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Month: November 2018
12-Port 10GbE SFP+ Switch Recommendation
Nowadays, network users tend to have multiple requirements on a single network switch, especially on the functions and ports. Much evidence shows that the 10GbE SFP+ switch is getting more popular with greater demand. Listed below are some typical examples gathered from different forums on what switch they really need: – "I want a 10G switch (8 or 12 SFP+…
Inter-Korean Communication Link will be Upgraded with Fiber Optic Cables
Political conflicts apart, the two Koreas has agreed to improve on the communication network, which is believed to be a great step toward peace and harmony in the peninsula. In a landmark agreement, the two Koreas will start reconstruction of the existing copper communication links by upgrading them to fiber optic links.
SEACOM Acquires FibreCo
Africa based submarine and terrestrial communication network provider SEACOM has concluded a sale agreement for the 100% acquisition of FibreCo Telecommunications by its affiliate SEACOM South Africa . FibreCo owns and operates a national open access dark fibre network, providing infrastructure, connectivity and services across South Africa. The acquisition is subject to approval by the South African Competition Commission.
Ethernet Switch vs Hub vs Splitter: What's the Difference?
Ethernet switch, hub, and splitter all are networking devices that are designed to connect computers, other network devices, or even other networks. However, each of them has its special merits and drawbacks. Then, what on earth are they and what's the difference between them? In this article, we will explore the Ethernet switch vs hub vs splitter. Ethernet Switch vs…
FS S5850-32S2Q 10GbE 32-Port Switch With Two 40G QSFP+ Uplinks
The network switch has become unprecedented important in today's networking market for its rapid update in performance. In the meanwhile, network users tend to have more requirements on a single switch, such as more port numbers, bigger switching capacity, higher bandwidth, etc. Here, we will introduce FS S5850-32S2Q 10GbE 32-port switch featuring all these requirements. FS S5850-32S2Q 10GbE 32-Port Switch…
Chorus Fiber Reaches to Half A Million Subscribers in New Zealand
Chorus in a media release said that the demand for fiber connectivity has been strong for some time, but it has noticed a surge in demand in recent months. It was in April 2018, that the operator revealed the status of fiber connectivity, where the number of fiber customers was 400,000. Fiber deployments were rapidly progressing, but it has surprisingly surged and the provider has been able to meet the pressure from the market. Within approximately six months, around 100,000 numbers of fiber connections were done by its installation crew! This number corresponds to more than 5,500 fiber connections a day!


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Kristen Wiig's Texturised Ponytail at Girl Most Likely NY
Try This At Home: Kristen Wiig's Textured Ponytail
Joh Bailey dubbed the ponytail the foolproof way to reinvigorate dull, Winter hair, and today, Kristen Wiig proves it. The Girl Most Likely star brought a textured version of the classic hairstyle to her film's premiere today in New York, and we're in love. Achieving her volume and the right amount of "mess" (without looking dishevelled!) comes down to correct and minimal use of texturising products, but you needn't go overboard.
Start with towel-dried hair, and spray in a small amount of Kms California Playable Texture ($14.95). Tip head upside down, and rough dry until 90 percent dry. Part hair on the side and continue rough drying (securing your part line in place) until hair is completely dry. Dab a small amount of Schwarzkopf Extra Care Heidi's Instant Volume Powder ($8.99) around the crown of your head. Massage fingers gently onto the scalp to create some volume, and then use a fine-tooth comb to smooth down any frizz. All that's left to do is pull hair back into a low ponytail!

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1.0T Ecoboost ST Line Ford EcoSport
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- Year 2018
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- Engine Size 1.0L
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Hello Kitty Hair Dryer Gift Set Review
This Hello Kitty hair dryer comes as part of a Style Goddess Hair Dryer Set. It makes a perfect Christmas or birthday present if you don't know what to buy the little goddess in your life. She will love for you this because it comes with quite a number of extras which will put a smile on her face. She'll love you for it. Hello Kitty has been in the forefront for a while producing quality goods of a very high standard and there is no doubt that their success and popularity means they are doing something right.
Hello Kitty Hair Dryer Gift Set Review
This Hello Kitty hair dryer is lightweight and compact as one would expect it to be. Its black and pink colours are quite disarming and you don't expect a lot from it. However, this hair straightener comes with 2000 watts of high performance.
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That is a lot more power than a lot of hairdryers on the market today. Not only does the 2000 watt motor allow hair to dry fast, it comes with ceramic technology which balances heat, plus the hair dryer has a nozzle attachment to direct the air flow with precision to areas where it is required to achieve greater results. This dryer will put a lot of other brand names to shame with its capabilities and give them a run for their money. The results from such a lightweight and compact dryer are electrifying.
Adjustable Heat and Settings on Hello Kitty Hair Dryer
It doesn't end there. This Hello Kitty hair dryer comes with two heat and speed settings which help you to choose the right temperature and airflow that works for your type of hair. It caters for all hair types. The high heat and speed settings are perfect for drying wet hair initially, while the other settings are better to put the finishing touches to the styling process. There is an additional cool setting which is for setting hair and holding it in style after the initial styling process. This package is quite serious and means business. It is accompanied by an instructional booklet with styling tips and all.
Hello Kitty Hair Dryer Comes with Mini Cushion Brush
This package actually puts a lot of other mainstream packages to shame with its accessories. This Hello Kitty hair dryer comes with a mini cushion brush that works properly. It is useful to use when styling during the drying process. This brush does the business; it doesn't entangle wet hair. It is very good because it doesn't catch onto the hair so the little goddess will love this extra in the gift set along with the hair straightener.
The brush will also come in handy when she is up and about and she needs a brush to keep her hair in style and tangle free throughout the day. So Hello Kitty actually came with a very practical set that won't be forgotten soon. It will be used for a long while to come.
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Hello Kitty Hair Dryer Comes with 3 Year Guarantee
This Hello Kitty hair dryer comes with an astonishing three-year guarantee. That means Hello Kitty have a lot of faith in their product and its performance. Their made it with longevity in mind. Not a lot of other dryers, including high end brand names, offer such a guarantee. So what ever happens, you are guaranteed that Hello Kitty will cover repairs or replacements of broken parts for free and you don't have to pay a thing because the manufacturer's warranty has got your back.
This gift set offers value for money. It is comforting knowing that you are covered and you can purchase this product with confidence that this is not money down the drain.
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Multimedia Solutions Wholesalers in the West Midlands
Please remember that the Multimedia Solutions product range are available only to TRADE ONLY customers. Meaning that we do not sell to the general public so if you are a Trade TV or Satellite Installer our full Multimedia Solutions product portfolio can be found below at the list of reputable authorised wholesalers in the West Midlands. If you are having trouble sourcing our products in a location close to you then please contact our Head Office in Northampton by calling 01604 662 748, or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com for further information. Where someone will be happy to help with any product enquiries or assistance with buying our products.
Solutions Group – Birmingham
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My Invacare Motorized Wheelchair is SO Horrible
To Mark Burley of Occupational Therapy
and all concerned.
Concerning my present Invacare wheelchair and the Quote for the new Bounder wheelchair
October 14 2011
From Daniel J Towsey
(My writing structure may seem poor. Please note I am french and english, speaking, reading and writing is self taught)
Hello Mark
I just received your email today (inserted below).
This is going to be a very detailed lenghty letter.
You have clearly shown me that you have not been willing to return my telephone messages nor see me when I was at your place of work (Vocational rehab which is government run).
Your email also clearly states that you will have no time to speak with me or see me anytime in the near future concerning the serious problems with my current wheelchair. You do not want to talk to me about the quote I sent to you about the custom hand made bounder wheelchair that I need.
Please be advised that this letter will be published on my wheelchair rights websites and I will also be presenting it to my lawyer as well as members of the government and any other people who care about my human rights as stated in the treaty for people with disabilities of the United Nations that the federal minister of health has just ratified and signed into law.
I may also have to present my case to the United Nations.. I will never stop until I receive the wheelchair I need.
Now you made statements about the Bounder wheelchair which I sent you the retail price quote from the manufacturer for.
You yourself have clearly stated to me that you had never before heard of the Bounder wheelchair manufacturer. Also your email reenforces the fact that you have never seen nor assessed such a chair.
