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Ah.... A more recent
Ah.... A more recent post.
As I just posted in reply to someone else, my '83 FE is red, (only had a choice of red or blue in that year), and generally has the same trim level as the 1500 "S." which was the very top of the line. Dual mirrors, A/C, factory cassette stereo. Cruises all day at 70/80 mph.
And... It only has about 120K on it. I found it at a repair shop in Round Rock TX, (near Austin), and it is virtually rust free. Love that short stroke shifter and the car's handling is great.
I hope within the next year to totally restore it and drive it cross country. At 50+ mpg, that won't break the bank either...
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You make some excellent
You make some excellent points regarding ancient Civic technology vs. modern plastic-sized cars.
As posted elsewhere, I drive old Gen II Civics everyday. Unlike today's offerings, I can do most maintenance and repairs myself. Add to that compared to the under-the-hood accessibility, no comparison at all! I'm retired but have had no problems changing out axles, engines, gas tanks and a lot of other things.
The best part is a good supply of cheap parts. No expensive computers, "Check Engine Light," ABS, etc.
I'll take the solid road handling characteristics of my ancient Civics over the current tunnel vision toys that are common place now.
Whether I'm driving the '83 FE or the '82 DX 1500 automatic, I can be assured of three things, (1) I know exactly what I have with regard to reliability, (2) It's paid for and (3) I'm stylin'!!! Of course, there is always the '56 Studebaker Hawk that gets tested now and then...
Likewise, I i owned a 1300
Likewise, I i owned a 1300 FE. I bought it new on a very rainy day in April 1982. Funny, the dealer was so happy to get it off their lot because everyone seemed to want the 1500's that I got a pretty silver one for $2000 off sticker, and got $2500 on a trade in Volkswagen that I bought from a car dealer a year before for $2000. The only bummer was the 17.9% interest rate on the loan. This was 1982, after all, when an excellent interest rate was an outrageous 12.9%.
The lowest gas mileage I ever got out of the car was 38.5 mpg, and that was on a half tank that was mostly spent in horrible traffic jams in 100 degree weather, AC on full blast.
The best I ever got was 55 mpg on a trip to Colorado. Despite the 55 mph speed limit, I rarely drove below 65 mph in those days. It had no problem climbing hills and steep mountain passes at 65 mph in Colorado and New Mexico. Most of the time, I averaged 53 mpg on the highway, and rarely less than 42 in the city. Honda gave each buyer a mileage log, and I was so impressed I still have it somewhere in my old auto literature.
Performance was not bad, in general, for 1982. Due to a good selection of gearing, I found the car could accelerate from 0-60 in about 12.5 seconds without abusing it. In comparison, that is about as fast as the old 2 passenger Honda Insight did. Note also that our impressions of what is adequate acceleration have changed a great deal. I also had a 1984 Dodge GLH (Goes Like Hell) which was considered fast at the time. And, yes, it was, at least compared to other "performance" cars of its day. I scorched many IROC and Z28 Camaros with the GLH, yet it would seem slow today. After all, the GLH was only capable of 0-60 in a bit under 9 seconds. Today, most minivans would beat it.
Of course, in comparison to the Insight, the FE could seat four adults, and carry additional cargo. The Insight's rated GVWR doesn't really allow for two 180 lb passengers and a full tank of gas, at least not without going over the official max rating.
Of course, later high efficiency versions of the Civic got even better mileage than the 1982 model. Unfortunately, Honda never did well selling them.
I wish I could get a car like the 1300FE today. With modern EFI and some actual aerodynamics, and lighter materials, the car should be able to reach 0-60 in 11 seconds, and easily top 50mpg. I really don't see why 60 mpg should be any problem to achieve in a small 4 passenger hatchback, at least as long as the customer doesn't expect 0-60 in 7 seconds.
This car really makes the Mercedes Smart Car look not very smart at all.
I recently came across an 82
I recently came across an 82 sedan and the head was warped. Just wondering if anyone knows a place where I can Fix it. If I choose to buy it.
The most important
The most important consideration is to pressure test the head for cracks. Machining takes care of most warpage issues. Both of these tasks can be done by any automotive machine shop.
Well folks I too did own a
Well folks I too did own a 1983 Honda Civic 1300FE. It was my first car purchase and I paid $6500 for it brand new right after graduation from college! It held through an additional several years through my PhD and then onto my first job. I was then as I am now very conservative about burning gas. I actually did get 50+ on the highway and in town I developed the habit of shifting into 5th above 40 mph. I sold the car for $1000 in 1992 when I purchased my second Honda the 1992 Civic VX because of its fuel efficient rating. I still drive this car and it gets me 50+ mpg on the highway. The best I did was 67 mpg on a trip from Bishop, CA to LA (downhill and tail wind). I still own this VX and frankly regret selling the 1300 FE. If I could find one I would
pick it up no questions. Since the 1300 FE I have completely lost my fear of tinkering with cars and I do all of the maintenance on the VX myself. I HAVE NO PLANS TO GIVE THIS ONE UP, considering among several factors my regrets about selling the 1300 FE. Both cars have been a great joy to drive!
To SF Sores: I'm surprised
To SF Sores: I'm surprised that you do all the maintenance on a later-than-1983 Honda just due to the electronics and plethora of interlocks etc.
1983 is the cut-off year for me. Everything from then on back is "old school" including the automatic transmission. Not one electrical wire goes to it.
Some joke that I live in the past but it suites me just fine. At least it is me in control rather than the "service department."
