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Sunday, February 21, 2010

New stairwell and bicycle "trough" opens on Schuylkill Banks

After being cordoned off for months, the stairwell connecting JFK Boulevard down to the Schuylkill River Trail path opened on Friday, February 20th.  The stairs are part of the rebuilding of the JFK Bridge, a PENNDOT project.  Problems with the railing were the reason for the long delay.

What do you think of the bike "trough?" Leave suggestions/opinions as a comment.

Andrew said...

Jonathan Bringhurst said...

I love the new stairs in that location.

To be honest, I see the trough as a bit of a safety hazard since most people expect the steps to extend all the way across. From the picture, it seems like people might be inclined to take a bad step on that. However, I'm not sure if this issue has been addressed since I haven't seen the stairs in person yet.

Also, I think I would still end up shouldering my bike instead of putting it in the trough. I'm not really sure tho.

It's a very nice experiment. I'll be interested in seeing how people use it.

Dan said...

Like Jonathan, I suspect that I would just shoulder my bike. It may be useful for smaller bikes (or folding bikes) that are difficult to shoulder.

Todd said...

looks good to me. I think that it will be good for folks with heavier bikes that are hard to shoulder. I don't have much occasion to go onto JFK from the path, but I will have to give it a test drive next time I am riding by really heavy rain bike beater.

Andy B from Jersey said...

I know those in charge of this project meant well but I really don't find these stair ramps all that useful, along with many others that I've seen in the US.

First, the rise of conventional stairs, like these here, are much too steep to push a bike up or down while being able to maintain control. In Europe where such accommodations are commonplace, the rise of the stairs is purposely not as steep and the ramps are actually an integral part of the stair design. Then again, the need to retrofit bicycle stair ramps are rare since most stairs that may need to accommodate bicycles are designed from the beginning with a bicycle stair ramp (Wow! What a concept!).

Second. The ramp only accommodates lefties going up and righties going down. I don't know about you but being right-handed I always push my bike with it on my right side and do not feel comfortable pushing it on my left particularly when heavily loaded. A simple remedy would be to put a ramp on both sides but then there probably isn't enough room for pedestrians.

Still, all-in-all, I guess it's the thought that counts but I won't be using these ramps when I'm in town.

Jon said...

I like it. I've used the trough on the Ben Franklin, which was probably put in as an afterthought, and it was helpful. Especially when other people are on the stairs when shouldering can cause awkward conflicts.

Peter said...

Much better than the bicycle ramp on the BF Bridge steps as the trough will hold the bike in position and all you have to do is brake or push depending on the direction.

Way too steep for pushing a heavily loaded bike up, and not enough room for panniers on one side. However, if my bike was loaded like that, I'd get off the trail before this point - there still are street level exits, no?


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October by the Numbers

The EYN Disaster Ministry continues its work in Northeast Nigeria. In October:

Food distributed in remote area

Home repaired

Participants at trauma workshop

2 food distributions were held for 1600 people ($12,419)

25 homes were re-roofed ($11,430)

Overhead tank for motorized borehole

3 boreholes were drilled (1 motorized with an overhead tank) for 3 communities reaching over 2000 with clean water ($10,686)

2 trauma workshops for 42 individuals whose lives are forever changed with the message of forgiveness and assistance in living with trauma ($1776)

While we celebrate the work done we also acknowledge the many challenges faced by the Disaster Ministry as they continue this vital work.

There is still insecurity in some areas. There is fear of Herdsmen destruction of farms while participating in the trauma workshops. The bad roads make it very difficult to reach some of the communities with roofing materials. The high demand for assistance is always greater than the resources available.

Pray for Nigeria and the EYN Church

States affected include Borno, Adamawa, Kaduna, Plateau, Yobe

(A report from the EYN Disaster Ministry)

In the last two weeks Boko Haram has intensified their activities in  BORNO State. On Saturday, 28 farmers were killed at KALLE village near Molai along Damboa Road, Maiduguri. That night, two villages in Konduga were burnt down and many were killed. On Thursday, October 18th, Hauwa, the midwife working with RED cross that was kidnapped in RANN, was murdered. In addition a lot of killings are taking place around Dagu and Midlu. At the moment, KADUNA State is under 24 hour curfew because of Religious crisis between Christian and Muslim youth. At Kasuwan Magani, more than 58 people were killed and many houses were burnt down. The country really needs prayer as confusion and political interest are hitting hard. We can say that boko haram and the religious crisis is far from coming to an end. The Government and the Military are not giving the world the true picture of our country.

Conference center at EYN Headquarters

Finally, many people in the EYN area are living in a fear of the  unknown. We will continue to trust in the Lord and his saving grace.
Thank you for your prayers for Nigeria and its people.

Young Widows Recovery Seminar

Suzan Mark

Earlier this year, EYN women’s ministry, under the leadership of Suzan Mark, held a seminar for young widows. There are over 4000 young widows in Northeast Nigeria as a direct result of the men killed by the Boko Haram Insurgency. This special seminar was held for 100 young widows that have little children and have no source of income. They were selected from 19 most affected DCCs as follows. Wagga, Madagali, Midlu, Gulak Ribawa, Bikama, Hong, Gombi, Gulantabal, Garkida, Kwajaffa, Lassa, Mussa, Askira, Mbalala, Balgi,Kautikari, Chibok and Dille.

Here are some of the things accomplished by the seminar along with concerns and recommendations for the future. Please pray for these widows and their children.

  1. 99 came and received training in income generation skills.
  2. All were give N40,000 ($115) in seed grant money to start businesses.
  3. They were also taught simple health tips and child protection messages.
  4. They all received lessons on HIV (some were tested). This was done in collaboration with EYN HIV Program.

Widow’s Seminar

Challenges Experienced

  1. All the young widows at all the workshops lost their husbands as a result of the insurgency.
  2. Most women that were captured by Boko Haram have been refused by their husbands along with the children they had during captivity.
  3. Some women treat such children with hatred, for they see the children as the cause of the disgrace.
  4. Both the women and the children have not gained full acceptance in their communities.
  5. Many girls had babies as the result of rape and sexual exploitation during the insurgency.
  6. Number of widows, orphans and other vulnerable children is increasing daily.
  7. All the widows are in need of “Self-care.”

  1. There is need to create awareness on the treatments of the escaped women and their children in order to gain acceptance in their communities.
  2. The case of rape should be taken serious because it is a crime.
  3. There is need for counseling for the above mentioned women including girls and children victims.
  4. They need to be empowered economically and socially.
  5. There is a need for advocacy for gender justice. Women celebrate release of their husbands while men refused the coming back of their wives.

Disaster work continues with New Water Supplies, Trauma Training and more

Chibok area received 2 new bore holes at Birgizu – The people in the area were so happy that the Village Chief and four people from the community traveled to EYN headquarters to convey their thanks. The delegation told the Disaster Ministry team that EYN has wiped their longtime tears for potable water and proved to them what it means to be Brethren. The area had struggled with different diseases because of the kind of water they had access to. Politicians left them with many promises, but it was the church that came through. They thanked the EYN Leadership, the Disaster Ministry and the donors (Church of the Brethren and Mission 21). To show their happiness they the presented the leadership with several liters of honey.

Advanced Trauma Training was planned for a group from 4 districts still occupied by the Boko Haram. Security issues forced them to hold the training in Yola instead of locally. This proved to be a welcome respite for the participants as they were able to get away from the volatile conditions for several days. The participants of the Advance Training were selected based on their performances during the Basic Training on Healing and Rebuilding of our Communities (HEROC). They will serve as the Listening Companions in their various communities and will work in collaboration with the EYN Peace Program to foster their work on Trauma healing in the selected areas and IDPs Camps.

Here are two impact stories from the training:

I am by a name Lydia; despite the Basic Workshop I had my heart was still heavy whenever I recall what happened to me during the insurgency of Boko Haram. But this training has completely healed my wound and I now forgive Boko Harams.

My name is James; this workshop has personally changed and touched my life in diverse ways. First and foremost, I discovered that my life is precious and more important than anything, so I should not play with it but rather to take care of it. This training helped me to see myself as someone who can help others to see their problems in a realistic way and accept that even after a traumatic event life must continue but never attempt to destroy their lives because of devastation.

In addition, 15 children from the Garkida area were provided school fees; medical assistance and Hep B vaccinations were done at 3 locations; 5 homes were re-roofed in Lassa; and a food distribution was held at one of the relocation centers.

Nigerian Brethren provide relief for victims of Fulani herdsmen attacks

On June 23rd Fulani Herdsmen in the Jos Plateau area attacked numerous villages. Officials report 238 persons killed in 17 villages. The attackers also burnt and vandalized the villages, destroying homes, churches and properties. The people cannot return home. Some reports indicated that roads to outlaying villages are blocked by the Fulani. Many families are displaced and living with relatives or in temporary camps.

Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria’s (EYN) main area is in Northeast Nigeria but it has a presence in the Jos Plateau area where the June attacks occurred. The Middle Belt of Nigeria has many Christians from numerous denominations. When EYN’s Disaster Response Ministry got word of the numerous displaced persons in Bokkos LGA, they were ready to help. The Disaster team organized a large distribution for 1639 persons in the Bokkos area. 9000 pounds of corn, 7,700 pounds of rice along with beans, gari, palm oil, spices and blankets were distributed.

