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When cars first started to be in abundance it became quickly noticeable that identification on roadways was going to be necessary to direct people in certain ways. The morn more cars they got put on the road allowed there to be much confusion in the way of driving. Eventually someone had the idea to paint lines on the road to help keep people line of where they needed to drive their vehicles. Today we have her painting and many parking lot stencils that are used to make identifications necessary for crossed all the roadways. But even though these marks help us there are things we need to know so we understand what each of them represents. Many people know what a handicap stencil looks like. It is easily identified because we look for that symbol to be able to know whether not we can park there. Her painting is much the same. Different colors are used to identify what that area is used for. For instance red color is used where no parking is allowed. It is often also an indication that it is four fire trucks only. Sometimes the color green is used to allow people to have short-term parking. And a yellow painted curb can identify where a loading and unloading area is. With all of these areas clearly marked it helps to keep people organized in the way they drive the vehicles and where they park them. Parking lot stencils have become a huge necessity in today's world. Proper identification and organization is necessary in order to have everybody within the realms of the law. Without them confusion sets in an accident occur. Stencils are a great way for you to make markings on any type of parking lot our road area. They make a nice organize line when it comes time to painting. They only open up the areas that need to be painted down. By these kinds of markings being out the putdown organized in a neatly fashion that makes it look clean so everyone can read and understand what the markings Are meaning. Parking lot stencils come in different qualities that allow those who do the job often to be able to have ones that are going to hold up for long periods of time from ones that can be used temporarily. If you have a unique symbol, sign, or letter stencil that needs to be on your parking lot then having it made out of a cheaper material is probably the wiser way to go. But if it's something that needs to be applied several times then getting in a thicker density floor while the stencil to last much longer than the typical one that you may need. Choosing the right parking lot stencils means we can all enjoy a parking lot that is organized and well intact. When customers feel comfortable in your parking lot they are much more likely to actually come walking through those doors. If your lot is unorganized and hard to follow people tend to get frustrated and not have the patience to deal with your confusing parking lot.
How To Ride A Harley Davidson Motorcycle
If you've ever dreamed of riding a Harley-Davidson, but have zero knowledge of how to handle a bike, there are courses that can be taken to give you an edge. This is according to the official Harley Davidson website.
New riders are first given a crash course – on paper. The building blocks will need to be established first before instructors take students out on the open road. These written guides provided by the academy is comprehensive in that it teaches students the mechanisms of riding varied models. The newbie course also cover's motorcycle riding safety, some of which are covered below.
The next step in the rider's edge process is similar to learning how to ride a car. Do you recall taking your first driving lesson in a car? If so, then most likely this was done in a safe area – outside of traffic. The same applies to the rider's edge course as a practice range is zoned off to give new drivers a feel of what to expect.
Joining this class can furthermore provide other benefits like helping new riders secure a license that allows him or her to drive legally on public roads. Furthermore many incentives are offered including:
Learning in Groups – riders who have a few buddies that share the same interest of living free can sign up together, and participate in their own private riding lessons.
The Boot Camp – is also depicted on the website, and this simply allows riders to learn faster, yet still effectively.
Other service provided by the Harley-Davidson brand include:
Trying A Bike – get behind a two or three wheeler to get a feel for yourself. When the test drive is over, you decide which is best.
Customization – no two Harley-Davidson motorcycles need to be the same. With personalization services and commendable fulfillment times, it's no wonder the brand has secured such a loyal base of fans.
Top Safety Tips for Riding Motorcycles
Whether you're riding a Harley-Davidson or some other type of bike, it's imperative to follow safety rules of the road. Some top tips include:
Start Small – or go large. Many Harley Davidson bikes are built with speed and performance in mind. However, if you're new to the world of biking, take it easy even if this means underestimating the power of the bike.
Check With A Mechanic – to ensure that all brakes are intact. This is especially true when you've bought preowned.
Safety First – in most locations it's illegal to drive without a helmet. Be safe instead of cool with a durable helmet to cushion the blow in the event of a fall. Thousands of bikers get injured each year, but it's proven that this gear and others are instrumental for reducing the level of damage – as with safety belts in cars.
Drive for Others – the rule of thumb for many safe drivers is to drive for others sharing the roadway. Be vigilant about looking out for warning signs of a bad turn, incorrect signals and more.
Are You Ready To Ride?
If so, be sure to invest in Harley-Davidson clothing and accessories to solidify the association with this revered group.
SUN Harley-Davidson -
8858 Pearl St -
Denver CO, 80229 -
Top Features Sought In Glass Chair Mats
If you're considering purchasing an office chair mat, the benefits are clear. These will help to protect flooring and spaces for years to come, while making the office area look visually appealing to clients and workers.
Some of the top features needed by buyers include:
Warranties – how long will the mat last? This is what most buyers want to know. Many manufacturers set the customer's mind at ease by offering some type of guarantee or replacement warranty if specific features are advertised. As an example, should the glass break, discolor or chip, and ads state otherwise on the website and packaging, replacements are usually offered – for some manufacturers.
Visual Appeal – most office environments are built to be visually appealing, and as such, any necessary addition should be as equally attractive, or more. Transparent glass mats are ideal for any type of office environment. These conform perfectly to any design theme without calling attention to the platform.
Cleanliness – mats that can be cleaned by a simple wipe of a towel or mop are appealing – especially for the office's cleaning crew. These can additionally be washed off and dried if necessary, without damage to the stationery. Examples include when coffee and other big spills end up on the flooring. The mat doesn't need to removed, simply wipe with a paper towel, and use a glass cleaner to restore the shine. Care and maintenance instructions are usually found on the packaging and user's guide.
Color Maintenance – would you like a glass top that won't yellow or discolor over time? Then choose from a manufacturer that includes in-built features to prevent color discoloration, and maintain a crystal clear appeal.
Recyclable – Socially responsible businesses may choose office materials and supplies that are eco-friendly and recyclable in nature. Fortunately, most glass products can be reused, even the ones that have been reinforced with other chemicals to prevent discolorations for instance.
Anti-Fatigue – which means it's hard to wear out. Age affects most things in understandable ways. However, new improvements in technology have allowed consumer products to last for decades, if not centuries.
Personalization – not every office is built the same. To skip cookie cutter designs, consider ordering cutout office glass chair mats in oval, rectangular, squared, and triangular shapes. These custom orders can be made online through different manufacturers. However, you'll want to ensure that the personalized version includes the features discussed above.
Numerous studies showcase that the better an office space is setup, the more productivity outputs can be expected from workers. Let's face it, we all like nice things including coming home to a pleasant home, driving in a polished car, and stepping inside the doors of a well-maintained office. Compare these with stepping into utter chaos for each environment – the mental impacts would be daunting for most.
Chair mats are just another way of adding value, cleanliness and design appeal to an existing office space, and the investment cost for each employee desk is minimal with the average price being under $100 for each.
Our domain name is set and we're ready to get online
If you give it a few hours from now (about mid-day December 8th) you will be able to go online to our new site and look through all of our inventory and even purchase items for shipping. The best part, the images, designs, fonts and of course the merchandise on the site was all designed by me! It's a feat I am proud of but no is not time to rest on my laurels. This site needs to be a success or it will be a major road block for my company, one that I may not be able to get past.
To help me in my quest to expand my designs around the globe I have contacted name.com to help me with my domain name. They have a wonderfully simplistic service where just about anyone with a computer and half a brain can almost instantly create a stunning design that allows for images, animation, storage of files and data as well as a secure payment page and comments section. All it takes is an idea or a business in need of expansion to get started and the good people at name.com will help you get started.
