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Ok so I recently bought a set of B&W Dm600 S2 series speakers with the intention of selling the centre and 603s and keeping the 601s but now I cant decide which ones I want to keep for my Hifi. But anyway, at the moment I am just using them with my old denon micro stack but I want to buy a new amp for them, but i am willing to wait around for good deal.
I want to go used as thats normally the best bang for buck and my price range is £150-200. I have a very eclectic taste in music so the amp would have to be versatile and I would be more partial to a warmer sound as I do like like laid back music. I also listen to a lot of bass heavy music so good bass is good although I have a REL strata which I'd like to connect so a sub out would be useful. Now I have recently posted an forum about bi-amping to get a good understanding of that before I posted this one, so I'm guessing an integrated amp with the upgrade path of a matching power amplifier to bi-amp my speakers would be good. Looks are important but ultimately sound takes priority. Any suggestions will be appreciated; thanks, Michael.
Ok so I recently bought a set of B&W Dm600 S2 series speakers with the intention of selling the centre and 603s and keeping the 601s but now I cant decide which ones I want to keep for my Hifi. But anyway, at the moment I am just using them with my old denon micro stack but I want to buy a new amp for them, but i am willing to wait around for good deal.
As nobody answers your question I'll give you my penny's worth.
How about a second hand Marantz PM7001 or PM7003? Both have a pre out for your subwoofer en sound warmish. I use a PM7003 in my study and am very, very happy with it. Should also go great with your DM's. Or a NAD320/325. NAD's sound quite cosy too with a deeper bass than the Marantz.
If you want new on your budget the choices ar quite limited, although I'm not well informed about the prices for hifi kit in the UK ( I am dutch). A Yamaha S-500 springs to mind but is just over your budget. This model also has a input for your subwoofer. If you buy new always try to audition!
Hope this helps.
Go for this. http://www.superfi.co.uk/p-3285-yamaha-as300-amplifier.aspx
The sub can connect to the speakers.
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I hear a lot about NAD amps but I'm never sure which ones are good as theyre often so old its difficult to find out much about them, I'll have a look at the suggested amps. Thanks very much for you replies!
I had my B&W 601 S3 running with a NAD C320 and it sounded very good.
The B&W 600 series are not particularly fussy speakers in terms of partnering equipment, they're a fairly easy drive and have a sound leaning towards the warm side which can be altered to a degree with other equipment to personal taste.
Arcam, Cyrus and Rotel and typically used, Arcam will further enhance that warm sound, I used to run an Alpha 8 with 602s, it lacked in some areas for me, ultimate details and attack but had a sound I know many like. Cyrus tend (perhaps less so their modern stuff) to be on the brighter side.
You could also consider amps form NAD and Roksan.
I even tired a Mini-T from amptastic with my 602s and it sounded terrific, a little harsh over extended listening but better value than Cyrus!
I've heard quite a few people reccommend the arcam alpha 9s, is that a good amp for the price range? Well if they arent fussy speakers what amps in the £150-£200 price range should i be looking at? I do prefer warmer sound, so I have been looking at a lot of Arcam, NAD and Marantz; but in terms of models I really havent much of an idea. I think going older will likely give the best value for money but the problem is its difficult to know what the good models are with the older amps review sites like this only have the newer ones up; also determining how much that amp is worth when matched against newer amps is also very difficult!
The Alpha 9 is a good amp for the price you can pick a used one up for, the 10 again is a considerable step up but the 9 is a sweet spot in terms of value. The 7 is a bit lacking in oomph, the lack of guts paired with a warm presentation just means it sounds far too laid back, the 8 is far better in that it has that bit more drive. The 9 is worth paying a bit extra for is you can find one. The 10 again is a very good amp.
Well I've seen the 9 go for around £100 so thats definitely worth a look at, i saw a 9 plus a matching power amp go for around £150 i think it was which was a great price i just hadnt decided if i wanted that amp at the time. I've been looking about, and one think im stuck with it that i think the case really is a sub, OR bi-amp, cos you cant have both. As i mean, most integrated amps only have one pre-out which id like to use for my sub, but if i wanted to bi-amp id have to use it for a power amplifier. Also the pre-amps ive been looking at only have 2 pre-outs, for two power amplifiers?
You can do both, you just need a sub with hi level output where they share the speaker terminals. Have a look at the BK electric subs.
Ah ok, well I have a REL strata 1 which has a high level input and high level bass cut output. So would i take my speaker cable from my amp, to my sub, high level input, then from my sub to my low frequency speaker?
Hi Michael,
I am considering purchasing the Denon PMA720AE which can be had NEW for £200 and received a 5 star review in last December's Hi-fi Choice.
I am always dubious when buying second hand gear.
Im considering that amp as well, I dont think people pay much attention to denon amps but all the reviews I've heard of them have been really good.


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Create yoghurt pot flowers
Create stunning yoghurt pot flowers with this creative art and craft kids activity. Your kids will love making these pretty pots and this project is also a fun kids party activity, so get crafting today!
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Using the scissors, cut the yoghurt pots from their opening to their base.
Do this all around (about 4 or 5 times), until the yoghurt pot almost resembles a flower, the incisions are to be the petals of the flower.
If you desire, cut the tops of the petals to create petal like edges, cutting the tops as if cutting a semi circle.
Keep them short or long.
Using the scissors, puncture a hole in the centre of the base of the yoghurt pot.
Poke a straw through the hole created in the centre of the base, making sure the majority of the straw's length is extending from the base of the yoghurt pot.
This is the flower's stem.
Using the scissors cut small slits into the top of the straw that is poking through the yoghurt pot's base.
Finally paint the yoghurt pot in a bright colour.
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I thought it was about time that I let you know how we are doing. Well, it seems to get more difficult as the days pass. I miss my daughter so much and wish I could see and talk to her. I want to hear her laugh again and watch her get married to her beloved Gio. But, all of this will not happen, no matter how much I wish, hope, and pray. I know we will all see her again one day, but I want to see her now. Mark and I go to the cemetery every day after he gets off work. We feel comforted being near her body. We are going to order her headstone tomorrow and it will be pizzazzy just like she was. The rest of the family is equally as devastated by the loss of Lauren and will need time to heal as well. I will let you know the technical reasons for Lauren's death in a later post. I think it will help you all to understand what happened. I will tell you this. At the time of her death, there was no sign of cancer in her body, so she did win that battle. And we have been told by many at U of M that Lauren will help so many others by what they learned from her. I am very proud of the way Lauren handled herself through all of this. She is definitely my HERO and showed me what strength, determination, and hope are all about. God bless my Lauren and all of you wonderful people waging your own battle. You are all in my heart forever.
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London, Sept 12 (ANI): New Real Madrid player Gareth Bale has reportedly called the club's reigning star Cristiano Ronaldo as the 'boss' as he was greeted by the superstar during his first day at Madrid.