Recipients of the food distribution were so grateful. They noted that EYN’s methods were different than other relief/government agencies; they actually stayed to distribute the materials, gather data and listen to people’s stories. The devastation of these villages will have long reaching consequences for all those involved. The Disaster team is well aware of this because of their work in the Northeast.

Despite all the work the Disaster team has going on as they help in the Northeast, they came to the aid of their fellow Nigerians in a time of desperate need . Well Done Nigerian Brethren!

Nigeria’s Director of Disaster Ministry visits United States Disaster program

By Rev. Yuguda Mdurvwa

First and foremost, I would want to thank God, and Church of the Brethren for giving me the opportunity to be at the Annual Conference and the one week of refreshing and learning about Brethren Disaster Ministry (BDM).

At Annual Conference:  Carl Hill, Roxane Hill, Rev Yuguda, and Roy Winter at Nigerian insight session

After the Sunday Service at Annual Conference, we started our journey to North Carolina with Brother Roy Winter who was driving. We spent over night at Peterson close to Greensboro. The next day, Monday, we continued with our journey to the rebuilding site. We arrived there at 11.25am. We met Harry and four volunteers working on the building, some were working on painting the interior walls, and others were cleaning the floor. Roy and I were given the permission to do the painting. Indeed, it was so nice that we worked for half an hour, laughing and enjoying the fellowship, we break for lunch at noon. Here I learned the commitment, willingness, sacrifice and humility of the volunteers.

After the lunch, we drove to another site, where we met four active volunteers working on the outer wall of the house. Ann, a young volunteer was leading the team, and I shared a few minutes discussing the work and then we went to the Methodist Church where all the volunteers were sleeping. During dinner I was introduced by Roy and the other volunteers did self-introductions. Afterwards I told my story of how the Lord saved us in Maiduguri in 2009 and in Mubi 2014 when Boko Haram attacked. There was a moment of sympathy and concerns for Nigeria. I saw their love and sacrifice.

After visiting the Ocean and an Aquarium, we continued with our journey to Maryland. I was first shown the Church of Brethren, where Roy worships. Then the next day, Thursday, 12th July 2018, we visited New Windsor. I was taken round by Roy to the School building which was formally Brethren Service Center property. I was shown where containers are received, from there we went around the warehouse and offices where I met with all volunteers and staff. It was amazing how things are well organized, volunteers are working with joy in their hearts, most especially, the man that is handling the machine for packaging of clothes. After that we had a meeting with Disaster Staff, (Jenn, was absent but she participated through Skype call). I was given the opportunity to share about our work in Nigeria and my story. After our meeting, we went to celebrate our work and my coming to the BSC at a restaurant (Hibachi) with a fantastic demonstration.

These are some of the Lessons Learnt from the visit:

1. Brethren have the Spirit of service and humility

2. All Volunteers and Staff are caring

3. Things are well organized

4. Out of their overabundance, they are willing to touch many lives

5. Many people are continually praying for peace to reign in Nigeria

6. I saw a true heart of love, care, service and dedication in Brother Roy.

May the Lord continue to bless the entire Church of the Brethren.

Kids; Kids Everywhere

The mean age in Nigeria is 18. That means there are as many people under 18 as there are over 18. That also means there are a lot of children in Nigeria. Everywhere you go, you are surrounded by kids. It was especially fun to take Carter Beecham with us on our last visit to Nigeria. Carter is 14 and he had fun interacting with all the children. Some places we visited the children could hardly speak English so communication was difficult. The Favored Sisters School in Jos has worked hard at teaching and using English and Carter had fun conversations with the children who live at the school. We brought beach balls, soccer balls, and jump ropes to give out to each school and camp that we visited. It was probably the first beach balls the kids had seen and they had a lot of fun keeping them in the air.

Children in Nigeria do a lot of chores to help out around the home. Fetching water, watching younger siblings and helping with the farm are all jobs the children help with. School is not free in Nigeria and parents must come up with money for school fees. This is very difficult especially for the Internally Displaced Person’s who don’t have a way to earn a living. Some of the camps have makeshift schools but still many children have not received adequate education over the last 3 years.

We continue to pray for all the children in Nigeria!

Favored Sisters School

Resilience amidst staggering needs

Early in June, Carl and Roxane Hill along with Kucheli Shankster Beecham and her son Carter had an opportunity to visit the ongoing work of the Nigeria Crisis Response.

When we visited the “camp” or Relocation Village in Yola, we were greeted by a large group with songs of welcome and introductions. They proudly took us around their new village and showed us their homes. When this village was first built it was far from surrounding homes but the area is growing and now they have others around them. They have built a fence around the property to keep nomads and their cows from coming through the village. There is a solar powered water source and some surrounding lands for planting.

Yes, the people have a safe place to live but they still miss their lives back home. Most of these Internally Displaced Persons are from the Gwoza area where Boko Haram is still in control and they cannot return home. There are many challenges to living in a new village; neighbors are very close by, there is not enough land to plant all the food needed for the upcoming year, there is no school building for the children, the temporary church was blown down in the spring rains and so on.

As we prepared to leave this new Relocation Village, the women handed us a list of concerns and items they needed.  A woman from one of the Yola churches was traveling with us and she took the list; hoping her church would reach out to this new community.

Let us continue to pray for Nigeria and all those living in Relocation Villages. (2 Million people in Northeast Nigeria are still displaced and cannot return home.) Pray also for the EYN Disaster Ministry as they try to meet the many needs that are a direct result of the Boko Haram insurgency.

Wells benefit Christian and Muslim communities

EYN Disaster Ministry put in 2 wells and 2 bore holes around Shaffa and Kwajaffa area. Many wells were destroyed during the occupation by Boko Haram. These water sources will serve 300 families each. At one site, the majority of the people accessing the water are Internally Displaced Persons from the Gwoza area (they are mainly farmers who cannot return to their homes.) At another area, the well will be used by mostly Muslim families. Peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians is one of the goals for Northeast Nigeria. This water source put in by the church is a big step toward maintaining peace.

Food, medical care, school fees, and home repairs are among March activities

Food Distribution at the Yola Relocation camp.                              Patience, a widow and mother of 8, expressed her thankfulness to the Disaster Ministry. “You can see my tears of joy for what your help means to me and my children.”

Educational assistance for 56 children. School fees were paid for both elementary and high school students. Most high schools are boarding schools with students living at the school. Thousands have been widowed by the Boko Haram insurgence and they cannot afford to send their children to school. The mothers are very thankful for the assistance.

Re-roofing of burned homes continues for the most vulnerable. “We never thought of assistance coming to us this way. (20 homes in the area were given new roofs) We continue to have challenges including lack of good water and fear when going to our farms.”

Medical help was given to around 400 persons. Adequate medical care is still unavailable without traveling long distances and then most cannot afford to pay for the care. EYN Disaster Ministry medical staff helped 5000 persons last year.

Please continue to pray for Nigeria and donations are greatly appreciated.

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New Year, New Commute!

2018: The Year of Carpool

Payments to drivers are considered reimbursements for expenses, and thus these tools do not entail ride-for hire services; reimbursements to drivers do not exceed the Internal Revenue Service per-mile limits.

Dynamic Carpool apps available in Bellevue:

iCarpool and Scoop are dynamic carpooling apps available to Bellevue and surrounding areas in 2018. These apps are working make the jump into dynamic carpooling as smooth and approachable as possible. iCarpool is an existing Pacific Northwest product attached to the functionality and perks of It allows riders and drivers to make a carpool arrangement for a particular trip with their match in a matter of minutes, and operates based on established pickup and dropoff locations for efficiency of travel. These locations are revealed to you upon use of the app. Note: iCarpool’s user base is still growing. Sign up to increase the critical mass of users!

Scoop is launching in Bellevue on Jan. 29. While new to the Eastside, the app has already found success in the Bay Area and Seattle. Scoop is focused on commuting and requires that you arrange your morning commute the night before and arrange your evening commute in the afternoon the day of, allowing wiggle room those with flexible schedules. Note: The app will be new, so sign up to increase the critical mass of users! The pool of users will also include employees of some Eastside employers through arrangements with Scoop.

You can find links to both apps on our Choose Your Way Bellevue Apps & Technology page, or check out the Traditional Ridematching options.

Let us know in the comments section how the programs are working for you!

Choose Your Way Bellevue Staffer, Melissa

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Category Archives: Creativity

The freedom of being naive.

Children are free, and I want to learn from that freedom!

I hope you had a nice Valentine’s Day! Here at home it is a very important date for many reasons, I love the colors, the hearts and all that sticky sweet aura that surrounds the day.

My kids always make us something with their hands and I love the “surprise” because they are always asking for art supplies, they hide to make the gifts and they are constantly asking for advice on how it’s going. I love it.

But what I really, really love is the creative process that kids have. It’s FREE. They draw and paint what they feel, without a care in the world. To them, art is art, and art is beautiful.

My son is still very young, you can see it on his lines and shapes, but in his lack of experience lies a beautiful secret. He knows his limitations and uses them to his advantage without knowing.

