I have no control over shipping. I always use the most reliable and cost effect means of shipping my packages. I have no control over delays in customs, labor strikes, acts of God, acts of terrorism, thief, and any other delay that might befall the post. I always try to use tracking unless it is so cost prohibitive that both the client and myself cannot reconcile the funds. FOR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS - CUSTOM DELAYED PACKAGES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED LOST AND ELIGIBLE FOR A POTENTIAL REPRINT UNTIL 8 WEEKS AFTER THE SHIPPING DATE. I am not negotiable on this point due to previous client abuses.
If your package arrives to you in less than perfect condition and the contents have been damaged, PLEASE SNAP A PIC and MESSAGE ME IMMEDIATELY. If the shipping company (UPSP, UPS, FedEx) is responsible, I need to contact them as soon as possible and get you a replacement post haste. If the neighbors dog (or similar situation) is the culprit, that is not the responsibility of this shop to replace the items.
Please note that this shop is not liable for any tariffs, fees, customs, taxes, etc. These are your responsibility alone. No blanket refunds are given for refused packages. I will try to work with you but on a case by case basis. Please be aware of your countries laws & taxes.
If you would like to cancel a transaction, prior to your items being ordered from my vendors, this may be done in writing only and I will happily refund your money. Once items have been ordered, we can sort something out of you are really unhappy ~ I'm a reasonable person. Each order is handled on a case by case basis - most of my images and products are not kept in stock nor are they on hand as there are too many images in too many different sizes and products. I will make every effort to accommodate you and your needs while not finding myself out of pocket due to you changing your mind. My typical restocking fee is 50% of the purchase price, with a refund given once you have returned the item (at your expense). Please note: Any refunds given are based on the purchase price only - no refunds on shipping.
Thank you!
Additional policies and FAQs
I have ongoing coupon codes for return clients on their next purchase. If you are not a return client and you use a discount not intended for you, the sale will be voided. It is only fair, for those who are loyal to my artwork to receive a gift that is meant for them. I am sure you understand.
If you are a brand new client to Loud Waterfall Photography, after your first purchase, you too may use the return discount on your next purchase (one time use only). Pretty nifty, huh?
Little shops like mine thrive on word of mouth and referrals. If you chat me up to a friend who, in turn makes a purchase, I will send you a coupon code for your next order as a thank you. Just make sure your friend notes at checkout that they were referred by you & I will send you a little thank you. Pretty nifty, huh?
I thank you in advance.
Multiple prints & large orders are available at discounted rates - please message me with your needs.
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Custom and personalized orders
I love collaborating with my clients on custom works. Please convo me and we can address your project.
Gift wrapping and packaging
Sending this directly to someone special? Please let me know in the notes section of checkout and I am happy to add extra touches and a note to the recipient.
Wholesale availability
I am happy to provide a discount for bulk/ wholesale orders. Typically, this requires a minimum of 15 pieces (not all the same image, just the same product.) and discounts increase with volume. Please convo me directly so that we may discuss your needs.
I would like to have my print matted and framed. Is this a possibility?
Of course! I am happy to have the piece you select matted and framed for you. I will have it professionally framed and then shipped to you. Please contact me for a quote.


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ATLANTA (AP) Before YouTube, Katherine Lee was just another pretty flight attendant who worked for the nation's third-largest airline.
In April, up to 80 million Delta Air Lines passengers worldwide will know her as the face of Delta's newest safety video, in which Lee walks fliers through government-mandated safety instructions with a smile and a naughty-looking wag of the finger.
The video — which you can see on YouTube— generated a buzz after being posted on the Atlanta-based airline's corporate blog and YouTube. Admirers have nicknamed Lee "Deltalina," a reference to Angelina Jolie, whom they say she resembles.
"The main focus is to get our customers' attention and make sure they know what to do in the event of an emergency ... adding bits of humor and unexpected twists to something pretty standard," says Chris Babb, a Delta product manager in charge of producing the video.
Along with mandatory Federal Aviation Administration safety instructions (seat belts, oxygen masks and the like), the video has a driving beat on the soundtrack and in one spot includes a computerized sparkle on the teeth of a male flight attendant demonstrating a life vest.