Bale, the world's most expensive player with his 86 million-pound price tag, was embraced by Ronaldo at Real's Valdebabas headquarters before training.
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Borderlands Bookstore is one of my favorite places to find books about Mexican Genealogy and even find books about my own ancestors. As may already be aware, when I write about a book that may be of interest to you I always include a link to this store if they have it for sale.
If you are interested in buying Hispanic history and Genealogy books, this will be the only website you will ever need. In fact it is the only store that focuses on these topics. In their own words:
Founded in 1991, the Borderlands Book Store promotes awareness about the history of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires, Mexico and the Mexican Republic, the United States Borderlands and the genealogies of the Hispanic settlers of these areas.Specializing in Hispanic History and Genealogy. – www.borderlandsbooks.com
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Milwaukee senior high school block prints: selected by the Milwaukee Printmakers in a competition carried on in the public schools of Milwaukee | Milwaukee high school block prints
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Ks boss Tommy Williams reckons new signing Elvis Hammond has plenty more to give to his Ryman Premier League title chasers.
The 33-year-old veteran penned a deal at the weekend after impressing in Saturday's 3-0 win at Walton Casuals that came via a double from summer signing Nathaniel Pinney and one from Andre McCollin.
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davcuts wrote:Are there any Theravada traditions that might be considered controversial, or even cults?
Manapa wrote:I don't think there are any really besides the one mentioned, but that is a matter of opinion?
Avery wrote:It sounds nice on the surface but it sort of creates a new class of Buddhist, between laity and monk, and I'm not sure if everyone would agree with that.
mudra wrote:As non-celibate and celibate upasakas and upasikas are certainly not exclusive to Theravada, is the "clothed-in-white" a sub category?
davcuts wrote:I don't mean to break any rules of the TOS, so if I am moderators please close this thread. I am considering attending Theravada centers in my area. Are there any Theravada traditions that might be considered controversial, or even cults? I made this mistake with Tibetan Buddhism, and I don't want to get caught up with any tradition that might cause more harm than good.
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retrofuturist wrote:Generally I think it's difficult for anyone interested in establishing a cult to do it under the guise of Theravada Buddhism, because Theravada takes the Pali Canon as the primary source of authority. Buddhavacana (Buddha word) comes to the Theravada tradition via the Pali Canon, not via a Guru.
TheDhamma wrote:Fortunately, we don't have much of a problem there in Theravada as perhaps some of the other traditions do. One reason might be that we have no pope, no vatican, so no one to 'rebel' against and form a splinter group.
Another reason might be that most cult leaders are not too keen on celibacy, a required precept for bhikkhus and bhikkhinis.
gavesako wrote:There is a good book about New Buddhist Movements in Thailand which can be downloaded here:
http://buddhisttorrents.blogspot.com/20 ... -rory.html
gavesako wrote:Some good points here from SeerObserver. Of course there are political issues involved here, and it is not really so much the "unorthodox" teachings (not in line with Pali Canon) of groups like Dhammakaya or Santi Asok which give them the label "sect", but rather the way they are organized and their attempt to gain independence from the official ecclesiastical structures of the Thai Sangha (which are pretty similar to Catholic church, broadly speaking). There is a good book about New Buddhist Movements in Thailand which can be downloaded here:
http://buddhisttorrents.blogspot.com/20 ... -rory.html
jcsuperstar wrote:i think it's just the money issue...
that and a "wierd" type of meditation..
dhammakaya are like the thai version of the american "mega-church" other christians dont deny that those churches are christian, but they might like like the way they do "business"
also about santi asok. i've talked to thai monks about this too. many at first thought SA had some good ideas, but then kinda took it too far, and here's where we are now, any meaniful change this movement could of had within the thai sangha is pretty much out now. it is also interesting that they seem to no longer be distancing themselves from buddhadasa (who they at first where inspired by then distanced themselves from), you'll see a lot of writings by Buddhadasa on SA pages (at least some english ones i've come across in the recent past)
Will wrote:I recall over at E-sangha, a Dhammakaya monk spent quite a bit of time & effort peddling their special mediation technique. That method was the result of the founder's vision, I believe. At any rate it, it was tantric in the sense that one moves energies from point to point within the body in a certain sequence. He did not get much sympathy or support, so faded away.
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Efficacy and Safety of BF2.649 in Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) in Parkinson's Disease (HARPS2)
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To compare the efficacy of BF2.649 over placebo (12 week Double-Blind Phase) and assess the long term safety and the efficacy maintenance(9 months Open-Label Extension Phase) of BF2.649 in the improvement of excessive daytime sleepiness in patients diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
|Parkinson's Disease
|Drug: BF2.649 (Pitolisant)
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Randomised, Multicenter 12-Week Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of BF2.649 in Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson's Disease Followed by a 38 Week Open Label Extension Phase
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- ESS change (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) versus baseline [ Time Frame: at week 12 / 51 versus baseline ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Safety [ Time Frame: 12-week and 52-week ]Any AE observed and reported during the study
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Experimental: BF2.649 ( Pitolisant)
BF2.649 (5mg, 10 mg, 20 mg) in capsules
Drug: BF2.649 (Pitolisant)
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo of BF2.649 (5mg, 10mg, 20mg) in capsules
Drug: BF2.649 (Pitolisant)
1 capsule of BF2.649 (5mg, 10mg , 20 mg) O.D
Other Name: Pitolisant
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As measured by the change from baseline in the Epworth Scale Scores (ESS) at Week 12 and at Week 51, in patients diagnosed with EDS in Parkinson's Disease.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a documented history of Parkinson's disease according to UPDRS,fluctuator and non-fluctuator patients, Hoehn and Yahr score <5;
- stabilized on optimal antiparkinsonian treatments unmodified for 4 weeks prior to study entry;
- presenting an Excessive Daytime Sleepiness as indicated by an ESS>or=12
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a known diagnosis of other degenerative parkinsonian syndromes (e.g. Progressive supra-nuclear palsy, multisystemic atrophy, corticobasal degenerescence, diffuse Lewy's Body dementia)
- Patients who have shift work, chronic or occasional sleep deprivation, circadian rhythm disorders
- Patients with a severe depression indicated by (BDI>= 16)or at suicidal risk (BDI item G>0) or depression treated for less than 8 weeks
- Patients with a cognitive impairment
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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS)
Parkinson's Disease
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John Peterson, deputy supervisor for the San Isabel National Forest, said Wednesday that Forest Service experts must inspect the site to see if it's feasible and safe to rebuild the trail.
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A rockslide buried the trail Monday, killing a Colorado couple, one of their daughters and two of their nephews from Missouri. Another daughter survived with a broken leg after her father shielded her.
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Utah Shakespeare Festival Holds Fall 2012 Food Drive, 9/14
On September 14, representatives from the Iron County Care and Share will be in the lobby of the Randall L. Jones Theatre accepting food donations to kick off the ninth annual fall food drive at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Over the years the Festival has been able to donate over 10,000 pounds of food to the Iron County Care and Share, helping to feed less-fortunate families during the holiday season.
