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Sushi I-Naba (Manhattan Beach, CA)
Sushi Inaba
1300 Highland Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
www.sushi-inaba.com
Sat 05/04/2019, 08:30p-11:50p
I'm always curious about new sushi spots in the Los Angeles region, and one that I'd been hearing a lot of chatter about over the past several months is Sushi I-Naba, which is actually part of the Inaba family of restaurants. The place opened back in April 2017 as more of a casual take-out spot, but quickly added high-end omakase dinners to their list of offerings. I believe the original chef was a fellow named Shin-san, but he's since been replaced by one Yasuhiro Hirano (as of August 2018 I believe).
About the Chef: Hirano was born and raised in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture. His family was in the seafood business--mom operated a sushi restaurant while dad ran a fish market--and he began learning the trade at age five. He was never formally trained, and after finishing high school in the middle of 1998, moved to the US. At this point, Hirano, seeing all the difficulty that his parents went through, wasn't particularly interested in cooking. He was ostensibly supposed to be a student Stateside, but ended up focusing his efforts mostly on surfing and hanging out with his Japanese friends. In 2000, at the age of 20, he moved back to Japan, embarrassed that he still couldn't speak English. It was around this time when Hirano's father passed away, and he ended up inheriting his dad's prized knife, which sparked a renewed passion in food. He began working at sushi restaurants and saving money, and later moved back to the United States in 2003.
His first post was at Sun & Moon Cafe in Manhattan Beach (at the current site of Little Sister), a middling spot where apparently customers would eat phở at the sushi bar. It was a fun, easy job though, and Hirano would eventually meet a Hawaiian sushi chef there, one who subsequently brought him over to 705 Restaurant in Hermosa Beach, a place that had both a sushi bar and a dance floor, not to mention lots of drugs and a kitchen staff that didn't give a damn. He later moved over to Japonica (then part of the Inaba family), which he managed for nearly 10 years. The Chef then received an offer from Maruhide Uni Club, which he ran for about two years ending in 2015. The head of Inaba group then asked him to return, this time to Inaba Steakhouse, which Hirano renamed WA Dining-Sake and Steak House. In 2018, he was offered the chance to take over Sushi I-Naba, which he accepted, eager to make use of his family's connections to top-notch seafood.
I-Naba inhabits a space that was previously home to Precise Optics (a sunglass boutique) and Nikau Kai (a surf shop). With its mere six seats, it just might be the tiniest restaurant I've ever encountered. The photo above is pretty much it.
Here we see some of Yasu's "mise en place," so to speak. As for the menu, we went for the flagship "I-Naba" omakase at $220 a head. There are also options at $180 ("Umi"), $150 ("Hama"), and $120 ("Nami"), while lunch is even more affordable with its mini-tastings and chirashi bowls.
1: Noresore
Our meal commenced with something that I'd never had before: noresore, or baby conger eel (i.e. anago). The translucent slivers were soft and slick, and possessed a very delicate taste that was accented by the piquancy of the sanbaizu (a blend of vinegar, mirin, and soy sauce). I even ate the shiso on the bottom, which imparted a nice minty finish to the dish.
2: Zensai Moriawase
Here we had a selection of three little bites. Going from left to right:
Hokkaido Sea Urchin Wrapped in Halibut - The sweetness of the uni was on vivid display, moderated by the fish, which also provided textural contrast. The shiso, meanwhile, made for a bright counterpoint to it all.
Crab Butter Tofu with Hokkaido Snow Crab - The use of kanimiso resulted in a super earthy, luxuriant tasting "flan" of sorts, one offset by the familiar, sweet brine of zuwaigani.
Slow Braised Seaweed with Pepper - Kombu no tsukudani was a delight. I found the seaweed sticky and chewy, with a growing, lingering sweetness, as well as very palpable heat from the togarashi. Do note that Yasu-san changes the seasoning of his tsukudani regularly.
To drink, we began with a bottle of the Dassai 23 Junmai Daiginjo, a popular 23% seimaibuai sake produced by Asahi Shuzo out of Yamaguchi Prefecture. I got a racy nose filled with melon and bubblegum, with an undercurrent of ricey nuttiness. The palate was viscous, soft, full-bodied, with robust notes of honeydew, stone fruit, and flowers, cut by a touch of minerality. A classic expression.
3: Kusshi Kaki
A single, perfect Kusshi oyster ate super clean, its refreshing flavors of the ocean working hand-in-hand with the tart, slightly sweet nature of the accompanying ponzu. Try the seaweed on the bottom as sort of a palate cleanser.
4: Hotaru Ika
Firefly squid had a pleasantly "snappy" texture, and showed off what I'll describe as pops of salinity once you bit down on them. The sumiso (miso vinegar) on the side provided a necessary burst of sweetness and savoriness, and once again, the wakame was much appreciated.
5: Sawara no Tataki
Spanish mackerel arrived torched, not directly, but via a cylinder of charcoal, a technique that I don't think I'd ever seen before. In any case, the deep, umami-laden flavors of the fish went great with the subtle smoke imparted by the sear, and I loved the moderating zestiness provided by those onions. Nice minty finish from the chiffonade of shiso up top, too.
6: Kuromaguro Akami
Our parade of nigiri began with bluefin tuna from Spain, aged for seven days according to Yasu-san. It was one of the best pieces of akami I've had. I found a supple, velvety consistency, an umami-rich flavor profile, and a long-lasting savoriness that meshed well with the wasabi present. The rice here was key too, its subdued stickiness and subtle tartness working well as a complement to the fish.
7: Chutoro
The medium toro, meanwhile, came from Japan, and was aged 18 days, as the Chef varies his aging length depending on the neta at hand. This was a very noticeable step up in terms of fat and lusciousness, so the presence of the rice was even more crucial for balance
8: Hirame
Here was one week-aged flounder with ume jouyu. I found the fish surprisingly rich and deeply-flavored, so the tartness of the plum soy actually worked well as an accent piece.
9: Isaki
The unfortunately-named chicken grunt was actually one of the more austere tasting fishes tonight, yet I found it somehow alluring, perhaps because it really showed off the nature of the Chef's shari.
10: Kabu no Soboro-Ni
We had a brief break from the sushi in the form of this simmered turnip with chicken gravy. The dish really showed off the unmitigated essence of the bird, joined by a touch of sweetness, while the crunch and bitterness of the turnip was key for balance. A homey interlude.
Next to imbibe was the Dassai 23 Centrifuge Junmai Daiginjo, which was the same as the bottle above, but with the sake separated from its lees using a centrifuge instead of a hydraulic press. The resultant liquid was actually surprisingly different. The nose was much more muted, delicate, subdued, but still contained a marked sweetness. Meanwhile, I found the mouthfeel noticeably smoother, silkier, almost watery, while I got less fruit and more nuttiness and ricey characteristics. This was very clean, though I do somewhat prefer the bolder, brasher disposition of the original. I will say, though, that the sake definitely got more assertive as it warmed.