There's also the finger wag — halfway through the 4-1/2 minute video, Lee playfully wags a long finger at the camera while instructing that "Smoking ... is not allowed, on any Delta flight."
"I hope they are holding classes for all ... FAs (flight attendants) on how to do the finger-wag," one viewer wrote on the Internet airline forum FlyerTalk.
Every few years, airlines typically refresh safety videos, which may be used in place of having crewmembers perform a safety demonstration on a flight. Babb said the airline considered many different styles of videos, including a popular animated safety video by Virgin Atlantic, but in the end opted to have a version in which a Delta employee spoke directly to the audience.
Deborah Cohn, associate professor of marketing at Touro College in New York, said Delta's video may have more staying power with passengers than regular airline safety videos but thought the video's "edgy" music, could make passengers jittery.
"It really captures your attention — the woman in the video is beautiful and you can't take your eyes off her," she said.
David Stempler, president of the passenger advocacy group Air Travelers Association, said "anything to make it more lively is going to get passengers' attention."
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Grade(s): K - 8
Program Type: Supplemental
Delivery Method: Digital
Funding Sources: IDEA, School Improvement Grants, Title I, Title III, SSAE Grant, 21st Century Community Learning Centers
SuccessMaker is an adaptive and prescriptive scheduling intervention program delivering both reading and math curriculum. Stealth formative assessments adjust instruction with every click, swipe, and student response. There's less frustration and stress for learners. Individual learner paths guide the student to targeted performance goals. Prescriptive scheduling tells you when students will reach key milestones, and dynamic reporting provides data to intervene when it matters most. It's LEARNING LED BY YOU.
Intelligent adaptive motion personalizes reading and math intervention. SuccessMaker continuously adjusts the pace and path of instruction based on each learner's performance.
The adaptivity is part of the curriculum design, so SuccessMaker seamlessly guides student progress.
SuccessMaker not only reports on progress—it predicts it! Predictive analysis helps teachers keep each learner on pace to achieve the targeted performance level. It's a true pathway to success.
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"The biggest problem for the majority of students is that they don't recognize core words in school texts automatically. SuccessMaker has built onto its already strong vocabulary base the addition of academic vocabulary lessons. Base words are taught directly. Then a three-pronged instructional approach integrates the use of context, morphology, and meaning relationships to strengthen and broaden students' ability to recognize words. Then students actually read text with the base words and derivations—texts across different genre and content areas. This well-designed vocabulary instruction sets students up for success!"


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|Utilizing Municipal Trees
|Tree Service Firms
Jim Cook, owner of Able Tree Service, has 30 years experience in the tree care business. His firm in Missoula, Montana (population 60,000) provides all of the services one would expect: pruning, cabling and bracing, transplanting, pest management, soil therapy, young tree culture, and tree removal. One service that sets Cook apart is his creation of a wood artisan network to which he supplies free wood. If a log is too big to chip and turn into mulch (greater than 12 inches in diameter) and has value-added potential beyond firewood, then Cook turns to this network to find new life for the wood.
|I want to encourage a market for municipal trees
Artisan Network
Soon after founding Able Tree Service in 1982 Cook realized that many of the trees he removed for homeowners contained valuable lumber that could be transformed into value-added products. Cook also realized that many local artisans were constantly seeking wood for their next project. Over a period of years he developed a database of approximately 40 artisans who use wood and live in Missoula and the surrounding valley. The database contains information such as the artisans address and phone number, the product made, and the wood species preferred. One of Cooks objectives is to match the artisans with the appropriate wood species from his tree removal projects.
Currently, a wide range of products is made from Missoula trees by local artisans. For example, Cook has supplied basswood to a carver of carousel horses, blue-stained ponderosa pine to a log furniture builder, white birch to a lath crafter, and various hardwood species to a turner of wooden bowls. The University of Montana Extension Service has taken note of Cooks expanding artisan network and plans to develop a computer web page to support his effort.
Cook also has stockpiled some trees and logs for future projects, although it is a guess what the future holds. Some of the hollow logs, for example, might be used by local science teachers, says Cook.
|Large urban trees such as elm often produce beautiful lumber sought by artisans. Photos by Roger Bergmeier
Free Wood Encourages Market Development
Cook believes that someday a market might develop that would enable him to sell many of his tree removals. I want to encourage a market for municipal trees that are removed due to pest problems, storm damage, or old age. Right now, giving the wood away to artisans is the best thing I can do, noted Cook.