None of my "fleet," (1981, 82 & 83), has presented a challenge unable to be met.
Yep I drove my Dad' Civic FE
Yep I drove my Dad' Civic FE in mid 80s while in high school and it did get 50+ mpg, but it literally would NOT go faster that 70 with pedal all the way to the floor--guess Dad knew i was a speed demon, although even at 55 I'm lucky he didn't have to bury me in this tin can. Was fun to drive though, (at very slow speeds)!
Um, I've driven my FE
Um, I've driven my FE regularly at 90mph plus and have good confidence that it might reach the speedometer limit of 110mph.
Something is wrong with your scenario unless ALL of your driving was up steep hills...
I had a 1982 civic wagon
I had a 1982 civic wagon stick shift with 72 hp. It comfortably kept up with traffic and cruised at 70 mph. I could easily burry it past the 85 MPH speedometer limit, but I'm not sure how far past. It was fun to race it in high school. I could take many V8's off the line but usually got beat after about 50 MPH. I got up to 44 MPG at 55 MPH back when that was the max speed limit. The added power in new civics along with all the safety equipment (crumple zones, airbags, bigger wheels, side-impact protection) makes that type of mileage unattainable today. At today's gas prices, give me back my old car.


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1. Tekken 3 used to crash at the credits at the end of completing the game and wasn't very smooth. Before 2 updates ago it was near perfect. Now back to square one.
2. OpenGL pure fail on the S2. Today's update just made it work slower and with errors in graphics (for Tekken 3) or completely black screen (FF9)
3. FF9 now crashes when on the world map during a fight seen every few fights (it is quite rare though, so not too much of a hassle)
I guess it's pretty difficult getting everything right for every game and on every version of Android!! Maybe if there's some way to have an older version on our device that we know works with our fav games? I switched off auto update on google play now but too late as 2/3 updates ago i have gone back to square one with this app and it's pretty frustrating.
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Labour has upped the pressure on the coalition to suspend arms exports to Israel amid renewed violence in Gaza.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander urged the Government to publish its review of export licences and "act swiftly" on the findings.
He also condemned Liberal Democrat ministers for posturing on the issue without actually blocking supplies of arms to Israel.
The comments came amid an apparent stand-off between Tories and Liberal Democrats over how to respond to the bloodshed in Gaza.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for the suspension of arms exports - but although a review was launched last week, the Government has so far stopped short of putting licences on hold.
Mr Alexander said: "Sadly the Government's response to growing concerns regarding the possible use of British arms in the latest Gaza crisis has so far been characterised by division, disagreement, and confusion.
"It is now nearly a week since the Government accepted the need to review all existing UK arms export licences to Israel in light of the ongoing violence in Gaza.
"These licences are jointly approved by the Business Secretary and the Foreign Secretary on behalf of the Government.
"So it is neither credible nor acceptable for Liberal Democrat Ministers to be simply issuing press statements, when instead they should be issuing urgent instructions to their own officials.
"Rather than simply taking public positions, as ministers they should be taking action to address these widespread concerns.
"Labour is today demanding the immediate publication of the Government's review, and confirms our view that no arms should be being exported under existing licences whilst there remain any doubts about whether the equipment could be used for internal repression, the abuse of human rights or to provoke or prolong armed conflict.
"Clearly the Government should be prepared to act swiftly in the light of the outcomes of its review so that the British public can be assured that no British arms exports are in breach of the consolidated criteria."


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We Chat With: Missy Robbins of A Voce
"Our philosophy is about taking the best recipes and enhancing them. You'll never see a chemical in this kitchen."
Missy Robbins didn't intend to be an Italian chef. Even after several trips and stages all over Italy, she didn't feel ready to helm an Italian kitchen in New York City. After several years at Spiaggia in Chicago, she returned home to lead the charge at A Voce, and now oversees the menus and execution at both locations, where she makes us swoon with freshly rolled pastas and a rotating menu of seasonal ingredients. So how does she elevate our perception of Italian food beyond our beloved pizza?
Let's start with your connection to Italian food: is your family Italian? Nope! Eastern European / Jewish / American / no-Italian-background-whatsoever. I'm from New Haven, Connecticut, which is very Italian/American. So I grew up with Italian as the go-to thing, and I think it got kind of engrained in me. And I also traveled to Italy with my family when I was in my early teens.
For any specific reason? My parents just liked to travel. I don't know if I fell in love with Italy, but when it came time to decide where to go internationally to stage, I was intimidated by the reputation of hardcore French kitchens and felt an affinity to Italy. I don't know where it comes from other than just traveling there and liking it.
Do you have a memory of food there that stands out? Everything. I moved once every six weeks or so to a different region. So I was getting a new education. I refer back to my experience in Friuli a lot because I knew nothing of that cuisine and it was such a new experience...but everything.
Could you tell me of something that's specific to that cuisine particularly There's a lot of eastern influence. They use a lot of smoke, and pork loin, and sauerkraut. A lot of greens and barleys and all that. It's just really unique. Grappa is made up there.
Did you learn any technique that would later help you elevate Italian food for us here? How do you take it to the next level? I think more than technique, it's a philosophy of lack of manipulation about food. Everything on the plate is to highlight the season and ingredient, not manipulate it. So what we do at A Voce is take really traditional Italian concepts from different regions and modernize them. Our philosophy is about taking the best recipes and enhancing them. You'll never see a chemical in this kitchen.
