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I bought this vacuum to tackle my dog's inveterate moulting and is my first pet hair-specific appliance; previous cleaners had failed in this respect. At around the £70 that I paid, it seemed like a bargain.
My first impressions were not good as it was self-assembly. However, such fears were allayed by the relative ease of construction due to a very clear exploded diagram in the useful accompanying A4 instruction booklet. Although swift and pain-free it would be nice if Electrolux could throw in a complimentary Phillips screwdriver as this is compulsory but, annoyingly, not provided. I was ok but others may not necessarily have one to hand.
I was largely impressed by the performance. The 1800w output provides powerful suction as evidenced by it clinging slightly to my short pile living room rug and leaving a nicely napped 'tramline' where it had run over and picked up. Close inspection of the surfaces revealed a pleasing rout of the pesky dog hairs. There is a useful three way cleaner height setting dial for hard floors, short pile and long pile carpets/rugs. This is very useful and pick up is good on all surfaces. However, problems can arise if, like me, you are inclined to the odd senior moment and forget to alter the setting between various surfaces. Naturally if you leave the setting too low on a longer pile the vacuum can snarl, bite and swallow the surface.
The Pet Lover is adorned with three useful peripheral attachments. The Nested Extension Wand adds a telescopic dimension for greater reach, a tubular Crevice Tool deals with corners, skirting boards and cushion gaps, and finally the small Dusting/Upholstery brush tackles sofas, blinds, shelves, curtains and fabrics. These all slot nicely on to the vacuum's Tool Caddy but, useful as they are, I often find myself touching somewhere inadvertently on the appliance only to see everything fall apart like Mr Potatohead.
One big drawback with this upright is the frustration met with cleaning the filter. Release of the dust cup is facile and fine. The difficulty arises when extracting dust and hair from the pleated filter within. The manufacturer's recommendation of brushing between the pleats seems to generate further debris and the task becomes akin to painting the Forth Bridge. Expulsion of debris from the outer dust cup however is simple and it is easily re-housed within the main body of the appliance with a satisfying click.
An important safety feature of this vacuum is the Thermal Cut Off facility. If the motor overheats then a special thermostat automatically switches off the appliance. Electrolux recommend that you follow troubleshooting procedures before attempting to resume - no sooner than 60 minutes after cut off. The clear and concise troubleshooting guide is found in the instruction manual. If the fault is still not resolved then there is a helpline number to call, albeit you will need to provide the model and serial number.
I bought this from Tesco and I thought I was getting quite a good cleaner as it was from the 'Electrolux' family. I have a wooden floor with quite a large rug and needed a cleaner that could cope with my Golden Retriever's long coat moults and also 2 cats that also occasionally moult. The vacuum cleaner is quite light and easy to handle. However, I think that is its plus side over with. I find myself having to empty it after only a couple of uses. When cleaning on hard wood floors it tends to blow the dust out of the back end (so to speak)! It also is very poor at picking up using the hosepipe - almost no suction at all. It works best on the rug or carpet but is quite rough on the fibres. When trying to clean the stairs it is quite difficult to manoeuvre and tends to fall over at the slightest 'pull' on the wire. It is now relegated to the back of the cupboard and I'm now using my husband's cylinder vacuum that he uses for work - a little Henry. Far better!!
Bought this about 3 years ago,only use for a small carpet area.Problems after 2 YRS with footswitch could not switch on if had been used in previous half an hour.Switch gave up ghost altogether 3 MTH AGO and put a piece of card to keep switch in on position.Today gave up the ghost all together with a "pop" and "spark"Says new part needed - 30-06.Down the tip ASAP.
Looking about for a new Vacuum cleaner for my new flat this product caught my eye. I have no pets but it was half price in BHS that day. Reduced from £130 to £65 what a bargain?
This product has however annoyed me since it was bought. That was two years ago and now and it has been binned even though it still works. One of the most annoying points is that the hose which pushes into the base of the cleaner will not stay in its socket as it keeps getting blown out of there. All the time it is in use you have to stop and push the hose back into its socket. Who ever designed this part of the cleaner must never have used it or done any testing on it at all as anyone who has used it can tell that it needs a latch or lock to hold the hose in place. The hose can be taken out to suck up lose items.
The bag less design means you can see when it is filling up and boy does it fill up fast. It seems to take up a awful lot of carpet fluff. When it has good suction the dust and fluff will be spinning around inside the see through hard plastic case that holds the dirt. If the dust and dirt is not spinning about inside the case it is not picking up any dirt. This happens after a few uses as the brushes beat the carpet within an inch of its useful life and the dirt box fills up so quickly because of that.
The filter needs to be cleaned every now and again or it will be blocked up. If it is not cleaned no suction is the result. Replacement of the filter after eighteen months was undertaken as it is when it could no longer be cleaned out and also as it stunk after an attempt to prolong its life by washing the filter out. A lingering small of very dirty socks when ever it was turned on means that washing the old filter out is not recommended
The new filter an be bought on e Bay for about 10 pounds. It will then extended the life of the cleaner.
It has a hand brush on the handle which you plug onto the end of the hose and it spins around but cannot find much to do with it. It also has a plastic extension tube that was never used connected to the side of the machine.
Another bad point is air blows out of the side of the brushes problems caused by then spinning around which on hard floors blows dirt all over the place. The brush height is adjustable for different surfaces. A good point is it never gets blocked up like the older designs used to. It has a long wire but the cleaner went over the wire and it was cut open by the brushing action leaving the copper in the wire showing so strong is the brushing action.
Overall an annoying design for a cleaner which should never have been passed for production. I now have a cleaner which just about picks up the crumbs on the floor and leaves the carpets where it should be on the floor and not in a vacuum cleaner.
I'm not quite sure what it is about hoovers in our house, but we seem to be buying a new one every couple of years, having done away with the previous one in some explosive fashion. I'm not exaggerating here, my husband actually did manage to explode one of our vacuum cleaners! One day you are happily hoovering away and then there is a bang and a horrible smell like rubber burning...Another one bites the dust!
So a few weeks ago, we decided to pop to Currys for our next victim... Seriously, I would love a vacuum cleaner that would last longer than 2 years! We were lucky because as we arrived instore, the staff had just received a delivery of new vacuum cleaners, so we had the pick of the lot. My hubby wanted a "Henry", but I wasn't keen on a bagged hoover. I wanted a bagless upright, because we are pretty "heavy duty" when it comes to mess. I have 3 kids who love eating crumby foods on the carpet, as well as a cat that is moulting at the moment. I have long blonde hair, which gets everywhere (am I going bald?), and tends to clog up normal vacuum cleaners.
After much deliberation, we decided our best option was the Electrolux Pet Lover vacuum cleaner. Firstly, it was relatively cheap, around £79. This was ideal because I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a cleaner considering our poor track record with them. I liked the shape of the cleaner, which was similar to my last cleaner, which was a Morphy Richards. This meant could get straight to work with the cleaning, because there was nothing unfamiliar or fiddly about the machine. It was a nice simple design. Also, because it was designed for pet owners, I knew it would make short work of all the hairs and bits in the carpet.
Once we got the box home, we found that the cleaner came in several parts, with instructions how to put it together. This was really easy. Even I could do it, and I have no clue when it comes to DIY! Putting it together also helps you appreciate how it all works.
The manual that comes with the cleaner is great, because it tells you everything you need to know about day to day use, such as emptying the bag, cleaning the filter and repairing the belt.
The cleaner is a dream to use, with variable settings for different depths of carpet. As you clean, the machine seems to pull itself (and you) accross the floor, so you can feel the suction power as it gets the carpet really clean and bit-free. There is a window on the base of the cleaner which enables you to see that the belt is turning properly, and for me, this is really useful and saves turning the whole cleaner over to check the belt.
The extension hose is easy to use and has different brush fittings for cleaning different surfaces. It also comes with a Turbo Nozzle with a "Riser Visor". This is a special cleaning brush nozzle which enables you to clean vertically or horizontally, but personally, I find it awkward to work with, and ironically, the brush does not spin when clogged up with hair! This seems silly for a cleaner that is supposed to be designed to hoover up hair.
Emptying the cleaner is easy, with a one touch system that empties the bin with the touch of a button. the cleaner is so effective that the bin fills up very quickly, and I usually need to empty it every 10 days or so. More fiddly is the filter. It is a concertina type reuseable filter, which is, firstly, really trick to get at due to a stiff release mechanism, and secondly, tricky to clean, as there is no brush supplied to get between the gaps. you really need to clean the filter after each use to keep it working at optimum efficiency, but that is not really practical. I tend to only clean mine when it is impeding the performance of the cleaner.
The cleaner comes with a generous 7.3m cord. This is enough for me to clean all the bedrooms in my house without unplugging the hoover and changing plugs. The only bugbear about this is having to spend ages winding it round and round after each use.
In summary, this is a great little cleaner with a lot of power. Cleaning is good, although the cleaner doesn't go right to the edge of the carpet, but you can use the nozzle for that. Bin emptying is a breeze, the filter is a bit of a pain, and the Riser Visor is a waste of time. Lets just hope my hubby doesnt explode it any time soon!
Features: Bagless cyclonic, 2.5l dust capacity, washable filter, 7.3m cord, Hose reach 2.1m, 1800 Watt.
I had a dyson for many years and thought nothing could compare to it, i was wrong. I have 2 cats and find that their fur gets everywhere and i wanted a hoover that would help with this problem, so i bought this hoover. When i first used it i couldn't believe how much fur and dirt came out of my carpet, even though they were relitivley new.
The hoover has on board tools, one wich i use on my sofas and curtains that i find works wonders to suck up unwanted pet hair, the extendable hose is great for hoovering the stairs and the hoover is light and easy to carry up and down the stairs (wich is ideal as i live in a 3 storey house)
I have had the hoover around 2 years and the suction has not gone once, i have had to buy replacement bands but they are cheap and only have to be replaced once every 6 months. I clean the filter every week wich is very easy to do and keeps the hoover working properly. I'm glad i changed from the dyson to the vitessee, even though the dyson was a great hoover the vitesse is so much better and costs a fraction of the price of a dyson.
I bought this for £16 plus £11 postage from the Ebay shop Direct Vacuums, and I think it is one of the best bargains I have ever had! It was an auction, so I think I got particularly lucky though.
Unlike other reviewers, mine came almost assembled - I just had to put on the top handle part. It was a "graded" product, so had some light cosmetic damage, but at that price who cares???
It works a treat on carpets, hoovers up all manner of rubbish and bits of stuff which end up on the floor. And as it says, it is very good for pet hair - even hair which has been pushed down into the carpet is hoovered up, so I'm delighted with it.
It's not so great on hard floors, but I have such a small area of hard floor that I just brush it, so I don't feel I'm missing out from this function - I've never used a hoover on hard floors before.
I have noticed that the tube for the attachments tends to pop out of its holder occasionally, which blows dust around, but that doesn't bother me too much.
The hoover is easy to use, it glides around easily with not too much effort, and I don't find it too heavy. The stair brush is good, although I don't have stairs it is useful for getting into corners. The only gripe is that the on/off switch is operated by foot and is stuck under the cable tidy/attachment hose so isn't as easy to get at as it could be.
All in all, I'm over the moon with this purchase, particularly given the bargain I got. I would recommend this to pet lovers, especially those with carpets, but before you pay high street price, try Ebay.
We bought this hoover from Asda having just moved into our first flat and regretted it straight away. Firsly, you have to put it together yourself which took quite a long time and was, I thought, quite un-necessary. As soon as we switched it on the vents at the front started blowing the dust we were trying to hoover up away from the hoover (we have wooden floors). The only way to counter this was to invent a new manouvere whereby you have the cleaner facing the other way from the dust and you turn around quickly to get it. A dust ambush! It seems a little strange that this hoover has been branded a "Pet Lover" as I would imagine pet hair is just as likely to be blown about the place by this useless cleaner as dust is, unless they mean that your pet would love having its hair everywhere? They forgot to put that part on the box. I would suggest buying a £25 Sainsburys own brand vacuum cleaner as we now have unless you want to spend the rest of your life hoovering.
The picture shows red but the model I have is blue.
We have two cats, the little darlings, and around 12 months ago, when our previous cleaner finally gave up the ghost, this machine with the words 'pet lover' caught my eye in Tesco for £59.99.
They had a model on display and it looked aesthetically pleasing in white and blue so I picked up a box. Said box was surprisingly small so I had a suspicion that the vacuum was self assembly. When I got home and unpacked it, my fears were well founded. Neatly packed in blocks of cardboard, and in no particular order were,
2 long screws and 5 short screws,
A base (the piece in contact with the floor),
A dust cup with lid and filter,
A long handle,
A tool caddy,
A rear housing,
A hose retainer,
A bendy hose,
A wand (not magic),
A crevice tool,
A stair brush,
A dusting brush.
For older members, it is more fun to read the above as if they were passing by on the conveyor belt on The Generation Game. Sorry, I digress.
Let me say at this point, if you do not own a Phillips screwdriver then you can't really progress any further. Some products supply a screwdriver in the package but not in this case.
As a guide for any potential purchaser, there are nine steps to follow to assemble this cleaner with illustrations to assist. I won't bore you with the ins and outs here but the instructions were adequate although I still found it a quite time-consuming and onerous task and possibly beyond the scope of some.
With beads of sweat running down my forehead, I eventually finished the assembly. The bendy hose fits via a U shaped slot, then over a hook in the handle and through another U shaped slot into the base. Try as I might it kept popping out of the one side and still does to this day!
So what does this do?
It is an upright bagless cyclonic vacuum (a cheaper Dyson effectively) and to operate you press a blue foot pedal at the base to release and pull the handle back to a comfortable position. The on/off button is again located at the base.
On the front at the bottom is a blue dial to adjust the height setting. It varies from short pile, hard floor, two intermediate settings, then long pile. If the cleaner is hard to push, move it to the next highest setting.
The wand and crevice tool is attached to the end of the bendy hose for cleaning nooks and crannies. The stair brush is like a mini vacuum with its own brush and belt and fits on the end of the hose for cleaning stairs.
A quick release lever frees the dust cup and the lid twists off for emptying. Full instructions on cleaning the dust filter is in the manual.
Personal observations.
The cable length is around 7 metres but it has an annoying tendency to twist and wrap around itself which makes it difficult to wrap around the machine when cleaning is finished. Now effectively about 3m!!
It has a 1700W motor which is adequate though noisy.
I find it quite cumbersome and heavy especially when negotiating stairs.
Suction is no better than comparable models and I haven't found that it picks up pet hairs any more effectively than non pet lover machines.
The capacity of the cup is 2.4L and is best emptied regularly to avoid blockage in the tube.
The stair brush I actually found to be poor.
The tools fit neatly on the machine even though that hose keeps popping off.
There's a huge trouble-shooting guide at the end of the manual and though I haven't had to use it, there's plenty that could go wrong. The item also comes with a spare belt to fit around the motor should the original wear / stretch.
Overall it's an OK vacuum but I can't really enthuse about it. Sorry.
With a powerful 1800w motor for super suction, the lightweight Vitesse Pet Lover delivers a great cleaning performance, especially for those people with pets / It comes with an additional rotating turbo nozzle with Riser Visor / Short name: Electrolux Z4706AZ