For additional information:
Jim Cook
Able Tree Service
300 South Garfield #4
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone 406-549-9310
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carousel horse inspires and delights. Photo by Theresa Cox
In 1997 Kerry Burruss entered the tree trimming and removal business in eastern Kansas with pre-owned equipment and high expectations. One day he was asked by a homeowner to remove a healthy 28-inch diameter red oak tree. His reaction was one of disbelief because he saw no apparent reason to remove the tree. The homeowner had his mind set, however, so Burruss eventually did cut down the tree. After a difficult search he found a custom sawmiller who agreed to mill the butt (bottom) log of the tree. Burruss recovered some of the milled lumber, which was converted into various pieces of furniture. This incident caused Burruss to rethink his own business, eventually leading him to apply for a state grant and purchase a Timber King portable sawmill.
|The pole sawing has given me a steady source of income.
At the same time, only 10 miles away in Topeka, Kansas, Brad Loveless, Senior Manager of Biology and Conservation Programs for Western Resources, was facing his own wood utilization dilemma. Western Resources, a utility company serving over 600,000 customers, is continually removing old utility poles and replacing them with new ones. The traditional practice of disposing of the old 50- to 80-foot poles in landfills incurred significant transportation expense. Loveless and some of his coworkers were troubled by this seemingly wasteful practice. Loveless investigated the possibilities of milling the discarded utility poles into lumber, and his search eventually lead him to Kerry Burruss.
Business Arrangement Benefits Both Parties
In 1999 Burrusss company, Trees-n-More, and Western Resources entered into a business arrangement that has been beneficial to both parties. Loveless arranged for the old utility poles to be delivered, on a back-haul, to Western Resources new-pole yard. Burruss set up his portable mill at the yard where he does custom sawing of the western red cedar, southern yellow pine, and Douglas-fir poles. Loveless says the arrangement is working well, I give Kerry a list of dimensions to saw for and he takes it from there, sawing each piece to the specified width and thickness. As of summer 2000, Western Resources had recycled 39,000 board feet of lumber and saved more than $77,000 in pole transportation and disposal costs.
|Western redcedar poles are sawn into various lumber dimensions on a portable sawmill. Photo by Kerry Burruss
Products From Old Poles
Kits and finished nest boxes for bluebirds, kestrels, wood ducks, and bats are a few of a dozen or so products produced from the old poles. During 1999 and 2000 over 2,600 nest box kits, made from the untreated portions of cedar poles, were given to and assembled by employees, local scout troops, schools, and 4-H clubs for habitat improvement projects. Other products constructed from lumber milled from the recycled poles include foot bridges, wildlife-viewing platforms and blinds, picnic tables, and shelters at schools, parks, refuges, and environmental education areas. Occasionally a project requires lumber thicker than 1 inch, such as an environmental education area shelter that used Douglas-fir timbers. The shelter had 8- by 8-inch timbers that were 12 feet in length. The 3- by 12-inch stringers were 16 feet long, Loveless boasts.
|Lumber milled from utility poles is donated for local projects, such as this wildlife viewing platform. Photo by Brad Loveless
|Kerry Burruss
2245 SE 61st St.
Berryton, KS 66409
Phone 785-862-1124
| Brad Loveless
Western Resources
818 S. Kansas Ave.
P.O. Box 889
Topeka, KS 66601
Phone 785-575-8115
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We used to see it as trash, says Andy Trotter, but now we see it as a product. It is the residue, such as logs, from Trotters tree care business. Trotter is Vice-President of West Coast Arborists, which is headquartered in Anaheim, California. The company employs over 350 people and has annual tree care contracts with 90 municipalities in southern California.
Firewood used to be the primary outlet for the larger logs and branches from tree removal and trimming projects. Our business doubled in 5 years, and the firewood dealers we supplied couldnt keep up with the quantity we generated, says Trotter. Plus, we were looking for an environmentally friendly alternative to filling our landfills with wood residue.