I have personally taken my shiny new website for a "test drive" recently and all the kinks have been worked out; it's truly a remarkable looking and functioning site that I think my clients will love. I'm hoping to attract many new people to my designs and I know you only have one chance to make a first impression. With the help of name.com's supporting staff I know that I will never direct someone to a site that is under construction or that has crashed due to any number of reasons. I have the confidence that behind name.com's SSL certificates, the site will always be there to display my works in a highly intuitive and functional way, making that first impression really count.
I'm excited to know that there will be a staff member on hand every minute of the day to monitor the progress and complexities of the site to make sure it never crashes. There is bound to be a lot of feedback in the comments section of the page so they can help to drive the bad results and negative comments downward and raise the good ones to the top.
It isn't necessary for a fashion designer to have her own domain name but if you want to be a global force and a worldwide household name one day, you need to expand your market and be proactive about getting your name out there in the world. With this new site that we are just hours away from sharing with the world, we can do just that. I also like knowing that my customers can shop in a secure marketplace where they will never have to worry about theft or fraud. It is a major concern for many people across the world but I want to ensure that anyone who comes to my site will never have to worry about such things.
You Might Have To Hire A Divorce Lawyer At Some Point In Your Life
There are many things in life that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy in this life, unless that enemy is my ex wife, in which case, I would but otherwise, a nasty divorce is one of those things. I know the story, you meet someone, you fall in love and you believe that the rest of your lives are going to be peaches and cream. Then, one day you wake up and you realize that you've got nothing in common with this person and you regret having ever met them. You know what the say; there's a thousand ways to skin a cat and the same goes for the many ways that a relationship can unravel before it gets to the point that it's time for someone to call a divorce lawyer. There is a particular story that I'm reminded of where the kind of unraveling that I was previously referring, happened to be quite unfortunate and interesting. My friend Mike was always a pretty big guy and he felt like it hurt his ability to get women, he ended up settling in his mid-twenties for a woman that he wasn't very physically attracted to. She was a nice woman and was from a religious background but Mike wasn't religious at all so I thought that was kind of odd immediately. She apparently didn't believe in using birth control so before he knew it, they had four kids and they hadn't even been married six years yet. Kids these days, were expensive and Mike was deathly afraid of accidentally impregnating his wife with another, so he secretly scheduled an appointment to get a vasectomy. The recovery time was going to be several days and although it was an outpatient procedure, he was going to be noticeably uncomfortable for a couple days and he didn't want his wife to think anything was up. So, he told his wife that he had a routine business trip the week of the surgery so he could just get a hotel room and lay low for a few days until he got better.
During the week he was staying at the hotel, he ordered several adult movies, he was supposed to avoid getting aroused for a while after the surgical procedure, but this was his first taste of freedom since this nightmare of a marriage had begun for him and he couldn't help himself. It turns out that during that week, Mike began to develop a problem with pornography and between that and the eventual revelation that his wife wasn't getting pregnant anymore because of his secret vasectomy, their marriage ultimately deteriorated and an ugly divorce with divorce lawyers ensued. The lawyers ended up using his pornography addiction against him and presented that as a part of their case to establish that he couldn't provide a suitable and safe environment for his children. He couldn't afford another house the size of the one he had to leave his family and ex wife in anyway though so, he wouldn't have been able to have them live with him regardless.
Improving our web design
It has been on the top of our to do list as a company for some time now to go through a rebranding effort and improve our web design. So, we finally decided that in order to prepare ourselves for a new year and the growth that we are all working so hard to create, we are going to be hiring a graphic design agency to do our web redesign work. It had taken awhile for this to come up on the top of our list as really something that we were going to finally put resources behind, but now that it has we are off and running on a really great start. We were able to field quite a few proposals from several different graphic design companies in the city, and once we made it to the top three we had them come in for interviews with the staff and the key decision makers. We really wanted to ensure that we would be able to work with them in a constructive way, that we felt that we could really build a relationship with whoever we hired as our graphic design agency and that they could work well with our own internal design team. After those interviews, we did our own thorough internal review of the other rebranding campaigns that were done by these top agencies that we were considering, and tried to figure out how successful they all were. Its really not an exact science to determine that, but we really wanted to get a company that would be able to successfully put us on the path for success with our rebranding efforts. We wanted to get a jump start on our efforts to increase business and raise capital, and we knew that our branding was going to play a huge role in that process, and would make it either really effective or stop it dead in the water. So this really was a big decision for us.
In the end, it really work out well, because we were able to chose the graphic design agency that would eventually create the incredible brand that we have grown into as a company, and it turned out to be the perfect spring board into the new industry and group of customers that we had been courting for the last few quarters. It ended up costing a bit more than we had planned, and it took much more time than we originally allocated, but the resources that we have gained through the process made the whole thing actually worth it. There was no way to know what they would eventually create for us, so it was definitely a leap of faith in a way. But in the end, it was exactly what we wanted and what our design team would have created if they had the resources internally to do it. So after the whole process, it worked out best in the end for us with the graphic design agency that we chose and we are thrilled with the resulting branding and all that it has brought us.
Having kids with braces
Man, I'm telling you that having kids with braces can be tough. Not only are there what feels like the constant trips to the orthodontist office to get the braces adjusted and tightened and check on, but there is the pain that comes after those visits that created the sleepless nights for the kids and for the parents. Gums and teeth are sore and hurting because the braces were tightened and are pulling on the teeth. It can be difficult and frustrating to add this additional piece into an already busy family and kid life, but it must be done for the future self and the greater good. But it really just isn't easy. There is a lot more that goes into it than I was expecting. I usually have to take the afternoon of to take them to the orthodontist appointments, and then ensure that they are as comfortable as possible when dealing with the most intense pain which happens right after the appointments. But after that its just a few days of sore teeth and gums before the pain goes away and things go back to normal for a few weeks. And usually during that time I'm making sure we budget for the new visit and the next co pay. I almost always take them out for ice cream after, just so they have something good to look forward to, because they really don't enjoy the visits.
But the main issue that I run into with braces so far is that I can't really get across the point to the kids that this is worth it and they will be so happy for it in the end. When the braces come off, they will have straight and perfectly aligned teeth, which will help them maintain their oral health in the future, and will help them to not have to struggle with gum disease issues from gaps in their teeth that allow that bacteria to remain and grow. It is for the best, and every time we leave the orthodontist I try to explain that to them. Its hard for kids to look down the road and enjoy something because they know that it will be for the greater good, but I keep trying to remind them that its only sore for a few days, and then they get to move on past that and on to the next visit. And that each visit means that they are that much closer to getting to the end goal, which is getting the braces off and having better teeth than when we started this process. But overall, it is hard for the parents too, when we have kids with braces that means we have to deal with all the same issues as the kids do. No one really likes to sit in orthodontics waiting rooms and then have to keep coming back. But it is really important to remember why we are doing it and to continue to move forward into the original plan, which is to get through this and have better, straighter teeth than in the beginning.
