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The Martha's Vineyard Arena got a huge boost this week for its plans to improve the facility. On Wednesday, the arena received a $350,000 donation from a charitable foundation in New Hampshire.
"This is a big day for the arena," said Kurt Mundt, arena manager. The check arrived by Federal Express late in the morning. "I had to read it to believe it," Mr. Mundt said. The money will be applied to completing a new locker room facility, part of a much larger rink renovation project. The lockers will be named after Ryan Mone, a high school hockey player who died in an automobile accident two years ago.
Mr. Mundt said he spoke on the telephone Monday with S. Robert Levine, the donor. Mr. Levine was on a ski trip in Colorado. Mr. Mundt said Mr. Levine had read an article about the rink's financial struggles in the Vineyard Gazette. "He told me he wanted to give to a worthy cause on the Island, especially one that would benefit children," Mr. Mundt said.
Mr. Levine is a longtime summer visitor to the Island. The Levine Family Charitable Trust is based in Portsmouth, N.H.
"What do you say at a time like this?" said Jim Pepper, president of Martha's Vineyard Arena Inc. "This is an awesome thing. It is also a big responsibility on us to follow through. Now we have to do more work, and we'll need a lot more help."
"We have told the architect to move ahead on the plan so that we can get bids," Mr. Pepper said. Construction won't take place for more than a year, possibly two years. "It is just not realistic to have it by next fall. Realistically, we may get all the necessary permits by then," Mr. Pepper said.
The rink has already raised $54,000 for the locker rooms. The arena also received some additional checks, but more financial help is still needed. The overall plan is to move all the facilities now at the front of the rink to the back. That means moving the rest rooms, snack bar and shop to the back of the building. The total cost of the project is not yet known. The arena is also in the process of raising funds to pay for needed maintenance work and to cover the cost of electricity.
"We want to create a common meeting room where the present lobby is located," Mr. Pepper said. The new design represents a consolidation, a better use of space.
Mr. Pepper said this is one of the largest single contributions the rink has ever received.


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This clip was filmed at a seminar in Montrose, Scotland in June 2012. It quickly shows a piece of throwing bunkai from Pinan Sandan. The clip also shows a variation on the throw which can be used as a bridge to ground fighting. Deliberately seeking the ground is never wise in self-protection due to the inherent vulnerability from attacks by third parties, a hard floor, etc. However, such techniques can be used in on- on-one dojo fighting and hence have a place in training. The key is always to be mindful of context and use the right method in the right environment.
Throws are not practised as much as they should be within karate; indeed some don't even regard throwing to be a part of karate. In 1935 Gichin Funakoshi (founder of Shotokan Karate) wrote, "In karate, hitting, thrusting, and kicking are not the only methods, throwing techniques and pressure against joints are included … all these techniques should be studied referring to basic kata." A few years later in 1938 Kenwa Mabuni (founder of Shito-Ryu) wrote, "The karate that has been introduced to Tokyo is actually just a part of the whole. The fact that those who have learnt karate there feel it only consists of kicks & punches, and that throws & locks are only to be found in judo or jujutsu, can only be put down to a lack of understanding … Those who are thinking of the future of karate should have an open mind and strive to study the complete art."
We can see from these quotes that throwing was always a part of karate and that to think otherwise was considered as a "lack of understanding". I also wholeheartedly agree with Mabuni that those thinking of the future of karate should strive to study the complete art of karate including its throwing element.
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text: On July 1st, Eric Schwaab joined the National Aquarium as our (first-ever) Senior Vice President and our Chief Conservation Officer. This newly-created position was developed to lead the Aquarium's efforts in becoming a national leader in aquatic conservation and environmental stewardship. Upon his appointment, Aquarium CEO John Racanelli said, "We are dedicated to our mission of inspiring conservation of the world's aquatic treasures. Eric's wealth of experience and passion will help us expand and better promote conservation action to protect the ocean, our planet's life support system." Now that he's a couple of months into his new role, I sat down with him to discuss his thoughts and plans! Tell us a little about your background and why this work is important to you. Eric Schwaab: I grew up in the Baltimore area and have many great memories of fishing, crabbing, boating and swimming on Maryland's Atlantic Coast and in the Chesapeake Bay. Later in college I connected again to the natural world through work at Piney Run Park in Carroll County. That was the point that I really know that I wanted to make natural resource conservation a career focus. I have been very fortunate to realize that goal. Before coming to National Aquarium earlier this summer I was serving as the acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Management for the US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) overseeing work on a range of national fisheries, coastal and ocean issues. Immediately before that, as Assistant Administrator for Fisheries at NOAA, I was responsible for directing the National Marine Fisheries Service in its work on science, management and conservation of federal fisheries, marine mammals, sea turtles and other protected resources within the United States. I led the agency's work to end overfishing, implement "catch share" management programs to better align the interests of commercial fishing businesses with conservation goals, and efforts to improve coastal and ocean habitat conservation. Prior to your work in the federal government, you were the Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDDNR) and had previously served in other DNR capacities. What did these experiences teach you that will prepare you for your new role at the Aquarium? ES: Working on conservation issues in a populated state like Maryland really forces you to understand the role that people must play in protecting our environment. We also live in a state where most people place great value on their natural surroundings. Chesapeake Bay conservation efforts in particular unite us, as we understand that mountain streams, forests and farms, and our urban and suburban communities all play roles in ensuring clean water and healthy habitats for fish, crabs and oysters. I have been fortunate to have had the chance to work closely with legislative leaders, state agencies, local governments and local residents across Maryland to support important state conservation initiatives, including Chesapeake Bay restoration, forest conservation, park land protection and fisheries conservation. What interested you most about this position? ES: Ultimately if we can show people what healthy bays, oceans, streams, and coral reefs look like, we have a good start toward inspiring them to do their part to make sure we have more "out there" of what they love here at the Aquarium. Through our exhibits and our current work in conservation and science, National Aquarium is helping to redefine the role of public aquariums as catalysts for tangible change in how people care for oceans and aquatic systems. Our role as a trusted source of information and our ability to communicate with millions of people annually provide significant opportunities to influence public policy and personal behavior on behalf of sustainable ocean conservation. I look forward to helping to lead that work. You've held some pretty important positions within both the state and federal governments. With that experience, what is the most important thing you've learned? ES: Even in high level state and federal government positions, real conservation commitment and action occurs at the local level. While effective conservation action depends upon sound science, effective strategies and rigorous attention to results, the most important ingredient is still local commitment to action. Having people who value natural resources and understand the strong, inherent relationship between a healthy environment and healthy communities and sustainable economies is critical. We see this everywhere today. Whether in the form of resilient coasts, sustainable fisheries or popular natural tourist attractions, communities gain when natural resources are healthy. What is the biggest challenge we face in improving the health of our oceans? ES: Understanding that we all must do our part. Climate change, ocean acidification and warming, depletion of fish stocks, and many of our remaining pollution challenges result from the cumulative actions of many individuals. These problems will not be addressed solely through some government program or "that other guy" behaving differently. We each have to take some responsibility for energy conservation, reducing fossil fuel emissions, maintaining healthy watersheds and making smart purchasing decisions if we are to sustain the resources we depend on and care about. Much of your recent work has dealt with sustainable fisheries. What is the one thing you would like our readers to (understand or do) with regards to taking responsibility towards healthy fish populations? ES: We have made a lot of progress nationally in ending over fishing and rebuilding depleted stocks. And while there is still work to do here and abroad, the bigger challenges to fisheries sustainability here and around the world are in declining health of coastal and ocean habitats. The best fishery management in the world will fall short if we do not take care of our coasts and oceans. What are the next steps for National Aquarium's Conservation Department? We are committed to telling the conservation story more effectively. The feature exhibits here represent ecosystems that are threatened here in the Bay region and around the world. We want to use these exhibits to inspire greater appreciation and conservation action, among visitors, throughout the community and even among those who have not yet visited here in Baltimore. We also want to be more directly involved in conservation research, policy and action. We will be growing our work on important conservation science, policy and management issues, taking advantage of our experts in Baltimore and Washington, DC and enhance partnerships with others involved in this important work. And we will be seeking your help through member support and engagement. If you could ask the reader to do one thing to improve our natural world, what would that be? ES: Stop, look and appreciate all the natural world has to offer - - everything else will follow. 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Media reports in recent weeks say that Senate Democrats are considering a 3% surtax on income over $1 million to raise federal revenues. This would come on top of the higher income tax rates that President Obama has already proposed through the cancellation of the Bush era tax-rate reductions.
