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Meet local individuals making their mark on Cape CodBy Lisa Leigh Connors | Photography by Dan Cutrona
Founder and Owner, Cape Cloth
Now in his third year as owner of Cape Cloth, Sean Fitzpatrick went from having just four designs of caps to producing soft and stylish sweatshirts and T-shirts, winter hats, baby clothes and dog collars.
"When people tell me they wear one of my sweatshirts 10 times more than any other thing, it's the best compliment you can get," says Fitzpatrick, during an interview at Kaleidoscope Imprints in West Yarmouth, a screenprinting and embroidery company for his apparel.
Since launching Cape Cloth in October 2014, Fitzpatrick has learned a lot about himself and about the value of community, family and friendship. When Cape Cloth was in its infancy, he faced a 15-month legal battle with an international athletic company over his distinctive logo, a "modernized" version of Cape Cod. The two reached an amicable agreement, and with this challenge behind him, Fitzpatrick says, "2017 is the year that I envisioned having right away," in the sense that he can now focus on just his business and not the "extra-curricular stuff." To set himself apart, Dennis native Fitzpatrick (also known as "Fitzy") writes personal notes enclosed with each order. "I will sit there for a half-hour writing one-liners to people because it makes a difference," says Fitzgerald, who gave the keynote address at the Cape Cod Young Professionals' first annual Shape Your Cape Summit in May 2016. The Dennis resident is among a growing number of entrepreneurs on the Cape who are making a difference and giving back to their community. For every item sold, he donates $1 to Cape Abilities.
Cape Cloth apparel is available at Cape Abilities Farm, 458 Route 6A, Dennis, 508-385-2538 and Cranberry Valley Golf Course, 183 Oak St., Harwich, 508-430-5234.
Owners, Pairpoint
When Gary and Jeff Tulman visited Pairpoint a couple of years ago, they weren't looking to buy a glass company. The brothers, who have private equity backgrounds in both real estate and turnarounds, were asked to reposition the property and liquidate the struggling company. But when they learned about Pairpoint's rich history and met the talented artisans at America's oldest glass company—founded in 1837—they became intrigued and started to see the potential of revitalizing the high-end brand.
"For Gary and me, it's a big blank canvas," says Jeff, above right, during an interview in the factory's "hot shop," where artisans are busy at work. Since buying the business, they have relaunched Pairpoint's one-of-a-kind signature bubble doorknobs and created custom chandeliers for a New York casino. Their long-term plans include redesigning and renovating the showroom, giving the front and back exteriors a facelift, upgrading the manufacturing facility and adding a café with a direct water view of the Cape Cod Canal. Their ultimate goal: Adding a Cape Cod Central Railroad stop at Pairpoint since tracks run behind the back of the building. The railroad carries 125,000 passengers annually on dinner trains and scenic tours, and they hope to turn Pairpoint into a destination and experience for visitors. By this spring and summer, visitors will begin to see physical changes, says Gary, who grew up outside of Boston with his brother and spent summers on the Cape. Pairpoint pieces are sold at the Sagamore factory as well as at Tiffany & Co. and Shreve, Crump & Low. You'll also find collections on display at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Pairpoint, 851 Sandwich Road, Sagamore, 508-888-2344
Chef/owner of Clean Slate Eatery
"There is wonderful food on Cape Cod," says Jason Montigel, the chef/owner at Clean Slate Eatery, who has worked at restaurants on the Cape and Nantucket. "We are just doing something a little bit different." Inside the modern, 16-seat fine-dining restaurant, which opened last spring, diners can enjoy six small courses plated on a stainless steel table in front of them by Montigel and his staff. Entrees range from day boat scallops on top of ricotta cavatelli and charred ramps (wild onions) to New England redfish with charred shishito red peppers. The menu is inspired by what's available at local farms, including Cape Abilities in Dennis and Chatham Bars Inn farm, located on Route 6A in Brewster. Diners will never see the same menu twice. In 2017, Montigel plans to open a food trailer called Staff Meal Trailer, with the goal of serving breakfast sandwiches all day. "We're definitely not standing still with just the restaurant," says Georgia native Montigel, who says the trailer will be parked at the restaurant. "Clean Slate is about community more than anything else," says Montigel. "It's about people breaking bread together, forgetting about the troubles of the world. Everybody has opinions, but at the end of the day, everybody needs to eat, everybody needs to relax and everybody needs to enjoy each other."
Clean Slate Eatery, 702 Main St., Dennis, 508-292-8817
President and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
When Mark Abbott accepted the position of president and director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution more than a year ago, he became the 10th director in the organization's 85-year history. He succeeded Susan Avery, who served from 2008 to 2015. Abbott, a nationally recognized earth scientist and former dean of Oregon State University, says his overall vision for WHOI is "persistent innovation."
Born and raised in Palo Alto, California, the epicenter of Silicon Valley, Abbott says it was an incredible opportunity to step into a high-profile role at WHOI, known as the pinnacle in the marine science field worldwide. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recently awarded WHOI a $250,000 seed grant. This will allow scientists to study a new path for oceaCn research and ultimately bring rapid technology to the ocean instrumentation world. One project Abbott is excited about includes a new partnership with NASA and its jet-propulsion lab, Ocean Worlds, which will examine oceans and other bodies in the solar system. His long-term goal, however, includes rebuilding the waterfront. "What distinguishes WHOI from a lot of places is that we are right on the ocean," says Abbott. So why is studying the ocean so important? "We are the ocean planet," says Abbott. "Most of our oxygen comes from the ocean. An increasing amount of food comes from the ocean. It drives our weather and climate. It's changing. We are seeing less sea ice in the arctic, warmer temperatures in the Gulf of Maine. The more we understand, the better we can respond and manage."
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, 508-548-1400
Founder, Flower Angels USA
Suzanne Carter retired several years ago, but today she is working harder than ever. She founded Flower Angels USA in 2014, and now works seven days a week at the nonprofit 5013c organization.
As the former owner of several Curves For Women fitness franchises on the Cape and a whale watch company, Carter started the organization in honor of her mother. Carter would visit her every day at a nursing home in Provincetown and realized other patients never had any visitors. She now oversees more than 100 volunteers, answers emails from brides who want to donate flowers and "spreads a whole lotta love" to patients in nursing homes and hospice care across the Cape. "Flower Angels has become a mission of love for people who have been abandoned by society," says Carter, while standing in a room bustling with activity at their South Yarmouth location. Flower Angels receives donated flowers from Trader Joe's, Shaw's, brides and the Lower Cape Flower Garden, a group in Brewster. Flower Angels volunteers then toss the wilted or dead ones into a compost pile and organize the flowers by color. The design team comes along and creates bouquets featuring carnations, roses, mums, berries and greens in teacups and mugs—the perfect size for a bedside table. About 250 bouquets are delivered weekly to patients who rarely—or never—see a visitor. As of last November, the organization has delivered more than 21,000 bouquets since May 2014. "We are a little bit of sunshine," says Carter, who also works with her special-needs daughter, Mara Schusterman, at Flower Angels. "It's a few moments of kindness."
Flower Angels USA, 851 Route 28, Unit 3, South Yarmouth. To inquire about volunteering or donating flowers, contact Suzanne Carter at 508-280-9869 or email@example.com.
Tad Price, Founder/guitar player
Rayssa Ribeiro, vocals
Michael Dunford, percussion
Susan Goldberg, bass
Ten years ago, musician Tad Price fell in love with the romanticism and subtle rhythms of Brazilian music. "I had faith in the music that it would seduce others like it did me," says Price, who has played in bands around the Cape for about 25 years, including with Kami Lyle, the Rip-It-Ups and Sarah Burrill.
So several years ago, he set out to form a bossa nova band. But it wasn't until 2014 when he met Brazilian-born singer Rayssa Ribeiro during a live radio show on WOMR in Provincetown that his dream came to fruition. "Rayssa was really the key," says Price, who says he first heard Brazilian music as a teenager when he bought Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66. Each band member is passionate about samba and bossa nova songs, but most have day jobs: Ribeiro works in Cambridge in the bio-tech field; Price specializes in home remodeling on the Lower Cape; percussionist Michael Dunford works in banking; and Susan Goldberg plays music full-time. "My personal goal," says Price, "is to bring people together with the music." The band has been connecting with the local Brazilian community at the annual Brazilian Cultural Festival every September at Cotuit Center for the Arts. Clã Da Bossa Nova plays all over the Cape, including The Red Inn's Sunday brunch in Provincetown and the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth. They also perform the first Sunday of every month at Harvest Gallery Wine Bar in Dennis.