I Had A Rash That I Went To The Urgent Care In Scottsdale To Treat
Things had been pretty stressful lately for me, I was absolutely swamped at work, I had just found out my girlfriend was cheating on me and I was beginning to feel sick. I mean, the thought of my girlfriend cheating on me made me sick, but in a queasy stomach sort of way, I was also feeling like I was coming down with the flu. Trying to balance the realization of my girlfriend's betrayal with all of my current work obligations was turning out to be too much for me, I had to get out of the office because I started to feel like I was suffocating. I'd heard about anxiety attacks before and I imagined that I was feeling a great deal anxiety at the moment, I was just trying to concentrate on breathing in and out, as slowly and deeply as I could. A few minutes went by and I was able to regain control of myself so I went back into the office and to the bathroom so I could evacuate my bowels. When I was done, I grabbed my pants that were around my ankles and stood up in the stall and as I was tucking my shirt in, I noticed that my skin on one side of my body was very sensitive and tender. I couldn't get a good look at it from where I was standing so I opened the door to the stall and lifted up my shirt so I could see it in the bathroom mirror, it looked like a rash was forming. Great, one more thing that I was going to have to deal with at a time where I honestly felt like I couldn't handle anymore. I tucked my shirt in, tightened up my belt and washed my hands. The rash concerned me and I knew that I was going to have to see the doctor about it unless it began to clear up immediately.I had a project due by the end of the day however, so I wouldn't be able to get into my family physician during their regular hours, I might have to end up going to the urgent care in Scottsdale or something.
5 PM came around and I was feeling worse than ever and after the last time I checked the rash in the bathroom, I was definitely more concerned than I was before because it was spreading from my side to around the front of my body. My doctor was closed but I still had a couple hours of work to do so I figured that I'd need to go to the urgent care in Scottsdale after I got off. Then there was a light knock on the door of my office, it opened and my boss appeared looking concerned. He asked me if I was doing ok and I told him that I was stressing and also dealing with something medical that needed attention. He told me to get out there and to go take care of myself so I drove to the urgent care in Scottsdale immediately.
I Went To The Urgent Care In Scottsdale To Treat A Rash
It had been a rough day already and it wasn't even over yet. I'd been working hard to finish a project all day long and wasn't eventually able to because my boss told me that I needed to get out of the office and go to a doctor. He said that he'd finish it up and wrap up all the details for me, apparently I'd been noticeably stressed all week and wasn't acting like myself. I'm happy my boss took notice because by the time he did, I was about to have a break-down. I had a rash appear earlier in the day on my side, below my ribcage and in just a few, short hours, it had spread to the front of my body. I'd found out some unfortunate information about my girlfriend the day before and I was already feeling a bit under the weather so the rash appearing on my body at this time, seemed less than coincidental. I've read that it's possible to experience physical manifestations of mental stress, in many different forms, rashes being one of them so I was already thinking that this was all her fault. This is what I get for trusting, loving and giving my heart to someone; a rash and a head full of worries and stress.
My family physician was already gone for the day so I was relegated to the urgent care in Scottsdale. I entered the facility and saw a waiting room of people who looked to be in the same kind of shape I was. I checked in with the receptionist and sat down next to an old woman who was sneezing and sniffling into a bunched up kleenex that she had in her clutches. I would have chosen another seat but my only other alternative was between a mother and her two rambunctious children. I'd never been to this particular urgent care in Scottsdale because I very rarely got sick and when I did, I was usually able to schedule an appointment with my family doctor. The rash was spreading quickly so I was grateful that there was a place like this around who could help me outside of normal, family care physician hours. I picked up a sports magazine and began flipping through the pages, trying to find an article worthy of my attention when someone came out and called a name, then I saw the mother and her two kids get up and go into the door where the woman in scrubs was waiting. I made my move and claimed my new seat, a minute later a young woman came and sat next to me but as she did, my name was called and I got up and walked over to the woman in scrubs, waiting by the open door. She smiled and welcomed be to the urgent care in Scottsdale and lead me to a room where she invited to me to sit down, she then told me that the doctor would be with me in a moment.
Don't get swindled by your Denver CPA firm
It is so important to find a great CPA to help you this year with your taxes because so many people get in a lot of trouble with the IRS when they file their taxes individually. Sure, there are various softwares with Turbo Tax that help with your taxes, but it is kind of scary how easily you can mess up your tax return when you do it yourself. Heck, so why not pay someone to do it for you and guarantee that everything will be filed safely and securely? I personally dread paperwork and tedious data entry, so I prefer to give those responsibilities to a professional who will work harder than I will to file my taxes completely. I send all of my tax information to my Denver CPA firm in downtown in the beginning of January so I can make sure to get my taxes complete by April. But, before I chose this great firm, I had to do my research on how to find a CPA that works well with my life and my business. So, here are a few tips that you might like to know about how to find a great CPA firm.
First of all, know what you are looking for: do you want a corporation or an individual CPA practice? There are plenty of Denver business accounting firms that are independently owned and operated of which I prefer because I like to support small business owners. However, if you like the idea of corporations, then you should research which business CPAs you like in your area. Then, I highly recommend that you interview your CPAs. It is very common for clients to interview their CPAs before handing over there tax and income information because people want to feel confident that their CPA will do a flawless job of their tax return.
Additionally, if you are a business owner, you may want to consider a CPA who has about 60% of his/ her clients as business owners as well. You don't want to hire a professional business CPA who doesn't know the new laws pertaining to business owners, right? So, you might want to make sure that your CPA consistently practices the tax laws pertaining to your business before you hire him/ her.
Similarly, you will want to find a CPA that works his/ her business within a manageable schedule for you. If you cannot reach your CPA during the time that you have off, then it might create a big communication problem between you and your CPA. So, when you search for your perfect CPA, please make sure that you are able to contact then when your schedule is available because you should not have to bend over backwards to get your tax questions and problems resolved.
And finally, don't be swindled by your CPA! It is important to always ask their rates and what is included in their rate before giving a CPA your information. You don't want to wake up one morning and find a huge invoice in the mail from your tax accountant, am I right?
Urgent Care In Gilbert Fills a Whole In the Market
Urgent Care in Gilbert is offering a product that other clinics and hospitals cannot. Is the medicine different? Are the doctors fundamentally unique? Is the structure of the hospital radically different than others? No. Put simply, it's fast. And this is a unique product. You can get in and out of the Urgent Care clinic whenever you need to without scheduling an appointment. The current American economy, productivity is achieved by producing something that others cannot. Do not think of this in terms of a different product. You do not need to invent something from nothing in order to be productive in this market. Even your location can be unique relative to a certain limited space. So a way that McDonald's can be productive is to build a McDonald's in a town where there is not one. And evidenced by the plethora of McDonald's all over these United States, they have clearly found a way to do so. Urgent Care has detected a gap in their market in Gilbert. There was nowhere that you could go to get quick, effective medical attention. The hospital's hours were limited. You had to have an appointment. Even the ER meant that you were sitting around forever waiting to be seen. But they have filled this gap in the market. Urgent Care offers quick, walk-in service for a wide variety of medical reasons. It can be an emergency. It can be an ingrown toenail. Just walk right in, and you will be seen. They realize that quick service is a highly demanded commodity, and so they strive to move patients in and out in a reasonable time. But this does not mean that it is rushed, of course. There are lots of friendly and accommodating nurses and doctors on staff that are there to see that everyone is given the proper amount of attention. Urgent Care is a great middle road between seeing your primary health practitioner and going to the ER. If you go to see your general doctor, you might not get in for weeks. It can take forever. And even once it is the day of the appointment, it still takes a long time to get through the entire process. For me, if there is something serious enough that I am going to go to the doctor about it, I do not want to wait a week to be seen. On the other hand, going to the ER for non-emergencies is one of the biggest drains of the medical economy. The ER serves an excellent service and an important one. It is also highly expensive. I remember a biomedical ethics professor, who was also a medical practitioner, explaining the weakness of the current system of the ER. Urgent Care is a great middle ground between the two. They will give you fast service. They will see for almost any reason. Whether you fear that it is a serious issue or something small, why wait? At Urgent Care, you do not have to wait.
