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LATE night buses could be resumed in Redditch after First indicated they may be willing to step in and fill the gap.
But bosses of the bus company warned they would only operate an evening 57/58 service if it was commercially viable.
At a meeting called by Coun Rebecca Blake on Wednesday (March 21), residents asked the First Group to look into the possibility of taking over the service after it was axed last month by Diamond Bus, which did not send a representative.
Mike Chawner, chairman of Matchborough West Community Group, said: "The bus is a lifeline in every way, shape and form for residents to get to the hospital and into town.
"A lot of people, especially the elderly, want to go to further education, want to go out for an evening out or want to go to different groups but they cannot do it."
Others such as charity boss Joe Baker and Winyates resident Tony James spoke out about the impact the lack of evening bus services was having on their lives, organisations and livelihoods.
Pat Witherspoon, chair of Redditch Older People's Forum, said concerns over anti-social behaviour, which was the reason given by Diamond for the withdrawal of bus services in the evening, could cause the elderly to stay indoors, especially if there was no bus service for them to use.
But Redditch District Insp Ian Joseph said they had worked to reduce the number of incidents affecting buses, with a number of arrests made including prolific offender Ryan King, who the Standard reported earlier this month had received an ASBO in part for his behaviour towards bus drivers.
But he added the withdrawal of the evening services meant the full impact of the operation could not be seen.
David Hibbs, general manager for First in the Wyvern area which includes Redditch, said: "If we can do it, we will do it. Our interest is to run services but we can only run them if they are commercially viable. Hopefully we can look at it and maybe we can come up with a solution."
Coun Blake said the meeting had been important to allow people to explain to bus companies the impact the changes were having.
"We will keep up the pressure for an evening service and I was encouraged by questions from First about what times and frequency people would be looking for."
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I bought a Ford Direct Mondeo in August 2010. Car first registered in Feb 2010. I had the car first serviced in February 2011 by a Ford dealer where they stamped both the service record and Body and Paint record. Whilst washing the car about 3 days ago, I noticed a small blister on the rear door. I called into my local Ford body repair centre today and they took a look. They said that this was not covered by Warranty as the blister could have been a result of an external impact, the example they gave was a gritter could have hit it with a small piece of grit which penetrated the paint and water has since entered and a blister has been formed. They told me that to fix this would cost me about £350.00.
I was wondering if anyone has came across a similar issue as I just cannot accept that this assumption means that I am not cover by warranty.
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By Katie Levine on April 24, 2013
ALL THINGS PROSTATE! Dr. Charlie Glickman gives us a sneak peak into his book, "The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure," co-authored with Aislinn Emirzian with the What, Where, Who, How & Why of the Male G-Spot. TOPICS: Fruit, Age, Bookcases, Fluttering, Sensation, Common Concerns, Health, Toys, Tight Asses, Solo & Couple's Play, Positions, Sexy Fitness, Tipping Point, Kegel Camp, External Prostate Massage & Attacking from All Angles. Oh, and Charlie hides Sandra's prostate.
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I found this podcast very interesting, Especially knowing that it feels like a peek or climax, because that truly is a wonderful feeling to feel. The Feel of a contracting Prostate is and amazing feeling that I can only feel on a good day when I haven't practiced sex in a while.
Just a thought because this is the second time you have discussed fitness and flexibility on the show. Have you considered taking any circus classes? It is a hard core exercise, you work on flexibility and you learn a skill. It is great for type a personalities that need to be constantly engaged during the exercise.
From a sex nerd perspective I have definitely found that some of the skills I am working on in the classroom related to flexibility for the silk, lyra and contortion routines can definitely be translated to the bedroom
Scully – Great idea. I took a trapeze class once. I had barely enough strength to do the basics. I am inspired by circus friends and perhaps sometime I will get back up in the big tent's business. For now, barre classes & belly dance.
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Good luck with your barre classes I would not have the stamina for that type of work out. I have a lot of friends who belly dancing although I have never done it. Would love to know what you think about it.
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GlenDronach (14 year) Sauternes Finish
February 18, 2013
Occasionally, I get to treat myself. While ordering a batch of miniatures from Master of Malt for the drudgery of writing these blog posts (just kidding), I splurged and also ordered a bottle of the 14 year-old Sauternes-finished GlenDronach from their line of non-sherry barrel finishes. I'm a sucker for a Sauternes finish, and GlenDronach is fast becoming one of my top five distilleries, so this European-only release (a 700ml bottle) was a no-brainer.
This release was aged for an un-announced amount of time (I'm guessing between 12 and 13 years) in a "European oak" cask, according to the tin. This was then followed by a second maturation in a Sauternes cask until the age of 14. It is bottled at 46% ABV, without coloring or chill-filtration (music to my ears). I am uncertain of the provenance of the "European" oak casks used in the initial aging. It must be a batch of totally spent refill ex-sherry casks, as I do not get any of the spicy notes associated with French Oak, nor any sherry influence at all. Tasting blind, I would have guessed ex-bourbon because of the vanilla.
Nose: Sticky-sweet, with plump golden raisins and crystallized honey and a mild sour winey note. Peach syrup and dried apricots over vanilla-banana pudding. Cake frosting. Flawless nose – deep and inviting, but very (very) sweet.
Palate: Medium-bodied – slightly chewy, which is the only hint this is GlenDronach at its core. Pear drops, golden raisins, apricot Turkish Delight. Sweet. Almost – but not quite – cloyingly so.
Finish: Medium-short. First the mouth is enrobed in a candy-apple coating. This is stripped away by a flash of acidic freshly-squeezed white grape juice, which lingers while a hint of bitter, sappy oak creeps in. It fades away with green grape skins.
With Water: Water opens up a few cereal notes, but dulls some of the complexity in the nose. The water has a nice congealing effect on the palate – lessening the syrup and heightening the golden raisins and fresh grapes. Ditto on the finish. Definitely try this with water – but try it without first.
Overall: The experience is very similar to a syrup I made once by re-hydrating golden raisins in white port. Yum. This is dessert whisky, and no bones about it. While the GlenDronach house style (meaty/oily) is missing here – likely because the house style is closely associated with the sherry character of the flagship expressions – this is still one robust, flavor-filled escapade of a whisky. Sweet to the point of cloying, but excellently balanced by a grapey acidity and fruity complexity. Truly a pleasure, especially for a lover of dessert wines. I am not disappointed in my purchase from across the pond.
About The Distillery
Founded by James Allardice in 1826, GlenDronach distillery, after trading hands several times, was sold by Pernod Ricard to the Benriach Distillery Company in 2008. At that time, they announced a new style for the distillery flagship 12-year-old bottling, which was released in 2009. We can expect to see other changes in the distillery's lineup. Fittings include a copper mash tun, Oregon pine washbacks, four steam-heated copper spirit stills and defunct floor maltings. While it sources the same malted barley as Benriach Distillery, either the water or the workings at GlenDronach yield a bulkier, heavier spirit that takes to ex-sherry casks very well.4 Responses to GlenDronach (14 year) Sauternes Finish
I've never tried any GlenDronach but I have tried Sauternes finished whiskies and they're typically very dessert-y. I'm curious how this stacks up against Glenmorangie Nectar D'or?
