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" Brand: Asda / Type: Garbage bags "
For just over £1 you can disappoint yourself, pollute the environment and make your self angry. That's where these come in, at £1.09 you can do all of these things and waste your hard earned Sterling.
These bags are just disgraceful, their quality is shockingly unacceptable for bin bags and why they didn't just charge a tiny bit more and make them slightly better I don't know. These are incredibly flimsy and tear easily.
You have to be extremely careful when handling these bags to ensure that they don't catch on anything remotely sharp. If they do, they rip and eventually split completely. With plastic bags you can get a small tear and within minutes the whole thing is shredded. With these it's more like a few seconds.
The bags are incredibly thin and cannot take much weight. When using these I just started filling them half full to avoid spillages or the bags breaking. This is something I'd recommend particularly if you're a family with a lot of waste which builds up and ends up quite heavy.
They get holes in them too, just for no reason it seems other than the plastic is just under too much strain, it just randomly gets holes in it when in use. It's not a good idea to throw liquids in here anyway but especially not if they get holes constantly.
These bags are a very dark brown, almost jet black but cause they're not completely opaque this gives them that sort of dark brown tint in the sunlight. The plastic is quite smooth too but getting a good grip is impossible when they've split anyway, I just lift them up extra carefully with both hands.
These cannot be recycled either so if you've got some spare ones left over that you can't bare to use then they'll just go straight in the landfill. Very bad for the environment making them, and then again when they end up underground releasing toxins and gases. Fantastic Asda, how green of you.
Overall these are shockingly unacceptable and shouldn't be on the shelves. Once again this is a product that is considered value, but it's such poor quality that it's not actually value for money, and should be avoided.
Do the planet and your bank account a favour, don't buy these!!
Refuse bags are a very essential part of a clean home, this means that I find myself buying them very often on a weekly basis. I was on my weekly shop at Asda a week ago and I randomly bought these refuse bags for £1.09 for 45 bags. To me it seemed as a good deal as they come to around 2.5p per bag which is great value. However, when I first used them at home I found out that they are much thicker then I first believe when I was in Asda. I still went ahead and used a couple until disaster struck.... the bag split and rubbish fell all over the floor!!!! They were only 3/4 full so I would not expect it to break soo easily. they are hardly even packaged with just a piece of paper wrapped around a the bags. The is can be quite annoying because once you open them they kind of fall apart as there is nothing holding them down. On a more positive note these bags are a good large size which is great for temporarily storing unneeded items and things. In my opinion keep away from cheap refuse bags not just this asda product but most other supermarket value range refuse back as the do not have sufficient strength and durability. I will definitely spend a few extra pennies for a better product as there is always the lurking danger of a major spillage. When it comes to recommending these refuse bags I would definitely have to say don't waste your money. But don't get me wrong if you need these for light use such as empty juice cartons or some thing of the sort then the size and quality is sufficient. BUT THEY DONT DO THERE ORIGINAL "JOB PROPERLY".
On a recent trip to Asda for essentials I realized to late that I had left my purse on the side next to my computer. We had ran out of bread and milk and were in desperate need of bin bags. Luckily I'm one of those people who puts the odd bit of change into their pockets and always has a few coins floating around the bottom of their bag.
I decided the bread and milk were priority and to see what I had left for the bin bags. I had just under £1.20 to spend, not enough for my usual brand, so I opted for the Smart Price bags instead. They seemed like decent value for money with 45 coming in just short of my £1.20 budget.
I soon discovered that these bags were pretty naff. The minute I took of the Smart Price sleeve and began to unravel the first bag I realized how flimsy they were the bag felt very thin in my hands and when I got it off the roll and opened it out I could see that it wasn't great quality as the bag was not the usual thick dark plastic that my usual ones are but instead a lighter almost translucent and stretched looking.
When picking my kitchen bin I opted for one that was smaller so that black bags would have a nice big overlap, so when I empty the bin the bags are never anywhere near full capacity. Even when the bag was just under 2/3 full of normal household rubbish (no bricks or anything) it seemed to strain under the weight. The 'sharp' corner of a cardboard box managed to poke through and make a small tear in the side of the bag and I decided it would be safer to double bag it just in case. Since this first instance I have used 2 bags in place of one just to be sure it wont split on me. They really don't seem such good value when you double bag them as it becomes just under 22 bags for £1.20 and even doubled up they aren't perfect, I've had problems with the perforations, and the bags not splitting properly which results in holes in the bottoms.
Needless to say I wouldn't buy these again and in future, should I make the same silly mistake of forgetting my purse, I'd rather go home and get it than buy Asda Smartprice bin bags.
Asda Smart Price refuse sacks
One household item that I am sure very few people could do without is bin bags. When it comes to buying refuse sacks I am not particularly brand loyal or really all the picky after all they are going straight in the bin. But I do expect and want a certain degree of reliability.
When I first purchased the Asda smart price bin bags I was taken in by the low price, after all you 45 refuse sacks for only £1.09, which would have been a bargain if they worked well. At one point in my life (probably the student years) I believed that all bin bags were equal, but that is most certainly not the case. The Asda smart price black bags are thin, almost transparent and will rip very easily, way too easily, which of course can lead to a huge mess and more hassle than you want from taking the bin out.
I really wouldn't recommend these black bags, even if you are on a budget I would always try and spend a little more on something that was reliable and not likely to break or leak at the inopportune moment, and possible ruin your carpet as you pass through your hallway on the way to the outdoor bin. The bags can and in my experience will tear when you have to haul them full of rubbish out of the kitchen bin to tie the top.
If you are still interested in trying the bin bags for yourself I have found that they are a decent size and will easily fit my 40 litre kitchen bin. In that past when I have bought these I have found that they are usable if you double bag them, but that seems a tad wasteful and then ultimately doesn't make them any less expensive than buying a more expensive and more reliable brand in the first place. In my opinion the Asda smart price refuse sacks are definitely a false economy and in the long run I have not found them to work out as a cheaper alternative.
If Dooyoo allowed half points I probably would award the Asda smart price bin bags a 1 and ½ stars out of five but as it stands I feel that I should round down. These bin bags are nothing special and are far more hassle than they are worth, therefore, from me they only get 1 out of 5 stars. They aren't a product from Asda that I would go out of my way to buy again, which is a shame because the Asda smart price range does include a lot of really good and reliable products.
Bring out the Gimp!
As much as this looks like a material fetishists (do NOT try saying that ten times fast) would make clothes from, this is your bag-standard bin sack. As much as we beaver away recycling this and recycling that, only to hear horror stories of it all being pushed in a landfill, all of us produce a lot more waste that can't be recycled (yet).
Given that you're taking a sack full of rubbish from a smaller bin inside to a larger bin outside, you want something that is plain, utilitarian and cheap. These bin bags from Asda do the job, but they don't do it very well. It's less of a sack and more of a bag.
The Gimp's sleepin'
The old adage is that you get what you pay for. It's certainly true here. Each bag on this roll costs under 3p. As a direct result, you get something that rips at the slightest provocation. Seriously, a cardboard sandwich pack has been known to split one of these. It is also less than generous when it comes to fitting it over your interior bin.
I've had round bins and square bins, but I've yet to have a bin that will accept the rim of this bag without a little stretching first. In terms of storage, it is slightly better than the Asda plastic bags that your shopping goes into, and that's being charitable.
Because they are flimsy, liquids particularly can end up in the bottom of the bin rather than contained within the bag. This is especially true given that the bag is almost certainly going to pick up a hole or two unless you are very, very careful. Few things are more unpleasant in life than scraping mould off the bottom of your bin.
