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Aaron Campbell
Aaron had a talent for running and also spinning straws and other things around.
Abigail Englade
"""Abby is my beautiful baby who was only 7 years old when she went to Heaven. She was born with Charge Syndrome. We love and miss her more than words can say. She was so sweet and such a blessing. I thank God for her everyday. We love you, mommy, Kayla (big sis), mama, papa, uncle Jeff and aunt Tammy"""
Adam Hammond
"Adam's favorite scripture verse was ""This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it"",(Psalm 118:24) and that is exactly how he lived his life each and every day. Jesus called him home on Thanksgiving night and we can think of nothing more important to be thankful for than having our son enrich our lives for 11 years"
Alexis May Kazian
Alyssa Leonard
Anthony Bolivar
Anthony Foster
Ashley Edwards
Bonnie Foster
Chad Jacob Wood
Charles Robert Dye, Jr.
Lil Charlie
Charles Robert Dye, Jr. (Lil Charlie) was born January 22, 1987, to Charles and Becky Dye. When Charlie began school he was a healthy, happy child. A straight-A student, he was in the top 4% of his gifted class. He loved to read and wanted to be a plastic surgeon when he grew up.
By the time Charlie reached 4th grade, his behavior had changed dramatically. His loving family, the medical community nor school systems could find a cause or a solution for his erratic behavior. Finally, on November 21, 1999, Charlie was diagnosed with Childhood ALD, the most severe form of a rare genetic disease called adrenoleukodystrophy. This disease leads to abnormal accumulation of fatty acids in tissues, especially the brain and adrenal glands, causing nervous system deterioration. The movie Lorenzos Oil portrays a family dealing with this disease.
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Charlie Stewart
Chase Whitehurst
Gods Gift - Our Hero
Chase was born at 29 weeks weighing only 2 pounds and 10 ounces. The doctors told us his lungs were extremely underdeveloped and did not give us much hope for his survival. Along with many area churches, our family began to pray for baby Chase. His breathing and SATs began to increase hour by hour. The doctors were quite surprised when a lung x-ray showed his lungs fully developed compared to the first x-ray, where his lungs only went down to his 4th ribs. God had performed a miracle in Chase. At 3 days old, we were told that Chase had a rare heart defect, an Arota- pulmonary window. The cardiologist did not believe he would survive until the surgery. Through many ups and downs, Chase made it to the 5 pound mark for open heart surgery. The surgery was a success and Chase\'s heart did not suffer any complications from the wait. God completed another miracle in Chase, which surprised the cardiologists. At 10 months, Chase developed seizures. When the seizures started, his delayed physical development slowed down even more. We continually prayed for Chase\'s healing, growth, and development.
Through a special diet we were able to control Chases seizures.
Christopher Winn
"Christopher's dad says, ""Christopher came into this world weighing 4-lbs, 3-oz. As soon as he was born, the doctor knew immediately something was wrong. Christopher was born without several vital organs necessary for life. Although he was only here on earth that day for 15 hrs. he remains in my heart forever."""
Dale Foster
Daniel Weigelt
David Allen Tyler
David Peters
Dustin Wilkerson
Elayna Rose Carter
"""Elayna was the sunshine in our home, a sparkling happy girl whose pranks and giggles lit our everyday. She had many physical problems, but through it all was determined to enjoy every minute of every day to the best of her ability. Some of our fondest memories are of her riding her electric Barbie motorcycle wearing dads helmet, and stopping by her oxygen tank to pump up between laps... she loved Disney and especially the processes, and got to meet them all before going home. We miss her terribly, but all our conversation about her now seem to include laughter and celebration, taking the the edge off the heartbreak we felt when we lost her. She was and is the brightest light in our home, the sparkle in the stars, and the gentle moonlit glow in our quiet times... I miss you baby doll""... daddy"
Emily Richards
Evan Queen
"If you look up Evan's name it means ""young warrior"".
Fabian Perez
I will see him again in heaven, because he was a twin and I have one hand empty waiting to hug him again.
Frankie M. Anselmo
"""The Child of my Heart"""
Gabriel Omar DeJesus
He had so much life filled inside.
Holden Johnson
"Holden's parents say, ""Although severely disabled, unable to talk and confined to a wheel chair, Holden communicated his love with all those he knew with his joy and smile. He changed lives. He is missed by all who knew him, but we know we will see him again one day and what a joyful reunion that will be!"""
Hunter Wallace
Hunter was a very special little boy. He died with no diagnosis. Hunter is always in our heart. There isn't a day that goes by that we don't talk about him or talk to him.
Jazlyn Hope Wilson
"Jazlyn's parents say, ""Jazlyn had eleven ""abnormalities"" (including no arms or legs, just hands and feet attatched to her torso, hydrocephaly, 4 different heart defects, etc). She was not expecting to survive for a minute, not expected to cry when she was born, yet she survived for 6 glorious days and came out screaming her head off. She was put on this earth for us to cherish every minute with our children and she definitely accomplished it! She will forever be missed and loved!"""
Jessica Browning
"Jessica's parents say ""We were blessed to meet her and have her with us for 7 1/2 hours."""
Joseph Knight
"Mom shares, ""All I had ever wanted to do was to be a mother!!
Joshua James Boerio
"Josh's parents say, ""Josh was born with only the brain stem yet he learned to say mama, dada, and ya- He had the most beautiful eyes and loved being held."""
Justin Keith Taylor
Born on April 23, 1983 to Eddie and Jenny Taylor of Nashville, Georgia, Justin was diagnosed with down syndrome and was only expected to live for 6 months but lived a life of 16 years. Justin attended the regular public schools in the special ed department. He participated in the Special Olympics receiving many awards.
Justin\'s hobbies included playing Nintendo, playing on computers and competing in the Special Olympics each year.
Justin relocated to his new home in heaven on August 22, 1999.
Kathyrn Sharpe
Kayley Foster
Keri Anne Boerio
"Keri's parents say, ""Keri was a cuddle bear.
Lillian Craig
Lisa Holcomb
"Mom shares, ""She was the most wanted baby in the world!"""
Luke Joseph Griese
"Mom and dad say, ""Luke blessed our lives with his sweet little presence. He was a miracle baby and stayed with us longer than we expected. Although he only lived eight hours, that was more than the doctors said possible with Potter's Syndrome."""
Luke Schondelmayer
"Luke's parents say, ""Our little munchkin man was the sweetest, cutest, most amazing little man! We will always love him and he will always have a special place in our hearts. Luke was born with a seizure disorder (infantile spasms that later transitioned into complex partial), hypotonia, and developmental delay. He had 6 weeks of ACTH, he was on 7 additional medications, had 5 different types of therapy per week, and visited the hospital and doctor often but he always had a smile on his face. He never had a diagnosis from the doctors. The doctors were always dumbfounded when it came to diagnosing Luke because all the 100's of tests always came back negative or normal or inconclusive. Every place that we went with Luke, people were drawn to him and just fell in love with him. We heard several times that ""there is something special about your little boy"". God's love shined out of our little man and touched so many lives. He definitely knew his mommy and daddy; he would get excited every time one of us would walk into the room. He knew that he was loved SO much. Lukeman was a blessing from God and we thank God everyday for each moment we had to spend with him while he was with us. On the morning of June 27, 2007, God chose while Luke was asleep to take him to his heavenly home with Jesus. Although we miss Lukeman beyond what words can express, we have the peace of knowing that he is with Jesus and that we will see him again. Praise God!!! """
Luke Smith
Madison Mackenzie Helms
Madisyn Christian
"Madisyn's parents say ""Madisyn had Aicardi Syndrome and suffered from multiple types of seizures on a daily basis. She wasn't given any hope to even live, so to have her for over 2 years was quite a miracle. Madisyn suffered a stroke at 5 months and was never supposed to wake up from a coma...was given 2 weeks to live...then woke up a few months later. Her name means ""gift"" and ""strong fighter""...more fitting than we can ever explain! She had great impact on so many people...many that never even met her. Her funeral was attended by hundreds of people. Our son, Chayse, as well as 2 of his classmates, accepted Christ as a result of her ""home-going""! Although we will always miss Madisyn, we know that she is whole and healthy for the first time in her life. This was included in the paper with her obituary: Madisyn...Courageous fighter to the core. Though you never spoke a word, your life spoke volumes... Your smile brightened our days and your snuggles warmed our hearts. We will greatly miss you, but we know that"
Marcus Ernst
Mark O'Reilly Jr
Mark was born an angel.
Matthew Gonzalez
"""Matthew was a blessing and a joy.
Mia Nicole Gonzalez
Nathaniel Kane Kaufold
We have an Angel named Nathaniel
Sometimes I sit and wonder why Nathaniel is gone? But he is really not gone, he is still in my heart, and always will be. Nathaniel will always be my son.
Nathaniel Timothy Kuck
"""A Treasured Gift of God"""
Rebecca Sharley
Samuel Foster
Simon Dale Bradley
Steven Alan Bonney
Steven Alan Bonney couldnt walk, talk or even feed himself, but he managed to bring joy to those who knew him, make others think about their own contributions and appreciate their own abilities.
He accomplished a lot just by touching the lives of people we could have never touched, said his father, Dennis Bonney.
Tyler Catino
Valerie Marie Leon
Vicki Slobodian
"Vicki's mom says ""Vicki returned home to be with our heavenly father. She will always be remembered but never forgotten. She filled our lives with joy and we will miss her terribly."""