This was at one point (last spring?) available in the US in 750ml. A friend picked a bottle up for me at a store in Santa Fe NM. I concur that it is quite good.
Im guessing the reason you didnt get the sherry taste because the finishing maturation in the Sauternes cask created the flavour, (sauterne is usually a white wine after all and as such much sweeter than most redwines according to whisky.de)


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It seems like common sense but eating well probably leads to a healthy mind. We know we are a mind-body so how could eating a diet laden with junk lead to a healthy mind? The first study review below looks at supplementation (multivitamin/mineral supplementation) and it's effect on stress and mood states. Supplements do not make up for a poor diet but in this case they were looking at how dietary inadequacies might effect mood states. All the studies ran at least 28 days. Overall supplementation had a beneficial effect on perceived stress and mild psychiatric symptoms. Supplements containing the highest levels of B vitamins may be more effective in improving mood states.
The other studies I find more interesting because they looked at diet not supplements and its effect on depression. In one women who ate a traditional diet were 30% less likely to have major depressive disorder, dysthymia and anxiety compared to their counterparts who consumed a Western diet.
A traditional dietary pattern comprised mainly vegetables, fruit, beef, lamb, fish, and whole-grain foods, while a western pattern comprised foods such as meat pies, processed meats, pizza, chips, hamburgers, white bread, sugar, flavored milk drinks, and beer. A modern pattern consisted of foods such as fruits and salads plus fish, tofu, beans, nuts, yogurt, and red wine.
There was an unexpected finding in women who ate a modern diet but this may have been because those women were trying to improve their depressive symptoms through a healthier diet. In another study a diet of whole foods (heavy in vegetables, fruits and fish) compared to a diet loaded with sweet desserts, fried food, processed meat, refined grains and high fat dairy were compared for odds of developing depression. The highest adherence to the whole foods diet had the lowest odds of depression. In the last study the adherence to a Mediterranean Dietetary pattern was associated with a lower risk of depression and was found to have a protective role in the prevention of depressive disorders.
I am not an advocate of any particular diet. I see each person as an individual and they know best what suites them and every 'diet' can have a time and place in a persons life. A diet based on whole foods, made at home, seasonally respectful and varied will always be the best choice.
Effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation on stress, mild psychiatric symptoms, and mood in nonclinical samples: a meta-analysis.
Psychosom Med. 2013 Feb;75(2):144-53.
OBJECTIVE: Biochemical processes in the brain affect mood. Minor dietary inadequacies, which are responsible for a small decline in an enzyme's efficiency, could cumulatively influence mood states. When diet does not provide an optimal intake of micronutrients, supplementation is expected to benefit mood. This meta-analysis evaluated the influence of diet supplementation on mood in nonclinical samples.
METHODS: Databases were evaluated and studies were included if they considered aspects of stress, mild psychiatric symptoms, or mood in the general population; were randomized and placebo-controlled; evaluated the influence of multivitamin/mineral supplements for at least 28 days. Eight studies that met the inclusion criteria were integrated using meta-analysis.
RESULTS: Supplementation reduced the levels of perceived stress (standard mean difference [SMD]=0.35; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.47-0.22; p=.001), mild psychiatric symptoms (SMD=0.30; 95% CI=0.43-0.18; p=.001), and anxiety (SMD=0.32; 95% CI=0.48-0.16; p<.001), but not depression (SMD=0.20; 95% CI=0.42-0.030; p<.089). Fatigue (SMD=0.27; 95% CI=0.40-0.146; p<.001) and confusion (SMD=0.225; 95% CI=0.38-0.07; p<.003) were also reduced.
CONCLUSIONS: Micronutrient supplementation has a beneficial effect on perceived stress, mild psychiatric symptoms, and aspects of everyday mood in apparently healthy individuals. Supplements containing high doses of B vitamins may be more effective in improving mood states. Questions about optimal levels of micronutrient intake, optimal doses, and active ingredients arise.
Western Style Diet Associated with Depression
The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to measure psychological symptoms in 1046 women aged 20-93 years. Using a food frequency questionnaire, women were categorized as eating a traditional diet pattern characterized by vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, and whole grains, or a Western diet pattern of processed or fried foods, refined grains, sugary products, and beer. After adjusting for age, socioeconomic status, education, and health behaviors, women eating a traditional diet were 30% less likely to have major depression, dysthymia, and anxiety disorders compared to their counterparts who consumed a Western diet. The Western diet eating pattern was associated with a 50% increased likelihood of depression. The researchers emphasized that the traditional diet contained high quality lean meat. The study took place in Australia where the beef and lamb are pasture raised, and therefore have a better essential fatty acid profile than all grain raised beef in America. An unexpected finding was that women who ate a 'modern' diet of fruits, salads, fish, tofu, beans, nuts, yogurt, and red wine had a higher, rather than lower, likelihood of depression among younger educated women. This may be due to these women attempting to improve their depressive symptoms by consuming a healthier diet. There was no association between the Western diet and an increased risk of anxiety.
Am J Psychiatry. 2010 Mar;167(3):305-11. Epub 2010 Jan 4.
Association of Western and traditional diets with depression and anxiety in women.
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Whole Food Diet Associated with Lower Odds of Depression
Analysis of dietary patterns was collected from 3486 participants (26.6% women, mean age 55.6 years). Participants were either identified as having a whole food diet that was heavily loaded by vegetables, fruits and fish, or a processed food diet heavily loaded by sweetened desserts, fried food, processed meat, refined grains and high-fat dairy products. Self-reported depression was assessed 5 years later. The highest tertile of the whole food eating pattern had the lowest odds of depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression) than those in the lowest tertile. A high processed food diet was associated with increased odds of depression. A processed food dietary pattern is a risk factor for depression 5 years later, whereas a whole food pattern is protective.
Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Nov;195(5):408-13.
Dietary pattern and depressive symptoms in middle age.
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Mediterranean Dietary Pattern May Prevent Depressive Disorders
A total of 10,094 healthy Spanish participants completed a 136-item food frequency questionnaire to assess their adherence to a Mediterranean Dietary Pattern (MDP). The MDP score was weighted positively for the consumption of vegetables, fruits and nuts, cereal, legumes and fish, monosaturated to saturated fatty acids and moderate alcohol consumption. The median follow-up was 4.4 years. Depression was classified as having a physician-made diagnosis of clinical depression and/or antidepressant medication use during follow-up that was not present as baseline. The adherence to the MDP was associated with lower risk of depression and higher adherence to the MDP was associated with lower risk. The MDP has a potential protective role in the prevention of depressive disorders.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;66(10):1090-8.
Association of the Mediterranean dietary pattern with the incidence of depression: the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra/University of Navarra follow-up (SUN) cohort.