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In the _Pali Primer_, Lesson 6, the following sentence is given for translation:
"Vaa.nijaa gaame manussaana.m pi.takehi macche aaharanti."
The answers to this lesson translate it thus:
"The merchants bring fish in baskets to villages for the people."
Could this also be translated as:
"The merchants bring fish in men's baskets to the village."
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Mattel passes along a look at their latest Masters of the Universe Classics action figure: Battle Armor He-Man. Matty writes:
Just got in early packaged samples of the first variant of He-Man in his all new Battle Armor!
He-Man comes with removable chest armor with a pop out chest plate. Just snape in any one of the three chest plates to recreate the look of the spinning armor mechanism from the vintage toy. This toy does not feature a spinning tumble, but does include all three chest plates - standard, one smash, and my personal favorite, two smashes!
He also comes with his heroic Battle Axe just like in the famous painting of Battle Armor He-Man on top of Battle Cat. (anyone have the art book?)
And speaking of Battle Cat. We just got samples of him in package too, but the corners are all bent up. Bleh. We'll try to fix it up and make it photo ready and get that up soon too. The final toy will obvioulsy have a perfect package. (or as close as possible!)
Battle Armor He-Man goes on sale January 15th, only on MattyCollector.com. He is a "bonus" figure and is not included in the 2010 Club Eternia subscription. Gets your before he rides away!