Well, you'd best go wake him up then
If this refuse bag finds standard domestic waste a challenge, you can forget about garden waste. I once tried to transport some Pyracantha clippings in one. It reduced it to black shreds of wafer thin plastic in short order.
In the final analysis, you're best off spending a little bit more in order to have something worthy of the name refuse sack. It means less mess, less unpleasant clean-ups, fewer trips outside and ultimately less stress.
A pack of 45 extraordinarily flimsy refuse BAGS costs £1.20, or thereabouts. It is a false economy.
Smartprice is the brand name given to Asdas lowest priced Asda products. It provides customers with items cheaper than competitive brands and thus providing value for money for those with a tight budget. This Item comes at a great price of £1.09 for a pack of 45, however in my opinion it is not the best value for money item that is available from the ASDA branded range of items.
When it comes to buying refuse bags, the aim is to buy some that are able to hold rubbish securely and come at a good price, Asda Smartprice refuse sacks well priced, and you get plenty (45 per pack) meaning they last for long time. However they are not as strong and durable as I would have liked.
The bags come in smart price Asda packaging, which is a simple card that has the Asda logo and green and white colour scheme. The card also instructs how to place the refuse bag in a bin and how to seal and tighten the bag. They come together in a rolled up compact cylinder design. The bags all come attached together, therefore each bag need to be unrolled and ripped from the attached bag, this is fairly straightforward thanks to the already cut along edges that are visible at the end of each bag.
They are made from Recycle material, which is great for the environment.
Look wise they come in the usual black colour and just by looking at one bag it easily visible that they won't hold much, and are not that roomy.
They are a tad on the thin side, and originally tended to rip too easily if I placed something that has a slight hard sharp corner (drink cans/ bones etc). They also on initially ripped apart when trying to pull the bag away from the bin. It also ripped when trying to seal the bag once all the contents were in the bag, which is mainly due to a major design flaw of not having tie handles attached at the top.
As a result I have found that I frequently had to reduce the amount I put into the bags to avoid it tearing apart, however due to the high number of bags that come in a single pack (45) I found these still useable and value for money.
Overall I do still use these bags today as I have learnt that the way to avoid rips and tears is to basically reduce the contents, reducing the contents of each bag is not a huge problem for me, as I need any way to save money, as long as the product does its job which in this case it just about does.
Refuse sacks from Asda Smart Price.
They are very thin and not very large but for the very cheap price I do not think they are bad. They do not have handles to tie them up and that is a disadvantage with these because the plastic is so thin that it rips very easily when I am trying to put a knot into the bag to fasten it up when I remove it from the bin.
I think these refuse sacks are good for the money but I like thicker sacks best because these rip very easily and you can only fill them about halfway if you want to stop this from happening. Rubbish can rip the bags also even if it is not sharp or pointed rubbish because of the plastic being so weak.
The bags are a bit too narrow and that makes me have to stretch them a bit to get it over the top of my bin and because of them being shorter sometimes the bag will fall right inside the bin if I try to put rubbish in that is even a bit too heavy.
When I use these refuse sacks I have to put 2 in my bin every time so I think that makes them not such good value for money. I have used them also for taking clothes to the second hand store but they are not very good for that because they split and rip very easy even if you have only put a few items in. They would be of no use for storing duvets or other bulky things because they are not strong enough.
The bags cost about £1.10 and you get 45 bags on a roll for that so even if you double them like I have to you are still getting 22 bags to put your rubbish in for the money.
3 Dooyoo Stars.
Product: Asda Smart Price Refuse Sacks
From: Asda
Price: £1.09
I always try and save money wherever possible, especially on Household Products as the amount of money spent on general day to day home products really does add up very quickly.
I was doing my weekly shop around Asda one week when I spotted the Asda Smartprice Refuse Sacks for £1.09. The roll of refuse sacks contain 45 black bags, this works out at just 2.4p each.
These are packaged simply just like the rest of the Asda Smart Price packaging. The bags are all rolled together with an Asda Green and White Smart Price Label securing them tight with the logo and product description printed at the front and all other relevant information is printed at the back.
When opening the bags the bags are all secured together on a perforated strip which allows you to tear off the bags one at a time. The first thing I noticed about the bags was how thin the material felt, these were extremely light and looked almost see through.
The Refuse Sacks are of a good size and I have no problems at all storing limited amounts of rubbish in these. As the material is so thin I try not to put too much rubbish in these as in the past they have torn.
Overall these are of an average quality, they are okay for storing a limited amount of rubbish in but I wouldn't store too much in them as they are simply not strong enough. Personally I think it's worth spending that little bit more on bags you know aren't going to rip or tear so easily.
Dooyoo Stars Rating: 2/5
Smart price refuse bags
I try and get bargains where I can, however sometimes this back fires, and unfortunately this was one of those times. I have recently decorated my two boy's bedrooms and of course before decorating come the inevitable clear out of old broken toys and games. I obviously needed black bags and was in need of another bargain. I found these in Asda for £1.09 for 45 bags, this equates to 2.4p each. They are the cheap Asda "no frills" refuse bags and have the green and white labelling that is the Asda smart price scheme. This seemed like a great bargain so into the trolley they went.
Well I was disappointed. These would be perfect for soft light refuse but for heavier rougher rubbish these aren't so good. Rubbish gets heavy quick. The bags were very thin and tore very easily, even if you managed to get the rubbish into the bag without it tearing then when you lift it, it tears anyway. There are no handles which is a draw back and it also means you can't fill it as well because you need to allow space to tie up the bag.
Although these bags were not ideal for me and the purpose I required them for. I do think that for lighter use or maybe for lining a bin these maybe useful but I would not purchase them for heavier uses. Even though these didn't get used for what I needed they did get used, my son has been using them as a protective cover for painting, although if you choose to use them for this you need to supervise the children for obvious safety issues. However once these have finished I don't think I'll be partaking in this particular bargain again.
All the bags are joined together with perforated strip and you can rip off one bag at a time with ease. They are rolled up and therefore easy to store. The bags do prove a little tricky to actually open, but that could be just me.
Overall these bags are not for me and I was very disappointed with the quality. They are just simply too thin and easily torn to be of any practical use to me. I would not recommend them which is a shame because I usually find smart price products to be of very good value.
These are available in most if not all asda stores and also online at www.asda.co.uk.
The product code is 2978265 and they are made in the United Kingdom for
Asda Stores Ltd
I only ever buy cheap bin bags, I don't like wasting money on something that's going to end up in the dustbin. I usually buy Tesco Everyday Value ones but I was in my local Asda just before Christmas and picked up a packet of their Smart Price Refuse Sacks, I knew I would need extra bags over the Christmas and new year period and as I was there I decided to give them a try.
Asda Smart Price Refuse Sacks are sold on a roll like most bin bags, the packaging is minimal, just a paper label around the roll which gives the Asda Smart Price logo and informs the customer that the roll contains 45 bags.
The bag are made from black plastic which just from looking at them is obviously thin however they are cheap and from the bargain range so its to be expected. The bags are a good size would easily fit most kitchen bins. My bin is quite large and these easily fit it with plenty of spare plastic folded over the top.
The bags have no handles or drawstrings, they are joined together on a roll and like most bin bags need separating by tearing along the perforated edge. The bags cost £1.09 and as I mentioned you get 45 of them for your money.
I have just finished my smart price bin bags and I don't think I would buy them again, the first problem I found was tearing a bag from the roll, more often than not while tearing the bag along the perforated edge the next bag would split making it totally useless.
Once I got a bag in the bin the next problem was the plastic splitting, if anything remotely sharp or pointed was put in the bin it went straight through. Tying the tops of the bags wasn't easy either, I normally buy Tesco Value bin bags and have no problems grabbing the tops of them and tying the up, this was virtually impossible with Asda Smart Price bags, once again as soon as the tops were pulled together to tie up they split.