Local residents can participate by donating six items of nonperishable food per individual on the day of the performance directly to the Festival and receive a half price ticket to any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday performance. This offer is also valid on Friday, September 14 as a special for the kick off event. Food donation barrels will be located in the Randall L. Jones Theatre lobby next to the ticket window.
"The Festival's food drive allows local residents to have a fun, affordable evening out while supporting the arts and helping families in need," said Kami Terry Paul, Festival marketing director. "This year we hope to raise over 2,500 pounds of food in order to serve people in need."
Residents of Iron, Washington, Kane, Garfield, and Beaver counties in Utah are eligible for the discount, as well as patrons from Lincoln County, Nevada. All residents should bring proof of residency and six non-perishable food items for each discounted ticket they wish to purchase. This offer is good Tuesday through Thursday on the day of the performance only. There is a limit of four discounted tickets per resident I.D.
According to the Iron County Care and Share, "food drives raise awareness of hunger in the community, collect food for people in need and play an essential role in the fight against hunger."
Tickets for the Festival's 2012 season, which will run until October 27, 2012, are now on sale. The fall season includes Les Misèrables, carrying through from the summer season; Marie Jones' touching play, back by popular demand, Stones in His Pockets, as well as Shakespeare's classic drama, Hamlet. For more information and tickets visit www.bard.org or call 1-800-PLAYTIX.
The Iron County Care & Share was founded in 1984 by a group of local churches of different denominations to address the issue of hunger in our community. Originally opened as a food bank, the agency soon grew to include an emergency shelter program. Working with partners in the community, neighboring counties, and in the state, the Iron County Care & Share is able to help homeless and low-income individuals and families work toward self-sufficiency. The Iron County Care & Share are located at 900 North 222 West Cedar City, Utah.


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Aleksander Hemon's new book is like a family photo album that spans the last hundred years and covers two continents. It is the immigrant story of diaspora, displacement, and despair, but all handled with an irony that captures the poetry of the text much as a camera frames images.
The irony is heightened by the performance of Tony Award-winning actor Jefferson Mays, whose mannered, clipped delivery keeps events largely at arm's length (though paradoxically this treatment tends to reinforce the horror of the violent passages, where Hemon seems determined to make the reader viscerally experience the brutality of power used to oppress).
The story is based on the true case of the 1908 murder of a recently-arrived Jewish immigrant, Lazarus Averbuch, at the hands of Chicago's chief of police. Another imagined narrative is that of Sarajevo-born struggling author Bric and his grant-funded journey from Chicago through East Europe to trace the story of Averbuch in reverse. It is a strength of Hemon's writing that both voices the heartbroken, outcast sister in 1908 and the somewhat self-absorbed writer of a century later ring true, as do the descriptions of turn-of-the-century Chicago and the more dilapidated corners of modern Chernivtsi. Mays manages to make the transition between both time periods almost imperceptibly, which compliments the tale's meshing of the past and present.But it is in Bric's narrative that the force of Hemon's tale comes through: the Lazarus project is about resurrection in more ways than one. As Lazarus' grieving sister must investigate her brother's past to make sense of his murder, Bric's journey unearths not only the bloody history of Europe's Jewish population the pogrom of Kishinev, Chicago's hostility towards immigrants but his own sense of self, his own identity as a man displaced from his country of birth and resituated in a depersonalizing western society. This tale is as much a story of belonging as a study of cultural rejection. Dafydd Phillips
On March 2, 1908, nineteen-year-old Lazarus Averbuch, a recent Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe to Chicago, knocked on the front door of the house of George Shippy, the chief of Chicago police. When Shippy came to the door, Averbuch offered him what he said was an important letter. Instead of taking the letter, Shippy shot Averbuch twice, killing him. When Shippy released a statement casting Averbuch as a would-be anarchist assassin and agent of foreign political operatives, he all but set off a city and a country already simmering with ethnic and political tensions.
Now, in the twenty-first century, a young writer in Chicago, Brik, also from Eastern Europe, becomes obsessed with Lazarus's story-what really happened, and why? In order to understand Averbuch, Brik and his friend Rora-who overflows with stories of his life as a Sarajevo war photographer-retrace Averbuch's path across Eastern Europe, through a history of pogroms and poverty, and through a present-day landscape of cheap mafiosi and cheaper prostitutes. The stories of Averbuch and Brik become inextricably entwined, augmented by the photographs that Rora takes on their journey, creating a truly original, provocative, and entertaining novel that will confirm Hemon once and for all as one of the most dynamic and essential literary voices of our time.
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"There's pathos and outrage enough to chip away at even the hardest of hearts." (Publishers Weekly)
"betwin migrations and imaginations"
you feel it slamming between the past and the present as muslims and jews conect across centeries by the balkanik spirit of tragedy and hope
"Worth Listening to, but Purchase a Paper Copy"
Rora is wonderfully bright and is the driving force behind the narrative.
The reader does a really good job at bringing the characters to life. The story itself is intriguing, and keeps you engaged. Having the book to look at the photographs while you follow along is well worth the purchase price, as the photographs are meant to be part of the book.
"I want my 1 book credit back"
Could not have been more boring. A somewhat interesting parallel between current day terrorism and turn-of-the-century anarchism, but otherwise, this novel was a big yawn. I struggled to finish it. Maybe something was lost in the translation.
A librarian who loves to read, whether in print or in the air
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Boring and tedious
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Halloween is only a week away, and I have yet to purchase any treats! But I don't need just any old treats: I want to put together a package full of fabulous Halloween goodies to send a friend in Spain. However, I'm so busy planning my Halloween bash that I have no time to go to the store.
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That probably has a lot to do with the fact that I don't know any other Pacers fan here in Manila in the Philippines.
I missed the Pacers when they were here just a few months back and I missed a chance to see them in Taiwan too a couple of years back.
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In a new video to promote this partnership - the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) – the incredible growth of U.S. dairy exports is on display. Today, annual exports exceed $6 billion, averaging a 21 percent annual growth over the last 10 years.
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Elucidating the Role of Microvascular Dysfunction in Heart Disease in Women (MVD)
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The purpose of this study is to determine if women with chest pain and "clean" heart blood vessels have impaired blood flow to the heart due to problems with the small blood vessels that provide blood and oxygen to the heart. Impairment in the small blood vessels will be tested using ultrasound pictures of the heart, called myocardial contrast echocardiography. Since these small blood vessels are not seen in a coronary angiogram, which is an x-ray of the heart vessels using a dye containing iodine injected in the heart vessels, the problem may remain undiagnosed in women until the heart muscle becomes severely damaged.