11: Tachiuo
Beltfish is a relatively rare sight in LA, and tonight it came seared, with a squirt of lemon and a dash of seaweed salt. This was a real treat, as I loved how the smokiness of the char meshed with the fattiness in the fish, the whole experience punctuated by pinpricks of salt.
12: Hotate no Isobeyaki
Here was Hokkaido scallop done in the style of isobeyaki, which is when grilled mochi is brushed with soy then wrapped in ajitsuke nori. It was an absolute joy to eat, as I was a huge fan of the interplay between the sweetness of the hotategai and the smokiness of the sear, and how that was moderated by the seaweed.
13: Aji
Horse mackerel had a satisfyingly meaty bite to it, along with clean, crisp flavors that matched up superbly with its zippy accoutrements of scallion and ginger.
14: Uni
Hokkaido sea urchin showed off its signature bitterness and minerality at first, but this soon transitioned to a lush, creamy sweetness that we all relished.
15: Gindara no Nimono
Simmered black cod was super buttery, almost decadent in fact, so the zestiness of the accompanying ginger was absolutely crucial.
16: Buri
Late stage yellowtail showed off one of the most gratifying textures of the night--think firm, yet yielding--while its flavors were decidedly savory and robust.
17: Otoro
Aged 28 days, this ultra fatty tuna belly was as luxuriousness as I wanted, throwing a mash-up of brine, fat, and umami all up in my face. It might've been too much had it not been for the excellent contrast provided by the sushi-meshi.
18: Kohada
A beautifully silver sliver of gizzard shad conveyed a forceful, but never overwhelming salinity that I rather enjoyed, and again, the rice was critical here.
19: Kuruma Ebi
The tiger prawn was a large, impressive looking specimen to be sure. I found it wonderfully meaty and plump, as well as delightfully sweet.
With the sake all drunk up, we moved on to wine, specifically the 2002 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare. It had an intoxicating nose filled with notes of apple, nuts, and sweet brioche. On the palate, I got lots of heady toast, caramel, pome fruit, and a trace of oxidation, along with a nice acidity. This one was definitely showing its maturity, but was far from tasting old.
20: Shabu-Shabu
Our shabu-shabu course consisted of four varieties of fish, with various accompaniments, all cooked in a kami nabe. Counter-clockwise from top:
Akamebaru - An uncommon sight in LA, the red rockfish had a super meaty consistency, as well as a smoky flavor profile that I quite fancied.
Buri - Mature yellowtail was a delight, cooking up with a particularly finespun taste and texture.
Gindara - The black cod, meanwhile, was the most opulent fish here, and matched swimmingly with the tanginess of the ponzu-based dipping sauce.
Ishidai - Last up was the Japanese knifejaw (or striped beakfish), which I don't think I've had before. I found it on the firmer side, with an almost chicken-like savoriness.
21: Akagai
Ark shell (or red clam) displayed a squishy-yet-substantial consistency, while it tasted strongly of the ocean.
22: Shako
I loved seeing this mantis shrimp, since it's a pretty rare sight around these parts. I'd say this was soft to the bite, as well as super, super sweet, and well matched to the rice.
23: Hamaguri no Ushiojiru
A clear soup really showed off the intrinsic goodness of the clams, and I certainly didn't mind the kelp, either. Very clean tasting, yet sort of profound.
At this point, we had a "bonus" course of sorts when Yasu-san gave us a taste of the konowata (salted, fermented viscera of sea cucumber) that he was working on. Not surprisingly, it was an intense eating experience, and not for everyone. I got lots of salinity, but with a very acerbic quality to it, while there was also an underlying sweetness if you looked hard enough.
24: Gindara
Our final piece of sushi was the black cod, which gave up a perfect combination of smoke and fat, all perked up by the application of yuzu salt.
25: Matcha Mochi
The green tea mochi was among the softest I've had, while its balance of bitterness and sweet, nutty nuances was spot on. I wonder if they make this in-house.
When I first heard about I-Naba, I was a bit skeptical given the restaurant's unexpected location, but make no mistake, this is the real deal. Yasu-san's facility with seafood is hard to beat, as he's able to coax out flavors (and often times, textures) that often remain imperceptible at other sushi joints. As for the shari, the use of akazu is perhaps a bit more evident here, but at the same time, the rice doesn't really call attention to itself, instead serving as a flawless foil in each bite. Service, meanwhile, was also top-notch, both by Yasu-san himself--whom we found charming and enthusiastic--and our server, Yoshi-san. I have no problem placing I-Naba in the top echelon of edomae sushi spots in the Southland; this is a must-try for all your sushi fanatics out there.
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The MASTER BATHROOM IS DONE!
Shower- VIGO 47″ X 47″ NEO ANGLE SHOWER from HOMECLICK. this is an item worth price shopping for. VIGO makes great products and can keep their prices down because they are only available through websites. PRICE shop – I hit a Presidents Day weekend sale and saved $250 – total cost $1100 for the whole kit- walls and floor.
SHOWER FAUCET- Listen up. ALL NEWLY INSTALLED showers must be PRESSURE BALANCE ones. But, the pressure balance showers do not work well in Big old Country Houses. In addition, the part that goes inside the wall was fine and did not need to be replaced. What I found out the hard way was that the external hardware for the NEW showers, often does not fit the OLD internal hardware.BUT, I after buying and trying and returning about 5 trim kits, I finally found one, The MARIELLE BY PFISTER…IT fitS my American Standard internal unit…and I actually did a little happy jig the day I found it!!!!
The SUBWAY tile – from LOWES. gives the shower a Custom appearance and elevates the look.Comes in boxes of 100 tiles, or by the individual tile for .22 cents each. AND You can return any tiles you do not use.The decorative tiles around the center were a last-minute addition, I ran to Lowes to get some more subway tile and these decorative tiles were on sale for 75 cents vs the original $2.50. I thought they would make a nice addition and dress the shower up a bit. I LOVE them.
VANITY – This is worth the time it might take to find the right piece. OR you may even have the right piece right under your nose in our own home. I have yet to find any custom vanities I like more than this option. $250 at CIRCA used furniture in Charlottesville.
KOHLER ARCHER SINK – This sink by Kohler is the largest drop in sink when it comes to coverage of your vanity top. I knew the top would be just the varnished top of the dresser so wanted as much overlap as possible. LOVE THIS SINK! Under $200 at Lowes.
The floor is Hexagon Tile from Home depot…Post here.
SINK FAUCET– Randolph Morris 8 Inch Bridge Lavatory Faucet with Cross Handles. In polished Chrome. I adore this faucet.
I agonized, (sorta sounds stupid now) but I spent hours trying to decide whether to go with Brass or Polished Chrome in the master Bathroom. I finally chose the Chrome. Both are timeless, and both would look great but I just did not think that over time the Brass wold keep me as happy as the Chrome does. again…so silly. but it mattered at the time.
MEDICINE CHEST AND TABLE- The medicine chest is from Pottery Barn and the little Demi Table is from our new Homegoods! It was $59 and while I intended to paint it, it looks so nice with the cabinet I am leaving it alone.