A Tale Of A Denver Periodontist
It was raining out in Denver, and I was running late to a business meeting. I have a well respected position with my company, and it was pertinent that I get there as soon as possible. The light had turned green for me to turn right, however a pedestrian crossing kept me from proceeding any further until he passed. Thankfully I had my foot on the breaks when someone collided extremely hard into the back of my car, or I would have hit the poor boy. My teeth slammed right into the steering wheel, where I had been leaning close to, trying to see through the heavy rain. I blacked out for just a moment and woke up confused, the warm irony taste of blood in my mouth and something small and solid in my mouth. I felt it with my tongue and realized it was a tooth! I frantically skimmed my teeth gum line with my tongue and to my horrid shock I had knocked out both of my front teeth! There was no way I was making it to my meeting.
The person behind me had just seen a green light, not realizing I could not proceed due to the fact of there being a pedestrian crossing. With the rain pouring so they had not realized I was at a complete stop. They ran up asking if I was okay, flinging open my door. I looked up at them furious and dazed from the shock of everything. " Oh honey you are going to need a periodontist!" they said immediately upon seeing my now hill-billy like teeth. " And you will get to pay for my visit! " I retorted, still angry at how bad my day had just gotten.
All in all everything happens for a reason, whether we understand that reason or not. I was able to Denver periodontist that allowed me to set up an appointment immediately. I received dental implants and overall was happy with there appearance. I had been afraid that I would not be as reputable at my company if I was trying to make sales and could not pronunciate or smile with confidence. It had been years since I had been to the dentist and he even let me know that I was also suffering from a chronic disease commonly known as gingivitis. I was given the proper care I needed and advice on how to keep it at bay. If it had not been for this car accident, I would have never known of my condition! I also was able to replace my car that had been on its last leg. So I share this story to remind everyone that even when we find ourselves in the most unideal situations, good can still come out of it. It is all a matter of perception and attitude and life is what we make of it. Also if you have not been to the dentist in ages, I highly recommend seeking periodontal dental care! It could change your life!
Periodontal Health Association.
2900 S. Peoria Street,
Building D,
Aurora, Colorado 80014
I Wanted A Second Opinion From A Neurologist
Life is a funny thing sometimes, it's amazing how much of this is completely out of our control. I spent my life doing the right things, making the right decisions and being responsible. I got married young and we had a couple kids pretty early, I started a custom home building company with a partner and we've been doing well. I started getting headaches a lot, they were really painful and it felt like the base of my neck was as hard as a rock. The doctor originally thought they were stress-related but I didn't really feel all that stressed out about anything in particular so it didn't make any sense to me. I wanted a second opinion so I looked up a neurologist in the area. I scheduled an appointment with them, they said they'd probably need to do some neuroimaging first. I did a little research and found that neuroimaging was helpful in evaluating all kinds of neurological disorders like brain tumors, MS, headaches, and epilepsy. I didn't anticipate anything terribly serious but the more I read about headaches, the more I believed that what I was experiencing were tension headaches. The description of the pain and the location it indicated was consistent with what I was feeling, if that what was going on then it looked like they'd be able to confirm it and provide treatment options of some kind.
The day of my appointment came, I went ahead and just took the day off so I could take my wife out for breakfast before I had to go to the doctor. We went to our favorite spot, it was a beautiful morning and we sat on the patio. My wife got a mimosa, I got coffee, we'd been coming to this breakfast place for years and they treated us like family. I wished they charged us like family too but they didn't, I was just like any other customer in that respect. My wife asked me if I was nervous about my doctor's appointment, I asked her what I had to be nervous about. She said that she'd be nervous but I told her that was just in her nature, she worried about everything and there wasn't anything that anyone could do about it. I told her that I was just happy that I was getting closer to finding out what was actually wrong with me so I could go about trying to fix it as soon as possible.
I arrived at the neurological institute and walked through the automatic, sliding glass doors into the lobby. I looked at the directory on the wall, it said the neurosurgeon and the neurologist were on the first floor and it looked like neuroimaging was on the second. I elected to take the stairs, I figured I'd probably get there quicker than I would if I took the elevator. In no time I was on the second floor and walking down the hall looking at the labels on the walls next to all the doors.
Hiking in Peru can be very rewarding
I had heard from friends that the Inca trail in Peru is overcrowded and "touristy" and for months before my big trip I had considered skipping that portion and taking that time to do something else. I had heard that you can find yourself standing in line to use a rope bridge and that sometimes there weren't enough guides for all of the guests trying to make the trek to Macchu Picchu. Even so, I couldn't stand the thought of flying all that way just to say I took a bus to the top of the trailhead. I travel because I believe each experience is one worth having and I knew that by taking the Inca Trail hike (no matter how congested or touristy) that I would have a great story to tell and that the sight of Macchu Picchu would be much more rewarding once I arrived. Well, as you can see from this amazing picture I made it through the four day hike to the summit and I was rewarded with rolling misty fog enchanting an already amazing site. I was exhausted to the point of nausea by the time I reached the temples, but as you'll see in some of my other pictures, the journey there was as rewarding as the end.
The company I did my Peru hiking through is called KB Tambo and I would most certainly recommend them to anyone looking for adventure. I found it to be the perfect mix of structured travel and explorative adventure. The guides that work for KB Tambo are extremely knowledgeable in all things Peruvian. They can tell you the ways one can travel from Cusco to Lima, how long it might take and how many Soles you can expect to spend. Before you even make the journey down there you can visit their website to get valuable information on things like what kind of vaccinations you might need (none if you are staying above 500 meters and away from the Amazon region), what kind of clothes to pack and how far you can expect your dollar to go in Peru given the current exchange rates. I found it to be a very helpful starting place and from there I was able to read blogs and other information sites to hone my search. Besides the tour guides knowing the answer to virtually any cultural or area specific question, I thought the experience with KB Tambo was far beyond my expectations. The hostel is easy to find as it is centrally located in the center of town. From there guests are encouraged to walk around, explore the cities sights and sounds, to soak up the culture.
I could go on and on about the smallest details of that journey but it would take me a few more paragraphs before I even got to my Macchu Picchu adventure! There's just so much to tell I don't know where to start. In my two weeks in Lima I traveld by bus, horseback, taxi, train and of course I did a fair amount of trekking while in Peru. In a word, it was a very memorable experience and one I will never forget.
Nearly a Year of Back Pain Finally Resolved by Spine Surgery
About five or six years ago, my mother was rear-ended at a red light. She was in a big SUV and was hit by a small sedan. Her car was undamaged, but the front end of the sedan was crushed. The drivers exchanged insurance information, made sure everyone was okay, and went on their respective ways. No one was in any pain at the time, and all passengers and both drivers had on their seat belts. Several weeks after the accident, however, my mother started to have pretty serious lower back pain. Her general practitioner tried a few different diagnostic tests but nothing came up, so he finally sent her to a neurosurgeon. She found a respectable one in Boulder who was able to fit her into an otherwise busy schedule pretty quickly, and set up an appointment for the next week.