A second purpose is to identify if there is a common trait in the population of women with this tiny blood vessel dysfunction, which will be investigated by checking blood levels of certain chemical and hormones related to heart disease. Finally, we would like to investigate the relationship between depression and stress, and heart disease. We will do this by measuring cortisol (a hormone that serves as a measure of stress) and administering questionnaires that help to identify depression and stress.
|Microvascular Dysfunction
|Study Type:
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|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Elucidating the Role of Microvascular Dysfunction in Heart Disease in Women
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|Study Start Date:
|January 2008
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Women with chest pain and "Clean" heart vessels
Healthy volunteers
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|45 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
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- Women 45 to 75 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Allergy to any component of the drugs: Definity®. Dipyridamole Aminophyllin or Iodine.
- Known coronary heart disease, significant valvular disease (valvular stenosis or insufficiency greater than moderate) left ventricular systolic dysfunction, congenital heart disease or cardiac shunt, pulmonary hypertension, moderate or severe asthma.
- Inability to reach the patient by mail, fax, e-mail or phone
- Active infection
- Malignancy
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Smoking
- Severe asthma
- Kidney disease
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00663520
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|Principal Investigator: Diana Rinkevich, MD
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|Diana Rinkevich, MD
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|Diana Rinkevich, MD, OHSU
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|NCT00663520 History of Changes
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Study #3631
|Study First Received:
|April 18, 2008
|Last Updated:
|July 22, 2011
Keywords provided by Oregon Health and Science University:
Cardiac disease
vascular dysfunction
chest pain
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Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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RS5 Cabriolet, resplendent in white and with nasty brown leather inside. Perhaps they dared not finish it in RS blue. 450hp is exciting, and listening it to it will be enhanced too, but the RS5 coupe was already a pretty mediocre car. How can cutting the roof off improve things?
The new A3 Sportback is here too, with more of everything but visual distinction over the old one. Usual Audi design, then - but hey, if it works: at least the new 300hp S3 has more visual vim, and feels like an upmarket, classy new fast hatch from inside too. An S3 you'll admire? First signs are good.
facelifted R8 is as you'd expect: the same, but just different enough in key places to ensure it still has appeal (not least through switching the clunky semi-auto gearbox for a proper DSG). Even so, here's hoping development of the new one is underway.
It was over to Audi's Crosslane concept to provide the real stand intrigue, though. At first glance, this appears yet another new niche Audi's planning: the sub-Q3 coupe-crossover sector. A sort of SUV TT if you like (complete with rear wheelarches that are a match for any RS on the stand...).
But there's more. It's built from an aluminium-carbon fibre spaceframe. Many of the structural components, including the Audi grille, are exposed and form a key part of the design. It's an open-top machine for good reason - to show how strong the new chassis is.
Oh, and wonder why some of the cleverer chassis elements remain on display rather than hidden by bodywork? Well, to show off just what technology's beneath the surface. Audi engineers have apparently grumbled that their hard work and many technical solutions are not recognised.
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A newspaper reports that Ohio has already received a record number of insurance-fraud allegations this year.
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The Ohio Department of Insurance reports that consumers, insurers, insurance agents, police and others have already lodged 4,022 allegations of fraud with the state through last Friday. Reports of fraud are already up 10 percent compared to all of 2011, and 25 percent from 2010.
Insurance department spokesman Chris Brock tells the newspaper that the increase partly reflects the agency's strengthened efforts to get insurers and the public to report suspected incidents of fraud. Fraudulent activity also tends to increase when people face hard economic times.
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So much has been said about Walt Disney the man, many true, a lot false, so its always refreshing when we can see an aspect of his life that hasnt been much discussed. Walt & El Grupo is a feature length documentary that tells the story of Walt and some key artists traveling to Latin America to research story materials for future concepts in 1941 as a message of goodwill. These artists became known as El Grupo for the duration of their travels. The results of this ten-day journey are the films Saludos Amigos (1943) and The Three Caballeros (1945).
The film, put together by Ted Thomas and Kuniko Okubo, is a remarkable journey recreating the steps that Walt Disney and his artists took using rare archival footage. We see where they were before the journey, what they encountered along the way, and what came after. Its so interesting to see this journey take place while the rest of the world was at war.
The film speaks with folks who were directly affected in positive ways in Latin America from Walts visit from both sides of the Equator. For fans of Disney the company and of the man himself, this is a gem of history that can be appreciated till no end.
The DVD, released in November, will sure to please even further, with a great selection of bonus features.
* Audio Commentary - This commentary with Director Theodore Thomas, whose father was among El Grupo, and author/historian J.B. Kaufman offer further insight to the making of the film. For those who need even more information about this time period, they will surely appreciate this.
* Photos in Motion - What makes this documentary more visually captivating is their use of still photography, giving them more dimension and life. This small behind-the-scenes featurette explores some of the techniques used for the film.
* From the Directors Cut - Three scenes no longer in the film can be seen here: Home Movies For the Big Screen, My Fathers Generation and Artists and Politicians explore even more of story.
* Saludos Amigos: Original 1943 Release - Why else should you pick up this DVD? Because it includes the feature Saludos Amigos, the first film released as a direct result of this trip. What makes this even more celebrated is that the film is being shown in its original unedited state. Recent DVD releases of Saludos Amigos had removed a cigarette being smoked by Goofy. That is all restored and part of this DVD.
* Original Theatrical Trailers - Trailers for both Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros can be enjoyed here.
Also included in this is a collectible Disney Timeline of the film events.
Walt & El Grupo is now available where movies are sold. Its a must-see for all Disney fans and film historians alike. This is an incredible story and its finally here to be enjoyed.
In addition to this documentary, a companion book is available: South of the Border With Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program, 1941-1948 written by J.B. Kaufman.
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OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland A's traded outfielder Casper Wells to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for cash considerations, the club announced today.
Wells was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays April 22 for cash and went 0 for 5 in three games with the A's before he was designated for assignment yesterday. He was with Seattle this spring and hit .189 with two home runs and 14 RBI in 16 games before he was designated for assignment March 31. Wells was claimed off waivers by Toronto April 10, reported to the Blue Jays April 12, and did not appear in a game before he was designated for assignment April 15.


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ESPN took a poll today to see what Super Bowl matchup fans would like to see out of the four possible scenarios. And the winner, with over 50% of the vote...
Maybe the refs will be on our side tomorrow.
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I dont get on here much...i wish I had more time. But I knew I'd get some help and answers here
My moms latest scan was 7/24/13.. showed a t12 and L2 spot along with many new "lesions" in her liver. And I believe there are a few spots in her lungs. Also something about hypodense lesions. None of which have been a definite cancer diagnosis. She had a bone scan and we haven't gotten the results yet. She has been "stable" up until this point and has had no chemo since sometime in april 2012. She did 6 rounds of gemzar/cisplatin and her tumors reduced 25% overall. Good results... they stopped her chemo not sure why and have never mentioned starting it again. I'm not sure why that is either..
So I'm just wondering if any of you could help me understand this and offer suggestions of what we can suggest. I know this is bad, and that her cancer is spreading more. I just want her around longer and she wants to fight! She is definitely a fighter and we have a ton of love in our small family..