The "SUSSEX" sconce above the window is from Pottery Barn and matches the TP Holder and Hooks. The Green Scalloped Mirror was a $15 Thrift store find that I spray painted Kelly Green. I LOVE this mirror!!!
Thank you, thank you. I have been scouring the interwebz for that medicine cabinet. My tiny bathroom being pulled down to studs. I have my Lowe's card at the ready. And don't you love subway tile?
LOVE this bathroom! We reno'd our upstairs bath several years ago, but have been putting off reno-ing our main floor bath. We bought all the stuff for it…including an antique dresser to convert into a vanity…but just haven't gotten around to making it happen yet. I LOVE what you've done with your bath!
Love it! Turned out beautifully. Love your choices and all your hard work.
Wow! That just couldn't be any prettier. I love the new but vintage look you have. The coral frame and the green framed mirror add a nice pop of color.
I love the mix of old and new in your bathroom! Jealous of all the space you have. I too have an old piece of furniture for my vanity, a very, very old dry sink with great lines and details. My holdback is that I'm not sure how to get the cutout for the sink so that it will align with the drain pipe below. Do you have any pearls of wisdom?!!! ~ Thanks!
I absolutely love that sink in the dresser! and the half round table is a great idea.
Thank you. That sink /vanity is probably one of my top 5 favorite things about our house!


let your computer do the hard work!
This page is about fiNe-scaling a series of R-T-R tank wagons into a slightly better presentation of reality. It all started out when I scanned some slides of a DSM tank wagon. These were taken at the ZLSM, a preservation railway in the south-eastern part of Holland near Maastricht.
gulf wagon , shell wagon A similar DSM wagon happened to be in my collection together with 3 identical wagons with different livery, 2 of these are with private owner livery of the firm BON.
The tank is fixed slightly different on to the base frame but that is not a striking nor annoying compromise. It is quite clear that rest of the upper parts this model leaves much to be desired, particularly the platform, laddering, walking frame and dome representation are pretty coarse and not conform reality. Other compromises are the over wide base, too short buffers and the blump of black plastic in between etc. In fact only the tank itself and printing should be preserved but lets start with the appendages as the first impression is determined by the top. We need these items anyway, even if we replace the frame in later stadium.
The way to produce these items is obviously by etching as this will be the easiest approach. This is an ideal job for home-etching as contrary to outsourced professional jobs you don't have to fill an immense sheet full with drawings. The latter approach will doubtless earn you the title of the largest stockist of unbuilt kits. Non-etchers can possibly find some useful parts on the market which can be used for the buffer beams, platform and maybe a replacement ladder, but a closely fitting set can only come from a dedicated project. I used this project to built up practical experience in producing drawings for etching using the knowledge from Fremo club members as starting point. Peter Ehrenberg wrote a thorough explanation on etching in the german language that is linked through here. Thus I won't repeat the technical info on etching compounds that can be found in his booklet.
In the past I etched many pcb boards and the equipment for this was still available stacked away in a dark corner, thus that formed part of the tools for this project. The other necessary component is a pc with printer and a design program based upon vector drawing and orthogonal coordinate system. I used Coreldraw 9 which is an object oriented program using layers. Other more CAD based software will do too, some even come free as spam guaranteed downloads on the internet.
The etching process itself is very simple if we use a positive photo lacquered metal sheet. We produce a transparent film with black outlined components and use light to copy the components into the photolacquer. The lighted places become unprotected bare metal during developing. The bare metal is than etched away in a bath. To create different front and back on the etch we need two films that will precisely overlap with the highest precision that we are able to reach. These are taped together into a pocket that holds the sheet of base material. We thus need to light each side separately and develop these at the same time.
Thus we first set out in producing a drawing using the computer. The whole drawing process followed is basically very simple. The new platform is based upon dimensions of similar platforms and these are published in books with drawings such as by Carstens. The ladder is based on dimensions from common sense helped by the above photographs with respect to other known dimensions such as the height of the platform barrier. This finally leads to a drawing of bits and pieces in frontal view. It helps to keep track of all object items to group them together into higher ranking objects and to give these then meaningful names. For a simple job as this, layers are not an immediate necessity, but larger drawings will profit by keeping grouped objects such as a full coach side onto different layers. These are then arranged in a compact composition and drawn within a black rectangle. The area between the components is filled with black infills leaving a small gap around the circumference. The components are then connected with small bars to keep them attached to the base, non-attached components will end at the bottom of your etching bath. At last we add a set of simple crosses at either side to be able to line out the front and back film. We now have a single sided film and this is mirrored for the back side. We now have to differentiate between front and back of the sheet. Primarily this concerns things like folding lines which are only on a single side of the sheet. The steps and bases of the buffers are examples of objects with different top and bottom. The easiest way to do this is draw all these lines first time out but flip the color of the objects from black into white or other way around on the respective side. This can be done in the object properties menu toggling the fill and line color properties. The alternative is of course delete or add objects on the respective sides. In the end we finally arrive at a drawing that can be printed and after inspection etched. Unless you are a perfect worker you will find that you forgot some lines or that after etching some lines are a bit too fine or maybe too wide. Thus after a test etch some adjustments maybe necessary before arriving at a final design. As example in this case I made a split between platform and barrier as the folding of it was nice origami work but making it unnecessary complex.
A sketch of the drawings developed for this item. This design is available as pdf-file under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License by clicking on the sketch.
Next step in the realisation of this project is the transformation of the design on screen into a transparent film that can be used to transfer the drawing to brass or nickel silver sheet. The first step is using the printer. This is were the PDF file is most handy as it bypasses most common printer problems that may exist with various printer drivers. The current range of inkjet printers with photoprinting capability is perfectly suited for this job. The good old Linotype printer that was advised for professional printing of film 10 years ago had a resolution of 2400 dpi. The thing that sits next to me is an Epson C82 with 5750 dpi, this amazing resolution is available for less than 100 Euro nowadays. Even if we assume that 4 color dots sit besides each other then this leaves a resolution of better than 0.02mm, which more than suffices for the fine work we need to do. We will use overhead sheet for the transparent base. Now particularly the official printer brands don't come very cheap, I couldn't even find it in my area thus I didn't bother much and used cheap no-nonsense white label stuff. In principle a clear film with matte coating for ink adherence, please note that the coating dissolves in water. However the Epson printer does seem to have its drawbacks, it uses CMY colours to produce 'black' overheads. This turns out as a reddish transparent layer. Now we can fool the printer if we tell it that we feed it paper, then it uses black ink. However what happens then is that, if you look closely, is that when drying the ink breaks up into small islands leaving a crackling pattern. Even as this pattern is very small this turns out to be transferred very well onto the etch surface, besides it turns out that the scaling for paper is different as from transparency which is dead on scale. Thus what to do? That turns out easy enough, amazingly, put the sheet in a second time and the printer mechanism performs its trick again doing very accurately printing job, printing a copy exact on top of the first layer for a second time. Even the thinnest cross lines for lining out the sheets don't widen! (p.s. HP printers are not accurate enough to do this, but fortunately these can print black ink on overhead!). However I found it better that ample drying time for the first layer gives better results, reducing the chance on sticky or cracking inklayers. Half an hour in the sun will give a perfect sheet. Printing twice with the Epson leaves us with a sheet that is still reddish but dark enough for our purpose. Having the transparent film we cut the printouts into 2 parts that are taped back to back with sellotape using the crosses to line them out. This is best done with backlighting the film. Keep ready made pieces of tape under reach before you have a go. We fold the printed side inwards of course to minimise the widening effect that the sheet thickness itself may cause with divergent light sources.