If the Democrats' millionaire surtax were to happen—and were added to other tax increases already enacted last year and other leading tax hike ideas on the table this year—this could leave the U.S. with a combined federal and state top tax rate on earnings of 62%. That's more than double the highest federal marginal rate of 28% when President Reagan left office in 1989. Welcome back to the 1970s.
Here's the math behind that depressing calculation. Today's top federal income tax rate is 35%. Almost all Democrats in Washington want to repeal the Bush tax cuts on those who make more than $250,000 and phase out certain deductions, so the effective income tax rate would rise to about 41.5%. The 3% millionaire surtax raises that rate to 44.5%.
But payroll taxes, which are income taxes on wages and salaries, must also be included in the equation. So we have to add about 2.5 percentage points for the payroll tax for Medicare (employee and employer share after business deductions), which was applied to all income without a ceiling in 1993 as part of the Clinton tax hike. I am including in this analysis the employer share of all payroll taxes because it is a direct tax on a worker's salary and most economists agree that though employers are responsible for collecting this tax, it is ultimately borne by the employee. That brings the tax rate to 47%.
Then last year, as part of the down payment for ObamaCare, Congress snuck in an extra 0.9% Medicare surtax on "high-income earners," meaning any individual earning more than $200,000 or couples earning more than $250,000. This brings the total tax rate to 47.9%.
But that's not all. Several weeks ago, Mr. Obama raised the possibility of eliminating the income ceiling on the Social Security tax, now capped at $106,800 of earnings a year. (Never mind that the program was designed to operate as an insurance system, with each individual's payment tied to the benefits paid out at retirement.) Subjecting all wage and salary income to Social Security taxes would add roughly 10.1 percentage points to the top tax rate. This takes the grand total tax rate on each additional dollar earned in America to about 58%.
Then we have to factor in state income taxes, which on average add after the deductions from the federal income tax roughly another four percentage points to the tax burden. So now on average we are at a tax rate of close to 62%.
Democrats have repeatedly stated they only intend to restore the tax rates that existed during the Clinton years. But after all these taxes on the "rich," we're headed back to the taxes that prevailed under Jimmy Carter, when the highest tax rate was 70%.
Taxes on investment income are also headed way up. Suspending the Bush tax cuts, which is favored by nearly every congressional Democrat, plus a 3.8% investment tax in the ObamaCare bill (which starts in 2014) brings the capital gains tax rate to 23.8% from 15%. The dividend tax would potentially climb to 45% from the current rate of 15%.
Now let's consider how our tax system today compares with the system that was in place in the late 1980s—when the deficit was only about one-quarter as large as a share of GDP as it is now. After the landmark Tax Reform Act of 1986, which closed special-interest loopholes in exchange for top marginal rates of 28%, the highest combined federal-state marginal tax rate was about 33%. Now we may be headed to 62%. You don't have to be Jack Kemp or Arthur Laffer to understand that a 29 percentage point rise in top marginal rates would make America a highly uncompetitive place.
What is particularly worrisome about this trend is the deterioration of the U.S. tax position relative to the rest of our economic rivals. In 1990, the highest individual income tax rate of our major economic trading partners was 51%, while the U.S. was much lower at 33%. It's no wonder that during the 1980s and '90s the U.S. created more than twice as many new jobs as Japan and Western Europe combined.
It's true that the economy was able to absorb the Bush 41 and Clinton tax hikes and still grow at a very rapid pace. But what the soak-the-rich lobby ignores is how different the world is today versus the early 1990s. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, over the past two decades the average highest tax rate among the 20 major industrial nations has fallen to about 45%. Yet the highest U.S. tax rate would rise to more than 48% under the Obama/Democratic tax hikes. To make matters worse, if we include the average personal income tax rates of developing countries like India and China, the average tax rate around the world is closer to 30%, according to a new study by KPMG.
What all this means is that in the late 1980s, the U.S. was nearly the lowest taxed nation in the world, and a quarter century later we're nearly the highest.
Despite all of this, the refrain from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and most of the Democrats in Congress is our fiscal mess is a result of "tax cuts for the rich." When? Where? Who? The Tax Foundation recently noted that in 2009 the U.S. collected a higher share of income and payroll taxes (45%) from the richest 10% of tax filers than any other nation, including such socialist welfare states as Sweden (27%), France (28%) and Germany (31%). And this was before the rate hikes that Democrats are now endorsing.
Perhaps there can still be a happy ending to this sad tale of U.S. decline. If there were ever a right time to trade in the junk heap of our federal tax code for a pro-growth Steve Forbes-style flat tax, now's the time.
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By Carol Berkin
The name Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt conjures up many images: from hunter to teddy bear, from trust-buster to champion of capitalism, from Republican president to Bull Moose challenger. T.R. remains controversial, contradictory, and above all, larger than life. In this issue, leading scholars of Roosevelt and of the Progressive Era in which he made his mark offer us new insights into the man, his philosophy, and his political achievements.