He used basic shapes and colors to paint a happy scene. With very few lines he managed to create a very happy scene where we are riding a fox. And if you pay attention, you’ll see that each figure is very distinctive and representative. Very short hair for Mr. Danita, Long hair for me. He’s the one in blue in the bottom, and he’s riding an cupid’s arrow piercing a heart.

I fell in love with the simplicity of this drawing, and how in his naivety, he create a beautiful piece of expressive abstract art.

My daughter is older, almost a tween now, and she is obsessed with Japanese manga and chibi. She is now exploring different media and recently picked up watercolors thanks to a gift from one of my best friends.

She decided to make a fox family for us, and I loved to see her explore the material without a care in the world on how expensive it is, or if the paper will be ruined if she makes a mistake.

The red spot on the fox’s cheek was a paint spill, but she thought quick and turned into an ice cream smear, and then she drew an ice cream on it’s hand.And there’s a lot to learn from these two simple artworks. The freedom they were made with. The lines and themes flow with ease. It takes years of practice to regain that freedom and naivety as an artist, and it was very interesting to see them come to it naturally.

I started thinking, how can I learn to be free? And the answer was lying right on my face. My sketchbooks. I started looking and I realized that I can do it without noticing.

When I am doodling ideas for my next piece, I draw on sketchbooks and I really don’t care too much about them or the materials I use. I just lay done the ideas as they come and the result, like the ones you see here, are free, naive and fun.

I’m at a crossroad here, because my painting is getting more and more complex and detailed, and I’m wondering how to keep that childlike creative process while my paintings become more and more detailed and realistic.

Maybe I’m going to reach a compromise. My dolls and some of my paintings will remain naive and child like, while I ask my inner child to remind me of her freedom while I sharpen my skills and paint in a new direction.

I’ll show you very soon how it goes, because I am working on a painting that will need both, Danita the serious artist and little Danita the naive child.


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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Efficacy of photon induced photoacoustic streaming (PIPS) on root canals infected with Enterococcus faecalis: A pilot study

For years now, hard tissue laser users have been hoping to see a true endodontic application.  Unfortunately, it's been something that has remained just out of reach… until now..  The problem has always been that despite the efficiency and advantages of lasers, you just can't bend light.  This has meant that a laser application for root canals would only work in perfectly straight canals.  Of course, that's not possible so users have waited for a better way.
Now comes a concept that uses laser light, only it's used in a way that is an " outside the box" application which completely changes the ideas of lasers in endodontics.  Read on for the abstract details of this study and follow the link at the end for the complete article as well as a CE exam.  Here is the abstract:

Eradication of microorganisms from an infected root canal before obturation is a primary focus of endodontic treatment, as well as the best predictor for the long-term success of the endodontic therapy. The purpose of this in vitro laboratory study was to evaluate the efficacy of a new tapered and stripped Er:YAG laser tip using PIPS (Photon Induced Photoacoustic Streaming) in root canals infected with Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC4082). Methods: Twenty-four freshly extracted single-rooted human teeth were collected and inoculated with E. faecalis. After 4 weeks, the teeth were divided in four groups, two experimental, one positive, and one negative group. Laser treatment was performed for a period of 20 seconds with 6% sodium hypochlorite in groups 1 and 2, while PBS was used for group 3 and 4.

Furthermore, dentin debris was produced, and colony-forming units were determined. Results: The combinations of 20 seconds laser activated irrigation with Er:YAG Laser and 6% sodium hypochlorite showed 100% inhibition using PIPS of growth of E. faecalis compared to 50% inhibition with the combination of Er:YAG Laser and PBS. Conclusions: The PIPS technology is efficient tool in elimination of Enterococcus faecalis from infected root canals.

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  3. Root canals become necessary when the nerve, becomes inflamed, infected or dies. If the tooth is not treated it will lead to pain and eventually an abscess. This can be caused by deep decay, repeated dental procedures, or a chip or crack in the tooth. Trauma or a blow to the tooth can also cause this.


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Aug 30, 2018

What's new in version 3.9

EasyMorph version 3.9 is now available for downloading on our website. The new release adds  powerful new automation capabilities to EasyMorph:

Fetching emails with attachments

Our goal is to make the everyday work of a data analyst as automated as possible so that tedious activities take less time, and more time can be spent on interesting and high-value work. Receiving data files by email and further processing them is a daily and monotonous routine for many people, but now it can be automated with EasyMorph. The "Fetch email" action introduced in v3.9 automatically retrieves email messages with attachments from Exchange as well as from mail servers that support IMAP (most modern mail services do).

The "Fetch email" action (tabs "Pre-filter" and "Attachments").

Using this action, it is possible to automate the process of receiving data files from email attachments and then transforming them with further uploading into a database, or publishing them to a Tableau Server, or transferring to another machine through SFTP (more on this later).

With a bit of creativity, more advanced scenarios can be accomplished, for instance:

  • Sending an automated reminder if someone didn't send an expected data file in time.
  • Automatically verifying incoming data in email attachments and then sending back a request to resubmit the data if a data quality checks fails.
  • Using a 3rd party service to collect information through web-forms. The service sends form submissions by email which are automatically retrieved by EasyMorph, parsed, and uploaded into a database.
  • Performing a particular action (e.g. run program, or execute PowerShell script) when an email with specific keywords in the subject is received.

SFTP/SCP file transfer

It is now possible to automatically send to and receive files from a remote computer via SFTP (FTP over SSH) and SCP. Key pair authentication is supported as well as use of a proxy.
The "File transfer" action.

Note that sending files by regular (non-secure) FTP is not supported.

Data collection/publishing

With this release, EasyMorph (Desktop and Server) has become a versatile tool for automated data collection and publishing. It can now be done in multiple ways which cover the vast majority of cases in a corporate environment:
  • Receive/send emails with attachments (Desktop and Server).
  • Transfer files to/from a remote computer via SFTP/SCP (Desktop and Server).
  • Upload/download files via a web-browser (Server only).
  • Transfer files between Desktop and Server over secure HTTPS connection using the "EasyMorph Server Command" action.
  • Transfer files between any computer and Server using Server CLI or EasyMorph .NET SDK

Native data format

This release introduces for the first time, the ability to save and load EasyMorph datasets into files in the native EasyMorph data format (.dset). The native data file format stores data in a form that is very close to the internal data representation in the EasyMorph’s in-memory engine. Therefore, saving a dataset into a file and reading a dataset from a file doesn’t have performance overhead issues such as data conversion or compression/decompression, and therefore is very fast.

The native format compresses data. The compression ratio on par with Tableau Data Extracts (.tde) and Qlik QVDs (.qvd). The difference is typically within 10% deviation compared to one or another format depending on data type.

Later we will add the ability to publish datasets to and load from the Server in one click. This will make the Server a convenient place for collaboration -- storing and sharing even large datasets with millions of rows.

Data Preparation University

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Will Anything Go Right?

I’m starting to feel like I’m totally jinxed.  Nothing is going right these days, and yesterday wasn’t any different.  I had my 11 week appointment yesterday to get the results of my thyroid test and do my ob exam.  What was supposed to be a simple appointment turned into anything but.

After sitting in the waiting room 45 minutes past my appointment time the office clerk called me to the window to inform me they hadn’t seem me yet because there was a problem.  Apparently they decided to stop taking my insurance between my last visit 4 weeks ago and my visit yesterday.  She didn’t know what to do because she said she didn’t know if my last visit was going to be covered.

It took another 45 minutes to determine that the policy change goes into effect on December 1, so my visit in October and yesterday’s appointment would be covered.  After that I was pretty much SOL. It wasn’t just for the ob/gyn office.  They are a branch of the hospital, and the hospital’s policy is changing, too.  If I must have a repeat c section I can’t deliver at Easley again.

She informed me I had 2 choices.

  1. I could become a cash only patient and setup a payment plan.  It would cost me $2600 to cover my prenatal care, and then I would have to deal with setting up a cash plan with the hospital.
  2. I could be seen for my ob exam as scheduled and covered, but I would be sent home with a copy of my records so I could find a doctor affiliated with Oconee Memorial.

Number 2 is absolutely NOT an option.  The only reason I chose to use that particular ob/gyn office when I was pregnant with Ellie was so I could deliver at Easley Baptist.  I have major issues with Oconee Memorial, and I will not deliver there unless I absolutely have no choice.  I just happened to love those doctors, and since I felt very comfortable there I returned with this pregnancy.  Plus I want the option to VBAC, and I needed to be a patient at an office that will refer to the VBAC doctor in Greenville.

I didn’t quite reach rage mode, but I did definitely hit pregnant hormonal mode.  I broke down and started crying to the office clerk telling her one little insurance change wasn’t just forcing me to find another doctor closer to home.  It was screwing up my whole plan to deliver at the local hospital I trust if I had to do a repeat c or be referred to the VBAC doctor.   She said “Oh, it wasn’t noted on your account that you were considering VBAC.”

I told her I was more than considering a VBAC.  From the day I’ve had my daughter I’ve researched every option available in our area to have the ability to VBAC.  One reason I liked my current ob/gyn so much was because he fully supports VBAC and doesn’t try to scare you out of it with false claims.  In fact his wife had 3 VBACS, and he delivered multiple VBACS before Easley “outlawed” them at their hospital.