Recently I ordered pre-coated NS-sheet in Germany that comes with black plastic protective sheet. But for this job I just coated K&S 0.12 mm brass with a spray can positive lacquer from the electronics shop. This Positiv 20 can says that it can be dried at raised temperature of 70 degrees. Being impatient that is thus just what I did, using a light tight shoe box and an old oven. Whether it was the spray can being a 6 years old by now or the oven not very stable, the result didn't develop well or maybe not at all was a better qualification. 40 degrees seems safe but just waiting 24 hours is even better as the layer will be become more even. My lighting case is a home-built affair of a plywood box with clear glass sheet and on the bottom 2 UV tube lights that can be purchased at any postorder firm with electronics department. The sheet is put on the glass sheet pressed lightly with a piece of foam and kept by the lid. Required lighting time is about 4 minutes. Developing is by dumping the brass sheet into a caustic soda solution of ~7 g/L and agitate the solution with the sheet. Now this solution is like very strong soap solving all fats from your skin thus if you don't want to end up with very clean reddish fingers without any callus put on a set of latex gloves to protect your hands. The developing normally takes about half a minute after which the sheet can be rinsed in water. You can see the pattern developing in the solution if it is complete on both sides then rinse it under the tap.
The etching tank is just a simple plastic affair of Japanese origin. About 25 x 20 x 4 cm containing effectively a liter etching fluid. This came complete with aquarium air pump, heater and thermometer. Of course the glass heater breaks in some unguarded moment thus this was replaced by a better quality thermostatic aquarium heater. As most fish don't like 50 degrees you have to modify the bi-metal control in this to reach this range. An underlay of 1 mm thickness at the adjustment screw was enough in my specimen. The sheet can be hold by the lid with the titanium wires coming with the set but a set of plastic washing pegs and elastic bands is easier.
I used Seno etching solution which is I believe is sodium persulphate again purchased from the electronics shop. This is a clear and clean solution and much better than ferric chlorid that leaves horrible yellow stains, which cannot be removed. However compared to the stuff bought at a specialized etching firm the electronics shops comes out as terribly expensive. But a liter suffices for many etchings, the solution slowly turning blue. At 50 degrees the etching takes about 15 minutes using a fresh solution. Old worked solution can be neutralised with some caustic soda and delivered at the municipal waste depot. Provided you don't bring professional amounts in 10 l containers they won't charge you as the service is paid for already.
All in all the whole process of printing and etching can be easily done in anevening. Researching and producing the drawing is definitely the most time consuming part of the work.
Finescaling the wagon starts with taking out the steel plate from the tank and cutting off the buffers and couplings. Some of these tank ends are glued others can be prized loose easily. The steel plate can be replaced by a 2 mm brass strip of 10 mm width. Wheels can be exchanged for 2mm SA replacement axles.
First take out the platform part of the etch, start folding with the steps from outward to inward. Use a sharp edge and a piece of metal scrap to get sharp folds. After that the ladder is folded 90 degrees with the platform and then the hand rails are folded with thin nosed pliers. The platform can be glued to the wagon base. Fold the buffer beam and barrier into a flat piece with the buffer base plates in opposite direction. Drill the 1 mm holes for the buffers and 0.7 mm for the coupling. Glue the barrier using the new buffers to keep it in the right place. Next step is the other buffer beam.
Here is the DSM wagon which now compares a lot better to the original on the photo.
The walkway needs more care as the railing is thin and easily damaged. Hold it in place with a magnet on a piece of steel and glue/solder the 4 keeper sections onto the base, there are left handed and right handed ones. This walkway is then attached with glue to the top of the tank using the ladder to line out the position. The ladder just clips over it and is not fixed to the walkway as some flexibility prevents damage. The lamp irons, hand rails and brake connection can be glued on after that.
The photo shows that the original dome with a piece of the original base is too high, thus I replaced the entire tank dome and relief valve with brass turnings filling the oversized holes with carfiller.


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Oregon Atheist May Sue Over Religious Street Banner (Spoiler: He'll Lose) December 21, 2017 Hemant Mehta
Oregon Atheist May Sue Over Religious Street Banner (Spoiler: He'll Lose)
By Hemant Mehta
The Register-Guard, an Oregon newspaper, reported yesterday that atheist René Salm was threatening to sue the city of Eugene because there was a banner hanging downtown with a religious message. It had in large print "Christmas" and "Jesus." Underneath them were the phrases "Attend a Church of Your Choice" and "Celebrate His Birth."
Salm, who says he has lived in Eugene off and on since 1970, left his threat of litigation open-ended.
"I'm trying to find a lawyer who is interested in taking this on," he said Tuesday, noting that he has contacted the American Civil Liberties Union.
But he said he's committed to challenging the legality of the banner at some point.
"I feel like I'm being assaulted, telling me to go to church and celebrate Jesus," said Salm…
That's… an unusually overblown reaction. If it's illegal, it's illegal. Don't pretend like your world is ending.
But he's not going to have much luck finding a lawyer willing to represent him because the city makes clear that anyone can apply to put up a banner like that. In this case, Eugene resident Virgil Adams applied to put up this sign back in July. He paid the $37.45 fee, promised to install and remove the banner, and requested the dates of Dec. 12 – Jan. 1.
The city's argument is that they're not the ones putting up the banner. They have three specific locations where banners can be put up and their policy doesn't discriminate based on what your sign says as long as it promotes "a specific event or activity for general public benefit."
It's actually a horrible policy because they literally don't discriminate against anything.
[Councilor Betty] Taylor then asked if the city would permit a banner for an event in support of the Klu Klux Klan.
[Acting city attorney Kathryn] Brotherton said yes.
You can advertise a Klan meeting and the city wouldn't say no. That's a problem waiting to happen… but that problem doesn't involve a banner telling people to go to church on Christmas.
That means two things:
1) Salm has no case. He'd be foolish to pursue a lawsuit.
2) Any atheist can apply to put up a sign, too.
Next year, if he wanted to, he could promote an atheist gathering on Christmas while encouraging people to stop believing in fairy tales. And he should absolutely do something like that.
He should also learn an important lesson: Don't threaten a lawsuit like this when you haven't been discriminated against. If he played by the rules and requested a banner promoting an atheistic event, and the city said no, then we'd have a case.
This complaint is just idiotic.