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Inspired by the motorcycle in the 1969 classic film Easy Rider, this piece made its debut at the Mesa Arts Center earlier this month. The sculpture was originally commissioned as a part of Mesa Contemporary Arts' exhibition, Radical Rides, The "Art" of Motorcycles. I struggled a lot with the look and structure of this sculpture, especially balancing the piece between the two "tires" when the bulk of the weight rests in the middle. It came together, but nobody should try and sit on it.
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Baton Rouge, La (NBC33) — Jordan Jefferson is now another inmate at East Baton Rouge parish prison. A district court judge ruled he violated his bond on a simple battery charge. This is after getting arrested on simple marijuana possession last Thursday.
"We respect the decision of the court. We expected this decision that was made by Judge Moore. Mr. Jordan is here to honor any and all obligations imposed upon him," says Jefferson's attorney Lance Unglesby.
Before Jefferson can head back to court he has to have a substance abuse evaluation first.
"The judge may even receive a report today or tomorrow morning. Because the judge wants to know that whatever conditions he'll put in place will be sufficient to secure appearance and to make sure he's doing what the judge asked him to do," says East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore.
Jefferson's attorney Lance Unglesby says he believes his client will follow the rules and won't get in any more trouble.
"He has tremendous respect for the court. And my opinion of Jordan remains the same. He's a fine young man and I look forward to over time that becoming apparent to everyone," says Unglesby.
A judge has ruled former LSU Quarterback Jordan Jefferson has to head back to prison.
According to NBC33's Brix Fowler, the judge said that Jefferson violated his bond conditions when he was arrested last week on drug charges.
We're being told Jefferson has to report to prison by 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. He'll also be assigned a probation officer, and will need to complete a substance abuse evaluation.
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I "tagged" the steel with the NASA-like digital optic, lined up the reticle on the red dot tag mark and squeezed off a shot. Hit! "Damn," I thought to myself, "forget that 100-yard stuff—I'm center-massing steel at 326 yards with a rifle I've never shot before."
I worked the bolt on the Remington 700 Long Range rifle, chambered another .30-06 round, retagged the steel and fired.And missed, the bullet blowing dirt a good foot to the left side of the man-sized target.And that, in a nutshell, is the reality of this newest offering from Remington Arms Company, a rifle system that pairs one of three rifles with a Remington 2020 Networked Tracking Scope.
The new system is the result of collaboration between firearms giant Remington and TrackingPoint, a tech company based in Austin, Texas. I recently spent three days using the three rifles and the Networked Tracking Scope in a variety of range and field conditions, and the system does what Remington says it will do—make consistent, accurate hits on game-sized animals out to 500 yards.
But it will do that if, and only if you either possess solid shooting fundamentals or are willing to acquire them. Also, the rifle system is not made for every hunting or shooting scenario.
On that second shot I got a little excited and jerked the trigger. I missed, even though the target was tagged, the reticle was working fine and the zoom function on the scope had the target just about in my lap.
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How exciting! I'm glad things worked out for you and your celebrity grandma. I bet she would have loved this. Great job!
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Never a dull moment! ;)
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Much better than the other offer! Thanks as always for sending love the way of my moribund blog.
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- Heather Kuhn Roelker said...
Wow, a Harvey girl! I've often walked through Union Station and thought about the Harvey girls. What a great family story and now it's part of an exhibit. I'll have to check the exhibit out when I'm in town. Thanks for the suggestion and congrats!
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I remember your post from 2008! That is super cool! Wish I'd been able to see the exhibit while I drove through Kansas City on May 12th. That's one more reason to make a return trip to Topeka! Congratulations. :-)
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Canker Sores
Topic Overview
What is a canker sore?
A canker sore is a shallow sore shaped like a crater (ulcer) on your tongue or on the inside of your lip or cheek. Canker sores have a red border and a white or yellow center. They may be painful and can make it hard to talk and eat. You may have one or more than one canker sore at a time. Unlike cold sores, you cannot spread canker sores to other people. See a picture of canker sores.
Anyone can get a canker sore but women, teenagers, and young adults have them more often. People usually get their first canker sore between the ages of 10 and 40. Most people have canker sores at some time in their lives, and some people have them regularly.
What causes a canker sore?
The cause of canker sores is unknown, but they tend to run in families. Canker sores may also develop when you:
- Are stressed or tired.
- Have your menstrual cycle, if you are a woman.
- Hurt your mouth, such as biting your lip.
- Have braces on your teeth.
- Have food allergies. Eating foods that you are allergic to may cause you to get a canker sore.
- Eat or drink food or juice that has a lot of acid, such as orange juice.
- Do not get enough vitamins or minerals in your diet, such as iron.
What are the symptoms?
The main symptom of a canker sore is getting a shallow ulcer on your tongue or on the inside of your lip or cheek. The sore may be large or small, and it will have a red border and a white or yellow center. You might have more than one canker sore at a time.
Canker sores usually begin with a burning or tingling feeling. They may be swollen and painful. Having a canker sore can make it hard to talk or eat.
Canker sores may hurt for 7 to 10 days. Minor canker sores heal completely in 1 to 3 weeks, but major canker sores can take up to 6 weeks to heal. Some people get another canker sore after the first sore has healed. Most canker sores heal without a scar.
How is a canker sore diagnosed?
If you see your doctor or dentist about the pain caused by your canker sores, he or she will do a physical exam by looking in your mouth to diagnose the canker sores.
How is it treated?
You do not need to see a doctor for most canker sores. They will get better on their own. There are many things you can try at home to relieve the pain caused by your canker sores:
- Eat soft, bland foods that are easy to swallow, such as yogurt or cream soup. Cut your food into small pieces or mash or puree it. Avoid coffee, chocolate, spicy or salty foods, citrus fruits or juices, nuts, seeds, and tomatoes.
- Drink cold fluids, such as water or iced tea, or eat Popsicles. Sometimes fluid touching the canker sore can cause a stinging pain. Use a straw so the fluid doesn't touch the canker sore. Hold ice on the canker sore until it is numb.
- Rinse your mouth with salt water. To make a salt water rinse, dissolve 1 tsp (5 g) of salt in 1 cup (250 mL) of warm water.
- Buy an over-the-counter medicine such as Orabase, Anbesol, or milk of magnesia to put on your canker sores. Use a cotton swab to apply the medicine. Put it on your sores 3 to 4 times a day.
- Take a pain reliever, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including aspirin (such as Bayer), ibuprofen (such as Advil), or naproxen sodium (such as Aleve). Do not give aspirin to anyone younger than 20 because of the risk of Reye syndrome.
If your canker sores do not feel better after trying these steps at home for 2 weeks, you may need to see your doctor or dentist. He or she may recommend medicines that will help the pain caused by your canker sores. Usually these medicines are swished or gargled in your mouth, or they are painted on the sore. Your doctor may prescribe steroid cream (triamcinolone or fluocinonide) or paste (amlexanox) to rub on your canker sore and/or a prescription mouthwash to use.