Any statements you make about it do not come from your having any knowledge about the Bounder custom made wheelchair or its custom devices that will aid in my ability to live a free and independent life with the equal rights to function in our society that is guaranteed by the U.N Treaty.
Your refusal to meet me about the quote for the custom chair that I need is very unfair. You are not discussing the quote with me and you do not know why I need all the items mentioned in the quote, which proves that you care not to help me in acquiring a wheelchair that will be safe and suitable for my life style and function safely with my multiple and complex injuries as a result of having a car hit me and then drive over my body several times.
As you and many doctors or anyone else who is somewhat familir with my serious permanent and still deteriorating injuries knows. It is truly a medical miracle from God that I am alive and also still able to function independently.
My lawyers and many doctors have told me many times that no one has ever survived the injuries I have. One doctor angrily told me that they now have to rewrite the medical books as my injuries and especially my 90% compressed and fractured T-8 spine vertabrae have never been survived by anyone before, that is not dead or paralized.
I am now writing a little bit about my medical condition for other readers who are not familiar with my fragile and perilous physical condition.
Then I will write a about my present unsuitable mass produced and used defectively engineered wheelchair you got for me.
I will also write a lenghty section about the Bounder custom wheelchair and why it needs to be hand built the way the quote states. Which will explain why it seems so expensive.
So back to my physical condition. Oh and a side note. Also you are very aware that all supporting medical care or attention has been deliberately denied me and sabotaged by corrupt government insiders.
That is a crime, as here in Nova Scotia we have a public health care system that is to provide what ever neccessary medical care a person needs no matter what the cost that inludes wheelchairs.
I appreciate that you are not a medical doctor, but you are a professional government trained and employed health professional who has full access to all my medical records, as well, you have access to any and all specialist medical doctors advice if you choose to get it pertaining to my physical condition.
So I assume you are aware I have difficulties with both my knees, both my hips, and are also aware that I lost my large intestine. Then you also know that my right upper arm is now just a plastic protesis inserted under the skin that is not connected to my shoulder blade bone as my shoulder was too damaged for the prostesis to be connected to it.
Then you must also be aware that I have more then nine permanently broken ribs. Oh and you would also know that I have serious damage to my left shoulder. I also have injuries to my spine at my neck which has not been openly documented or acknowledged. Just to mention a few of my blunt trauma injuries. I now have over four thousand pages of medical records since Nov 22 2009. I have under gone two surgeries,blood tests, multiple exrays, cat scans and MRIs. And did physiotherapy for over a year twice a week.
So now as time has gone on since the day of my accident. I have lost most of my torso muscles which means that the muscles between my ribs are dead too.Which is why I speak very loud as my rib cage does not expand and retract when I breath. I have to breath very agreesively whether I speak or not. I have to speak very loud to get my lungs to open and close for speech. and then also most of the muscles in my right arm are now unusable.
I can control (drive) a wheelchair with my right hand because you know that I still have light strength remaining to my right hand, and that I can lift my arm at the elbow.
Again I am elaborating only a bit as to the complexities of my physical injuries from the automobile driving over me.
You also are aware that I had previously suffered a very serious injury to my left hand fingers many years ago as a result of my fingers being cut by a tablesaw injury.
They used advanced microsurgery to reattach and partially repair the injuries to my four fingers. But it left me with limited use of my fingers and strength to my left hand. Which means that my whole left arm also had limited strength because I could never phyically do things that would of permitted me to have full use of my left hand. That would of made it possible for me to have full strength to my left arm. I am able to hold heavier things with the palm of my hand but not with my finger tips. I have limited dexterity.
So these injuries and many others are why I can not walk any distance nor travel in any public transit like everyone else does. These mentioned injuries are only some of the reasons why I need a motorized wheelchair to get around.
Another reason is that when I put my weight down on my feet, my whole torso bounces and so do my organs. The loss of my large intestine has left my belly area empty and then my other organs have nothing to keep them in their place. They keep dropping down into the empty cavity of my belly. So I need to walk on a cushioned floor with cushioned boots to minimize the downward impact movements of my torso. Also the fractured T8 vertabrae means that my spine bounces up and down where my back is broken.
You may also know that I have damage to my hips, more so to my left hip as a result of the car being driven over me.
I tried to walk around outside with a walker in the early months before my muscles began to die. Now I have almost no strength left to hold a walker. I only use the walker to keep my body straight and for protection from other pedestrians.I can not put my weight down with my hands on a walker. I also have a walker with a seat so I can stop and rest every few minutes. I now almost never walk outside. I can walk short distances without a walker on level surfaces. But I soon have to sit down as the pains I have are unbearable. Falling down would be a very dangerous thing for me. I would also not be able to use my arms to stop my impact with the ground. Falling down could kill me or leave me paralized. So that is why I will never be able to walk freely out side of my apartment.
As you know. I did physiotherapy twice a week for almost a year and a half. But it did not help to keep my body from deteriorating. It only helped me to understand and discover my mobility difficulties.
Later in this letter I will explain more of my physical injuries as I go through the details of my present wheelchair and then as to why I need the hand made custom wheelchair as indicated in the quote.
Like I said at the begining. This is going to be a very long and very detailed letter.
Really though I am writing a report...
Almost a year ago you gave me a used wheelchair made by Invacare Model TDX SR with four casters and two center drive wheels with brushless motors. It also came with an elevating seat. This chair had formally been used by a child.
So here goes.
I is so unfortunate that I have to use so much of my time to write this out. I should not have to write this and to relive the past two years and the horrible experiences I have gone through filled with pain and misery and the having to use a defective and dangerous wheelchair.
The wheelchair I received is only suitable for smaller and lighter weight people and for indoor use. It is definately not usable in winter.
I will give you an example of using a mid wheel drive wheelchair in winter. If you go straight down a sidewalk and one of the two drive wheels looses its traction on a patch of snow or ice. That tire will immediately spin to full speed while slipping and the other wheel keeping its traction will cause the chair to turn around at full speed and put me into a snowbank or out over the curb and onto the street into on coming traffic. Also it will most likely flip over. Then the weight of the chair at over 500 pounds will crush me because I am wearing the seat belt of the wheelchair. Last winter I had three scary and painful experiences with this.
Another side note for readers. I was refered to you, Mark Burley at occupational therapy by a medical doctor. For it was realized that I needed to be able to have some quality of life. It was made aware to you Mark, that the only thing I can still do physically that adds quality to my life, is my photography and videography. Which is viewed by millions on many websites such as http://danieltowsey.photoshop.com www.webshots.com/user/towsey and http://www.youtube.com/folkphotographer
So now back to my used wheelchair.
When I received the wheelchair, I was still undergoing serious traumatic physical and phycological changes to my mind and body.
Getting that wheelchair became a horrific experience that you could of made much better if you had been willing to work with me to try and help me adjust to the wheelchair and also to have the chair adjusted and customized where possible for my physical condition. You did not about of this because you rarely spoke with me.
I continuously told you about the suspension problems and the painful ride my chair was giving me.
I have been waiting almost a year for my right arm pad to be fixed. I had to get a handyman to bolt it in by drilling a hole through it. That armrest is the one Lawtons put on my chair that has fallen off several times and is still loose. The armrest is also to short to fit my arm. The armm rest is soft and bends from the weight of my elbow. It does not properly support my arm so that I can not sit straight in my chair.
It is going to take many pages to just touch on what I have gone through with that horrible defectively engineered dangerous wheelchair you got for me.
I really hate that you are making me have to write all this and relive the traumatic experiences I have gone through because of the wheelchair you got for me and because you areand the government are blocking my getting the wheelchair that I absolutely need.
But like always in dealing with the corporations known as governments. I have to go to extremes to get what I need to protect what is remaining of my health and life.
The very first and continuing difficulties I had with the chair is the government pretending to be a charity known as Easter Seals and Lawtons mechanics that were working on my chair so to bill Easter Seals.
Lawtons refused to suggest or do any adjustments to my chair so it would fit me unless Lawtons would be selling expensive parts. No over priced parts equals no work to adjust my chair. Then that maybe because it was soon discovered that the chair could never be adjusted to fit me properly because of its' manufacturing and the actual size of the chair.