Professor Kirsten Swinth begins this exploration with The Square Deal: Theodore Roosevelt and the Themes of Progressive Reform, an overview of progressivism, focusing on the historical context for the rise of this diffuse and complex movement. She shows us that the reformers came to the movement from a variety of backgrounds and pursued different causes from corrupt government to overly powerful corporations. Yet, if the issues these reformers took up were often different, their goal was the same: finding solutions for many of the social problems caused by industrialization and urbanization. These women and men shared certain assumptions, including the belief that science and technical expertise were critical tools in solving the problems of modernity. They also shared certain 'blind spots,' as demonstrated by their failure to address racial injustices. In "The Politics of the Future are Social Politics": Progressivism in International Perspective, Professor Thomas Bender broadens our perspective, reminding us that the crises of industrialization and urbanization Americans faced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were also global in their impact. Reformers in England, France, Italy, Latin America, and Japan wrestled with the same problems and, together, these men and women shaped a movement they called "social liberalism." Teddy Roosevelt was part of the international reform discussion that centered on effective ways to ameliorate the injustices caused by modern industrial production, new ways to relate to the natural environment, and the creation of a state or government powerful enough to regulate private industry. The problems were the same; the solutions, however, were different for each nation had its own unique political circumstances, traditions, and domestic policy histories. Together, the Swinth and Bender essays effectively evoke the historical context for the life of Teddy Roosevelt. Professor Kathleen Dalton brings the focus to Roosevelt himself in her essay, Theodore Roosevelt: The Making of a Progressive Reformer. Dalton reminds us that Roosevelt's personality, controversial and fascinating as it remains, should not overshadow the factors that lifted him into power or the issues to which he applied his talents. Finally, Professor Patricia O'Toole gives us an insightful look at Roosevelt's third party bid for the White House in her essay The Spectacles of 1912. Her narrative reminds us of the impact of third parties on American politics and their importance in mobilizing new forces and pressing for the adoption of new ideas in national politics.
This issue's lesson plans suggest the rich possibilities for exploring the man and the era in the classroom, from studying the history of the teddy bear to examining the role of charismatic men and women in shaping our past. The interactive feature brings us back to the personal story of Theodore Roosevelt and his family through photographs of "Theodore Roosevelt at Home." And, as always, Mary-Jo Kline provides you with a host of additional sources to use in creating your own lessons.
I feel certain that, when you have read this issue of History Now, you will say, in true Teddy Roosevelt fashion, "bully."
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Black Peter, Krampus and the Real Roots of St. Nick and Santa Claus
My interest in Saint Nicholas and his sidekick, Black Peter, began when I heard a party guest mention that there was an black element in the Dutch Christmas. Some accounts have Nick as Peter's sidekick.
Coincidentally, at the time, I was invited to the Netherlands to participate in a poetry conference. While there, I was able to witness the ceremony of St. Nicholas and Black Peter (aka Zwarte Piet) entering the Amsterdam port on a barge. They were accompanied by "Senoritas." The presence of Senoritas suggested that Peter was of Spanish origin–perhaps a Moor who was introduced to the Netherlands when the Spanish occupied the Netherlands from 1556-1566.


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Illinois scientific visualization team helps show impact of 'The Great Flood' for premiere at ELLNORA
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Grammy Award-winning guitarist and composer Bill Frisell and Obie-winning experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison will premiere "The Great Flood," a 75-minute multimedia work of original music and film inspired by the 1927 Mississippi River floods, on Sept. 10 at ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival at the University of Illinois' Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Members of the Illinois Emerging Digital Research and Education in Arts Media Institute (eDream) and the Advanced Visualization Laboratory (AVL) at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) collaborated with Morrison on the film, creating data-driven visualizations of the Mississippi River Valley showing the extent of the destructive floodwaters.
"This was a novel collaboration between an inspired artist and data-visualization experts," said Donna Cox, director of eDream and AVL.
In the spring of 1927, the Mississippi River surged over its banks in 145 places after 15-inch downpours followed the heavy rains of the previous summer. Levees across the Midwest and the plains failed, and the surging water inundated 27,000 square miles to a depth of up to 30 feet. Part of the flood's enduring legacy was the mass exodus of displaced sharecroppers. This Great Migration of rural southern blacks to northern cities saw the Delta Blues electrified and reinterpreted as the Chicago blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll.
Morrison's film employs documentary footage from the era, showing people coping with and fleeing from the flooding. The eDream/AVL team drew on a 1920s map of the river and contemporary geospatial data to visualize a journey along the Mississippi, providing context for these historical images.
University of Illinois geography professor Shaowen Wang, a frequent NCSA collaborator, and members of his research team (research scientist Yan Liu, visiting scholar Kai Cao, and students Su Han and Yanli Zhao) helped access and process the GIS data, which was scattered across multiple government websites and databases. The geography team also helped to assign coordinates to the historical map so the contemporary data could be aligned to it.
AVL's Alex Betts developed custom plug-in capabilities for the Maya animation software to enable integration and visualization of large geospatial datasets, including high-resolution elevation data, land use data and the historical flood data. This will provide capabilities for future GIS visualization projects.
"We interactively designed the cinematic journeys down the Mississippi using our ultra high resolution 3D visualization environment while playing Bill Frissell's music," said Bob Patterson, AVL senior research artist and eDream associate director. Morrison spent several days working with the team at NCSA.
"While a film about a disaster that took place in 1927 will naturally be driven by archival film footage, we felt it was important that there be a bridge for viewersa sequence that would contextualize the piece geographically and serve to take you into the world of the footage," Morrison says. "With all the flooding that has been felt in much of the nation this year, this contemporary footage lyrically introduces this historical moment as one that has relevance today, and frames much of what is to follow."
ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival kicks off Sept. 8. During the opening night celebration, members of the eDream/AVL will discuss their collaboration with Morrison and will show 3D versions of some of their Great Flood work in Krannert Center's Studio Theater. eDream associate director Guy Garnett, Illinois post-doctoral researcher Ben Smith, and graduate student Tony Reimer also will present new interactive performance works.
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- Anesthesia residents are doctors training to become anesthesiologists.
- Nurse anesthetists, or CRNAs, are registered nurses with special training in anesthesia.
- Anesthesia assistants (AAs) are also trained in a graduate level anesthesia program.
A member of your anesthesia team will be with you throughout your procedure.
How will my condition be assessed before anesthesia?
Your condition must be assessed before you undergo anesthesia, so an anesthesiologist will always interview you beforehand. There are a variety of other methods to obtain needed medical information, depending on your health status and on the procedure you will undergo.
In some cases, you may be telephoned at home to obtain information as well as to be given information and instructions. You may be asked to fill out a questionnaire about your previous anesthetic experiences and medical conditions, allergies, medications or herbals. In other cases, a visit to the hospital, ahead of the surgery date, may be necessary.
Preoperative Reminders
Can I eat or drink before my anesthesia?