Talk to your doctor if you have a fever, have trouble swallowing, or if your canker sores keep coming back. You may have another problem that is causing your symptoms.
How can canker sores be prevented?
Most of the time the cause of canker sores is unknown. Unless you know what causes your canker sores, you cannot prevent them from happening. If you do know what causes your canker sores, you can help prevent them by avoiding what you know causes them. For example, if you have gotten canker sores in the past from hurting the inside of your mouth, you might help prevent them by chewing your food slowly and carefully, trying not to talk and chew at the same time, and using a soft-bristled toothbrush when you brush your teeth.
If you have gotten canker sores in the past by eating foods that have a lot of acid (such as citrus fruits or tomatoes) and sharp or harsh foods (such as bread crusts, corn chips, or potato chips), it might help to avoid these. Other ways that might help to prevent canker sores include limiting your use of alcohol and tobacco and controlling the stress in your life.
In general, it is important to get enough vitamins and minerals in your diet, like folic acid, vitamin B12, zinc, and iron.
Other Places To Get Help
American Dental Association | |
211 East Chicago Avenue | |
Chicago, IL 60611-2678 | |
Phone: | (312) 440-2500 |
Web Address: | www.ada.org |
The American Dental Association (ADA), the professional membership organization of practicing dentists, provides information about oral health care for children and adults. The ADA can also help you find a dentist in your area. |
KidsHealth for Parents, Children, and Teens | |
10140 Centurion Parkway North | |
Jacksonville, FL 32256 | |
Phone: | (904) 697-4100 |
Fax: | (904) 697-4125 |
Web Address: | www.kidshealth.org |
This Web site is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. It has a wide range of information about children's health, from allergies and diseases to normal growth and development (birth to adolescence). This Web site offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can sign up to get weekly e-mails about your area of interest. |
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Other Works Consulted
- Allen CM (2007). Aphthous ulceration (canker sore) section of Diseases of the mouth. In RE Rakel, ET Bope, eds., Conn's Current Therapy 2007, p. 991. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
- Beaudreau RW (2004). Soft tissue lesions of the oral cavity section of Oral and dental emergencies. In JE Tintinalli et al., eds., Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 6th ed., pp. 1486–1487. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Blair EA, Eibling DE (2001). Systemic, autoimmune, and allergic conditions section of Mucosal lesions of the oral cavity, tongue, and oropharynx. In KH Calhoun et al., eds., Expert Guide to Otolaryngology, pp. 240–246. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians.
- Schindler J, et al. (2008). Intraoral ulcerative lesions section of Ear, nose, and throat. In SJ McPhee et al., eds., Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, 47th ed., pp. 190–191. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical.
- Smeltzer SC, et al., eds. (2008). Management of patients with oral and esophageal disorders. In Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical–Surgical Nursing, 11th ed., pp. 1143–1144. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Author | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
Specialist Medical Reviewer | Steven K. Patterson, BS, DDS, MPH - Dentistry |
Last Updated | October 9, 2008 |
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Food In Motion: Blueberry Meringue Recipe
Hello everyone, it's Jewels here in Brooklyn with another episode of Food in Motion! I am one half of Liz & Jewels and each month Liz and I show you a little video here on decor8 of a recipe we made and liked. Ready to see what I've prepared for you this month? Here's a short video to whet your appetite. I shot this myself at home while my sister, who was visiting from Germany, watched my newborn daughter. It was a lot of fun!
My husband claims not to like eggs, so whenever I put eggs in something I have to do it secretly. Because in most recipes you can't even taste the eggs but you need them to make the dish work! When I made this meringue dessert with blueberries and crème fraîche he looked at it with greedy eyes, "Wow Jewels! This looks delicious – are there eggs in there??" And of course I go, "Nooooo." And then he tries really hard to believe me, eats whatever I made, and loves it!
I like desserts that have a good balance of sweet and tart, and creamy and crunchy. This blue and white dessert is just that! The crème fraîche is tart and of course creamy, the meringue is sweet and crunchy, and the blueberries add the fruity touch. Of course you can use whichever berries you like. I imagine that this would taste especially good with red currant berries because they are so sour, but for some reason, they are hard to get here in Brooklyn!
So for now, I'll stick with blueberries. Here's what you'll need to make this yummy treat:
* 2 egg whites
* blueberries!
* 1/2 cup of white sugar
* 1 cup of crème fraîche
* 1 cup of plain yogurt (unsweetened)
* 1 tablespoon of brown sugar (or raw sugar) 1 cup of blueberries
* 1/2 cup of chopped up white chocolate
Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Whip the egg whites until you have a thick foam. While whipping, slowly add the sugar until the meringue is stiff and shiny. Form circles of meringue on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Each circle should be as small or big as you want to serve the dessert eventually. You can make many small ones or one big one. Mine were about 2 inches wide. Place them in the preheated oven and turn the oven off as soon as you put the meringue in there. Let it sit in the closed oven for at least 5 hours. Don't open the door to check on it constantly! Even though it's tempting, you have to trust the process!
Right before serving mix the crème fraîche with the yogurt and the brown sugar. Assemble all components in layers, starting with the meringue, then the crème fraîche yogurt mix, then the berries. Then drizzle some white chocolate on top and serve. That's it! Well… not really. Time to EAT!
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A castle doctrine (also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law) is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode (or, in some states, any legally-occupied place [e.g., a vehicle or workplace]) as a place in which that person has certain protections and immunities permitting him or her, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend themselves against an intruder, free from legal responsibility/prosecution for the consequences of the force used.[1] Typically deadly force is considered justified, and a defense of justifiable homicide applicable, in cases "when the actor reasonably fears imminent peril of death or serious bodily harm to him or herself or another".[1] The doctrine is not a defined law that can be invoked, but a set of principles which is incorporated in some form in the law of many states.
The legal concept of the inviolability of the home has been known in Western Civilization since the age of the Roman Republic.[2] The term derives from the historic English common law dictum that "an Englishman's home is his castle". This concept was established as English law by 17th century jurist Sir Edward Coke, in his The Institutes of the Laws of England, 1628.[3] The dictum was carried by colonists to the New World, who later removed "English" from the phrase, making it "a man's home is his castle", which thereby became simply the castle doctrine.[3] The term has been used in England to imply a person's absolute right to exclude anyone from his home, although this has always had restrictions, and since the late twentieth century bailiffs have also had increasing powers of entry.[4]
Another term, the "Make My Day Law", arose in the USA at the time of the 1985 Colorado statute that shielded people from any criminal/civil suits for using force – including deadly force – against an invader of the home.[5] The law's nickname is a reference to the line "Go ahead, make my day" uttered by actor Clint Eastwood's character "Dirty Harry" Callahan (in the 1983 police film Sudden Impact).