The seat belt did not fit, the foot pedals could not be adjusted to prevent them from hitting the ground causing injury and pain to me as well as expensive damage to the chair. Because the chair is not tall enough and can not be made tall enough. I need the seat to be higher so I can easily slide onto the seat. The Bounder custom made chair solves these problems too.
Also my present chair is two inches too narrow for my torso. My winged backrest is to tight against my broken ribs especially when I have to wear a thick coat. As well my plastic backrest bends everytime a bus driver tries to get behind my chair to tiedown my chair. This is especially bad when my knapsack is full of groceries. My present back rest is also not tall enough.
Also the push handles to manually push my chair are to weak to push the weight of my chair. They bend forward when someone tries to push my chair. Causing serious pain to my spine and torso as the back rest is attached to the push handles.
Then there is the headrest that moves because it is attached to a bending thin plastic backrest The head rest is used when travelling in a bus.The head rest does not support my head without moving. My chair needs a steel backrest. The Bounder wheelchair will take care of those problems too.
As well about the suspenssion, the structural design of my used chair is defective when the front castor wheels lift up when going forward down over curb cutouts which means the foot pedals would go closer to the ground and are always hitting the ground. This causes very serious pain to my broken back and ribs and seriously threatens the damaging of my spinal cord. The pedals hitting the ground always breaks my foot pedals support mechanisms.
So my chairs foot pedals mechanisms have been repaired repeatedly. (Those repairs were very expensive.) But would almost immediately be broken again. Which means that never since I received the chair has it been in safe condition.
As such my foot pedals now dangle down, this causes horrible pain to my knees and hips as my legs are no longer properly supported by the pedals. My chair is still like that.
This brings me to why I need the electronic elevating leg rests of the Bounder wheelchair. One I can lift the foot pedals up electronically to keep the pedals from hitting the ground and second that the cartlage damage to my hips and knees means that I have to keep changing the position of my legs to shift the pain around to I can manage the pain to my knees and hips. It has to be electronic because I do not have the strength in either my right or left hands to reach down to the mechanical levers to operate non electronic pedal elevation.
I also need the electronic elevating foot pedals so that I can lower my foot pedals down out of the way so I can fit into the tight space on public transit buses.
Another serious problem with the way the suspension works is that when I have to go down a steep driveway ramp that goes vertically from the road through the sidewalk. The front casters loose contact with the ground and the castors turn sideways causing the chair to be very dangerous and very difficult to steer in a straight line while going down the slope vertical to the direction of the sidewalk. This is where a driveway entrance is higher then the road. Where they had to lower the sidewalk so the sidewalk has a bump (slope) going from the edge of the road to the other edge of the sidewalk. This is extremely bad where the road and sidewalk is already sloped because it is on a hill.
There are too many problems with this chair.
Now about how the government readily gives money away to the wheelchair mechanics without asking the owner of the chair if it was fixed properly before the government pays the mechanic. So this leads to the mechanics having no care to do a proper, safe or neccessary repair job. They also do not guarantee their repairs. The mechanics will also do sabotaging and unneccesary repairs because they can bill anything to the government they want. The mechanics only have to convince the wheelchair owner that they need the repairs. The mechanics do not care if the repair was incomplete or even the wrong repair. Because they will just do more repairs and that is very good for profits.
I was an A 1 ace auto mechanic. I formerly owned two auto repair shops known as Towsey's Welding and Auto Repairs. I was a custom installer and mechanic at Speedy and Midas for several years. I was trained in automechanics at Danforth and Central Technical High Schools in Toronto.
Also I owned a second hand store called 'Silverspoon Trading' where I rebuilt small gas powered equipment such as lawnmowers and I also repaired house appliances such as washers, dryers, fridges and stoves.
Hey I also did custom wood work and complete house renovations.
So you see I am a very experienced and highly skilled person.
I like all other professional auto mechanics. I always guaranteed my work and would never bill a customer to pay for my mistakes if I made any. Unlike Lawtons I had integrity and that was also legislated by government. There are thousands of laws on the books to protect consumers, owners of cars against the things I have writen about. So why is it that we do not have the same standards for wheelchairs and mobility scooters. Especially considering that wheelchairs are an absolute neccesity of life. Afterall wheelchairs are motorized vehicles that ARE used on roads.
Wheelchair users have no other options. They can not walk or carry anything. So is it not to be expected that the rules and laws be even more strict and powerful to protect the disabled? The truth is there is no laws to protect wheelchair users against anything anyone does that is wrong.
So believe me, it did not take long for me to understand how a wheelchair is constructed, made and what it is supposed to safely do.
Also there are no legislated wheelchair safety standards for safety in construction of motorized wheelchairs.
Just for an example of how far the wheelchair mechanic would go to make money. They knew Easter Seals would always pay for repairs that the mechanic said was needed. Easter Seals is funded by the government of Nova Scotia, So it is really a government operation camoflaged as a charity.
Since the UN treaty. All governments in Canada now should be openly and directly paying for the medically neccessary hand built wheelchair I need. This also applies to everyone else that is disabled.
It is time for the Nova Scotia government to live up to the UN Treaty... But they are not willing to do it. it will only happen when they start to listen to me and all others who are disabled. but we all know governments never listen, and that is why they think they know best.
About the mechanic; But again the government not caring to protect the tax payers. It has never realized that motorized wheelchairs come with very good and lenghty manufacturers warranties that cover most of the chairs expensive parts. This used chair was only two years old and still has many five year warrantied parts.
The Bounder wheelchair has parts that are warrantied as long as ten years. The chair is known to last up to fifteen years with minimal maintenance costs. Just the usual, tires and batteries.
So what was happening is the mechanic would deem that the chair needed repairs and then would be free to get the free replacement parts from the manufacturers and then charge Easter Seals for the repairs. So they would surely be double billing. This has to be happening as the government never checks with the chairs owners as to what is happening.
For many months I had very dangerous difficulties with my wheelchair as its electric brakes were not stopping or holding the chair on a slope.
Everyday for months after I received my wheelchair I had to talk to Lawtons about the endless serious problems with my chair.
So Lawtons told me my chair needed two new motors. Which are very expensive and are covered under the manufacturers warranty. You see the center of my wheels (The part that looks like the hubcap) is the motors and the brakes. Lawtons never told anyone the motors were covered under manufactures warranty. Actually Lawtons even told me that the motors were no long manufactured. They lied to me to cause me more grief because they wanted to sell me a new mass produced second rate wheelchair. Knowing that those chairs always needed costly maintenance and repairs. So Lawtons would make even more profits at the tax payers expense.
Oh and one other problem with the way Easter Seals works is that;
They do not pay for priority delivery of parts nor do Lawtons or Easter Seals process the neccessary paper work for the jobs to be done in a quick and proper manor.
So they will leave the wheelchair user with a very dangerous wheelchair or no wheelchair at all if the chair has a problem that prevents its use. Such as a flat tire. They have kept me waiting for up to six months for repairs to be done to my chair. Some still have not been done a year later.
The government does not pay for nor does anyone provide any emergency on road response for someone who finds themselves in a disabled wheelchair far from home.
That brings to thought the day I showed you Mark Burley that in the event that my chair breaks down or gets stuck in snow. Even if the two latches behind the chair are lifted (which is supposed to release the brakes and motors) the chair can not be pushed by anyone. The brakes will not release. That is another serious mechanical manufacturing defect with this chair.
Mark you know this because you yourself tried to move the 750 pound chair (with me sitting on it) and could not. Your pushing actually bent my plastic back rest and caused me severe pain to my broken ribs and back.
So now back to the brakes issue. On this same day when I came to your place of work to show you many serious problems with my chair.
You wondered why my brakes were not stopping my chair. At the time I was not aware that the braking system is adjustable through the wheelchairs' controller. I discovered that all wheelchairs come with a mini computer and software that is accessable by pluging in a computer device (programer) just like with automobiles.
When you plugged it in and looked at the settings for my chair. You were surprised to see that my brakes had been turned down to only 15%. Meaning that someone had to actually go into the software to do that. Software settings just like in any computer never changes unless someone changes it. Even removing all power from a computer will not change the software settings.