All in all these were a waste of time, to get a decent bag they need to be at least doubled up and even then they weren't that good, I dread to think what they would be like with garden rubbish!. Compare to Tesco value bags they work out the same price per bag but in my opinion Tesco are far better.
I certainly don't recommend these!
~Asda Smart Price Refuse Sacks~
Amongst the Asda Smart Price products I have bought and used are the Smart Price Refuse Sacks which I have found to be of a poorer quality than the refuse bags I would normally opt to buy. At the time of buying these budget priced Asda bin bags I felt they looked like fair value for money as they were priced at £1.09 for 45 bags. Having never bought or used these particular bin bags before, I felt they were worth trying as they were inexpensive to buy when comparing them to other similar products that were on sale.
Having now used the Asda bin bags to store a selection household and garden waste in, I have to say that I found them to be a little too short for the dustbin I would normally place them in. I found that the Smart Price refuse sacks were just too short to give a comfortable amount of over hang over the top of the dustbin. A decent amount of bin liner material should over hang the actual dustbin in my opinion, as it ensures that the contents of the bin (as it fills up) is held safely inside, rather than causing the bin bag to slip down in to the bin, spilling the contents.
When I tried using these Asda Smart Price refuse sacks I found that they were no good at staying in place as the contents of the bin filled up. The bags were very light and flimsy and this combined with the shorter length of the bags meant that they often ended up spilling the contents of the bags out in to the bin itself. When it came to emptying the bin I found that when I used these refuse sacks there was not enough material to grab hold of in order to pull the bin bag out.
The thin material used to make these refuse bags is the most important downside to them in my opinion as they can so very easily tear and rip when filled. The bags cannot really hold anything with sharp edges or anything too bulky without them ripping once you try to remove them from the dustbin. I found that the only way I could use up all the refuse sacks without spilling the contents of the dustbin, or ripping the bags all the time, was to place one refuse sack inside the other.
~Product rating/ price~
In my opinion having to use 2 refuse sacks in the dustbin each time, most certainly wiped out any value for money that the Smart Price refuse sacks may have given me. The low cost of the bags may have seemed attractive at first, however after having used this product I feel that I would have been better off paying a little more to buy better quality bags in the first place. My rating for these refuse sacks is just 2 stars as I feel they do not function as well as they ought to. The cost of 45 refuse sacks is £1.09 at the moment.
My husband and I have been trying to clear the garden recently of all the leaves and debris that's accumulated over the last few months of basic neglect. We have a few trees out the back and also the neighbour's' trees have shed leaves (and branches, in some case, due to the recent winds) and they have ended up in our garden. Sitting in our conservatory the other week just brought back to us how much rubbish there is to clear out there. We looked for some general refuse sacks to help to collect the rubbish and grot and made use of a pile of charity bin bags which have been stuffed through our letterbox over the last few weeks.
Don't get me wrong, I'm al for donating to charity and I do put a lot of stuff out for them when they come around in their little vans to collect the stuff we no longer want. However, it seems to me that recently we've been bombarded with these charity bags and as a result, I actually didn't have anything left to donate any more and I've been saving them for the purpose of just using them myself. We ran out of charity bags though and this is when I bought some of Asada's own brand refuse sacks last time I went to that particular supermarket.
These refuse sacks are one of the cheaper ones I was able to find at Asda at the time. I was looking for something specifically for garden waste as I knew that simple bin bags were not going to be up to the job. These bags come in a black roll with a piece of paper wrapped over them explaining that they are Refuse Sacks. There are 45 bags on the roll and they cost £1.09.
Each bag is simple and easy to remove as they are all joined together by a perforated edge. They tear off well and don't rip at the actual bag itself, as I've found can happen with some of the thinner bin bags. The bags are really large and certainly larger than your average bin bag.
We used these mainly to collect the leaves we'd rake up and then we tried to put in the sharper twigs and branches. Unfortunately, they simply weren't up to the job of holding onto sharp garden debris and the bags were easily punctured. We tried to make them a bit stronger by placing one bag inside another but still the sharp branches were causing the bags to split open. Once punctured, we also found that the bag would split diagonally and the contents fell out.
They are certainly nowhere near strong enough to hold garden rubble or heavier garden waste and we had to go to B&Q and buy much stronger bags specifically for this purpose. There are no ties or drawstrings on these refuse sacks, the idea is simply that you don't overfill them so that you have enough space at the top in order to create a knot.
If I was comparing the quality of the plastic to the charity bags we'd previously been using, I'd say that the charity bags were stronger and more robust. They were fine for holding the leaves and lighter garden waste but not for anything to heavy as they were simply not up to the job.
We used the ones left over for my bin and whilst the overhang was a little on the large side, they did a good job at holding general household waste. I'd actually say they make a better household bin liner than they do a refuse sack.
Slightly disappointing, so I'd give these three out of five stars.
Also posted on Ciao! as basketofbuttons
I dislike spending lots of money on bin bags but I also dislike it when you end up having to use three bin bags to hold the contents of just one as they keep splitting so perhaps spending more money sometimes is more cost efficient.
These bin bags are Asda basic ones and so much cheaper than the ones I normally buy. You can tell that they are cheap too as the quality is really poor.
They are a general size so fit my bin perfectly fine. They have that slight plasticky smell of a bin bag but it doesn't linger or make my kitchen smell of bin bags- at least I hope not!
When using these I am very careful not to over fill them. I tend to just fill them to the half way point and then tie them up and take them to the dustbin. I find if they get more than half full then the bag can't take the weight and it splits. Also I tend to avoid putting sharper items in as these poke through the plastic because it is so thin. This isn't really convenient but at least it is better than tryin to fill it up and have the sides split and then have to get really messy sorting it out.
These are not great but okay if you are using light or not very much rubbish. For more robust rubbish you will need stronger bags unless you want to triple up these to make them more robust.
I give them 3 stars as they are okay but can be messy if you over fill them!
Smart Price Bin Bags -
I bought these the last time I was at Asda and perplexed by the sheer number of choices that there were on the shelves...
I have got bin bag shopping down to a fine art at my usual supermarket, however I had recently got a new bin that was a bigger size to my old one, and was horrified by the prices of some of the bin bags on the shelves... I have to admit I was finding the whole trip to the supermarket very stressful, as I couldn't find a thing in the unfamiliar store...
What I had ended up with was a pack of 45 bin bags that are currently on sale for £1.09. They are packaged with a strip of paper around them to keep them rolled up, and they are perforated between each sack in a straight line. I have had no difficulties separating these bags and probably only have three or four of them left now...
These bags are thin, however I tend to counteract this by either double lining the bin, or by placing one of those charity bags that comes through my front door on the inside... But for the cost I don't mind doing this, as they worked out cheaper than my usual bin bags... They do not say what size bin they are for - however my bin is either 50, or 55 litres and the fit in, with a nice 'overhang'... I have only ever had one bag split - and I feel this was due to the fact that my boyfriend had been pushing the rubbish down in an attempt to not have to change the bin... I have to admit that I had a wee chuckle when he did finally empty it...
The bin bags leave a nice amount of slack at the top with a bin the size of mine for tying knots, and my local council do recommend double bagging as a way of deterring infestations over the summer months now we have switched to two weekly collections... I realise that the double bagging does work towards being a little wasteful, however the amount of cash saved does make these worthwhile as a basic essential...
These are cheap bin bags, and I feel for the price it would be unfair to expect miracles, so for me they are a 4* product - but as a word of warning don't push the bin down to get more in - or you'll end up in a mess...