(Image of banner location via Google Maps. Thanks to Larry for the link)
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Pseudostrandiella helonoides är en stekelart som beskrevs av Josef Fahringer 1936. Pseudostrandiella helonoides ingår i släktet Pseudostrandiella och familjen bracksteklar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Is wearing a green sport jacket to an interview a terrible idea?
A little bit of background, I am currently homeless, and have limited access to clothes, and even more limited access to funds. Buying new clothes is out of the question, and it is too late now for me to organize something from some service that accepts donations.
I have an interview scheduled soon with a Big4 consulting firm in the United States. I have worked as a consultant previously.
I realized too late that the black sport jacket I was planning to wear no longer fits me. This is rather mortifying, however I have access to a green sport jacket I purchased but never wore. I wasn't fond of the texture.
It's not at all a bright or distracting green, it's a very dark green, and on my poor phone camera looks almost grey. I would be pairing this with a light grey shirt and a black or dark grey tie, and a black overcoat.
I think it looks OK, professional and rather good, but it is still green.
Is this a serious no no, or is it something the interviewer is unlikely to focus much on?
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Ken RogersKen Rogers
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– Neo
Go with the green and wear it confidently.
In my experience, too many people go for the traditional colours (blue, black or gray with a white shirt and likely a blue or red tie) and wearing something different helps to lodge you in the interviewer's mind. A deep green is also a great colour for emotional stimulation have a look at colour psychology if you get a chance.
answered Mar 6 '20 at 9:17
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No, and given that it is all you have, there isn't any other option except go without a jacket. So choose between those.
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I could reschedule or postpone if it was really an issue, which is what I was trying to determine.
– Ken Rogers
Do you really think rescheduling an agreed upon time at the last gasp is preferable? I reckon just do your best without causing them any drama.
– Kilisi ♦
@KenRogers don't postpone. The green jacket isn't a big problem.
– undefined
and if it's in IT, it matters even less than say in Finance. Also depends in which area. In NYC probably matters more than in Silicon Valley / SF.
– TomEberhard
@TomEberhard People seem to be focusing on the IT part of the position rather than the Big 4 Consulting. The Big 4 are public accounting firms and in my experience are going to be much more conservative than a generic Silicon Valley start up. While the advice that the green jacket is probably fine is good, comments about dressing down because it's IT wouldn't really apply to the Big 4
– kuhl
Although appearance is important, it's not as important as walking into the interview with the confidence and level of preparedness you should have to succeed in the role you're applying for. After reading the description and seeing that it's not a bright distracting color and it's more of a deep/dark green then I would say that you're perfectly fine wearing a green jacket. It should not be seen as unprofessional.
JusticeJustice
Thank you. I appreciate your answer.
Absolutely Ken, and good luck.
– Justice
Interviewing is like dating: you are trying to exchange a lot of important information with the other party in a very limited, usually < 2 hr, time frame in the face of a lot of competing and sometimes mutually-exclusive incentives.
And like dating, you have basically two options.
Try to be conservative to avoid any appearance of what might be a deal-breaker for the other party, i.e. "put your best foot forward".
Try to stand out from the crowd with the understanding that this will be off-putting to a lot of people but really score points with a select few.
The first approach works better if you have some quality that already sets you apart: your CV is excellent, you went to an Ivy League (or top for your discipline) school, you worked somewhere famous, etc. The second approach works better when you are in a glutted market or in some way competing against a lot of other similar people.
Then there's the perhaps even more important question of what you, personally, want: do you want to work at a place that would mark you down in an interview for not sticking to the grey/black/navy blue standard? Do you want to work at a place diametrically opposed to that?
Back to the opening thesis: you've got a lot to tell this person about yourself in a very short time and you can't really afford to neglect any aspect. Wearing a non-standard jacket sends an unmistakable message that you aren't looking for a job at a place that is overly-conservative. Is that the message you want to send?
Jared SmithJared Smith
I would wager what a homeless applicant wants most is to be gainfully employed and thus able to be no longer homeless. Workplace happiness is just a little higher up in the hirearchy of needs. That said, I sincerely hope your perspective is an out-of-touch one birthed in the industrial age, and that no one today would see a colored jacket as indication of a troublesome non-conformist, or deem one's fitness to write software by the precise cut or your blue necktie. Such ideas today should only be seen as the utterly dystopian horrors they represent.
– HonoredMule
@HonoredMule no argument with your first two sentences. As for the rest, if you can have your cake and eat it too, then I sincerely say good for you. As for me, I'm not going to take the chance of being perceived as unprofessional, or not eligible for a promotion, or whatever. As a manager I would hire someone who showed up in a green jacket if they were the best candidate, and not even think about the jacket, but for me personally as an applicant when I'm on the other side of the desk it isn't worth the risk.
– Jared Smith
You personally - like myself - would likely be interviewing for a job believed an improvement over a current decent one. On such equal footing, the evaluation is mutual. But I can only consider willingness to saddle oneself with an employer that would judge even a little based on antiquated standards of attire as a mark of desperation, not a strategy for finding employers who would value and respect you as an intelligent individual. It's far better to inadvertently pre-empt an offer than to accept it before learning things that would never be admitted or demonstrated in an interview.
@HonoredMule I think the difference here depends on this: you view an employer being that way as a significant sign that they are bad along several dimensions, I view it as they like neutral colored clothes. Either may be correct or not depending on the specific employer in question. I would not want to work at a place where appearance is valued over more meaningful metrics, I would totally work at a place that all other things being equal preferred traditional dress.
That reads to me like you wanting your colleagues to be pushed to dress a certain way - which probably doesn't warrant unpacking - but I think we can at least agree that we present what we want our potential employers to accept and even value. ...and that none of this has much bearing on OP's question
There are charitys who will provide disadvantaged/homeless people with a suit specifically for job interviews.
One in the United States is Career Gear, but you should hopefully be able to find others near you on Google - https://www.careergear.org/
JMKJMK
The OP specifically ruled out such an answer: "it is too late now for me to organize something from some service that accepts donations.".
– Jon Bentley
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Chase Myers looks for a block from #7 Carter Ford as he scores Vicksburg's first TD. Photo by Travis Smola.
The Bulldogs have some issues to work through after the varsity football team dropped their first game of the season 54-14 on the road against Dowagiac.
"We haven't faced this adversity in a couple years, we've gotten them the first game," Head Coach Tom Marchese said. "So we'll see what we're made of right from the beginning."
The Bulldogs fumbled the ball away on their second drive of the game. This led to a Chieftain touchdown. Their next drive had a similar result with a strip sack of sophomore quarterback Jacob Conklin. Dowagiac also converted that into a touchdown but the extra point was no good putting the Chieftains up 13-0.
Conklin made up for it on the next drive. Facing a 3rd and 13 from Vicksburg's own 35, he managed to find some space to hit junior receiver Chase Myers in stride. Myer broke one tackle and then scampered his way to the end zone for a huge 65 yard touchdown.
It seems Conklin has some chemistry with Myers as the duo connected four times for totaling 90 yards and the score. Conklin finished the night 9 of 16 for 146 yards, a TD and an INT.