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Another day and another Australian leads the New Zealand Open at Clearwater.
Daniel Fox holed out on the 18th late this afternoon to claim an unlikely one-shot lead as he signed for a three-under 69.
The West Australian 36-year-old is just ahead of compatriots Ryan Haller and amateur Jake Higginbottom, who share second place at two-under the card at the Christchurch open.
Late during the second round, the name at the top of the leaderboard changed numerous times, but Fox's finish to his round put him in pole position heading in to the weekend.
He produced a birdie on 16, parred the 17th and then finished his round with an eagle as his nine iron from 131 metres found the hole.
"I got really lucky, I guess," he said of the wonder shot. "I hit a good shot but for it to go in was ridiculous, really. I was just happy to get over the water and over the bunker and just have a putt at it for birdie and it went in. Very lucky ... The rough here's still not long enough that it can jump. I was between eight and nine and I thought I'll just hit a nine iron and it came off perfect. I've been playing it good in practice rounds. I pulled it a bit."
Fox, who has spent most of the year playing pro-ams, said it was nice to be called in for a press conference due to his success.
"Nice to be here, finally. I normally see everyone else walking in for a chat. I always wondered what it looked like. It's nice," he joked.
Leading a national open is the biggest moment of his career and he said the Clearwater greens had been tough to predict today (fri).
"That course just makes you play honest golf all the way through and I think that's probably why the scores are what they are. It's tough to make putts on those greens. They're quite large and it's not easy getting close to it so if you make a lot of 25-footers you could probably shoot five, six or seven under."
Only 10 players are under the card after two rounds and the cut line was at seven over and 68 players, including six amateurs, will contest the weekend.
It was surprising to see so few players under the card given how much the wind died down during the afternoon, which made conditions ideal for low scores.
Those players who played this afternoon also had the best of the weather yesterday during the first round and they rode their luck in the sun today.
Of the Kiwi contingent, Ryan Fox, Gareth Paddison and Mathew Perry are part of a logjam in equal fourth at one-under the card.
Round one leader Craig Hancock fired a three-over 75 to also be at one-under, while New Zealanders Mahal Pearce, Brad Shilton and Peter Spearman-Burn are tied for 11th at even par.
Pearce was the last Kiwi to win the Open when he triumphed at Middlemore in 2003 and there's plenty of contenders who could break New Zealand's lengthy drought in their own tournament.
Ryan Fox shared the same thoughts as his namesake with regards to the greens and said the pin placements had added a further level of complexity.
"There was some tough pin placements today for sure and our whole group, we were talking about it coming down 18, that the greens here are really tough to read. They roll really, really well but because the grass on them's quite dark it's really hard to pick and learn and they can be quiet still."


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Business column: Don't let age discrimination hinder your job search
November 16, 2012
After several interviews, Joe was still unemployed. "It's maddening," he said. "The phone never rings. I know I'm a qualified candidate and I've done all the right things. I just can't get that job offer."
"Let's pinpoint the problem, I suggested. "What are we missing?"
"I think I know what it is," Joe said.
"Really, what?" I asked.
He pointed to his head. "Too much snow on the roof."
I glanced up at a neatly coifed head of white hair. His candid response made me chuckle but I knew his tongue-in-cheek pronouncement was no laughing matter. Joe was talking about age discrimination.
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The word "discrimination" makes us squirm, like scraping fingernails across a chalkboard. Even though the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission protects workers against all types of discrimination, it still exists and yes, it's hard to prove. Age discrimination usually begins by age 40, but sometimes earlier. There are a few reasons why employers discriminate against older workers. More experience usually commands a higher salary; there's potential for higher health care costs; there is fear that an older worker will be "stuck in their ways." Employers bristle at the thought of breaking old habits. Stereotyping? Maybe. But if you're in this predicament, it's up to you to present yourself as a worthy competitor against younger counterparts.
Consider these tips:
Resume and application: Eliminate all age references on your resume. No dates for school attendance, graduation or military service. Limit work history to 10 years, in some cases 15 years is acceptable. Don't shoot yourself in the foot by attempting to show off your lofty experience. Employers will do the math. It's illegal to include any age inquiries on the job application. Individuals over the age of 40 are in a protected class. Know your rights.
Salary: Provide a range to satisfy salary inquiries instead of boxing yourself into a specific number. Unless otherwise stated, use "open" or "willing to negotiate." Know the salary standards that pertain to you. Take all things into consideration, including the employer's vantage point. Are there likely to be a lot of candidates? Is this job opening rare in your locality? Who might your competition be? Is there a benefit package included? When negotiating salary allow for wiggle room but stay competitive.
Health: You are not required to disclose health information to an employer unless it relates directly to the job. Do not do so voluntarily. Never ask questions pertaining to health benefits during an interview. Consider this: the vitality you display is worth a thousand words. Be energetic and enthusiastic but also genuine. Stay fit. Exercise helps with weight control and it elevates mood as well. It can change your outlook and attitude. Make it part of your routine.
Keep current: Keep current with trending technology and new techniques. What's happening in your industry today? Be prepared to discuss these topics in an interview. Network with existing workers in the field. Read the latest publications. Change happens rapidly. Employers want people who fit into today's environment. Do you?
Mirror, mirror on the wall: Job seekers have colored their hair, crash dieted and some have even undergone cosmetic surgery to appear more youthful. The latter is a bit drastic, I agree. But find a middle ground. Take a look in the mirror. If you haven't updated your look in the last 20 years, consider making some changes. A fresh haircut, clean-shaven face, a splash of makeup or an updated ensemble can make all the difference with minimal effort. If help is needed, consult a fashion-savvy individual, perhaps a department store clerk or friend. Consignment shops offer decent options to avoid overspending. Bring your style current ladies and gentlemen. It matters.
Company culture: In order to determine if you are a good fit, research company culture. What is the average age of the employee population? What can you bring to the table? Are you familiar with practices and philosophies applied here? Who is on the management team? What about management style? An informational interview might help with these questions. Be informed, not blindsided.
If you need to file a claim because you have been the victim of age discrimination documentation is key. This applies to current workers who are marginalized due to age or other discriminating factors. You can file a complaint at: http://www.eeoc.gov. This website will guide you through the process.
– Gloria Sinibaldi is a career professional who has worked in the employment field for more than 20 years. She is a trainer coach and job developer. Email questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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| Read "Fight to preserve Joe Frazier's Gym illustrates shifts in historic conservation attitudes"
| Read "At least 1,750 sites removed from the National Register of Historic Places since 1970"
Los Angeles, its modern rise to world-class city steeped in Spanish mission roots, has brushed over many of its multicultural landmarks.
Until now.
A broad survey being conducted throughout the city is unearthing vast historic resources within its diverse neighborhoods.
"Certainly, one of the goals of Survey Los Angeles and community outreach has been to identify historic places associated with the rich heritage of Los Angeles and diverse communities," said Ken Bernstein, director of the city Office of Historic Resources.
The Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey, central to the city's first comprehensive historic preservation effort, is looking beyond just the big stuff.
The $5 million SurveyLA, launched four years ago courtesy of a Getty Foundation grant, wants the nitty gritty about L.A.'s broad heritage.
And that means looking for landmarks that also tell the stories of its black, Latino and Asian communities.
This spring, the office will survey Pacoima, a historically black neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley now devoid of landmarks.
"You'd think there would be a landmark, but there's not," said the Rev. Zedar Broadous, of Pacoima, whose father, civic activist and pastor Hillary T. Broadous, founded Calvary Baptist Church in 1955.
The city survey has recently identified sites associated with minorities. Those include, for example:
• The site in South Los Angeles off Crenshaw Boulevard, where bonzai landscaping and Japanese designs survive long past the Japanese-American residents who created them.
• The affluent Sugar Hill neighborhood of West Adams, where black celebrities such as Hattie McDaniel once stood up against racially restrictive real estate covenants.
• The Motel Hacienda, a $3-a-night dive on Figueroa Street where soul singer Sam Cooke met his bloody end.
But in the Valley, local, state and federal landmarks have long favored Mission-era or postwar sites associated with white suburbia.
Of the city's 1,012 historic landmarks, only three pertain to the working-class Northeast Valley: the San Fernando Mission; an equestrian neighborhood in Sun Valley; and the First Los Angeles Cascades, where William Mulholland's first waters gushed into Sylmar a century ago this year.
Then there's Griffith Ranch, commemorated by a state brass marker heralding where silent film pioneer D.W. Griffith drew inspiration for "The Birth of a Nation," (1915) which glorified the Ku Klux Klan.
SurveyLA now seeks public input on other historic sites across the city at myhistoricla.org.
"Most of the Valley (historic) sites I wouldn't call in underserved communities," Bernstein said. "But we'll get there."
African-Americans in Pacoima point to the once-robust black community once excluded from buying or renting homes elsewhere across the Valley.
They hail Greater Community Missionary Baptist Church, the granddaddy of black Valley churches.
They hail Styles Ville Barber Shop & Beauty Salon, the region's oldest black barber shop and gathering spot for more than half a century.
They hail the homes of black actors William Marshall, Don Blackman and Albert Reed, who each once lived in Pacoima.
Or the headquarters of civic activists like the late Marie Harris, which some say deserve landmark status. For decades, the honorary mayor of Pacoima held teenage pageants, political fundraisers, expos and even helped launch the Valley secession movement at her home on Welk Avenue.
"It's because of the incredible significance, unselfish contributions she made to this community," said daughter Rolene Naveja, 65, who lives in the home. "This house was established as the social showplace of the community."