So that means that the Lawtons mechanics had to of changed the settings as no one else had touched my chair and I did not have the device to plug in to check or alter my chairs settings.
Which is also why in the quote for the Bounder wheelchair you see a hand held programmer. So that I can program my chair myself. I am a qualified mechanic and can do this. Also no one in Nova Scotia has one of these programmers. I want my own so I will always be able to make sure that my chair is safely set up for me.
So (about altering brakes settings) this was a serious criminal act done that seriously endangered my life. Believe me I had many very serious brushes with death or injury when my chair had minimal brakes.
You Mark then went into the software and set the brakes to suit my weight. Then my chair worked well but the motors still got replaced because no one wanted it to be possible for me to prove that the original motors were not defective.
Over the first six months I had my chair. I had to go back to Lawtons several times every week because of all the horrible lack of proper service, the unneccessary repairs, the defective repairs and all the other things Lawtons just did not think was profitable enough to bother with fixing or adjusting.
Another problem with my present wheelchair is that the controller box is not waterproof and If I get it wet in the rain or even fog the wheelchair will stop moving for up to two days. Whereas the Bounder wheelchair is made to go out in any weather.
It would take me days to write all the horrible things I have gone through because of the unsuitable chair you Mark got for me.
Mark you may have had good intentions but you never trusted my judgement and only accepted the so called professional wheelchair mechanics and the sales representative from Invacare's words over mine.
Not once did Easter Seals ever show me or tell what they were being billed for. I can only guess that Easter Seals was actually defrauded. Because there is no safeguards built into the system to prevent this.
So now comes another problem. The more repairs done and the more the costs go up, the slower Easter Seals gets at authorizing any repairs. Especially when they are very neccessary.
I would now like to advise the government to realize that a used and worn out wheelchair is just like buying a used and worn out car. Except that wheelchairs and their repairs cost twice as much as a cars. These used chairs can also pose a threat of injury to the users.
No wonder Lawtons told me one day after I had complained about the situation I found myself in and their lousy work. The Mechanic said "why would I ever expect good care from them, Afterall the wheelchair was never purchased from them."
You see Lawtons plan of action was to make it seem like the old chair is to worn out and needs to many repairs.So then Lawtons would get to sell a very expensive generic assembly line mass produced chair that is not customizable for me and most other people with serious physical difficulties.
The wheelchair I have now is horrible and is and has always been in the need of repairs.This wheelchair is causing more injuries to my spine, my ribs and my organs. My upper body has lost all muscles due to athropy. So now I wear a wrap around brace over my belly area to keep it from bouncing violently and causing me very horrible continuos pain when I ride the chair. Also all my chest muscles are now dead and they bounce horribly also causing serious chronic pain which is one of the reasons why I need a back rest that reclines. Which the Bounder wheelchair does.
Also I need the independent suspension with its shocks and springs to absorb the shocks from the terrible sidewalks in Halifax. The Bounder wheelchair also has this solution.
My present wheelchair is only useful for indoor use. As it does not have any shock absorbing suspension so it violently shakes, jolts and bangs me around. This lack of shock absorbing suspension also adds to the contant having to replace the four very expensive stabilizing castors as the bearings get beat and destroyed withing six months if you always ride your chair out over the very hilly and horrible sidewalks and roads found in Halifax.
Now about the tires. First there are no winter tires available for my present chair. The tires on the wheelchair are the light gray ones made of very soft material that wears out very quickly. I asked the Invacare representative "Why is it that the tires only have a very thin sixteenth of an inch center tread thickness? Why do the tires not have a half inch thick center tread? Why do the tires wear bald in the center after three weeks of riding on sidewalks?
(NOTE: Most sidewalks in Halifax are very old (up to 100 years) and very abrasive to my tires. The sidewalks are rough and abrasive due to years of salting the sidewalks. Also note that center drive wheelchairs pivot on the center tires which also causes the tires to wear out quickly due to friction with the ground. Where as the Bounder wheelchair, rear wheel drive does not do this and the rear wheel drive chairs tires will last much longer. Another reason why I need the Bounder wheelchair.)
Also the Bounder wheelcahir comes with real durable black tires made for all terrain vehicles, so the tires will last a very long time.
He did not care to answer. So I said that it is because they like to sell alot of tires. Putting on tires on a my wheelchair is very expensive labour because they have to remove the motors and they have to (Tow) transport the chair to and from the users home.
Next time you see a wheelchair with center drive big tires. Look at the tires. They are always bald. This makes these chairs very dangerous on grassy, wet or shinny surfaces. Also this makes these chairs unusable in winter. My wheelchair can not even go up the ramp to the building I just moved into if there is even a light dusting of snow on the ramp. It is so very important that I get the Bounder wheelchair before the snow comes.
I will now keep writing examples of the too numerous problems with my present wheelchair. Oh I also asked the Invacare manufacturers rep. Why is it that these wheelchairs not have lights or at bare minimum why do the manufacturers not put reflectors on the chairs? And why do they make the whole chair black? It gets dark out at 4:30 in the colder seasons.
That is because the chairs were never made to be used outdoors.
And why do their wheelchairs not have horns?
I will now take the opportunity to make a statement, some of which will be in question form.
Do you who is reading this have a car? Does it have air filled tires, do you drive it with completely bald tires? Does it have shocks and springs for suspension? Does it have lights? A horn?, Would you drive with bald tires in winter? Would you drive without winter tires in winter etc.. Are you begining to understand my statement? So before you make any desisions about my getting the perfectly safe, well constructed, hand built, custom fitted for my needs, Bounder wheelchair. Think on these things.
I spend most of my time outdoors to socialize as most places are not acceessible. I can not visit friends at home as their places are not accessible.
When I am out doors I have to travel far to be able to find accessible businesses or even a trip to a bathroom means up to half an hour of travel to find an accessible bathroom.
No wonder my tires wear out.
Now Mark you remember the meeting we had resently, the rep from the wheelchair Invacare company, and the place that repairs wheelchairs known as Medichair also sent their rep.
The wheelchair rep even said I need a rear wheel drive chair.
I also spoke about the antique battery charger I was given for my chair. I told you that it constanly stops charging and then drains my batteries. I have to keep restarting the charger to try and get my batteries charged. It was thought that my expensive batteries needed to be replaced but I said no it is the charger that needs to be replaced. The chairs sales rep said he had many spare chargers at home and would give me one in a couple of weeks.
Now I discover that I am not to be given a charger nor are my batteries to checked..
I am still waiting for maintenance to be done on my chair. My tires are now dangerously past bald. They are to the underlining threads. My tires should of been replaced immediately and the tires should of been shipped by priority delivery to the repair shop. Instead I am made to wait for a month or more for the tires.
What would happen if my tires split off the rim? No one would be able to move my chair as the brakes wont release. No one can lift the chair it is too heavy. I would not be able to get home as I can not travel in a seat on most vehicles, I can not walk any distance without my walker.
What would happen? Answer me! It would be a traumatic experience for me. It would be a very difficult and expensive event for the government and anyone else that might try to help me.
Which again is why I need the very safe, sturdy and dependable Bounder wheelchair.
What would you do if your mechanic said it will take up to a month for you to get a shock, a tire, a light bulb or anything else? You would go nuts. You would immediately realize what it would mean for you to not have your car? But you unlike me can get a loaner or have other travel options. But remember, I do not.
How would you feel if you got stranded and trapped in your car and no one came to help you? No tow truck,no emergency response, no other transportation for you to get home, no heat, no anything. How would you feel if you were not allowed to call any emergency services as they would not come because you drive a car?
So why is it you do not see my wheelchair the same way?
Why is it you do not realize that a wheelchair is absolutely neccessary all day long. I can not go out and get a loaner, rental, take a bus or even get outside without my wheelchair.
Do you have any compassion for the disabled. If not then you should not be making any decisions about me or my need for the Bounder wheelchair.
Now Mark you said that the large low pressure tires on the Bounder wheelchair would cause my body to jolt violently sideways with the large knobby low pressure tires.
You are wrong on all counts.
First of all those tires can be inflated to any suitable pressure. So if they are to soft they just get inflated a bit more.
Second that jolting you speak of would only happen with a chair that has no springs and shocks.