~Smart Price Refuse Sacks~
These bin bags are part of the budget range that Asda offer and are exclusive to this particular supermarket. What you get is a roll of 45 bin bags or refuse sacks which are simply packaged with a basic sleeve around them. These bags are designed for light household rubbish.
The price of these bin bags does seem to go up and down but they are currently available from www.asda.com and instore for £1.09 a pack. This works out at 2.4p per sack.
~My Thoughts~
I normally buy my bin bags from my local Poundworld store. I usually pick up a pack of 10 large bags with tie handles for my one pound. When I was unwell a few weeks ago, I had to send my fiance to get a few bits of shopping and asked him to pick me up some decent bin bags from Asda. Bin bags are exactly cheap anymore but I'd rather have better quality bin bags than ones which cannot cope with day to day rubbish. He came home with a roll of Smart Price bin bags. This is why I do the shopping myself! I had no option but to use them.
The bags themselves are neatly packed together in a roll. Each bag is attatched to the next by way of a perforated edge. Seperating the bags isn't a simple task. I have torn many of them and rendered them useless as the perforated edge isn't very good at all. The bags themselves are definitely inferior in terms of quality even compared to the bags I buy from the pound shop! They are very thin and whilst black, they aren't pitch black in colour. Any lighter and they would be see through. The thiness of these bags is also apparent with general handling as I have quite long nails and they often tear or become snagged with light handling.
I have a small, Asda plastic bin in my kitchen and find that these bags fit well with some extra plastic left hanging over the edge. I didn't have much confidence in these bags from the first use. I popped one in my bin and filled up with regular rubbish including food, vegetable peelings and packaging. I found that the bags were too thin to cope with a great deal of rubbish and they didn't conceal smells very well. I filled up the bag with my regular daily rubbish and when lifted out the bin, the bag was clearly straining and the inside of my bin was damp and icky from leakages from the bin bag - not pleasant. Most bags in the roll I had split easily or leaked. I didn't want to waste them though so I doubled up the bags inside my bin and found this to be a little more acceptable but not very good value for money.
It is important to leave an excess bit of plastic at the top of each bag to tie it. I much prefer bags with tie handles so I hated having to do this. Because the plastic is so thin, tying the bag is very awkward and often pointless as most of the time it slips back open or splits - not good. I did however, find these bags to be perfectly fine for filling up with torn wrapping paper on Christmas day - nice and light!
I cannot recommend these bin bags. They make disposing of rubbish even more of a hassle as I need to give my bin a thorough scrub and clean each time and also any drips from the bag on the way out the house each day. They do not hold a lot despite being quite big and are too thin to work with in my opinion. I would rather stick to the Poundworld bin bags which are much better quality and more convenient to use.
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My name is Nikki. My father Jim was diagnosed with CC in September of this year at the young age of 57. He was admitted to the hospital (originally Winchester Hospital in Winchester, MA then transferred to Beth Israel in Boston, MA) because of severe stomach pains, weight loss and jaundice. After many days of testing, it was discovered that he had a 4 cm tumor on the upper portion of his bile duct (which extends down). He was scheduled for exploratory surgery on October 16th. October 16th was the worst day of our lives. We patiently waited in the waiting room for what we expected to be a 5 1/2 hour surgery. When the surgeon came out after only a short hour, we knew it was not successful. The surgeon discovered that the tumor had intruded the gallbladder, the bottom of the liver and wrapped itself around the hepatic artery. Because of the involvement of the hepatic artery, it was too risky to remove the tumor. The good news is that it has not metastasized. We have an appointment for a consultantation at Dana Farber in Boston on 11/6. We are lucky to live only 20 minutes from the city. We do not want to start any treatments before we weigh our options. We had contacted both the Mayo Clinic in MO and Barnes-Jewish in IL, but unfortunately he is not currently a candidate for a liver transplant because of the size of the tumor and it's complexity. We are now looking to take him to the best hospital in the US for treatment in hopes and prayers that the tumor shrinks enough to either have him qualify for a transplant or a resection. I think the best thing we can do at this point is have consultations with both Dana Farber (Dr. Thomas Abrams) and MD Anderson (Dr. Javle) because it won't hurt to have more than one opinion. I have also read wonderful things about Dr. Kato at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. I would appreciate anyone's insight on MD Anderson! I have been told that their techology and treatment is sometimes 5 years ahead of other centers. Thank you so much for reading!
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The Portuguese coach applauded the 23-year-old winger's display in the 4-0 win over Aston Villa, insisting that most clubs in Europe could not afford him on this form
The Welshman netted a second-half hat-trick – his first in the Premier League – to take his tally for the season to nine, as Spurs moved back into fourth place on goal difference.
Goal.com exclusively revealed in October that Bale is ready to tell Tottenham that he wants to move to Real Madrid, yet Villa-Boas remained defiant with his post-match comments as he lauded the 23-year-old.
"Gareth is up there with the best," he told reporters.
"He is helping the team and we recognise he is one of our major assets for sure.
"But in England there are no release clauses and a player of this dimension has a market value that is not attainable for most other clubs.
"It was an important day for him with his first hat-trick in the Premier League. He has shown tremendous skills and talent.
"He is improving every day as such a young player and has a wonderful personality. As he learns to feel even better in this team then probably his performances will improve.
"His finishing is very accurate and he has been prolific in front of goal. He is enjoying getting into those positions - his left foot is wonderful."
And Villas-Boas pointed to Aston Villa's change in approach in the second half as the turning point in his side's victory.
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SANTA CRUZ -- Santa Cruz residents want the county's transportation leaders to start building a trail next to the railroad as soon as possible, and they'd like it close to their individual neighborhoods and homes.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Santa Cruz County held its third public workshop Wednesday at Simpkins Family Swim Center to gather input on how to move forward with the commission's recent purchase of the 32-mile Branch Rail Line, which runs from Watsonville to Davenport.
About 100 people attended the meeting. The final workshop is planned Thursday night in Watsonville.
The commission's long-term vision for the rail line, which was acquired from Union Pacific in October for $14.2 million, includes a recreation pedestrian-bike trail that will eventually connect with trails in Monterey County and stretch north to the San Mateo County line.
However, the $82 million Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail plan is expected to take years, even decades, to be completed.
The draft plan is in the works while the final plan is expected to be adopted by the Regional Transportation Commission next fall.
"Having a continuous network is the key objective," said Cory Caletti, a senior transportation planner with the Regional Transportation Commission. "We want a right-of-way that will be the spine of the trail network."
County transportation officials dissected the rail line into 20 segments -- from Waddell Creek to the Pajaro River.
Participants on Wednesday were asked to jot down the segments they believe should be a priority for building the rail trail.
Segments near the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and Live Oak were popular choices.
Live Oak resident Tom Celli, who rides his bike nearly five miles to work with the County Parks Department each day, cast his vote for the Live Oak area.
He said bicycling along Capitola Road is hazardous even when he's in the designated bike lane.
"Cars are whizzing by me. It's very scary," Celli said. "Coming home, sometimes I feel like my time's going to be up."
Kai Parker of Live Oak said she looks forward to one day having a designated area separate from vehicles to walk and ride a bike safely with her children.
Parker and her partner Moshe Vilozny, who commutes by bicycle to work on Morrissey Boulevard, say there aren't enough areas in Santa Cruz County to push a stroller or pedal a bike with kids without constantly watching out for cars.
"I hope they do this segment soon so I can move around. I walk a lot, and it's not really safe," Parker said. "Sometimes the sidewalk just ends, and cars go so fast on Capitola Road."
Parker and Vilozny say they believe having a trail next to the rail line will help with traffic congestion as well.
"Traffic is so horrendous," Vilozny said. "If you could go on the train tracks, it would be way better."
Transportation officials say they've raised about $5.7 million so far for design and construction of the trail through federal funds secured by Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, and the California Coastal Conservancy.