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What a fabulous place. Plenty of room for a couple of families, we had 5 adults and 5 kids with us on our stay and there was plenty of room. The kitchen is quite good with the way it is set out would love to have it at home. the bathroom is huge which was a plus, the only bad point with the house was that the en-suite toilet was a little on the small side. Launching and retrieving the boat from the boat ramp was very easy ( ours is 4.25m), you just have to watch the rocks in the creek there is plenty of them so take your time to learn the creek a little bit, stay to the north side of the creek in front of the houses, sand is softer then rock. The fishing was pretty good with plenty of yabby banks around. Plenty of crabs but just watch your pots as the current flow is pretty quick on the bigger tides. If your not into fishing, Hervey Bay is only 15 minutes drive down the road if you would like to do some shopping or just topping up on goods, Goodies pub is 2 k's down the road as well and does pretty good meals. I would take some drinking water with you as well, the house is on tank water, which is normally fine but it had a taint to it so we only used it after we boiled it, other wise i can not speak highly enough of the place and we will be coming back very soon. Enjoy your stay.
- Review Submitted: Jan 01, 2013
- Date of Stay: Dec 2012


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Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Droxidopa on Orthostatic Hypotension Treatment in Hemodialysis Patients (OH)
This study has been terminated.
TSH Biopharm Corporation Limited
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
TSH Biopharm Corporation Limited
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: June 1, 2012
Last updated: March 11, 2013
Last verified: March 2013
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Orthostatic hypotension is a major complication of hemodialysis and interferes with everyday activities in hemodialysis patients. Since information regarding the use of droxidopa in clinical trials relating to orthostatic hypotension of chronic hemodialysis patients is limited in Taiwan, this study is designed for evaluation the efficacy and safety profile of droxidopa on orthostatic hypotension treatment / prevention in hemodialysis patients.
|Orthostatic Hypotension
|Drug: Droxidopa Drug: Placebo
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Double-blind, Randomized and Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine (Droxidopa) on Orthostatic Hypotension Treatment in Hemodialysis Patients
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Dialysis Low Blood Pressure
Drug Information available for: DroxidopaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by TSH Biopharm Corporation Limited:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in mean ΔSBP after hemodialysis [ Time Frame: from Week 0 (visit 1-3) to Week 4 (visit 13-15) ]ΔSBP = supine SBP (right before standing up) - nadir standing SBP
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Adverse event,Serious adverse event [ Time Frame: from week 0 to week 5 ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Droxidopa, antihypotensive drug, tablet
Drug: Droxidopa
200mg/tab 2tablets, po, three times a week
|Placebo Comparator: placebo, tablet
Drug: Placebo
200mg/tab, po, three times a week.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female or male aged great than 20 years of age
- Patient with at least 3 month documented requirement of regular hemodialysis session
- Patient with a decrease of 20 mmHg in SBP or 10 mmHg in DBP within 5 minutes of standing after the end of hemodialysis in at least 2 of 3 sessions during the screening period.
- Subject with subjective complain of light headedness related to the orthostatic hypotension AND with a VAS score 4 in at least 2 of 3 sessions during the screening period.
- Willing and able to comply with the study procedure and sign a written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Female who is pregnant, lactating or planning to be pregnant within 3 months, or female of childbearing potential who is not using medically recognized method of contraception
- Subject with closed angle glaucoma
- Subject with severe hypertension
- Subject with liver disorder
- Subject with Hct great than 36%
- Subject with confusion, hallucination, or delusion
- Subject with severe disease which may limit survival during the study period, or confound the results of the study as judged by the investigator, such as hyperthyroidism, artery stenosis, severe lung disorders, severe asthma, chronic open angle glaucoma, uncontrolled diabetic gangrene
- Subject who takes any anti-hypotensive drugs within 7 days prior to randomization, such as midodrine, etilefrine or amezinium
- Subject who takes ephedrine, pseudoephedrine within 7 days prior to randomization
- Subject who use of any investigational product within 4 weeks prior to randomization
- Subject who requires blood transfusions within 3 months before screening, and are not suitable to participate the trial as judged by the investigator
- Histories of hypersensitive to droxidopa
- Histories of peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease and are not suitable to participate the trial as judged by the investigator
- Histories of hemorrhage complication within 3 months before the screening visit, such as GI bleeding, intracranial bleeding or traumatic hemorrhage, and are not suitable to participate the trial as judged by the investigator
- In investigator's opinion, subjects who are unlikely to adequately cooperate and follow the procedures
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01612078
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01612078
|Taipei Medical University Hospital
|Taipei, Taiwan
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TSH Biopharm Corporation Limited
|Principal Investigator:
|Mai-Szu Wu
|Taipei Medical University Hospital
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|TSH Biopharm Corporation Limited
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01612078 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 1, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 11, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypotension, Orthostatic
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Orthostatic Intolerance
Primary Dysautonomias
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Antiparkinson Agents
Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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HOUSE prices in Winchester have risen by more than a fifth since the financial crisis, according to a new report.
The average asking price for a house in the city was £446,421 in August - a rise of 21 per cent since the pre-crash peak in May 2008 and a stark contrast to the countywide increase of 4.2 per cent.
Across Hampshire the average price was £283,217 according to the report by property website Rightmove.
The figures highlight Winchester's social housing problem with 2,109 households on the waiting list - many of whom will wait up to ten years.
City Councillor Chris Pines said the city's younger generation have been forced to live elsewhere.
"For years we have had a really difficult problem for young people who have been brought up in the area," he said. "They've spent their whole lives living in Winchester but when it comes to finding their own accommodation, they have to move away. They lose all the support from parents and relatives.
"Houses are being bought up as investment properties. You've got ex-council properties now going for £250,000 and that's totally ludicrous."
The rules that stipulate that councils must charge rent at 80 per cent of market prices is also having an effect in Winchester.
Cllr Pines added: "The idea with affordable housing is it's up to 80 per cent of the market prices. That's OK in Gosport but round here it's enormous prices. They're totally unacceptable at any level, age or income. That's having a profound effect on the community. It puts young people in a tremendously difficult position.
"We've got to move away from 'affordable housing' and towards 'social housing'. We may have to start looking at greenfield sites [to accommodate the numbers] which is totally opposite to the city's planning policy but that may be the bullet we have to bite."
John Leeson, managing director of Belgarum Estate Agents, said the figures indicate a strong demand for properties in the area and believes it will continue.
"With the likelihood that interest rates remain unchanged this year we fully expect that the demand for properties in and around Winchester to continue," he said. "This year has seen a rise to well in excess of the pre-crisis peak which is certainly not the case in other areas in Hampshire and some other parts of the UK. August has been a quieter month seasonally, as it historically is, and we expect September to be an excellent month for sales."
George Clarendon, partner at Knight Frank estate agents, said the city is simply following the basic law of supply and demand.
"Winchester has certainly continued to buck the trend; you only have to open your weekend newspaper and Winchester is mentioned pretty consistently," he said. "Some people think it's very expensive, sometimes to its detriment, but I think it's due to its quality of life.
"It brings a diversity of buyers, with its culture, very much like Oxford for example, and its proximity to London is such a draw. There's a very cosmopolitan feel to it and that's helped put it on the map.
"People are prepared to pay these prices whether they are down-sizing or those coming down from London.
He added: "For buyers low down the chain it's going to be more difficult getting onto the housing ladder but your vendors are going to be happy with these prices."
Cllr Ian Tait, portfolio holder for housing services, said the number of households on the list had dropped from 3,635 in March 2013 to 2,109 today. The council has removed hundreds of people with little or no local connection or housing need. "It now means with more than 2,000 households with clear housing need and real local connections."