Really? Much to my kitchen's dismay, the rule about chemicals here is "every time you build something with a chemical, figure out how to do it without it". [Sous chef] Hillary is very technique-driven, and is always kind of pushing the limits and wanting to do new and innovative stuff; she pushes me to innovate and I push her to be a little more conservative, and we meet in the middle. Now I know that when I to ask her to do a dish, she's going to create something at the next level, just by getting the most flavor and clarity out of the ingredients.
So clarity of ingredients is the key? For me it's about the small details and about reinvention. There are people who call my food rustic and it drives me crazy, because I don't think my food is rustic. I think there are dishes that have rustic elements, but as the food evolves it becomes less and less rustic. So, yeah, it's about the details.
For example, I'm super, super anal about the way my herbs get picked. It's about extracting the greatest amount of flavor from a couple of ingredients that don't interfere with each other. It's about what's going to enhance or bring out the natural state of something.
Out of the scope of what you do, is there one thing you would love to physically do with food everyday? Pasta. If I could just sit in the basement all day and roll pasta...
Did you get to do that in Italy? Every day. I did it in all the restaurants. In the first there was a room where this woman would sit with her cigarette hanging out of her mouth and roll pasta all day. It was incredible. The next place in a really tiny town in Tuscany was run by a woman and I lived with her 80-year old crazy Italian mother—she hated me and I didn't even do anything—but she would roll out pasta every afternoon by hand with a giant rolling pin. She would start with this giant ball and have this perfect, perfect round. I would start with this tiny ball and it would be seven different shapes with holes in the middle. I learned how to cook pasta in Italy, for sure. That's the biggest skill set I learned.
You're on the upcoming season of Top Chef: Masters, which I know you can't talk about yet. But why compete? Are you a competitive chef in general? I'm competitive with myself. My motivation behind it was the personal challenge and the charity component. I've gotten pushed and pulled in different directions with TV, but my goal is not to be on Iron Chef. Part of it's probably fear, but I don't feel that my skill set lies with competing. I think I'm a good chef but I put a lot of thought into my menus. I'm a slow processor.
What are you most excited about in the kitchen right now? I'm really super excited about us making our own cheese. We're making stracciatella: cow's milk, curd, cream, salt and water. It's really quite simple, actually, now that I've learned how to make it. And summer's always fun—walking through the markets and getting inspired.
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Originally created as a homologation special for the World Rally Championship, the Subaru WRX has always had its roots deep in rally competition. So from the moment we first laid eyes on the 2008 Impreza WRX STI, we were anxious to see what was in store for the full-on WRC-spec race car. Subaru teased us in Frankfurt last year with a concept, but now we finally get to see the real deal.
Believe it or not, the Subaru team hasn't won a WRC rally since back in 2005. So obviously, team drivers Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson are very much looking forward to the potential of a new car. Said to already be faster than the existing WRC2007, the new WRC2008, as it's called, certainly stirs hope for Subaru fanboys the world over. The first challenge it faces will be the Acropolis Rally of Greece, a notoriously brutal course which will be quite the proving grounds for the rally wagon. Though if they ever decide to make a version with rear seats, we'll be the first to strap ourselves in for a ride-along. We even promise not to ask if we're there yet.
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hi, dagu photo.png, could you please tell me why you need power from arduino board icsp?
and why don't you use the jumpers of motors on the chassis?
abt q1, can i get V5 from other pin of arduino board?
it's hard to find f/f jumper wire, where did you get it?
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Playing a science-based smartphone gaming app for just 25 minutes can reduce anxiety in stressed individuals, scientists claim.
US researchers found that "gamifying" a scientifically-supported intervention could offer measurable mental health and behavioural benefits for people with relatively high levels of anxiety.
The mobile app game is based on an emerging cognitive treatment for anxiety called attention-bias modification training (ABMT). Essentially, this treatment involves training patients to ignore a threatening stimulus (such as an angry face) and to focus instead on a non-threatening stimulus (such as a neutral or happy face).
This type of training has been shown to reduce anxiety and stress among people suffering from high anxiety, researchers said.
In the study, about 75 participants – who all scored relatively high on an anxiety survey – were required to follow two characters around on the screen, tracing their paths as quickly and accurately as possible. After playing the game for either 25 or 45 minutes, the participants were asked to give a short speech to the researchers while being recorded on video – an especially stressful situation for these participants.
The videos showed that participants who played the ABMT-based version of the game showed less nervous behaviour and speech during their talk and reported less negative feelings afterward than those in the placebo group.
"Even the 'short dosage' of the app – about 25 minutes – had potent effects on anxiety and stress measured in the lab," said lead researcher Tracy Dennis of Hunter College who co-authored the study with Laura O'Toole of The City University of New York.
"This is good news in terms of the potential to translate these technologies into mobile app format because use of apps tends to be brief and 'on the go'," Dennis said. The researchers are currently investigating whether even shorter stints of play – similar to how we normally play other smartphone games – would have the same anxiety-reducing effect.
"We're examining whether use of the app in brief 10-minute sessions over the course of a month successfully reduces stress and promotes positive birth outcomes in moderately anxious pregnant women," Dennis said. While it is unclear whether this app would produce mental health benefits in those with clinical0ly-diagnosed anxiety, it does present a compelling case for gamified ABMT acting as a "cognitive vaccine" against anxiety and stress.
The researchers believe that apps could eventually be developed to assist in the treatment for other mental health disorders, such as depression or addiction. The study is published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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Hi everyone! It's that time again - going to write all about our adventures after this last trip to CO! Celia was starting this trip with me, and as soon as we walked into the airport to the SouthWest counter, I get excited greetings from one of the ladies behind the ticket counter! Merrilee is so supportive, I asked if she would take a photo with me to put in my blog!