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The annual Pomona Harvest Festival Original Art and Craft Show will be at Fairplex Friday to Dec. 2.
The show offers visitors a chance to shop for one-of-kind holiday gifts in a festive environment.
Thousands of hand-made products and holiday decorations will be available for sale.
Live music, strolling performers along with demonstrations, a Kidzone, contests, specialty foods and other activities will be part of the event, according to a statement from organizers.
More than 200 exhibitors, both local and from across the country, will exhibit their products which include ceramics, paintings, jewelry, blown glass, hand woven clothing, photography, candles, woodwork, garden designs, homemade sauces and soups, children's accessories, sculptures, holiday ornaments, and other products, the statement said.
Patrons who bring non-perishable food items to donate to GAP Food Bank Ministries will receive $2 off of the admission price, the statement said.
Steven's Hope for Children will offer those attending the event a bag and parcel check and the dA Center for the Arts will host the hands-on arts and crafts Kidszone, the statement said.
Kids Are 1st will offer free child fingerprinting and photo ID kits during the show.
The Pomona Harvest Festival Original Art and Craft Show will take place in Building 4 of Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 1; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 2.
Tickets are $9 for adults; Seniors 62 years of age and older are $7; Youths ages 13 through-17 are $4; Children 12 and under are admitted for free.
Event and ticket information is available at www.harvestfestival.com or call 800-346-1212.


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Hi everyone,
My name is Serenity and I'm twenty-two (going onto twenty-three in a few weeks), living in Arkansas. There's not very many places in my area that teach on Buddhism and I thought I'd join so I could learn more. I hope that's alright. I'm guess what you could consider 'Agnostic'. I don't know what to believe or disbelieve about the afterlife and that is really torturous for me. I was raised in an area where Southern Baptism was the main religion and was taken to the extreme, so much so that it was a very hurtful and negative experience for me. Of course, I understand that not all are like this, but it made me realize my true lack of belief and faith. I've dealt with an overwhelming fear of death since I was 15 and the only time I have ever felt any measure of peace, or control, is when I started reading 'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying' by Sogyal Rinpoche. I still suffer with the fear, but realize that I feel much more... calm and at ease when I read into Buddhism and Zen teachings. My significant other is a Buddhist, so there's no lack of books in the house. I've wanted a place to learn more, and wish I had a teacher, but that's not likely for the area I live in.
I hope that was an okay introduction.
I really just want to find the inner peace in me that my mother named me for and stop living my life in fear and fog and confusion. Buddhism is the closest to clarity I've ever experienced but I'm at a loss as to where to start.
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The products were produced without a Hazard Analysis & critical Control Points plan. A U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service agent discovered the company does not have a HACCP plan for fully cooked product or a Listeria control program, thus prompting the recall.
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Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Two Reminder/Recall Methods to Increase Immunization Rates in Young Children
This study has been completed.
University of Colorado, Denver
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University of Colorado, Denver
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: March 15, 2012
Last updated: December 15, 2015
Last verified: December 2015
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to determine if a collaborative centralized population-based reminder/recall intervention is more effective than a traditional practice-based reminder/recall intervention at increasing immunizations among young children.
|Immunization Rates
|Behavioral: Collaborative Pop-Based R/R: Phone/Mail Group Behavioral: Collaborative Pop-Based R/R: Mail-Only Group Behavioral: Practice-based Recall
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Center for Research in Implementation Science and Prevention (CRISP): Project 1: Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Two Reminder/Recall Methods to Increase Immunization Rates in Young Children
Further study details as provided by University of Colorado, Denver:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- 1) Change in up-to-date rates for 19- to 35-month-olds (who needed an immunization at baseline) in collaborative population-based counties compared to practice-based intervention counties [ Time Frame: every 6 months for 2 years ]The definition of up-to-date is based on the national Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices(ACIP)recommended series of antigens (4:3:1:3:3:1:3) to be received by the age of 19-20 months. Three different cohorts of children aged 19-35 months will be assessed across the 3 year study period. Outcomes from each cohort will be assessed 6 months post-intervention.
- 2) Change in percent of children (who needed an immunization at baseline) who received any additional vaccines in each type of intervention county. [ Time Frame: every 6 months for two years ]Number (percent) of children who received ANY vaccination within the 6 month intervention period.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Cost Analysis of Collaborative Population-based Recall versus Practice-based Recall [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
Number (percent) of identified children that became up-to-date for recommended immunizations.
Number (percent) of shots delivered to children needing immunizations. Number (percent) or providers (sites) that conducted practice-based reminder recall.
|Study Start Date:
|September 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Collaborative Population-Based Recall-Phone/Mail Group
Collaborative Pop-Based R/R: Phone/Mail Group Private providers, local public health departments, and the state immunization registry (CIIS) collaborate to send notices to families whose children appear in need of an immunization.
Behavioral: Collaborative Pop-Based R/R: Phone/Mail Group
Within each county, half of patients will be randomized to a phone/mail group (2 auto-dialer calls and 2 postcards) and the other half of patients will be put in a mail-only group (4 mailings). The following collaborative approaches will be utilized: patient addresses and phone numbers will be updated prior to recall for electronic Flat File Format practices; all notices to parents (auto-dialer calls and mailings) will appear to come both from the local public health department and providers who choose to have their name listed; all bad addresses and phone numbers will be updated by calling the last provider of care. Up to 4 notices will be sent to parents of children who are still not up to date for recommended immunizations.
Experimental: Collaborative Population-Based Recall-Mail Only Group
Collaborative Pop-Based R/R: Mail-Only Group Private providers, local public health departments, and the state immunization registry (CIIS) collaborate to send notices to families whose children appear in need of an immunization.
Behavioral: Collaborative Pop-Based R/R: Mail-Only Group
Parents will receive up to four mailings if their child appears in need of immunizations according to CIIS. The Collaborative method is the same as in the auto-dialer/mail group; however patients in this group will not receive telephone calls.
Active Comparator: Practice-based Recall
Practice-based Recall
Behavioral: Practice-based Recall
All practices will receive training on how to conduct practice-based recall using CIIS and educational materials to use within their practices to promote compliance with the infant vaccination schedule. Individual practices will make their own decisions about the extent to which they follow the recommendations and implement recall within their practice. Although the study team will not provide them with any additional interventions, we will track any other interventions they independently do (websites, newsletters, telephone) in order to assess the effect of these additional interventions.
Detailed Description:
The study proposed is of immense importance in directing future methodology for bringing children who have not received needed immunizations up to date. The proposed study builds on the success of a previous trial and incorporates data from providers and patients to further improve the intervention. In this study the investigators aim to increase the effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and acceptability to practices and families of population-based R/R by introducing a strong private-public collaboration and maximizing health information technologies that allow practices to interface with Colorado's Immunization Services System (CIIS). Two real-world approaches will be compared: one approach will provide primary care practices the tools to conduct recall and educational interventions. In the other approach, population-based centralized recall by the state immunization registry will be conducted in collaboration with practices. Determining which of these methods is most effective in reaching the most children and comparing the cost of each will provide data critical in guiding future national efforts to assure that children entering school are fully vaccinated. Because the trial will be conducted at the level of both urban and rural counties throughout the state and will include all types of providers, the investigators expect our findings to be nationally generalizable.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Months to 5 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 19-35 months at time of recall
- has an address in a specified study county listed in the state immunization registry
- child is in need of at least one immunization at time of study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Opted out of the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS)
- child is up-to-date on all immunizations
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01557621
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01557621
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Denver
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
|Colorado Immunization Information System
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80246-1530
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Colorado, Denver
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
|Principal Investigator:
|Allison Kempe, MD, MPH
|University of Colorado Denver, The Children's Hospital of Colorado
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by University of Colorado, Denver:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Kempe A, Saville AW, Dickinson LM, Beaty B, Eisert S, Gurfinkel D, Brewer S, Shull H, Herrero D, Herlihy R. Collaborative centralized reminder/recall notification to increase immunization rates among young children: a comparative effectiveness trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Apr;169(4):365-73. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3670.