CEO and Executive Director
Recovering Champions
Aftercare Director
Recovering Champions
Ken Weber is a longtime Falmouth resident who has worked in the corporate world for NStar and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Alyssa Horton, also a Falmouth resident, started her career as a residential aide at a detox center. Their paths crossed while they were both attending a recovery program in Falmouth. When Weber, who has been sober for more than 24 years and in long-term recovery, started thinking about starting a center to help drug-dependent individuals, he reached out to Horton for her sober coaching and detox experiences.
After spending a year researching treatments and various models across the country, Weber opened Recovering Champions two years ago and Horton followed. Since then, the clinic has treated more than 275 clients for addiction. Recovering Champions uses a holistic approach and offers 12-step meetings, one-on-one instruction, art, music and wellness activities such as yoga and meditation. The program also encourages a healthy lifestyle by serving three organic meals a day and teaching clients how to have "sober fun" while at a wedding or party.
"Addiction told me I was useless," says Horton. "Ken is giving me an opportunity to be innovative and give our clients the best care possible to let them gain recovery and build a life [for themselves] and their families. I am pretty blessed." In addition to its Falmouth location, Recovering Champions also has a wellness lodge in Sandwich.
Recovering Champions Treatment Center, 279 Brick Kiln Road, East Falmouth, 844-888-5391
Principal, Hyannis West Elementary School
Kathi Amato's advice for poorly performing schools: "Don't ever give up! Real change will take time, so it's important to be patient." Amato, a longtime teacher at Hyannis West, speaks from experience. When Amato stepped into the role of principal in 2011—the eighth principal at Hyannis West in six years—she faced low staff morale and declining test scores. The K-3 school also has unique demographics: 85 percent of the 360 students are on free or reduced lunch, 40 percent are English-language learners and 11 percent are homeless. Another challenge for Amato is the high transient population—150 to 200 students are entering or leaving the school every year. Despite these challenges, Amato wanted to prove she could turn things around.
Over the last five years, Amato has tried a variety of approaches, mostly involving pull-out interventions. "What we found when we looked at our academic data," says Amato, "was that pulling students out of core instruction for intervention actually widened the gaps!" But after Hyannis West implemented Chicopee's successful push-in model (extra reading and math support from specialists inside the classroom), Amato and her staff started seeing impressive gains: The PARCC exam results from the spring of 2016 showed 57 percent of third graders as proficient or advanced (a 19 percent jump over the previous year). The state has since designated Hyannis West as a level one (or top tier) school. They also received special recognition from state education officials for narrowing achievement gaps. Amato gives full credit to her staff for the successful turnaround. "I drive the bus, but it's the people on it that make it successful."
Hyannis West Elementary School, 549 West Main St., Hyannis, 508-790-6480


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How to approach singles on Facebook for Dating effectively without jeopardizing your chances with the ineffective schemes:
One of the hottest venues in the 21st century for singles to meet in the internet computer dating world is to use popular Social Networking site Facebook for Dating. You might have seen schemes to date singles at Social Media website Facebook already and asked yourself if those really work effectively to help you get a boyfriend or girlfriend online.
Remember: The Goal of Internet Dating Is to Get to the First Date
When you're seeking love online, do always remember the goal of internet dating is to actually get to the first date. When you keep the goal of getting to a first date in mind as you message and flirt with other singles at Facebook, what do you need to keep in mind for getting a girlfriend or finding a boyfriend? Read on to discover and learn 3 Facebook Dating Tip you must keep in mind to find a great mate for you via the Net.
Facebook Dating Tip #1:
When you're using Facebook for dating my advice for singles seeking love online is to aim to connect with singles you actually could meet Face to Face in person for a First Meeting Date.
Keep in mind that much of romance is based on physical attraction and romantic chemistry. That kind of attraction and chemistry can only be determined and cultivated when the two of you are together in person. Most singles are burnt out of the early cyber-dating behavior of computer dating from twenty years ago when many singles would flirt with singles who lived thousands of miles away.
Instead, the sophisticated modern singles online today want to flirt only with those singles they could realistically meet in person and actually pursue a dating relationship with them. What does that mean for you when you apply it to Facebook Dating? That means you want to connect with singles who live within dating distance for you. For most singles, that is a radius from where you live of about 35 miles.
Facebook Dating Tip #2:
Do keep the tone of your Facebook messages friendly with just a little bit romantic flirting until after you've meet for a first meeting date.
Because you and your prospective date are meeting and messaging at a Social Networking site and not directly at a singles dating computer website you want to keep the tone of your Facebook messaging friendly. To do otherwise you jeopardize turning off your possible date before you've even had the chance to have a messaging conversation.
Instead, when you're approaching at a Social Networking website do keep the mood of your messages warm and friendly with just a little bit of romantic interest expressed in them so the two of you continue to message and flirt until you get to the first date.
Facebook Dating Tip #3:
Do put off on sharing your life story until after the two of you do meet at that great First Date.
Some contemporary singles still make the old mistake of thinking that the website messaging area is the location where the two of you should become better acquainted and develop a friendship. This is a massive mistake a lot of singles make. Don't you be one of them now that you're reading this Facebook Dating article.
The messaging area of a singles site and social networking site where you are looking to date is the place to become just lightly acquainted. You do want to aim to message and converse with each other a little bit here. However, I advise against your investing hours upon hours of messaging time here.
Some singles who live in the same area will put off meeting for a first date until after they have engaged in a number of online dates via the instant message feature of Facebook or the webcam feature. They use IM'g and Webcam Dating for a pre-date date. This is another massive mistake for local singles to do.
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Because Facebook is a Social Networking website, you might need to ask for a First Date to meet a few times. Do remain gracious and a little bit patient with their schedule, and gently and persistently keep asking to meet for a first date. Once the two of you meet, you are then well on your way to finding the mate you desire via The Web.
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If you're thinking about replacing your windows with double glazed glass then you will want to know what the benefits are. Quite simply, double glazed windows consist of two layers of glass with a layer of inert gas sealed between them. This result of this is almost twice the normal insulation and once sealed, the unit is airtight. So, if you're thinking of replacing single glazed with double – let's take a look at some further benefits:
One of the most obvious benefits is the energy savings that can be made. The airtight construction of double glazed windows creates thermal insulation which reduces the flow of incoming and outgoing heat. Therefore, less energy is used to heat up or cool down the space, resulting in lower energy bills and a happier you. Adding a third or fourth layer of glass further increases the insulation value of your window as each layer of glass traps a significant amount of heat that passes through, increasing the windows protection against heat loss.
If you're sick of looking at condensation on your windows and sills, then double glazing will help. Moisture on a warm surface forms droplets of water, which freeze into frost. This can make the room feel colder, which results in us adjusting the thermostat. The air between the two panes of glass, plus the airtight seal, prevents condensation from building up by blocking moisture in cold weather. For Double Glazing In Northampton, visit http://www.absolutewindowsolutions.co.uk/.
Double glazing can also help with troublesome noise issues. If you suffer from excess noise in your home coming from traffic, neighbours or planes, double glazing has been designed to combat the impact of outdoor noise inside your home. You'll find that some double glazed upvc windows include a 20mm gap between each pane of glass, which not only keeps the heat in but keeps the noise out too, allowing you to enjoy some peace and quiet in your own home. In this way, double glazed windows improve sound insulation by creating a effective barrier between your home and the environment outside. These windows can also help prevent harmful levels of caused of sun and heat entering the room which can damage paintings, furniture and carpet through fading.
Double glazed windows will also offer you greater security as they are tougher to break than single pane windows, so they increase the security of the home. As they're sealed tighter than other windows, it is also tougher to force them open from the outside. Everybody wants the peace of mind that their home is as secured as it can be whether at home or on holiday. Upvc windows are very secure and can have glazing beads on the inside to prevent intruders from prising their way in. Having double glazed windows often acts as a deterrent for the would be intruders and they may well bypass a home for this reason. Windows are fitted with stainless steel multi-point locking mechanisms and lockable window handles.
The window frames are storm and weather proof as damp cannot penetrate the surface of these frames as it can with traditional timber frames. uPVC is non-corrosive so it will not rot or rust and the frames will not let the cold and damp into your home. Bad weather will not destroy the look of your new windows and they will last for years.


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Recently, I was asked to review a stand alone iPods stereo system. This device allows an Ipod to be connected directly to the unit, charge it, and extract the music through the docking port (which is potentially superior to the head phone outputs). Great idea . . . only it requires a working iPod. Strangely enough my iPod worked flawlessly until I decided to use it to review the device. Turns out my iPod spent the night outside during a rather chilly evening and subsequently would freeze while playing. Further testing revealed my 30y gigabyte iPod video was now down to two usable gigabytes. This presented me with two obvious problems, no iPod to review the iPod music device, and worse yet, my music collection was stuck on my computer. I needed to either replace the iPod with a new one, or fix my iPod myself (the warranty expired two months ago).