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The tour, which is organized by the Home Builders Association of Fort Wayne, features 32 homes around Allen County, eight villas, one subdivision and one specialty retailer.
"We tried to change it up a bit," Charlie Giese, Home Builders Association president, said of this year's tour. "We wanted to offer more than just homes."
Vendors won't be in every tour home. To find them, look for their names in a bright, yellow box on individual homes' pages in the Town & Country home tour guide book.
One in-home vendor will be Wabash Electric, which will have staff at Lancia Homes' Wilshire III house at 15360 Cypress Pointe Drive, off West County Line Road north of Indiana 14.
Wabash Electric staff hope to help people with questions about lighting, and there is a lot of confusion, said Lisa Tallman, one of the company's lighting consultants.
Regulations intended to encourage more energy efficiency have phased out manufacture of traditional incandescent bulbs and forced people to think differently about what size and type of bulb to use.
"It's not about the wattage, it's about the lumen output," Tallman said of how consumers should judge the brightness of new bulbs.
People basically have three options, Tallman said:
*Replacement incandescent bulbs: These actually are made with more energy-efficient halogen bulbs, so a 72-watt bulb has the same light output as the old, 100-watt incandescent bulb. The replacement bulbs have the same color as the old bulbs, work in dimmer switches but typically last only 1,200 to 1,500 hours.
*Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL): These bulbs are energy efficient and work well indoors, but they take longer to reach brightness in cool temperatures, such as a basement, and don't work as well outdoors or with darkness-sensing photo cells. You can buy a dimmable version, but it is more expensive than a regular CFL. These bulbs typically last about 10,000 hours in good conditions.
*LED bulbs: These bulbs currently are the most energy efficient. Manufacturers have made rapid progress so today's designs resemble traditional incandescent bulbs. They come in colors from warmer to cooler, but they don't last long in tight or hot spaces because the heat ruins the computer electronics in the base of the bulb. LED bulbs are more expensive than the other two bulb options, but they can last about 25,000 hours. Cheap LED bulbs may not last as long, however, because they may contain lower-quality technical components. It also may take a residential user up to five years in energy savings to recover the initial investment in the cost of an LED bulb.People building a new home or planning a major remodeling should allow $2 per square foot for the cost of new lighting fixtures and bulbs, Tallman said. She also recommended people speak with a lighting consultant early in the planning process to establish a base lighting budget.
Current trends in lighting include a retro look featuring lots of clear glass with chrome fixtures, she said. Crystal fixtures in a contemporary design also are popular.
"You have the bling of the crystal, but in a very contemporary look," she noted.
People also have been treating each room as a separate space, Tallman said, so light fixtures don't have to match throughout the house.
To see some of the new styles, go to http://www.wabashlighting.com.
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Tour detailsWhat: Thirty-two homes, eight villas, one subdivision and one specialty retailer will be featured on the annual Town & Country New Home and Special Retail Tour. At some homes, you also will be able to speak to a representative from a vendor specializing in heating and cooling, flooring, lighting, financing, and other home needs.
When: Noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and May 4-5
Where: Locations around Allen County. For directions, use the guide book inserted last week in The News-Sentinel; go to www.fortwayne.com and scroll down to the link for the tour; or get one from free publications racks at Kroger, Scott's and Walmart stores.
Cost: Free admission.


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Importance of Good Ventilation
Ventilation: The modern concept of ventilation implies not only the replacement of vitiated air by a supply of fresh outdoor air, but also control of the quality of incoming air with regard to its temperature, humidity and purity with a view to provide a thermal environment that is comfortable and free from risk of infection.
Requirement of air: Usually, the standards of ventilation have been based on the efficiency of ventilation in removing body odor.
1. Cubic space – Standards for the minimal fresh air that is advocated by different workers range from 300 to 3,000 cubic ft. per hour per person.