With that she went to talk to the office manager again and pulled my doctor into the conversation.  She came back a few minutes later with a plan.  Almost an hour and a half after my appointment time I was finally seen by my favorite ob/gyn for the last time…or at least for now.  I can always go back for my yearly checkups as a cash patient.

My ob/gyn called the VBAC doctor in Greenville, and although he usually doesn’t see the referral patients until the last 5 weeks of pregnancy he’s going to take me as a patient now.  My insurance is accepted there, so I don’t have to worry about that.

The downside is that I will have to go all the way to Greenville, a little over an hour away, for all of my prenatal appointments.  It’s an inconvenience, but one I’m willing to deal with to follow through with my plan.  I really want to VBAC, and it’s my only option.  So now I have yet another appointment next Thursday to establish myself as a patient in Greenville, and them maybe we can finally get back on a normal prenatal schedule.

Seriously, June can’t get here soon enough.  I wish we could skip all this mess and go straight to holding my precious little baby.

One Reply to “Will Anything Go Right?”

  1. So very sorry, what a horrible day. Thankfully you were able to get another covered doctor for your VBAC. Stay positive, take care

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Timothée Chalamet in ALL his glory :)

Before you see him in Beautiful Boy, check out his boyish bod naked.

Beautiful boy Timothée Chalamet showing off his sweet twink peach in Call My By Your Name.

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Hottest Halloween Nudity: Retro Edition!

“Dick or treat! We heard there are king-sized candy bars on this block, so we’re back for round two of Halloween nudity. Retro edition! Unwrap hotness from Mark Patton in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Lawrence Monoson and Clyde Hayes in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Jeff Goldblum in The Fly, Rupert Everett in Cemetery Man, and Robert Carlyle in Ravenous!” — Mr. Man

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Happy Hallo-peen: See Hottest Nudity From Recent Horror Movies!

“Happy Hallo-peen! We’re scaring up some hot nudity from recent horror movies, including Eugene Simon in The Lodgers, Mark Duplass in Creep 2, Conor Sweeney and Lance Cartwright in The Editor, Stephen Curry in Hounds of Love, and the adorable Ross Lynch in My Friend Dahmer.” — Mr. Man

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Hottest Latino Celebs Nude!

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It’s Latin Heritage Month, and things are heating up south of our border thanks to these Latin lovers!

Diego Luna jerks off and gets gay with Gael García Bernal in Y Tu Mamá También, Tyler Posey gets jizzy with it on Sideswiped, Rodrigo Santoro strips down for Westworld, Bobby Cannavale goes epically full frontal on Boardwalk Empire, and finally, Ryan Guzman shows off his squeezable ass in The Boy Next Door!

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Tom Hardy — Daddy birthday bloke

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We love Daddies and one of our favorite (or should we say favourite) British Daddies is celebrating one this Saturday. The devilishly sexy and incredibly naked Tom Hardy turns 41 on Saturday. Tom is a member of the Mr. Man Hall of Fame of Nudity with 10 naked roles under his belt.

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Brand New Body of Work — Bill Skarsgård

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Feast your eyes on Bill Skarsgård. With his slender physique, amazing green eyes and full lips, Bill is nothing short of super handsome! Bill is not afraid to follow in his family’s footsteps and show some skin. We got to see Bill’s crown jewels and smooth ass in the emotional drama Simon & the Oaks.

Charlie Hunnam is a total stud… See for yourself!

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Charlie Hunnam is the kind of man we thought only existed in Greek mythology. If you’ve seen him on the biker drama Sons of Anarchy or the UK version of Queer as Folk, you know why.

With the release of Papillon in theaters last weekend, we have become even more obsessed with the handsome Brit. Hunky Hunnam stars in the Steve McQueen remake of two men attempting to escape their jungle prison — talk about a sexy premise.

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Happy birthday Alexander & Bill Skarsgård!

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Our favorite Viking Stud turns 42 this Saturday. He’s dreamy, he’s sexy, he’s Swedish, he’s 6’4, he’s the one and only Alexander Skarsgård. We not only love him for all those reasons BUT because his nudity resume is a mile long. In fact Skarsgård once told GQ “Nudity is great. If it makes sense in the script, I really don’t care.”

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We ❤ Riverdale!

KJ Apa for Hellenstein BrothersGrab that ginger bull by the horns! It’s KJ Apa for the Hellenstein Brothers ad campaign.

Just last week Skeet Ulrich teased us with a few details of what’s to come in Riverdale Season 3. Although the new season is two months away we figured it was the perfect excuse to pay homage to the hotties of Riverdale. Riverdale is consistently one of the most skintastic shows on our watch list. There is plenty of MAN MEAT on Riverdale and we never get enough of the insanely hot KJ Apa.

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Garrett Clayton has come out as gay!

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Garret Clayton has come out as gay! After dodging questions about his personal life for years — despite playing gay porn star Brent Corrigan in King Cobra — he has acknowledged that he is actually gay. Check out his perfect peachy butt right here on MrMan.

Henry Cavill: See Superman Without His Cape

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See the Man of Steel in or out of his Superman tights and with or without his Mission Impossible mustache.

Hottest Insecure Stars Nude To Celebrate Season Three!

“Season three of Mr. Man-approved series Insecure is right around the corner, and what better way to pay tribute to the show’s excellence in dudity than to check out the top five hottest nude actors from seasons one and two? See Jay Ellis, Y’lan Noel, Sarunas J. Jackson, Leon Thomas III, and Langston Kerman strip down in the video!” — Mr. Man

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Archive for February, 2011

When Can a Doctor or Hospital Legally Release Confidential Information?

There are occasions when it is both permissible

and necessary for a doctor to reveal confidential information about you. He can discuss your case with another doctor in consultation. He can discuss it at a staff or committee meeting in the hospital, provided it is a regular hospital meeting attended only by the medical staff, and the discussions are confidential. He can disclose it to your health insurance company. When you fill out an insurance claim form you authorize him to do so. Also, all insurance companies, health or life, require a consent at the time you apply for a policy. They can come back later and ask your doctor about your medical condition.

You cannot sue a doctor for medical malpractice or dental malpractice for entries he makes in a hospital or clinical record in the course of your treatment, even if they are wrong. But, you can sue the doctor or the hospital if they make your record public without your written permission. The Joint Commission requires that all hospitals keep medical records secret and not allow

unauthorized people access to them. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) gives you rights over your health information and sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information.

Another exception is when you have a reportable disease. The law requires a doctor to report certain communicable disease to the health department to protect the public, and the health authorities are supposed to keep it confidential. If they leak confidential information about you, you can sue the health department. Usually, what happens is if you think you have been the victim of a confidential information leak, you sue both the health department and the doctor, and then let them fight it out between themselves to see who pays the award.

A doctor can also be ordered to reveal confidential information about a patient, if he is testifying in court. However, the judge would probably only order him to do so if it were necessary to the case. Finally, the doctor can reveal information about you if you sue him for malpractice. In that case, you are considered to have made your condition public when you filed the lawsuit.

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Thursday News Roundup

  • Christmas is a time of year filled with a lot of bullshit nobody really wants or cares about, a prime example of which is the holiday album. The holiday album can come in many shapes and sizes, from the obscure indie holiday releases that, while finely crafted and unique, few will ever hear; to the occasional indie band that will release a holiday compilation or, more frequently, a song; to the chart-toppers’ obligatory holiday releases. Artists like Justin Bieber could shit in a vinyl press and sell enough copies to make it worth it, and if you’ve heard Bieber’s take on “Little Drummer Boy” (feat. Busta Rhymes), you know what I mean. Standing above them all, however, is one man, and his name is Michael Bublé. The modern-day Bing Crosby’s chart-topping Christmas album has been flying off the shelves of Wal-Mart and Starbucks faster than egg nog lattes, and SNL recently did a skit imagining what it would be like if Bublé teamed up with other music icons to record an album of holiday duets. Hilarity ensued, with cameos by Thom Yorke, Sting, Kanye West, M.I.A., and others. Check it out here:

  • The Oscars are nearly upon us, and though it might not be a strong year for ‘Best Picture,’ the ‘Original Song’ category is chock full of familiar names. Among those shortlisted are The National, Jónsi, She & Him, Bret from Flight of the Conchords, and Chris Cornell. For the complete list of potential nominees, click here.
  • Just-released video of LCD Soundsystem‘s cover of “Live Alone” by Franz Ferdinand:

  • Officers in Washington DC recently apprehended 161 firearms, $7 million in drugs, and made 70 arrests after a year-long sting in which they pretended to set up a recording studio, posed as rappers, and “put out the word that they were looking for drug deals and weapons to sell.” A similar effort in Brooklyn yielded 324 pair of black-rimmed glasses, 101 iPhones, and 75 tons of nylon.

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Hospital: Jailed Nobel laureate’s condition life threatening

Imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo’s condition is life threatening with multiple organ failure and his family has opted against inserting a breathing tube needed to keep him alive, the hospital treating him said. Liu, who has advanced liver cancer, is suffering from respiratory and renal failure as well as septic shock, the First Hospital of China Medical University said on its website Wednesday. The hospital said doctors informed Liu’s family of the need for a tracheostomy to keep him alive, but they declined. Liu and his family, who are being closely guarded in the hospital, could not immediately be reached for comment.