"For a first game for a sophomore quarterback I thought he played well, he played with poise," Marchese said. "He'll grow. As an offense we'll probably grow as he grows."
Dowagiac made things 27-7 with approximately five minutes left in the half. The Bulldogs put together a nice drive on their next possession on the hard running of Caleb Welch. The senior racked up 80 yards on 13 attempts. But the Bulldogs drive stalled out at the Chieftain 30 yard line and they turned the ball over on downs.
"We had a lot of mental lapses today, they kind of got us on both sides of the line of scrimmage," Marchese said. "We've got to tighten up some stuff. The only way I know how to do it is to go to hard work. Practice hard and I know we'll get better."
The Bulldogs went for a surprise onside kick to open the second half, but the Chieftains recovered and marched downfield to make things 34-7.
Vicksburg showed signs of life on their next drive on an eight-play drive that was capped off by an eight yard touchdown scramble by Conklin. But it ended up being their last score of the night as Dowagiac's shifty offense continued to score again and again.
"We knew the quarterback could get out of the pocket and we were worried about that," Marchese said. "He got out a couple times on us tonight."
Marchese credited Dowagiac with being a very physical and talented team. But he also believes they can bounce back from this early season loss.
"I know we'll be better," Marchese said. "I know we're not as bad as this score is."
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For Rick Mahorn and mom, a cap is never too late
by Mitch Albom | May 10, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free Press | 0 comments
The tassels hung from the top of her bedroom lamp. Four of them belonged to her children. One of them was hers.
Alice Faye Mahorn dropped out of high school when she was 16 to give birth to a son. Three more children kept her from returning. But she vowed she would earn her diploma before any of her kids got theirs.
And so this single mother in Hartford, Conn., cleaned houses to support her family and went to night school classes after making the kids dinner. She did this for years, whenever she could clear the time.
And finally, true to her word, several months before her oldest son walked across a stage, she did it first, because she felt a mother should set the example.
"She wore her cap and gown," Rick Mahorn recalls. "It was a big deal because education was so important for her."
Her tassel went on the lamp. Rick's older brother's followed, then his two sisters' and finally his. One by one, they were hooked together where Alice could see them before falling asleep and upon waking up.
But Rick had a chance to add one more — a college tassel, the first in his family.
He came close.
"I was recruited to Hampton Institute (in Virginia) for football and basketball," he says. "I went for four years. Originally, I only went for the education, but when I got the chance to play in the NBA, I still had about 12 credits to go."
He left. And didn't go back.
A Bad Boy in the NBA
Of course, Mahorn did do some other things. He was a second-round draft choice of the Washington Bullets. Became a league celebrity as part of "McFilthy and McNasty" with Jeff Ruland (and later just as infamous with his Bruise Brother, Bill Laimbeer). And of course, as Pistons fans remember well, Mahorn won an NBA championship with Detroit's Bad Boys team in 1989.
His mother rooted him on. But deep down, she still wished he had graduated from college. She wanted that tassel on her lamp.
"I'll go back," he told her.
We all think our mothers will be there forever, and the things they harp on, they will harp just as long. But in 1993, a few days before Christmas, Alice Faye Mahorn suffered a massive heart attack and passed away at 57. Mourners at the Hartford church celebrated her spirit and generosity. Rick attended with some NBA colleagues (he was then with the New Jersey Nets) and among the accolades given his departed mother, he heard about her love of learning.
"That was so important to her," he says. "A single mom. We were on government assistance most of our childhood. She didn't want any of us to have to rely on that. She insisted on education."
He instilled that idea in his own children, three of whom already have college degrees. But while Mahorn obviously did well enough as an NBA player, the idea that he hadn't earned his diploma weighed on his mind.
Then, four years ago, he saw a story about Earl Cureton, the former Piston, who went back to the University of Detroit Mercy to get his degree, and presented it to his 94-year-old mom.
"To see the smile on his mother's face that her baby boy got his degree," says Mahorn, now 56. "I would have loved to have given my mother that feeling."
A weekend trip to Virginia
And so he made a call to his old school, now called Hampton University. He found out his status. And in between his duties as a Pistons broadcaster, he did online classes, first one, then another, working in hotel rooms, at home after dinner, quietly, the way his mother had done her own extra-hours studying.
And today, wearing a gown that will admittedly use a lot more fabric than the average graduate (Mahorn is 6-feet-10) he will walk with the class of 2015 — a mere 35 years behind his original group — and be recognized as a Hampton graduate with a bachelor of arts degree.
His family will be in attendance. And in many ways, so will his mother. Maybe not in a seat. But in everything it took to get there, and everything he will do that follows, because studying may stop, but teaching and learning never do.
Alice Faye Mahorn knew that. Her youngest son does, too. He plans to put the tassel once meant for her lamp on his own lamp instead. You know what's already there? All the graduation tassels of her grandchildren.
If there's a better Mother's Day present than that, I don't know what it is.
Contact Mitch Albom: malbom@freepress.com.


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Apr 6, 2021|Boston Chiropractic Spine & Injury Center, Webinars
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Dr. Chris Quigley:
All right. Today's topic is vehicle damage and patient injury. It's obviously a critical area in the personal injury world. We're going to review a couple of concepts that we talked about last week, and then we will move into the meat and potatoes. All right.
The number one thing you need to keep in mind is this concept called momentum. All right? Momentum from a physics perspective is momentum equals mass times velocity. Basically for the rest of the world, the larger something is and the faster it goes, the more energy it has. Pretty common sense.
There we go. Now, conservation of momentum is a law so it can't be debated. It's not up for a justification or validation, is just the way it is, right? The calculated energy going into the collision can and will be accounted for at the outcome.
Energy into a collision equals the energy coming out. We've got a great little diagram here and this sums it up very nicely. We have two units of momentum going into the car that had stopped. It had zero, and now they come out, each having one. Energy going in equals energy coming out.
Now a crumple zone is a zone of a car that deflects energy upon impact. The purpose of a crumple zone is to increase the amount of time it takes the car to come to a complete stop in comparison to the object it hits. By increasing the time it takes for your car to come to a stop after you hit the object, the force is spread over a longer period.
And as we talked about before, acceleration is the injury arbiter, the change in velocity. Acceleration is the speeding up, and negative acceleration is slowing down.
All right, now, let's get into the references. The issue with this topic is a lot of this research has been done, so there's not a lot of new research out there. The most recent article we're going to have is 2006, 2007, because it's already been handled. We have this quote from a low speed rear impacts and elastic properties of automobiles, 1989 for the Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia. It says, "Experimental results indicate that some vehicles can withstand a reasonable high-speed impact without significant structural damage. The resulting occupant motions are marked by a lag interval followed by a potentially dangerous acceleration up to speeds greater than that, of the vehicle." All right, that's a key point, right? When you get, especially in a rear-ender, your head is going to be a multiplier effect when the acceleration happens to the head and the neck. Our view of accident reports indicate that a significant percentage occur with little or no accompanied vehicle damage.