Zachariah Kyle Emerson
On July 21, 1998, a baby boy was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Little did we know how this tiny, precious person would be used so powerfully by God to forever change our lives and make clear our purpose. That purpose has now become Zachariahs Way. Zachariah Kyle Emerson arrived as a big, beautiful boy with the face of an angel. Over the next 24 hours, Zach was diagnosed with hydrocephalus (excess fluid on the brain) and underwent surgery to have a shunt inserted when he was just three days old. Like so many families with a special needs child, we brought him home with so little knowledge of or exposure to a special needs child. We felt that our dreams and plans for Zach were slipping through our fingers as, over the next few months, Zach was diagnosed with significant visual impairment, a brain malformation, severe cerebral palsy, and a seizure disorder. In just four short years, he underwent countless surgeries, hospital stays, doctor visits, and therapy sessions. We often lived day to day, too tired and afraid to think about tomorrow.
Zachariah went to be with Jesus on February 5, 2003. However, over those four and a half years that God lent him to us, Zach turned our lives upside down. We were totally and completely changed in ways that happen only when Gods blessing can be seen and experienced so obviously. As many special needs families experience, we learned to see life in new and better ways we discovered that we were blind in so many ways and that Zach taught us to see. Zach taught us that our definition of healthy , whether it be physical, mental, or emotional, does not define nor determine the quality, richness, or dignity of life. Zachariahs steady happiness, courage, and positive attitude were and remain an example to all of us. Zachariah knew the joy of just living each day and spent his short life creating relationships and reaching out to others.
Eden Ziegler
Eden Grace Ziegler came into this world as a special needs child, and to everyone who had come to know her as a very special baby girl. She touched the heart of everyone who came to know her. When she was one week old, she had her first surgery. We were told that she had an undiagnosed syndrome, that to this day, we never found out what it was. Over the next year and a half, she had several hospital stays and numerous surgeries. She could not see, move, walk or talk. She never tasted any food, because she could not swallow. She had to wear these little pink eyeglasses when she was going through her eye surgeries. She looked like a little turtle. She took my wife and I thru some long, curvy roads, not knowing when or where they would end, or what the outcome would be. Each and every time, drawing us closer and closer to this beautiful little angel of ours. Through everything, Eden Grace taught us lessons about strength, grace, and God\\\'s love. We started a collection at our church called the Eden Grace Memorial Fund, that helps other families that might have to go through a similar situation, also 50%of everything collected goes toward research of heart disease, hydrocephalus(swelling of the brain), and undiagnosed syndromes. The guitar player at our church wrote and produced a song in his studio, entitled,\\\'Eden Grace\\\', to which all of the proceeds go to the Eden Grace Memorial Fund. We miss her so much!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still cry when certain songs come on the radio. But we know that she is not gone, but waiting on us to be with her in our Heavenly home. And back here in Orlando, her memory lives on!
Her father, Rich Ziegler
Julia Rene Boerio
"Julia's parents say, ""Julia loved stuffed animals and being sung to and listening to music. She always had a smile on her face inspite of her multiple medical issues. She was our Julie-Bug."""
Leslie Anne Saul
"Mom share, " "Leslie touched so many in her short life and was able to do so much."
Monti Kelsey
Monti was not given to me through physical birth, but God gave him to me in a special way.
Nathaniel Litten-Carlson
Nathaniel\'s mom writes, \"Nathaniel is a very special child and he showed me that God gives gifts that may be with you for a short time or a long time of your life, but every life for what time is giving is a great gift always.\"
Adam Baez
He lit up a room and people were always smiling. He was always happy no matter the situation. You could feel his love just by looking at him.
He taught the world to smile. He had an infectious laugh, the sweetest spirit, and full of unconditional love. He is missed dearly...
Chris was born to be an Angel. Even as a baby people would comment he looks so Angelic!! A gentle smile and his eyes told his story and love he had to give to the world. He was our gift from God!
Daniel Jones
Dayshawn Limones
Dayshawn was the most stylish kid who wore the biggest smile. He was the oldest of 4. He enjoyed traveling, going to Comic Con, and was a huge Walking Dead and Stranger Things fan. Disney was his favorite playground. Our superhero fought many battlesn and taught us many life lessons. He is truly missed. We love you 3000 buddy!!!
Desmond (Shug) Scott
Desmonds biggest talent was making everyone smile. He touched every life and heart that came across him. He was the most loving, calm baby in the world. He loved to hear music, and most of all when the windows were down in the car and the air hit him he would just laugh and kick his little feet. Despite all the hospital stays he amused the doctor by still being so happy.
Diego Alamo Rivera
Diego was a very special boy. We will always remember his beautiful smile. He loved Olaf , music and the happy birthday song.
Ella Broyles
I was almost six months pregnant with Ella when I went into labor at our home. She was delievered in our bathroom still born. We had pathology testing done and found out she was Down Syndrome and had Cleft lip and Pallet. She is our angel.
Ethan Luis
Gary Paul Franz, Jr.
Gary Paul Franz Jr., was born October 30, 1989, in
Bandung, Indonesia, where his parents, Gary and Carol
Franz, were serving as missionaries to the Sundanese
people with Pioneers.
Born with severe hydrocephalus, Gary Paul faced mental and physical disabilities. He overcame many life-threatening health challenges, undergoing numerous surgeries and hospitalizations. So that the Lord's greater work might be displayed in Gary Paul, He preserved his life and allowed him to enjoy years of stable, healthy living.
His life verse was given to his parents just days before
his birth and comes from what Jesus said when he
miraculously healed a man who was born blind,
"...This happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him." John 9:3
Gary Paul was full of love. He greeted people enthusiastically, with his one vocabulary word. Though
he never articulated a full sentence, his life spoke
volumes to those who knew him. And though he
never took a step, his strong stride taught others
so much. He inspired many with his courage,
perseverance, love and sincere joy.
Gary Paul's time on earth culminated in a 36-day battle with a brain infection, that despite
the best medicine and the valiant efforts of caring doctors, he was not able to humanly overcome.
In the early afternoon of October 31, 2018, just a day after his 29th birthday, God's greater work of healing was displayed in Gary Paul's life, when Jesus came to bring
him to his eternal home in heaven.
Gaspar Rivera Jr.
My son name was Gaspar Jr. Rivera ; He was diagnose when he was six month old with Cerebral Palsy he was my pride and joy for over the years that the lord have given me to help me to be strong to live for him over the years as day one he was in and out of the hospitals and now he is in heaven no pain or suffering thanks to God for his true words my son is angel from heaven God has given me strength to live on with my life my son will always be in my heart I miss him but I know he is in heaven with our lord Jesus Christ with joy and happiness walking and speaking that he could not do here on earth I
Georgie loved and trusted everyone...loved animals especially dogs and cats. Georgie loved Christmas...and he loved to look at the lights. And sing Christmas songs.
My Daughters Hannah was born with Epilepsy she was almost normal she could walk talk, she was so brave she knew more then any other child could ever imagine sometimes she forgot she had to be more careful at times but she always made everyone smile and feel welcomed into her life.
Heaven Peace
She was my beautiful red headed fighter. My second angel waiting in Heaven for me.
Her smile was amazing! She could make anyone feel happy. She was loved by so many people!
Jacob David Young
\"Jacob was born at 22 weeks, weighing only 1lb 3oz, he only lived 17 days, but made an big impact on many lives of how important and previous life really is. He was just born too soon, and left so soon. He was so cute, and fought so hard to live, but had to go to Jesus rocking chair to be with Jesus.\"
Joash's handicap was compensated with his big smiles and loving character. His love for Jesus exudes his personality. He loves singing and worship God with his whole heart and in tears.
Joash was very sociable and prefers to laugh and giggle with his friends at Quest South rather than doing work. Fridays was his favorite at Quest South which was a Social Dance Day.
Jovanie W.
Juliana Silvernail
Juliana passed away after a 2 year battle with a brain tumor. Even though she had to endure painful treatments for a year and a half and lost many abilities in the last months of her earthly life, she never complained. I am so proud to be her dad. She is my true hero.
Katie Santos
Kyra had such a beautiful smile it eould light up a room. She loved music and watching Yo Gabba Gabba.
Liam Dorst
Malquiel Madera
Malquiel loved to draw!
Melody Davis
Micah Andrew Van Horn
Micah brought love and joy to everyone he met. He always wanted to sit on your lap or exchange hugs and kisses. If you were across the room, he would find your eyes and flirt. He instinctively understood romance. He often would take the hand of a lady and gently kiss it. Micah also had an amazing ability to calm you down. His nature was so gentle and calming that his presence immediately brought you peace. Micah gave far more to those around him, than we could ever give to him. He taught everyone so much. We are forever changed because of him. Now there is a hole in our hearts that can never be filled. We will miss him forever, Love~Dada, Ma Ma, Mariah (rye-ya) & Josiah (baby)
Michelle Stephens
Michelle fought to the very end. She was a very loving child. She had touched so many lives.
Paola Coronad0
Patrick Lia
"Sarah was diagnosed with Ataxia when she was 1 year and 9 months old. She did physiotherapy, but at the age of 4 years another diagnosis shook us, neuroxonal (degenerative) dystrophy. After much fighting, many searches failed to prevent a respiratory arrest. On October 21, 2011 she left us!"
Sarah Frame
She Loved Disney and Cinderella. She had the most beautiful smile and gave us the best hugs
Sarah Richardson
Down Syndrome, developed Autism at age 11, hearing impaired since birth. Sarah suffered from Graves Disease and Hashimoto disease of thyroid, the symtoms would alternate and worsen, until we had her thyroid ablated with radioactive iodine. At 15 on Feb 25th, 2008 she was diagnosed with a high grade, soft tissue sarcoma of her left thigh, that spread to her lymph nodes and lungs. She died in hospice a month after 16th birthday.