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One way to easily remove the currency options is to use CSS to hide the currency elements. To do this, open up your open cart’s theme css file (usually found at “catalog/view/theme/<theme-name>/stylesheet/stylesheet.css”), and add the following code:

open-cart-currency-options-gone Removing the currency options in OpenCart only takes a little CSS.

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Media Parents

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terms & conditions

by Amy Walker

1. introduction

1.1 This website (“the Site”) is operated by Media Parents Limited (Company No. 07221757) whose registered office is at Unit 56 Ditton Priors Industrial Estate, Station Road, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 6SS (“we” “us” “our”).

1.2 We provide a platform for TV professionals to connect with other TV professionals and to promote flexible working opportunities in the media industry.

1.3 These terms and conditions (“the Terms”) apply to the use of the Site and shall be read in conjunction with the Privacy Policy and any other incidental agreements listed on the Site which you may be required to agree to from time to time (“Supplemental Agreements”) and shall together form the agreement between you and us (“the Agreement”).

1.4 It is important that you read and understand these Terms and the Supplemental Agreements before using the Site. By accessing or using the Site you agree to be legally bound by these Terms, as they may be modified from time to time. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use the Site.

1.5 We reserve the right to change these Terms and the Supplemental Agreements at any time. Amendments will take effect when posted on the Site.

1.6 You acknowledge and agree that if you are an individual then once we have commenced the provision of our services you shall not be entitled to cancel the Agreement under the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 or by such other consumer regulation as may apply from time to time.

2. our services

2.1 We provide registered users with the platform to create their own profile on the Site.

2.2 We provide registered users the opportunity to contact and connect with other registered users and to contribute to the Media Parents forum and message board.

2.3 We provide users with the opportunity to browse the Site.

3. changes to service

We reserve the right to improve, amend, or suspend the service provided on the Site at any time without notice.

4. registration

4.1 If you wish to create a profile page as a freelancer or an employer you are required to pay the subscription fee and to register with us by completing and submitting the form on our “registration” page, and you warrant that you are over 18 years of age.

4.2 Once you have registered an account with us, you can log into your profile page using your email address and a unique password which will be sent to you by us via email.

4.3 For the purposes of verifying your identity we shall use the data provided by you to establish the veracity of all the registration details you have provided when registering with the Site, and your entitlement to use the Site and the services.

4.4 If you register your details you are solely responsible for the accuracy, legality, currency and compliance of such detail and will be solely liable for false, misleading, inaccurate, infringing or other actionable material contained or referred to therein.

4.5 We reserve the right to terminate suspend or restrict accounts without notice to you should you commit any breach of the Agreement or in our reasonable discretion we believe it is your intention to commit a breach of the Agreement or we believe you are acting contrary to the spirit of the Agreement.

5. payment and fees

5.1 We must receive payment of the whole of the subscription fee before the services are available to you.

5.2 You can make secure payment for subscription fees via the Site. Such charges can be made via your PayPal account or by cheque or bank transfer payable to Media Parents Limited. You can contact for more detail.

5.3 We reserve the right to refuse any subscription application at our discretion. In the event that we reject a subscription application after we have received the subscription fee we shall within fourteen (14) days from the registered date refund the fee.

5.4 If you are an employer subscriber accounts last for a period of one (1) year from the date of registration. If you register a talent account the account lasts for one (1) month or one (1) year from the date of registration subject to the payment of the relevant fee.

5.5 Subscription accounts will renew automatically and we shall be entitled to charge the then prevailing rate for each new period unless you choose to terminate your account by clicking the “unsubscribe” or “delete” buttons on your account prior to the end of the then current period.

5.6 You shall be entitled to cancel your subscription at any time but you shall not be entitled to a refund of your subscription fees (or any amount thereof which corresponds to an unexpired portion of your membership) in the event that you no longer wish to be a registered user.

6. general conduct

6.1 Registered users may only create and maintain one profile page.

6.2 All registered users must have a bona fide interest in connecting with other media professionals and must have at least three (3) years professional experience within the media industry.

6.3 We grant you a limited licence to access and make use of the Site, but not to modify it, or any part of it, or otherwise exploit it for any commercial purpose or gain except for those specific purposes set out in this Agreement or otherwise with our express written consent.

6.4 Registered talent users may only apply for jobs advertised on the Site directly through the Site.

6.5 You must not use the Site in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, the Site or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way. You understand that you are responsible for all electronic communications and content sent from your computer to us and you must use the Site for lawful purposes only.

6.6 You must not use the Site for any fraudulent purposes, or in connection with a criminal offence or other unlawful or immoral activity, to send, use or reuse any content or material that is illegal, offensive, abusive, indecent, defamatory, obscene or menacing or that will infringe copyright, trademark, confidence, privacy or any other right; or is otherwise injurious to third parties, or objectionable, or which consists of or contains software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any “spam” – to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.

6.7 You must not use the Site in any way which may disrupt the Media Parents community or cause problems for other users and Media Parents staff, which may be detrimental to the Media Parents business and or generally use the Site in any way which in our reasonable opinion is inconsistent with the spirit of the Agreement including without limitation sharing information on the Site with non-registered third parties.

7. water cooler

If you believe that anyone has infringed your or a third party’s copyright on the Site, if you have infringed a third party’s copyright or you find any material on the Site offensive or otherwise in breach of these Terms then you must inform us immediately in writing

8. information and content provided by you

8.1 Any information and content posted, uploaded, or otherwise sent by any means by you to the Site shall be legal, decent, honest and truthful, shall not infringe any third party’s rights, shall not be obscene, blasphemous or defamatory and shall not contain any viruses or other malicious computer programming routines. Without limiting the above, all information you provide shall be accurate and complete

8.2 You agree that you will not publish your contact information or any other information or data in the publicly-accessible parts of the Site. You agree that you will not publish the contact information or the information of any other person in the publicly-accessible parts of the Site (whether or not such persons are users of the Site) or elsewhere, or communicate such information to any other person whether in electronic or any other format.

8.3 Any information provided by you to us will be used by us in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and our Privacy Policy.

8.4 You waive all moral rights you have in any content and information provided by you to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9. employer feedback

9.1 Without limiting any other provisions of these Terms, registered employers which have via the Site, engaged the services of any freelancer(s) shall be entitled to leave feedback on the relevant talent profile page(s). All such feedback must relate directly to the freelancer or freelancers in question and to the work undertaken.

9.2 Users with a talent account may not edit or adapt any employer feedback which is posted in accordance with the provisions of clause 9.1 but may “opt out” of the services or may remove any such feedback in its entirety.

10. your licence to us

By submitting content and information to us as described above you agree to grant us a non-exclusive license and all the necessary rights throughout the world to reproduce, edit, change, copy, adapt and otherwise make such content available on the Site.

11. copyright and other intellectual property controlled by us.

11.1 All content and all compilation of content included on the Site which is not provided by you, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, icons, photographs and images, audio clips, digital files, data compilations and software, is our property or is licensed by us and is protected by copyright, database and trade mark right laws in England and internationally.

11.2 You may download, extract and/or re-utilise parts of the contents of the Site subject to the Terms.

11.3 For the avoidance of doubt you may not utilise any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools to extract (whether once or many times) for re-utilisation of any substantial parts of the Site without our express written consent. You may not create and/or publish your own database that features substantial parts of the Website without our express written consent. You will indemnify us against any loss, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonably legal fees) or other claims arising from any breach of the above warranties you commit.

12. links

12.1 We have no control over the content of third party sites and cannot guarantee the reliability of any links to third party sites nor can we provide any guarantees or accept any liability in respect of the content on such third party sites.

[12.2 You may not create hyperlinks to the Site without our prior written consent. All such permitted hyperlinks must make it clear that the hyperlink is to our Site and that it is in no way affiliated to any third party.]

13. security

13.1 You are solely responsible in all respects for all use of and for protecting the confidentiality of your account and password which may be given to or selected by you for use on the Site. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of them or any other breach of security.

13.2 Any losses incurred or sustained by you in transmitting information shall be borne solely and exclusively by you and in no event shall any such losses in whole or in part be borne by us. If you are using a public computer, you must sign out when you have finished using the Site.

14. compliance with laws

You agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations concerning your use of the Site.

15. suspension and termination of membership.

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend any aspect of your membership without notice or refund to you should you commit any breach of the Agreement or in our reasonable discretion we believe it is your intention to commit a breach of the Agreement or we believe you are acting in a way which is contrary to the spirit of our networking group.

16. liability

16.1 We accept no liability for any failure to maintain the Site. We shall not be liable to you by reason of any representation (unless fraudulent) and all warranties, conditions or other terms, implied by law are excluded to the fullest extent permissible. We shall not be liable for any loss of goodwill or reputation, profit or any indirect, special or consequential loss, damage, costs, expenses or other claims (whether caused by our negligence, servants or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the provision of the material by you.

16.2 Your acceptance of these Terms also acts as a general release of Media Parents and any of its subsidiaries (and all of their officers, directors, agents and employees) from any liability for any claims, loss, and damages (both direct and indirect, including loss of profits, goodwill and business opportunity) arising out of or in any way connected to your use of the Site.

16.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit any rights you might have under applicable local law or other statutory rights that may not be excluded nor in any way to exclude or limit our liability to you for any death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.