Here's a slide. Let's take a quick look at this. Let's start in our upper right-hand side. What is that? A Lincoln. All right? Bigger cars and pickup trucks tend to be stiffer than smaller cars. They tend to break at a much higher level. We see that in this research project. This is by the San Diego Spine Research Society. We can see that we have 9.9 miles per hour of Delta V, and no damage to the car, right? The person in that car is going to take a real good whack.
We see the other vehicles. We have a maximum of 8.6 miles an hour before the car broke in the Chrysler LeBaron. We have the Ford Focus or something like that, 7.2 mile an hour. Then in the Honda, we're talking 7.2 miles an hour. Again, it creates that multiplier effect onto the spine.
Continuing from Nevin and Romily, "As the vehicle becomes stiffer, the vehicle damage costs are reduced as less permanent deformation takes place. However, the occupants experience more violent ride, which increases their risk for injury. The average acceleration experienced by the occupant in the elastic, no damaged vehicle, would be approximately twice that of the plastic structurally damaged vehicle," right? That's another key concept.
I'll read it again, "Acceleration experienced by the occupant in the elastic, no damage vehicle, would be approximately twice that of the plastic structurally damaged vehicle. This theory implies that vehicles which do not sustain damage in low speed impacts, can produce correspondingly higher dynamic loadings on their occupants than those which plastically deform under the same or more severe impact conditions."
Now, this is one of the top two or three research articles you want to have in your pocket, dealing in a low impact crash. This is from Robbins Society of Automotive Engineers, they have this article, and it's great article. Robbins states, "The amount of crush or damage you see by a motor vehicle in a collision is indicative of velocities involved from the stiffness of the motor vehicle and object or objects is no. However, the crush damage does not relate to the expected occupant injury, i.e., the more vehicle damage, the more chance the occupant injured is not a conclusion that can be made. In fact, it is more likely the reverse. If the occupant decelerated over a greater time or distance due to a large crush or resting distance, then the likelihood of injury is reduced."
Robbins goes on to say, "It is for this very reason that racing cars, when seen in a collision, almost appear to shed their body structure. The main outside structure of these racing cars is designed to allow for crushing and to dissipate energy in the event of a collision. Here we see heavy vehicle body damage and relatively low occupant injury rates. The body of the racing car is sacrificed to prevent the driver injury or death."
Now, my quote is, "In passenger cars, it's the opposite way around. The body of the occupant is sacrificed to protect the car." All right?
We have this thing called the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, or whatever it is. They rate cars on how well they survive a crash. What they do is they rate the auto insurers and they'll take that information, and then they take it out and it meets the road when they're determining your auto insurance rates. If they had a car that doesn't deform until 10 miles an hour, you get lower injury insurance rates because your car is not going to break as easily.
"This false reasoning is often applied by insurance adjusters, attorneys, and physicians, and frequently results in costly unjustified litigation. Due to this litigation process, the injured parties often are not compensated resulting in unjustified hardships to the party who has already been injured."
Now, Dr. Ruth Jackson here, is a pioneer. She was the first female orthopedic surgeon. She was an orthopedic surgeon but then they came up with the Association for Orthopedic Surgeons and they said they wouldn't let her in. She had to retake the boards to get into the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. She wrote a book called The Cervical Syndrome, and it still one of the best texts out there as far as spine injuries. We'll see what Dr. Jackson has to say.
"The forces which are imposed on the cervical spines of passengers of colliding vehicles are tremendous. If one attempts to calculate mathematically the amount of such forces, the results are unbelievable. The damage to the vehicles and collisions is no indication of the extent of injuries imposed on the passengers. The extent of damage to the vehicles is no way proportional to the extent of damage imposed upon cervical spines of the passengers. "
Now, since you work in the [inaudible 00:07:36] world, how many IMEs have you seen or records of review that say, "Oh, the patient had a strain," right? We've all heard that hundreds of times. Dr. Jackson writes in her book that if you have a muscle strain, it's going to heal in three weeks. If your client has pain after four weeks, by definition, it cannot be a muscle strain. All right? Just good information for her book.
In Macnab in 1982, "The amount of damage sustained by the car bears little relationship to force applied. To take an extreme example, if the car was stuck in concrete, the damage sustained might be very great, but the occupants would not be injured because the car could not move forward, whereas on ice, the damage to the car would be slight, but the injuries sustained might be severe because of the rapid acceleration permitted".
Carrol et. al., 1986, "The amount of damage to the automobile bears little relationship to the force applied to the cervical spine as the occupants. The acceleration of occupant's head depends upon the force imparted, the moment of inertia of the struck vehicle, and the amount of collapsed force disseminated by the crumpling of the vehicle."
Ameis, 1986, "Each accident must be analyzed in its own auto speed and damage are not reliable parameters."
Hirsh, et. al., "The amount of damage to the automobile may bear a little relationship to the forces applied to the cervical spine and to the injuries sustained by the cervical spine."
Smith, in 1993, "The absence or presence of vehicle damage is not a reliable indicator of injury potential in rear impacts. Based upon the principle of conservation of energy, any energy which does not go into the damage to the vehicle, must be converted into kinetic energy, the source of injuries for the occupant."
Nordhoff and Emori, 1996, "Historically insurance claims adjusters have assumed that collision injuries correlate to the vehicle, external structural damage and cost repair. The assumption that injuries relate to the amount of external vehicle damage in all types of crashes has no scientific basis. There is a little correlation between neck injury and vehicle damage in the low speed rear end collision."
Parmar and Raymakers, 1993, "There was no relationship between the prognosis and the type of car or the severity of the damage it sustained. Some factors bore no relationship to the prognosis and they included the amount of damage sustained by the vehicle."
Sturzenegger. Dr. Sturzenegger has got some great stuff. His quote here today in 1994, "The amount of damage to the automobile and the speed of the cars involved in collision bears little relationship to the injury sustained by the cervical spine. The velocities of the involved vehicles and the extent of car damage are not directly related to the forces acting on the cervical spine."
Ryan, et. al., 1994, "No statistically significant associations between crash severity and six months injury status was found. There was no statistically significant relationship between injury status at six months and either measure of crash severity. There was no statistically significant associations between crash severity variables and injury at six months."
Dr. Sturzenegger in his next article, 1995, "Attempts to correlate the outcome with the extent of damage to involved cars and their speed has previously shown to be of little prognostic value."
All right. Dr. Duffy returns, "The myriad of dynamic variables between occupants and vehicles precludes a definition of change in velocity thresholds." All right, this was a great article. This is one you should definitely get in your archives. It's a case report about a whiplash from a low velocity bumper car collision. The patient ended up having surgery, but Dr. Duffy does a great job talking about the whole physics of the situation here, so a great article. You definitely want to have that in your top 10 list. Okay?
Dr. Gun, "Disability appears unrelated to the severity of the collision. The degree of damage to the vehicle was not a projector of outcome."