We live in Kentucky, western Ky. And I honestly hate her doctor but other docs in different fields say he's really great. He just has little bedside manner and made me livid for slamming a book down at me when I asked a question about her scan.
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He had such a promising beginning of last season... I hope that he can get back to that form, and not lose any of his confidence...
Why so SERIOUS
Confidence won't be an issue with him I don't think. Feel bad for him though.
In other news, R. Davis put up 30 in a game in Orlando yesterday. He is playing with Harris there. Also, Kendall may join Jay Simpson at La Lumiere. Mom has reservations, but his dad is on board.
Either way, we've got a TON of guards. Personally I'm pretty amped to finally see Anthony Johnson, he was a fairly highly rated recruit and Hummel said the kid's a born scorer.
I am pumped about AJ too, but sounds like he may still have to D up to get major minutes at this point.
I'm not really concerned about the loss of Hart. To me he and Ryne Smith are the same player. They're both gunners. The only real difference is that Hart is a more frequent shooter and Smith is a better shooter. I'd really hate to ever see them on the floor together.
It'll be nice to see if Anthony Johnson can help, but unless he's really good, I don't see him being much of a factor. As far as next year's concerned, there are 2 things (outside of Hummel's health) that will make or break the season. The first is that Lewis Jackson needs to become the 2nd best player on the team. The second is that whoever steps in at the 5 for Johnson needs to at least be an average Big 10 big. Both of those things are good possibilities, but they are also both far from being locks.
I'm very interested to see Hale and Lawson play, but from the reading I've done and the youtube highlights I've watched, both seem more like potential Hummel replacements as perimeter 4's than guys who can really play alongside him.
"A man with no belly has no appetite for life."
- Salman Rushdie
I don't think Hart would play a lot either, unless he would have been healthy the past year and carved out a role. I guess I just feel bad for him because he went to HS with my girlfriend so I root for him. I would rather have Smith, TJ, AJ, Kel, and probably a couple other guys I am forgetting out there there though.
I am also hoping Travis progresses nicely, and Sandi gets better. Hale and Lawson definitely excite me. Hopefully Lawson is recovered.
Man I can't wait for next year! So many question marks I am eager for answers to.
Moore play in Italy/Europe:
http://blogs.indystar.com/purdue/201...medium=twitterE'Twaun Moore wants to make a living playing professional basketball. And he wants to play pro ball for the NBA's Boston Celtics, who drafted the No. 3 scorer in Purdue history last month with the 55th overall pick.
But with the NBA lockout making it impossible for potential pros to sign contracts or play in anything beyond leagues like the Indy Summer Pro Am at IUPUI, Europe may become a viable option for those like second-round pick Moore.
Mark Bartelstein, Moore's Chicago-based agent, told the Boston Globe that the former Boilermaker guard has several overseas options, including Italian League Cimberio Varese.
This past Tuesday, I visited with Moore during a break in the Indy Summer Pro Am League, and E'Twaun told me he really wants to be a Celtic. However, he doesn't want to sit out the 2011-12 season, and at this point, things don't look good for the NBA's contract negotiations..
As a first-round pick, JaJuan Johnson is in a different situation. Once he signs a contract, there's guaranteed money. But as a second-round pick, Moore has no guarantees. Moore wants to be in Boston, but he also wants to make money playing basketball. At least for now, he may have to go to Europe to do so.
I think that Hart has much better defense than Ryan... Another thing is that Purdue uses their bench a lot and everyone has to contribute.
I like AJ because from what I saw he can score in so many ways, and also brings a lot of energy with his game.
I also believe that we need a big to show up... I think Lawson will be one of those players that comes in the game and gets the crowd hype. I hope this year goes well for our boilers.. Terone will definitely have to work on his jump shot, shot selection and decision making... this should be his year to show up.
PS anyone heard any good news about Harris or Hammons?
Why so SERIOUS
Not much going on with Harris and Hammons.
I would say Ryne is a much better team defender than Hart, and probably better overall as well.
I have a good friend who's a Purdue grad and a teacher in Carmel and he says we don't want anything to do with Hammons.
"A man with no belly has no appetite for life."
- Salman Rushdie
Isn't the knock on him that he's good when he is trying? Problem being that he is not always trying.
Moore to Italy:
http://www.necn.com/07/25/11/Report-...38&feedID=3352According to a report on Sportando.net, Celtics second round draft pick E'Twaun Moore has agreed to play to for Cimberio Varese in Italy (Lega Serie A).
Cimberio Varese, via its president Cecco Vescovi, confirmed the agreement with E'Twuan Moore for the season 2011-12. The product of Purdue University was selected by Boston Celtics in the 2011 NBA Draft averaged more than 18 ppg as senior in NCAA. Moore will have short NBA out in the contract to exercise when the lockout ends if he gets an offer from Celtics.
"The NBA escape is a bit risky for us, but the game's worth the candle" said Vescovi, president of the team. The deal is expected to be announced soon.
The Celtics drafted Moore, a 22-year-old guard, with the 55th overall pick in this year's draft. Last month his high school coach, Abe Brown, told CSNNE.com what Moore could bring to the next level.
"He's got a real calm demeanor," Brown said. "He's not going to be very flashy. He's going to [score] on your opponent and you won't even realize because he's not the kind of guy to pump his chest, throw his hands in the air to the crowd. He's a silent assassin, I would call him. He's going to go out and do everything you need him to do and beyond."
I think Moore will do well in Europe. He's got more of a European game than an American one. By that I mean he relies on fundamentals and intelligence instead of athleticism.
"A man with no belly has no appetite for life."
- Salman Rushdie
Great deal for E'Twuan
E'Twaun Moore inks one-year deal with Italy's Benetton Treviso
Celtics rookie E'Twaun Moore has signed a one-year contract worth about $200,000 to play for the Italian club Benetton Treviso, the Boston Herald reports.
Moore, who Boston selected in the second round with the 55th overall pick in last months NBA Draft, was close to a deal with Cimberio Varese, a different team in Italy, but those negotiations stalled when Moore reportedly insisted on an out clause, allowing him to return to the U.S. once the lockout ends, being included in the contract. Moores deal will Treviso includes such an out clause.
On Smooge going to Italy, remember Lance looking to go to "Italy or China?" Treviso's a pretty good team from my understanding, Moore and Lance are both combo guard types at the next level. Anyone think Lance may've just an opportunity?
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Lawson should be good to go
After suffering a torn Achilles during this past season, incoming Purdue freshman forward Jacob Lawson's health became a concern for many Boilermaker fans.
But on Tuesday, Purdue coach Matt Painter said that not only is Lawson doing fine physically, he is ready to go academically as the Boilermakers prepare for the 2011-12 season.
"He has been playing pickup, but I haven't watched him," Painter said. "He has been cleared to play pickup basketball and has been working with our sports performance people.