17. indemnity

You will indemnify us against any loss, damages, costs, expenses (include reasonable legal fees) or other claims arising from any breach by you of any of the warranties and any other term of the Agreement.

18. access to the site

We will do everything we can to ensure that availability of the Site will be uninterrupted and that transmissions will be error-free. However, this cannot be guaranteed. The Site may be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance or the introduction of a new facility or service. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such interruption.

19. notices

Except as otherwise stated, any notices you wish to send to us should be e-mailed to Media Parents at Any notices that we may wish to draw to your attention will be displayed on our Site.

20. confidential information

We and you shall endeavour to prevent the disclosure, publication or dissemination of the other’s confidential information and shall not use, reproduce, distribute, disclose or otherwise disseminate such confidential information except in connection with the performance of obligations under these Terms.

21. electronic communication

When you visit the Site or send emails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. We communicate with you by email or by posting notices on the Site. For contractual purposes, you consent to receiving communications from us electronically and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

22. events beyond our reasonable control

We will not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with our obligations under these conditions if the delay or failure arises from any cause that is beyond our reasonable control.

23. costs and legal fees

In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover costs and legal fees.

24. law and jurisdiction

This Agreement (and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature in relation to them) shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation thereto.

25. invalidity

If any part of the terms of this Agreement is unenforceable (including any provision in which we exclude our liability to you) the enforceability of any other part of these conditions will not be affected.

26. entire agreement

This Agreement contains the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter covered and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or oral, between us in relation to such matters or any statements made to you by any person, including (without limitation) any of our employees or agents. Save for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, we shall have no liability for any such representation being untrue or misleading.

27. assignment

We shall be entitled to assign, transfer or sub-contract or in any way make over the benefit or burden of the Agreement to a third party.

28. no waiver

A waiver by us of any terms of the Agreement in a particular instance shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of such term or condition for the future or affect our rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the terms of this Agreement. All rights and remedies contained in this Agreement shall be distinct, separate and cumulative and no action or inaction by us shall operate to exclude or deprive us of any other rights allowed by law.

29. third party rights

No third party shall be deemed under the Agreement to have enforceable rights by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties Act) 1999.

30. nature of agreement

This Agreement shall not constitute a partnership, agency or joint venture between the parties.

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Welcome to Media Parents

by Amy Walker

Media Parents is a website and organisation which aims to pull all the short term, regular hours, job share and part time jobs in tv into one place, to help freelance working parents or anyone who wants to work flexibly to balance the demands of media and other commitments, and to make it easier for employers to find this highly skilled and experienced part of the media workforce.

Media Parents is a website and organisation which aims to pull all the short term, regular hours, job share and part time jobs in tv into one place, to help freelance working parents or anyone who wants to work flexibly to balance the demands of media and other commitments, and to make it easier for employers to find this highly skilled and experienced part of the media workforce

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5 Tips to Survive the Holiday Home Stretch

Posted by Adriana Amelio on Dec 18, 2014 4:04:00 PM

Christmas is a week away, are you ready?!

‘Tis the season for giving and receiving, but sometimes we can get so wrapped up in it all! Metro Continuing Education is all about making things easier on yourself, whether it's a quick cooking lesson or fun home decorations - check out our tips for making the last few days before Christmas count!

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SAFE-T-BELT (May, 1954)

SAFE-T-BELT holds driver and passenger firmly in seal, prevents injury in minor accidents. Bolted to car’s floor, it is easily installed. The Rapid Tool & Mfg. Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich.

  1. Neil Russell says: October 26, 20106:30 am

    That won’t catch on, it just implies that the car is unsafe

  2. Kosher Ham says: October 26, 201011:01 am

    Actually I can remember my father retrofitting our 1959 Ford with seat belts.

  3. Toronto says: October 26, 20102:21 pm

    Our ’65 Pontiac had them in front but not in the back. My father installed them in back after a co-worker’s car was upended in a big pileup and the kids had some injuries.

  4. Andrew L. Ayers says: October 26, 20102:28 pm

    Considering it looks like its only a lapbelt, it’ll hold you firmly in place to jacknife right into the non-collapsing steering column for proper “impalement”. I guess ultimately for minor accidents, it was probably better than nothing…

  5. Toronto says: October 26, 20102:36 pm

    AA: Exactly. And if you recall the early shoulder belts, they were a real pain to use. They didn’t retract (nor did lap belts) so you usually had some clips over the windows to hold them out of the way – and they were front seat only. A real bother in a 2-door car.

  6. hwertz says: October 26, 20107:54 pm

    It’s remarkable to me that here’s an add-on belt available in 1954, “the big 3” started offering them as options starting with Ford in 1955, and it took just until 1968 for them to be mandatory in all vehicles.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

MyBatis-Guice 3.6 Released!

Dear Community,

We are proud to announce the release of MyBatis-Guice 3.6.

Provides some new features:
  • @Transactional annotation can be used on a class to make all methods transactional
  • Allow binding of a custom SqlSessionFactory
  • Allow binding of a custom DatabaseIdProvider
  • Some other minor improvements

 See the details at https://github.com/mybatis/guice/issues?milestone=3&state=closed

For users of JndiDataSourceProvider, "jndi.dataSource" property is now required. See issue #19.

It is available in Github and Maven Central.

Big thanks for your support and enjoy!

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Misleading Google Search Results- Beware of the fake Firefox 7 website

As soon as the news of Firefox 7 sprouted over internet, many people rushed to download it to experience the new features and all those new developments that were anticipated to be unleashed with Firefox 7. Hackers and scammers found it the best opportunity and a peak time to plan a strategy to fool people into falling into their evil traps.

Let’s give you an idea of what they planned this time!

By Googling the term ‘Firefox 7’, the first Google result appeared in the search result is a link from the website firefox7.org. Makes any sense? No, let’s give you a bit more information about Firefox and its original creators.Mozilla is the name of the organization that develops Firefox web browser. So, naturally any major update for such a product would be enlisted under the website of the original organization. This means that, if Firefox 7 is the latest update of the web browser, it should be shown under the website of Mozilla and not in a website made solely under its name.Hence, the search result shown by Google misleads the user to enter into an illegitimate website that doesn’t have anything to do with the original creator.  All you’ll find in that fake website is a bulk of promotional stuff about Firefox 7. While, at the bottom of the main page, you’ll find what appears like some legitimate Firefox 7 download links for MAC, Windows and Linux, but clicking on those links takes you, not to the legitimate Mozilla website but to a weblog created with the domain of mozilla.blogspot.com.

Before finding out exactly where these download links were directed to, we were of the opinion that this person is a fervent fan of Firfox 7 and dedicated a whole page in its name.  But, the discovery that those download links direct the user to a misleading Mozilla blogspot, it was clear that the creator of such a thing is either trying to earn some revenue over the good name of Mozilla and its browsers or he is trying to gain traffic to the website so that later on he can upload some malicious stuff to the server to be infused into the systems of every person coming to download Firefox 7.

Ironically, the site is appearing on first position in the Google search results for Firefox 7 and the person who is behind all this scam is certainly trying to gain some advantage over it. It is, however, pretty silly on the part of Mozilla team that they have not yet reported Google to block this site or pull down its page ranking for the reason of copyright or misleading content. For a web browser as popular as Firefox, it’s quite a big slip up on the part of Mozilla team for not having this domain registered already in their name so as to avoid any such thing from happening.

But, never too late for our readers as we are always here to keep you aware of everything that can compromise the security of your online as wells offline existence.

It is, therefore, advised to all of those people who want to upgrade their older Firefox browsers to the newer version to download the new update from the legitimate website of Mozilla only. All it requires is a bit of analytics and some of the awareness we spread, to spot the difference between the original and the fake one.   Always avoid falling into the traps of any fake third party website that might have some unfair motives attached with their smart moves. Beware and stay security aware with Newsoftwares.net

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Mohammad Irfan Ali
Mohammad Irfan is the Lead Content Strategist at NewSoftwares. His main interest is in web related threats, phishing scams and social networking hoaxes. He is the admin of Talk Security and regulates the publication of all blogposts.

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Gopher Stanton

Get rid of Gophers | Rodent Guys | gopher Stanton

Pocket Gopher removal with the most trusted pest control removal company in SO CAL. Rodent Guys SPECIALIZES IN GOPHERS and MOLES plus fully licensed for agricultural pest control for your Stanton property.

60-day Guarantee Gopher / Mole Service – Upgradeable to 60

Stanton Gopher Control – Stanton Gopher Removal

Several types of gophers, or pocket gophers as they are correctly named, that occur near Stanton, California. However the most likely to be encountered in Stanton, CA is the Valley pocket gopher. They are not spelled gofer or goffer like so many people do. They are a small animal 5 to 7 inches not including the tail. They come in a variety of colors but are most often grayish brown.

Stanton Exterminating Gophers

Stanton Gopher Control – {How Do I Know if I Have Gophers|How tell if gophers are my garden|Are gophers in my lawn in Stanton

Pocket gophers normally spend most of their time underground in Stanton. You will rarely see gophers in Stanton so the best way to tell if a gopher is active is the dirt mounds that may be popping out of the ground.