Also was recognized by security @ metal detector - the CC Airport employees have gotten used to seeing us so often!
We arrive in CO about 3:30 p.m. and head to the car rental place. Once we got the car, we headed to the hospital so I could get checked in! Since it was late in the afternoon, Admitting was closed and Dr. Yakes office was
too and his patient coordinator told us I would be a direct admit through ER. First we made a quick stop @ Safeway for some snacks before I get stuck in the hospital!
Soon as we put the luggage down, Celia stayed a bit, but I know she had lots to do as well, so I told her I'd be fine on my own. I was on the 7 North as usual and I'm familiar with the nurses and techs! Celia had dinner @ The Copper Pot, across the street from the hospital then went to check in @ the hotel.
I had plenty to keep me entertained - Celia surprised me with the Pope book and one of my co-workers had lent me a book called The Breath of God - turns out I had forgotten I own it and it's in my Nook!
So the original plan had been for me to get admitted Monday evening, then be taken to have an angiogram Tuesday to see if there was any trace of avm left. Lately I had been experiencing blood running down the back of my throat and I was afraid that would happen while I was under anesthesia. I was talking to Dr. Yakes, P.A., Kelly about it - and she said as long as the inner cuff was inflated, then I wouldn't have to worry about blood going down into my lungs. The plan was to see what the angiogram showed with the possibility that Dr. Yakes would do an embolization if there was a trace of avm left. I'm supposed to be "done" and this was for a routine check up after being in the completed stage. I hadn't had anything to eat/drink since Monday evening and I wasn't taken in for the angiogram until 4 p.m. Tuesday! Luckily Kelly told one of the nurses to go ahead and let me have some clear juices and jello until 10:00 am. so I would have some food in my system! I was now in OR and had just moved over to the bed where the procedure would begin and I could tell I had blood coming down the back of my throat. (Here is a good shot of Dr. Yakes right before he started my embolization)!
I sat up until it passed and next thing you know, I'm waking up in my room. I heard Dr.Yakes used 15 cc's of alcohol injected in to the left side of my face and even used some coils! I was struggling to breathe when I was waking up from anesthesia - like I couldn't completely draw a full breath, only shallow breathing. I kept praying that the feeling would go away, it was hard to talk - turns out because that balloon on the inside of my trache had not been deflated! I know I mentioned it to Kelly before going to surgery - but maybe they kept it inflated in case I had more bleeding so it wouldn't go into my lungs. In either case, I was also not able to get out of bed until 11:00 p.m. to make sure the groin stick from the angiogram was healed enough.
Meanwhile part B of the plan on this trip was that I would have the debulking surgery with Dr. Robinson the following morning, Wednesday. The nurse answered the phone when Dr. Robinson called and Celia was in the room with me as well - and I made it clear that there was no way I was having another surgery right after the one I just got out of! I was so uncomfortable and wondered why I wasn't getting Decadron (steroid) in my IV to reduce the swelling from the alcohol Dr. Yakes used! I asked 2 different nurses to check my chart and make sure they hadn't overlooked the order to give me that Decadron I needed! It was hard to swallow, much less try to talk! About 4:00 a.m. one of the respiratory techs came in and I asked her if the balloon inside my trache was still inflated. She said it was and I talked her into deflating it so I could start to breath better! After she left the room, I got up and got my own Prednisone (steroid) that I had with me - just had to get that swelling down inside my mouth!
Meanwhile I coughed a couple of times and started more bleeding - had about 3 of those episodes right after surgery! I would end up spitting out blood clots in the sink. Ugh! Can you imagine if I would have had that scheduled surgery and having all the bleeding right after the first surgery? Apparently these bleeds I was having after surgery were the result of the alcohol embolization that Dr. Yakes did. It was strange because I went in to have the bleeding down my throat stopped - yet I still bled about 4 times after the surgery. Guess that area needed time to heal - had a couple bleeding incidents once I got home, but they were less than what I had after the procedure while I was still in the hospital.
First thing Wednesday morning, Dr. Yakes and Dr. Robinson came into my room to find out how I was feeling and why I had changed my mind about the debulking surgery (on this trip). Dr. Yakes was telling me that I was already scheduled and people were expecting me in OR, etc. I could barely talk and was still struggling to breathe well, that I just couldn't see going under again so soon and possible wake up even more miserable with my head all wrapped in bandages and a tube on the side of my neck to remove fluids. Celia hadn't gotten to the room yet from her hotel, otherwise I could have gotten a great shot of both doctors! It's a huge production trying to put these appts. together - especially when it involved two very busy docs! I managed to ask Dr. Yakes why I wasn't getting any Decadron and he said there was an order in my chart! We later found out that there was two charts for me, the one under Dr. Yakes name and the one under Dr. Robinsons name! The latter chart didn't have an order for Decadron but the first chart did, but that's not the one they were looking at! Finally Mandi and Kelly came in my room and told me they had straightened out the problem and would begin giving me Decadron through the IV. Most of Wednesday I was still struggling to swallow and breathe - and Celia had agreed that it wasn't a good idea to have had that second surgery. She changed my flight to be able to leave with her on Thursday - otherwise my ticket back home wasn't until July 29, the following Tuesday! Mark was going to fly in on Saturday and then knew if I had the debulking surgery, to expect to be in the hospital until Sunday. Then take a couple days extra in CO in case I needed anything from the doctors.