As a general rule, you should not eat or drink anything after midnight before your surgery. Under some circumstances, you may be given permission to drink clear liquids up to a few hours before your anesthesia. If your procedure is scheduled late in the day you may be permitted a light meal in the early morning. The same rules apply to children. You should always receive written or verbal instructions and call your doctor or the hospital if in doubt. If you smoke, please refrain.
Should I take my usual medicines?
Some medications should be taken, others are restricted. It is important to discuss this with your anesthesiologist or your surgeon. Do not interrupt medications unless your anesthesiologist or surgeon recommends it.
These instructions are important for your safety. If you do not follow instructions about not eating or drinking before your surgery, your surgery may be delayed or even cancelled.
Day of Surgery
What will happen before my surgery?
You will meet your anesthesiologist, and other members of the anesthesia care team, before you go into the operating room. The anesthesiologist will examine you, and review your medical and anesthesia history and the results of any laboratory tests. The anesthesiologist will explain to you the type of anesthesia you will undergo, and will answer any further questions you may have.
Nurses will record your vital signs, and your surgeon or an associate will visit with you, completing any evaluations or paperwork. Intravenous fluids will usually be started and preoperative medications given, if needed. Once in the operating room, monitoring devices will be attached such as a blood pressure cuff, EKG and other devices for your safety. At this point, you will be ready for anesthesia.
What Types of Anesthesia are Used?
There are several types of anesthetic techniques used for surgical patients, ranging from local anesthesia to general anesthesia. The anesthetic technique selected will depend on several factors. The surgical procedure will in some cases dictate what kind of anesthesia will be needed. Based on your medical history a type of anesthetic may have an additional margin of safety and be selected. Your preferences also will be incorporated in the selection of best anesthetic plan for your procedure.
There are four anesthetic options:
- General anesthesia – This anesthetic choice produces unconsciousness, so that you will not feel, see or hear anything during the surgical procedure. The anesthetic medications are given to you through an intravenous line or as a breathing gas.
- Regional anesthesia – This technique produces numbness with the injection of local anesthesia around nerves in a region of the body corresponding to the surgical procedure. With regional anesthesia, you will feel no pain, and you may be awake or receive sedation to your comfort level with medications injected in your intravenous line.
- Monitored anesthesia care – With this approach, you usually receive pain medication and sedatives through your intravenous line from your anesthesiologist. The surgeon will inject local anesthesia into the skin, which will provide additional pain control during and after the procedure. While you are sedated, your anesthesiologist will monitor your vital body functions.
- Local – The surgeon will inject local anesthetic at the surgical site in the skin with this approach. An anesthesiologist will not be present to provide sedation and continuously monitor your condition as with the other techniques.
Recovery from Anesthesia and Surgery
What can I expect after the operation until I go home?
After surgery, you will be taken from the operating room to another area, often called the "recovery room", or post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). Your anesthesiologist will direct the monitoring and medications needed for your safe recovery. For about the first 30 minutes, you will be watched closely by specially trained nurses.
After certain kinds of major surgery, such as heart surgery, you may be taken from the operating room to the intensive care unit for recovery. In these cases you may remain connected to various monitors and life support systems for a time. Your surgeon and anesthesiologist will discuss this with you.
After the initial recovery period, you may then be moved to another area where you will continue to recover and family or friends may be allowed to be with you. Here you will be offered something to drink and you will be assisted in getting up.
Will I have any side effects?
The amount of discomfort you experience will depend on a number of factors, especially the type of surgery. Your doctors and nurses can relieve pain after your surgery with medicines by mouth or injection or by numbing the area around the incision. Your discomfort should be tolerable, but do not expect to be totally pain-free. Nausea or vomiting may be related to anesthesia, the type of surgical procedure or postoperative pain medications. Although less of a problem today because of improved anesthetic agents and techniques, these side effects continue to occur for some patients.
When will I be able to go home?
This will depend on the type of surgery and the anesthesia used. Most patients who have had outpatient surgery are ready to go home between 1-4 hours after surgery. Your anesthesiologist will be able to give you a more specific time estimate.
Click here for special information about outpatient surgery.
Your Rights as a Patient
You should be given an opportunity to speak to those involved in your anesthesia care. All questions involving how the anesthesia will be administered and the training and qualifications of those providing your anesthesia should be answered fully. The professionals caring for you should treat you ethically and respect your privacy and dignity. If you feel uncomfortable about any aspect of your care you have the right to refuse the planned treatment.
Final Thoughts
Please ask questions! Your experience will be easier if you know what usually happens and what you should expect. Remember, the focus of anesthesia is on you, the patient.
Adapted for NetWellness with Permission – University Anesthesiologists, Inc.
More articles about Anesthesia:
- An Online Pre-Anesthesia Interview
- Anesthesia and Muscle Pain
- Frequently Asked Questions About Anesthesia
- Intravenous Catheter Complications
- Methods of Anesthesia
- Midazolam (Versed®)
- Special Considerations for Outpatient Surgeries
- What is Anesthesia?
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New CU offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy ready to hit recruiting ground running
Though he'll be counted on heavily on the recruiting trail, Eric Bieniemy was the prized recruit in this process.
The former CU running back was the piece that Jon Embree had to have if he was going to accept the Buffs football head coaching job — and he got him.
Now, it's Bieniemy's time to deliver. He'll be the offensive coordinator for the first time in his career. He'll no doubt be building a resume that may result in him being appointed head coach sometime in the future. After the morning introductory press conference he took time to address issues ranging from how he got to CU to recruiting challenges to turning down USC coach Lane Kiffin's job offer earlier this year.
Here is new CU offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, in his own words.
On being back at CU – This is a great university. My life, growing into a young man started here. So this is a great place. I've had a great deal of experiences here. I've had some highs, had some lows. But one thing about this university, it always seems to attract people. It feels great to be a part of something. I'm excited, I'm looking forward to the different challenges that we have ahead. I'm just excited and I'm ready to get back to work.
On recruiting challenges – Right now, I'm going to go back to work with the Minnesota Vikings and deal with these blitz issues that we have deal with, with the New York Giants. I'm going to let the head man sort out the recruiting issues and when I come back we're going to hit the ground running. But I don't necessarily think there's any recruiting issues. We've just got to make sure we're doing a great job of selling our program and selling our staff; selling who we are and what we're about.
On if it's difficult to get top-notch athletes to Boulder – You have to understand, we won a national championship here. The school has had a great deal of success. It wasn't too long ago we won a number of Big 12 North championships. We won the Big 12 championship. So yes, you can get players here. We've just got to make sure that we're going out and identifying the right people that are the right fit for what we want to do.
On listening to coach Jon Embree's speech to the team this morning – I felt like one of the players. I was just sitting in the chair taking it all in.
On if he had to sell some players on staying at CU – No, I think this process has sold everyone on staying. That's the feeling that I got. Understand this: There's a great deal of excitement. Obviously change is difficult, but also, too, like I addressed certain players, you've got to find a way to turn the negatives into positives. I think that's what we need to focus on, the positive things that we are going to start working on, the energy that we want to get going and the momentum that we've built. We want to make sure we're focusing on the little things and getting better.