|Responsible Party:
|University of Colorado, Denver
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01557621 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P01HS021138 ( U.S. AHRQ Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|March 15, 2012
|Last Updated:
|December 15, 2015
Keywords provided by University of Colorado, Denver:
Immunization reminder/recall
Reminder/Recall systems
Population based Recall
Practice based Recall
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Dear Straight Talk: I am 21, my little brother is 15. We are very close. The problem is he lives with our dad and my dad and his wife aren't food conscious like my mom, who shops organic. They let him eat candy, fast food and drink Cokes on a daily basis. He has developed psoriasis, intestinal problems, food allergies and is becoming overweight, all within a couple of years. I am polite when I visit, but I try not to eat there because the food is honestly disgusting, and mostly genetically modified. How can I get through to them, or at least him, not to eat this kind of food? It hurts me to see his health going downhill.
-- "Foodie for Life,"
Leah, 20, Yuba City: You say you are close, so talk to him! Make him aware that his diet is ruining his health and will impact the rest of his life. Avoid the "disgusting" word and tell Dad you appreciate the food he supplies, but that you are following a nutritional program. Give him some options of items you can eat. Tell him your worries about your brother. Suggest small changes first, like switching ranch for vinaigrette. Ask if you can cook a meal so they know healthy can taste good.
Taylor, 15, Santa Rosa: I'm in the same position. My mom shops consciously while Dad fills his house with junk. I watch my brother consume not only too much food, but also processed and GM foods -- which I think should be illegal. I'd like to step in, but I'm worried it will go the wrong way. Instead, talk about healthy versus unhealthy food and set a good example.
Brennan, 19, Colorado Springs, Colo.: Most young people at college aim to eat healthy. Try the phrase, "Think organic food is expensive? Try paying for cancer." One should always keep future health costs in mind when selecting food.
Kira, 20, Moraga: I'm with you, junk food is disgusting. I'm learning so much from my nutrition class. Try and get through to your brother. He may not realize that what he's putting in his body is making him overweight. It amazes me how oblivious some people are about food. Regarding genetically modified food, I'm all for labeling laws.
Gregg, 21, Los Angeles: Our generation does want higher quality food. I'm on my own financially and still do all my shopping from a natural food store. However, some nights, especially if I'm drinking, I crave really horrible fast food!
Colin, 19, Los Angeles: Genetically modified food is suspected of causing everything from cancer to diabetes, but there is no proof. You don't start eating GM food and kiss your health goodbye. Health fundamentals are the same as they've always been: eat balanced healthy meals and EXERCISE. Fast food, candy, Cokes: not part of this equation.
Ryann, 15, Tustin: As an athlete, I believe firmly in "healthy diet, healthy exercise, healthy life." While GM food is occasionally okay, an organic diet is best. Point out the high rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes due to food choices.
Dear Foodie: I've seen parents switch to organic foods based on their kid's healthier preferences, which do often develop in college. You have nothing to lose by expressing your preferences -- except cancer, heart disease and diabetes, humanity's top killers. (Death by food.)
Proceed with love. If you've built resentment toward Dad's food scene, this will require an internal shift. (Yay! You get to change, too!) Plus, brother sounds like a junior food addict. Extra love needed there. All said, positive peer pressure is your best bet for influencing healthy change, so go for it.
Whaddayaknow, Hostess Brands is out of business -- right on cue with this week's column. No more Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Ho Ho's. The Mayans were right, it's the end of the world as we know it.
I maintain that 95 percent of health problems are diet related. Even stress-related problems. If breakfast consists of a bowl of sugary cereal, a candy bar, (or delicious Ho Ho) -- or a Starbucks or Go Girl -- (all of the above being alarming morning fare for an alarming number of teens), of course your endocrine system will red line when you bomb a test or don't hear from that guy you met last weekend.
I'm continually heartened by the droves of young people insisting on organic, natural and slow food. Many are entering farming and culinary fields. The discovered ideal traditional diets found in living action by Weston Price are bubbling to awareness in a world of food Regarding genetically-modified foods, the obscene levels of pesticides, herbicides, hormones and antibiotics these crops require (and encourage) makes them the anti-health-food mutant arm of agriculture. And the Law of Unintended Consequences has never given a free lunch. Slicing foreign genetic material into plants is very different than breeding and hybridizing among existing genetic material, like the "father of genetics," Gregor Mendel, did. By the way, Mendel was a monk. No one will ever say that about Monsanto.
Sadly food is big business. What we eat, or refuse to eat, controls the market. It has also become politicized. When "breaking bread" together, let's proceed with love. In human relations, sunshine always wins over stormy weather in inspiring change. Plus the earth is already dishing up those storms. To our health, both personal and planetary.
-- Lauren
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I'm wondering if this guy needed a change in scenery. Also, if he's anything decent, toss him in the 4/5 slot, give'em the ball every 5th day and tell him to have at it. It happened in a way to Bronson Arroyo and to Aaron Harang. You never know what a little confidence can do.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
Darn, I wish Belhorn would have signed at this time last year. His Dad was a clinician at my vet school.
Saarloos for Schaffer is an uninspiring move to me. Nothing really wrong with Saarloos, but I don't see any reason for him to be a lot better than any of the Reds other candidates for the 5th spot. I would rather that Schaffer had been bumped up to Louisville last year and given a shot in the majors this season. The 2007 version of the Reds is unlikely to be any better than last years team. Better to take the opportunity to sift through the number of young relievers in the Reds system than to spend multi-millions on the vets they will be employing.
Does anyone think its possible that Jared Burton the rule v pick from The A's could be the ptbnl? This way if he doesn't stay on the 25 man roster the Reds keep him on 40 man roster but option him to AAA. If Burton stays on 25 man roster all year then Reds choose someone else from the A's?
Is he better than Belisle? Ramirez? Shack? Loshe? even Milton? I want trades that make a difference not ones that just make it eenie, meenie, miney, moe in Spring Training.
WayneK just added a lot of fluff without adding quality in my opinion. (I know....I know... this guy is seen as bullpen help - another place that WayneK adds fluff)
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I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter, that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit.
Maybe my sights are too low; but I think a guy like Saarloos could help, which is probably more than you can say for Cormier or Weathers (or Milton) this season. He was picked up for nothing.
Obviously, he's not a difference maker, but he may not hurt things, so that's something.
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Reds acquired RHP Kirk Saarloos and a player to be named from the Athletics for RHP David Shafer and a player to be named.
Saarloos went 7-7 with a 4.75 ERA and a 52/53 K/BB ratio in 121 1/3 innings while splitting time between the rotation and the pen for the A's last season. He has a much better chance of continuing to survive in the majors as a National Leaguer, and he could be the favorite to begin the season as Cincinnati's fifth starter. Since he's only going to make $1.2 million this year, it's not a bad pickup for the Reds.
Reds signed infielder Mark Bellhorn to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Bellhorn would enjoy Great American Ballpark more than he did Petco, but he'll have an uphill battle to make the Reds after hitting just .190/.285/.344 in 253 at-bats for the Padres last season. He'll battle Jeff Keppinger for a roster spot.
Bellhorn is an interesting signing. He has a great eye, but plays bad defense. Very anti-Wayne. I don't think he can hit enough to be worthy of a spot move.
Saarloos struck out 11 in 5 innings. His quote is pretty funny. Reminds me of DanO.