To boot, my brother-in-law Jim and his wife Shelley would not be able to take our kiddos, since one of their furry kids was sick. So the week before this trip, I checked out a couple of places where we could board the kids! Went to the place on the island where Celia boards her pets, but they weren't open on Saturdays and that's the day Mark would have dropped them off! I had already checked out Barkaritaville Pet Resort, but took Mark a couple days later so he could get a tour.
The kids were up on their immunizations and luckily Mark found that paper work - it was done through the City Vet. We still ended up taking Hanz and Bella to our regular vet to get the kennel cough and flu shot and they needed a fecal exam! Oy vey!
Back to my adventures in the hospital .... my favorite tech, Alex came in my room! Celia told him, "glad you came in to see her, this is the first time she's smiled today"!
He's such a cutie - he plays along when the nurses and I tell him he reminds us of Taylor Lautner in the movie Twilight, so he'll sign in on the dry eraser board as "Taylor". Poor kid, shortly after he came in and gave me a hug, I started having a bleeding episode! He ended up helping on of the nurses put me in a new gown since I got blood all over the front of the one I wearing! Those things have so many snaps, the nurse and Alex were able to put a new hospital gown on me and let me keep a sense of modesty! Ha, ha!
You know after I got out of my first procedure Tuesday night - I never got to sleep. The following day (Wed.) Kelly found out I never got to sleep, so she ordered something to knock me out - Celia says I slept hard for about an hour - I know after that I didn't sleep @ all until we checked out of the hospital!
Dr. Robinson had asked if I was staying in town long enough where maybe I would change my mind and go ahead with the surgery with him. You know, if I had gone in for that angiogram early in the morning and only gotten say, 5 cc's of alcohol instead of 15 and no coils like Dr. Yakes used - if that darned ballon had been deflated and I had been getting the Decadron, I might have been able to have that second surgery that was planned - but I was so miserable - there was just no way I could see myself going under anesthesia again while I was struggling to catch my breath!
So, Celia was able to change my flight and cancel Marks, so he wasn't going to have to fly to CO and that meant we wouldn't have to board the kids! Yay!
Ok, I'm going to stop blogging right now - it's too quiet around here, but I have a feeling Mark is in bed and both dogs are with him! I'm sure I'll remember something else about the trip and add it later!
Until then, thank you all for your prayers, love and support! Got a lot of positive comments from my Facebook friends on my avm t-shirt! Ok, take care and hope all is well with all of you! I'm guessing I'll return to CO in a month or two to start that debulking surgery. We'll see.
Thanks for keeping in touch!
P.S. I just have to add that I wouldn't be able to handle this journey without all of you! I am surrounded with an incredible support system, between my family, friends and co-workers! Thank you for understanding that I'm just not functioning @ my best right now, but we're getting closer to being there! So much prayer, faith and love ease this journey for me a bit - because have no doubt, it's been a very rough road for such a long time!
My husband Mark especially is a saint! Well.... for the most part! :> ) Mark takes super care of me and knows exactly what to do to make me feel better! He works all day, then comes home to take care of me, make dinner and take care of our furry kids, Hanz and Bella! Guess I'd better finish this so I can get my things ready and head to work! Will keep you posted!
Just found this photo of Dr. Yakes on Facebook - that is so cool! We'll call him Yoda Yakes! Dr. Y has a wonderful bedside manner - makes everyone feel so special and well cared for!


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Ashley Judd, Mitch McConnell and mental health as campaign fodder (Other Views)
After serving nearly five terms in the U.S. Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to have become desperate in plotting his re-election strategy. His campaign aides were secretly recorded recently proposing that actress Ashley Judd should be taken to task for her bouts of depression should she decide to run against the Kentucky Republican next year.
"She's clearly -- this sounds extreme -- but she is emotionally unbalanced. I mean, it's been documented ... she's suffered some suicidal tendencies. She was hospitalized for 42 days when she had a mental breakdown in the '90s," said a McConnell aide in February during a meeting at the senator's Louisville campaign headquarters.
The recording was released along with an article posted by Mother Jones magazine last week and, while McConnell's aides are expressing indignation over what they branded "Watergate-era tactics," the fact remains that they've been caught with their pants down.
To attempt to discredit a person because she has experienced mental illness is not only a cheap campaign tactic, it is an outdated one.
It hearkens back to 1972 when Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern's running mate, U.S. Sen. Tom Eagleton of Missouri, was asked to leave the ticket after 18 days when it was revealed he had been hospitalized three times for depression.
"If I had to do it over again, I'd have kept him," said McGovern in 2006. "I didn't know anything about mental illness. Nobody did."
Ignorance about mental illness continued to be evident on the campaign trail 23 years later when former Secretary of State Colin Powell was vying for the Republican nomination for president. When it was revealed his wife, Alma, battled depression, some of his fellow Republicans cast aspersions on his ability to be the nation's chief executive.
The reaction outraged mental health advocates and professionals, including Suzanne Andriukatis, who, in 1995, was executive director of the Chicago Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
"The implication here was that the man's wife has depression, therefore he's not going to be an adequate president," said Andriukatis who noted that the stigma against depression would cease if people realized how common it was.
In 1995, Alma Powell was among an estimated 17 million Americans living with clinical depression. In 2012, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that one in five American adults, or 45.6 million people, had suffered from mental illness that year.