"It looks like he is going to be ready in the fall, but we will see. From everything I've gathered from our training staff and our guys, everything with Jacob looks good."
With forward Patrick Bade moving onto football, front line play will be huge for the Boilermakers. Lawson can jump out of the gym and has the potential to be an excellent rebounder, shot blocker and defensive presence. With JaJuan Johnson headed to the NBA, Lawson can bring some of the attributes and skills — especially at the defensive end — that Johnson provided.
Painter seems excited about Lawson's game. That's good news for Purdue fans.
Willis apparently de-commits. (That didn't take long.)
If I believed in karma I could say this is the Bade/Molock moves coming back to bite us in the azz...
Edit: maybe not
still don't think the comments sound great.
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His dad says he's still committed, the actual kid apparently put on Facebook that he's not. Sorta sounds like it's the parents pushing him one way. Not gonna complain if he winds up on campus, but still wish it weren't like that.
Hard to be pissed at a 16 year old for changing his mind, but if he does go elsewhere I'll be pretty sour.
His dad seems pretty strongly in our corner, but the UL/UK glitz and glamour's getting to him.
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Purdue basket ball recruiting: kids' parents really like us!
Funny, but plays into the "old-school" image that Purdue has.
But realistically, can't get mad at the kid--the coaches (can) do the same thing.
Honestly, I would rather see this kid stay committed to Purdue than go to either of those slimeball programs.
For now I'll remain optimistic and view it as outside influences getting to the kid and that his dad'll sit him down and remind him what's important. His dad outright said he feels like Purdue's staff has their players' best interest in mind while Pitino and Calipari put their selves first.
He actually does rescind his verbal and we're able to get him back in the fold I think that'd be a HUGE win. A truly elite talent hits the open market in Kentucky and we get him out from under Pitino's and Calipari's slimy fingers says a lot if Painter and Co. can do it.
Be a lot more optimistic if he transferred to an out of state prep school though. How gross is it that Kentuckians are telling a 16 year old he "turned their back on them?" I wasn't old enough but a guy like Montross didn't get any of that did he? Sure, say stuff like that at the bar or whatever, but actually to the kid's face?
Painter's mettle's going to be truly tested and whatever happens it'll show where Purdue stands as a program.
Hoosier fans said a lot worse to Sean May when he came to town. I was there. I participated. I don't feel bad. It was amazing. We are ********.
Robert Marve's involved in the Miami mess.
Good luck in your future endeavors Marve, they sure as hell aren't gonna be in West Lafayette.
As well as Frank Haith, new Missouri basketball coach. Missouri can't seem to catch a break.


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Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving is recovering well from the broken right hand he sustained during a Summer League practice, coach Byron Scott told the News-Herald in Willoughby, Ohio.
"His hand is moving along nicely," Scott said, according to the newspaper. "He hasn't had any setbacks. They figure he'll be good to go by training camp."
When discussing the makeup of his roster for the upcoming season, Scott said Irving and Anderson Varejao are only players who, at this point, are definite starters.
Scott said free-agent newcomer C.J. Miles and youngsters Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters will have to "earn it" if they're going to work their way into the starting lineup.
Cavs GM Chris Grant told the News-Herald he thinks the team has had a solid, but quiet offseason. Besides Miles, the Cavs acquired power forward Jon Leuer and point guard Jeremy Pargo. They also drafted Waiters and center Tyler Zeller
Scott likes what they've done.
"I'm happy where we are," he said. "Our next move is to get (restricted free agent) Alonzo Gee done. Pargo is a strong, physical point guard, who will fight it out with Donald Sloan. I love the competition."
Eventually, look for Irving, Waiters, Miles, Thompson and Varejao to be the starting five, perhaps as early as for the opener against the Washington Wizards.


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The iElectribe is one of the best iPad music creation Apps so I'm into this limited edition. Do you really think they are going to stop selling it after 10,000 copies are sold?
"Korg has teamed up with the hugely popular and globally successful virtual band Gorillaz to create a new dedicated beatbox for the iPad: The iELECTRIBE Gorillaz Edition. A limited run of 10,000 units released at a very special price of US$9.99. The iELECTRIBE Gorillaz Edition features: a unique design and synthesizer engine including 128 new sounds created by Gorillaz; and 64 ready-to-use pre-programmed patterns by the sound team Gorillaz, Stephen Sedgwick, and Korg." – Gwen Alexander
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THE Mayor of Swindon, Nick Martin, has questioned whether the standards committee can provide a fair judgement into his conduct after he won a motion of no confidence last month.
Coun Martin (Con, Shaw) said he is determined it will now be business as usual, and added he will be liaising with his legal team to find out if the investigation has been compromised.
The motion of no confidence was put forward by Coun Jim Grant (Lab, Rodbourne Cheney) following accusations the mayor had made derogatory remarks about people with learning difficulties last year.
He is alleged to have said: "They aren't still letting those mongols have sex with each other are they?"
Coun Martin offered his resignation ahead of the historic vote on the condition that the two complaints against him were dropped, but Labour councillors rejected his offer, and the issue will now be determined by the standards committee this year.
But Coun Martin has now questioned whether the standards committee can provide a fair judgement in the wake of the vote.
"After having to go through all this I am intent on going full term," he said. "I am now particularly concerned as to the fairness of the standards committee. I am going to have my legal advisors seriously question if it can even take place now.
"I have been judged in full council, and there are councillors in the standards committee who took part in that meeting. The vote may have taken place already, but in my opinion the resolution made to council was pre-emptive."
Coun Martin said he wanted to get on with fulfilling his role, and hoped the issue would be resolved sooner rather than later.
"I just want to get on with doing the job of mayor," he said. "I have always been very particular about being as supportive to people and organisations as I can be. It is a hard working position, but it is ceremonial. Considering how hard pushed we are financially, it is important to recognise success in events that are taking place."
He added he felt vindicated by the result of the vote, which found 27-25 in favour of an amendment which stated that because there was a pending investigation it was not right to pre-judge the mayor.
"It is quite disappointing the whole thing has become political," said Coun Martin, who said he felt bullied by the Labour group throughout. "When I attend events I am proud to do so on behalf of the people of Swindon.
"Standards may or may not occur in March, but I will question whether they have any judgement to make now, given what has preceded it.
"Having been contacted by a lot of people who have told me not to turn back, I feel remarkably well supported by a silent majority. We have to hope that full council meetings in the future are not as embarrassing as they have been. They are a public window to the council and it is astonishing what some councillors want people to see."
Coun Grant, leader of the Labour group, said: "My understanding is that the standards investigation into the Mayor is only now in the process of starting, even though the original complaint was submitted as long ago as early October. As all of the people who attended the training session have confirmed he said the remark in question, I fully expect this investigation to conclude that the Mayor said the offending remark and that this investigation can be done in a timely manner. "We think it's in the best interest of the council, the town as a whole and even the Mayor himself for him to stand down, and our position hasn't changed.