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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
It is possible that the main title of the report Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis is not the name you expected.
General Discussion
The lung is composed of millions of tiny air sacs (alveoli) with very thin walls that allow oxygen in the air we breathe to pass through into the blood. Surfactant is a natural substance consisting of fat (mostly phospholipids) and a small amount of protein made in alveoli. Normally, a thin layer of surfactant present on the surface of alveoli helps them stay open. This allows air to come in and out as we breathe. Once used, surfactant is removed (cleared) from alveoli by cells called alveolar macrophages. This helps prevent surfactant from building up too much. Alveolar macrophages require a protein called granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to maintain a normal surfactant level in alveoli (a process called surfactant homeostasis).
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a syndrome, a set of symptoms and signs and not just a single disease, in which surfactant slowly builds up in alveoli. This blocks air from entering alveoli and oxygen from passing through into the blood, which results in a feeling of breathlessness (dyspnea). Research has greatly improved our understanding of the diseases that cause PAP and how to identify (diagnose) and treat them. Diseases that cause PAP can occur in men, women, and children of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and geographic locations. Disease severity varies from mild to severe and depends on which disease is present. Thus, it is important to know which disease is causing PAP in order to determine the best therapy and expected treatment response. Diseases that cause PAP can be grouped into three categories: primary PAP, secondary PAP, and congenital PAP (more accurately called disorders of surfactant production).
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Dozens of Student-Athletes Make WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll
59 of Pepperdine's student-athletes that compete in the WCC had at least a 3.0 GPA.
Track at UC Irvine Invitational (3/23/2013
Stephen Wandzura's photos of the Waves in action at UC Irvine.
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2013: Ran at seven of eight track meets as a freshman ... Ran the 400 meters five times (best of 67.28 at Pomona-Pitzer on 4/13) and the 400-meter hurdles six times (best of 73.84 at Pomona-Pitzer).
PEPPERDINE XC 2012: Saw action at three races as a freshman ... Posted a 5k best of 25:03.9 at the UC Riverside Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from the Tempe (Ariz.) Preparatory Academy in 2012 ... Ran three years on the track varsity, specializing in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles and the 400 meters ... As a senior at the Division IV state meet, placed fifth in the 300m hurdles and sixth in the 100m hurdles ... Her school won a Division IV state championship in 2011 and was runner-up in 2012 ... Also lettered in soccer ... Graduated summa cum laude.
PERSONAL: Born in Mesa, Ariz. ... Daughter of Ike and Arlene Ortiz ... Has three siblings: Allen, Gab and Cristina ... Majoring in sports medicine ... Chose Pepperdine because "I liked the approach to faith, the love of learning and our calling to help others. I wanted small classes and good relationships with my classmates and teachers. I'm really excited for the sports medicine major."
FAVORITES: Enjoys hiking, going to the beach, volunteering and being outside ... Favorites are Lolo Jones, Larry Fitzgerald and Sanya Richards-Ross (athletes), San Diego Chargers and Arizona Cardinals (pro teams), The Chosen and My Antonia (books), Charmed and Castle (TV shows), Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Marina and the Diamonds and Mumford and Sons (musical artists), trail mix, angelcots and mangoes (food) and soccer, volleyball and weightlifting (sports other than running) ... Favorite things about running are "I love challenging myself and seeing improvement, and I also love being part of a tam that supports each other."


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If you're planning to attend the Smart Cards in Government Meeting which takes place from November 27th through the 29th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, why don't you take a look at our conveniently located Dupont Circle B&B? The Convention Center is just a short Metro ride away from our lovely and personable hotel in Washington dc.
Our Bed & Breakfast in DC is located in the Dupont Circle area and offers complimentary breakfast and Wireless Internet with every reservation. So when planning your Washington, DC trip itinerary, consider us as your best B&B to stay in Washington DC.
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UC Santa Cruz's Evie Borchard took 121st at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., on Saturday.
The sophomore, who took sixth at the West Region last week, ran the 6k course in 22:54.8 to finish in the front half of a 277-runner field.
Christy Cazzola, a senior at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, won in 20:53.3. She was the only runner to break 21 minutes.
In the men's race, UCSC's Tyler Hoyt took 139th. The Slugs junior finished the 8k course in 25:56.5. A week earlier, he took 11th at the West Region.
Tim Nelson of University of Wisconsin-Stout finished in 24:26.8 to cross the finish line first in the 280-runner field.
Both Borchard and Hoyt were named runners of the year by the Association of Division III Independents on Wednesday.
Slugs senior Jessica Meyer was also named to the women's first team. UCSC senior Jennifer Contreras was named to the second team.
Hoyt was joined by sophomore teammate Theron Carmichael on the men's first team.


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Phonics Jumbles: Long Vowel Patterns
This jumbled word activity teaches your child to unscramble words and phrases online. The Phonics Jumbles online game aims to enhance your child's ability to understand long vowel spelling patterns in a fun and interactive way, which assists both spelling and reading ability.
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Each time they play, a variety of words and phrases are scrambled up, leaving kids to recognise and then identify the word before typing it in correctly.
This activity loads in 10 sets of words or phrases, so your child must complete all of them before moving on to the next stage.
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Calling All Maintenance & Reliability Professionals
Kathy | September 1, 2007
This year's SMRP Conference takes place October 7-10, in Louisville, KY. You have two very important reasons for attending this event—staying current and networking!
In today's environment of ever-increasing competition, we constantly must move forward and keep up-to-date on the latest technical and/or managerial innovations of our particular professions. "Stay current, move forward or die," (metaphorically) is pretty much the way it is throughout industry these days.
The 2007 SMRP Conference features a multitude of outstanding workshops, speakers, panels, exhibitors and plant tours that can help you do just that with regard to almost every facet of maintenance and reliability. In fact, when it comes to the types of ideas and insights that are helping fuel our profession, it wouldn't be too much of an overstatement to say that if you can't find it at the 2007 SMRP Conference, it probably doesn't exist. That said, you actually might find it difficult to decide exactly which workshops or presentations to attend once you arrive; there are just so many from which to choose. This conference is a true plethora of opportunities—all in one place, at one time.
In addition to the technical and managerial know-how you can find and embrace at an annual SMRP Conference, the networking is outstanding. Today, none of us are smart enough to keep up with all the new developments within our areas of interest and/or responsibility, or to do everything ourselves. We must rely on others. Therefore, the more resources we can engage and have access to in our daily activities, the better chance we have for success.
Typically attracting approximately 1000 attendees, annual SMRP Conferences are the perfect place to create new contacts, re-establish old contacts and reinforce your personal and corporate support system of resources. My experience is that I learn just as much from the informal conversations and meetings as I do from the formal presentations. Again, these conferences seem to offer far more networking opportunities than any one person can take full advantage of. My advice is to simply do the best you can—go into the conference with the express intent to maximize your networking.
There is any number of other good reasons to attend the 2007 SMRP Conference. You can contribute to the growing professionalism of the organization and to the growing organization of the profession. You also can sit for the SMRPCO exam to become a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP). There also will be great entertainment on tap, not to mention great food and beverage, even a great reception at the legendary Louisville Slugger bat factory. When you couple these reasons with your strong desire to stay current as a knowledgeable maintenance and reliability person and enlarge and strengthen your network of resources, you will see why it's so important to register now for this year's event. It's quick and easy. Please go to http://www.smrp. org/Conference/2007/index.htm for complete conference details and online registration.
Without a doubt, the 2007 SMRP Conference will be an outstanding event. You and your associates should consider it as one of those "must attend" best bets for your professional development!
I look forward to seeing you in Louisville


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Greetings all,
Today is Uposatha day and I took the Eight Precepts this morning. I know I've messed some things up, but I haven't broken the first five precepts. I've been sitting on the floor, except when my parents took me out to eat. I've only eaten one meal, at which I did drink root beer, but after that it was nothing but water. When we got home, there were two packages of Dhamma books waiting on me. I opened them up, looked over the books and put them on my shelf with the others. I did accidentally get unmindful and popped in a chanting CD, immediately realized "Oh crap!" and took it out, but on top of that, I, again unmindfully, sat down on the bed, but jumped back up. I've been on the computer, only looking at Buddhist things and talking with the outside world, but not about sexual matters. And, tonight, I'm going to be sleeping on the floor. But I gotta tell you, this sitting on the floor is getting really uncomfortable. I don't have anything for substantial back support and there aren't any plain chairs in my room. This is my first time ever taking the Eight Precepts, and I've done my best, but I know I've still fuddled some things up. I think I read in another thread that breaking the latter three precepts doesn't bring any harm? I do feel guilty about the things I've done accidentally. Any advice on all of this would be much appreciated.