Justifiable homicide[6] inside one's home is distinct, as a matter of law, from castle doctrine's no duty to retreat therefrom. Because the mere occurrence of trespassing—and occasionally a subjective requirement of fear—is sufficient to invoke the castle doctrine, the burden of proof of fact is much less challenging than that of justifying a homicide. With a mere justifiable homicide law, one generally must objectively prove to a trier of fact, beyond all reasonable doubt, the intent in the intruder's mind to commit violence or a felony. It would be a misconception of law to infer that because a state has a justifiable homicide provision pertaining to one's domicile, it has a castle doctrine, exonerating any duty whatsoever to retreat therefrom.
The use of this legal principle in the USA has been a matter of international controversy in relation to a number of cases, including the deaths of the Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori and the Scottish businessman Andrew de Vries.
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Each state differs in the way it incorporates the castle doctrine into its laws, what premises are covered (abode only, or other places too), what degree of retreat or non-deadly resistance is required before deadly force can be used, etc.
Typical conditions that apply to some castle doctrine laws include:[citation needed]
In all cases, the occupant(s) of the home: must be there legally; must not be fugitives from the law, themselves, or, aiding/abetting other fugitives; and, must not use force upon an officer of the law performing a legal duty[citation needed].
In addition to providing a valid defense in criminal law, many laws implementing the castle doctrine, particularly those with a "stand-your-ground clause," also have a clause which provides immunity from any civil lawsuits filed on behalf of the assailant (for damages/injuries resulting from the force used to stop them). Without this clause, an assailant could sue for medical bills, property damage, disability, and pain & suffering as a result of the injuries inflicted by the defender; or, if the force results in the assailant's death, his/her next-of-kin or estate could launch a wrongful death suit. Even if successfully rebutted, the defendant (the homeowner/defender) may still have to pay high legal costs leading up to the suit's dismissal. Without criminal/civil immunity, such civil action could be used as revenge against a lawfully-acting defender (who was, originally, the assailant's victim).
Use of force in self-defense which causes damage or injuries to other, non-criminally-acting parties, may not be shielded from criminal or civil prosecution, however.
"Castle laws" remove the duty to retreat before using deadly force when one is in their home or in some U.S. states just simply where one can legally be.[7]
In some states in the United States, one can use deadly force in any location one is legally allowed to be without first attempting to retreat. Such laws remove the requirement that the threat must occur on one's own dwelling.
According to 18th-century Presbyterian minister and biblical commentator Matthew Henry, the prohibition of murder found in the Old Testament contains an exception for legitimate self-defense. A home defender who struck and killed a thief caught in the act of breaking in at night was not guilty of bloodshed. "If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the thief owes no blood-debt to the home-defender; but if the thief lives, he owes a blood-debt to the home-defender and must make restitution."[8][9]
By the 18th century, many US state legal systems began by importing English common law such as Acts of Parliament of 2 Ed. III (Statute of Northampton), and 5 Rich. II (Forcible Entry Act 1381) in law since 1381—which imposed criminal sanctions intending to discourage the resort to self-help.[10][11] This required a threatened party to retreat, whenever property was "involved" and resolve the issue by civil means.
Then as now, there were English politicians who were for or against the use of self-help over state-help. William Blackstone, in Book 4, Chapter 16[12] of his Commentaries on the Laws of England,[13] proclaims that the laws "leave him (the inhabitant) the natural right of killing the aggressor (the burglar)" and goes on to generalize in the following words:
And the law of England has so particular and tender a regard to the immunity of a man's house, that it stiles it his castle, and will never suffer it to be violated with immunity: agreeing herein with the sentiments of ancient Rome, as expressed in the works of Tully;[14] quid enim sanctius, quid omni religione munitius, quam domus uniusquisque civium?[15] For this reason no doors can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though, in criminal causes, the public safety supersedes the private. Hence also in part arises the animadversion of the law upon eaves-droppers, nuisancers, and incendiaries: and to this principle it must be assigned, that a man may assemble people together lawfully without danger of raising a riot, rout, or unlawful assembly, in order to protect and defend his house; which he is not permitted to do in any other case.
Not only was the doctrine considered to justify defense against neighbors and criminals, but any of the Crown's agents who attempted to enter without a proper warrant as well. It should be noted that prohibitions of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution share a common background with current castle doctrine laws.[citation needed]
In 1841, The Preemption Act was passed to "appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands... and to grant 'pre-emption rights' to individuals" who were already living on federal lands (commonly referred to as "squatters"). During this same period, claim clubs sprung up all over the US advocating vigilance and the castle doctrine. This was in concurrence with the culture of manifest destiny which led to westward expansion and the American Indian Wars, the last of which ended by the 1920s.
Today, the majority of American states have construed their statutes of forcible entry, both penal and civil, in such a manner as to abrogate the common law privilege to use force in the recovery of possession of land.[16] A minority of states, however, have taken the view that their forcible entry statutes have not deprived a defendant with the right to immediate possession of land of his common law privilege to use reasonable force to regain possession thereof.[17]
For the states with a castle doctrine, an external link is provided to the text of the specific statute, if available. If a direct link is unavailable, for example if the destination website uses JavaScript, the statute name and/or number is listed.
Castle doctrine lays down that there is no duty to retreat from an intruder in one's home. A justifiable homicide which occurs inside one's home is distinct as a matter of law from castle doctrine's no duty to retreat. As such, states with justifiable homicide provisions in pertaining to one's domicile, do not in themselves authorize indiscriminate violence therein—the mere fact that one is trespassing is no defense per se to justifying homicide.