On if it will be difficult to stay away from CU while he finishes up with the Vikings – It's hard. It's very difficult. I want to jump in so bad. But also, too, I understand the importance of the commitment that I made with the Minnesota Vikings. We've had a lot of highs and lows this season. You never want to see change happen, but change has taken place and I want to make sure that I'm giving our players the best opportunity to finish up the season the right way. And also, giving the best opportunity for (Leslie) Frazier to have an opportunity to earn that (head coaching) job. That's who I am. I'm very passionate and very committed. On the flipside, I will be checking out the internet web sites to see who's doing what. I will be paying close attention to everything.
On if he and Jon Embree are changing the culture at CU – I think they made the right hire. Regardless of the skin color you've got a helluva coach in Jon Embree. That's important. I think at the end of the day, that's what it needs to come down to. It's a shame that we get to identifying coaches where are they black or are they white. Let's talk about who are the best candidates to get the job done. What better qualified coach than a Jon Embree who's been here, who's laid the foundation and understands what it takes to win? And so it was important to me that I be a part of that. I just want to help Jon has all of the success in the world because we both share a common ground – we both played here. This is important to us. So we want to make sure we do it the right way.
On why he took the CU offer instead of the Southern Cal offer early this season – Timing is everything. I'm very loyal. Now, do not get me wrong, when (USC coach Lane Kiffin) made that call to me that was very, very special. First of all it was my first call from a head coach seeking me as an offensive coordinator. So I'm excited. But I just had to sit back and really think about everything. First of all, we're two weeks out of training camp. Second of all, is this the right time to make that jump? You have to understand, I did not want to leave the organization in a bad light. On top of that, Brad Childress, regardless of what has taken place, he's a good man. Brad has done a tremendous amount for me and my family. He's helped me grow in this process. His challenge to me was, 'EB, you're going to be a head coach, I just want to make sure I'm giving you the necessary tools to go there. So don't look at this as your one-time offer. Things are going to come your way, just make sure that you think this entire process through before jumping on board.'
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BOSTON -- Despite the Rays having a smaller bullpen now that the roster has been reduced for the postseason, Alex Cobb doesn't necessarily think the starters will have a longer leash.
"I still think [manager] Joe [Maddon is] going to go on matchups," Cobb said on Friday before Game 1 of the American League Division Series. "We're not going to have as long of a leash as we did maybe in June, July, August, where we get 110 to 120 sometimes. The reason being, we have a lot of off-days in these series. So I don't think it's as crucial to extend your starter as much as you need to in the past, during regular-season games.
"These are still must-win games. Joe's going to calculate every matchup to the best of his ability. So I don't think that short leash is out the window just because we don't have as big of a bullpen. We had an off-day yesterday, and we'll have another one coming up in a couple of days. I think that the bullpen will be well rested, and Joe will be able to go to them as much as he needs to. And we have some guys who can eat up some innings in the bullpen with [Chris Archer] and [Alex] Torres."
Because the mentality is all about winning, Cobb noted, it's a lot easier to check an ego at the door.
"We need to win," he said. "When you're being competitive on the mound, the last person you want to see is Joe coming out, just because you're in a fighting mode. You're going to fight until you can't lift your arm, you can't take it any longer. But when you settle down and know the situation that's going on, you understand it, and you appreciate it, because we're here to win. And pride goes out the window, and selfishness goes out the window.
"We're here to win. [The manager and coaches] are a lot smarter than any player out there. We do our jobs to the best of our ability, they're going to do their jobs to the best of their abilities, and you understand that at the end of the day."


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This Date in Phillies History
Looking back at the week of June 19-25
June 19
1982 Pete Rose scores 1,950th run to pass Stan Musial for 3rd place on all-time NL list.
June 20
1883 Boston scores the most runs ever against the Phillies, 29-4.
June 21
1964 RHP Jim Bunning pitches perfect game against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, 6-0, in the first game of a Sunday afternoon doubleheader on Father's Day. RHP Rick Wise won his first Major League game in the second game, 8-2, allowing only 3 hits.
June 22
1959 LHP Sandy Koufax strikes out 16 Phillies in 6-2 win in Los Angeles, the most strikeouts against the Phils. Two other times, 1962 and 1966, Koufax would match that figure versus the Phillies.
June 23
1971 RHP Rick Wise became the first pitcher in baseball history to hit two home runs in pitching a no-hitter, 4-0, sgainst the Reds in Cincinnati.
June 24
1994 Phillies sign two free agents, LHP Fernando Valenzuela and INF Randy Ready.
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1986 Phillies release LHP Steve Carlton. "Lefty" appeared in 499 games, won 241, walked 1,252 and struck out 3,031, all Phillies career records.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) — High levels of an ultra-salty compound that could be linked to oil and gas drilling persist in the Allegheny River's Pittsburgh-area watershed, while the levels declined in the nearby Monongahela River, recent research shows.
Officials at public water utilities in both watersheds grew concerned in 2009 and 2010 when bromide levels soared during a surge of Marcellus Shale gas drilling. Although not considered a pollutant by themselves, the bromides combine with chlorine used in water treatment to produce compounds that can threaten public health.
A recent Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority report found that high levels of bromides persisted this year in the Allegheny just downstream from industrial brine treatment plants. The plants accept wastewater from oil and gas drilling and other industrial activities.
Also, preliminary research by a Duke University team found a similar problem in a tributary of the Allegheny, professor Avner Vengosh told The Associated Press on Monday. Vengosh said the source there appears to be from conventional oil or gas wells, not shale wells.
But on the Monongahela River, a Carnegie Mellon University team said last week, preliminary research found that bromide levels declined significantly this year, after Marcellus Shale gas drillers responded to warnings from scientists and environmental groups and voluntarily stopped taking waste to treatment plants there. The Monongahela merges with the Allegheny in Pittsburgh.
In early 2011, the state Department of Environmental Protection called on shale gas drillers to voluntarily stop taking wastewater to public water treatment plants along rivers, and major companies and industry groups agreed to the request. Now, most shale wastewater is sent to deep underground waste wells in Ohio or recycled.
The DEP wastewater request doesn't apply to conventional oil and gas well wastewater, and Vengosh said that doesn't make sense. "I think the focus on only shale gas is kind of misleading," Vengosh said, noting that all the wells produce naturally-occurring brine water, which can be much saltier than seawater, and also contain heavy metals and natural radiation.
"It's all psychological," Vengosh said of the distinction between shale gas waste and other drilling waste. "That for me doesn't make any sense."
The Marcellus Shale lies under parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia, and the procedure called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has made it possible to tap into deep reserves of oil and gas. But the boom in shale gas fracking raised concerns about pollution. Large volumes of water, along with sand and hazardous chemicals, are injected underground to break rock apart and free the oil and gas.