In 1999 the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) loaned a portable sawmill to West Coast Arborists to encourage and demonstrate municipal tree utilization (see p. 9). The unit was used to mill hardwood lumber from logs that traditionally would have been sent to a landfill, chipped, or converted to firewood. The high quality of the lumber produced and a growing regional interest in expanding the California hardwood industry convinced the management of West Coast Arborists to purchase their own mill. Trotter says, The CDF loaner mill was instrumental in getting us started full-time on our own utilization program.
Producing Lumber
A Wood-Mizer LT40 portable sawmill ($35,000) and a Nyle dehumidification dry kiln ($14,000) with an 8,000-board-foot capacity are the cornerstones of West Coast Arborists sawlog utilization program. Two employees are dedicated full-time to producing about 800 board feet of lumber per day. The mill is capable of higher daily production, says Trotter, but log size, shape, and nails slow us down. One solution to the nail problem, in addition to using a metal detector, is West Coasts use of bimetal saw blades that can cut through about 30 nails before dulling.
|Once considered trash
and destined for the landfill, downed street trees are now salvaged and milled
into usable lumber. Photo by Jeff Melin
|We need to spread the word about the potential of urban tree use.
Drying Lumber
After the better sawlogs are milled on the Wood-Mizer, the lumber is air dried for 2 to 10 months. After air drying, some species, such as ash and elm, need only 5 days in the dry kiln to reduce the moisture content to 6 to 8 percent. This is all new to us, but were learning the drying characteristics of various woods, Trotter noted.
The lumber marketing portion of West Coast Arborists program has been assigned to Mike Easterling, owner of a new start-up firm called East-West Urban Forest Products. Easterling sells West Coasts lumber to various outlets including woodworkers, school industrial arts programs, and hardwood retailers. Easterling says, Black acacia, carob, and Carolina cherry are colorful woods and sell very well. Also, schools are willing to take a variety of species, which works well for us. Easterling has two part-time sales people to help with the lumber marketing. He has acquired a rediscovered wood products lumber label that he hopes to use as a positive marketing tool.
Value-Added Products
Easterling also builds value-added products like park benches and picnic tables from West Coasts lumber. The benches are sold to the communities from which the trees came, which completes the recycling loop.
Because over 300 tons of green residue are generated daily by West Coast Arborists, Trotter and Easterling are networking with others interested in municipal tree utilization. Logs are often delivered to mills in Southern California with similar utilization objectives, since West Coast cannot mill and sell all the potential lumber from their residue stream.
|Park benches, such as
this one from ash and black acacia, are often sold to the communities from
which the trees came. Photo by Jeff Melin
The wood utilization program grew to the point where West Coast
Arborists hired a full-time recycling coordinator, Jeff Melin. Melin is
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I wouldn't use the RO unit if I got hard water cichlids because it softens the water to just a few ppm and takes ph down to 6.0. I'd rather not buy the buffers if it can at all be avoided because it is probably pretty costly. I think I may steer away from the juliochromis, but I'll have to see what the fish store has. Thanks for the advice
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November 2011 Review by Lawrence Bommer
Assisted Living
The title of Deirdre OConnors new work, "Assisted Living" takes on a broad new meaning in this affectionately rendered world premiere by busy Profiles Theatre. Their A Behanding in Spokane continues a few blocks from The Second Stage. Depicted with unashamed, old-fashioned caring, the four clumsy, questing characters in her 100 minute one-act are good for and to each other, though they dont necessarily mean to all that much or know why they make a difference. OConnor offers a very grown-up drama about half-baked people whose embattled decency makes them recognizably, finally radiantly, human.
Anne Kelly (Stacy Stolts, acting only in the technical sense) is a single librarian, approaching 40 and now responsible for a demented, occasionally biting, 78-year-old mother whos the reason they both need help. Her hapless brother Jimmy is unreachable and shes in over her head. Hoping to land his first daytime rather than part-time job, young Levi (a delightfully real and sweetly gawky Jordan Stacey) applies for a job as a home care provider, though he knows he can mess up at a moments notice.
But slowly this former drinker and constant bumbler gains confidence and the invalid mother takes to him as, even more slowly, does wary Anne whom he even manages to romance with boyish improvisation. When Levi says, Im only right here, you realize just how long this sweet-faced caretaker has been wrong everywhere else. But that doesnt keep him from screwing up big time when he takes a stupid cigarette break.