The first option led me to look at the new 'classic' iPods with either 80 gigabytes or 160 gigabytes of storage. These currently start at $249.00 usd. One major problem with the classic iPod is that it cannot and most probably will not be able to utilize the excellent Rockbox software. This software allows you to use your iPod as a storage device (iTunes not needed to add music) and play FLAC files. This is important for me, as 90% of my music collection is stored as lossless FLAC and I also prefer the highly customizable Rockbox user interface. Option two would allow me to fix my current iPod, utilize Rockbox, and keep at least one piece of electronics out of the landfill. This is the approach I took.
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There are many places online where you can purchase replacement hard drives and other components. American users have many choices, such as iPodSolutions, and in Canada I found three prominent sources of iPod repair parts, iRepair, D&M Depot, and iDemiGods. After reviewing all the possible drives and options, I chose iDemigods, as they offered the 80 gig drives at the best price. Darren at idemigods.com was helpful and ensured I had all the components needed for a proper repair.
When you change your hard drive, you are not limited to the same size hard drive. A 30 gigabyte hard drive can be upgrade to a 60, 80, or 100 gig drive. However if you upgrade to a larger hard drive, you will need to upgrade the back plate, the headphone connector, and the battery. If you have a sixty or eighty gigabyte iPod you will only need the new hard drive. However as the battery will fail on you at some point it is not a bad idea to replace it at the same time. This article will focus on the hard drive swap only.
The following chart shows which hard drive models work with which iPods:
Note that these hard drives are Toshiba mobile drives. The stock iPods have the same Toshiba drives, only with Apple logos, protective foam, and rubber bumpers. It is important to transfer the foam and bumpers from the old drive to the new one if the new one does not have any. Also note, the ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) connector is used on the iPods video. This connector uses a small plastic clamp to secure the thin cable. You must use a hard drive with the ZIF connector.
Now onto the hard drive swap. Take my word for it, this is much easier than you would think. The hardest part was opening up the iPod case. The actual hard drive swap took less than ten seconds.
Included with most hard drives is the vinyl pry tool. This allows you to open the iPod case without marking up the sides. If you do not have the tool, you can carefully use a razor blade. The seam is where the shiny back plate meets the clear acrylic on the side of the iPod. Start near the hold switch and work your way around, prying open a little bit at a time. Once you get one side open, you can start to see the plastic tabs and how they hold the unit together. Use caution with those tabs, as you do not want to break them. If you cannot get in between the back plate and frony plate with the pry tool, you can use a razor blade and very carefully open up part of the case. Once you have it open enough to insert the pry tool, proceed with that tool.
Step 2: Remove the existing hard drive.
There is a thin ribbon cable connecting the hard drive to the circuit board. This cable is inserted into the ZIF connector on the hard drive and clamped down with a thin black plastic clamp. Lift up this clamp, and the cable should release easily. Now if your new hard drive does not have the foam or rubber bumpers, remove them from the old drive and attach them to the new drive.
Step 3: Insert the new hard drive.
First, you need to pop up the plastic clamp on the new hard drive. Then push the ribbon cable into the ZIF connector on the new hard drive; lightly push the clamp back down. Now the cable should be secure. Place the drive back onto the circuit board, and put the back plate back on top. To snap the back plate back onto the front plate, start at the bottom, and then both sides at the same time. The headphone jack area should be the last part to be connected.
Step 4: Initialize the new hard drive.
Press any button on your iPod, and you should see an error telling you the drive is not formatted, or you will see a sad face icon (unless the hard drive was already initialized). Now connect the iPod to your computer and run iTunes. You will see an error telling you to restore the iPod if the hard drive has never been initialized. Go to the summary tab, choose Restore and let iTunes do it stuff. Do not disconnect the Ipod until the process is complete. Now your iPod will be ready for use.


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UC Irvine 76, Cal State Bakersfield 73
BAKERSFIELD — Junior Eric Wise had 15 points and 13 rebounds and senior Darren Moore chipped in 16 points for the Anteaters in the nonconference road game Wednesday.
It was the third straight double-double for Wise, who matched his career-high on the boards.
Patrick Rembert had 10 points and five assists for the winners (9-10), while Derick Flowers had a career-high seven points.
Mike Wilder had eight points in the final 5:56 for UCI, which plays host to Long Beach State on Saturday at 7 p.m.


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New Church - Roz Barr Architects
New Church,
Våler, Norway (2012)
Roz Barr Architects
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This is the official V1.3.61 version of the moreRealistic Engine.
Best work with Giants patch 2.1 final
Please note I will not embed the "moreRealisticVehicles.zip" (default "mr" vehicles pack) anymore. You will have to download the latest "vehicle pack" independantly.
Please read the embedded manual before posting on the support topic.
- use another way to fix the "vehicle on ice" problem (so that there is no more problem with the "WeightStation" mod)
- fix implement (not steerable "realisticVehicle") not falling in sleep mode anymore since v1.3.59
- added "seedling" fillType (10kgs and 27.65€ per seedling)
- fix missing fillLevel display on some implement since V1.3.53 (example : Marshall VES2500)
- fix vehicle moving very slowly after leaving it
- fix missing "too fast warning message" for tedders and rake, client-side.
- fix a problem with "autostackers" : the fillVolume was displayed, and so, the "fillLevel" figure remained to 0 all the time. (from now on, if the fillVolume is 0, then the fillLevel's figure is displayed)
- add "woodChip" fillType. Also add the "woodChipPriceBalancing"
- some fixes to prevent the "AiCombine" from not moving with a lot of slippage (especially visible with low FPS and "light" combines)
- add Hungarian translation by "Amarlich"
- displayed fillLevel figure is now the "fillVolume" (take into account the compression factor for forage wagon for example. It is easier to know how much "material" is contained in the trailer now). The "percent" value is the same as before = how much of the DIN capacity is filled.
- "combines" pipe particle system time out has been increased. (default value = 800ms for a combine harvester and 2000ms for a forage harvester)
- fix problem when a "forageWagon" is "realistic" but does not implement the "realisticForageWagon" specialization (missing "self.realFillScales")
- all fruit related function are not "case sensitive" anymore (so, greenWheat==greenwheat)
- "rape_windrow" added
- "poppy"/"mohn" fruit added
- "forage harvesters" now take into account "realAiCombineFreezeSpeedTimeOut" too.
- attachable optimization (updating of the "self.updateSteeringAxleAngle" flag to avoid useless computing)
- the "rain factor" is now saved within the savegame.
- fix bug : "stabilizer bar" effect was not compatible with 0 cm suspension travel.
- fix bug : the "stabilizer bar" effect was desactivated from all vehicles
- add "spelt"/"dinkel" crop.
- add "greenwheat" to the base "greenWheat" fruit type (both work)
- updated some "seed" density according to "Vaderstad" data
- rewrite the "script" for updating the AI Combine target speed when the "allowLosses" is active. (AI Driver should loss less crop after turning on the healand and harvesting downhill)
- allow "realSpecificAttachingIndexes" to force the use of a specific attacherJoint for a given implement (see the default "lizard cutter trailer" as an example)
- fix issue with steering wheels and "skidSteerVehicles" ("mr" bobcat S160)
- fix bug of wrong difficulty settings for fertilizer and seeds usage (loading an "easy" game, then a "normal" or "hard" game without exiting the game)
- fix issue when entering a vehicle driven by the hired worker, with the reverse gear engaged : the reverse gear was disengaged = auto parkbrake applied
- add Hungarian translation by "Amarlich"
add the "woodChipPriceBalancing" parameter to the "realisticStartSettings.xml" file
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Dural : "mr engine" and base vehicles conversion
Maxter : german translation
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It is a rule of thumb in Los Angeles that any restaurant you want to go to is 20 minutes from where you are now. Tack on another 5 or 10 minutes and you could find yourself at the southern end of the Harbor Freeway in the '50s time warp of San Pedro, a small Midwestern town that has somehow found itself next to a harbor full of huge freighters.
Down what looks like Main Street on your right is Papadakis Taverna. Inside, the restaurant is bigger, brighter, more upscale and formal than you'd expect a taverna to be. A Tuesday night and the place is full. A tourist has thrown his suit jacket over the bust of Diana, or whoever the statue is next to his table. Zorba music, uncomfortably loud, is being piped in and you don't know how you're going to stand the noise--until you've had a glass or two of retsina.