The Bounder I need is being made with independent suspension arms, shocks and springs. This chair will not jolt me at all. Plus I need the shock absorbing air filled tires as the chair I have now with the solid tires and no shock absorbing suspenssion is like you throwing a pillow into a shopping cart and then climbing in. Then you ask someone to push you down the sidewalks over bumps and over curb cut outs. I guarantee you, you would soon be screaming to get out of the shopping cart.
Here is another thought.Pay attention the next time you see a bottle collector going down the sidewalk with a shopping cart. Pay attention to all the noise from the little tiny bumps from the lines on the sidewalks. That noise is from the violent bang of the solid tires. Anyway this is what I go through all day. But now that my muscles have died off I can no longer take the pain and injuries from my present suspenssionless chair with its solid tires.
I remember saying that I prefered the solid tires. I said this becuase I believed that this chair would loose to much battery power with soft tires, plus I did not want the risk of a flat. Also another reason why I was able to take the physical jolting was that my musles had not deteriorated yet.
I have to wear a a ridgid neck brace because of the violent joting forward and backwards on my present wheelchair. As I explained before that is because this chair has center drive wheels and the front and back castors are made to lift up and down. This makes my chair very unstable.
The neck brace I wear has a flaw. It has a hard plastic disc that pushes my ribs in in the center of my chest. This disc is for the adjusting knob in the front of my neck brace. The jolting is so violent that I have now developed a serious intermittent cough due to the constant crushing of my chest by hte botto0m front of my neck brace.
You can hear my coughts in many of my music videos I have recorded. The Bounder wheel chair well not jolt me around like my chair now does.
The bounder I need comes with extra large class 27 batteries that will give twice the range that my present chair gives me. even with the softer tires. Also the knobby tires make them able to drive over glass without getting a flat. And also the Bounder air tires come with a puncture sealant that will not allow the tires to go flat.
As you can see now I am comparing my present chair to the Bounder..as I keep writing I will be left with only what the Bounder chair can do that my present mass produced chair does not do.
My present chair has elevation of the seat. But because the chair has such a wobbly suspenssion I can rarely safely use it as the chair would too easily fall over which would most likely kill me.
The elevation is neccessary for my shopping for groceries and for my photography. Or when I am socializing with people who are standing.
I will now show you another example of how terrible my present chairs suspenssion is. Because the two rear outboard castor wheels are attached to control arms that are supported with springs and pistons (shocks). People think that those are shock absorbing. They are not. The back control arms go up, so that when the front of my chair starts going up onto a side walk the rear wheels have to go up or the big center drive wheels would no longer be touching the ground. Now those rear springs are there to force the rear castors to stay on the ground at all times. The problem with this suspenssion is that the springs are not adjustable for the weight of the person riding the chair. So if you are a light weight person your chair will work reasonably, but if you are over two hundred pounds like me. The springs are too light and this causes my chair to constantly rock forward and backwards everytime I stop, go or hit bumps. Another problem with this chair is that the pistons do not work in winter and they freeze up. Probably due to the seals and fluid. So this causes the rear castor wheels to not have any weight on them. Making them flutter violently shaking the whole chair and causing me serious pain. The fluttering gets so violent that it shakes my right hand that is on the controller, further causing the chair to wobble because the motors well be steered by my hand to continuosly be going left and right.
I had phoned the Incacare manufacture of my chair in the USA and they recommended that the rear springs be replaced with the four hunderd pound rated ones. You Mark again ignored this recommendation.
This fluttering is so violent that it causes the chair to make alot of noise that everyone in the neighbourhood hears. It is really discomforting to go down streets and sidewalks and have everybody stare at you because your chair makes so much noise. The fluttering soon destroys the castor stems and bearings. The casters like the main tires have to be replaced very often which is an expensive repair. If you are unfortunate to have a bearing break so bad that you can not use the chair then you are without a chair for over a month while you wait for the small parts to be shipped by truck over a distance of as much as 7000 miles in my case. My government (Social Services, Welfare) refuses to pay for priority delivery on all parts and especially on small light weight parts.
In my case if I do not have a wheelchair it means I stay home. If I need to go out I can not unless the vehicle has a smooth suspenssion and a captains seat with armrests to support me in a straight position.
I almost never travel outside without my wheelchair. If I run out of food I am in serious trouble. As happened to me last winter where I got stranded in my apartment for three months because my wheelchair could not drive on snow, slush or ice. Where as the Bounder wheelchair easily and safely does it.
I telephoned everywhere last winter for someone to bring me food. No one would. Not even Feed Nova Scotia.
Winter is coming fast. If the Bounder wheelchair is ordered now I will get it in two months just in time for the long snowy winter. Like I said before. My present apartment building has a long outdoor gradual concrete wheelchair ramp.
Lets say I go out in winter, the sidewalks are clear and dry. I go to the grocery store. Then when I go to leave I discover it has been snowing outside. That means I am stranded with my present wheelchair and I can not get home as the grocery store has, like most places a fairly steep ramp..Only the large knobby low pressure tires of the Bounder wheelchair would get me home.
So again I ask you to not look at the price of the Bounder wheelchair, but to look at the fact no other chair out there is custom made to suit the riders disabilities like the Bounder is.
Now Mark talking about the sideways jolting that you mentioned knowing about. You could only know that from knowing that the chair I am presently using violently jolts me around.
I would now like to talk about the Bounder horn. Which no other wheelchair offers. You Mark know from all my Folk Videos and Photography and I have also long ago told you that I spend most of my time outdoors as I have always done. Usually I would be on a nature trail or some photo or video shoot. I use to ride my mountain bicycle everywhere.
So you know I have to often cross streets where there are lots of vehicles or I actually may have to ride down the length of a street. If it has no sidewalks or no curb cut outs, which often happens.
I need a horn because so often cars drive through crosswalks as I am crossing the street. The need for a horn are numerous. That is why I installed a high pressure air filled bicycle air horn on my present wheelchair. But that air horn has limits. If I use it more then twice it runs out of air so that I can not have a horn for safety until I get home and reinflate my air horn tank. The Bounder wheelchair solves all those problems too.
Now about the Bounder custom armrests. As you know I have repeatedly told you that the arm rest on my present chair needs to be fixed and replaced with an arm rest that has throughs so my arm will not slide off. My chair still after a year, has not been properly modified to help me.
Also long ago I spoke with you Mark about my not being able to lift up my camera to my face so I could take pictures. I asked you if there were any arm rests that could elevate so I could have my arms go up so I could look through my cameras viewer. You said there was no such thing.
Will the Bounder wheelchair quote shows that yes indeed Bounder can make those custom arm rests for me. Bounder is the only wheelchair manufacturer that can do this. So again the Bounder wheelchair solves all my problems.
Now about the reclining winged steel back rest of the Bounder wheelchair.
I have so often spoken with you Mark about the problems with my back rest. Will the original steel back rest was replaced with a plactic winged back rest. Unfortunately it is a bit to narrow and also to short for my torso. I have already written about the plastic back rest.
You had previously agreed with me that my chair needed a steel reinforcing pipe bar (cross brace) or what ever you want to call it. To go across the back of my back rest to protect me from my seat back rest being bent, pushed in when a bus driver gets behind me to secure my chair to the floor.
The Bounders electronic reclining back rest comes with that bar.
Also the Bounder is to be outfitted with memory foam padding to help cushion my torso due to all my broken ribs.
Here is a side note I would like to mention before I continue.
Before I received my present wheelchair and as I my body was undergoing the continuous deterioration of my muscles. And before I was aware that this was going to happen. I had looked into and asked if I could get a large scooter that had many of the features of the Bounder wheelchair.
I did not know at the time that I would eventually be unable to steer or use a mobility scooter. Which is why I never got a scooter. But Mark you being experienced in dealing with wheelchairs gaveme the chair I have today. I am also assuming you too did not know all the changes my body was going to go through.
Now I have asked you to look at my needs for the Bounder wheelchair.
But you have choosen to rudely ignore me.
Which is why I have had to write this out. And why I have to make sure that others know what is happening.
I am now very concerned about winter coming and I can no longer physically endure the pain that my present chair gives me. Also the chair is causing more damage to my existing injuries.
Now I will explain the many reasons why I need the reclining electronic back rest of the Bounder wheelchair.