The old house starts to fill up when, literally having nowhere to go, Jimmy (Layne Manzer, doubling down on the drifting brother) finally shows up, accompanied by his pregnant, 22-year-old girlfriend Christina (placidly purposeless Shannon Hollander) who regularly refers to her fetus as the belly and who needs every bit as much help as the elderly mother.
After assembling her diverse quartet, OConnor is wise not to inject too much plot into what is really a set of very believable encounters. Notably natural, the action consists of territorial troubles as brother and sister argue over whose house this is and whether Levi is doing more good than harm. Pretty Levi in turn has learned to love being needed and to fondle the older Anne for giving him a chance.
Its fascinating to watch how four flawed people, who individually managed to go wrong in more ways than they count, somehow counteract rather than exacerbate their mistakes just by coming together to create a second family and a new kind of assisted living. Annes fear of leaving the home and dating strangers, Christinas terror of being abandoned with the belly, Jimmys dread that drugs will take him down again and Levis worry that good intentions have never excused his unsought malfunctioninghere these drawbacks check each other and break a bunch of bad cycles.
Coming of age despite your age is all over the place on this busy, healing stage. Few truths and fewer revelations are forced here; it all comes out as they move on. Joe Jahraus cast, confidently shaped by the director even in their lack of assurance, is awesomely right from moment to moment. Admittedly, already awkward characters are easy for actors to play since their hesitations can easily fit those of the characters.
For theatergoers who want incident and epiphanies this may seem thin gruel. But, like Marvins Room (whose intimacies this often recalls), OConnors domestic charmer is about how the intercom squawk box to an upstairs room can record both an old ladys distress calls and those of an equally needy baby. The trick is to assist that living and prove were alive as well. For more information on this show, please visit the Theatre In Chicago Assisted Living page.
About Lawrence Bommer
A native Chicagoan, Lawrence Bommer has been an active free-lance writer and playwright since 1975. For twenty years he wrote a weekly column, "Opening Nights" for the Friday section of the Chicago Tribune, where he also regularly contributed theater criticism and feature writing. His work has appeared in Stagebill, the Pulitzer-Lerner newspapers and The Advocate.
Mr. Bommer was theater editor for the Windy City Times since its founding until 1999; from 1986 a theater critic for the Chicago Reader (where he has also written for the "Calendar" and "Our Town" sections); Chicago Free Press, where he was contributing editor until the papers demise in spring 2010; Chicago Footlights, where he has been a regular contributor; and Plays International, where he is the Chicago correspondent. He has also contributed to the Hollywood Reporter, PerformInk, Screen Magazine, CitySearch, the Chicago Illini, Inside Chicago, Illinois Entertainer, the International Theatre Festival of Chicago newsletter, Plays International, CitySearch, Playbill Online, TheatreMania, CurtainUp.com and Chicago Enterprise. Mr. Bommer is a three-time finalist for a Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism in the "arts criticism" category. In 1991 he became a regular theater and, dance critic and arts writer for the Chicago Tribune. His commentary has also aired on LesBiGay Radio, WGN and on Milwaukee Public Radio.
As a playwright, Mr. Bommer's work has been produced in Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Madison and, in Chicago, by the Organic Theater Company (Jonathan Wild [1979], Poe [1980]. Gulliver's Last Travels [1993] and by Lionheart Gay Theatre (Gunsel, The Tyrannicides, Killers and Comrades). Since 1976 Mr. Bommer has taught at the Francis W. Parker School and was a lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1969 to 1975 (where he received his Master's degree in English), as well as a guest lecturer at the College of DuPage, Roosevelt University, DePaul University and the University of Chicago. Mr. Bommer is a member of the American Theater Critics Association and has been a member of the National Writers Union and the Dramatists Guild.


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Aside from our personal excitement, the show itself was great too. For two days if you were in the Valley and working in the tech industry, It was THE place to be. Everyone was there. The place was teaming with potential customers, partners, investors and, of course, the press. If memory serves me right, its where we made our first contacts with lots of our media partners, including the NY times and the AP.