"Although mental illness remains a serious public health issue, increasingly we know that people who experience it can be successfully treated and can live full, productive lives," said agency administrator Pamela S. Hyde.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 20.9 million, or 9.5 percent, of adult Americans suffer from depression and other mood disorders each year.
Thanks to President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the advocacy of such legislators as former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island, Americans are finally getting treatment for mental illness commensurate with physical illness.
Kennedy's efforts helped pass the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental-Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act of 2008. Domenici, a Republican from New Mexico who also crusaded for mental health parity during his six terms in the U.S. Senate, retired in January 2009. In 2007, he announced he was suffering from a degenerative brain disease.
In 2007, Kennedy spoke at Elwyn, a nonprofit provider of services for special needs individuals including the mentally ill, at its headquarters in Middletown. He told the audience that he suffers from bipolar disorder, has undergone treatment for cocaine and prescription pain medication abuse and is a recovering alcoholic and addict.
As for McConnell's plan to potentially out Ashley Judd's depression, he is too late. In March Judd talked about her experiences with depression in front of more than 3,000 counselors at the American Counseling Association's national convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mitch McConnell's aides just may have done his potential opponent a favor by making an issue of her depression. They've highlighted an illness with which almost 10 percent of American voters can identify and they've attached it to a possibly formidable candidate who has proven that depression need not negate success in life.


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Normally we deploy the projects on Azure using Visual Studio IDE, but Azure is not just limited to all Microsoft technologies specially when the majority of developers are on open source or moving to open source.
In this post I am going to provide you a very step by step process to deploy your Nodejs project having a source control on Github to Microsoft Azure cloud.
The basic things which you need to setup before you can start your deployment are as follows:
- Nodejs : You can download Nojejs from here https://nodejs.org/en/
- Github repository account: First you need to setup a new account (if you don't already have) in https://github.com/
- Github for Desktop: I am using Github for windows to Commit and Push my changes to Github repository, but you can use other tools as well to push your files to Github. You can download from here: https://desktop.github.com/.
- Microsoft Azure: If you don't have Azure subscription you can signup for 1 month free trial. This will give you $200 credit to spend on all the Azure Services: You can visit this link to Signup for a month free service: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/
You don't need to have very advanced knowledge of Node, Github or Microsoft Azure to follow the steps I have covered here but I am assuming that you have at least basic knowledge of Nodejs, Github and Azure. Now Once you have all the required setup installed on your machine, lets get started with the basic steps which is required to deploy your Nodejs sample application on Azure using Github.
Step 1 Setup your environment: Create a working folder which you want to use for your application, and start Git Bash on your working directory. Alternately you can use windows command prompt. For this example I have created a folder in my local C drive as C:/Source/NodeOnAzureSample
If you already have your application which you want to deploy on Azure you can use that. For this example I am using express-generator to quickly create a sample application using Node, Express and Jade, I am using this just to save time and keep our focus on the actual topic.
Step 2 (Optional) Setup my demo project: This is a optional step if you already have your application ready. Here I am using the command "npm install express-generator -g" to generate my sample application template with a basic welcome page. You can find more detail of express-generator @ http://expressjs.com/starter/generator.html
This will create the sample files inside node modules globally in your C:/Users/YourUserName/AppData/Roaming/npm/express folder, or you can create the files in your local application folder by removing the –g from the command.
Now run "express NodeOnAzureSample" command, this is going to create all the required folders and files which you are going to start your development.
Step 3 (Optional) Restore the dependencies: Run "npm install", this will restore all the dependencies like jade, express, etc which your application has dependencies.
Step 4 Test the application on localhost: After executing Step 1 to 3, we have our application ready to run on local machine, lets go ahead and test our sample application by switching to the application directory and run the command "npm start" in Git Bash (you can use powershell or windows command prompt) and enter "localhost:3000" in your browser. This should give you the following screen and your sample application is ready for hosting. Now in Next Steps I am going to configure my application with Github repository.
For simplicity sake and stick to the topic, I am not going to explain the folder structure, code, and other granular details of this sample application.
Step 5: Setup Github Repository @ Guthub.com Go to https://github.com/new and create a new repository, once you select all your desired options as shown in the image below. Click on the button "Create Repository"
You will be provided step by step information on the new repository which you have created,
Copy the URL, in your clipboard or notepad, you are going to need this URL during commit and push of your local application files to github repository at github.com online.
For this example my repository URL is : https://github.com/bmdayal/NodeOnAzureSample.git
Step 6: Setup Github Repository on you Desktop: Open Git Gui and Select Create new Repository from the menu which will ask you to locate your application directory, select the folder which you want to deploy to Azure. In my case I have mapped my "NodeOnAzureSample" application to Git repository.
Once you select create, Git GUI will list all the files which are either new or modified. Next step is you need to Stage Changed files, Commit and Sign Off, to perform these first you need to setup a new repository in https://github.com which I have already explained in Step 5 above.
Select "Stage changed" –> Sign Off –> Provide initial commit message –>Commit—>and Push.
Selecting Push is going to final commit your files to online github repository, to do this you will need the URL of your GitHub repository at github.com, and this will also prompt you to authenticate yourself.
Once your files successfully pushed to online repository, you will get a confirmation message as below.
Now that your files are ready for deployment, lets switch to Azure to configure continuous deployment.
Step 7 Configure Azure website: to do this you need to go to https://manage.windowsazure.com dashboard. Select Web Apps—>And select New from the footer menu.