Regulators contend that water and air pollution problems are rare, but environmental groups and some scientists say there hasn't been enough research on these issues. The industry and many federal and state officials say the practice is safe when done properly.
The Water and Sewer Authority report also noted that bromide levels rose in rivers below where some coal-fired power plants discharge wastewater, which can also include bromides.
Dave Mashek, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association, said that state regulators don't set a limit on bromide discharges and that the amount of wastewater that comes from conventional wells is decreasing. He also noted that the Water and Sewer Authority testing only identified elevated bromide levels in the Allegheny for part of the year, during periods of low river flow.
Kevin Sunday, a spokesman for the Department of Environmental Protection, said many other sources of bromide exist beyond oil and gas wells. He said the volume of wastewater produced by conventional oil and gas wells is substantially lower than what comes from shale gas wells.


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I'm trying to follow Feynman's lecture. Unfortunately I'm a bit stuck on a small piece, so if you could show me what I'm doing wrong then I'd greatly appreciate your help. I want to exactly know how Feynman came up with $W_{ac} = \int^c_a \bf{F} \cdot d \bf{s} = F s \cos \theta$ when this implies $\bf{F} = F \cos \theta$. I have not been able to convince myself that this is true using triangles and trigonometry.
The relevant section says,
Let us magnify one of the triangles, as shown in Fig. 13-4. Is the work done in going from $a$ to $b$ and $b$ to $c$ on a triangle the same as the work in going directly from $a$ to $c$? Suppose that the force is acting in a certain direction; let us take the triangle such that the side $bc$ is in this direction, just as example. We suppose that the triangle is so small that the force is essentially constant over the entire triangle. What is the work done in going from $t$ to $c$? It is $W_{ac} = \int^c_a \bf{F} \cdot d \bf{s} = F s \cos \theta$
I'm stuck getting the $F s \cos \theta$. Below you'll see the figure I'm imagining while trying to solve this. The triangle ABC is the original in Feynman's figure; the triangle AED is the triangle representing the forces, where the line segment AD is the "F" in the diagram above. I define line segment AE as b, line segment ED as a, and line segment AD as c.
The law of cosines says that $a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2bc \cos \theta $
If we let $a=b$ then,
$b^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2bc \cos \theta$
iff $c^2 = 2 b c \cos \theta$
iff $c=2b \cos \theta$
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$\frac{c}{2 \cos \theta} = b$
$c$ in this case is in the direction of the applied force but what we need to determine is the work by the actual force along $ae$ which should depend on $c$; yet my answer appears incorrect because according to Feynman the answer is $b=c \cos \theta$. Can you tell me where I went wrong?
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Travel Plans Thrown Into a Tailspin
Thousands of people were stranded Sunday as U.S. airlines canceled nearly 8,000 flights through Tuesday ahead of the two storm systems converging on the East Coast.
With Hurricane Sandy looming, airlines suspended operations at airports from Washington up to Boston. Carriers canceled 1,270 flights scheduled for Sunday, according to FlightAware.com, a flight-tracking website. As of Sunday night, airlines also canceled 5,900 flights scheduled for Monday and almost 800 flights Tuesday. FlightAware said it expects airlines to cancel more flights scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Many travelers will have to wait until Wednesday to fly.
Kim Huynh said AMR Corp. 's American Airlines canceled her Monday morning flight to New York from her home in Dallas, disrupting plans for "some of the biggest meetings of my dreams." Ms. Huynh owns a fashion website and had four interviews lined up with big New York publishing companies this week, but Hurricane Sandy forced her to cancel meetings. By Sunday late afternoon, she still was unable to rebook her flights, hanging up after 90 minutes on hold.
Hurricane Sandy was expected to be nearing landfall by Monday night, but high winds were already hitting some areas on Sunday. Most air-traffic-control towers close when winds reach 60 to 70 knots, but many of the early disruptions were because of mass-transit shutdowns that have affected the availability of airline and airport staff, FlightAware said. New York planned to shut down its transit system beginning at 7 p.m. local time on Sunday. Amtrak also canceled nearly all rail service on the eastern seaboard on Monday.
The storm is affecting all major U.S. airlines. United Continental Holdings Inc. canceled the most flights scheduled for Monday—777 as of Sunday afternoon—followed by JetBlue Airways Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc., all with more than 520 cancellations. Overseas airlines also started canceling service to the East Cost Sunday to avoid aircraft and crews becoming stranded.
The impact is greatest for United because it is suspending operations at two of its hubs, Newark Liberty International Airport and Dulles International Airport, as well as 24 other airports, including Boston, Philadelphia and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
In August 2011, Hurricane Irene canceled roughly 10,000 flights over a weekend.
Philadelphia International Airport suspended all flight operations into Tuesday. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recommended airlines cancel all flights scheduled for Monday to and from the three area airports, but the airports planned to remain open, FlightAware said. Almost all flights at Baltimore Washington International and Reagan National Airports are cancelled on Monday.
Forecasters fear Hurricane Sandy will cause flooding, partly because tides are already high with a full moon. That could affect airports, such as New York's John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia, which is only four feet above high tide, FlightAware said.
Airlines waived penalty fees for changing reservations ahead of Hurricane Sandy, though travelers have to travel on rebooked tickets by Nov. 4, giving them only about a week to reuse tickets. However, if flights are canceled, airlines have to provide refunds.
Recovery for airlines from major storms often depends on conditions on the ground. Airlines need public transportation running so airport workers and cabin crews can get to work, for example. Damage to terminal buildings can also slow resumption of flights. But if facilities and services come through the storm in good shape, airlines can recover quickly when they have planned ahead.
Hundreds of frustrated fliers went to Twitter and Facebook to vent about their canceled travel plans, and how vacations or business trips were extended or postponed. Designer Michelle Smith said on Twitter, "My flight back to NY canceled- stuck here in Seattle. Can only visit the Space Needle so many times. #bored."
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Why frustrated Muni operators use sickout to gain leverage
Last week's three-day surge of sick calls by Muni operators left many transit riders waiting, sometimes as long as an hour, for their buses, trains and streetcars to arrive. If they felt like pawns in contentious labor negotiations, that's because they were.
Anyone hoping for a quick resolution of the labor dispute through a scheduled Saturday arbitration hearing will have to keep waiting. Representatives of the Municipal Transportation Agency and Transport Workers Local 250-A met with a mediator Friday but called off a Saturday arbitration session set by the City Charter.
"The union declined to meet in arbitration" Saturday, said Paul Rose, an MTA spokesman. "We are working with them to sit down and talk in mediation to finalize this agreement and provide our operators with a good and fair contract."
Should the union fail to approve a mediated agreement or participate in arbitration by the June 15 deadline, Rose said, the current contract would remain in effect for the next two years - and operators would go without raises.