I mention this because I decided to head down to SES this morning just to walk the floor and check out the vibe. Unfortunately, it wasn't good. The excitement and buzz that I remember from years past was no where to be found. The exhibit hall was kind of empty. And this was during the lunch hour, when no speakers/ panels were going and should be the busiest time. When I swung by the Topix booth (obviously long ago upgraded from the typo one) all the folks there concurred that it was pretty slow.
So why is this? Is it because Danny Sullivan left a while ago and started his own competing show? Perhaps. Or maybe its because, as Chris theorized, SEO/ SEM is so mainstream these days that a show about it doesn't really work. It's not like there's a show about buying TV ads or print ads. Dunno.
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|30th October 2004, 03:14 PM
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Krell's "Sustained Plateau" Design - some thoughts
I downloaded the patent yesterday and ran through it quickly... I was quite interested to discover what Krell has been doing. It's Patent # 5,331,291
In brief they use a current sensing transformer on the ground leg of the speaker output line to trigger what looks like some gates sitting on the output of a comparator to "adjust" the bias to keep the amp in Class A on peaks.
A few thoughts came into my head about this idea. Mostly about the speed of things and what is going to lead or lag and how the amp's feedback is going to react to these abrupt level shifts, will the transitions be smooth enough and what about DC balance?
Assuming the gates doing the switching are faster than the amp (not a bad assumption) and assuming the amp has been "slowed down a bit" for best results (anyone got the freq resp specs handy?) it seems to me that if the sense transformer uses any core material it may lag a bit, the comparator will have some lag, and what about the rise time of the output stage in response to the increase in bias (step). What about the balance between the two rails in terms of tracking the bias shift?
I wonder if anyone looked at the distortion produced *at* the bias switching point when the amp is playing?
And, given that the amp starts out in more or less low bias AB, and then is plateau'd up as current is required, doesn't the effective headroom *drop* with output? So, for a passage with a series of high dB peaks, there could be compression or clipping on sucessive peaks - one which passes before the bias can shift up, and one after or as the bias has shifted up...
Actually, it kinda seems like a backwards idea, unless I have it wrong... that is start with the amp in pure class A and *reduce* the bias on loud passages, to obtain more headroom! You want the highest bias on the lowest passages, where the xover distortion will be most noticable.
Oddly, unless I have gone a bit daffy, when running into a really low Z load, as the Krells are legendary for doing, this scheme works out to be a kind of SOA protection? Since to maintain Class A into low Z the bias will need to be pumped up quite a lot... which will limit the swing, and limit the max current as compared to the same amp in AB... or did I run the train off the tracks??
Ok, so you get to claim a "Class A" amplifier, and you get to use smaller heatsinks that otherwise would be required (not that they are so small), but from what I understand of the design there is no loop feedback around the output stage, meaning that the distortion specs are not particularly low (and they're not), so while ur "eliminating" xover notch distortion, is this important at all in this case?? Doug Self has shown that xover notch distortion in Class B *might be* less of a problem than AB xover notch distortion... which leads me to scratch my head a little bit.
What do you folks think?
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|30th October 2004, 07:03 PM
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Well, the abrupt transition on a peak would be a problem
in my book, but there it is.
At one point there was talk of an "anticipator" circuit that would
somehow devine that a big peak was coming along and make
the transition in advance, but I haven't seen any evidence that
such a thing existed, and of course it still doesn't answer the
question about large abrupt transitions up or down in bias and
what they might do to the sound.
Also I was unaware of any claim that Krell operated without
On the other hand, you can go listen to a Krell, and decide
whether Dan's approach was valid or not.
|30th October 2004, 08:35 PM
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I listened to the Krell Standard amps some time ago that had the S.P.B arraignment and i can tell you i was quite impressed!
My eyes were opened to many products and CD's that day. so i remember it well.
I heard nothing that alerted me to the fact that anything was going on.
Now for comparison, listen to a Carver amp. at low volumes they have a clean top end, but raise the volume just a little bit to the point where the power supply starts switching rails and you can hear it. it gets grainy and fatiguing.
I had these in my studio (they were there before me!) and i could mark spots on the master fader where the sound was grainy, if the fader was between any of those spots (with all else being the same) everything was fine, but get close to any of those marks and my ears would get tired fast!
I swapped out the carvers for my Bryston 4B and it went away and i gained a whole bunch more accuracy on the low end! sheesh!