Typical Gopher Mound
Typical Gopher Mound in Stanton, CA

Gophers dig underground pushing dirt to the surface of your Stanton property. The Stanton dirt is pushed to the surface from tunnels that are at an angle to the surface. The mounds make a crescent like in the picture above. This helps distinguish them from mounds created by moles which are volcano shaped.

Stanton gopher holes are normally closed off at the surface with soil. This helps to distinguish them from other burrowing animals like ground squirrels you can see in Stanton. On average, one pocket gopher makes about 1 to 3 mounds a day. This is why you need to get rid of gophers immediately. Gopher removal (not gofer removal) is usually done by a professionals near Stanton, CA. Rodent Guys has experience on how to kill gophers.

Gopher Destruction in Stanton, Calif

Gophers are serious agricultural pests on your Stanton property. They damage landscaping and grass alike. They feed on many types of vegetation. The dirt mounds they make can be ugly, smother turf, and even pose trip hazard on athletic fields in Stanton. This hazard is also crucial around farm animals. Farmers feel it is important to perform gopher control to protect their expensive animals from injury.

Stanton Gopher control | Gopher Control and how to get rid of gophers in Stanton, CA

For a homeowner the most effective Stanton gopher control methods to get rid of gophers quickly and gain control in Stanton are burrow fumigants, poison baiting and trapping. Trapping and baiting are ways that a property owner in Stanton can use with little success. For Stanton home owners trapping is the most effective way to get rid of gophers and kill gophers consistantly. Poison baits available to unlicensed people are not very effective at getting rid of gophers. The gopher poison strength is very low resulting in limited gopher control in Stanton.

Baits available to the Rodent Guys are much higher strength and more effective for gopher control than those available to a homeowner. The main reason to hire a gopher expert like Rodent Guys is experience of how to get rid of gophers in Stanton with proper placement of fumigants, traps and or bait for effective gopher removal to get rid of gophers in Stanton, CA.  However Rodent Guys uses non-poison methods to remove gophers for residential {homes|properties which are safe for dogs and your familychildren.

Use Repellents | Stanton Gopher Control

There are no repellents or scaring devices available in Stanton that have been shown to protect Stanton landscapes from pocket gophers. Some plants, such as gopher purge and castor bean, have been rumored to offer protection. No independent testing for these claims have ever been documented to prove they work for your Stanton property. If repellents really worked to get rid of gophers we could just simply spread this all over and the gophers would just disappear. If that did work our gopher control business would not be in business.

Legal for Stanton, California

Stanton pocket gophers are listed by the DFG as a non-game animal. A gopher effecting your property can be controlled by any legal method at any time.

Our Gopher Control for Stanton, CA

We offer service to most of Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange and San Bernardino Counties for gopher control, squirrel control and mole control.

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We will come out to your Stanton property toremove gophers in Stanton using the optimal methods based on each situation to get the best gopher control. Where allowed, tunnel fumigation method is implemented to get rid of gophers because of it’s effectiveness to control gophers. On Stanton residential properties gopher bait below ground in the pocket gopher system is our most common gopher control method and will kill gophers quickly after they consume the poison.

However, we are Stanton gopher trapping experts. We provide gopher trapping lessons for gopher removal and getting rid of gophers on your own for your Stanton property. We can teach you how to kill gophers with traps overnight for another option in Stanton.

How to get rid of gophers in Stanton, CA is a tough job for the novice. We have a lot of experience with gopher removal in Stanton and will do a thorough job in doing so. We are mainly an agricultural pest control company for Stanton. We also do squirrel pest control, mole pest control and other “yard” type pests in Stanton, CA. Please call Rodent Guys today for more information and pricing options for your Stanton and surrounding properties.

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Mole Control Sunland

Sunland Mole Control using Pet Friendly Trapping

Rodent Guys Gopher and Mole in Sunland is the finest gopher and mole pest control company in So Calif. Rodent Guys has well trained and specialized employees and are the best pest control company for your Sunland Mole Control project. Rodent Guys is licensed and insured and is the perfect pest control company for you to call for your Sunland home.

60-day Guarantee Gopher / Mole Service

Gopher Control and Removal

Gopher Mound

Call us to take care of your Mole Control project in Sunland for a fast and professional extermination of your pests. Rodent Guys will come out to your Sunland  property and review your options with you. Rodent Guys can do trapping, poisons and other ways to handle your infestation.

Ways to get rid of gophers

Rodent Guys implements many different techniques to take care of your Mole Control problem in Sunland.  Some of these options are burrow blasting and trapping. Rodent Guys has all the tools and knowledge to make your Mole Control Sunland project a success.

We give pricing over the telephone and explain our control techniques and prices with no hassle. The Mole Control project you are dealing with today can be solved much quicker by hiring a professional like Rodent Guys.

We perform both normal and pet safe extermination options.  We typically use 2 methods for our home service.  If using poison techniques we combine carbon monoxide gas treatment into the tunnel and drop poison in the tunnel as a back up.  We do not count on poiosn alone because it is normally not 100% effective.

If pets are present we recommend using non-poison, pet safe control options.  This involves trapping and carbon monoxide.  Our technicians will place traps into the gopher tunnels and let sit for several days.  On trap pick up the gophers will be removed and then the carbon monoxide gas injected into the burrow.

Either option you choose it will come standard with our 60-day guarantee.  We also offer these options for our monthly gopher control service.

Mole Service in Sunland

Mole Removal

Mole Mound | Mole Control

Above is a typical mole mound you have in Sunland, Calif.  Our mole service includes trapping and mole bait.  Combing these two options give the best results.  We place traps into the mole runs to kill the mole when it passes back through it.  The mole bait is also placed in the runs to kill the mole.  As it travels the tunnel the mole will find and eat the poison bait.

Rodent Guys can do Mole Control Sunland on monthly, quarterly and one-time clean outs.  Your property deserves to be handled properly, your property deserves Rodent Guys.

We service most areas in the following counties: Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Orange County and Riverside County


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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

sick feets

This seems to be the best way to let my friends and family know where I am - which would be UTMB Hospital in Galveston. Briefly, I contracted a cold while working on a sand sculpture project in Houston , drove to Galveston to work on another project but the cold dropped into my lungs and set off a truly nasty asthma event and here I am in a little pink room with lots of holes in my arms and an oxygen tank attached to my nose. The good news is that I have my laptop and the hospital offers a wireless connection which I am able to log into.

Many thanks to the SoBs for taking me into emergency when I was obviously in great distress but unsure what to do. Christy and Glo got my rental car back to Houston, where Christy is hopefully flying out of today so she can cover the sandcastle lessons Amazin' and I both had booked. Amazin' himself is camping out in his van here in Galveston ready to drive me home when I get discharged.
Fred is holding down Fort Feet and the critters therein.

My South Padre Island family has come through for me in ways I had never hoped to have to ask them to. Lucky me, hey?

Update 1 PM: I am waiting for my discharge papers and with any luck Amazin' and I will be home at not too late an hour tonight.

Anonymous jill said...

Asthma attacks are scary! Thomas and I wish the best and get well soon. It's very cool the hospital has wireless! We are thinking of you.

10:37 AM
Anonymous Libby said...

Take care of you.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

other nancy m:
get well and come home.

3:28 PM
Blogger Sam said...

I talked with Amazing about 1 or 2 and he said he was getting SF, and would be home sometime later this evening.

Note to SF: Port Isabel Pharmacy is closing tomorrow, with some records being shifted to (you're prolly not ready for this) WALMART. Be sure to get the straight skinny from Darrell!
sammy whammy

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Blogger mleahy said...

Sandy, I just got home and read your post. I hope you are feeling well soon. You are very lucky to have such a close extended island family. Best of luck. MLeahy

6:36 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hope you're back on your feet(no pun intended...well maybe...soon.I suspect SPI will cure what ails you.

7:43 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Speedy recovery...
Stay strong

Tara Rios Ybarra

11:07 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Glad to hear you are feeling better and back on the island

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Friday, July 13, 2012

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

~ by Thich Nhat Hanh

In The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh introduces us to the core teachings of Buddhism and shows us that the Buddha's teachings are accessible and applicable to our daily lives. With poetry and clarity, Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering and its role in creating compassion, love, and joy--all qualities of enlightenment. Covering such significant teachings as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, the Three Dharma Seals, and the Seven Factors of Awakening, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching is a radiant beacon on Buddhist thought for the initiated and uninitiated alike.

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Buddhist meditation has two aspects—shamatha and vipashyana. We tend to stress the importance of vipashyana ("looking deeply") because it can bring us insight and liberate us from suffering and afflictions. But the practice of shamatha ("stopping") is fundamental. If we cannot stop, we cannot have insight.

There is a story in Zen circles about a man and a horse. The horse is galloping quickly, and it appears that the man on the horse is going somewhere important. Another man, standing alongside the road, shouts, "Where are you going?" and the first man replies, "I don't know! Ask the horse!" This is also our story. We are riding a horse, we don't know where we are going , and we can't stop. The horse is our habit energy pulling us along, and we are powerless. We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war within ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

We need the energy of mindfulness to recognize and be present with our habit energy in order to stop this course of destruction.

~Thich Nhat Hanh


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Friday, March 6

Skies - Download it free!

The Sexy Accident have released our third and final "single" from Kinda Like Fireworks - the spectacular album closer Skies.

You can download it for free from sexyaccident.com and iLike, or stream it from Facebook or myspace.