Shane touched our lives in a way we never imagined. Always so happy and smiling. Once again this sweet boy has changed our lives forever.
He was the first to make me a mother. He will be the first angel I see when my time comes to be with my babies again
Theartis Perry III
Theartis Perry III (known as Lil Thea) was a lovable child. He enjoyed clapping his hands & playing the drums. He was known for his beautiful smile and his adorable laugh. He was very energetic. Even though he could only speak about 5-8 words he showed his love for others through hugs, kisses, and other kind gestures. Throughout his entire life he demonstrated to his family and friends how to love unconditionally.
Timothy Myers
Timothy Daniel Myers is now free to sing and dance on the streets of gold. Born July 27, 1991, Tim was lovingly tucked into bed and kissed goodnight by his parents on a typical, Wednesday night, and woke up in the arms of Christ on Thursday, June 2, 2011. Tim was an extraordinary teenager and exemplified the meaning of his name
William "Billy"
Billy loved his brother Georgie and his Mommie and Daddy. He loved cats and dogs...he could speak in sign language. Billy loved to swing on the swings and to slide down a seesaw. He liked movement of any kind...like dancing or jumping.
My son Zachary (aka Zachman) had autism. He was a very loving and affectionate child. He was 16 years old when he passed away. He touched many, mnay lives in so many ways. I miss him everyday. Not a day goes by that I don\'t think about him an miss his morning butterfly kisses that he woke me with every morning. I had to take him off life support which almost killed me myself. But he\'s my little angel now in heaven watching over us.
The Hall of Hope is dedicated to remembering those VIP kids who have left us and relocated to their heavenly home. Join with us in remembering the imprint that they have made on our hearts and lives. As you take this journey through the Hall of Hope, remember the Hope of eternity that we hang on to…it's Nathaniel's Hope.
It would be our honor to remember your loved one with you. Please complete the form here to add your VIP to our Hall of Hope.
To view more information about each child, click "Read Bio".
Aaron Campbell
06/25/00 - 10/09/06
Abigail Englade
02/03/97 - 08/20/04
Adam Hammond
10/18/92 - 11/27/03
Alexis May Kazian
08/11/02 - 11/24/04
Alyssa Leonard
06/22/00 - 03/11/09
Anthony Bolivar
05/09/02 - 03/30/06
Anthony Foster
01/19/86 - 03/03/06
Ashley Edwards
05/28/88 - 08/25/02
Bonnie Foster
02/09/98 - 03/01/07
Chad Jacob Wood
07/01/05 - 07/01/05
Charles Robert Dye, Jr.
01/22/87 - 06/01/02
Charlie Stewart
02/25/83 - 02/01/96
Chase Whitehurst
12/22/02 - 04/24/06
Christopher Winn
06/07/88 - 06/07/88
Dale Foster
02/18/07 - 07/17/07
Daniel Weigelt
01/13/88 - 04/19/98
David Allen Tyler
11/14/96 - 11/14/96
David Peters
04/17/53 - 03/21/06
Dustin Wilkerson
01/21/82 - 03/29/98
Elayna Rose Carter
05/01/89 - 10/23/02
Emily Richards
11/14/99 - 05/16/06
Evan Queen
08/07/06 - 11/27/07
Fabian Perez
08/17/02 - 08/19/02
Frankie M. Anselmo
09/28/59 - 12/16/68
Gabriel Omar DeJesus
01/23/08 - 06/19/08
Holden Johnson
11/20/87 - 12/09/05
Hunter Wallace
11/23/02 - 12/24/04
Jazlyn Hope Wilson
08/22/06 - 08/28/06
Jessica Browning
04/09/07 - 04/09/07
Joseph Knight
05/30/85 - 05/30/85
Joshua James Boerio
08/08/92 - 03/10/96
Justin Keith Taylor
04/23/83 - 08/22/99
Kathyrn Sharpe
05/15/95 - 03/27/03
Kayley Foster
09/12/03 - 01/18/06
Keri Anne Boerio
09/14/73 - 10/14/89
Lillian Craig
10/21/05 - 08/12/08
Lisa Holcomb
09/09/78 - 09/09/78
Luke Joseph Griese
12/05/03 - 12/05/03
Luke Schondelmayer
05/21/06 - 06/27/07
Luke Smith
05/30/07 - 06/12/07
Madison Mackenzie Helms
03/22/04 - 04/08/04
Madisyn Christian
02/03/05 - 02/17/07
Marcus Ernst
06/21/03 - 10/14/06
Mark O'Reilly Jr
08/08/05 - 08/08/08
Matthew Gonzalez
11/09/93 - 02/11/04
Mia Nicole Gonzalez
08/03/00 - 12/20/06
Nathaniel Kane Kaufold
04/22/03 - 07/08/04
Nathaniel Timothy Kuck
06/06/97 - 11/13/01
Rebecca Sharley
04/19/03 - 04/20/03
Samuel Foster
02/02/07 - 02/22/07
Simon Dale Bradley
08/25/04 - 08/26/05
Steven Alan Bonney
08/14/82 - 08/17/03
Tyler Catino
06/06/01 - 06/09/01
Valerie Marie Leon
06/17/08 - 06/17/08
Vicki Slobodian
02/12/91 - 07/12/08
Zachariah Kyle Emerson
07/21/98 - 02/05/03
Eden Ziegler
02/04/04 - 11/23/05
Julia Rene Boerio
07/06/96 - 06/10/04
Leslie Anne Saul
08/03/96 - 03/25/97
Monti Kelsey
10/23/05 - 12/14/06
Nathaniel Litten-Carlson
04/13/98 - 05/19/98
09/13/00 - 10/08/16
07/23/10 - 11/16/12
01/01/10 - 02/02/10
05/02/16 - 05/02/16
07/13/04 - 07/26/15
03/20/09 - 08/29/11
07/30/05 - 07/25/17
03/15/08 - 05/20/09
Christina Maria
09/29/74 - 02/21/17
04/01/02 - 03/12/07
10/10/94 - 09/27/10
03/08/04 - 03/14/18
Desmond \"Shug\"
09/09/07 - 12/12/10
03/21/07 - 03/24/07
12/01/10 - 06/02/18
01/28/15 - 05/18/16
03/01/08 - 03/01/08
01/10/13 - 01/10/13
Gary Paul
10/30/89 - 10/31/18
12/10/72 - 01/13/12
03/12/72 - 10/18/91
10/23/11 - 09/26/14
04/11/00 - 04/20/10
08/31/99 - 03/22/00
10/19/16 - 01/30/20
Jacob David
03/14/04 - 03/30/04
04/09/11 - 11/04/15
05/15/16 - 05/15/16
04/29/02 - 08/06/16
11/30/-1 - 02/24/20
07/29/08 - 01/14/16
02/28/11 - 02/28/11
12/09/02 - 07/15/11
09/06/01 - 10/27/01
07/23/07 - 06/18/12
10/30/04 - 12/14/13
03/22/06 - 12/11/11
08/30/09 - 11/04/15
02/09/95 - 12/07/16
08/23/99 - 01/27/12
03/22/08 - 03/23/08
07/30/09 - 07/29/16
03/30/10 - 05/01/10
11/17/03 - 10/27/15
06/02/85 - 08/23/17
08/12/77 - 06/01/02
09/15/97 - 06/07/99
03/23/07 - 03/26/07
09/20/99 - 01/27/18
04/30/02 - 10/21/11
01/31/96 - 01/21/19
05/29/92 - 06/28/08
01/16/09 - 02/06/19
06/13/98 - 06/24/98
10/08/03 - 11/23/11
07/27/91 - 06/02/11
07/02/99 - 02/16/17
William "Billy"
06/18/73 - 09/25/91
11/09/06 - 12/12/06
05/12/92 - 12/05/08


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Planning Your RSW Project
Several "direct-replacement" refrigerants are on the market, but none is a simple "drop-in" replacement. There is labor involved in flushing and readjusting an existing system. As the cost of R22 continues to rise, these replacements become somewhat more affordable. Before switching to one of these replacement refrigerants, the vessel owner should assure himself that this particular refrigerant is readily available wherever the vessel intends to fish.
The approach we prefer is to continue using R22 in an existing system as long as the system is leak-tight. When in time the opportunity to upgrade your system arises, the owner may consider installing larger capacity chillers and condensers to permit using a higher-capacity refrigerant, such as R507, with an existing compressor and other components. Another course of action is to replace the system in its entirety, which in the long run often makes financial sense.
Retrofitting Into an Existing Vessel
Limitations to the size of the system to be installed include the amount of drive power available for the compressor, condenser pump, and circulation pump. A gen set must be able to supply the electrical spike to cycle on the compressor while the pumps and any other loads are on line.
The seawater circulation system must match the chiller capacity: the circulation system line sizes and pump capacity must provide flow adequate to match the refrigerant load on the chiller.
Planning for a New-Build Vessel
The vessel owner has the opportunity to determine how much refrigeration capacity is desired, then to size the gen set and the seawater circulation accordingly. There is also the opportunity to determine the optimum location for the refrigeration components, so the system is readily accessible for monitoring operation, for maintenance, and for service. Space may be available for a pre-fabricated skid-mounted system, or space may be better utilized by having the components installed on site.
One consideration is to install multiple RSW systems, generally two matching systems, installed along with two gensets, one sized to run both systems, one sized to run just one of the systems. Both systems may be run at once on the larger genset for maximum capacity, as when starting the refrigerating cycle with warm seawater in the tank. Then once the tank temperature approaches set point, only one system needs to run to pull down the last few degrees and to maintain tank temperature once fish begin to come aboard. The smaller gen set can be cycled on, and the larger gen set cycled off, saving on fuel and wear-and-tear.