Several more tests were performed by the neurosurgeon, ultimately leading him to recommend an MRI review for my mother. She was still in a considerable amount of pain and nothing provided by either her regular doctor or the neurosurgeon seemed to help. As a relatively young woman who was still in her forties, our whole family started to become very concerned about what seemed to be chronic back pain. Several days later, the results of the MRI showed that my mother not only had a pinched nerve in her back, she would likely be in a significant amount of pain until she could receive laser spine surgery, which was still several months away. Without a surgical fix, her condition would only worsen and could even possibly lead to spinal stenosis.
The neurosurgeon recommended the surgery take place as soon as possible, but even with his recommendation, it was proving difficult to get her on the schedule any time soon. We were getting more and more worried, as her pain persisted and made it difficult for her to work, exercise, or in general live a comfortable life. She was finally able to get onto the surgical schedule for four months later, which would ultimately mean she had been in pain for nearly a year by the time it was over, and that did not even include recovery time.
Then, finally, she had a stroke of luck in her unfortunate solution. There was a cancellation in the surgeon's schedule, and she was first on the waiting list. So within a few weeks, instead of a few months, my mother was finally able to go in for her laser spine surgery. The procedure was minimally invasive, and she was in and out in less time than we expected. Her hospital stay was shorter than imagined too, and in a few days, she was ready to come home and finish her recovery there with some assistance.
Had she known what that one seemingly small accident would lead to, my mother would have been far more concerned at the time. Luckily she was able to make the best of it, and her spine surgery produced excellent results. Once fully recovered, she was able to do return to everything she used to do – with no pain! Ultimately the procedure was worth the wait.
A Good Denver Windows Company Will Make the Entire Process Easier
I have to imagine that there was a day when home repair was a relatively common occurrence. That is to say that people at least knew how to do it. Today in a lot of urban areas, home repair and all of the subsets of skills are pretty arcane to most. For this reason, they have to hire someone else to do all of the home repair jobs. But it is also this reason that hiring someone else to do it can be challenging. You do not know the true costs of things. You do not know if you are buying the best product. You do not know how to navigate the process of getting the job done. Find a Denver windows company that has a reputation for being helpful, honest, and hardworking. This can make your entire process so much easier than if you were out there by yourself. You want to make sure that you have someone in your corner that is there to support you. And you want to feel that this person is helping you because they are honest and have integrity, not because you are just a symbol of money to them. How do you find a company like this? Well, it may seem simplistic, but I would start with the Internet. The Internet has become an excellent source of information. You can learn about new businesses, old businesses, and hear all about different customers' experiences with these particular businesses. There are a variety of websites that offer these reviews. The more extensive ones will include businesses that sell replacement windows. But there are a few principles to bear in mind when using these websites. Do not cherry pick. That is to say, do not just choose a few reviews at random and read those intently. These reviews could be outliers. I think that it is a better method to skim and get a general idea of all of them. Then you can get the average of all of the customers' experiences. And this is important. Now there are marketers for the marketers. There are independent companies that hire people to write favorable reviews of companies. So it is hard to know if the reviews you are reading are real or not. You may think that you are hiring the good replacement windows company but are actually hiring someone who paid another to lie about their company online. You would never know. At least you would not know until they gave you poor service. Another principle for using these review websites is to realize the nature of the posting. Add a few positive stars to the reviews that you read. When people have a bad experience, they go home and fire off a nasty review online. If someone has a particularly good experience, they are less inclined to write a positive review. Some businesses even try to create incentives for their customers to write positive reviews online. But the Internet is a great way to find a good window and vinyl siding company.
Talking to a Denver roofing company
There are so many questions to ponder as a home owner thinking about getting a new roof. The best advice that you can get is to call a roofing company and start talking. Some things that you might want to ask is what the contractor would do on his own home. One of the biggest variables in new roof installation is material that you will put on top of your new roof. I suggest asking the contractor which material is on top of his house. If the contractor suggests that you use asphalt shingles on your house and yet he used a standing seam metal roof on his, you might ask why. While there may be reasons to choose a certain material that are unique to the house. For instance, if you or the contractor live in a Tuscan villa, you will probably choose a tile roof. But just because you or the contractor chose a tile roof for you Tuscan villas doesn't mean that tile would work on English style Windsor manor. But there are examples wherein a contractor has chosen a standing seam metal roof for his house because it is the best all around option for those living in a heavily wooded Denver suburb. If that same contractor looks at your house, which is a similar construction home in a similarly heavily wooded Denver suburb and recommends an asphalt shingle roof, then it might be time to call another roofing company to make sure that the contractor who installs your roof has good intentions.
It helps to assess potential employees before the interview
Speaking from experience I can tell you that it really does help to have potential employees take an employee assessment test prior to having them come in for an interview. On the employer side it will give you valuable insight into the characteristic of the applicant and to know the true nature of their character. This can be everything from their morals to their work ethics and many points in between. The tests are designed to reveal who that person really is by crafting questions designed to tell the truth. For the applicant they can also benefit from these tests because in the process of taking the test they can get a clearer idea of what the employer is looking for and expecting from new hires.
Select International can help you build a winning staff for your office or small business by ensuring that everyone in your office is like minded and can have good chemistry together. This is achieved through an objective, behaviorally based test that can reveal much more than their resume ever could.
Beyond the assessment test, employers are encouraged to utilize SI's online interview training tutorials that will help employers to conduct more impacting and effective interviews. These tests can be taken online at the employer's discretion and only take a total of two hours to complete. Beyond the interview training, employers can elect to take an optional three hour classroom follow up course to practice what they have learned in a "live" interview conducted by the teacher and other students in the class.
Find urgent care Gilbert location
Knowing and being familiar with urgent care Gilbert and its location can be very beneficial to you. There are many benefits that come from using an urgent care facility versus that of an emergency room. For many years emergency rooms have been known for extensive wait times. What many people are finding out is that with the urgent care facilities this wait time is greatly reduced. Many which are hardly a minute or two of waiting before you can be seen. These facilities also provide a great way for you to be able to see a doctor without even having to make an appointment. If you have elements something you need to discuss or just for a flu shot or quick exam these make the perfect facilities to be able to go to. Knowing where the facility is closest in your area will allow you to stop by in a hectic situation. If you need something checked out and it is a non-life-threatening injury then going to urgent care over that of an emergency room will save you money and time. I remember waiting in the emergency room one night with someone who had a severe headache. We waited over two Hours just to be seen. An MRI was done and follow visits were done with a different doctor. This was something that could've been handled at an urgent care facility had we only known to go to one. When you take the time to find urgent care Gilbert and its location you will be able to take advantage of all they have to offer and cost-saving opportunities as well.
There are many decks in Denver.
I am not trying to be puny with the title of this article, so please get your mind out of the gutter. I know that this blog may appeal to people with a dirty sense of humor, but I am actually trying to talk about decks and deck builders and nothing that has to do with whatever it is that you're thinking about. Sorry about that to anyone that is actually interested in my writing about decks. So I will now start talking about the different options when it comes to decks and getting a deck that you will love in Denver. In the City of Denver, there are many options when it comes to selecting the right deck builders for your Denver home. You may want to add a deck with decorative concrete or you may want to go with a simple wood deck. The choices are nearly endless and that is phenomenal for anyone that is looking to add on an addition like this to their homes. I do hope that at some point in the future, I will be able to afford a house in the Congress Park neighborhood in Denver and build my own custom deck. I guess that if I am not able to fulfill that dream, I will try and buy a mountain home in Colorado and build a custom deck onto that. It should be beautiful in both cases and I am looking forward to seeing what other opportunities are out there for me.