I often find myself in positions where my chair is tilting forward,causing me serious pain. Such as on uneven surfaces or while going down hills and curb cut outs. I need to be able to tilt my back rest back for such events.
Also another very important reason why I need a reclining back rest is for when I am in a moving bus. As you may know I got the medical exemption that indicates I can not wear a shoulder belt over my shoulder and torso.
As such I need the seat back rest to be able to recline while I am traveling in a bus. That way my body will not be lurching forward every time the bus stops.
The recliner has to be electronic.
I would like to also make you aware that the Bounders wiring and locations of the buttons for the horn, lights. elevators etc need to be custom positioned and wired because of my physical limitations.
As you do not know. I have spent months on the internet researching and looking for a suitable wheelchair.
After reading, contacting and viewing hundreds of videos. I found the Bounder all terrain wheelchair.
I then telephoned the Bounder company and spent two weeks every day talking with the expert there about my physical condition and limitations. We then spoke about all the technical aspects of my chair and how to build the perfect chair.
I being a former Auto Mechanic am perfectly qualified to do this.
So now the chair I need has been configured and the quote has been written.
But you Mark and every one else in the government have choosen to ignore my needs for this Bounder wheelchair.
Is there not anyone in our goevernment that is cable of reviewing the Bounder wheelchair quote?
If not then let me get the chair I know I need.
I also have included in the quote a second set of tires. An indoor set that are narrower.
I requested these tires for spare in the event that my chair gets a flat.
I had to request this because you the government refuses to provide me with emergency and priority flat tire repairs. So I can not take the chance of being without a chair for months.
I have already proven this. The tires on my present chair have been bald for months and now they are about to split as I am now riding on the inner threads that hold my tire together. My tires have not gone flat because they are airless tires. But they will soon be useless and will soon leave me stranded on a sidewalk .
But again you, Easter Seals and the goverment (Social Services) have left me in a dangerous situation.
Now I am going to speak about the fact that my accident occured almost two years ago.
The motorist was insured for liability.
Economical Insurance has choosen to not offer to pay for anything that I now need as a result of the accident.
The laws have been writen as to make it possible for auto insurers to never pay on liabilities for people who have been run over by a motorist. Laws should be written to make it madatory for insurers to start paying immediately for medically neccessary devices.
So, as I have said before.
Here in Nova Scotia. All Lawyers are Crown (Gov) Lawyers. As such they are all under the control of the government. SO I have told the government that if they want to be reimbursed for the costs of my needs then take your lawyers and go sue the Economical insurance company.
Or change the laws in this province so that pedestrians get all the funds immediately that they need from the insurance company's liability policy from the drivers insurance policy.
After all Economical Insurance has accepted my claim.
And the driver has already been charged, fined $168.00 and plead guilty.
My present wheelchair needs at least two more thousand dollars in repairs. But the government does not want to keep paying for repairs.
They would not need to if I had the solid and durable Bounder wheelchair.
I need a 12 amp charger right now but they wont give it to me..
Please everyone who reads this understand that my situation is very desperate. My chair is almost not usable, it is dangerous, it is unsuitable for Canadian winters and so I will be imprisoned in my home again this winter.
I am now requesting that everyone who receives this please send me a writen response to firstname.lastname@example.com
I will be updating my post on the internet with a list of the people I gave this report to. I will then be updating as to the results I get.
I will also post the contact information of the governmental individuals that I have asked to help me.
So that you my readers can contact them if you choose with your concerns and support.
Thank You Sincerly Daniel J Towsey
See attached pdf file for the Bounder Quote and Mark Burleys email.
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Friday, October 14, 2011 5:59 PM
"Burley, Mark"
"Daniel J Towsey"
Hello Daniel - I have been trying to find the time to call this week, but without success, so I thought I would at least email you before the weekend. I did receive your message, and I know you stopped by. I spoke to Cale earlier this week and they are just waiting on one of the last parts to come in before they will contact you to arrange to do the work on your chair.
As far as the Bounder is concerned, unfortunately I won't be able to help you. The chair is unproven here, and I can't prescribe a chair I haven't evaluated. Also, the cost is so high I can't justify it to our funding source. If you were paying privately or had insurance that would cover it then we might be able to explore it further, but I can't ask an underfunded government program to absorb the cost of such an expensive option. The vendor is even unwilling to bring one in to try because it is so expensive. I still feel that if we make the changes we discussed your current chair would perform well, but I'd be happy to look at something else suitable to your needs.
To give you some more information, off road chairs don't tend to perform well in urban environments, especially indoors, and they tend to jostle the user gently but widely on top of the base as a means of suspension over very rough terrain. The problem you have with your current chair when the seat moves relative to the base would be much worse on an off-road chair. They have low pressure tires which are great for absorbing bumps but sacrifice stability, so you sway more in your seat. Plus, these are rear-wheel drive chairs which sacrifice a significant amount of mobility in smaller spaces and around crowds of people. When you're shooting your videos you would not have nearly the same manoueverability as you would with a mid-wheel drive chair like the one you have now.
Think about it a bit if you like, but I'll be honest, I won't be able to get to this for a while either way, as I have so many things to do with other clients.. Email is a good way to reach me and I will try to reply as soon as I can.
Mark Burley
Occupational Therapist
Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
p) 902-473-7362
f) 902-473-1321


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I could see this happening. Cricket Bat is kitted out in full criket gear, so plenty of padding around the legs where Snaketopus would be aiming for, and the bat could deflect any spit attacks at his upper body. And at the end fo the day, Snaketopus is basuclly a big cricketball with a few loose strands, a cricketer's natural prey.MingoZK wrote:Hmmm, or LBP could mess with probability to have Cricket Bat defeat Snaketopus somehow.
Which would leave Cricketbat and Bill, and like any sport*, cricket involves an element of luck, which is where Bill wins.
*Cricket is not a sport. It is not classed as a sport, it is a passtime. The only people who claim it is a sport is those who play, and are fooling no one but themselves. Any activity which you can get better ay while simultaniously getting fatter and more unfit is not a sport. See also fishing, bowling, darts, archery, anything to do with motorcars, or (and someone please tell the tv channels) poker.


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What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
1) Click here to see live bunnies.
2) The Exorcist (as re-enacted by bunnies.)
3) Help a bear collect bunnies in his backpack.
4) Bunny Suicides
5) ****Coming later**** That song from Buffy about bunnies.
6) What's up Doc? Watch some classic Bugs Bunny
7) Curse and scream continually as you fail to
trace the outline of a bunny with your mouse.
8) Giant pink Italian bunny on a mountain. What were they thinking?
9) What happens if you fire a laser at a Marshmallow bunny?
10) Babies making babies making babies at Bunny love. Not safe for work, if your work has a policy about not looking at pictures of shagging bunnies.
11) Shoot things to shreds in Gunny Bunny.
That completes the Bunny News for today.


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Black Hole Fun: Bit.Trip Void
There probably aren't enough capital letters in that headline. Gaijin Games' rhythm action releases do insist on themselves. It's all 'BIT.TRIP this' and 'BIT.TRIP that' in the titles, which is odd because the games themselves are much more careful about making a racket. Void was the third entry in the series over in Nintendo land and it's the third released on PC as well, although the fourth was released as the second. Forget all that though because there's sod all continuity between entries and little plot to speak of, as the video below demonstrates.
Shouty-loud BIT.TRIP VOID is available on Steam for £6.29 or £8.09 with soundtrack. The price will rise to £6.99/£8.99 on January 4th and Gaijin are also taking preorders for BIT.TRIP Runner2. That's out on the first of March.


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Ice Skating
In Southern California there aren't many outdoor locations for Ice Skating, but there are plenty of indoor facilities that are open all year round. Whether it's cooling off in the summer or sharpening those ice skating techniques, there is plenty to enjoy for all ages.
Pasadena Ice Skating Center
310 East Green Street
(626) 578-0800
Hours vary, call before visiting.
Pickwick Ice Skating Center
1001 Riverside Dr.
(818) 846-0035
Open daily, skating schools, and private instruction available.
Also video arcade and lounge available.
Hours and prices vary, call before visiting.