This is going to provide you a wizard to create a new WEB APPS. For this example I am going to use Quick Create option to create my web application and named this as NodeOnAzureSample. If the name is available you will get a green check mark next to the name. This will provide you with a URL as https://nodeonazuresample.azurewebsites.net. Once you are happy with the name click on "Create Web App" button.
You can see the site is now listed in the WEB APP list and showing as Running, now click on the URL to test your web site @ http://nodeonazuresample.azurewebsites.net/.
This is going to provide you a welcome page of Azure Web site. In my nest steps I am going to replace the welcome page with actual application which we have created and pushed in Github.
Step 8 Configure deployment using Github: Select the Web App listed in the image above and Select Dashboard from the top menu.
From the dashboard, select Set up deployment from source control from right navigation menu.
You will be provided with a list of options, where you need to select GitHub, and select Next
You will need to authenticate yourself to GitHub where you have created your repository that needs to be deployed on Azure.
On successful authorization, you will be provided with the list of your applications which you have deployed on Github, for this example I have selected my "NodeOnAzureSample" application.
Select Done when you have made your selection, and this is pretty much what we need to do to link my Github repository to Azure website.
Deployment Stage 2: Notice you got a new menu called "Deployments" after Dashboard. Be patience, this might take few seconds to minutes depending upon the size of your application.
Deployment Stage 3: Deployment completed, you can see the initial comments which I had provided during my Commit to Github
Step 9 Testing your deployment on Azure website: Now that your application is deployed on Azure the next step is to test my application, yes no further configuration is required. Azure configures everything for you. Lets go to the WEB APP Dashboard and hit on the URL : nodeonazuresample.azurewebsites.net
Yes our application is ready and running on Azure
Step 10 Continuous deployment: To verify Continuous deployment. Go to your index.js, in NodeOnAzureSample/routes folder and change the text from "Express" to "Node, Express, Azure and Github"
Save the file, go to your Github Desktop—> Rescan—>Commit and Push the file with comment "Changed the welcome text from Express to Node, Express, Azure and Github"
Once you complete these steps, go back to your Azure dashboard. And probably by the time you switch back to your Azure your changes might have already been deployed to your website. Lets go ahead and verify.
And here we go, on my azure dashboard above I can see the latest changes are already deployed with the comment I have provided in my github commit.
Lets test this change in my browser by refreshing the page, and yes my changes are reflected below.
This is just a simple example of how the things are simplified in Microsoft Azure. This post will give a head start to integrate Node, Express, Github and Azure.
You can use any of your favorite open source like Angular, Knockout, Backbone, Jade, etc with your favorite source control like Visual Studio, GitHuib, Dropbox, Codeplex, etc and integrate with Microsoft Azure and above all you don't need to be a Ninja on this technologies.
Happy Coding and Keep exploring


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Hostel | Welcome to Stegeborgsgården, just outside Norrköping. The hostel is beautiful located between two mountains with a view over Slätbaken, in Vikbolandet, wich is the entrance to Göta Kanal.
On the maps are Norrkrog exposed and that's where Stegeborgsgården is located. The camp offers camping, lodging, restaurant and cafe, church, kiosk, swimming, etc. The camp has a drug and alcohol restrictive policy.
Stegeborgsgården is connected to the SEM, Swedish Evangelical Mission, a movement within the Church of Sweden. From January 2005 the Association Stegeborgsgården owns and operates the camp.
We offer devotion and worship. We also arrange music nights and activities for children. The summer's largest gathering is at Midsummer's Eve to dance around the Midsummer pole as well as worship and concerts .
There is 35 kilometers from Stegeborggården to Kolmarden zoo, which is easilky accessible via the SRA ferry crossing Bråviken and you do not have to go through Norrkoping and the E4 queues.


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Lady Lions introduce Hometown Hero program
Lady Lions introduce Hometown Hero program
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Lady Lions have announced the creation of the Lady Lion Basketball Hometown Hero program that will recognize people in the Centre Region and surrounding areas who have made exceptional contributions to the community. The first recipient will be announced at the Sunday, Jan. 12 game against Purdue. The Lady Lions will recognize one Hometown Hero at each home game during the Big Ten Conference season.
The Lady Lions are seeking nominations for the Hometown Hero award. Fans that have a candidate for the award are asked to submit their nomination via the online form at GoPSUsports.com/hometownhero.
To be considered for the Hometown Hero award, candidates must live in the Centre Region or surrounding areas; nominee's efforts and achievements must have a direct or indirect impact on the Centre Region community or surrounding areas; and due to NCAA regulations, nominees cannot be a high school student (grades 9-12) or a two-year college student.
The winner of each game's Hometown Hero award will be recognized on the court at that particular Lady Lion Basketball game during a timeout. Honorees will also receive four tickets to the game in which they are being recognized.
Penn State opens its season against St. Francis (Pa.) on Fri., Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. The Lady Lions will raise their 2013 Big Ten Championship banner and give away commemorative banks to celebrate back-to-back Big Ten titles. The Lady Lions also face Fordham on Sun., Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. to close out opening weekend.
Lady Lion Basketball single-game and season tickets are available by calling 1-800-NITTANY. Single-game tickets are $15 and $12 for adults and seniors and $9 and $7 for youth (12 and younger). Season tickets are $99 for adults and $50 for youth (12 and under), this includes a Nittany Lion Kids Club Membership for 2013-14. New this year, the Lady Lions have introduced a Family Season Ticket package. For $200, fans will get two adult tickets and two youth tickets for the 2013-14 campaign. The PNC Flex Books are available again this year for $99. The Flex Book gives fans 12 vouchers, 10 that can be redeemed in any combination for Nittany Lion and Lady Lion Basketball tickets throughout the year and two extra vouchers for the Nittany Lions' Coaches Vs. Cancer game and the Lady Lions' Pink Zone game.