RSW Operation
Logging operating conditions in an engine room log is recommended. Useful benchmark information includes time taken to completely fill the hold with raw seawater while bypassing the chiller, and the time taken to tank down through the chiller. Also, at the start of the chilling cycle, ambient seawater temperature and temperature and pressure of the recirculated brine in the hold, then refrigerant pressures (discharge, suction and oil pressures) at regular intervals as the system chills. Recording brine temperature at regular intervals logs temperature pull-down rate. The desired brine temperature is setpoint. Monitoring brine pressure when the system is near setpoint can reveal freeze-up of the chiller.
Tanking Down
When tanking down, try to ensure the water pumped into the fish hold is full-strength seawater. Take water from the middle of a sound, away from glacier and river run-off, if possible. If you must tank down in harbor, do so towards the peak of the flood. Seawater that is diluted with fresh water might freeze up in the chiller before desired setpoint is reached. Adding freshwater ice to the hold before tanking down, to "jump-start" the system, reduces the salinity of the water and raises its freezing temperature.
Seasonal System Start-up
If your unit is equipped with a compressor crankcase heater, the heater should be energized for several hours before starting the compressor. On many systems the heater is energized whenever the control power breaker is on. Check oil level in the sight glass located on the compressor base--a level should be visible. Keep in mind that refrigeration oil is highly refined and is nearly colorless under normal operating conditions.
Check the readings on the refrigerant pressure gauges. Some residual pressure should read on the gauges. If the gauges read zero, the refrigerant has leaked out. Check the liquid line sight glass. If the gauges read zero and the sight glass moisture indicator shows "wet", it is time to call for service and repair. Running the system could compound a relatively simple repair job into a major one.
Make sure all refrigerant hand valves are open, including any valves to control lines. Assure that the brine in the hold is circulating through the chiller only (no bypass valves left open) and that the condenser pump is running raw seawater through the condenser. Switch on the control power. Switch on the compressor: if the compressor comes on, allow it to pump down the residual refrigerant left in the chiller before switching on the liquid line solenoid.
When the compressor starts, immediately check the oil pressure gauge. It should read significantly higher than the suction pressure gauge. If oil and suction pressure are the same, there is no net oil pressure, and the compressor should be shut down immediately. Don't wait for the oil failure switch to do this, as it operates on a time delay.
Once the compressor has pumped down the system, it should shut itself off on the low pressure switch setting. This setting should never allow the compressor to pump into a vacuum; the suction gauge pressure at cut-out should always be above zero.
Now, switch on the liquid line solenoid. The compressor should start when the suction pressure reaches the cut-in setting on the low pressure switch. After the compressor starts, you may see foaming of the oil in the compressor oil sight glass. This is generally a normal condition as suction pressure drops on start-up, however once suction pressure stabilizes the foaming should subside and an operating oil level should be visible.
Gauge Readings During Operation
The suction gauge gives an indication of chiller temperature. Pressures correspond to saturated temperatures, which may be thought of as the boiling point of the refrigerant. The suction pressure generally corresponds to a saturated temperature about 10 to 15 degrees colder than the temperature of the recirculated brine.
Compressor discharge pressure is controlled by the amount of raw seawater being pumped through the condenser. For most efficient operation, the discharge pressure should correspond to 85-95-degree saturated temperature (the point where the refrigerant gas condenses into a liquid). Decreasing condenser water flow increases the discharge pressure. Higher ambient seawater temperatures result in higher discharge pressures, so the flow through the condenser may need to be increased.
Discharge pressure will drop as suction pressure drops, as brine temperature is pulled down, so occasional adjustment of condenser water flow is desirable to keep the system operating at best efficiency. On many systems the compressor discharge pressure is controlled by an automatic water valve that adjusts condenser water flow.
Liquid Line Sight Glass
Once the condenser water flow has been adjusted to get the optimum compressor discharge pressure, look at the liquid line sight glass. The glass should be clear, showing a solid stream of refrigerant with no bubbles. If you are unsure if the glass is completely full or completely empty, cycling the liquid line solenoid will make it obvious. Bubbles in the liquid line sight glass show that the expansion valve and the chiller aren't being fed a full supply of refrigerant. This may indicate a short refrigerant charge, in which case the leak should be found and fixed. Bubbles in the liquid line sight glass, particularly if this occurs close to setpoint, can have other causes, even if the system is fully charged, so the operator shouldn't just add refrigerant.
Freezeup and Refrigerant Floodback
As temperature setpoint is approached the engineer should start checking system operation more often. The compressor is a vapor pump, and if liquid refrigerant enters the compressor through the suction side, the compressor suction valves will be stressed and eventually will break. During refrigerant floodback conditions, such as when the chiller freezes up due to reduced brine flow through them, frost will extend down the suction line all the way to the compressor, and may cover a portion of the compressor. The cause may be low brine salinity, too low temperature setpoint, chiller clogged with debris, too many fish in the hold, circulating brine bypassing chiller (valve in wrong position or not sealing), or circulating pump failure. A pressure gauge to measure circulating pump pressure on one side of the chiller or the other becomes useful as setpoint is reached. A reading that starts to drop on the downstream side, or to increase on the upstream side of the chiller, indicates the freezer is freezing up.
System Shutdown ("Pumpdown")
For compressor protection, this shutdown procedure should always be followed. The system thermostat (controller) does this automatically at temperature setpoint. To shut down the system, switch off the liquid line solenoid valve (or manually close the king valve).The compressor will continue to run as suction pressure drops, until the compressor starter coil is de-energized by the low pressure cut-out, and the compressor stops. The compressor should never be allowed to pump into a vacuum.
The chiller should be back-flushed thoroughly each time the catch is unloaded to flush out debris and reduce bacteria levels in the chiller.
System Lay-up
Any time the RSW system isn't going to be used for several days, and for seasonal lay-up, a few extra steps should be taken. With the compressor running and the liquid line solenoid valve energized, close the king valve and allow the system to pump down. If the system is equipped with a receiver, close the isolation valve, which may be provided between the condenser refrigerant outlet and the receiver inlet.
The compressor suction service valve should be front-seated to isolate the compressor from the chiller. Be sure 1/4" flare service port on the service valve is tightly capped, and be sure valve packing and valve cap is sealed.
Seawater should never be allowed to stand in the chiller or condenser for an extended period. In a well-designed system these components are self-draining. Many vessel owners flush their chillers with fresh water, before draining them. To maintain the condenser, secure the raw seawater inlet and remove the end plate from the return end. Check the zinc for action, and inspect the tubes for fouling. The end plate can then be bolted loosely into place, to be tightened next time the system is to be operated.
Wally McDonald is the owner of Petersburg, Alaska-based Fleet Refrigeration.

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After an undefeated season, JV Water Polo captured the MIAA title in a 13-11 victory over Mt. St. Joe's on Friday, Oct. 25 at McDonogh School. After defeating Mt. St. Joe's 20-7 in the semifinal match, Varsity lost in the finals to Calvert Hall 12-8.
Varsity Water Polo (7-0) visited the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. this weekend to take on Gonzaga College High School, McDonogh and Navy's club team.
The Dons went 3-0 with an 11-9 win over Gonzaga and an 11-6 win over Navy on Saturday, and a 13-3 win over McDonogh to wrap up the weekend on Sunday.
The undefeated team continues to truck ahead without Head Coach Keith Schertle, who is still recovering from back surgery. When asked about his team's performance so far, Coach Schertle said he's proud of how his team is coming together in his absence.
The Dons have two league games this week. The first is against Gilman at home on Tuesday and the second is at McDonogh on Thursday. Then, the team will travel to Reading, Pa. this weekend for the Beast of the East Tournament, the biggest water polo tournament on the east coast with approximately 48 teams competing.
Be sure to check back for updates.
Varsity Water Polo started their season off on a high note this past weekend, defeating three top private schools in Pa. — Penn Charter (16-9), Malvern Prep (12-9) and Haverford School (21-10) — outscoring their opponents 49-28.
All of Loyola's players had a chance to get in on the action. In each game at least five different Dons scored, and against Haverford School, a total of nine Dons scored.
With Head Coach Keith Schertle out due to back surgery, captains Taylor Bernhardt and Jake Leonard took the lead this past weekend and will continue to do so for the rest of the season.
Before Coach Schertle's surgery last week, he sat and watched his team practice for over an hour going through several drills, and the entire time they looked great.
"Not only were they going through the drills smoothly, but they were doing them all. And by all, I mean all the drills and all the guys well," said Coach Schertle.
"While Coach Schertle was gone, we had a team meeting and talked about the fact that because he won't be around as much due to recovering from his surgery, that we have no one to blame but ourselves if we do not have the kind or year we want to have," Bernhardt explained later.
Bernhardt will also be assisting Coach Schertle with the middle school team this season.
Next Tuesday, Sept. 10, the Dons take on Mount Saint Joseph H.S. at 5 p.m. in their home opener.
Last year, varsity water polo finished 2nd in the very prestigious Eastern Prep Water Polo Championships in Pennsylvania. This year's seasoned team feels they have some unfinished business to attend to. Senior captains Taylor Bernhardt and Jake Leonard will help lead the team along with the return of five more seniors and eight juniors. The team will also count heavily on senior JP Clancy, junior Zachary Hoelting and junior goalie Patrick Lagator. Loyola is looking for a strong season in the MIAA and on the state and regional levels. Every single varsity team member should get considerable playing time this year since the team is so deep and strong. Varsity water polo is coached by Loyola Aquatics Director Mr. Keith Schertle, Mr. Alexander Motsiopoulos and Mr. Bradley Schertle.