Just as BART commuters were caught - twice - in the middle of a dispute between workers and management last year, last week the folks who take 715,000 trips on Muni each weekday got their turn, even though San Francisco city workers are prohibited from work stoppages.
The mass absence came after operators, represented by Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, rejected a proposed agreement, reached with the aid of a mediator, on May 30. It called for an 11.25 percent raise over two years - raising the base pay to $32 an hour on July 1 - but required workers to make a 7.5 percent pension contribution now paid by the city.
Union officials have said the pension payments will erode the raises, the first in years. Operators complain that the offer is unreasonable and continues an atmosphere of blaming them for the agency's financial struggles, poor on-time performance and unreliability.
Operators say that's what led to last week's sickout, a protest they and the union say was orchestrated on the grassroots level - out of anger - to send a message to MTA management.
"This is a concerted attack on SFMTA and definitely not on our passengers," said an operator and union activist who did not want his name used for fear of retribution.
Whether or not they're the intended target, commuters suffer when a transit agency shuts down. BART's strikes and protracted contract dispute last year produced an outburst of commuter anger - and cries for a ban on transit strikes.
That cry faded, but didn't disappear, once trains started running. Proposed legislation to ban transit strikes failed to gain any traction in Sacramento. And last week, Steve Glazer, an Assembly candidate who ran on a platform to ban BART strikes, failed to get enough votes to advance to November's general election.
The Muni sickout also shows that a strike ban is no magic bullet.
"By itself, prohibiting strikes does not lead to cooperative labor-management relations," said John Logan, director of the Labor and Employment Studies program at San Francisco State University.
All city employees are prohibited from striking, but Proposition G, approved by voters in 2010, added to the City Charter new rules pertaining to Muni alone. The ballot measure removed a provision requiring Muni operators be paid the second-highest wage in the nation. It also altered the arbitration process, which occurs when a contract proposal is rejected by members, so the arbitrator cannot rule against the MTA's proposals unless the union can prove that its interests outweigh "the public interest in efficient and reliable transit."
The union contends that is an unreasonably high standard. Before the contract vote, in which leaders made no recommendations, local President Eric Williams called the impasse resolution process "lopsided and unfair" and urged the membership to take a stand. Members voted down the proposal 1,198-47. Three days later, hundreds of operators were calling in sick.
"Unions turn to things like sickouts when the law takes away other options," said Gordon Lafer, an associate professor of labor studies at the University of Oregon. "The traditional framework for public sector bargaining was to have binding arbitration that's neutral. If it becomes something that employees see as tilted, no longer equal, it pushes them to be creative."
The choice of a sickout, while unusual in San Francisco, is not uncommon among workers banned from striking - police officers, teachers (in some states, but not California), airline pilots, air traffic controllers - labor experts said.
"This is a long history of public workers using sickouts as a negotiating tool when they lack other leverage," said Joseph McCartin, a Georgetown University history professor and author of a book about the 1981 air traffic controllers strike.
"When police unions staged sickouts they were referred to as the 'blue flu.' When firefighters used them they were called the 'red rash,' and teachers spoke of getting 'chalk dust fever,' " he said.
While sickouts and strikes can have the same effect - long waits, costly cab rides or lengthy walks - one advantage of a strike is that commuters can often see it coming, Logan said. A sickout is almost always a surprise action.
"Sickouts are usually short, very short, and they only work if there's an element of surprise," said Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. "You can't tell the public that in a week you're staging a sickout, because then it's illegal. It's a strike."
While the Muni sickout caught almost everyone by surprise, it didn't seem to engender the same level of animosity as the BART strike or create nearly as much chaos. Many commuters grumbled about the inconvenience but said they sympathized with the drivers.
"I can understand," said Dianne Warren, a 63-year-old retiree who lives in the Bayview and had to wait almost an hour for a bus home on the first two days of the protest. "People don't realize bus drivers have to deal with a lot all day long. Crazy people on buses, loading people in wheelchairs."
Some inconvenienced riders complained that the Muni operators were already well compensated and shouldn't be hurting the public to make their point.
"Their pay and their benefits are already pretty good," said Mary Walls, 38, who lives and works in San Francisco. "It seems selfish they're not willing to contribute to their pensions."
Transit strikes or sickouts are always a hard sell with the public, labor experts said, because most people just want to be able to get to work or school.
"It might not advance your cause," Logan said. "But when you feel you have no other options, this at least brings attention to the fact you feel you are deeply underappreciated."
Bay Area labor experts said the anger generated by transit strikes doesn't seem to have a lasting impact on support for labor causes.
"The population is becoming a little more moderate than it used to be," said Tim Paulson, head of the San Francisco Labor Council. "But I don't see any diminishment in support for labor."
With higher union membership rates than the rest of the nation, and support for worker battles against Walmart and for higher minimum wages, the Bay Area and California remain labor strongholds, Logan said.
What that means for Muni negotiations remains murky. Is another sickout possible? Of course. Union officials, who say they had nothing to do with the sickout, aren't commenting. Rose, the Muni spokesman who was cautious about pronouncing the end of the sickout last week, said the agency doesn't anticipate another.
"Our hope is to continue the process ... and work out a good and fair contract with the union in time to meet the deadline," he said.