The 2014 Pink Zone at Penn State will take place on Sunday, Feb. 16 as the Lady Lions take on Wisconsin in the Bryce Jordan Center at 1 p.m. Last year, the Lady Lions donated a record $260,000 to breast cancer causes. This year's fundraising efforts will benefit the Mount Nittany Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital and Lewistown Hospital. For more information on the Pink Zone at Penn State, visit the official Pink Zone website at www.pennsylvaniapinkzone.org.
The Lady Lions are on Twitter. Follow sports information contact Kris Petersen (@ladylionsid) and the Lady Lions and coaches (@pennstatewbb) to get the inside scoop. The Lady Lions are also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennstateladylions.


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Monkey business: C&O show has one surprise
It's hard to be hard on Lynn Jamgochian's work. On the one the one hand, there isn't a lot going on in the paintings that comprise her "An African Safari" exhibit at the C&O. She shows no spark of style here, nor does she show any interest in composition or light. There is no contrast to speak of, and she has no special way with the brush.
As you might guess from the title, the exhibit is all realist oil paintings of African animals doing, I suppose, what African animals do. There are long, stringy monkeys with cupcake mugs and coconut heads hanging from trees, leopards slinking along dullish-brown tree branches, and elephants milling around in water and on land.
In one painting, a self-satisfied-looking ape sits looking over his big belly with a blank stare as he shares the frame with bug-eyed snake. Even a pair of cartoony sightseeing humans poke their heads out from Jamgochian's mesh of jungle brush– their faces plump and ripe-fruit round, like bumbling characters from Disney cartoons.
The technique and style Jamgochian uses from painting to painting seem to change– a more defined, harder line here, a more ragged, streaky line there. Many of the paintings have been painted at different times, from the early 90's through the early 00's, which may account for that shifting–though it really doesn't seem to matter.
In other words, while there is nothing colossally wrong with Jamgochian's work, there is nothing particularly right with it, either. It is a completely benign body of work which will not challenge anyone's aesthetic or even zoological assumptions. Like safety scissors, this exhibit should be just fine for viewers of all ages. And that follows for every oil painting in the gallery space save one.
In this particular one of Jamgochian's paintings, a monkey hanging from a tree appears to have cupped the chin of a giraffe in his/her hands in order to plant a big kiss right on the lips, which is, if you think about it, pretty shocking and raises many questions.
Here are just a few: do monkeys kiss? Or for that matter, giraffes? Would a monkey/giraffe couple be accepted by their peers? Should the viewer enjoy the cross-species love or anticipate complications? Poachers? Lions? Infidelity? Just how serious is this relationship anyway?
Lynn Jamgochian exhibits "An African Safari," oil paintings, at the C&0 Gallery through September. Catch the opening reception Friday, September 6, from 5:30 to 8:30pm. 515 E. Water St. 971-7044.


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May 22nd, 2012
Personalized genetic testing not recommended
Getting personalized genetic tests that can pinpoint your risk of developing a number of diseases like cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's or heart disease are not yet "ready for prime time," according to a new recommendation Tuesday from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
ACOG says while these tests could be important tools down the road, right now they should only be used in a clinical trial setting, where experts can put the information into a proper context.
The College published their opinion "Personalized Genomic Testing for Disease Risk" in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The advocacy group says the lack of rigorous scientific evidence that the tests are valuable and improve clinical care was the basis for the opinion.
"All results require careful interpretation since the result will be affected by other factors such as medical or family history. There is also the potential hazard of a misinterpreted or inaccurate test result, " says Dr. Nancy Rose, Chairman of ACOG's Committee on Genetics.
Dr. Melissa Fries, Director of Genetics and Fetal Medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington supports the new directive.
"Genetic testing in general has great power if done for specific indications. We do not know yet the value of tests that may measure minor increases or decrease in the development of disease."
Since the human genome was mapped in 2001 the promise of personalized medicine and genetic testing has been one of medicine's holy grails. Hundreds of genetic variations have been linked to diseases like cancer, but few have been the focus of research that has translated into treatments for patients. As for when these kinds of test will be "ready for prime time?" Rose says the time frame is currently unknown.
In 2008, ACOG announced their position discouraging people from getting the DNA tested by using home genetic tests you can buy on the internet because they were concerned about "the potential harm of misinterpreted or inaccurate results."
However ACOG does support patients get genetic testing for certain diseases like the BRCA 1 & 2 mutation that increases the risk of breast cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of learning disability and cognitive impairment (occurring predominately in boys), and Tay-Sachs disease, a fatal genetic disorder.
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Maine town rejects mandatory gun ownership
Residents say no to proposal that put guns in every home
Residents of a small western Maine town have rejected a proposal that would have required a gun in every home.
About 50 registered voters in Byron on Monday voted against an article that read: "Shall the town of Byron vote to require all households to have firearms and ammunitions to protect the citizens?"
Even Anne Simmons-Edmunds, head of the select board, who initially said she supported the measure, voted it down.
The measure was proposed by her father, Bruce Simmons. He voted it down too, saying the wording was wrong. He said it should have said "recommend' rather than "require."
Some of the town's roughly 140 residents said the proposal made the town a laughingstock.
Randy Richards said he's a gun owner, but resented the proposal because it was government overreach.