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The 2013 JV team has considerable size, strength, speed and knowledge of the game. This year's team should be one of the best JV teams Loyola has ever fielded and could even give a number of varsity teams in the region a run for their money. Nothing except for a MIAA League Championship will do for this squad. JV water polo is coached by Mr. Dan Hoehler. Dan is in his 14th year as the JV coach.
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The middle school team will be very young and will be concerned with ball movement and good defense. Loyola has never lost a middle school water polo game and will be strongly challenged by both Gilman and McDonogh this year. The coaching strategy is for the young men to learn ball and player movement on the offense and to shut down the opposing team on defense. Eighth grader Tiernan Brunner should be the leader for this team on both defense and offense and should be a true force in the water.
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Despite continued delays of the launch of its first defence and communications satellite, Brazil has announced its intention to develop its own rockets by 2020. For Brazil, the focus is on extending its space programme to reap additional benefits. The Geostationary Satellite of Defence and Strategic Communications (SGDC) launch, which was initially scheduled for 21 March and then 22 March, is the first project of its kind led by Brazil's private sector and will "beam" broadband internet from an altitude of 36,000 kilometres (22,000 miles) to remote parts of the South American nation, according to Reuters.
The 5.8-tonne SGDC satellite will also offer military and government personnel secure communication channels. It forms part of a renewed effort to expand Brazil's long-standing aeronautics industry into space, with Embraer SA, the world's third-largest commercial plane maker, seeking to consolidate a local supply chain. Acquired by Telebras, the equipment has a Ka band, which will be used for strategic government communications and to expand broadband offerings in the country, especially in remote areas, and an X band, which corresponds to 30% of satellite capacity, for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces.
At the time of the launch Jose Raimundo Braga Coelho, president of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) said in a statement: "We cannot guarantee Brazil's sovereignty as long as our defence communications are being carried by other countries' satellites. Brazil is a gigantic country and we need Brazilian satellites watching over it."
Pedro Kaled, a mechanical engineer and technologist at the AEB, explains that the expanded program is in final phase of consolidation, with the launch of the first satellite stabilised by three axes developed mainly in Brazil and with the launch in 2018 of the first vehicle launcher of microsatellites developed in the country. "I believe that the next phase will be to strengthen the program, with greater independence of companies and less dependence on structural programs," he says. "At the end of this consolidation phase, I see a strengthening phase, with less dependence on the public sector and greater dynamism of relations."
Brazil's interest in expanding its space programme despite setbacks is both political and scientific. Albert Goldson, Executive Director of Indo-Brazilian Associates LLC, a NYC-based boutique global advisory firm that provides international investment strategies and geopolitical security risk assessments, says that the Brazilian aerospace program is not only an extension of their aviation tradition and prowess, but also political with the purpose of joining such major players in the aerospace industry such as the US, China, France and Russia. "Aerospace is a small, elite group that gives Brazil enormous technical credibility and as a result greater participation in global scientific policy-making," he adds.
The large South American country is well-placed for such initiatives, too. Prof. Frans G. von der Dunk, Othmer Professor of Space Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, says that Brazil has the unique advantage of having a launching site almost on the equator – at Alcantara – which is for satellites destined for geostationary orbit, and due to orbital physics, allows launches to be as much as 30% cheaper in terms of fuel than those from Florida and even cheaper than those from Kourou in French Guiana. The initial launch of the new defence and communications satellite will take place from Kourou, however; the launch site itself has been controversial with protests having taken place.
French Guiana is an overseas territory of France and the protests have focused on what the locals describe as neglect by the French government. The territory's economic woes have translated into high unemployment rates, high cost of living and increased crime. Protesters occupied the launch site and operations were suspended indefinitely in the week of the launch of the SGDC. The launch of the Ariane 5 rocket, which is to take the SGDC and a Korean communications satellite, was further hampered by a strike by workers for one of the subcontractors on the project.
"That is why Brazil has already for a number of years developed that launch site [Alcantara] including opening it up - in principle - to foreign service providers wishing to benefit from the advantageous geographical position," von der Dunk says. In 2001, by way of Administrative Edict No. 27 of June 20th, the Brazilian government even made it possible for private operators, including foreign ones, to obtain licenses to launch from the launch site.
Von der Dunk says, though, that this has never been activated before, for several reasons. He explains that the development of the launch site suffered a terrible blow as a result of the disaster in August 2003, when 21 people were killed. "The relations between the US and Brazil became strained over technology control issues which meant the US would apply its technology export controls rigidly vis-a-vis anything destined for Brazil, and other domestic issues also prevented progress from being made," he says, adding that Brazil tried to make up for that by state-to-state agreements with in particular China and the Ukraine.
In the former case, Chinese earth observation technology and in the latter case Ukrainian launcher technology was supposed to complement the Brazilian availability of a geographically very advantageous launch site, which led to some beneficial developments.
The beleaguered Ukraine co-operation agreement collapsed in 2015 when Brazil announced it was pulling out of the bilateral agreement after a decade. The project had sought to operate Ukraine's Cyclone-4 rocket from Brazilian territory, but Petronio Noronha de Souza, the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) director of space policy and strategic investments told visitors to the Latin America Aero and Defence (LAAD) show in April 2015, that a formal announcement of the end of the agreement was imminent. At the time, Space News speculated that the announcement was the result of the ambitious 10-year space program launched in 2012 with a budget of 9.1 billion Brazilian reals ($3.2 billion), coming under pressure from the Brazilian economy's own woes.
Von der Dunk says that the space sector is seen as one of the leading-edge technology sectors, meaning that huge and long-term investments are required but are – in the case of successes, which are however in a minority compared to the failures – also prone to allow for major technology breakthroughs.
"If Brazil would succeed in this respect, even if largely private-sector-driven, it might indeed bring major benefits to the country beyond the direct benefits of the communication satellite itself. It would re-establish Brazil at the forefront of technical development at least within Latin America, and to some extent perhaps even in a broader context," he says.
Kaled stresses that while the Geostationary Satellite of Defence and Strategic Communications (SGDC) has not been launched yet, when it is, it will make internet available for the entire population, which is a very important example of the space program giving back part of the investment made to society. "In addition, through the TAP (Technology Absorption Program), several technicians from Brazilian public and private institutions were trained and through the ToT (transfer of technology), companies from the industrial base will receive technologies transferred by Thales Alenia Space; both initiatives strengthen the space program," he adds.
The satellite construction agreement involved a broad process of absorption and transfer of technology, with the sending of 50 Brazilian professionals to the facilities of Thales Alenia Space, the company responsible for the construction of the equipment, in Cannes and Toulouse, France.
Kaled acknowledges the challenges inherent in such a program. "From the AEB point of view, I believe that the greatest challenge is to return to society, to create engaging projects that return investment to society, both in stabilising an industrial park that would generate jobs and in services generated through initiatives of the space programme," he says. "From the standpoint of private initiative, the biggest challenge is the establishment of new markets and the beginning of serialised production of technologies that have been absorbed and developed in Brazil."
For this to happen, Kaled says, there needs to be a technological lever, resulting in cutting-edge development nucleating spin-offs and nuclei of excellence that eventually generate innovation. He also emphasises the possibility of independence in the generation of the spatial products and autonomy to develop new projects. "With an active and participatory spatial program, more spatial initiatives can generate and develop economic sectors that cannot even be considered now, such as communication, smart city automation, precision agriculture, national and border security. It is a multitude of benefits that begin to emerge when the program is fully consolidated," he says.


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RichInStyle.com maintained a comprehensive CSS bug guide (I can't imagine the hours of work put into this) for the popular browsers around 2000 and the Navigator 4 list is two long, dense pages. When NN4 didn't like CSS, it tended to blow apart entire portions of the page if not all of it, and generally any working stylesheet could be considered "safe" if the markup wasn't touched, and then there were all the crashes.