Chronicle staff writer John King contributed to this report. Michael Cabanatuan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @ctuan


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Dina Lohan Gossip
Dina Lohan gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Long Island Yard Sale
Yesterday, a short post on Lindsay and Dina Lohan showed up on TMZ, and it involved Dina selling Lindsay's stuff - shoes, clothes, furniture, artwork – that is being stored at Dina's house. Basically, the Lohans have entered Judge Judy territory. If you watched the docuseries Lindsay, aka "Lindsay smokes and bitches about moving," you'll know that she has a lot of sh-t. Full Story
How Lindsay Lohan prepares for court
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After TMZ reported yesterday that Lindsay Lohan was trying to not show up at court by using a doctor's note even though she was papped shopping in New York, she was seen with her mother Dina last night flying in to LA well after midnight. As you can see, she was well dressed for the occasion. Full Story
Liars and their denials
Lindsay Lohan called into TMZ yesterday. Click here if you have the time to listen to almost 15 minutes of a liar's denial. I did. So I can save you the waste. In short: Her dad is the enemy and her ma, Dina, is the real hero, and Dina doesn't use cocaine, and yes she gave her $40K to pay off her debts because Michael doesn't pay child support. Full Story
Liars taping liars
TMZ has released audio of a hysterical Lindsay Lohan calling up her father Michael last night during that scrap with her mother. WHY IS HE TAPING THEIR CONVERSATIONS? Here's what is said: Dina appeared to be on cocaine. Dina took 40 grand from Lindsay to keep her house. Full Story
Another proud night for the family of dickheads
Lindsay and Dina Lohan scrapped last night. They were at a club at 4am. On their way home to Long Island they started slapping each other. Lindsay has a cut on her leg and her ma broke her bracelet. The cops were called on a domestic. No one was arrested. I would like to believe that Dina was finally giving her daughter some structure -- at dawn, after a night of partying. Full Story
Lindsay and Dina are the same
I waited until after dinner last night, with a glass of wine, before turning on Dr Phil's interview with Dina Lohan. Jacek and I watched together. The best part is that he was a little red-eyed. So it got a little trippy for him whenever she got a little trippy which was...constantly. You've heard it everywhere else how f-cked up she was. Full Story
Dr Phil & the Drunk
I don't watch Dr Phil. But I think I might if this preview delivers on its promise -- that he will call out Dina Lohan for being a piece of sh-t and raising a piece of sh-t. Lindsay Lohan, of course. It's the most glorious low-classy body language you have ever seen. It's the trademark Lohan denial and excuse-making. Full Story
A Rock Girlfriend > Dina Lohan
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Vulture's interview with Bebe Buell was the best thing I read yesterday. SO good. Like vintage smut. She keeps saying back in the day, it was a different life, it was a different way. Have you seen Almost Famous? Penny Lane played by Kate Hudson? That was inspired by Bebe Buell. Bebe Buell, I just like saying the whole name, is Liv Tyler's mother. Full Story
Dina vs Glee/GOOP
Some people you love to hate. I love to hate Katherine Heigl. It's so much fun. And Jessica Biel too. Very entertaining. Many of you feel the same way about Gwyneth Paltrow. I get that. She's always there, giving you reason. But Dina Lohan, Dina Lohan you can't love to hate. Dina Lohan you just hate. Full Story
Be glib if you want to...
But don't forget to be tough. He has to be tough. So TMZ reports that Dina Lohan, who can't stay off camera, will be on The Today Show tomorrow morning for an interview with Matt Lauer to discuss, obviously, Lindsay's time in jail and how she's doing in rehab. Full Story
Shoes are more important than children
It's Dina Lohan's mantra. She was in New York yesterday promoting the Shoe-Han. See I don't have much faith in mankind. Some idiots WILL actually buy this sh-t. After all, there are f-cking losers out there who are also buying Ebola Paris Hilton's lame sh-t. People suck. So ss you'd expect, Dina was asked at the event about Michael Lohan's shocking "revelation" Full Story


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Made to Measure Linen Curtains
Made to Measure Curtains
We can create Made to Measure designer curtains to your exact requirements, to fit any window size or style. Each of our bespoke curtains can be beautifully made for you by professionals in our traditional workshop based in the UK. They are hand finished with great care and attention and delivered to you well within 8 weeks.
You can find a useful video talking you through how to measure up for both curtains and blinds by clicking here. Once made up, for lined, interlined and blackout lined curtains, we advise hand-made interlined curtains to be dry cleaned by a curtain specialist. Click here for tips on prolonging the life of your curtains, and for cleaning recommendations.
When making up linen curtains we recommend the lining is hemmed separately to avoid any sagging. Hems should be on both sides but not the bottom.
Before you take out the tape measure, decide how high above the window you'd like the curtains to begin. Top tip! Hanging curtains higher than the window will give a sense of height to the room.
Do you have any tips for prolonging the life of curtains?
Unfortunately, fading from sunlight is always possible. Here are some tips to help prolong the life of your curtains – you can draw them well back from the light, you can line and interline them, you can also draw them with a pulley system to avoid making the leading edge dirty. Swapping the curtains over from time to time helps to keep the leading edges of the fabric, which is the most exposed to sunlight, at a minimum or perhaps adding a border to the leading edge where the fabric will be most vulnerable.
Some fabrics can help keep out the cold. Many hotels use velvet or tweed since their weight helps block light and keep heat in. Still, all of my designer curtains can be interlined with bump, a thick, insulating felt material. This interlining — a piece of fabric slipped between the lining and the face fabric — can also help prolong the life of the curtains. Lining and interlining are what give curtains their body and fullness. You can download a PDF to print on how to prolong the life of your curtains by clicking here.
What style of curtain heading do you recommend when choosing bespoke curtains?
You can choose between several different headings:
Double and triple pleat headings are smarter for a dining room. They have the benefit of several different hook positions, allowing you to alter the length of the curtains if necessary.
If you want a more informal and softer look, I would suggest our cottage pleat or flop over frill headings.
A pencil pleat heading has the benefit of being adjustable in the width if you move house.
You can also choose to line your curtains with a simple lining or add in a warm interlining for insulation and a more luxuriant look. Should you wish to eliminate light, we can also upholster bespoke wool blackout curtains for you.
If you would like to know more about our Made to Measure curtains then please do not hesitate to get in touch with us today. We are a friendly team who are on hand to take your call and are more than happy to assist you with anything that you may need.
Let's get started by selecting your fabric…
How to measure up for your curtains:
A video guide to help to measure up
Please remember that pattern repeats and fabric widths are automatically calculated if you order through our web site. It is advisable to fit your pole or track before ordering your curtains. Your pole or track should ideally extend 30cms on each side of the window so when drawn back light is maximised and at least 15cms above the top of the window to block out as little light as possible again. Please use metric units only when measuring.
Width: If you have a pole, measure the distance between the finials. (A)
Finished Length for pencil pleat, triple pleat, double pleat and inverted pleat - when measuring the finished length using a curtain pole we recommend allowing between 2cms and 5cms above the eyelet on the underside of the curtain ring, depending on how much of the pole and rings you wish to hide. From the measurement you choose above the eyelet, measure down to the bottom of the hem (see B & C) and that is your finished length measurement.
Finished length for cottage pleat - these have to be made be a 3cm single position tape which makes the finished length non adjustable. To measure the finished length for this header, please provide us with the distance from the eyelet to the floor and add 5cm for the cottage pleat.
Finished length for flop over frill - these curtains have to be made with a 3cm single position tape which makes the finished length non adjustable. To measure the finished length for this header, just give us the measurement from the eyelet to the floor. Don't add any extra for the frill, we will do that.
Please note, we will add 25cm for hem allowance.
Width - If you have a track, measure the total length of the track, including any overlap where the curtains meet in the middle.
Finished length: For pencil pleat, triple pleat, double pleat and inverted pleat - when measuring the finished length of your curtains using a track add 1cm above the track (to hide the track) down to the bottom of the hem. (D)*
Finished length: For cottage pleat curtains - these have to made with a one inch single position tape which makes the finished length non-adjustable. To get your finished length measurement, just give us the measurement from the eyelet to the floor and add 5cm for the cottage pleat.
Finished length for flop over frill curtains - these have to made with a one inch single position tape which makes the finished length non-adjustable. To get your finished length measurement, just give us the measurement from the eyelet to the floor and don't add any extra for the frill as we will do this.
Please note, we will add 30cms for hem allowance.
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