One guest at your table won't drink retsina, thinks it tastes like diluted tree sap. It does, but you love it anyway. Eating Greek food without retsina or roditis or some such, you think, is only half the fun, and fun is definitely part of the program here. Witness the waiters. Led by the maitre d', they have formed a line and are doing a Zorba dance, snaking through the dining room. The maitre d' stops and, with his teeth picks up a wine glass from someone's table, tips back his head and lets the wine drain into his throat. Then he tosses his head and lets the glass fly into the air and crash to the floor where it's quickly swept up by a busboy who's been standing by with a dustpan and broom. This is floor show stuff, but you find yourself clapping along with everyone else in the room, encouraging him to kick higher, dance faster. His exuberance is contagious. He is dancing as if his life depended on your enjoyment, which in a way it does, since he and his brother own the place. As it says right on the menu, "God Bless America."


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Saturday, April 26, 2014
New Dolls: Jade and Joy
Her sweater dress is stranded colorwork, using the template for raglan sweaters from the Arne&Carlos 'Knitted Dolls' book; the patterns are from Alice Starmores book 'Charts for Color Knitting'. The sweater is knit to Arne&Carlos's instructions, but with worsted yarn and size 6 double point needles.
Here is the colorwork pattern for the dress:
Sweater body
Sweater sleeve
Click on the link and you should get a gridded pattern for the body of the sweater and for the sleeve. If necessary, enlarge the image so you can see the individual grid lines. The body pattern is one half of the dress body; the sleeve pattern is for the whole sleeve. Best if you have Arne&Carlos's book for the sweater construction directions.
Joy is smaller than the original Arne&Carlos dolls, about 12 inches tall. I think she is going to have some Hippie sisters joining her soon!
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Just beautiful! Wonderful colors and beautiful work! Greetings from NorwayReplyDelete
Tus muñecas son encantadoras. Gracias por el patrón.ReplyDelete
La violas tienen unos colores extraordinarios.No conocía los "hellebores", pero son unas flores preciosas
Nice dolls, love them ^^ReplyDelete
I just love the colours you have used for Jade, they work together so well and she is really lovely. Joy is just wow, I think she really has a bit of character and her outfit and everything is brilliant. She looks like she is really a lot of fun.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 27, 2014 at 6:26 AM
Quelle jolie poupée ♥ReplyDelete
Cute and lovely dolls!ReplyDelete
Thank you so very much for your good words, Marta, Isabelle, Serenata, Xandra, Isabel and Siddis! May you lovely women have a lovely day :-)ReplyDelete
Very colorful and special doll! Love the knitted dress too!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2014 at 2:21 AM
pretty nice blog, following :)ReplyDelete
Hi Beth, I love all of the dolls on your blog, amazing work on them all. This blog is full of inspiration and great paterns, thank you for it. And thank you also for the colorwork patterns. AdaReplyDelete
Hi Beth. I haven't popped in for while and now I'm itching to get my needles out again. Your dolls are fantastic. I love the way they are dressed (I'm sure my bunch would be really envious). Thanks for your nice comment on my blog. I'm not leaving just busy for a while. Back soon. Eli xReplyDelete
I love seeing your dolls! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2014 at 3:04 PM
I'm so sorry to hear about your mother. My prayers go out to you and your family! Anddd on a happier note. Your new doll is fantabulous!! Absolutely amazing as usual,ReplyDelete
xoxo Dee
Hi Beth, I just wanted to say I love your knitted doll creation, the colors and the personality of this doll is wonderful, I hope you are doing well and I am sorry to hear of your Mom's passing, Best wishes to you, CynthiaReplyDelete
Hi Beth! Sorry to post to you here (and I do love your knit dolls!) but I can't find an e-mail for you. I don't know if you remember me. I am from Crochetville and a few years ago I was making your Country Doll pattern into princesses and fairies. I just found your website and thrilled you are still creating-I downloaded all the Crochet doll stuff and can't wait to make it! Thanks so much for the tip about the Annie's miniature shoe collection-found it on Ebay and won for $32! I can't wait to make tiny purses that actually work and think they would make adorable keychains too.ReplyDelete
Hippie Joy is simply delightful. She fits right is among all of your lovely flowers.ReplyDelete
PS I was a hippy.


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We understand the world through metaphor. Our minds seek and spin patterns and connections, likenesses and equations. Biologist and anthropologist Gregory Bateson observed that metaphor is "how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive." As above, so below.
The most effective and explicit specimens of metaphor are found in poetry. Weaving metaphors into poems is an age-old and far-flung human act: we see and search the world with a poetic mind.
Core concepts & related writing by project creator Corey Pressman:
Why, then, do we search a simple on-line image bank with such literal terms? Because the robots haven't been taught our poetry. They only know the technical EXIF metadata and whatever descriptive adjectives they've been begrudgingly fed by underpaid (or unpaid) interns. But what if we write poetry for the robots? What if we used poetry and metaphor as metadata? Would a search for "eyes" return images of stars?
Poetry for Robots is a digital humanities experiment instigated by this Imaginary Papers blog post and sponsored by Neologic Labs, Webvisions, and Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination. Starting today, we will populate a database with poetic metadata affiliated with specific images.
Beyond this, we may extrapolate and investigate further. Will this reveal a "pattern of metaphors," as posited by the great author and poet Jorge Luis Borges? Can an algorithm, informed by our poetic input, generate compelling works of its own? Let's compose poetry for the robots and see.


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Continuing with paint upgrades to various AFVs in my collection
This is my only M3 company in their original scheme
And, after some ink and minor touch-ups. I need a figure for the command vehicle, might have to convert something
A very successful light tank, with over 20,000 produced.
These are by Hasegawa.


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One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
How often do you coach someone who's come to you overwhelmed, stuck or overweight? Someone who's spiritually sluggish, washed out and weary?
Chances are, you'll have worked on what's anchoring them in their past and what's blocking their energy, the flow of prosperity and creativity in their lives. You'll have investigated what they're clinging to, afraid of letting go.
For me, it's been books. Currently, as we prepare to lay a new wooden floor, all of my books are packed in see-through plastic storage crates, dozens of them, some in the attic, and six or seven clogging the dining room. But do you know something? After years of squeezing between sofas and bookcases – I have no home office or study – I feel as happy as a kid with new wax crayons. I have that lightness of spirit I feel on holiday, in rooms with lace curtains billowing in a sea breeze, revealing tantalising glimpses of a beach full of promise.
When the new wooden floor is laid, and the last skirting board nailed in place, not one single book will reappear on a shelf unless it is insanely useful, destined to be re-read or so precious it gives me an energy surge just thinking about it. I don't need books to remind me – or show others – who I was, who I am, what I know or what I enjoy.
I turned fifty last month. For forty-five years, I've been devouring reading material; novels, text books, course books, magazines and more recently, online text. I have clusters of books from every phase and every career: dictionaries and text books in nine languages; tomes on astrology, feng shui, art and garden design; books on translation, linguistics and creative writing; files of coach training printouts and dozens of homelife coaching and personal development books.
I adore reading. I adore books. So why am I on the verge of a cull? I need my energy more. Most of my books are no longer inspiring me; they're depleting me and anchoring me in the past.
I no longer cast astrological charts or speak Greek every day. I passed my coach certification and no longer mentor, or critique exam tapes. If I haven't absorbed the basics by now, I'd rather revise them in some fresh new format.
I'm tired of dusting books I don't read, and as my collection grows, it strikes me as bizarre to contemplate extending my home to house books.
Until recently, the thought of parting with them was unbearable. So what happened?
The menopause, my dad's heart attack, my kids' puberty and my own illness happened.
My life, for six months, has felt clogged and bogged down with tolerations. Even as I tackled them, kaizen style, one at a time, I accrued more than I dealt with. Sick of missed deadlines, sleepless nights, hair loss, infections and depression, I summoned the strength to arrange appointments with a consultant and my local doctor. Determined not to have my concerns dismissed, swept under the rug of age, parenthood and caring for an elderly relative, I asked for blood tests.
My inner child, my coaching voice, my intuition and every member of my spiritual team, desperate to crawl out from under the weight of overwhelm, were all screaming:
- What do I need?
- What's stopping me getting it?
- What am I getting too much of?
- What am I not getting enough of?
- What will I gain when I get the balance and flow back?
When I visited the consultant, I simply asked him to help me find out what I was deficient in. Such a small question, but my silent sigh convinced me it was the right step, the right question, like a perfect pebble dropped in a deep pool.
While I was waiting for the results, I had my seasonal September craving to get clean and clear. I rode it like a cresting wave, surfing my way through packing, recycling and binning my possessions, blessing and letting go of anything that no longer energised me. I knew I'd reach the shore battered and sea-tossed, but it was worth it.
Out went patterned, grubby rugs, shabby faded curtains and sagging fake wood bookcases.
In came a shaggy wool rug, freshly painted cream walls, soft cotton slip covers and snuggly throws and cushions, all in natural textures and the colours of serenity and sea shores: sun baked terracotta, warm sand and sea-tossed pebbles, driftwood and shells.