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text: BadHairUK 0 Report post Posted October 7, 2009 Hi to everyone that already knows my story so far with my HT transformation journey (4 in total)....and those of you that dont know my story. Its been quite a journey of rocky times... but the road is now a brighter and much happier one I have been posting my progress ever since the very 1st meeting with Dr Feller around 3 years ago when he made a remarkable change in my life by repairing an appalling UK hair transplant (performed by NOBEL HAIR CLINIC UK) this was back when I was 23 years old (I'm now 37) and totally destroyed my self confidence through the whole of my 20's and part of my 30's. I completely stopped seeing my mates and just hid under a hat when ever I left the house. I also hate wearing caps/hats as they are not the image I want to portray (chav image) but I had no choice after the Noble Clinic completely butchered me, leaving me with terrible donor scarring/ recipient scar tissue and totally unnatural groups of 5 and 6 plugs in the front hairline spaced way to far apart! I have been quiet for a few months as I felt I needed to get my life together... I was starting to do things and go out a lot more than before... so I havent posted for a while.. and just been 'finding myself again'. Well... from the time I had a terrible UK HT 10+ years ago, I lost all contact with friends and stopped wanting to go out and socialise as I felt a freak show and very depressed!! (It really is an emotional thing for me to even think about this as I write this right now as I dont say depressed lightly!!! I was at an all time low taking anti-depressents). Since then Dr Feller and his super techs! had filled and packed in around 5000 grafts into my front 3rd to give me a result better than I could ever have dreamed of having ever again in my life!!! (I truly can not say this enough!! This has truly changed my life to the extent that I have even been dating a lovely girl which wouldn't have even of been ANY HOPE of doing this without my new found confidence with knowing that I look 'normal!!' and no longer like a freak show!! So... here is something I can not even believe has occurred to me over the last few days!!! I havent been to NYC for longer than few days at a time before just enough to have HT's with Feller Medical (and always on my own). I wanted to go back and see the sights and even more with someone to share the experience of the awesome sights in NYC!! I had already told my girlfriend that I have had my HT's there and visted Manhatten (she said from the very start it has never bothered her one bit as she thinks it looks really good and would never know unless I had told her) and I wanted to visit Dr Feller to show him how far I have come along since he last saw me (exactly 2 years ago). As I know how pleased I am....and wanted him to see it for himself. A few days before I was due to leave NYC I dropped in to see Dr Feller and one of the 1st things he told me was 'I already knew you would look this good!' and 'a world apart from before' he had already expected to see me looking a world apart from the damaged guy that walked in that very 1st time with unnatural thick black twisty whirly plugs (by Noble Clinic UK!!!!) This was so nice to hear that he was just as pleased as I was!! I think it was knowing how sad I was before in my life to transform me to how I am today is quite something special (I was truly rock bottom it was just pure luck from searching the Internet and meeting SPEX that my life changed completely!!!! ). I had worn a cap on my head for well over 10 years since the Noble UK work... and I was reaching breaking point if I am being honest! Some months ago I just briefly mentioned about feeling some hair greed and would like a slightly fuller hairline as the Noble work was still very slightly evident in the direct hairline. This was most likely hard to detect by onlookers unless you are aware of them and it being my head....I was still aware a few of them were still just making the difference from being a natural hairline for me that I can no longer have an concerns about... like I said....in all honesty.... it was hair greed!! and I didn't like having ANY reminder of them as it was a really bad time for me to live with those for a very long time. I mentioned to Dr Feller how he has transformed not only my hairline but my life!! which is pretty amazing to me to even be writing this now.....and believing that I have been given another chance to really GO FOR the things I want in LIFE NOW!! I am so much more positive about my future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry for all those !!!! but they were needed and truly meant). After a chat and Dr Feller wanting to take some pics... he said he wasn't entirely happy that the hairline as there was still some NOBEL micro grafts evident at the very front. He showed me there was still a few groups/plugs that had re-shown themselves and he really wanted to FIX them up once and for all!! I am not a rich guy so had no chance of paying for a final session to finish off the hairline to the ultimate result....so I was thinking 'OK, I will have to save up for a few years and come back again'. The trip to NYC was a gift from my girlfriend... as I kept telling her how awesome it was and wanted her to see it with me, we both had time off so seemed the perfect opportunity to go back. Sorry this is becoming a long write up! I am trying to say everything I am thinking of and its been a while ....without stretching this out too long!! as the next thing that happened whilst visiting Dr Feller was something that I totally unexpected! He knew my financial situation was not one that I could afford to pay for a further final session to finish off my hairline by 'filling in between the Noble work' to completely leave them undetectable. He then asked when I was going to be flying back home. I had 2 days left of my trip so he asked if I would be able to come in the following morning and he would be willing to do a FUE session FREE OF CHARGE!!! on my hairline to resolve any of those issues remaining!!!! I couldn't even believe I was being offered this kind of generosity/support/help/kindness from the very best HT doc in the field!! Dr Feller must be the most caring guy I have ever met! I have to say I was shocked to have such an offer of this kind and was not expecting this what so ever! I was/am just so grateful I can not even start to tell you how grateful I am. I would never have been able to afford this is all truthfulness. So, to bring my fellow hair loss guys up to date, I have only just got back home a few hours ago... I had a few hours sleep as I was just so tired after the flight. It went so well... I was out by 2.30pm yesterday and just seemed to fly past... I am now back in the waiting game again.. I am kind of getting used to this by now! lol. Dr Feller and all his super team of techs by using FUE have placed some new finer/softer hairs between the thicker grafts in my hairline to leave a softer natural result. I am not sure of the graft count, but the fronts were all singles as you would expect and 2's going further back (approx 1" back into the front triangles) I would hazard a guess of approx 800? FUE grafts. The left side needed more than the right and Dr F removed some remaining Nobel nasties! to improve things further still. This is my 1st FUE so the experience was quite different from the strip procedures before hand... I felt very comfortable the whole time... at times I thought I was laying back on my hotel bed and started to fall asleep! all the sight seeing the previous days had really worn me out too! I am still really quite tired and this hasnt fully sunken in yet! havent eaten anything yet so I will post up more soon as things progress... and some pics in due time.. I know these are what people want to see... in total this is my 3rd Dr Feller HT and each time my life just improves beyond words. Thank you to everyone that has supported me along my very long journey and tuff road... this is really quite an amazing situation and I know this is a unique situation I am in and have been offered.... and I just once again want to say how incredibly grateful I am!! MANY THANKS DR FELLER ALL YOUR SUPER STAFF AND SPEX that have changed my life beyond words. Cheers everyone for all your support I hope this helps to show that anyone in a similar situation can be helped!! you can get your life back on track... I just want you to know... by finding these forums... you have possibly made the best discovery of your life just by finding these forums just like I did... it was just pure luck for me as a last grasp for some kind of hope!! but it was the luckiest thing I ever did for sure. PLEASE TAKE NOTE: NEVER HAVE A HT IN THE UK!!!!!! Travel!! Stop thinking UK Clinic are anywhere near the Level of USA/Canada HT procedures. This is my own opinion from my own experience. 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"One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice."
Mary Oliver
October 30, 2011
"One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice."
October 28, 2011
Crazy Time
Aaaaaaa!!!! After watching this I'm all for scrapping the whole idea.
October 26, 2011
"There's no point in working hard to try to become one of the 1 percent ourselves, because what's the chance of that happening? One in 100? Who would play a lottery with odds that bad?"
October 25, 2011
"Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine." ~Nicola Tesla
Is there anything it can't do?
Hermit crabs running short on shells? 3D printing to the rescue!
Coming soon to a shop near me. 🙂
October 24, 2011
Caption Fail
This is hilarious. Second one's even funnier.
October 22, 2011
h/t to Denise and Dana for the link.
October 19, 2011
No Hands!
Magnetic Quantum Locking. This is cool.
How to Be a Failure
Some of us get really successful at it.
"Less attention is devoted to failure, or even what failure is. There is financial failure — bankruptcy — professional failure — unemployment — and personal failure — divorce. But there are all kinds of failure — failing your parents, failing your faith, failing to live up to your own expectations of who you think you should be.
I fail all the time, so often that I am somewhat mystified when I get emails in which people perceive me as successful. Because most of the time, I think of myself as a failure. Which, I've come to think, is part of what makes me successful."
via Forbes.
October 18, 2011
The Fritzfabs are here! (link fixed… sorry Josh!)
I Take the Hint
Erin just emailed this to me. I think she's trying to tell me something…
Occupy Education?
"In the West, we are hard at work establishing a culture that fetishizes education, and instills the belief that college — regardless of its content or application — will, and should, inexorably lead to a better job, or a better life, or even a better America. Worse, that one has a right to these things. In doing so, we have created a Potemkin aristocracy, one based upon the erroneous and tragic conceit that having letters after one's name intrinsically confers excellence. We are happily encouraging our children to join its ranks, regardless of whether there is any evidence that to do so will be in their interest. This is supremely ironic, given that so many of America's billionaires — i.e. those who pay for more educations and create more jobs than anyone else — are college dropouts. Indeed, both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates failed to finish college. Can we say with a straight face that this has adversely affected them, or America at large?"
It's an interesting (and timely) question. We tend to not question the assumption that everyone needs to go to college. With so many counterexamples of successful people who never went, and with college debt becoming akin to lifetime indentured servitude, it may be time to start questioning those assumptions.
October 17, 2011
The Good Old Baylor Prop Build
A few weeks ago I got a call from Baylor University. They heard that I build props for the Sing and Pigskin and wanted to know if I could build them a new Baylor Logo prop to replace their aging 30-year-old big Baylor seal. They had the design all worked up from the marketing department and wanted to know if it was something that I would be interested in. Hey hey! Yes, I would! Is it something you can get to us in three and a half weeks? uh… (gulp)… yes. So I set out to build the new Baylor corporate logo prop over a whirlwind fifty hours. I had a lot of fun, it was a lot of work using some new techniques, and I'm tremendously proud of the results. Read on if your'e interested.
Step one was to get the official Baylor logo in digital format. The "BAYLOR" logo (aka "wordmark") and symbol ("logo") are both custom-designed by Baylor's marketing department so I couldn't just print out any old font. It had to be the exact "BAYLOR" that nobody else owns. The spacing between the letters is also critical as it's part of the overall registered trademark. Once I had this file I took it to Kinkos and paid $65 for them to print it out on their large format printer. It's pretty cool that you can get just about anything printed out in any size. Good to know for future projects.
Here's a pic of the symbol and wordmark before I cut them up. I had to measure the spaces between the letters to reproduce them exactly once the thing was built. The overall length of the whole thing is about 23 feet!
The next step was to carefully cut out the letters and logo with an X-acto blade. I cut them just slightly proud of the design since I would then be fixing them to pieces of MDF with spray adhesive and then carefully sanding the MDF to the exact outlines of the pattern. These MDF pieces became my templates for making all of the letters and parts of the Symbol:
Yeah, my 42 year old eyes can't focus that closely any more with my glasses on. I suppose there are bifocals in my future.
Detail work!
Here's the symbol once I attached it to my MDF template and carefully cut to the line. For the symbol I ended up having to remove the archway and side supports so I could sand the edges of the building. Later when I attached the building layer to the background I had to sand and fill the cut with body filler. It's an invisible join, even up close.