I would love to see some discussion on what makes the 4B so good for low end?
Here is a question for the pros, what is the delay time from input to output in a power amplifier? surely there has to some small amount of delay right?
Couldnt an anticipator circuit be built that would look at the incoming signal before the first stage and adjust bias accordingly. it seems to me looking at the output would be the wrong end to kiss so to speak.
|30th October 2004, 08:35 PM
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I think bias is moved up to the next level well before the current being drawn would cause it to leave Class A operation at the existing bias level.
It maybe possible to get it to ramp from level to level in a controlled manner but it would clearly need to be a rather rapid process.
This means it would only leave Class A operation if the audio waveform was slewing very quickly.
I think that if well implemented it is a pretty good idea.
|30th October 2004, 08:41 PM
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Roughly speaking maybe if the slew rate at which the bias changes is faster than the slew rate of the amplifier then it maybe possible to gaurantee that the amp never leaves Class A operation.
On the other hand if this were the case then feedback may not be able to correct any glitches at the output while the transistion from level to level was taking place.
|30th October 2004, 08:56 PM
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I don't know, but in theory it could keep the bias always set for a value that was enough to sustain the momentary output current plus some amps. If it could do that faster that the amp could be expected to raise the output current those extra amps, I guess it would work. The max output current rise and speed is defined by, say, max output level at 20kHz in 4 ohms so it can be calculated without surprises.
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|30th October 2004, 08:58 PM
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PS rejection ratio?
This may be a silly question/statement but...
Isn't it a feature of most 'complex' SS amps that they are quite immune to 'noise' and amplitude changes on the power supply lines?
If you have a PSU rejection ratio thats high enough, can you just change the voltage, leaving the current more or less alone, at it's presumably high level, and not 'hear' anything on the output?
|30th October 2004, 09:10 PM
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"A few thoughts came into my head about this idea."
Me too....... My audible impressions are the FPB 200 doesn't sound as good as my old KSA-80 does. I had the opportunity to compare the later amps to my old KSA-80 and all felt the KSA-80 sounded better in several aspects. The downside of the old KSA series is that they need to be left on all the time and are fussy in other ways. Of course today I use Pass Labs stuff I've built myself but it would be fun to build a KSA-80 and soup it up as I have with my Aleph 2's......
Does anyone have a KSA 80 schematic they can send me or post here????
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|30th October 2004, 10:29 PM
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That could work but you'd need to use a switch mode power supply which is pretty complex to design and may not be able to change its output voltage very quickly.
A multi-tapped transformer would possibly be doable but you'd need multiple sets of rectifiers and filter caps to create the various supply rails.
Still it is a pretty good concept.
|30th October 2004, 10:48 PM
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These being krells...
I assume price is not really that much of an impediment to either of the PSU solutions you mention. A big honkin' transformer with multiple taps, caps etc sounds more Krell of old, I have no idea whether they've used smps for the newer designs.
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Upload it faster , at least you still got a change to be approved before end of 12th and maybe get a prize?
Mine is since 5 days in the queue…
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Mine is since 5 days in the queue…
Pixeful & GraficAndMedia : it's exactly why I would prefer to have answer before submission, because I fear I'll never have time before deadline to change anything to comply requirements in case of rejection.
To loooooong in queue…
pixeful said
Few days left I think reviews should focus on accepting Unbounce templates and in case Soft-rejections help authors to be accepted faster.
Btw imho in case of few last days facebook voting would be not so fair
Anyway good luck everyone competition is almost ended only few days. <3P.S. There is a big bonus for most items published for 1 authors, I see at this moment there is few authors with at least 3 items. What if there will be 2 or more winners with same quantity of unbounce templates? Huh Just wondering
Good question! Quoting from the rules (for accuracy's sake): "In the event of a tie for the "Most items Submitted" prize, the author with the most sales for all Unbounce items at the time of the event close date wins."
Unfair again, it's most submitted not most sales, so I'd say it should be split in this case. Also please moderate faster mine submitted 3 days ago and nothing and i know they might be soft-rejected – means like FAIL for me as developer in competition.
Please moderate them faster we would be happy as authors to do even more templates, I don't know smth is wrong for a last time with moderation process takes too much time.