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Last year my brother and I drove up to Indy for Game 6 of the ECFs. Incredible.
This year we're bringing the whole crew: My wife and I, my brother and his wife, my parents, and my other brother. Seven of us will drive in Friday evening, watch the game, and then drive back to my parent's house in Cincinnati.
Where do you recommend we buy tickets? Where should we sit? Where should we park?
Recommendations welcome.


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Primary Stages presents Solo Train: An Evening of Solo Performers by emerging artists guided by renowned actress and Emmy Award-winning writer Judy Gold (The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom, "The Rosie O'Donnell Show"), Thursday, January 24 at 7PM and 9PM at the Bank Street Theater (155 Bank Street). Inspired by stories from his or her own life, each writer/performer has honed their performance to its most essential elements during the past semester at ESPA. Some stories are hilarious. Some stories are moving. Each story is bracingly fresh.
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"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Stanford graduate Jody Smith of the Mountain View Masters scored 63 points in the women's 40-44 bracket to take that division. Daniela Barnea of Palo Alto won the women's 65-69 division with 63 points while Barbara Callison of Rinconada Masters took the 75-79 division with 63 points.
Smith, 42, won seven events to capture high-point honors. She won the 50 free (29.28), 100 free (1:02.61), 800 free (9:58.11), 1500 free (19:09.95), 200 back (2:35.54), 50 fly (31.16) and 200 IM (2:35.33).
Barnea, 67, also won seven events. She won the 50 back (52.62), the 50 free (48.18), 100 breast (1:43.69), 200 breast (3:38.64), 50 fly (44.91), 100 fly (1:45.05) and 200 fly (3:48.91).
Callison, 78, won the 50 breast, 100 breast, 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 free, 200 IM and 400 IM while scoring 63 points.
Stanford grad Brooke Bishop, 25, of the Olympic Club scored 36 points to finish third overall in the women's 25-29 division. Fellow Stanford grad Fiona O'Donnell-McCarthy, 24, of the Olympic Club was fourth in the 24-under division with 27 points.
Jane Matena, 49, of the Menlo Masters (AKA Team Sheeper) scored 55 points to finish second in the women's 45-49 division while teammates Tasha Capen finished tied for third with 50 points with Barbara Jones tying for fourth in the 55-59 division with 36 points.
Jeannine Olson, 72, of Rinconada Masters scored 40 points for fourth place in the women's 70-74 division; Kent Stietzel, 42, of the Menlo Masters was fourth in the men's 40-44 division with 42 points; Dave Gildea, 68, tallied 48 points to finish second in the men's 65-69 division; and Barry Fassbender, 74, of Stanford Masters Swimming scored 50 points for fourth place in the men's 70-74 division. Teammate James Shaw, 70, had 48 points for fifth in the same division.
Palo Alto resident Amanda Lovely will have something interesting to write about when she returns to Archbishop Mitty High in the fall. Lovely is among a group of approximately 20 high school players representing the United States on a basketball tour of Russia.
Lovely is joined by two of her teammates plus the Mitty head coach, and is playing a series of games against Russian teams in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The tour began July 6 and will continue through the 19th.
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While in Russia, the student participants will learn about Russian culture and take part in basketball clinics with local athletes. The visiting American participants will be hosted by the Russian Ministry of Sport, Tourism, and Youth Policy and the Russian Basketball Federation.
Since 2010, four groups of youth athletes have traveled between Russia and the United States, with a goal of enhancing people-to-people relations. During the initial exchange in May 2010, 24 young Russian basketball players visited the Washington, D.C. area, where they played basketball with President Obama. Since then, Russian swimmers and ice hockey players traveled to the United States, while American beach volleyball players traveled to Russia for a two-week sports exchange program.


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Solano County prosecutors continue to present evidence in the trial for a Santa Rosa man accused of brutally stabbing to death the mother of a former love interest in 2003.
On trial for the stabbing death of 55-year-old Kathryn Vitagliano is Ricardo Cruz, 36. The trial is into its second week as prosecutors continue to present law enforcement officials who were involved with the investigation into the death.
Vitagliano was found stabbed multiple times in her Robin Drive home in Fairfield on Nov. 26, 2003. The investigation went cold until 2010, when investigators obtained a DNA sample from Cruz, who had been dating one of Vitagliano's daughters in the months prior to the death.
A key piece of evidence in the circumstantial case is the presence of male DNA found underneath one of Vitagliano's fingernails. A sample of Cruz's DNA, voluntarily obtained by cold case investigators in 2010, was a match and is not in dispute between attorneys in the case.
Cruz has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder and is facing his second trial. After a three-week trial that ended in September, a Solano County Superior Court jury was left deadlocked and a mistrial was declared.
The trial is set to continue at 10 a.m. today in the Fairfield courtroom of Judge Peter B. Foor.
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what'shisname wrote:Just grabbed some of these today as well.
My first experience with the VFF's. I'm a huge fan of going barefoot whenever possible so I'm hoping I'm going to love these. They felt great in the store today, I'm going to try and take them for a spin tonight to see how they handle.
Yup. These are the one's I'm rolling with now after going through 2 pairs of KSOs (and returning them at REI). The construction of the treksport seems a bit more robust than the KSOs and the lugged sole really improves traction. I used my treksports for a round of golf at cliff stevens and watertower park over the weekend and had no issues at all. Lovely footware.