A little bit of mineral spirits and the paper template comes right off.
Next I cut out the paper silhouette, stuck it to some 3/4″ plywood, and used my scroll saw to remove the outline. I did the same thing with the numbers (you can see the holes I created there). I'll eventually make a stack of the background layer, building layer, silhouette layer, and numbers. A nice 3D look.
I made the template for the letters in exactly the same way. Cut out the paper template 1/32″ oversize, attached it to a slab of MDF, cut and sanded the MDF to final shape, then removed the paper with mineral spirits. I did this will all six letters until I had a perfect example of each. Why? (I mean Y?)
What the "L"?
And there was much rejoicing "LAAA!"
In the picture above you can see the almost completed "L". I didn't get a picture of this next part of the process, but what I did was take the perfect MDF letter templates and use them as a pattern to make the 12 layers that comprised each letter. With 12 layers of 3/4″ thick plywood I was able to construct a 9″ thick letter. Basically I would lay the MDF letter onto a piece of plywood and trace it out, trying to fit as many of each 30″ tall letter as possible onto a 4×8 sheet. I ended up using almost 30 sheets of plywood for the whole job (that's a grand in plywood, btw). The I would rough cut out each plywood letter, screw the template onto the rough letter, and then use a pattern maker's bit to follow the template and thus cut an exact copy of each letter. Any imperfections in the pattern got translated to subsequent layers so I had to be really particular with the master pattern letters. Some errors still crept in but I corrected those later. Here's a pattern bit so you can get an idea how it works (I didn't get pics):
All told I had to cut out 72 different letters. It looked like an explosion on Sesame Street (minus the muppet body parts).
I then glued the layers together to make each chunky, 9″ thick letter. Then I had to sand each letter to get rid of any imperfections. If there was even a slight error in my template this error would be transmitted through the stack and you'd see a groove or dip all the way along one edge. My next step was to coat the outside of each letter with a layer of super sandable Bondo. It's called Rage Gold and is used by the aftermarket auto body guys to make cool shapes in their cars, construct custom dashboards and radio inserts, etc. I used about 1.5 gallons of the stuff. I'd scoop some out, mix it with the hardener, then quickly (it begins hardening within about 90 seconds) spread it on the plywood edges of the letters. I spread it on thick to cover imperfections and to try and fill in the rough edges of the plywood. Once it dried I went back over it and sanded away probably 95%, leaving a glassy smooth surface. My entire shop was covered with blue-green-pink dust from the stuff. It's nasty (but I wore my breathing ventilator).
The next step was to give each letter a coat of primer in prep for the base coat of paint. I didn't want to use a brush or roller since the fast dry times caused by the 112 degree summer heat would mean horrible brush marks, so I purchased a paint sprayer from Lowes. Brilliant decision as it made the final finish so much better. Unfortunately, I only had room on my paint table for one letter at a time- and I gave each letter three coats of primer! I ended up sitting in my garage all day long with my laptop literally watching paint dry. Every 30 minutes I'd get up and give a letter another coat of primer until all the letters were done. A sweaty, hot, boring day.
Paint station (my neighbors love me)
Spraying the R
What I actually did most of the day
Finished letters
Unfinished letters:
Incidentally, the symbol that's hiding behind the O in the above picture started out as a solid 9″ hunk of plywood, but it weighed well over 100lbs! So I had to cut each layer into a hollow donut then cap the front and back with solid pieces to make it manageable. It still weighs about 40lbs. The neighbor's kids came over and we signed the inside before closing it up (hi neighbors!).
Next I gave each letter a coat of Official Baylor Green (helpfully supplied by Home Depot and Glidden- they have the contract for official college colors, thank goodness). I had to build a makeshift paint spray booth in my shop out of leftover plywood (cut into strips) and plastic from HD. You can see in the pic that I had some overspray onto my shop floor. Whoops. Time to ask the neighbor if I can borrow his pressure washer. It took me four days to paint the letters starting around 7am every day (one coat every four hours) and ending right around sunset. Three coats per letter:
Finished letters. Time was very short (remember that three week deadline?) so I didn't paint the backs of the letters. No big deal as they won't be seen from the back anyway. The flash catches the plywood layers here but in person it's much more subtle.
Next I taped off the symbol and gave it a spray of green (the building will be painted yellow later). The nooks and crannies of the building (Pat Neff if you're a BU grad) were particularly difficult to tape around:
After the green dried (and one day from deadline) I hand painted the details of the yellow building where it met the green background using a magnifying glass and a lot of patience. I wish I'd waited until it was painted to attach the yellow building to the background but for various reasons this was the best way to do it. Still, it was a pain in the backside, taking several hours to do a single coat, then going back over and correcting mistakes with green paint after the yellow dried. I gave the yellow layer three coats as well.
The yellow layer is done!
My eyes hurt.
Finally (and literally the morning I drove it up to Waco) I applied the silhouette and numbers, then filled in the micro nail holes with putty and a touch of paint.
Here it is in front of the house, all set up:
Yes, I got weird looks from drivers, but that's half the fun!
An hour later I had loaded it up in my (well padded) Tacoma bed and trucked it up to Waco for delivery. Here it is in the Ferrell Center waiting for its public unveiling… which I never saw because I was told the wrong time! Oh well.
But someone was kind enough to send a few pics of it on the stage. Hopefully I'll see it all set up in person someday.
So that's the story of how it took me 50 hours to construct Baylor University's official new corporate logo prop. I'm extremely proud of it and feel honored to have gotten the job. Hope you enjoyed this little how-to in case you want your very own giant collegiate logo. Just don't do THECOLLEGEOFWILLIAMANDMARY. It'd take forever.
October 16, 2011
It's easy to forget that ancient peoples also studied history – Babylonians who lived 2,500 years ago were able to look back on millennia of previous human experience. That's part of what makes the museum of Princess Ennigaldi so remarkable. Her collection contained wonders and artifacts as ancient to her as the fall of the Roman Empire is to us. But it's also a grim symbol of a dying civilization consumed by its own vast history.
The story behind the world's oldest museum, built by a Babylonian princess 2,500 years ago: ""
October 15, 2011
Building Style of the Future
"So if you were building something with hand tools, you might make a design with lots of filigrees and fluting and carvings, but odds are good that you'd use simple geometry that conforms to your stock. But, if you were going to use a 3D printer anyway…
Doesn't cost anything to punch a bunch of holes in something. Not even that much design time. In fact, as I've said numerous times before, the more holes you punch in something, the cheaper the material and machine time costs. So increasingly, you get these really intricate designs, because the complexity doesn't cost anything.
The Awesome is Free."
via (with cool picture)
October 13, 2011
The Future of 3D Printing
Origo's 3D Printer Could Be The Last Toy Your Ten Year Old Will Ever Need | Singularity Hub: ""
h/t Sean
October 12, 2011
Cat House
A real-life Harry Potter cat house. I'd have loved to have gotten that commission.


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By Karen Brettell
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar gained on Thursday after a Federal Reserve official said that an interest rate increase this year is appropriate, and before Friday's retail sales data for July.
San Francisco Fed President John Williams told the Washington Post that the U.S. central bank should raise rates this year because of improving labor market conditions and the likelihood that inflation is heading higher.
The U.S. dollar rose 0.24 percent against a basket of six major currencies <.DXY> to 95.878. The greenback gained 0.65 percent against the yen
The dollar had rallied last Friday after data showed that employers added more jobs than expected in July, but gave up those gains this week as investors see a rate hike in September as a long shot.
"Even though the jobs numbers were good, we have three quarters of very poor GDP…(and) it's very, very unlikely that the Fed raises rates before the (November) election," said Joseph Trevisani, chief market strategist at WorldWideMarkets in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
"The combination of the two takes it well off the table until perhaps December, and that's too long of a forward look to hold on to the kind of gains the dollar had from the last payrolls," Trevisani added.
Thin trading volumes this week as many investor and traders take summer vacations is seen as exaggerating price moves, with little new data available to influence direction.
Retail sales data on Friday is expected to show a 0.4 percent monthly increase in July, according to the median estimate of 64 economists polled by Reuters.
Investors are next focused on Fed Chair Janet Yellen's speech at the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium on Aug. 26.
The New Zealand dollar surged to its highest in more than a year on Thursday after its central bank cut rates by 25 basis points to 2.0 percent, a smaller cut than some investors had expected.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said a strong kiwi was driving it to cut rates and that it saw potential for one more reduction by year-end and another by mid-2017.
Traders said that was too slow relative to some expectations of a 50-basis-point cut, going into Thursday's meeting.
The New Zealand dollar rose to $0.7351, its highest since May 2015, before settling back to $0.7204
(Additional reporting by Anirban Nag in London; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Chizu Nomiyama)


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January 27, 2014
"Officials investigate whether executed killer faked suffocation"
The title of this post is the headline of this notable new Columbus Dispatch article, which includes these interesting details and developments:
One of Dennis McGuire's state public defender attorneys was temporarily suspended last week while officials investigated whether he told the condemned man to fake symptoms of suffocation during the early stage of his execution. Attorney Rob Lowe was scheduled to return to work today after the inquiry found "no wrongdoing," Ohio Public Defender Tim Young said in a memo sent last Thursday to his staff and obtained by The Dispatch. McGuire was represented by Lowe, from Young's office, plus two federal public defenders.