State | Statute | Notes |
Alaska | § 11.81.335 | "...a person who is justified in using nondeadly force in self-defense under AS 11.81.330 may use deadly force in self-defense upon another person when and to the extent the person reasonably believes the use of deadly force is necessary for self-defense against death, serious physical injury, kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery in any degree... there is no duty to leave the area if the person is(1) on premises that the person owns or leases. - See more at: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/akstatutes/11/11.81./04./11.81.335.#sthash.q41T1xXM.dpuf |
Arizona | § 13-411 | "A. A person is justified in threatening or using both physical force and deadly physical force against another if and to the extent the person reasonably believes that physical force or deadly physical force is immediately necessary to prevent the other's commission of arson of an occupied structure under section 13‑1704, burglary in the second or first degree under section 13‑1507 or 13‑1508, kidnapping under section 13‑1304, manslaughter under section 13‑1103, second or first degree murder under section 13‑1104 or 13‑1105, sexual conduct with a minor under section 13‑1405, sexual assault under section 13‑1406, child molestation under section 13‑1410, armed robbery under section 13‑1904, or aggravated assault under section 13‑1204, subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2. B. There is no duty to retreat before threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force justified by subsection A of this section. C. A person is presumed to be acting reasonably for the purposes of this section if he the person is acting to prevent the commission of any of the offenses listed in subsection A of this section. D. This section is not limited to the use or threatened use of physical or deadly physical force in a person's home, residence, place of business, land the person owns or leases, conveyance of any kind, or any other place in this state where a person has a right to be. - See more at: http://www.azleg.gov//FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/47leg/2r/laws/0199.htm&Session_ID=83 |
California | § Penal Code 198.5 | "Any person using force intended or likely to cause death or great bodily injury within his or her residence shall be presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily injury to self, family, or a member of the household when that force is used against another person, not a member of the family or household, who unlawfully and forcibly enters or has unlawfully and forcibly entered the residence and the person using the force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry occurred." |
Colorado | § 18-1-704 | "...any occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person when that other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that such other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the uninvited entry, or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the uninvited entry, and when the occupant reasonably believes that such other person might use any physical force, no matter how slight, against any occupant." 18-1-704.5 Use of deadly physical force against an intruder. |
Connecticut | Sec. 53a-20 | |
Hawaii | § 703-304 | Retreat required outside the home if it can be done in "complete safety." |
Idaho | 18-4009 | a justifiable homicide law in self-defense from violence—must prove intruder's intent thereof |
Illinois | 720 ILCS 5 | Use of deadly force justified. Specific legislation prevents filing claim against defender of dwelling. Illinois has no requirement of retreat. |
Indiana | IC 35-41-3-2 | |
Iowa | 704.1 | No duty to retreat from home or place of business in defense of self or a "third party". |
Kentucky | KRS 503.055 | No duty to retreat from dwelling, residence or occupied vehicle. |
Louisiana | LA RS 14:20 | (4)(a) When committed by a person lawfully inside a dwelling, a place of business, or a motor vehicle as defined in R.S. 32:1(40), against a person who is attempting to make an unlawful entry into the dwelling, place of business, or motor vehicle, or who has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, place of business, or motor vehicle, and the person committing the homicide reasonably believes that the use of deadly force is necessary to prevent the entry or to compel the intruder to leave the premises or motor vehicle. |
Maine | § 104 | Deadly force justified to terminate criminal trespass AND another crime within home, or to stop unlawful and imminent use of deadly force, or to effect a citizen's arrest against deadly force; duty to retreat not specifically removed[18] |
Maryland | See Maryland self-defense. Case-law, not statute, incorporates the common law castle-doctrine into Maryland self-defense law. Invitees or guests may have duty to retreat based on mixed case law.[19] | |
Massachusetts | 278-8a | Section 8A. In the prosecution of a person who is an occupant of a dwelling charged with killing or injuring one who was unlawfully in said dwelling, it shall be a defense that the occupant was in his dwelling at the time of the offense and that he acted in the reasonable belief that the person unlawfully in said dwelling was about to inflict great bodily injury or death upon said occupant or upon another person lawfully in said dwelling, and that said occupant used reasonable means to defend himself or such other person lawfully in said dwelling. There shall be no duty on said occupant to retreat from such person unlawfully in said dwelling. |
Minnesota | 609.065 | No duty to retreat before using deadly force to prevent a felony in one's place of abode; no duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense in one's place of abode [20]) This isn't as clear as it appears, however. There are four cases in Minnesota where duty of retreat was upheld.[21] |
Missouri | 563.031 | Extends to any building, inhabitable structure, or conveyance of any kind, whether the building, inhabitable structure, or conveyance is temporary or permanent, mobile or immobile (e.g., a camper, RV or mobile home), which has a roof over it, including a tent, and is designed to be occupied by people lodging therein at night, whether the person is residing there temporarily, permanently or visiting (e.g., a hotel or motel), and any vehicle. The defense against civil suits is absolute and includes the award of attorney's fees, court costs, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any civil action brought by a plaintiff. |
New Hampshire | [2] | Not required to retreat if he or she is within his or her dwelling, its curtilage, or anywhere he or she has a right to be, and was not the initial aggressor. An individual may respond to a threat of serious bodily injury or death by displaying a firearm or other method of self-defense. Deadly force is justified if the aggressor is about to use unlawful, deadly force, is likely to use any unlawful force against a person present while committing or attempting to commit a burglary, is committing or about to commit kidnapping or a forcible sex offense, or is likely to use any unlawful force in the commission of a felony against the individual within their dwelling or its curtilage. |
New Jersey | [3] | Retreat required if actor knows he can avoid necessity of deadly force in complete safety, etc. except not obliged to retreat from dwelling, unless the initial aggressor |
New York | PL § 35.15(2)(a)(i) | Retreat required if actor knows that with complete personal safety, to oneself and others, he or she may avoid the necessity of using deadly force by retreating, except that the actor is under no duty to retreat if he or she is in his or her dwelling and not the initial aggressor. |
North Carolina | § 14‑51.3 | Use of force in defense of person; relief from criminal or civil liability.(a) A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that the conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other's imminent use of unlawful force. However, a person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat in any place he or she has the lawful right to be if either of the following applies:(1) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another.(2) Under the circumstances permitted pursuant to G.S. 14‑51.2.(b) A person who uses force as permitted by this section is justified in using such force and is immune from civil or criminal liability for the use of such force, unless the person against whom force was used is a law enforcement officer or bail bondsman who was lawfully acting in the performance of his or her official duties and the officer or bail bondsman identified himself or herself in accordance with any applicable law or the person using force knew or reasonably should have known that the person was a law enforcement officer or bail bondsman in the lawful performance of his or her official duties. (2011‑268, s. 1.) |
North Dakota | 12.1-05-07. [4] | When deadly force is used in lawful self-defense, or in lawful defense of others, if such force is necessary to protect the actor or anyone else against death, serious bodily injury, or the commission of a felony involving violence, An individual is not required to retreat within or from that individual's dwelling or place of work or from an occupied motor home or travel trailer, unless the individual was the original aggressor or is assailed by another individual who the individual knows also dwells or works there or who is lawfully in the motor home or travel trailer. Also, deadly force is permitted in defense of property when used by an individual in possession or control of a dwelling, place of work, or an occupied motor home or travel trailer, or by an individual who is licensed or privileged to be there, if the force is necessary to prevent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, or a felony involving violence upon or in the dwelling, place of work, or occupied motor home or travel trailer, and the use of force other than deadly force for these purposes would expose any individual to substantial danger of serious bodily injury. |
Ohio | SB 184 | Extends to vehicles of self and immediate family; effective September 9, 2008.[22] Section 2901.09 |
Oregon | ORS 161.209-229 | Use of force justifiable in a range of scenarios without a duty to retreat specified. Oregon Supreme Court affirmed in State of Oregon v. Sandoval that the law "sets out a specific set of circumstances that justify a person's use of deadly force (that the person reasonably believes that another person is using or about to use deadly force against him or her) and does not interpose any additional requirement (including a requirement that there be no means of escape)." |
Pennsylvania | 18 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5 § 505 | The most recent version of Pennsylvania's Castle Doctrine legislation was signed into law in June 2011. The law extends the right to self-defense up to and including deadly force in a victim's dwelling (now including any attached porch, deck or patio), occupied vehicle, or any other dwelling or vehicle that the victim legally occupies. A place of work is included in the "castle" provision under certain circumstances. Use of deadly force is justifiable if the "castle" area in the event that an assailant is "unlawfully and forcefully entering" or has entered the "castle" area. Deadly force is also justifiable, subject to certain provisions, if a person that legally enters the "castle" goes on to unlawfully attack a victim (when the victim is resonably in fear of his/her life) or if the attacker attempts to kidnap anyone who legally occupies the "castle". The victim must be in "legal possession" of a firearm or other weapon to be justified in the use of that weapon. Use of deadly force to protect an innocent third person is generally allowed in circumstances where the provisions for justifiable self-defense are met. Victims who justifiably use force to defend themselves under the provisions of the law are immune from civil liability for any injuries sustained by the attacker during the incident. The new legislation also contains a stand you ground provision when outside of the "castle". Outside of "castle areas" there is no duty to retreat if confronted with a weapon. |
Rhode Island | § 11-8-8 | |
Wisconsin | [5] | Assembly Bill 69, signed December 7, 2011) The civil immunity became Sec. 895.62, Wis.Stats. and the criminal immunity became Sec. 939.48, Wis.Stats. |
Wyoming | [6][dead link] |
These states uphold castle doctrine in general, but may rely on case law instead of specific legislation, may enforce a duty to retreat, and may impose specific restrictions on the use of deadly force:
Australian states have several differing laws. However, under South Australian law, the general defence appears in s15(1) Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) for defending a person's life, and s15A(1) for defending property, subject to a hybrid test, i.e. the defendant honestly believed the threat to be imminent and made an objectively reasonable and proportionate response to the circumstances as the accused subjectively perceived them.[26]
In July 2003, the Rann Government (SA) introduced laws allowing householders to use "whatever force they deem necessary" when confronted with a home invader. Householders who kill or injure a home invader escape prosecution provided they can prove they had a genuine belief that it was necessary to do so to protect themselves or their family.