"My worry has always been the longer this drags on the more reputational damage this saga will inflict on all involved."


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Three women say they were kicked out of a bar in Victoria, Texas, because of their sexual orientation. The women claim an employee asked them to leave the Cactus Canyon on Aug. 24 and told them, "This is a country western bar, not a gay bar." The Victoria Advocate reports:
"I got kicked out of Cactus for no reason," Victoria resident Estefana Diaz said. "We were holding hands — that's it."
One of Cactus Canyon's owners, Roger Gearheart, of Odessa, denied the women were asked to leave because of their sexual orientation.
"Those people weren't kicked out because they're gay. They acted inappropriately to each other," Gearheart said. "We don't discriminate."
He also said he wanted to be clear his bar does not discriminate and the women could return as long as their behavior is appropriate.
Gearheart was not in the bar at the time, but stands behind his employee's decision that the women's behavior was not in good taste.
"No one wants to see that whether you're gay or straight" he said.
When the women called police to file a complaint they were told the bar has the right to refuse service. There is no state or federal law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in public accommodations. The women say they may boycott the Cactus Canyon.


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The challenges of being a first-time parent are great.
For Gina Springhower, the challenges are even greater.
Confined to a wheel chair with paralysis (the result of an automobile accident more than nine years ago), Gina is tackling and enjoying the most gratifying challenge of her life – motherhood.
Gina and her husband, John Springhower, are the parents of a happy and energetic 16-month-old son, LaKota, born Dec. 22, 2015, just in time for Christmas.
More than 130 quilts were on display Saturday at Hillsdale United Methodist Church as part of a fundraiser that's become a tradition at the rural Glenwood church.
"We have a quilt show every two years," Barb Sell said. "We've been doing this about 20 years and interest just keeps growing."
MALVERN - Carrie "Avis" Jones isn't surprised that she's lived to be 100 years old.
It's in her genes.
The late Elvis Presley, who would have turned 80 Thursday, has been an integral part of Craig Florian's life for as long as the 46-year-old Glenwood city councilman can remember.
Florian's first exposure to the king of rock and roll came as a child in the 1970s when he often listened to his mother's Elvis Presley record albums. In high school, Florian had an Elvis-related role in "Bye, Bye Birdie."
Something magical happened Saturday evening outside a castle tucked away in the Loess Hills.
Gary Giaffoglione walked side-by-side with his little girl down the aisle on her wedding day – a father's dream that was seemingly shattered in March 2008 when an automobile accident left Gina, his only daughter, fighting for her life and paralyzed from the waist down.
On this cool, late summer's evening 6 1/2 years later, in the presence of family and friends, Gary and Gina made their dream a reality.
By Daisy Hutzell-Rodman
Adahmariyah Kelley sits in a rocking chair away from other people in the room and braids her hair into two plaits, quietly surrounded by books. She has patiently answered questions for nearly an hour, when suddenly one question about pets captures her attention.
"I know it's weird, but I had a pet grasshopper," Kelley said. "He lived in a huge fish tank in my room.
Her mother, Melissa, smiled to herself.
"Well, it was a terrarium, not a fish tank," Adahmariyah said.
Kenny Spencer admits he never envisioned his career in professional football leading to a prominent role on a reality TV show or personal friendships with rock-and-roll music legends Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS fame.
Spencer, a 2005 Glenwood Community High School graduate, is the place kicker for the LA KISS, an Arena Football League (AFL) team partially owned by the two band members from KISS and the focus of the 10-week 4th and Loud docu-series that began airing in August on Tuesday nights on AMC (9 p.m. CDT).
Mills County Courthouse employees said goodbye and offered their well wishes to a familiar face last week.
Janice Johansen, a secretary in the county attorney's office for more than 25 years, officially entered retirement Friday afternoon after being honored at a reception in the board of supervisors meeting room.
MINEOLA - Do a Google search for the word "Mettwurst" and you'll be guided to Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia.
Three paragraphs into its definition of the German pork sausage, Wikipedia has this to say:
"The town of Mineola, Iowa, which was settled almost exclusively by immigrants from Schleswig-Holstein, hosts an annual heritage dinner with "Schoening-style" cold-smoked Mettwurst known in the Low German dialect as "Metvuss."
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The eagerly awaited proposed changes to the FAA's Part 145 rules that govern repair stations domestically and abroad are finally out. Talk about years in the making! Twenty-three years if we go back to the first public hearings in 1989, a mere 13 from the 1999 issuance of the original NPRM that first proposed many of these same requirements. Without explanation, the FAA managed to lose a decade between the first public hearings and the issuance of that NPRM. My, how time flies when the FAA begins rulemaking.
Then again, I'm amazed anything ever came out of 800 Independence Ave. at all. But I'll try to contain my enthusiasm. After all, this is just a proposal, not a final rule. Years, dare I say a decade, could still pass before a final rule. Unless, of course, the entire proposed rule gets scrubbed first. Think that can't happen? You may want to peruse the NPRM's preamble: the entire last attempt at a rule change was withdrawn in 2009. That's right, totally withdrawn. In the preamble, the FAA writes that it withdrew the 2006 proposal because "it did not adequately address the current repair station operating environment." Well, that's hardly surprising. It's not exactly unforeseen that an industry as dynamic as aviation maintenance would change in the years and years that pass before a rule gets promulgated.
I know I'm digressing but since you may not all have read the proposed rule, I didn't want you to miss out on some of the things that struck me. For example, if you happened to read my article on the FAA losing the safety high ground by failing to mandate SMS, you may appreciate my "amusement" at reading the rationale the agency gave for not including a formal quality system in the proposed rule. If you haven't read the rationale–spoiler alert–the FAA expects that any new quality requirements would be superseded by an SMS rule for Part 145 repair stations.
If you've missed the humor in this: there's not even an NPRM out for an SMS repair station rule. And if the airline SMS rule is any indication, a repair station SMS rule would drag its way through years and years of advance notices (because a notice isn't good enough any more), regular notices (because an advance notice doesn't remove the requirement for a notice notice), comment periods, extended comment periods. You get my point. So forgive me for not holding my breath on an SMS rule any time soon and for finding the FAA's rationale so amusing.
English Manuals for U.S. Aircraft
But back to the main topic of my article here: mandating English for any repair station maintenance worker working on U.S. air carrier aircraft. Notice I didn't say working in the U.S. I mean that anyone working on a U.S. airline aircraft performing any kind of maintenance task whether under his/her own A&P certificate or working for a Part 145 repair station needs to read, write, speak and understand the English language.
The FAA had a perfect opportunity to put the English knowledge requirement in this proposed rule but failed to do it. The proposed rule clarifies that when a repair station performs work for an airline, that work must be performed in accordance with the maintenance instructions provided by the airline. Well, if the repair station's employees doing some or all of the maintenance work don't know English, how are they going to perform that work? Is the airline going to translate the maintenance instructions? Is the repair station? And who is going to ensure the accuracy of the translation? (I've seen translations of maintenance documents performed by non-native speakers. And I've seen translations done by native speakers with no technical background. Either way a dangerous practice.) But if the FAA allows non-English-proficient workers, where's the requirement for any translation at all?