Poberskin, 2005, "Striking vehicle speeds are not related to the initial VAS scores." That's the pain scales. "Striking vehicle speeds are not related to the number of days that the victim will have neck pain. Striking vehicle speeds are not related to neck pain severity initially, or at one year, visual analog scales, at one year. There is little evidence that the severity that of the impact predicts early onset of neck pain or pain at one year."
Dr. Poberskin continues, "The myriad of dynamic variables between occupants and vehicle precludes a definition of change in velocity thresholds for neck injury from car collisions. This is something you'll see in accident reconstruction reports talking about the Delta V wasn't so bad so it couldn't cause a problem. Well, Delta V is irrelevant. It's Delta A, the acceleration, that's the important one. "In this study, driving a large car and being struck, increases the risk of neck pain. This seems counterintuitive. Large cars are less likely to deform, and therefore more of the energy of the collision was transmitted to the occupants."
Rene Cailliet, in his book, Whiplash and Associated Diseases, "Simulated impacts have been studied extensively and essentially confirmed that a low speed impact with minimal and no damage to the impacted vehicle can cause significant musculoskeletal injury to the drivers or occupants head and neck. It has been shown that high speeds are not specifically pertinent in determining the extent of whiplash injuries sustained."
Dr. Cailliet continues, "Numerous injuries result from vehicle accidents, even when the impacts are not very big and there's minimal damage to both vehicles. In many instances, a person experienced whiplash after a vehicle accident has caused little significant damage to either vehicle."
Henderson, 2006, "Collisions between motor vehicles and the occupants of those vehicles must conform to Newton's law of motion. Historically, the argument about injury or likelihood of injury had been the domain of medical experts, albeit without any true scientific evidence on which to base an opinion. A struck vehicle will accelerate forward with or without vehicle damage. This will cause accelerations of the occupant's head and chest.
Henderson continues, "Crashes resulting in a change of velocity of 5.97 miles per hour of the struck vehicle cause a 4.7 G acceleration of the occupant's chest and an 8.3 G acceleration of the occupant's head," right? That's an important one, Matt. Check on that one.
Matt:
This is your multiplier effect, right? You have 4.7 G acceleration of the chest and an 8.3 acceleration of the occupant's head. "The difference between the head and chest acceleration is 3.6 Gs. This resulted in the symptoms of strain and headaches. Not all occupants reacted the same manner to the same change velocity. It is my opinion that beyond a speed change of five miles an hour, the risk of injury is high. The risk of injury between three and five miles an hour is a gray area that would need further exploration and injury cannot be ruled out.
Right, but six miles an hour is not that bad.
This is another key article from Dr. Brault. This is one of your, again, top couple. If you look at this Dr. Sigmund here, the third guy on the list here, he is another tremendously productive author. He's got literally hundreds of articles on the top. All right, Dr. Brault says, "The results, approximately 29% and 38% of the subjects exposed to a four kilometer per hour crash and an eight kilometer speed changes, respectfully experienced whiplash symptoms with cervical symptoms of headaches predominant." That's not a lot of speed, right? Four kilometers is 2.49 miles per hour and double that, so five miles an hour for eight kilometers an hour. Objective clinical deficits consistent with whiplash were measured in both men and women, subjects at both four kilometers and eight kilometers per hour. At four kilometers per hour, the duration of symptoms experienced by women was significantly longer when compared with that in men,"
There were no significant differences in the presence and severity of whiplash between men and women at four and eight kilometers per hour or in the duration of whiplash at eight kilometers per hour. There was no significant difference in the presence, severity and duration of whiplash between four and eight kilometers per hour, and no pre-impact measures were predictive of whiplash associated disorder."
"Conclusion, empirical findings in the study contribute to establishing a causal relationship between rear end collisions and clinical signs and symptoms." I think that, is it. Any questions there, counsel? I can talk. You can hear me, right?
I can hear you, yes.
Yeah, okay. Really, your goal is to get everyone to realize that the emperor has no clothes here. The skills as the expert witness and the skills as the attorney has to make that picture clear. As the old adage goes, whoever has the best pictures wins. This is why it's really important to a really big diagnostic work up because now if you find objective injuries, now you have something to hang your hat on. Right? I definitely understand where you're coming from in terms of, "Oh," but if you walk into a courtroom and drop a dozen eggs, you can look back at the carton and the cart is still in good shape, but there's a dozen eggs that are scrambled, right? That's a great metaphor.
Football, you see two guys get hit. The helmet doesn't break, but they got a concussion, right? You've got to use these metaphors to teach the jury what's going on. It's a lot easier for the expert witnesses if there's a great workup.
If you have great meaty stuff in the exam findings, it makes the expert witness job a lot easier. We had a case that I just got finished up today. The guy got hit pretty good, but he had some pre-existing injury, but we found an objective measurement on his x-rays; his bones had actually shifted three millimeters. Now, most people wouldn't even look at that, but because that's who we are, I took his x-rays from the year before, I took his x-rays now, we found a three millimeter slippage and in the vertebrae. That's a lot.
That's a kind of thing and now you take that, you add that to a discussion about eggs in a carton and football helmets and now, you can get somewhere. I'll show you a video. Someone sent me a video recently. It was a guy, a wide receiver catching a ball and some guy hitting him, steamrolling him from behind. The head just whips back. His helmet was in great shape, but he had a concussion still.
Yeah, it's the whole case. It's always number one, is the witness number one, is your client, you know you have a good client, but it's the exam findings. It's the witness. You've got to put the whole story together. I think the adjusters, they're not close minded. They know this is bullshit.
Yeah, They act like it, at least.
This isn't their first rodeo, come on. They've been handed a line of BS over the years and shoveling it, you might want to say.
They have their agenda now. They stick to it, for sure.
This is why we take all this training. This is why we learn. We can come up with some good stuff. We can hit these the research. That's the nice thing about an expert report or a demand letter even. A demand letter is a great place to put this research. Now I wrote an article for MATA and I said that the days of the one page or two page demand letter are out, done. This information is the kind of stuff you put into demand letter and you can just hit them. Now you're going to have a dozen references here that you can just put one after the other after another in your demand letter and now you have some good juice there.
Yeah. I got case an attorney down from the South Shore. He got the low ball offer. I'm like, "Well, send me your demand letter." He gives me this two page thing. I'm like, "Really, are you shocked?" The guy had five disc injuries and he's got a one-page demand letter, or maybe it was a page and a half. I'm like, "That doesn't work," as he found out. Mary, any questions from you? She's muted there. Excuse me.
All right, everyone. It's been a good workshop, but take these references. These are the stuff that they get. Take them and put them word for word right into your demand letter. Obviously fix the typos before you them in.
Put them in there. If you want me to read it over for you, I'd be happy to do that. I can point you in some directions. That'd be my pleasure to do that for you, especially when you had the ligament laxity cases, those are the ones you really want to really beef it up with the references because the higher ups at the insurance companies know about the ligament laxity, the lower ups don't. Let the lower downs don't. When you put that in there, and you've got a ligament laxity diagnosis, from what I hear from the insurance people is that they have to reserve $60,000 when they see that ligament laxity diagnosis. You want that diagnosis, if you got it.
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