My books, photo frames and ornaments are still safely stored until I decide their fate.
Right now, I need spiritual space more than belongings, fresh air and clear surfaces more than books and objects. I need time with my loved ones more than the memories that keep me anchored to lost loves and the empty shells of lives no longer lived.
My blood test results came back and I smiled. Due to malabsorption, I'm severely deficient in major minerals, including zinc. Zinc deficiency can cause sleeplessness, depression, skin problems, hair loss, infections and a lack of appetite – for food, love and life itself. I was right to have insisted on tests.
Now that I know, I can work on my zinc. It's easier to ask myself "How can I get and absorb more zinc?" than "How can I fix my entire life?"
One banana, one handful of seeds, one step at a time works for me, as long as it's a step that takes me in the right direction.
Are you depleted at the moment? What do you need to get – and absorb – more of? What small step could you take today that will get you closer to where you want to be?
(*This was adapted from my latest Coaching Moments piece in VOICE, the official newsletter of the International Association of Coaching, where it was edited by Linda Dessau. The illustration is a painting called Long Golden day by Alice Dalton Brown.)


text: photo by Vik Nanda I am back from "vacation." It involved some nice time in Maine, during which our 22-month-old learned many words, including the fave of the week, "LOON! LOOOOOOOOOON!!!" The main feature, however, was another sick-parent emergency, and our beloved greyhound has become gravely ill, too. What do you do when you need a vacation from your vacation? You come back to work! So everyone's talking about FriendFeed these days. It's a site that consolidates the feeds from your friends' activities across multiple platforms (blogs, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc.). Then, you can discuss all that incoming content with your friends right there on FriendFeed. I signed it up and joined the nptech room. There's cool stuff going on, but I haven't engaged there yet. There's a lot going on. (Beth Kanter's quick take on filtering FriendFeed that shouldn't make your head hurt.) Part of the problem for me with FriendFeed is that refreshing a page in my browser in order to keep up with the changing feeds just doesn't work for me. I have come to adore Twitter, even though everyone's always complaining because it goes down a lot (visit the fail whale here). Rather than refreshing Twitter in my browser, I use Twitter best via Twhirl, an application that runs on your desktop like an instant messenger window. Well I found out today that you can follow FriendFeed on Twhirl (open up "Settings," click on "Open Accounts," choose FriendFeed from the menu, and you are off...). So I gave it a try. I've got two Twhirl windows open, one with Twitter and one with FriendFeed (it helps that I have two monitors). I am suddenly able to follow conversations on FriendFeed, and I have a feeling it will become more valuable to me in the days to come. But one thing I just Tweeted about with Michaela Hackner is this: Yowch! FriendFeed shows you that we're all dealing with a lot of incoming content! For my brain, too much. She and I both commented on the fact that the 140 charachter limit of a Twitter message acts as a kind of filter. You have to say what you're going to say; you can't babble. There's no space for being long-winded (unlike this unlimited space in my blog here, for example). Some people do manage to Tweet about nothing over and over, and I just stop following those people. This is one reason I've come to love and prefer Twitter (even though it's down right now. Sigh.). Michaela also mentioned that Gen Y-ers are wired more this way, because there's only so much you can do with texting. I've heard people lament the loss of person-to-person conversation, the art of writing, etc. But people said that about the telephone, email and instant messaging. I still see good writing and have wonderful "real life" conversations. So I am not convinced. Everyone can contribute to the new web. That means more content than ever. For me, the key to learning as much as I can in Web 2.0 is to not let it all in. How do you filter the web? What works best for you? Do you feel like you're missing a ton of good content? If so, does that bother you?


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I've had this watercolor nail art on my Pinterest board for a little bit & I decided to give it a try yesterday
It seems fairly easy & the instructions are straightforward enough. It looked easier than water marbling, which I can pull off but I tend to get polish all over the place when I do it & fail 1 nail out of 3, leading to far too much redoing.
Base coat, dots of the polish you want, put a piece of plastic over it, press down & spread it out a little.
What could possibly go wrong?
I gave my nails a base coat of white
& lined up a couple other colors
Then I put dots on them and pressed the plastic over them.
Somehow though I did not end up with the same results.
The polish smeared and left big clear spots where the undercoat was carried off by the new polish on the first nail.
So I thought, ok, press more gently on the next nail.
No. More smears and spots.
I did 4 nails and this is what I ended up with
In the words of Craftfail – NAILED IT!
Have you tried any Pinterest inspired projects and failed as miserably as I have?


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Only a few days until the New Year brings hope, love, faith and success, and a new beginning. The journey of a new year with lots of courage to travel its many paths and hurdles. Here's to wishing everyone the best New Year 2011 has to offer you. May you find joy in your journey through life, and peace with your decisions and choices. Remember to cling to the iron rod, and don't venture to far from the sure path. May we all find peace and happiness within, and seek to do that which is pleasing to Our Father In Heaven
Here's wishing you all success in your journey's...whatever they may be. May they lead you to all things good. Remember your travels and should you fall, it is my wish that you pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again, and keep on keeping on until you get it right. Our lives sometimes take many rewrites, and lots of dusting to find the right path, so never give up.
Endure to the end. Lots of love to you all.


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Cumulative mortality at discharge and at 3-month and 6-month follow-up. The asterisk indicates P<.001 for comparison between hypoglycemic and nonhypoglycemic groups.
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Kagansky N, Levy S, Rimon E, et al. Hypoglycemia as a Predictor of Mortality in Hospitalized Elderly Patients. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163(15):1825–1829. doi:10.1001/archinte.163.15.1825
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Hypoglycemia during hospitalization occurs in patients with and without diabetes. The aims of this study were to determine the incidence, associated risk factors, and short- and long-term outcome of hypoglycemia among hospitalized elderly patients.
This is a case-control study conducted at geriatric and medicine departments. All patients 70 years or older with documented hypoglycemia hospitalized within 1 year (n = 281) were compared with a nonhypoglycemic group of 281 elderly, randomly selected patients from the same hospitalized population.
Among 5404 patients 70 years or older, 281 (5.2%) had documented hypoglycemia. Compared with the nonhypoglycemic group, we found the following characteristics to be true in the hypoglycemic group: there were more women than men (58% vs 44%, P = .001); sepsis was 10 times more common (P<.001); malignancy was 2.8 times more common (P = .04); the mean serum albumin level was lower (2.8 g/dL vs 3.4 g/dL, P<.001); and the mean serum creatinine and alkaline phosphatase levels were higher (P<.001 for both). Diabetes was known in 42% of the hypoglycemic group and in 31% of the nonhypoglycemic group (P = .03); 70 patients in the hypoglycemic group were taking sulfonylureas or insulin. Multivariate logistic analysis showed that sepsis, albumin level, malignancy, sulfonyurea and insulin treatment, alkaline phosphatase level, female sex, and creatinine level were all independent predictors of developing hypoglycemia. In-hospital mortality and 3-month mortality were about twice as high in the hypoglycemic group (P<.001). Multivariate analysis of mortality found that sepsis, low albumin level, and malignancy were independent predictors, while hypoglycmia was not.
Hypoglycemia was common in elderly hospitalized patients and predicted increased in-hospital 3- and 6-month cumulative mortality. However, in a multivariate analysis, hypoglycemia was not an independent predictor for mortality, implying that it is only a marker.
HYPOGLYCEMIA IS a well-recognized complication in ambulatory patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).1-4 Despite the high prevalence of hypoglycemia in ambulatory patients with diabetes, severe symptoms such as loss of consciousness or death are rare.4 Hypoglycemia during hospitalization, which has been evaluated by a limited number of studies, occurs in patients with and without diabetes and has been associated with in-hospital increased mortality.5-7 The clinical significance of hypoglycemia in the older hospitalized population was addressed by a recent study that included 60 patients without diabetes and found hypoglycemia to be an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality.7 Elderly people are more prone to complications including hypoglycemia during hospitalization owing to frailty, undernourishment, multiple-organ failure, and polypharmacy.8,9 Hypoglycemia may also go unrecognized in the elderly population because of restricted communication, cognitive impairment, and possibly fewer adrenergic symptoms.10
Our study was designed to determine the incidence of hypoglycemia among a large cohort of hospitalized elderly patients with and without DM and to define possible risk factors associated with the development of hypoglycemia. In addition, we evaluated in-hospital and 3- and 6-month mortality to determine whether hypoglycemia is a marker for short- and long-term prognosis.
A retrospective case-control study was conducted at Kaplan-Harzfeld Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel, an 880-bed community hospital affiliated with the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel. The center serves an area of 450 000 people in the southern part of Israel. Since 1997, all patients' charts and laboratory data in the hospital have been computerized.