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This family-friendly condo is located in the city center, close to War Veteran Memorial Park, Golf Beaches Blacklight Mini Golf, and Alligator Attraction. Local attractions also include Bay Pines VA Medical Center and Lake Seminole Park.
Property Features
Recreational amenities at Boca Ciega Resort include an outdoor pool and a spa tub. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and free parking.
Room Amenities
Televisions come with cable channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchens, complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, and refrigerators.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Boca Ciega Resort Amenities
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Boca Ciega Resort provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This family-friendly condo also offers barbecue grills, multilingual staff, and a picnic area. Onsite parking is complimentary.
Boca Ciega Resort is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 16
- Number of floors - 5
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Barbecue grill(s)
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- Multilingual staff
- Free parking
- Patio
- Picnic area
- Self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free guest parking during stay
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Available in all rooms: Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
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Free parking, Free guest parking during stay, Self parking
- Room Amenities
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Access via exterior corridors
- Direct-dial phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Kitchen
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An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golf - miniature nearby
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- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
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- Parasailing nearby
- Helicopter/airplane tours nearby
- Playground nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Dock on site
- Fishing on site
- Sailing on site
- Swimming on site
Boca Ciega Resort Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at 5 PM
Minimum check-in age is 25
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Guests arriving between 3 PM – 6 PM Monday - Friday, 3 PM - 5 PM Saturday, can check-in at the TRS Office located at 13030 Gulf Blvd, Madeira Beach, Florida, 33708. Those planning to arrive after hours or on Sundays must contact the property in advance to receive special check-in instructions.
Guests can contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation email received after booking via this web site.
- Check-out
Check-out time is 10 AM
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Accepted at this hotel: MasterCard, Visa, Discover
- Pets
Pets allowed, Pet policy - dogs and cats only, Maximum number of pets per room 2, Pet maximum weight in lb is 25
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 25 years old.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No cribs (infant beds) available
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Fees
- Unless otherwise indicated, the charges below are not included in the overall room price. If not included in the overall room price, they will be charged by the property at check-in or check-out. Charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book. This property told us they will charge you for the following:
Hotel resort fee inclusions (may be listed elsewhere in this description as complimentary or available for a surcharge):
- Resort fee: USD 10 per accommodation, per night
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Pool access
- Spa tub access
- Internet access (may be limited)
- Phone calls (may be limited)
- Self parking
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Pet fee: USD 100.00 per stay (maximum USD 100.00 per stay)
- Additional Details
Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. This property allows pets in specific rooms only (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can request one of these rooms by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Alcohol is not served at this property.

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Regardless of their philosophical bent, there's one thing all science fiction has in common. The story begins when somebody asks "what if" such-and-such was true? The 1999 movie Galaxy Quest, for instance, asks, "What if aliens received TV sci-fi transmissions and thought everything they saw on the screen was real?"
Jason Nesmith (played by Home Improvement funnyman Tim Allen) plays Captain Taggart as a good caricature of Kirk. The rest of the crew of the NSEA Protector, however, are harder to place, for the actors probably drew several familiar qualities from the Trek universe and other fiction for their own roles.
Sigourney Weaver, known for her sci-fi/horror work, plays Gwen DeMarco, who in turn plays Tawny Madison, more of a Deanna Troi type since sexism is part of her complaint. She hates repeating the computer's words, just as Nichelle Nichols wanted to do more than run communications.
Tony Shalhoub, now more commonly known as Adrian Monk, plays a rather clueless Fred Kwan. To "Engineer Chan" in Galaxy Quest, he brings the same charming uncertainty as when he plays the germophobic detective.
The character Alexander Dane is a former Shakespearean actor who despises his role as Dr. Lazarus. In some respects he's like Spock, but probably closer to Worf in The Next Generation. Tommy Webber had been a child when he played Top Gunner Laredo, who also runs the helm.
Then there's Guy, a cowardly fan who once appeared on Galaxy Quest, but was killed before the first commercial. Throughout the movie, he whines about being "Crewmember #6," a security guard who typically dies early in the film, just as the red-shirts were often the first to buy it on the original Trek.
It's impossible to include every nuance of how Quest resembles Trek in the word count I've allowed myself; but just about every bit of Trek technology is renamed. Communicators are "voxes," replicators are "food synthesizers," dilithium crystals are a "beryllium sphere," and the transporter is a "digital conveyor."
Also, many comments involving Nesmith apply to the Shatner/Kirk image. He speaks of wrestling a Kreemorian fangor beast, which may reflect the mugatos in "A Private Little War." During his battle with a rock monster, he manages to lose his shirt, just as Shatner was often seen bare-chested. Over the vox, Tommy suggests he "build some kind of rudimentary lathe" to defeat the beast, a clear reference to "Arena."
As to plot, the movie opens on a Galaxy Quest convention about 20 years after the show ended, and the actors are at each others' throats—especially against Nesmith, their pompous commander. While Nesmith still loves his catchphrase, "Never give up, never surrender," Alexander Dane despises his own lines beginning with "by Grabthar's hammer."
"How did I come to this?" he complains. "I played Richard III. There were five curtain calls. I was an actor once. … I won't go out there and say that stupid line one more time!"
But Nesmith's ego is brought down a few pegs when he enters a restroom stall and overhears three fans at urinals talking to each other.
"Did you check out Nesmith?" says one. "He actually gets off on those retards, thinking he's a space commander. And his friends …"
"I know!" says another. "They can't stand him. Did you hear them ragging on him in there?"
"Dude, he has no idea he's a laughingstock, even to his buddies. He's pathetic!"
According to the trivia list at IMDb.com, the scene reflects an actual experience Shatner once had at a convention. I don't know how he handled it, but Nesmith falls into a depressed funk while signing autographs. He snipes at a technically astute fan named Brandon, who's trying to resolve a disagreement with his friends. He is short with four short people he takes for costumed fans, with slick hair, stilted speech, and pasted smiles.
Turns out these are not fans at all—not in the usual sense. They are Thermians from a distant planet beyond a black hole; they beg for Nesmith to help because they think the Galaxy Quest episodes are historical documents. Even as their leader Mathesar desperately pleads, "Please, Commander, you are our last hope," the smiles never change. They have built their own spaceship based on what they've seen, with every technical part in place.
The plot gets pretty complicated from there, but they manage to get him aboard their Protector II to negotiate with their brutal enemy, Sarris. The villain looks like a cross between man, lobster, and locust, a monster who has all but destroyed their race. Still thinking it's an elaborate joke, Nesmith simply fires on Sarris' ship and leaves. Only when he's covered in a clear gelatinous goo, vaulted back to Earth through the black hole, does he realize it's real.
When he tries to tell his friends about his experience, they don't believe him, and in typical Allen style he mispronounces their race name: "They're Termites, or Dalmatians." The Thermians return to say Sarris still lives, and wants "Captain Taggart" back. Nesmith insists the others come with him.
Eventually they do, plus Guy who's "jazzed at being on the show," but they still snipe at each other even while dealing with Sarris. But it's interesting how the crew manages to work as a team by movie's end. Nesmith shows more compassion toward the others around him. Gwen falls into repeating the computer for real. When Tommy objects, she explodes: "Look, I have one job on this lousy ship. It's stupid, but I'm gonna do it! Okay?" And Dane's disdain for the Grabthar's hammer line transforms into far more feeling when a Thermian fan dies.