Irvine Ice Arena
3400 Michelson Dr.
(949) 262-0907
Birthday Parties, figure skating, hockey, freestyle.
Membership available.
Hours: M,T.Th,F 9am-12pm and 2pm-5pm
W 9am-12pm and1:30pm-4pm
SAT 1pm-3:30pm
SUN 11:15am-12:45pm and 1pm-3:30pm
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Activity and Play Centers
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Billiards and Pool
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Basically, that covers everybody except my mom and that guy who walks around wearing boxers and a Napoleon hat every night in the park at dusk (although odds are someone posted him on YouTube as well).
What a rip. I had my whole acceptance speech and a lecture tour planned to thank all the little people, only to learn that all the little people have gotten the same honor. It's a logistical nightmare. The nation will not have an adequate stockpile of podiums to meet the demand.
AH, WELL, the only good news, everybody should be getting a complimentary issue of Time this week -- what, no?
Wait, you're telling me Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates had to run down to the newsstand in their robes last year just like everybody else? C'mon, Time, cough it up.
Regardless, assuming we're all too busy accepting planetary honors to finish our Christmas shopping, here are some last-minute holiday tech gift ideas that you can wrap up online within minutes of Dec. 25:
Gamefly gift certificates (gamefly.com, $21.95 per month): Most are now familiar with the Netflix.com DVD rental model. For a set monthly fee, you get as many DVDs mailed to your house as you can consume and then mail back (postage paid). Gamefly does the same thing with video games for all the popular consoles, including the new PS3 and Wii. You can have up to two games on loan at a time. Once you get bored or hit a game-level wall you consider demoralizing, you can send it back and try a new title. If your loved one spends more than $300 a year on games that now cluster together in a corner of their room and only serve as a makeshift pizza-box coffee table, then this is the perfect gift for him (that, and maid service, perhaps).
Skype Unlimited Calling (skype.com, $14.95 for a year until Jan. 1): A lot of people still think they need a degree in computer science to make phone calls over the Internet, or diplomatic immunity in case the feds break down their door while in the act. But it's legal and cheap.
With a broadband connection and a headset, you can call anywhere in the United States or Canada as often as you'd like. However, when it comes to international calling, Skype now has some competitors that are driving costs down to near zero as well. Calling Russia on Skype, for example, costs 5.5 cents per minute, while on a similar call-back service at JaJah.com, it's only 2.5 cents (it piggybacks well on cell phones with unlimited nationwide calling plans). Either way, if your loved one has loved ones overseas, then services like these can take the financial sting out of staying in touch.
TiVo gift subscription (tivo.com, prices vary): TiVo recently sold out of its life-changing "free" 80-hour Series2 DVR box, though tivo.com now links you to other retailers that offer the same deal (after rebate). But, TiVo's new $70 box allows you to record two TV shows at once and is way cheaper than getting a lawyer the next time you want sit down for "Monday Night Football" only to discover your better half getting comfy with "Antiques Roadshow."
Either way, all TiVo units, "free" or otherwise, require monthly subscription fees. The cheapest is the three-year prepaid plan for $300, which works out to about $8 a month. Perhaps three or four relatives can pool their resources to make the Digital Slob in their family finally break down and cry happy tears on Christmas morning (be sure to take photos of the event, because after he runs to his room and plugs it in, you'll likely only see him during late night raids on the fridge).


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From Dave
The Dave Historical Humour Study - World's oldest jokes:Now you get to learn my youngests daughter's favorite joke from when she was three:
1. Something which has never occurred since time immemorial: a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap (1900 BC – 1600 BC Sumerian Proverb Collection 1.12-1.13)
2. How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish (An abridged version first found in 1600 BC on the Westcar Papryus)
3. Three ox drivers from Adab were thirsty: one owned the ox, the other owned the cow and the other owned the wagon's load. The owner of the ox refused to get water because he feared his ox would be eaten by a lion; the owner of the cow refused because he thought his cow might wander off into the desert; the owner of the wagon refused because he feared his load would be stolen. So they all went. In their absence the ox made love to the cow which gave birth to a calf which ate the wagon's load. Problem: Who owns the calf?! (1200 BC)
4. A woman who was blind in one eye has been married to a man for 20 years. When he found another woman he said to her, "I shall divorce you because you are said to be blind in one eye." And she answered him: "Have you just discovered that after 20 years of marriage!?" (Egyptian circa 1100 BC)
5. Odysseus tells the Cyclops that his real name is nobody. When Odysseus instructs his men to attack the Cyclops, the Cyclops shouts: "Help, nobody is attacking me!" No one comes to help. (Homer. The Odyssey 800 BC)
6. Question: What animal walks on four feet in the morning, two at noon and three at evening? Answer: Man. He goes on all fours as a baby, on two feet as a man and uses a cane in old age (Appears in Oedipus Tyrannus and first performed in 429 BC)
7. Man is even more eager to copulate than a donkey - his purse is what restrains him (Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period 304 BC – 30 BC)
8. Augustus was touring his Empire and noticed a man in the crowd who bore a striking resemblance to himself. Intrigued he asked: "Was your mother at one time in service at the Palace?" "No your Highness," he replied, "but my father was." (Credited to the Emporer Augustus 63 BC – 29 AD)
9. Wishing to teach his donkey not to eat, a pedant did not offer him any food. When the donkey died of hunger, he said "I've had a great loss. Just when he had learned not to eat, he died." (Dated to the Philogelos 4th /5th Century AD)
10. Asked by the court barber how he wanted his hair cut, the king replied: "In silence." (Collected in the Philogelos or "Laughter-Lover" the oldest extant jest book and compiled in the 4th/5th Century AD)
What does the snail say when it is riding on the turtle's back?


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One of the best ways to experience the magic and wonder of the holiday season in Niagara Falls is by embarking on a self-guided Deck the Falls Holiday Walking Tour as part of the city's annual Winter Festival of Lights.
These tours give visitors the chance to explore beautifully decorated venues throughout the city and experience gourmet food sampling, holiday beverages, live musical entertainment, craft workshops, photo-ops, pop-up carolers, and more.
The Dates
Deck the Falls Holiday Walking Tours will take place over three weekends in December:
- November 30th & December 1st
- December 7th & 8th
- December 14th & 15th
Tours run on Friday and Saturday evenings from 5pm – 10pm.
How to Get Tickets
Tickets for Deck the Falls cost $46.99 plus taxes per person and can be purchased online. Group rates are also available for groups of 10 people or more. Ticket holders will receive a Deck the Falls Tour Pass, which includes vouchers to be redeemed at participating venues along the tour route, a 48-hour WEGO bus pass, and an Incline Railway pass.
Tickets are valid for all six nights and can be used in one night or spread out over two weekends.
Participating Venues
Some of this year's participating venues are the Scotiabank Convention Centre, Sheraton on the Falls, Marriott on the Falls, Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse, Marriott Fallsview Hotel & Spa, Crowne Plaza Fallsview, and Casino Niagara.
Download the Deck the Falls Tour Map to see all of this year's participating venues.
Make a Deck the Falls walking Tour a part of your Niagara Falls winter getaway and have unforgettable festive fun in a world-class destination!


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Find out when it's time to see a dermatologist about your acne symptoms.
Are you having trouble getting your acne under control? Do you feel like it's a losing battle between you and your acne? There are many reasons people turn to our Anderson, SC, dermatologists Dr. Mark Quarterman and Dr. Luke O'Steen for help. Whether you are feeling embarrassed by your appearance or your acne outbreaks are getting worse it's important that you have a doctor you can turn to for more effective skin care.
What causes acne?
While hormones can certainly cause acne there are other reasons acne can surface including:
- Certain medications
- Genetics
- Overactive glands
- Emotional stress
- Diets high in dairy
All of these factors can contribute to breakouts. Also the type of acne you're dealing with can also give our Anderson, SC, skin doctors some insight into what could possibly be causing your breakouts. Determining the cause will help us determine the best approach for treating the type of acne you have.
How can you reduce breakouts?