"I've got it in me," the typical groundball pitcher said of striking out batters. "But it's not economical."
Saarloos threw 113 pitches.
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
Saarloos sounds like we've signed a scary Star Wars creature or some sort of Harryhausen monster.
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Besides the fact he allowed a homerun to Juan Castro, I like the move.
Before this trade the Reds had no fifth starter, only hopes and prayers. This guy is somewhat better, so for not very much there is an upgrade.
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Wednesday's Optic says two regents have gotten "out and about," as this forum promotes, and have discovered rusty metal plates that they don't like the look of on the new Student Union building.
Getting out and about has revealed other unfortunate things about the building right along.
First, the clearing of the site and its excavation revealed a footprint far too big for the site. Where is the parking? some said. Others said it must be underground, but it wasn't. Instead, mention was made of the Univeristy's wanting to jump over Eighth Street to put parking on a block that would remain residential on the Seventh Street side. It seems that action is on hold for now, but those who are out and about should keep their eyes on the east side of Eighth Steet (forever).
Then the superstructure went up, and those who were out and about got a feel for the incredible mass of the building. Armchair urban planners could see how the architects had carefully matched the height of the building to that of the campus structures to the west and to the height of various elements of the churches to the east and southeast. They noticed that the top floor of the building was set back to reduce the mass at the edges. These are standard tools architects use to get approval for buildings that would otherwise be deemed an assault on the neighborhood. But just look at the size of the thing! It makes the historic churches in three directions look like bits of a model railroad set.
Then the surface materials were applied. One by one, those who were out and about saw materials not usually found in nature or buildings around here. Huge expanses of dark brick dominated for a while. Then came even larger expanses of glass, that seemed to break almost as quickly as it was installed. Finally, it seemed, came the rusted metal, which somehow felt almost natural and maybe to connect the other materials in some unifying way and to be a bit softer because of the varied colors and patterns.
I noticed that the Barclays Center -- the new sports and performance venue in Brooklyn, NY -- had a similar material for its facade and looked it up. The construction website said this was a recycled product Aha, I said: the use of recycled material must improve the LEED score for a building. That is what this rust is about. And we were in good company. Cutting edge. But more about that in a minute.
Then the metal venetian blinds started going up over the glass. Those who were out and about had been wondering how the building would cope with the heat trapped by all that glass, and now they knew. When heat was needed, the blinds would be opened. When heat was to be avoided, the blinds would be closed. How long would they work? Inquiring minds wanted to know. One comment was that the blinds were made out of recycled school bus sides and would further help the LEED score, even beyond their contribution to renewable energy values. But the blinds do seem to be destroying the balance between brick, glass, and rust. Perhaps creating a junkyard with metal fence motif.
The current headline, "Student Center still hot topic," made me look up the rusted siding one more time. Since the story does not mention the exact material, it is hard to look it up. But there are at least two possibilities: recycled steel as mentioned above, and varients of something called Corten or weathering steel. The latter is fairly controversial.
U.S. Steel, which invented it, no longer makes it. It has been in use for at least 50 years. Railroad cars and sculptures are two major uses. U.S. Steel never intended it for use as building walls or roofs, but it has been used in many such projects around the world. If it is thin, it can rust through. If it is thick, the rusting stops long before it rusts through. Some buildings have been changed or torn down after supposed failure of the product. If the right fasteners are not used or if there are joints that trap water, the product can fail.
Maintenance is an issue. Rust stains from it can mar surrounding materials, including the sidewalks around the buildings. The patina of rust forms best where there is frequent wetting and drying. In dry climates it takes forever. It wet climates, it never ends. Near the sea or areas with acid air, things don't go well, but that's their problem. Some folks varnish the panels when they reach "maturity" to freeze the rust process. Others have painted the stuff, some with success.
If those who are out and about knew exactly what the material is, we could get a better idea of its fate and comment more intelligently.
One guess: Twenty years from now, Highlands will plaster everything but the windows, paint the walls pinky tan and the trim reddish brown, and the building will fit right in to the campus.
Soon we can stop going out and about at this site and will have the chance to go in and about, where we will undoubtedly see a first class facility that will enhance campus life greatly.
Readers were advised nearly three years ago to keep their eyes on the east side of Eighth Street across from the site of the new Student Union Building in case the north half of that block should suddenly become a parking lot. If you blinked recently you missed the transformation. Today a crew of city workers seemed to be checking the empty lots to be sure the utilities were safely removed. Maybe there is another explanation, but for now it looks like HU has successfully jumped the traditional campus boundary.
A check of the Optic archives does not reveal city approval of such an action, but that doesn't mean that someone did not get aproval to demolish the buildings.
Any clues?
This just in from the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn:
Weaker bolts were used to install the rusty panels at the Barclays Center than were required by the design. Some of the weaker bolts will do the job, but 8% have to be replaced. Good news -- even with the weak bolts, the panels survived the hurricane.
Rust "blobs" are staining the sidewalks around the Center. Facility managers say power washers will be used to remove the stains as they appear, and experts say the staining will eventually stop. We can buy power washers locally.
(These issues may pertain to the materials used in the new Student Union building at HU)


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Yesterday, Tuesday, February 19th, the Associated Press' Sarah Karush reported (Amtrak to Search at Random) on Amtrak's "major new security shift," in which "Amtrak passengers will have to submit to random screening of carry-on bags" and will include "officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains."
However, no need to worry, implies the Sarah, because "Amtrak officials insist their new procedures won't hold up the flow of passengers." The reassurance continues as they quote Bill Rooney, Amtrak's vice president for security strategy and special operations, who truthfully proclaims, "This is not about train delays."
It is in Rooney's confirmation that "this is not about train delays" that the AP fails miserably at their job. No where in the article were there any concerns raised about possible infringements of civil liberties–nevermind actually quoting an expert on the issue. Rather, Sarah merely focuses on whether service time will be interrupted–something that warrants concern but is by no means the only one, or even the most important. Meanwhile, we, the reader and the public, are supposed to be comforted by this fact, while we cannot help to wonder if there is any semblance of the Fourth Amendment (the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures) still alive and kicking. This thought becomes ever more pressing when we have seen this policy implemented in both the Boston and New York City Subways.
In both cases, Boston and New York City, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued statements condemning such a policy. In a good example of the possible serious fourth amendment violations, I will quote a section of the the ACLU of Massachusetts' press release, released July 22, 2004:
"This policy violates the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches without making anyone safer," said Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts. "Any system that is truly random — in which the police exercise no discretion — will be incapable of either catching or deterring terrorists, given that more than one million people use the 'T' each day. But it will enable police to search people without probable cause."
In a country where our political institutions are undemocratically controlled by the rich and powerful, giving the police the legal authority to "search people without probable cause" not only infringed upon our civil liberties, it brings the people of this country further and further away from actually transforming our political system and larger society into a participatory and democratic one.
Given that at the time of reporting this, there was already plenty of precedent of public objection to such policies, giving Sarah and the AP no excuse to omit such concerns. No excuse except, of course, for maintaining the lack of journalistic integrity that persists and perpetuating the status quo of unquestionable obedience to an undemocratic government's and the people it serves' rule.
That brings me to another point. Yes, you heard me right. The government's rule. Amtrak, also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, is a government owned and run service. In fact, It's board of directors are appointed by the President and are subject to confirmation by the Senate. I think this fact tends to allude people's minds, given that the government cries bloody murder at the notion of nationalizing existing, for the most part, privatized services, such as health care.
I could go off in a number of many different directions regarding this point, but for the sake of this post, I will just make one that I believe is relevant to the upcoming elections.