While the proposed rule tightens a few sections related to the requirement to speak English, those sections apply only to supervisors, inspectors and people who approve an aircraft for return to service. Those people are already required by Part 145 to read, write and understand English. But the FAA has failed to mandate that those who actually do the maintenance work have any knowledge of English, let alone the fluency necessary to read detailed technical job cards, manuals and other maintenance instructions. Or communicate with English-speaking workers.
Holders of A&P certificates are already required by FAR Part 65 to "write, speak and understand" English except if they're employed outside the U.S. by airline. Well, that's a big exception. And repair stations have no requirement for employees to speak English other than in the positions enumerated previously.
So why is it a problem for U.S. airline aircraft when the person doing the maintenance doesn't have an appropriate knowledge of English?
For one thing, U.S. airline maintenance documents are written in English and approved/accepted by the FAA in English. I have never seen a U.S. airline with multilingual versions of its maintenance manuals, job cards and other documents necessary for the proper execution of maintenance. Or for that matter, I have never seen airlines with multi-lingual logbooks or other records required to show compliance with the maintenance requirements. And I have never seen the FAA approve or accept any versions other than English versions.
In addition, performing maintenance requires working with many overlapping manuals. Often manuals refer to other manuals or job cards refer to other documents. We have enough problems with English-speaking maintenance workers failing to refer to all the required manuals when performing maintenance work. Imagine adding a language barrier and you can easily see the problem.
So, as always when I write about the importance of English knowledge, I want to make clear that this has nothing to do with where workers are born or what country's citizenship they hold. It's all about the safety problems that can and do arise when maintenance workers cannot communicate clearly and effectively in the English language.
Susan Canada (not verified)
July 25, 2012 - 4:13pm
I had the opportunity last year to work a contract job in New York as a Maintenance Programs Records Specialist. The company had purchased 747's and 767's from previous operators around the world. A lot of the documents were in the language of the operator at time of maintenance, but, in small print underneath the foreign language, there was an English translation - which made my job a whole lot easier. Also, the aircraft log books had maintenance work performed written in English. Although not ALL the documentation was in English, the majority was, and there was also an English reference to other work that had been performed.
I think some may have been translated due to the sale of the aircraft, but much of it was part of the original documentation


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13 inch tall pottery regimental stein issued to of all people, a reservist appropriately named "Stein". The reservist belonged to the 6th Battery Kurmark 39th Field Artillery Regiment, and served from 1908-10 while garrisoned in Perleberg, which is located in the heart of the district of Prignitz, about halfway between the two largest German cities Berlin and Hamburg. Since it was located in the former Republic of East Germany, behind the "Iron Curtain", steins from this area are more difficult to obtain. The center panel shows an artillery limber at full gallop below which is a picture of the regimental epaulet flanked by a picture of Kaiser Wilhelm 11 and a crowned Prussian eagle. The side pictures shows the unit in various stages of gunnery practice. The tall pewter lid has a slight wobble but nothing distracting. It is surmounted by a Model 96 Field Cannon. The thumblift is of a crowned Prussian Eagle holding a Garde star in it's beak. Roster has typical wear. The entire body of the stein has light craze marks, apparently from being improperly stored.


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Ex-hurler Nagy returns to Indians as an instructor
CLEVELAND -- Former Indians pitcher Charles Nagy will be back in a Cleveland uniform this spring.
The Indians have hired Nagy as an instructor, though the specifics of his new role with the organization will be hammered out with general manager Chris Antonetti before the season. The 46-year-old Nagy was dismissed from his role as the D-backs' pitching coach at the end of last season.
"I just recently signed on with the Tribe," Nagy said at Tribe Fest on Saturday. "The role will be defined at some point as to what I'm going to do during the season. ... I told Chris I will do anything. I'll rub up balls for you. I'll catch bullpens."
Nagy previously served as a pitching coach for Triple-A Columbus in 2010 and for Triple-A Salt Lake (Angels) in '05-06. It is believed he will work with Minor League pitchers this season for Cleveland, which also employed him as a special assistant to baseball operations after he retired from playing.
Nagy suited up for the Indians in 13 of his 14 seasons in the Majors, going 129-105 with a 4.51 ERA in 318 career games with Cleveland and San Diego. Nagy, who ranks 10th on the Tribe's all-time wins list, was a first-round selection for the team in the 1988 First-Year Player Draft.
"It's just a comforting feeling being back here," Nagy said. "I was coming down the steps from the players' parking lot and I was thinking I spent a lot of years coming down these steps."
Indians pitching coach Mickey Callaway said he is looking forward to having Nagy in camp with the club this spring.
"It's unbelievable," Callaway said. "I know Charlie well and he's a great guy. He's going to be a great brain for these guys to pick. [Zach] McAllister and [Corey] Kluber, he'll be so valuable to those type of guys who are really trying to get a full season under their belt. Nagy did it for a long time and stayed healthy, so he'll be able to guide those guys."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Grab your sparklers and join us as our very own StealNetworker, Tedi Palmer, treats us to a firecracker guest designer posting using American Crafts Pebbles, Let Freedom Ring collection. Tedi's talents teamed up with the reds, whites and blues of today's steal are nothing short of sizzling!
Tedi, my friend, take it away!
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I have always loved American Crafts Pebbles products, and was ecstatic that I was given Let Freedom Ring Collection.
I really wanted to create something that wasn't just an ordinary page. I wanted to use my paper to create some home decor because, let's be honest, my house doesn't have very much. :) Since my husband and I love motorcycles I thought it would be fun to create a little road trip that we've always wanted to take.
The patterned paper I used in the frame was perfect for creating a cute design for my home and showing a love for our country and motorcycles. Simple, yet perfect.
My next page is of my adorable husband, who was definitely "born 2 ride." I have learned through scrapping that adding a bit of red to a page makes everything pop. Which, with my husbands shirt, a few stripes, banners, and a dazzling #2, did just that.
Since I created a page of my husband, I had to do one of me too. Though I am not a motorcyclist I had to show the hubby that I could actually hold up the bike and look like a total "biker babe" to him. The colors of this page are a definite favorite for me!
One thing I especially love about American Crafts Pebbles paper are those little strips that are always cut off on the 12x12 sheets. AC Pebbles takes full advantage of paper and you're able to use those strips in your pages. That's what I did with this next page:
I really loved working with Let Freedom Ring Collection, and it is a must have for the upcoming July 4th holiday!
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Tedi, you are one amazing crafter! I am so in love with your home decor. I'm with you and my home seriously lacks the "pretty." Maybe I need to take some lessons from you! :)
Have a great day everyone and I will see you tomorrow for some Mid Week Mojo fun!
<3 Kristy