Young took the initial allegation so seriously that he called back his attorneys who were scheduled to attend the Jan. 16 execution at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville. Young's initial memo, sent about six hours after McGuire's execution, said he had been contacted by Gov. John Kasich's legal counsel with information that "a correctional officer overheard Mr. McGuire tell family members that an OPD attorney had encouraged him to feign suffocation when the lethal injection drugs were first administered."
Incident reports obtained by The Dispatch from the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction show two officers said they overheard McGuire talking with his ex-wife, Darlene Thomas, the day prior to the execution describing what he had been instructed to do by his attorney when he began feeling the effects of the chemicals. "When I begin to gasp for air I will have my thumb in the air per my attorney...If it wasn't for my daughter I would really put on a show."
A third, more detailed report came from the unidentified execution team leader recounting a conversation he had with McGuire the night before his execution. McGuire said Lowe told him that if things went wrong during the execution, he "would be the sole reason that executions no longer happen in Ohio and all his buddies on death row would be saved."
McGuire angrily rejected Lowe's request to be allowed to witness the execution, the report said. "He (Lowe) wants me to put on this big show in front of my kids all right when I'm dying. I ain't gonna do this. It's about me and my kids, not him and him and his cause." McGuire declined to let Lowe witness, but did as he was requested, giving a "thumbs up" briefly as he looked toward his family members before turning his head away and apparently losing consciousness.
Minutes later, he repeatedly gasped for air, snorted, choked and clenched his fists before succumbing to a lethal two-drug combination that had not previously been used in a U.S. execution. McGuire's struggles did not begin immediately, but several minutes after the chemicals began flowing into his veins.
Amber and Dennis McGuire, the executed man's children, who witnessed the execution, filed a lawsuit last week in U.S. District Court claiming their father's constitutional rights were violated because the two-drug lethal injection triggered a reaction that amounted to "cruel and unusual punishment." The lawsuit also goes after Hospira Inc., the Chicago drug manufacturer.
In a Dispatch interview today, Young confirmed the details of what happened, but vehemently denied that Lowe or anyone on his staff urged McGuire to fake suffocation. "Absolutely not," he said. "We would never in any way try to corrupt this process or ask our client to feign any symptoms."
An internal investigation led by Elizabeth Miller, deputy director in Young's office, involved interviews with 11 people and reviews of emails and phone messages. "We concluded that there wasn't any substantial proof or evidence" that McGuire was coached to feign symptoms, Young said. Young said that in McGuire's execution, as with all death penalty cases, public defenders discuss the process step-by-step with the inmate. "We want to make sure we tell them exactly what is going to occur.
"We did ask Mr. McGuire to signal us so we would know when he lost consciousness," Young said.
Some recent related posts on Ohio's recent controversial execution:
- Ohio completes execution using novel two-drug lethal injection protocol... UPDATED with media reports of problems
- "Family to file lawsuit after troubled execution"... seeking what remedy?
- Lots of notable reactions to and predictions after Ohio's latest struggles with lethal injection
- Notable early legislative responses to Ohio's recent lethal injection struggles
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Posted by: Liberty1st | Jan 27, 2014 9:12:03 PM
One quite interesting thing about this is that it's unclear to me that, if McGuire's lawyers told him to fake it, that would violate any of the canons of ethics governing defense work.
Does anyone know the answer to that?
There was no case pending, this was not in court, McGuire was not told to SAY anything that was false. All the adjudicating was over.
Defense lawyers are allowed -- indeed, they are required -- to seek the acquittal of a defendant even if they know point-blank that he's guilty. That being the case, I don't know of any reason why encouraging outside-of-court deceptiveness, when all the litigation has ended, would be an ethical violation.
Posted by: Bill Otis | Jan 27, 2014 10:37:23 PM
"he's guilty"
Bill Otis' comment is interesting, but as to this point.
Yes, the defense is there to provide the best defense possible. The government needs to prove the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. A person can be "guilty" as in doing it, but even the prosecutor has an obligation to only prosecute when there is a reasonable case to be made the proof beyond a reasonable doubt can be proven. "I just know he's guilty" isn't enough, especially if evidence is tainted.
The alleged act here would appear to be intended to commit a fraud particularly to advance the litigation by the family members. I would find it curious, though don't know, that it would not violate ethics to encourage him to fake discomfort in this fashion.
Until he's dead, isn't his "case" technically pending? And, merely not "saying" something isn't enough, is it? And, you can "say" something with more than words. Also, again, why was the deception allegedly made? Did it have no connection to the later lawsuit by the family? Is not the defense attorney an officer of the court generally and obligated not to do this?
But, it doesn't sound like there was any fraud.
Posted by: Joe | Jan 28, 2014 10:56:54 AM
Subsequent use of any faked acts, as the context of the allegations suggests would have been the purpose, sounds like a straightforward violation the duty of candor to me.
There's a duty to zealously represent the client and the client has a constitutional right to testify. My understanding is that it is only in the context of a defendant's testimony that a defense attorney is permitted to not correct the record about material evidence that s/he knows to be false.
Posted by: John | Jan 28, 2014 12:26:08 PM
I think that we should have a video of the entire killing of the guy aired on Fox News. Ask the fair and balanced viewers to decide if he faked his gestures. Then ask the viewers if it would be more humane to kill him and others with guns by firing squad and not with the pins and needles routine.
Posted by: Liberty1st | Jan 28, 2014 1:43:47 PM
I'm skeptical that someone who had recently been injected with lethal doses of hydromorphone and midazolam would have clear enough cognitive functioning to act this out in an even halfway-convincing manner up until the point that he lost consciousness. This is by necessity speculative, but think about what your cognitive functioning was a few minutes after your last colonoscopy (as these are generally performed with midazolam plus a different narcotic that is safer than hydromorphone, and at a non-lethal dose too).
Posted by: Jason S. | Jan 28, 2014 3:40:54 PM
Sterilize the kids. Three generations of imbeciles are enough. So says Justice Holmes.
Posted by: Liberty1st | Jan 28, 2014 5:41:09 PM
|"He [Attorney Rob Lowe] wants me to put on this big show in front of my kids."|
--> Rob Lowe hasn't sunk this low since "St. Elmo's Fire"
Posted by: Adamakis | Jan 29, 2014 11:31:07 AM
Regarding ethical violations, there's always the catch-all 8.4(c). Future use could be other problems. I'm not convinced how credible this account is (I would have to know more about these drugs to know if they would overpower your ability to do this and, if not, why not). It also sounds like the statement indicated he would not follow through, so it's a wash whether or not the account is true (certainly, the declarant can't be asked). It's also a little odd to ask him to give a thumbs up, which could look suspicious and blow your whole plan (it's more plausible that he would throw that in without being asked, but it sounds like the claim is the attorney asked specifically for that. Anyway, I think this is something that just can never be known with certainty.
I understand that this was one of the longest executions in Ohio history. While not itself a bar, it's certainly problematic and independent of the suffocation. In fact, if Ohio doesn't want prisoners to appear to be suffering for a long period of time, they need something that will act more quickly.
Posted by: Erik M | Jan 29, 2014 11:53:18 AM


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Windows Vista pre-RC1 build available for public downloadBy Julio Franco
Microsoft is making available Windows Vista pre-RC1 Build 5536 for public download. Although they expect to close the limited test after they reach the 100,000 downloads mark, it's likely quite a few more thousands will slip in before the file is removed.
This is the first Vista build made publicly available by Microsoft since Beta 2. Word is out on the street that the actual RC1 build will be released as soon as a week from now, which makes me believe that at this point Microsoft mostly wants to solidify its Release Candidate by ironing out as many bugs as possible.
This release was previously made available to registered testers receiving positive reviews.


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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who led impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton, suggested last week that President Obama could be also be impeached, over his recent reversal on gay marriage. Gingrich said it was unconstitutional for Obama's Justice Department to refuse to fight challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act in court. A Gingrich spokesman promptly backtracked, pointing out that Gingrich had simply called the president's actions unconstitutional, stopping short of clearly endorsing impeachment. This isn't really an impeachable offense, is it?
No. Gingrich is spouting nonsense: This is just silly "grandstanding," says Ian Millhiser at Think Progress. As Gingrich knows, the Obama White House will continue to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act. The only change is that it won't submit legal briefs "supporting an unconstitutional injustice in court." If that's grounds for impeachment, we'd also have to impeach Chief Justice John Roberts, who, as George H.W. Bush's acting solicitor general, "refused to defend a federal affirmative action law" he deemed unconstitutional.
"Gingrich suggests impeaching Obama and 'zeroing] out' the attorney general over DOMA"
Obama has no right to kill this law: Presidents can't "pick and choose which laws they enforce," says Rob Port at Say Anything Blog. So Gingrich was on the right track by urging lawmakers to cut off funding to Obama's Justice Department until it vows to respect "Congress' law-making authority." Anything short of that would let Obama set "a dangerous precedent."
"Gingrich: GOP should defund the attorney general if Obama won't enforce Defense Of Marriage Act"
This is all a political ploy from Gingrich: The conservative leader is under no illusion that President Obama could actually be impeached over this, says Paul Bedard at U.S. News and World Report. His broadside was widely seen as a bid for the Tea Party vote, in preparation for a possible run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
"Newt Gingrich: Obama could be impeached over gay marriage reversal"
Plus, aren't Republicans treating ObamaCare this way? So, Newt Gingrich thinks that when it comes to gay marriage, Congress alone decides what's constitutional, says David Frum at Frum Forum. Too bad his interviewer didn't ask "whether a President Gingrich would be obliged to defend and enforce Obamacare," which Republicans across the country have derided as unconstitutional, and refused to implement. It would be "very, very interesting to hear an answer" to that question.
"Newt's Obama impeachment stunt"


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