Unbounce templates are not that advanced they are much more simpler then html or wordpress, Just please….
I'm worried
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Does anyone encountered issues in using links to remote css or js files ?
<link rel="stylesheet" href="... and <script src="...
Indeed, it doesn't seem to work, and I have to put entire code in Unbounce to make it work, which is not very pretty (especially for big files), I thinkI didn't find anything in FAQ/ressources.
I've got a second question (surely the last) for Unbounce team : In guidelines, you advise avoiding text shadows. Ok, I think I understand why you advise this : both to not surprise final user (=> "woh ! where does this shadow come from ??? it didn't appear in the Unbounce template editor! " ) and also if final user delete a shadowed object and can't make another one similar.
But…as landing pages are the typical case where any visual trick must be used to optimize readability and visual impact, this guideline is at least…"frustrating" I would say…
Is (very moderate) usage of text-shadow really worth of a rejection, especially if we well document this point in our CSS file and our Envato's documentation file both ?I'm ready to send template, but I'm waiting for your answser to know if I must delete these effects before sending or not …
Hi @SeeYou Cloud, let me try to answer your questions…
Regarding Javascript, you should include all the javascript in the "scripts" section of Unbounce. It might be a little uglier, but the end-user should have the freedom to tweak the script if they like. With that said, you should also be including your name, contact information and modification instructions (commented out) in case the customer need support, since it'll be tough for us to troubleshoot your custom javascript.
Regarding text shadows, you're exactly right that it complicates things for the final user. After discussing internally, we may remove this limitation in the future, where you can include custom CSS if you leave instructions on how to modify and your contact info within the code (commented out). However, my advice for the contest is to avoid it. If we do determine that text shadows are ok, we won't likely be able to spread the word to everyone on the approval team by the time the contest is up. There's a good chance you'd still get rejected.
After the contest is over, send me a message and I'll let you know if we're now allowing text shadows and other custom CSS to be approved.
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Unfair again, it's most submitted not most sales, so I'd say it should be split in this case. Also please moderate faster mine submitted 3 days ago and nothing and i know they might be soft-rejected – means like FAIL for me as developer in competition.
Please moderate them faster we would be happy as authors to do even more templates, I don't know smth is wrong for a last time with moderation process takes too much time.
Unbounce templates are not that advanced they are much more simpler then html or wordpress, Just please….I'm worried
I think it's fair as long as everyone knows the rules up-front. It wouldn't be fair if we were to change the rules after the contest begins.
I believe that templates that were submitted before the contest end-date will still be eligible for prizes if they're approved, though I understand why it would be nice to get a rejection quickly. I know Envato's approvals team is working as fast as they can and I've reached out to them to confirm that a late approval will not result in anyone missing out on the contest.
In partnership like this contest, there should have priority from envato and make sure everything supported. 24 items in a week for easy landing page it's kind of small number…
How about contest prize reversal?...*just kidding
Thanks a lot @CoreyDilley for taking the time to answer me !
I think I will let the custom CSS text-shadow ("woh ?! is he suicidal ??" lol)... but I'll comment it out. So, both the end-user and the Envato's reviewer won't wince (which is the most important), but at least, if you or the end-user are curious, you could be able to see yourself how the landing "really" render with all its features by simple uncommenting the required lines
However, I'm suddenly in the grip of anxiety…. ==> we talked about text-shadow… but, we are well ok that there are no problem for box-shadow ????
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1 purchase (2.73 p/month) $6.50 total ($6.50 p/month) I got these numbers next to my sold track. Now i understand that $6.50 is for the track but what is 2.73? and what does that thing per month stand for? please some one explain thank you!
It's just a calculation of how many of the songs on average you'll sell per month based on how long the song has been up and how many sales you have against it.
Incidentally, looking at some of my songs, it appears that the sales per month is pretty accurate, but the commission per month seems to be only counting the months that you made sales in, which seems to me to be a bug. For instance, I have a song that I uploaded 1.5 years ago with only one sale. My sales per month average is at .03%, which I'd expect, but my commission per month is the amount of one sale, which I didn't expect. But maybe my understanding of it is incorrect.
well thanks for the answer man i was being a mr. Paranoid here thinking that they would charge me 2.73 per month for whatever reason they could hahaha