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marc108 wrote:Bonine is an OTC anti emetic that works pretty well. Marijuana and it's synthetic derivatives will be the most effective by FAR. You can also ask your doctor for marinol, which is a synthetic anti emetic made from marijuana that is mostly non intoxicating. You can also get edible marijuana if its legal in your state... Low doses shouldn't be intoxicating.
corrine wrote:Someone else said ginger has to be fresh etc. I cannot do ginger tea. The smell makes me even more nauseated. So I started using ginger capsules a few years ago. I take two with a very large glass of water (because the ginger can burn the throat) and it works for me. I have a lot of nausea due to a medication I must take and I do not know how I would function without the ginger.
If you can use ginger tea, wonderful. But if you cannot, the capsules may work for you as they do for me. And they are cheap. I pay a little over four dollars on amazon for sixty capsules.
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Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
The PS&E has IMHO done their part......they have put out a completely new product in both the stands and the floor. It's now up to the fans ( like rm1369 ) to simply give the Pacers a chance by seeing if this new product is worth spending time and effort on. I don't blame fans like rm1369 for leaving and staying away.....it's their choice.
The only thing that I can call them out on ( which to me is reasonable ) is if they are not willing to take a 2nd look at the Pacers ( because they think that it's the same old same old JO'B / Artest / SJax / Tinsley Team ) now that the Team ( ie, the "Product" in the stands and on the floor ) is totally different.
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It's expressed pretty clearly by some that no matter what your experience or reason is its wrong - it doesn't measure up. It's been expressed by some that its obviously racism and the colts are supported because you can't see that a large percentage of the players are black (helmets). It's been expressed that Indy is a town of homebodies that see no reason to leave the house. Otherwise good posters have lost their minds because some don't love the team as much as they do. Am I saying this thread is keeping people away? Of course not. The majority of the people in this thread go to games (or would if they were in the area). But I somehow doubt that hearing those arguments or having their opinions and experiences so aggressively dismissed would help convince anyone. If this thread was posted in the star do you think it would help or hurt the pacers image?
Thanks for the (lively) back and forth rm1369. Sincerely.
I really do think it'd do all of us a ton of good to step back a bit and realize that die hard fans have entirely different priorities of why we'd support the franchise. I honestly don't get the seeming lack of understanding that a lot of people see going to a game the same sort of way they see going to a movie. Entertain me for a few hours and that's that.
We're die hard fans guys, we watched the JOB years every night because we're a little...off I guess. We have an irrational attachment to a navy blue and yellow jersey because it says Indiana on it. We're what, maybe like 6000 strong? That ain't enough, clearly. Some of you guys have to realize that not every sports fan is OMG I BLEED BLUE AND GOLD AND THEY CAN ABUSE ME ALL THEY WANT JUST TAKE MY MONEY. Because whether you want to admit it or not that's what the vast majority of this forum is and the Pacers aren't going to survive on Pacers Digest posters.
I'm also not calling anyone out for not being willing to take a 2nd look at the Pacers. It is their right to do so as much as I think it's unfair.
But can those people refrain for spewing out ******** about the team left and right? That's what ticks me off. The horrible things that people say about the team just in order to have an excuse about not being willing to give a chance to the team.
You don't want to be a fan? Fine. It's your right and I will not blame you.
But stop saying BS in order to justify it. Just own up to it.
PS: I'm not saying that rm1369 is doing this thing. I don't know. He may very well want to believe indeed. So, I'm not going to judge him.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
For the 2nd time you have called me an ***. Also I wasn't being the Grammar police, I was merely saying that you quit the Pacers, but your language implies that somehow you lost your fandom through a series of misfortunes.
I dont' see why it matters they haven't won a title, lots of teams haven't won a title. Until 2006 the Miami Heat never won a title, 2 years ago the Mavericks won their first title with one really good player and bunch of role players.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
I dont' think anyone thinks the Pacers abuse them. Could it be that the majority of us here actually think the journey is just as important as the success? Thats why i am a die-hard fan even during their lowest lows. That doesn't make me off in anyway.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Do they have to win a title? No. But I have to feel they can. That doesn't mean they have to be on the cusp. I've supported them for many, many down years before I lost my faith in the league. And I've supported the colts since their arrival - good and bad. The difference is that I believe the nfl structure allows true competitiveness. I don't believe that in the NBA.
I'm sorry, but yes it does. And I'm off because of it too. How else do you explain watching year after year of a team that you don't even actually enjoy watching? It's like hate watching a TV show. Dress it up and call it "die hard" all you want like it somehow means the previous 4+ years of wasting time watching crap basketball actually meant something, that's fine I'm the same way, but don't disparage people because they prefer to be actually legitimately entertained by something that should be an entertaining product.
This phenomenon of calling someone out or whatever because they don't like watching something that sucks makes no logical sense.
Your continued insistance that my daughter didn't completly enjoy the pacer game because I don't care for the NBA is you being nothing but contrary. How can you possibly know what my daughter thought about the two experiences? How can you possibly know how I came to not follow the pacers closely after 25+ years of fandom? I've stated several times that other than purposely skipping a few games during the JOb era that I did not intend to become apathetic towards the Pacers, but it slowly happened for various reasons. I've even stated my preference to having that feeling back because I enjoy being a fan and enjoy losing myself in the team / experience. However you have essentially continued to call me a liar and a quitter. In my book that is being an ***. You are telling me how I feel and how my daughter felt. How the hell can you possible know? A large portion of this thread is people doing the same thing to anyone that isn't in a seat. A few have asked questions and tried to understand where I am coming from. You have not. I stand by my opinion of our of our interactions in this thread.
How many teams in the NFL has won a title with out a super star QB in the modern era?
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
I enjoyed watching the 4 years of JOB era. It wasn't wasting time. I got see Danny Granger develop into a legit all-star. I go to see the team grow into what it is today. The basketball may not have been what it is today, but there is more to being a fan than watching the basketball.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
And there's more to selling basketball tix than watching the one guy worth a damn on the team drain 3s. And those reasons you listed are what separates us from people that just want to see a good game. We're not gonna get 18,000 die hards every night to watch a one time All Star gunner develop.
Seriously man, I think you're asking far too much from the [potential] fanbase.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Dirk wouldn't be considered a superstar by many people prior to his title. I know for sure that he wasn't considered a top 5 player in 2011. But he did win.
Why? Because he had a real team besides him and played like the best player on the court for the most part of that Finals series.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
I guess so, because the other guy in this thread quit the team over that ****! LOL!
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Thanks Heisenberg. I appreciate the discussion. I was a die hard fan for many many years. I understand where most on here are coming from. I'm just not there now and I believe there are many like me. I know several. Slightly different reasons / feelings, but the same overall situation.
But as I said my problem is not with the attendance. It's your right to not attend. It's not your right to just spew BS about the team out of spite and bitterness.
Which is why I have been polite with you. You haven't spewed any BS or misinformation about the team. You're jut explaining why you're not coming to games. But, believe me, I wouldn't be polite with that person that wrote the article.
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Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
I said I took my daughter to both venues. I said my daughter felt the colts game was more fun because of the crowd interaction. I said she had no allegiance to either team. I said id be more likely to take her to a colts game because she enjoyed it more. I said the crowd was a chicken / egg situation that would get better and that I would likely take her back to try again when a consistant crowd builds. The whole damn paragraph is about me taking my daughter and her experience. Why the hell would I mention all of that about my daughter if it's not important to my point. There is maybe one sentence in that paragraph that talks about something other than my daughter and her experience. I'm going to assume you have no kids. Is that accurate? I took my daughter to bond with her. I took her to try to expose her to the product. She didn't really enjoy it - not like the colts game. My enjoyment was completely tied to hers. I've enjoyed being at chuckey cheese on occasion when my kids have loved it. Otherwise I hate the place. But you only continued to tell me how it was because i don't like the NBA. The fact is you don't give a **** about my opinion. You certainly don't care enough to try to understand. You only want to criticize. Which is your right. I just don't understand why you keep responding to me when you obviously don't want to understand where I'm coming from. I guess the real question is why I keep responding to you. It's a damn good questions that I don't have an answer to. I'm done.
rm1369, the only thing that I guess that I ( and many fans here ) can suggest/ask...is that you just try to catch a game on TV every now and then...just to see that they aren't the same Team as before.
Although I am sure that the NBA Product ( as a whole ) seems skewed towards the "Super Teams", IMHO....it's more about the game itself when a Local Team plays. I can understand that it would be hard to root for a really bad Team ( much less spend $$$ and time on them )...but we as ( obviously ) biased fans...can tell you that this Team isn't that bad and worth rooting for....cuz they play really hard-nosed basketball.
If you watch it and it still sucks...then that is fine....the product just doesn't fit your time and needs anymore. Ignore the "glitz and glamour" from the NBA "Super Teams" and just go watch a Pacers game on TV....if anything...it's good TV and IMHO good basketball.
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I don't fault anyone for not going to a Pacers game. Not everyone has to like the NBA. I don't really follow the NFL after I saw Anthony Gonzalez nearly get decapitated in Philly a few years ago. I'd rather not support a sport where I'm watching people slowly commit suicide, but I get why other people do.
I've just accepted that Indiana is not a state that cares about pro basketball. I'm at the point where I'd almost prefer the Pacers move to a city that would support them in a way they deserve. This has been one of the best run small market franchises in league history and no one cares. Indiana frankly doesn't deserve a pro team when a city like Sacramento doesn't have one.
I guess the irony is lost in the fact that you are saying this on a web site dedicated to the Indiana Pacers and yes several of us live around here.
Also the irony may also be lost in the fact that you are saying this on a night in which BLF was nearly sold out vs a team that is poor with no superstars or even name brand players to draw a casual fan.
This Pacers squad is clearly one of the best teams out there and intent on going deep
into the playoffs.
Whoever this "fan" is who is "just not that into" the Pacers is like an osterich with its
head stuck in the sand.
If you want to come up with excuses to not enjoy the ride then sorry 'bout your luck
dude. The rest of us fans are loving it right now.