The study population included all patients 70 years or older hospitalized between August 1, 2000, and July 30, 2001, in the geriatric and internal medicine wards with at least 1 episode of hypoglycemia, defined as a serum glucose level below 60 mg/dL (<3.3 mmol/L). The nonhypoglycemic group included patients without hypoglycemia in the same age group who were hospitalized in the same wards during the same period. Patients in the nonhypoglycemic group were selected randomly according to an identification number.
Computerized patient charts were available for all patients studied and were reviewed for multiple variables, including age, sex, mobility status, causes of hospitalization, and previously known illnesses. Causes of hospitalization were divided into 6 groups: infections, sepsis, malignancy, congestive heart failure, stroke, and others. Sepsis was defined as a positive blood culture in a patient in whom infection had been diagnosed. Detailed information on drug treatment was available for all patients.
A computer search of mortality during hospitalization was made. Three- and 6-month mortality was based on a registry of death certificates and telephone contacts.
Blood tests were done at the hospital clinical chemistry laboratory. Glucose was measured by the glucose oxidase method, and all biochemical determinations were performed on a Roche-Hitachi analyzer (Mannheim, Germany).
Data were expressed as means ± SDs or as means (95% confidence intervals [CIs]). Comparison between groups was done with the t test for continuous variables and the χ2 test for categorical variables. A logarithmic transformation (ln) was applied for alkaline phosphatase. Multivariate analysis was performed with forward stepwise logistic regression. Odds ratio and their 95% CIs were calculated. All statistical computations were 2-tailed.
Among 5404 patients 70 years or older admitted during the 1-year period, we identified 281 (5.2%) who had documented hypoglycemia. We compared the hypoglycemic group with 281 elderly patients without hypoglycemia (nonhypoglycemic group) hospitalized in the same wards during the same period. The clinical characteristics are summarized in Table 1. The mean age in the hypoglycemic group was 80.5 years, which was not statistically different from that of the nonhypoglycemic group (80.9 years). There were also no significant differences found in specific age subgroups (70-79, 80-89, and ≥90 years). There was a female preponderance in the hypoglycemic group (58% women and 42% men) and a reversed ratio in the nonhypoglycemic group (44% women and 56% men) (P = .001).
The most common cause of hospitalization in the 2 groups was infections: 34% of patients in the hypoglycemic group and 28% of patients in the nonhypoglycemic group were admitted to the hospital because of infections; the difference between the 2 groups was not significant. However, in the hypoglycemic patients, sepsis was 10 times more common than in the nonhypoglycemic group: it was diagnosed in 50 patients (18%) vs 5 patients (1.8%) (P<.001). Malignancy as the reason for hospitalization was also more common in the hypoglycemic group: 28 patients (10%) in the hypoglycemic group and 10 (3.5%) in nonhypoglycemic group (P = .04). On the other hand, hospitalization for stroke was more prevalent in the nonhypoglycemic group. There was no significant difference in the number of patients admitted for congestive heart failure.
Patients with known DM represented 42% (n = 118) of the patients in the hypoglycemic group and 31% (n = 87) of the patients in the nonhypoglycemic group (P = .03). Of the other previously known illnesses on admission, we found that the following illnesses were more common in the hypoglycemic group than in the nonhypoglycemic group: dementia, 24% vs 16% (P = .04); malignancy, 21% vs 13.5% (P = .03); and known chronic renal failure, 20% vs 11% (P = .01). Chronic liver disease was known prior to hospitalization in only a small number of patients, 16 in the hypoglycemic group and 14 in the nonhypoglycemic group. In none of the cases was hypoglycemia the reason for hospitalization.
Detailed evaluation of concomitant medications revealed that 63 patients in the hypoglycemic group and 43 patients in the nonhypoglycemic group received sulfonylureas, but only a small number of patients in both groups received insulin either alone or in combination with sulfonylureas (9 and 8 patients, respectively). Therefore, we combined sulfonylureas and insulin treatment into 1 group: insulin secretagogues and insulin treatment (ISIT). In the hypoglycemic group, 70 patients (25%) received ISIT compared with 48 (17%) in the nonhypoglycemic group (P = .03). Twenty-five patients in each group received metformin. The differences in the usage of β-blockers, diuretics, antidepressants, antipsychotic agents, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors were not significant (data not shown).
Laboratory characteristics of patients in the 2 groups are summarized in Table 2. As noted, mean albumin levels were significantly lower in the hypoglycemic group than in the nonhypoglycemic group (2.8 g/dL vs 3.4 g/dL; P<.001). Patients in the hypoglycemic group also had significantly higher mean creatinine levels compared with the nonhypoglycemic group (1.7 mg/dL [150.3 µmol/L] vs 1.3 mg/dL [114.9 µmol/L]; P<.001). Patients in the hypoglycemic group had significantly higher mean levels of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase; higher white blood cell count; and significantly lower hemoglobin levels.
Evaluation of mobility status prior to hospitalization is a routine procedure in geriatric patients in our hospital. A significantly higher number of patients in the hypoglycemic group were classified as bedridden: 48% of the hypoglycemic group compared with 29% in the nonhypoglycemic group (P<.001).
To determine risk factors for developing hypoglycemia, a multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed (Table 3). As shown, sepsis was associated with an odds ratio (OR) of 6.4 (95% CI, 2.3-17.3) for development of hypoglycemia. Malignancy was associated with an OR of 2.6 (95% CI, 1.1-6.2) and a decrease in serum albumin level by 1 g/dL was associated with an OR of 4.3 (95% CI, 2.9-6.5) for developing hypoglycemia. Other risk factors found to contribute significantly to developing hypoglycemia were ISIT, alkaline phosphatase level, creatinine level, and female sex.
We compared patients with and without DM. The mean age of patients with DM was significantly lower (79.2 vs 81.5 years; P<.001). However, there were no statistically significant differences in sex, sepsis, malignancy, hypoalbuminemia, or elevated alkaline phosphatase level. Renal failure (defined as creatinine levels >1.4 mg/dL [123.8 µmol/L]) was more common in patients with DM than in those without (40% vs 30%; P = .02). More patients in the DM group received treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (54.6% vs 31.3%; P<.001).
Mortality rates are presented in Figure 1. Regarding in-hospital mortality, 72 patients (26%) in the hypoglycemic group and 38 (14%) in the nonhypoglycemic group died (P<.001). Three months after discharge, an additional 71 patients died in the hypoglycemic group and 32 in the nonhypoglycemic group, with a cumulative number of deaths reaching 143 and 70, respectively (P<.001). During the next 3 months, the number of deaths was relatively small: 12 patients in the hypoglycemic group and 9 in the nonhypoglycemic group died. We did not find a correlation between the degree of hypoglycemia and mortality.
There were no statistically significant differences in in-hospital mortality or 6-month mortality between patients with DM and those without. Interestingly, ISIT was associated with lower mortality in the hypoglycemic group. Only 8 (11%) of the 70 patients in the hypoglycemic group who received ISIT died, compared with 64 (30%) of the 211 in the hypoglycemic group who did not receive ISIT (P = .001). Thus, hypoglycemia in patients who underwent ISIT was associated with lower mortality than in patients who had no ISIT.
Since our data showed that hypoglycemia was associated with a high in-hospital mortality rate, we wanted to determine whether risk factors for developing hypoglycemia were also predictors of mortality. A multivariate logistic regression analysis of the whole study population (hypoglycemic and nonhypoglycemic patients) was performed, including the occurrence of hypoglycemia as well as all the clinical variables associated with hypoglycemia (Table 4). Sepsis, malignancy, and low albumin levels, which were predictors of developing hypoglycemia, were also found to be strong predictors of in-hospital mortality. Interestingly, ISIT was associated with lower mortality. It is also noteworthy that hypoglycemia was not found to be an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality in the multivariate analysis.
The present study dealing exclusively with hospitalized subjects 70 years or older shows that hypoglycemia is a common complication in this age group associated with 2-fold increased mortality during hospitalization and during 3 months of follow-up. The incidence of 5.2% found in our study is significantly higher than the 0.5% to 1.5% found in previous studies dealing with hypoglycemia during hospitalization.5-7 This high incidence can be attributed to differences in study groups: 2 of the studies, reporting an incidence of 1.2%5 and 1.5%,6 included middle-aged patients, and the third,7 although focusing on the elderly population, included a relatively broad range of ages, 65 to 98 years, and also excluded patients with diabetes. In addition, the criterion for hypoglycemia in the present study of serum glucose levels lower than 60 mg/dL was higher than the criterion used in the previous studies (<50 mg/dL).5-7 Another possible explanation for differences between the findings is differences in the frequency of blood sampling; hypoglycemia, especially in the elderly, is often unsuspected clinically.7
Older age can increase the risk of developing hypoglycemia because of the higher rate of comorbidities such as renal failure, malnutrition, malignant diseases, and dementia, which were found to be risk factors for hypoglycemia in the present study and in previous studies.5-7 Older hospitalized patients often experience failure of regulatory mechanisms, especially in stress situations, such as reduced release of glucagon and epinephrine in response to hypoglycemia.10 Hypoglycemia was found in the present study to be more common in women, which may be related to sex differences in counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia.11 Cognitive impairment with communication difficulties, frailty, polypharmacy, and possibly less attention from medical staff can add to the increased risk observed.