Galaxy Quest is a fun movie to watch in many ways, but as with other secular sci-fi, it has problems. A lot of evolutionary assumptions make the rounds, such as Sarris' form. Also, the Thermians' true form is shown to be octopus-like, who speak in high jabbers; this reminds me of how the Kelvans in "By Any Other Name" were said to look (last week's entry). On the beryllium planet we also see bald, runty miners who apparently mine the spheres, a fat and squat pig lizard, and the aforementioned creature of oddly unjoined rocks. I do admire the imagination behind these things, if not the theory.
It's hard to see how these aliens could mistake a series for historical documents, if each begins with opening credits introducing the actors in their roles. Much more incredible is how the Thermians' Protector could run on the very beryllium sphere some sci-fi screenwriter had to have invented, complete with a planet where the spheres are made. Also, how can Nesmith's crew not know how the Omega-13 device works, if it was written into the show?
Problems aside, however, there are a few cool biblical parallels. One is how sci-fi fans, here called Questerians and personified in Brandon, are treated with intelligence and respect, regardless of their passion. Apostle Paul once stated he could be all things to all people (1 Corinthians 9:19-23), no matter what their station in life—but I'm sure he didn't mean adopting lifestyle choices as well. This would be counterproductive for a holy (set apart) people.
And is it counterproductive for the crew to try explaining they are actors, not intrepid space explorers. The Thermian mind cannot accept this, because Sarris' deceptions are fresh in their mind. "If you are saying that any of you could have traits in common with Sarris …" says Mathesar, leading the others in a monotone laugh.
Sarris, on the other hand, is fully aware of the concept, and he laughs wickedly. To Jason Nesmith he says, "[Mathesar] does not understand. Explain as you would a child." Regretfully Jason tells him in oversimplified terms how "we acted … we lied."
Actually, playing a role is far different from lying to deceive. The first is meant to entertain; if it were a sin, then the most devout Christian actor must be guilty. However, we may assume this is the only way Mathesar could begin to understand the truth. Simplified truth is how we should present the Gospel to the Bible-illiterate.
Most of all, I like Taggart's tag line: "Never give up, never surrender," for it has a great parallel in Galatians 6:9. "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Also, 2 Thessalonians 3:13 shares the same idea, and many of the Psalms which speak of being surrounded by evil forces eventually shift into "never give up" mode, by expressing faith in the Lord's power.
As long as we have the Lord Jesus Christ, no matter who or what we may encounter, we have no reason to give up. Instead, we need to draw from Christ's strength and overcome, for "he who endures to the end will be saved."
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Post pics of all the piping and valves near the TK3.
If you have a Thermostatic mixing valve in the system piping maybe it is gunked up too.
I had a 2 zone open-loop radiant heat system heated by a Takagi Tk3 natural gas water heater which also heats our domestic hot water. The new system was put in four years ago, but we have only lived here 6 months. Because our climate (Pacific Northwest on the coast) is mild, the heating system didn't go on much when we moved in in the summer, but it has worked fine during the colder months. The problem is the domestic hot water. The tap water is supposed to get hot when we just turn the taps, but it only goes on when we turn up the wall thermostat for the radiant floor. We have the wall remote for the Takagi and it doesn't register the correct amount of flow (.5 gpm) to turn the Takagi on when we open any tap . We do get hot water when the radiant heat is working. I cleaned the little Takagi filter -very gunky), cleaned the flame sensor with a green scotch guard pad. Still Nothing. The unit has not ever been descaled so I ordered a descaling kit and will try that next. I put one of those Easy Water water conditioners on at the time of the system installation. I am also getting error message 111 on the remote: ignition failure. It would be easy enough to test the ignitor with a meter. So I'm thinking--descale thoroughly, test the ignitor, check the venting make sure they are clear, have the gas company check working pressure on the gas line. Can anybody think of anything else?? This is really a great forum!!
Post pics of all the piping and valves near the TK3.
If you have a Thermostatic mixing valve in the system piping maybe it is gunked up too.
Coastal PNW water is almost NEVER hard enough to end up with scale-up issues. (If you were on a well in a dry-alkaline soil area east of the Cascades, maybe.) Flame sensor varnishing is also somewhat rare before 5 years of use, but not unheard of. The fact that the flow sensor is indicating flow rates lower than what is needed to fire is a clue to why it isn't firing, but if you have a hot water only tap (not on a mixer) you can verify the actual flow with a bucket and a watch or timer. Clearly the heating system pumps are delivering enough flow for a normal ignition cycle. Any impediment to the potable side flow will aggravate a marginal-flow condition (perhaps the EasyWater was the straw that broke the camel's back?), but it would be rare to have such lowe pressure or flow impediments that it couldn't muster the ~0.7gpm or whatever it needs to light off.
In "open" systems that use potable water in the radiation, with months of annual stagnation, the gunk in the filter could even be biological in origin, or it could be iron from oxidizing valves or pumps, if any part of the heating portion wasn't built with all bronze or other non-ferrous non-oxidizing components. (Isolating the heating loops from the potable side with a heat exchanger is always a good idea, even though that often adds another pump to the system.) It's sometimes worth adding a much bigger/better filter on the heating system loops to clean it up ahead of the tankless- it doesn't take a whole lot of crud to clog those little screen filters in the tankless units. (Even in my closed system using a Takagi as a boiler I have to clean the screen-filter every couple of years to keep the flow high enough for the heating system to operate at spec. Were I more ambitious, or if it needed more frequent cleaning than that I'd be cutting in a "real" filter.)
If the filter was plugged with bio material I would also check the flow sensor for build up. bio material is microscopic and would get past the filter, which is only a sediment filter. Also talk to tech support they had a burner removal and cleaning procedure they emailed me that was excellent for my TKjr. One thing the kept telling me was, in order for the unit to fire it followed a simple order. 1 Water flow 2 Air flow 3 Gas flow.
Open more then one faucet or try the tub to get flow and see if it fires up.


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RICHMOND, Va. — Saturday's NASCAR race will have parts of madness and mayhem squeezed into a 3/4-mile bandbox known as Richmond International Raceway.
Tight quarters and a tight scramble for the few spots in the Chase for the Championship make for a combustible combination. It all comes into play tonight. Ten drivers are still mathematically eligible for the five remaining spots in the field of 12 that sets the grid for championship chase.
Expect there to be rubbin' to go along with the racin'.
"You know, the intensity of this race, being in this situation, is very high," said Jeff Gordon, one of those drivers in the Chase scramble. "It forces people to make more aggressive moves. So I think you understand that and your competitors understand that. That's a part of it."
A huge part of it is dealing in hypotheticals and variables that are impossible to completely predict. The dynamics are so complicated that the Chase qualifying grid may change every couple of laps.
There is no doubt that the potential is high for cars going bump in the night.
Gordon joins Kurt Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Newman as guys likely scrambling for the last two spots, assuming Dale Earnhardt Jr., Joey Logano and Greg Biffle don't implode in the standings.
Those hypotheticals will definitely come into play if any of those Bubble Boys are racing to win, and somebody's bumper is in their way. Beep-beep.
"Depends on who that guy is," Truex said when asked if he would take somebody out, drawing laughter from the media. "I got a list of IOUs, and I plan on using them if I need them."
There are all sorts of compelling storylines here. Will Gordon find a way to squeeze into the Chase just like he did last year in Richmond? What about Busch, the so-called outlaw who has become a one-man wrecking crew for Furniture Row Racing? And what of Newman, who's been kicked to the curb by Stewart-Haas Racing for next season but still may run for a championship under its banner in 2013? And because Busch is the guy who will ride for SHR next season, will there be a residual effect on his current team?