The law was strongly opposed by then-Director of Public Prosecutions Paul Rofe, QC, and lawyer Marie Shaw, who is now a District Court Judge.[27]
In English common law a defendant may seek to avoid criminal or civil liability by claiming that he acted in self-defence.[28] This requires the jury to determine whether the defendant believed that force was necessary to defend him or herself, his or her property, or to prevent a crime, and that the force used was reasonable.[29] While there is no duty to retreat from an attacker and failure to do so is not conclusive evidence that a person did not act in self-defence, it may still be considered by the jury as a relevant factor when assessing the merits of a self-defence claim.[28] The common law duty to retreat was repealed by the Criminal Law Act 1967. This duty never existed when a person is somewhere he has a lawful right to be, but due to the repeal, now extends to public places, etc.
German law allows self-defense against an unlawful attack.[30] Courts have interpreted this law as applicable to home invasion, including the use of lethal force against law enforcement in cases where the home owner was of the mistaken belief that the intrusion was unlawful.[31]
Israeli law allows property owners to defend themselves with force.[32] This law was introduced in response to the trial of Shai Dromi, an Israeli farmer who shot Arab intruders on his farm late at night.[33]
Italy passed a law in 2005 that would allow property owners to defend themselves with force.[34]


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The Blue Jays once led the American League East by six games this year, as did the A's in the West. The Tigers led the Central by as many as 7.5. None of those teams is in first place now, but because of exactly that, we know that leads are not safe. Every team is capable of having a bad September -- and every team has known heartbreak in the final month. Here is a look at the worst collapse each American League team has ever endured.Start Slideshow
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After leading the American League West by as many as 11 games in August, the Angels entered September with a 7.5-game lead on the Mariners and Rangers. With 13 losses in 18 games, the Angels allowed Seattle to tie the AL West, but still had a one-game edge on the Yankees, who had been 9.5 games behind them at the start of the month, for the wild card. By Sept. 26, California was three games back in the West and 1.5 behind the Yankees, but they won their last five games to force a one-game playoff for the West title, losing 9-1 in Seattle.Next
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After four straight playoff appearances, all ending in five-game division series losses, Oakland led the West by four games after a 9-5 win at Toronto on Sept. 4, but went 9-15 for the rest of the month, setting up a best-of-three series in Oakland with the Angels to determine the division champion and close the regular season. Mark Mulder got blown up in a 10-0 loss in the first game, followed the next day by Garret Anderson's eighth-inning double off Octavio Dotel to decide the division after Barry Zito had left with a 4-2 lead.Next
Houston hasn't been any good in the American League, but the Astros led the NL West by as many as 10.5 games in 1979, and still sat in first at 81-62 in early September. By the time the Reds came to the Astrodome in late September, Houston needed a sweep to reclaim the division lead, and while the Astros took the first two games, Vern Ruhle couldn't get out of the fourth inning in a 7-1 game to end the series, and essentially Houston's season.Next
Juan Beniquez's bases-loaded walkoff triple on Sept. 26 gave the Blue Jays a 3.5-game lead on the Tigers, but it was Toronto's last win of the season. A seven-game losing streak culminated in a three-game sweep in Detroit, where Jimmy Key gave up only three hits in a complete game on the last day of the season, but had the misfortune for one of those hits to be a Larry Herndon homer, while Frank Tanana blanked Toronto on six hits.Next
Cleveland never spent a day in first place in the 2005 season, but got as close as 1.5 games behind the White Sox after an 11-4 rout of the Royals on Sept. 24. At that point, the Indians had a 1.5-game lead in the wild-card race with seven games left, but Cleveland won only once more, finishing the season with three straight losses to a Chicago team that had nothing to play for with the division title already wrapped up.Next
Seattle had already coughed up an eight-game division lead by the time September started, but still led the wild-card race. Back-to-back shutouts at the hands of a 99-loss Devil Rays team piloted by former Mariners skipper Lou Piniella took care of that wild-card lead, and Ichiro's .298 on-base percentage in the final month certainly didn't help matters.Next
Having led the East by as many as 7.5 games, the Orioles entered September tied for the division lead with the Blue Jays, who went 17-11 the rest of the way while Baltimore went a respectable, but not good enough, 15-13. The last three games of the season were between the avian rivals in Toronto, with Baltimore needing two wins to forge a tie. Instead, the Orioles coughed up leads in each of the first two games, with reliever Mark Williamson taking the loss in both.Next
Two games up in the West at the start of September after having led the division by as many as seven games, Texas lost 15 of 20 games to allow Oakland to clinch before the autumnal equinox. It took a seven-game winning streak to close the season for the Rangers to even wind up tied for the second wild-card spot, with Texas never able to surmount Tampa Bay's early three-run lead in the tiebreaker.Next
The defending American League champions never led the East, but still were in the wild-card race until a 10-game losing streak, including doubleheader sweeps in both New York and Boston, dropped the Rays to 72-71, 12.5 games behind the Red Sox for the wild card. Going 12-7 the rest of the way was hardly any consolation for Tampa Bay.Next
A 10-game lead in July. A 6.5-game lead at the beginning of September. Four straight home losses to the Yankees to tie the division. Eight straight wins to end the season tied for first. Bucky Bleepin' Dent.Next
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A season that began with a 9-0 start and dreams of the first playoff berth in Kansas City in 18 years saw the Royals lead the Central by as many as 7.5 games in July, and although that lead evaporated into a 1.5-game deficit at the start of September, the chance still was there. Only then the Royals lost eight of their first 12 games in September, and wound up finishing the season seven games out of first place.Next
Detroit held at least a share of the Central lead from May 10 through the end of the regular season, but after going up by three games with four to play on Sept. 30, the Tigers gave a game back to Minnesota on Oct. 1, then lost two of three in Chicago to set up a one-game playoff at the Metrodome. The Tigers gagged on a 3-0 lead in that game, then a 5-4 lead in the 10th inning, falling 6-5 in division decider on Alexi Casilla's RBI single off Fernando Rodney.Next
Up by 5.5 games in late August and two games at the beginning of September, the Twins still held a share of the West lead with seven games left. They won the next one, but fell a half-game behind the Royals, who swept a Sept. 24 doubleheader. After that, the Twins never won again, finishing 81-81 with six straight losses, including four straight to an Indians team that needed those wins to avoid a 90-loss season.Next
Up by a game on the Orioles for the wild card, the White Sox headed to Baltimore for a three-game series and gave up leads to lose each of the first two games before salvaging the finale. With four games left, Chicago still had a chance at 1.5 games behind the Orioles, but the White Sox lost three of their last four, with a walkoff single by Paul Molitor ending their season.Next
New York started September with a three-game deficit to make up in the East, and caught the Red Sox with ease, opening up a 2.5-game lead on Boston with a 3-0 win at Baltimore on Sept. 12. When the Orioles came to Shea Stadium on Sept. 17, it was Baltimore that was in second place, 2.5 games out. Jim Palmer and Dave McNally pitched shutouts as part of the three-game sweep, the start of a 13-1 flourish that drove Baltimore to the division title.