In the present study, multivariate regression analysis found sepsis to be a strong predictor for developing hypoglycemia (OR, 6.4; 95% CI, 2.3-17.3) and for mortality (OR, 9.9; 95% CI, 5.1-19.3). The association found in the present study between sepsis, hypoglycemia, and increased mortality is in accordance with 2 previous studies.6,12 In one of these studies, among patients with hypoglycemia who died, 50% had sepsis compared with 14% of those who remained alive.6 However, in a previous study focusing on hypoglycemia in the elderly, sepsis was common in hypoglycemic patients, but it was not a statistically significant risk factor for hypoglycemia or mortality in a multivariate analysis.7 One proposed mechanism for hypoglycemia during sepsis is decreased liver and renal gluconeogenesis.13,14
A low albumin level in our study was also a strong predictor for hypoglycemia (OR, 4.3; 95% CI, 2.9-6.5) and for mortality (OR, 2.9; 95% CI, 1.7-4.7). Low serum albumin has been shown by several studies to indicate higher rates of mortality and complications.15-17 There are several medical conditions predisposing to low levels of albumin: chronic liver disease, nephrotic syndrome, malnutrition, and decreased production of albumin associated with increased levels of cytokines.17 In our study population, previous diagnosis of chronic liver disease was relatively rare, possibly owing to lower rates of alcohol-induced liver disease in the Israeli population.18 Liver function test disturbances that were more common in the hypoglycemic group were probably related to the effects of sepsis or malnutrition on the liver.19 We had no data on albuminuria, but renal failure was a significant predictor only for hypoglycemia and not for mortality. Therefore, the association between hypoalbuminemia and mortality can be explained by either malnutrition or by long-standing comorbidities. Hypoalbuminemia can therefore be regarded as an indicator of poor health.
Renal insufficiency was found to be a risk factor for hypoglycemia in our study as well as by Fisher et al,5 but not for mortality. The association between hypoglycemia and renal insufficiency in patients without diabetes has already been reported with several proposed mechanisms.20-22 Under normal conditions, renal glucose release has been shown to account for about 40% of overall gluconeogenesis and in conditions such as fasting and hypoglycemia can increase 2- to 3-fold.23 In patients with renal insufficiency, decreased renal gluconeogenesis, lack of gluconeogenic substrates with decreased food intake or malnutrition that often accompanies renal failure, decreased renal degradation and excretion of insulin, and impairment of counterregulatory hormonal responses can all lead to hypoglycemia. In a large study of 1545 admissions of patients with end-stage renal failure, 3.6% were admitted with hypoglycemia.22 In this study, mortality was high when hypoglycemia was associated with either sepsis or malnutrition.
The finding in the present study that malignancy was a strong predictor not only for mortality but also for hypoglycemia is intriguing. In the past, malignancy-associated hypoglycemia was mainly attributed to secretion of insulinlike growth factor by non–β-cell tumors such as large mesenchymal tumors.24 Recently, another factor named proteolysis-inducing factor, was found to affect carbohydrate metabolism in addition to causing a profound depression of body weight.25
Patients with DM constituted fewer than half (42%) of the patients with hypoglycemia in the present study compared with 31% in the nonhypoglycemic group (P = .03). These results are in accordance with 2 previous studies that found that 45% and 26% of patients with hypoglycemia also had diabetes.5,6 Therefore, most cases of hypoglycemia occurred in patients without DM. Use of sulfonylureas that are insulin secretagogues or insulin was associated with a 2-fold increase in hypoglycemia in the present study. This finding is not surprising, considering that previous studies have shown a high incidence of hypoglycemia associated with these treatment modalities, which further increases with advancing age and polypharmacy.9 Interestingly, ISIT was associated with a significantly lower mortality rate not only in the hypoglycemic group but was also found to be an independent predictor for lower mortality in the whole study group. This unexpected finding may be explained by possible better surveillance of patients receiving antidiabetic treatment and earlier recognition of clinical deterioration. Recent data also suggest that insulin exerts an anti-inflammatory effect compared with glucocorticoids.26 Because hospitalized diabetic patients in unstable condition routinely receive insulin, this anti-inflammatory effect of insulin may be relevant. Further studies are needed to confirm this finding.
The present study evaluated not only in-hospital mortality but also 3- and 6-month mortality, and it is the first study to show that hypoglycemia is a marker for short- and long-term poor outcome. However, a multivariate analysis for in-hospital mortality revealed that hypoglycemia did not remain an independent predictor. The risk factors that predicted increased mortality in this model were sepsis, low albumin level, and malignancy. These findings point out that hypoglycemia is only a marker for poor health and general deterioration associated with higher mortality rates. One previous study found hypoglycemia to be a risk factor for mortality in the elderly in a multivariate analysis,7 although in this study as well as in others, hypoglycemia was not a direct cause of mortality.5-7
In conclusion, hypoglycemia was a common finding in elderly hospitalized patients, predicting in-hospital as well as 3-month and 6-month higher mortality rates. Female sex, sepsis, malignancy, renal failure, serum albumin level, alkaline phosphatase level, and ISIT for DM were predictors for developing hypoglycemia. Multivariate analysis revealed that sepsis, hypoalbuminemia, and malignancy were predictors for in-hospital mortality. However, hypoglycemia was not a predictor in this analysis, implying that hypoglycemia is a marker of poor health without a direct effect on survival. Frequent blood sampling in elderly patients and detecting asymptomatic hypoglycemia can therefore serve as a useful indicator for prognosis.
Corresponding author and reprints: Nadya Kagansky, MD, Harzfeld Medical Center, POB 48, Gedera, Israel (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for publication December 10, 2002.
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Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate
The Family Nurse Practitioner Program prepares advanced practice nurses to manage the health care of individuals and their family across the life span in a changing health care system. Emphasis is on health promotion and primary care management of the acute and stable chronically ill patient. A Family Nurse Practitioner is provided with a broad preparation for the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups in a variety of settings. Graduates are prepared to be recognized as advanced practice nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing and to take the Family Nurse Practitioner National Certification Exams through American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
The certificate is available in a 100% Online format. For more information on Online Admissions, visit our partner website.
Students who desire face-to-face, in-person contact with instructors and classmates should consider the On-Campus delivery option for the FNP Certificate. Campus-based courses are offered in a hybrid format, combining online coursework with on-campus meetings. Usually, a class will have no more than four on-campus sessions during a semester, but students should check with course instructors and syllabi for the requirements of their specific courses. A student who is able to make a full-time commitment to the FNP certificate program can complete the certificate in as little as 10 months.
Lynda Jarrell, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CNE
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This program provides you a background to:
- Assume responsibility as a Family Nurse Practitioner to provide health care in the areas of health promotion, disease prevention, and/or clinical management to patients and families in a variety of settings.
- Develop collaborative relationships with other health care providers to focus on economic, psychosocial, cultural and environmental factors in the quality improvement of health care delivery for varied populations.
- Use research and theoretical principles in the management and quality improvement of health care delivery and clinical outcomes in Family Nurse Practitioner practice.
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Post-graduate certificate degree plans are individually created based on a gap analysis of the applicant's MSN transcript and experience. If you have questions about a post masters certificate program and what your specific degree program might look like, you will need to apply for admission to the university, including the submission of your transcripts and curriculum vitae for review.
The degree plan will be based on the MSN FNP course list, which you can find on this page.
Certificate Students take a different Practicum course than MSN students:
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|Clinical preceptorships in selected health practice sites with opportunities to apply knowledge, skills and concepts in a guided, progressive context of advanced nursing practice.
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When it was announced that Rob Van Dam would make his WWE comeback at the Money in the Bank PPV, wrestling fans were thrilled. Actually, it was almost a stroke of genius, as this PPV was being held in RVD's second hometown, Philadelphia, where he is well known for his time with ECW. The reaction was amazing. "I had very few nights like this one in my career!" said RVD.
After nearly six years, Rob Van Dam made his long-awaited WWE comeback in a Money in the Bank match against Randy Orton, Christian, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and Sheamus. But as good as the match was, it's the reaction of the crowd for RVD that made it even more special.