"Here we are on the cusp of doing something very special with a single-car team," Busch said. "Win, lose or draw, I think it's been a success. We're in uncharted territory for a single-car team. If we don't win, we gave it our best shot. We know that we were capable of doing it. We just came up shy on some of those bad days or some of those moments that you wanted back."
Said Newman: "I think if you look at somebody like me and Kurt, I think we've done well managing [distractions]. I think in the end it is a big challenge, but that's what we enjoy — challenges. We're out there competing against 42 other people to try to win a race. Don't expect anything to be easy.
"They say the more challenging it is, the more rewarding it is, so ..."
Consider Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne among the lucky ones. They are in the Chase. (Kahne, with two victories, has clinched at least a wild-card spot.)
Heck, Johnson didn't even bother to show up for qualifying Friday after his wife Chandra gave birth to their second daughter early Friday morning.
Johnson will get in the car tonight hoping to ride some momentum into the Chase. All those other guys hovering around the Top 14 all are in that nebulous Twilight Zone. For some, it will be a horror show. For others, it will be a lot of fun.
But rest assured of one thing:
Cars are going to go bump in the night.
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The 2014 MTB Upgrade Points Structure can be found below. Note these points will be awarded at all Ontario Cup MTB-XC or MTB-DH events. Note those eligible to upgrade will have their points posted in the cialis levitra online results section of the OCA website after each Ontario Cup beginning after the third race of the season.
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OCA Announces Inaugural Youth Series "Rising Stars" Summer Camp
Posted by Brendan in Club News, Coaches News, High Performance News Thursday, 24 April 2014 08:41 No Comments
The OCA, with support from the Kevin Watson Foundation and the HOSS Cross Festival is excited to announce the first ever OCA Cycling Summer Camp.
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Arriving late in the calendar this year, the classic season opener was left holding the number #2 spot in the O-Cup series. That didn't stop the event from being #1 in quality and enjoyment for the 470+ riders who made the trek out to the Ancaster Fairgrounds last Friday.
Characterized by a mild temperature and overcast skies, the day couldn't get any better for a spring road race in Ontario. 180 starters took to the road in the first three races of the day, including one of the larger women's fields in recent history. A small crisis occured when, due to what only could be described as a solid lack of coffee, did the E4 pace car get led the wrong way, thusly diverting the entire field the wrong way.
As the day got hotter, so did the excitement. On this characteristically flat course, attack after attack was launched in the Elite fields in a effort to cull the pelotons. The E12 men even managed to launch an 8 rider break that built over 4 mins on the group, to only narrowly not get caught at the end.
Overall, a rousing success. The new location is certainly proving to be an outstanding course and the Hamilton Cycling CLub should be commended for thier efforts
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For a detailed report of the E1/2 Mens race, click here
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After many years of great success, the Learn to Ride clinic returns to help nurture new riders into the sport and reacquaint others who may have had some time off the bike. Superfly Racing and the Ontario Cycling Association have amassed the top riders and cycling enthusiasts in the province to come ride, instruct, and have a fun-filled day with a large variety of would-be mountain bike riders.
All clinics will start with a one-hour in-class instruction period, with talks ranging from nutrition, bike maintenance and overall training techniques. This is geared to ALL levels of riders, and we encourage everyone to come out to this FREE clinic**! After the in-class period, instructors will break into groups and go ride! Skills such as steep climbing, flowing through rock gardens and cornering through singletrack will all be explored while you enjoy the forest with one of many seasoned veterans of the sport. Food services will be available on-site both Saturday, and Sunday of the Ontario Cup event.
OCA Officials Committee Welcomes New Member
Posted by Andrew in OCA News Wednesday, 16 April 2014 14:20 No Comments
The OCA would like to congratulate Anne Cobban for her selection to the OCA Officials Committee as the representative for Road. Anne became an Ontario cycling official in 2006 and has since advanced to the level of National Elite Road Commissiare. Anne is also a national level commissaire in Track, Cyclo-cross, and MTB. Anne has previously served in this role once before and will once again be a great asset to the program over the next two years.
The OCA would like to thank all of the candidates that applied and support their continued efforts in the sport.


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Currently on a new project involving Flash CS6 and AS3.
I want to have an audio track looping in the background unihibited while i navigate through the timeline. The plan is to have two movie clips loop ( can be changed to a regular loop ) with a sort of continue button to navigate to another point in the timeline where the animation will continue then finish, shutting off the audio track. Sorry this is turning out to be more difficult to explain than i thought. So here's an example: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002293
The problem is i can't find a tutorial anywhere to accomplish what i want to do and i don't know how to make the audio repeat uninterrupted without it doubling up on itself which Event sounds do.
Blargh. Speedy responses would be appreciated.
to create a sound that loops independently from all timelines, use the sound class:
var s:Sound=new Sound();
var sc:SoundChannel=s.play(0,10000); // loops 10000 times
to stop that sound, use:
Would you mind being a bit more specific in how to employ it? Because as it stands it doesn't play anything, and the timeline is ignoring the command to return to the first frame of the character's idle loop.
|Scene 1, Layer 'Audio', Frame 1, Line 1
|1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type Class to an unrelated type flash.net:URLRequest.
I dislike having to bump this but it's still an issue that needs resolving.
copy and paste the code you're using to load (or create) your sound.
I'm not using code to load the sound, i just dropped it onto the timeline ( I'll assume it needs to go in the same place ). I'll go look elsewhere for more about that then come back here if i've still got issues or to just close the thread.
to create a sound that loops independently from all timelines, use the sound class:
var s:Sound=new Sound();
var sc:SoundChannel=s.play(0,10000); // loops 10000 times
to stop that sound, use:
Ok, the way it's working now is the first two lines of code on the same layer as the audio track in frame 1. Just pasted straight in. The track is set to Event and Loop since that's the only setting that gets it to continue.
The problem is that when i click the button to navigate to what would be the next portion of the flash, the song doubles up on itself out of sync after the next loop starts. With this error in the Output window.
ArgumentError: Error #2068: Invalid sound.
at flash.media::Sound/play()
at ImpStrifeRob_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()
ArgumentError: Error #2068: Invalid sound.
at flash.media::Sound/play()
at ImpStrifeRob_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve the error and allow it to continue looping without playing multiple instances of the track after i navigate?
you should not have any sound attached to any timeline.
in your library panel, right click your sound, click properties and tick export for actionscript and assign a class name eg, MP3.
then attached to a frame that plays when you want your sound to start use:
var s:Sound=new MP3();
var sc:SoundChannel=s.play(0,10000);
Alright, so
var s:Sound=new AudioLoop();
var sc:SoundChannel=s.play(0,10000);
In a new layer loops the sound but gives me the double up bug again when it starts to loop again - Although without any errors compiling.
- but it doesn't isolate it from other actionscript commands, as the image loop ( currently gotoAndPlay(1); for simplicity's sake ) at frame 60 in a seperate layer just doubles up the audio track every time it crosses that command's frame. Removing the command removes the double up but means the image loop is broken - obviously not what i want to happen. Is there a way for me to either fix the movie clip loop & navigation?
Actually, i'm just going to upload the .fla file because it'll be easier
There we go.
var alreadyExecuted:Boolean;
var s:Sound=new AudioLoop();
var sc:SoundChannel=s.play(0,10000);
p.s. please mark helpful/correct responses
Thanks for the help. Thread be closed.
you're welcome.