In any corporation, the board of directors have final say in all policies. However, in the case of Amtrak, since it is a government run corporation whose board of directors are appointed and confirmed by our elected (I use elected loosely given the recent accusations of voter fraud in the last two presidential elections) leaders–the President and the Senate–they need to be held accountable for the implementation of this egregious policy, and we, the people, need to demand that it be rescinded.
This November, there is a very good chance that a Democrat will be elected President, and if not, it's almost positive that the Democrats will continue to control Congress. Subsequently, we cannot look at this as another Bush-backed policy but as something the Democrats are complicit in and have the power to change. However, the fact that our government is alienated from and undemocratically disconnected from the will and control of the greater population, we cannot merely ask them to end this policy. This means that this issue needs to be added to the larger agenda of the pro-democracy social justice movements everywhere within America. And it is in the context of our movements that we can address this issue, by forcing change.
There are multiple strategies to go about this, but I would just like to highlight one aspect of the Amtrak situation that could prove usefull: Amtrak is fully unionized, and the unions hold tremendous clout. This is in our advantage and should be utilized to the fullest effect.


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"We've looked at all possibilities," Painter said. "But it is also trying to get the right guys."
One "right guy" that Painter is trying to sign is recent Cornell University graduate Errick Peck. The Cathedral High School graduate visited Purdue on Wednesday and has been offered a scholarship by Painter.
The 6-foot-6 forward sat out his junior season after suffering a knee injury, and just completed his senior season with that program. However, the Ivy League does not allow players that have graduated, yet still have a season of eligibility, to remain enrolled and play a fifth season.
"The fifth-year guys are the ones that a lot of people are looking toward all over the country," Painter said. "They are probably the most over-recruited guys in the history of college basketball."
As Peck can attest.
Peck did not even average in double figures (9.7 points and 4.8 rebounds this past season), yet Purdue, Xavier and Duquesne are each interested in his joining their programs.
So why is that?
"Because you have them for a year and they already have their degree," Painter said. "And they have four years of experience. A lot of people are looking for that quick-fix guy if you need a shooter, then try and get a shooter, if you need a ball-handler, then try and get a ball-handler. But everybody is trying to get them."
Peck wouldn't fill a particularly weak area for the Boilermakers. As an undersized power forward, Peck would battle redshirt freshman Jay Simpson (6-foot-9), who Painter said can be one of the more talented front court players in the Big Ten next season, as well as veteran Donnie Hale (6-foot-7) and incoming freshman Basil Smotherman (6-foot-7).
"I think that it has been really confusing for these kids," Painter said. "No one really has done the data on these kids leaving programs in the last two or three years as a success rate. And all of these schools are coming after them. There have been a couple of guys that have been successful, but there haven't been a lot of them."
Painter said that he is still in search of improving his team's perimeter shooting and would like to do so with a player that has immediate eligibility if possible.
"We're in a position where if we can get a guy that is the right fit, and can shoot the basketball, and give experience to us, it really helps us," Painter said.
Aside from shooting that could benefit the Boilermakers, Painter could also possibly add a player or two that would even out his roster. With the departures of Anthony Johnson and Jacob Lawson this spring, the Boilermakers have no juniors returning next season.
Travis Carroll and Terone Johnson will be the lone seniors, while Rapheal Davis, Hale, A.J. Hammons, and Ronnie Johnson form the sophomore class, and Simpson, Smotherman, Bryson Scott and Kendall Stephens are the four freshmen.
"We have younger players," Painter explained, "We have four freshmen, four sophomores, no juniors and two seniors, so it makes sense to sign a junior college player that goes into that (junior) class. (But) We have to make sure that we are getting the right person that wants to come and get their education at Purdue. You have to get guys that meet those criteria, so that really thins out your pool."


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Axford not concerned with early dip in velocity
MILWAUKEE -- Viewing video of his outing yielded no answers for Brewers closer John Axford, who on Friday brushed aside concerns about his diminished velocity in a rough outing against the Rockies two days earlier.
"I did look back at it. Everything looks fine, everything looks normal," Axford said. "Maybe it was just one of those times. Honestly, nothing looks different. Mechanics are the same, arm slot's the same, even going back over the years. Going back to 2011, it's the same leg lift, same separation, same arm path, front and back side. Everything's the same. Same release point."
In other words, there was no mechanical explanation for Axford averaging 92.44 mph with his four-seam fastball while allowing three runs on five hits, including a pair of home runs, and recording two ninth-inning outs Wednesday, turning a 4-3 Brewers deficit into a 7-3 loss.
Compare that to last season, when Axford's four-seamer averaged 96.91 mph, according to BrooksBaseball.net. In the World Baseball Classic last month, Axford topped out at 98 mph in an outing for Canada against Team USA.
Which begged the question: If it's not mechanical, what else could explain a 4-6 mph drop?
"I really don't know," Axford said. "I can't ask my body. My body doesn't know right now either. When you're a relief pitcher you feel stiffness and soreness on a usual basis, but nothing out of the ordinary.
"Even on [Opening Day], I wasn't throwing 98 mph. I was throwing 94-95, so, [Wednesday] was only a couple miles an hour different from that. It's not anything too different from where I've been before. I know last year my velocity was up a little bit more but at the beginning of the year I think it was maybe more 94-95 mph. As the year progresses, that's where my velocity generally starts coming in. I started hitting those 98s around May."
He wasn't sure if his participation in the Classic played a role. Even in his final Spring Training appearances, Axford said, he saw charts that showed he was throwing 92-95 mph.
"I wasn't worried about it then, because I would give up a hit and then get three outs," he said. "Two days ago, if I get three outs and I'm throwing 91-92, it's like, 'Oh, your velocity was down but it looked like it worked out for you.' Maybe then people would say, 'That's what you need to do. You need to throw slower.'
"I feel physically fine, so let's just see what happens."
Manager Ron Roenicke was content to do so.
"If something went on for a lot of outings in a row, I would be concerned about it," Roenicke said. "Right now, we're just starting out. The mental part of this and getting into your rhythm at the start of a season, there's so much that comes up that I don't want to look too far into it."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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STOURBRIDGE kickboxer Laura Handy claimed her first title thanks to a unanimous points victory last Saturday.
The 27-year-old is trained at Fury Fight School, High Street, Stourbridge by former mixed martial artist Ryan Norwood.
She took on Cheryl Flynn at Gloucester's GL1 Leisure Centre in only the fourth bout of her career.
Handy came out on top after the three-round contest when the distance to win a K1 title at flyweight.
She said: "It was a close fight but I'm glad to have won. It was my toughest fight so far.
"I main thing I learned from the fight is that I have to adapt quicker. I started slowly and probably lost the first round, which might also have been down to nerves. I had to come back strong after that but think I am better for the experience."
Handy will now defend her crown at the same venue in November.
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RIVER ROUGE, Mich. - Classes resumed Thursday for students in the River Rouge School District after FBI agents executed a search warrant Wednesday evening at the River Rouge School Board offices.
It has been six months filled with drama for the Downriver district. Former Superintendent Dr. Carlos Lopez is suing the School Board for breach of contract. He is citing whistleblower protections after the School Board fired him earlier this year.
Lopez was let go after he asked the state of Michigan to investigate how River Rouge was spending Title One funds. That cash is meant for children from low-income families.
The state audit showed the district violated numerous rules for spending that money. Now, the FBI's unit which concentrates on government corruption has paid the district a visit.
School Board President Valveeta Reese did not speak with Local 4 about the raid on Wednesday. She would not come out of her house to speak with Local 4 about the investigation. A man at her home told Local 4 reporter Mara MacDonald that she "better not walk up on his property."
The man then complained that Local 4 was not doing a story on River Rouge baseball instead of the FBI's probe into the district.
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