- Jesse Kates / the Sexy Accident > listen on iTunes


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Managing 3 Common Housing Problems Using an Inspection App

property management softwareAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as the old saying goes. As property managers everywhere can attest, small problems that go uncorrected for a lengthy period of time often have a knack for growing into larger and far more expensive problems. These 3 common housing problems are vital to consider during inspections, and a good property management app can help you do exactly that.

If It Rains, It Pours: Watch Out for Leaky Roofs

As countless property managers and roofing contractors can doubtless attest, roofs have a tendency to leak as they age. Asphalt shingles are a common roofing material due to their cost-effectiveness, but as they age they warp and degrade and become vulnerable to water damage. Wooden shingles, another common building material, also degrade. In addition, wooden shingles are vulnerable to rot and insect damage.

Roofs are important to keep an eye on, but realistically, how often will you be prepared to climb up onto one and take a look? If you’re like most property managers, you inspect your roofs from the ground or from another building, looking for age-related damage like popped nails and worn shingles.

Fortunately, a good property inspection app can go a long way toward helping you keep track of which roofs might need more attention. For one thing, you can let the client know that there might be a problem right away. Instead of having to return to your office to type up a report and send it to the client, you can complete the report on your mobile device and send it to the client with one tap.

It is generally a good idea to refer any potential problems with a roof to a professional contractor, who will carry out a thorough inspection and let you know what your options are. A property inspection app can help with this as well by organizing your schedule, helping you keep track of when you need to meet the roofing contractor. Next inspection alerts can also help you remember when to follow up on a roof that might need another look.

The (Dis-)Comforts of Home: Malfunctioning Appliances

Appliances present a whole host of different issues, all of which have to be kept track of until they are resolved satisfactorily. How often have you received a call about a broken washer or dryer, or a refrigerator that refuses to cooperate? It’s all very well to check all of the major appliances during an inspection, but what about managing problems afterward?

Property management software can go a long way toward helping you keep track of all the appliances you are responsible for. Take a short video of a malfunctioning appliance so that you can show the problem to your client and to the technician if need be. Use the app to help you arrange your schedule to meet a technician on-site.

Malfunctioning appliances are often a source of annoyance for tenants and property managers alike. Fortunately, the right property management software can help you to minimize the hassle.

Foundation Issues:

Like leaky roofs, grading and drainage issues pose potentially serious water-related threats to the livability of a home. Poor drainage and grade sloping can undermine a foundation. Water seeping up from the foundation is a recipe for rot.

There are indicators of these problems that are important to look out for during inspections. Foundation movements due to drainage issues have a tendency to put windows out of square. A similar thing happens to doors, with the result that they develop uneven gaps between the door and the jamb. Floors also tend to warp, creating unevenness.

For these issues, a property inspection app that can remind you of the next inspection might be particularly helpful. After all, if you note any of these issues you will want to follow up with the client and then schedule a time for a technician to come out. Good property management software will help you document the problem and notify the client quickly and efficiently.

Grading and drainage issues have a tendency to become extremely expensive if they are not addressed promptly. The good news is that with a little help from a handy app, you can keep track of what needs to be done.

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Heather Thomas: Notes from Sky Range Ranch: Shoeing My Own Horses

Shoeing Nell, in about 1960, with my baby sister looking on

I started shoeing my own horses in 1958, when I was 14 years old, back in the days when girls were not expected to become farriers. But necessity gives us courage to try things. Growing up on the ranch, I'd handled our horses a lot, had watched my father shoe them, and had already done some hoof trimming. My younger brother and I were in a new 4-H horse club, and that summer we rode our horses to town (a 28-mile round trip from our ranch) to 4-H meetings and drill practice twice a week, getting ready for a mounted drill our club was going to perform at the county fair.

Trimming and shoeing Khamette in 1962, when Khamette was a young mare

At one point our parents were gone for a week to a church conference, and my brother and I remained at home taking care of the ranch chores — irrigating and riding range to check cattle. On one of our range rides, my brother's horse Ginger lost a shoe. He could have ridden one of our other horses for ranch work until our parents got home, but we had to ride to our 4-H meeting the next day, and there was no way Ginger could travel 28 miles of gravel road without a shoe. So we looked in the shed where Dad kept his shoeing tools and old shoes and found a shoe that was the right size to fit Ginger’s front foot, and I nailed it on.

The scariest part was driving the first nail — I wasn't sure which way it should go. Horseshoe nails are beveled on the tip so they’ll curve when driven, and come out the side of the hoof wall. I was afraid I might place it the wrong way and it would curve into her foot instead of coming out the side. After carefully tapping it halfway in (and it didn't start coming out), I pulled it and tried it the other way. Thus I learned, by trial and error, the rule for horseshoe nails: beveled side to the inside.

Ginger's shoe stayed on for the 28-mile trip and for all her cow chasing and range riding the next few weeks — until it was time to trim and reshoe. I reshod her myself and started shoeing all the horses. Dad was pleased with my work and more than willing to let an eager kid take on a job that was hard on his back. But I might never have been brave enough to try if it hadn't been for a little sorrel mare that lost a shoe.

Trimming Nikki in 1963 when I was home from college. Nikki was a yearling.

Thus I became a self-taught horseshoer, gleaning tips and advice from my dad and from our 4-H leader, Jerry Ravndal, who was an excellent farrier. Jerry created a special horseshoeing 4-H project just for me and helped me put the first set of shoes on one of the fillies I'd raised. After that I shod all my horses, reading everything I could get my hands on about shoeing — which at that time was just a few old books.

In 1966 I got married; Lynn and I have been raising cattle and horses on our ranch in the mountains near Salmon, Idaho, ever since. Over the years our horses have worked hard in the summer, taking care of cattle on summer range. We work cattle on horseback spring through fall, but in winter the cattle are down in the snow-covered fields and are fed hay, so they can be moved anywhere with the feed truck. Around the corrals and calving barn, they are handled on foot, so we don't need to use horses in winter and they get a vacation, with their shoes off. But in summer and fall, I keep the working horses shod.

Early on I had to learn about corrective trimming and keeping feet in balance, since one of my young horses had crooked front legs; she was base wide and pigeon-toed — a poor combination! She paddled as she traveled (an unsightly gait), but at least that was better than interfering and striking herself. In spite of poor front leg conformation, that mare had strong feet and legs and stayed sound through 25 years of hard work.

When our kids were growing up, they helped with the riding (and our daughter helped on the ranch for 12 more years after she grew up and got married), so for many years we had at least 10 horses. We usually raised our own horses, to have the breeding we wanted: horses with good conformation, soundness, and endurance — and good feet.

Here I am in 1968 putting hind shoes on Khamette so my younger sister could ride her. This picture was taken just 2 weeks after I'd given birth to my first child and shows how easy Khamette was to shoe . . . just standing there without being held or tied.

Occasionally, however, we bought a horse or took one in trade (on two occasions, for instance, we traded a butchered beef for a young horse).
Raising our own horses not only gave us the opportunity to selectively breed the kind of horses we wanted (mostly Arabian crosses that had the heart and endurance to chase cattle in rough country day after day, many hours a day, and horses with durable feet) but also gave me the chance to handle them from the time they were babies. This made them easier to train when it came time to ride them and also made trimming and shoeing them easier — because foot handling and care were part of their early training. The most difficult ones were horses we bought; several of them had already had some bad experiences having their feet handled. I spent a lot of time and effort getting some of them to be more trusting and willing to have their feet handled and shod.

Shoeing our son's horse Brownie about 15 years later

Over the years we've also dealt with instances in which we had to be innovative to correct or deal with a hoof problem. I say "we" because my husband makes any special shoes I need. Being a welder, he can cut or weld on a factory shoe to adapt it to a specific shape or purpose. Together we've created several shoes to fit a certain need.
Examples include corrective shoes for a filly who injured a front leg when she pawed at a gate and got her foot caught in the angle of the crossbars (with subsequent fusion of pastern joint when it healed). She didn’t travel quite straight on that leg afterward, swinging that foot inward and striking the opposite fetlock joint. We had to make a special square-toed shoe to keep her from interfering.

On another occasion Lynn made a metal plate to cover the hole in a gelding’s sole. Ahmahl had a stone bruise that abscessed, and it had to be opened to drain. It healed nicely, and I was able to start riding him again, but it left a big hole in the sole, which needed protection from the rocks. We also had to make pads for a flat-footed horse each time we shod him — this was a horse we acquired as a yearling for our young son, in exchange for half a beef.

In shoeing our ranch horses, I try to do what's best for each one; no two are alike in the structure, durability, and flight of their feet. In trying to shoe each horse to enhance its athletic ability and soundness rather than hinder it, and to resolve any problems or injuries that occur, I have found that my horses taught me a lot. They have been my best teachers regarding hoof care and shoeing.

Heather Smith Thomas raises horses and cattle on her family ranch in Salmon, Idaho. She writes for numerous horse magazines and is the author of several books on horses and cattle farming, including Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses, Storey's Guide to Training Horses, Stable Smarts, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Your Calf, Getting Started with Beef and Dairy Cattle, Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, Essential Guide to Calving, and The Cattle Health Handbook. You can read all of her Notes from Sky Range Ranch posts here.

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