"The reaction in Philly did not surprise me, but I appreciated it a lot. Any town I go now, I'm expecting fans to react that way since I was gone for so long," RVD told SLAM! Wrestling. "And I will try to deliver every night for these fans because of this. But I was associated with South Philly for so long because of the ECW connection, it was expected. It was a great reaction just as I thought it would be."
The match was the best thing on the show and Van Dam more than contributed to that. The following night, he made his Raw return against Chris Jericho and then, after eight years, his Smackdown return against Darren Young.
Having wrestled on the indy circuit and for TNA for the past six years, what was it like to be back to a full schedule?
"I left WWE because I needed more balance in my life, I needed to have my energies balanced and now was the time to come back. The schedule is not lighter. I'd say that it's even more traveling than when I was here, but it's not as challenging for me," said Van Dam.
"The locker room is a different vibe, it's a more positive vibe, guys are not afraid for their position like they used to be. At the end (of his first run with WWE) it was really miserable. Plus, I have more leverage now. I have more seniority with guys like Rock, Hogan, Flair, DX gone. It's different how I'm being treated. I'm in a different point in my life. The travelling is not as hard as it was. I'm enjoying it now. We just had an 18-day tour and I was kind of apprehending that tour, but it wasn't like that at all, it was a pleasure and I enjoyed it a lot."
Since he was gone, many new Superstars have made their way to the top. Fans are probably already thinking of dream matches they'd like to see, but two of them especially are on top of RVD's list.
"When I knew I was coming back, I watched WWE to familiarize myself with the new talent and I thought Alberto Del Rio was one of the guys who really stood out. And now it seems like I'll be wrestling him in a near future. I was also very impressed with Antonio Cesaro and I think he's one of the best guys on the roster." (Indeed, RVD will be challenging Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship at the Night of Champions pay-per-view on September 15th.)
On a lighter note, returning to the WWE in mid-July meant he had to miss the San Diego Comic-Con, the Wrestlemania of all Comic-Cons. For a comic book fan like him, one would think he wished WWE would've brought him there with the other Superstars on hand.
"It was the first time in nine years I missed the San Diego Comic-Con," revealed Van Dam. "Even if they (WWE) didn't have me to sign autographs, I'd have gone just as a fan of comics, incognito. But it wasn't that much of a big deal since I'll be going to the London Comic-Con in February."
This coming Friday, Rob Van Dam will make another return, this time in Montreal, after nearly nine years. In the early 2000s, he main-evented a few shows in Montreal against the likes of Kurt Angle, Triple H, Ric Flair and Randy Orton.
But his most unforgettable memory from Montreal didn't happen in the squared circle.
"I'll always remember being confused. I was in a club and because your money is coins instead of paper money, I didn't know what to tip the girls!"
"The fans know what to expect," answered Van Dam. "I'm still gonna stand out, I'm still gonna be the coolest and that's why I'm 'The Whole Damn Show.' Nine years is a long time and I look forward to being there and to react with a new group of fans."
Rob Van Dam will be wrestling in a 6-man tag match this coming Friday, September 6th, at the Bell Center in Montreal. He will team with Mark Henry and The Big Show to face The Shield. Also on the card, Curtis Axel will defend his Intercontinental title against CM Punk in a No DQ match. Also announced for the show, WWE champion Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, Wade Barrett, Antonio Cesaro, Jack Swagger and Brie Bella.
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Is commercial carpet cleaning compatible with being part time retired? Maybe. Steve gives some pointers to this energetic former manager.
Archive | Steve's "Bleeding Hearts" Advice Column
Steve Toburen answers pleas for help from carpet cleaners, mold remediation and fire and water damage restoration professionals. If you are starting a carpet cleaning business or an experienced small business person you will surely find practical advice here.
Should I change over and pay commission?
Steve analyzes when a change in compensation may be indicated. Is salary or commission necessarily better? Which way should you lean?
How can I better manage my residential carpet cleaning growth?
Steve congratulates a Midwest owner/operator for his residential carpet cleaning growth and success. But what now?
How can I speed up production?
Steve offers 8 tips to increase efficiency and speed up production for maximum profits. (Without creating negative moments of truth.)
Should I switch and pay techs on commission?
All compensation arrangements have pros and cons. Steve reviews the options for commercial and other business models to pay techs.
What can I do with my high labor overhead?
Frustrated with high labor overhead? If you have employees it is an issue that requires attention. Steve offers 4 recommendations to offset the costs.
How do you know when to walk away from a customer?
Knowing when to walk away is critical for all service industry professionals. For restorers dealing with insureds even more so.
How to improve commercial cleaning program proposals?
Writing commercial cleaning program proposals is not an easy task. But with Steve's suggestions you can be sure to include the right information.
Can I (should I?) start a restoration company again?
Should this restorer start a restoration company of his own? There are no easy answers. Steve invites all cleaners and restorers to first establish goals.
How can I hire a salesperson for commercial accounts?
Should a business hire a salesperson or do it themselves? Steve Toburen gives a complete answer to this question to a surprisingly complex question.
How can I reward productive employees?
Careful, calculated compensation plans can reward productive employees. Steve offers practical considerations for residential cleaners before diving in.
How can I compete with the dreaded preferred vendor?
Restoration preferred vendors have transformed the water damage mitigation world for the small independent restorer … and not for the better!
How can I avoid "wacko" clients after buying a carpet cleaning business?
A new carpet cleaning business is concerned that every customer will be off their rocker. See Steve's reply …
Mitigation versus structural re-construction?
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Lost Glenshee ski patrol dog lost in hole for two days
A lost ski patrol dog spent almost two days stuck down a hole in the Scottish hills before being rescued.
Bode disappeared while on her morning round, checking for hazards on the ski runs, with Kate Hunter, head of ski patrol at the Glenshee centre.
The young cross-collie vanished at about 1030 GMT on Saturday.
Ms Hunter's friends found Bode down a 5ft (1.52m) hole in peat, which was buried under heath and snow close to the centre, late on Sunday afternoon.
A Grampian Police officer in Braemar and neighbouring force, Tayside Police, had issued appeals to help find the missing dog.
Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS), which is based at Glenmore Lodge, near Aviemore, also posted an appeal on its website.
Ms Hunter said dogs were not encouraged on the slopes, but she has been training Bode to help in the event of an avalanche.
She said: "If there was an avalanche in the ski area and Bode had half an idea where people might be buried then that would quicken the chances of a rescue.
"Bode comes with me when I open up, which involves going up and down the runs checking for hazards.
"On Saturday morning I was probably caught up thinking more about the job and less on what Bode was doing when she disappeared. It was as if she had been taken by aliens."
After the dog failed to show up later at the centre as hoped for, two of Ms Hunter's friends checked a nearby corrie.
Dog in drain
Fresh searches were made on Sunday by a second pair of friends. At about 1630 GMT on Sunday, one of them was guided by the sound of howling to Bode down the hole.
Ms Hunter said: "She was cold and wet but otherwise okay. She was allowed to sleep on the sofa on Sunday night."
Bode was back on the hill on Monday morning.
The collie-cross was not the only dog to be rescued on Sunday.
Inverness firefighters were called to the aid of a dog down a drain and used a hook to grab its collar and pulled it to safety.


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"Hello! I need some help to recover data from a formatted compact flash CF card. It is a 4GB SanDisk Ultra CF card for my digital camera, but I formatted it on my computer just now. I performed a full format on the CF card. I know that data is recoverable from a formatted memory card by using data recovery software, but the problem is that most of them say it is impossible to restore data after full format a CF card. Is it true? Is there any other way to recover files off a CF card after full format?"
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You may full format your CF card by mistake and lose important data stored inside the card. Even if you full format your CF card on purpose, sometimes you may want to recover lost files when the formatting is completed. As a matter of fact, it doesn't matter you format your CF card due to mistake or intentionally, the only important thing is that you should make sure the original data will not be overwritten. Therefore, it is highly recommended you to stop using the CF card after formatting. Then, you can rely on read-only CF recovery freeware - iCare Data Recovery can help you restore lost files. The data recovery software can work on Windows PC like Windows XP, Windows 7/8 to help recover data from any brand of CF memory card. It supports to recover videos, music, pictures and other types of files from formatted compact flash card.
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1. CF card data is recoverable after full format or quick format
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5. You can preview photos and office files after scanning
6. You cannot save the recovered data to the original CF card because it may overwrite the lost data.
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A CF card can be infected with virus due to many reasons. When your CF card is infected with virus, what will you do? Many people would like to full format the card because they believe that it can delete all viruses completely.
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Memory card CF card turns to RAW file system, so you may full format it to change file system of memory card from RAW to FAT32.
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