There are simple measures you can take everyday to protect your skin from acne. Some of these habits include:
- Washing your face with a gentle cleanser twice a day
- Not popping or squeezing pimples, which can make them worse or cause scarring
- Keeping your hands off your face
- Disinfecting your cell phone screen twice a day
- Washing bedding (including pillowcases) at least once a week
- Wearing sunscreen before going outside
- Using makeup and hair products that are oil-free and are non-comedogenic, which means they won't clog pores
- Managing your stress
- Staying hydrated
Any over-the-counter acne product you use will take time to work. There is no miracle or overnight cure; therefore, if you don't see results right away this doesn't necessarily mean that the product doesn't work. It can take up to 12 weeks to see whether an acne medication or product is effective.
When should I see a dermatologist?
It's a good idea to see a qualified skincare professional for acne treatment if:
- You haven't officially been diagnosed with acne before (there are a lot of other skin conditions that can resemble acne)
- Your acne is getting worse
- You have deep, painful nodules or cystic acne
- Your acne could be caused by certain medications (e.g. steroids)
- Your skin makes you feel self-conscious or embarrassed
If you are looking for a dermatologist in Anderson, Seneca, or Abbeville, SC, who can get your acne outbreaks under control then call Anderson Skin & Cancer Clinic to schedule a consultation.


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Ever since Ryan endorsed, Trump has been making racist attacks against the American-born Hispanic judge who is overseeing a class action lawsuit against Trump University in California. Trump has doubled and tripled down on the attacks—and has ordered his surrogates to do the same—even though he has no support inside the Republican Party on the issue. Many of Trump's closest allies, including Newt Gingrich, have condemned his remarks, which means that Capitol Hill Republicans—many of whom will be up for reelection in the fall—are beside themselves. The Democrats are taking this controversy national, revealing a strategy to saddle every Republican across the country with Trump's antics.
Politico reports that Trump's attacks on the judge "are sapping any goodwill [Trump] had accumulated in private meetings and phone calls with congressional Republicans." Which brings us back to Paul Ryan. If Ryan hadn't endorsed Trump literally the day before he began his racist rampage, he would have had some leverage in getting him to stop. But Ryan wasted all his political capital by tying his fate to Trump's. When Ryan finally spoke out against Trump's comments, he just sounded tired: "[H]e clearly says and does things I don't agree with, and I've had to speak up on time to time when that has occurred, and I'll continue to do that if it's necessary. I hope it's not." At this point, all Ryan can do is hope.


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Our Founding Fathers were men of great wisdom. In rebellion, they drafted the Declaration of Independence, arguably the most important document in American History. That document represented more than the freedom of our people, it represented our commitment to remain free people. After more than 80 years of unjustified prohibition, we are now free to cultivate a crop that was once considered essential to the wealth and protection of our nation.
We would like to invite you to join the President's Day Hemp Meeting at Starlings Coffee in honor of George Washington's birthday and our newfound freedom. We will have presentations from representatives of the West Virginia Hemp Industries Association, members of the West Virginia Farmers Cooperative, and guest members of our state government.
Don't miss the opportunity to congregate with leaders of this exciting new industry.
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I hope you guys all enjoyed Christmas and the New Year, it was a great break for me not thinking about t-shirts (much) and enjoying guilt-free eating. Good luck to everyone in 2012!
TeeFury have a Pokemon t-shirt that I don't understand.
RIPT drop a Harry Potter-insipred shirt.
The Yetee recognise the year of The Hobbit with this Hobbit x Mario x NES box art design.
Shirt.Woot have a great alphabet typography shirt today.
Qwertee bring us a fun Lego x Monty Python design.
Nowhere Bad take inspiration from the Doctor Who episode 'Bad Wolf' on this shirt.
GraphicLab go for the niche with a TMNT Krang-inspired shirt this week.
Tshirt Contest's latest winner is all about soylent green.
TeeRaiders have reprinted this Ocean's Eleven inspired Doctor Who design.
TeeBlitz have found a way to marry the Occupy movement and Star Wars.
DBH release a nautically themed shirt today. They also have a 20% off sale going on for the New Year, use the coupon code 20DBH2012 to receive the discount.
I don't think I've ever seen a 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' t-shirt before, thanks for breaking the duck, Shirt Punch.
TeeMinus24 are selling a Futurama-inspired design for the next couple of days.
OtherTees mashup Batman and Transformers.
24tee like The Big Lebowski.
Goodjoe have a load of new shirts on pre-order at the moment.
Stupidhurts.us riff on the familiar shark week phrase. The text does look a bit squashed into the top though, doesn't it?
Loviu have a re-release of this musical design.
Tilteed re-issue this Japanese monster design. I do hope we see something new from them in 2012.
Miles to Go are running a clearance sale, emptying the stock for the new year one presumes, I see shirts as low as $12 but more are more than that.
As the graphic suggests, all tees are $20.12 or less at Glamour Kills for an unknown amount of time, so if you want something over there, don't wait on making that purchase.
If you're looking to pick up some high-end goods on the cheap, Glass Boutique have a decent sale on at the moment.
howies winter sale is on now.
Big sale on at Dephect at the moment.
Terratag are also have a January sale on, they're all getting in on it!
Clint Eastwood, Space Invaders, and a NES zapper, bless you A Better Tomorrow.
2 Many Printers also have a sale on.
BustedTees are doing grab bag's of four tees for $30.
Snorg released three new funny shirts this week.
Phenum have released a weird shirt.
Sehubabe have released this very intricate shirt.
Johnny Cupcakes has dropped the third stage of the collaboration with Nickelodeon.
Robert Pattinson (who is apparently considered sexy by many people?) wore a t-shirt, I recognise the style of the art but I can't put a name to it, anyone?
Ryan Gosling also recently wore a t-shirt, ain't that super!
Jimmy Fresh dropped some new items and now they have 20% off for the day too.
laFraise released a couple of animal-themed shirts yesterday, that fox design is really lovely.


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Blue Ruby, a boutique located at 1428 Larimer Street, has carried the Swedish-based fashion brand Odd Molly for eight years, and now Odd Molly has an official shop within the shop. "I look for different stuff that is not being sold in other places," explains Blue Ruby owner Julie Watson. "I hunt for smaller brands and special pieces. I love stuff that makes girls feel feminine, sophisticated and chic.
"The great thing about style is that you can be whoever you want to be," she continues. "Fashion and style are the first impression that people get of you, and it matters. My own personal style changes all the time. Lately I've been into the trousers and loafers. I wore six-inch heels every day for years, and recently I started wearing flats. I wear Odd Molly and bohemian-type stuff. I don't feel like I can be tied down when it comes to my style. I get bored fast with clothes, and I change in phases."
"I love Odd Molly fashions," Watson continues. "The clothing suits the Colorado weather and lifestyle so perfectly." She stocks more than 250 Odd Molly items, including dresses, cardigans, tunics, jackets and other fashionable knitwear; it's the largest selection of Odd Molly clothing in the United States, and the first shop-within-a-shop in America.
The new shop was built in Sweden, and all 833 pounds of display and visual material were shipped to Colorado, along with ten cases of clothing. Watson, her Blue Ruby colleagues and some Odd Molly representatives worked together to bring the Odd Molly vision to Denver, and it now captures your attention at the front of Blue Ruby.
Odd Molly opened its first stores in Stockholm in 2012, and soon started doing shop-in-shops. "On a visit to Blue Ruby, the owners of Odd Molly fell in love with the store's space, the sparkling lights, the magic and the people on Larimer Street. Days later, we were planning it out," explains Watson.
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Another Odd Molly outpost will open this summer in Vail. Odd Molly boutiques and shop-in-shops are built in order to "show the collection as a whole in an environment that breathes their core values," explains Odd Molly's website.
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She moved her store after four years in Littleton to Larimer Square, in a lofty space adorned with art from the Aspen Fine Art Gallery. "The space of the store is vital to Blue Ruby. My primary focus was to make the store comfortable and inviting for the customer. I don't want my store to feel intimidating," explains Watson, a firm believer in retail therapy.
She recalls a recent customer, "a woman who came in and felt frumpy, and we put her in something new and modern. Her face just lit up, and you can tell she felt better about herself.
"I love how you can change how someone feels about themselves," Watson continues. "Clothes can change and impact someone's day. Clothing can change one's perception, and that can give someone confidence. That is the thing I love most about my job."
Blue Ruby is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; for more information, call 720-259-0031.