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walk me through the answers of these questions plz:
1-how did the first male and female human beings appeared?
2-is there moses, jesus, mohammed _peace be upon him_??
3-why are we on earth ? what is the purpose of living??
Of course everyone knows it, I just can't understand how people will still believe in this religion when they get so blatant about it. They're not even using a euphemism. It's straight out "you're a slave".
It's only natural that you and I could never understand that degree of submission - even the ancestors of Americans refused to submit in England, which is why they came to the New World.
But these people have lived with this belief for nearly a millennium and a half in an unbroken line of parents telling their children that this is the only way to live. Most of them know no other life. Even if they risked being disowned by their families, and avoided being killed or otherwise punished for being an apostate, for choosing not to believe in Islam, they still face their own fears, "What if I'm wrong? What if Allah is real?"
It's much like the Christian Church was around 1400 - people like you and I today, can't even fathom it.
True, you're right about the generations and generations of indoctrination. There is no way we could understand someone who willingly accepts being a prisoner.Those aren't even my words.
I have to say I'm jealous. Muhammad was one hell of a conman..
lol dont watch to be Muslim just watch to know about the Muslims, if u dont want to know it is ok mate :) do not watch
The answer to number 3 is different for each person. The meaning and purpose of a murderers life is different then that of a doctor. We decide what our lives mean through our actions.
Actually, Muslims have contributed great things to the world. During the Middle Ages, better known as the Dark Ages of Europe, followers of Islam kept the knowledge and science, begun by the ancient Greeks, alive, and it was exactly that inheritance that enabled Europe to emerge from those Dark Ages, into the Age of Enlightenment that produced Newton, Kepler and Brae.
In those days, followers of Islam were tolerant of all other religions, and despite what we think of as Jewish-Islamic relations now, when Muslims controlled Southern Spain, as they did for 800 years (in the young country of America, most of us can't even fathom such a time period), the Jewish population of Spain enjoyed all of the rights and freedoms of anyone else. However, when the Muslims were finally driven out of Spain, the Spanish Jews were forced to choose between conversion to Christianity or deportation from the country that had been homeland to them and their ancestors for a millennium. The only way any of us can imagine such an atrocity, would be if the US were conquered by Muslims, and we were all told we must convert to Islam or be deported - to where? This is our home! (At least mine, anyway).
In those days, before power struggles began within the world Islamic community, even Sunni and Shiite Muslims had no conflict. Early into the 1500's however, Shah Ismail, founder of the Safavid Dynasty in Azerbaijan, determined to wipe out Sunnism and force Shiah on his subjects. Similarly, the Sunnis in the Ottoman Empire, based in Turkey, suppressed the Shiah within their territories, and as they say, it was on.
To be fair it wasn't solely the muslims who contributed something in those times, people of all faiths did - the muslims just tolerated it.
What lies in the past hardly matters though. What matters is the current condition. What are they doing now? Nothing. Though "nothing" is putting it generously, as their current efforts seem to suggest that they're actually trying to tear down knowledge that's already there.
The best they can do now is to point desperately at totally vague verses in the koran, which are hinting at elementary school physics knowledge at best, and say
Look! The koran is filled with miraculous scientific knowledge!
You have no idea how often they use that shit, it drives me mad.
And every time science advances with something new, they come crawling out of their holes once again claiming it was written in the koran all along! Other religions do that shit too, and I want to be fair - but I honestly believe muslims take the bullshit cake. Maybe christians are worse, I don't know.
But every time they do that, I just think "doesn't that prove their book is just superfluous?"
We seem to reach the (supposedly) same conclusions about our world without their book at all, all by ourselves. Why not just apply the same approach to our lives and morals instead of looking in the book for guidance? And again, I'm always just baffled they don't see it that way. To them now, science is a waste of time. All kinds of philosophy, science, literature... all just a waste of time. We should all just stop and turn to the koran and the hadiths for our knowledge.
How sad is it when they once actually did contribute real scientific knowledge, and now their worlds are limited to a single book and the ramblings of an old man, whose brilliant scientific conclusions include dipping a fly in your drink because it's healthy. (If choose to follow the link be prepared to rage, I almost did. Though in hindsight it's hilarious.)
You let that go by WAY too easily!
Hey guys, which of you believes they can defend this?
The Prophet said "If a house fly falls in the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink), for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease."
Where's the "octor," he should have a sound edical explanation for this --
This IS the same prophet we're supposed to listen to, right?
about the fly
@Hesham - Regarding the article you asked me to read --
#1 "the larvae (maggots) all showed antibacterial properties (except that of the Queensland fruit fly control).
"As did all the adult fly species, including the Queensland fruit fly" - No mention of what antibacterial properties were present, or what, if anything, they might cure, and certainly no mention that any were found on the wings, either left or right, and specifically no mention that the disease was located on one wing and the cure on the other.
#2 Maggots, not flies were the subject of this paragraph you specifically highlighted
#3 Male Fruit fly ejaculate was the third topic covered, which I would certainly hope never to find in my Courvoisier.
The article went on to say:
"With regard to worldly matters: this happened to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). With regard to agriculture, medicine, carpentry, etc., he was like all other people. Allaah did not tell us that he was sent to us as a businessman or a farmer or a carpenter or a doctor. His mistakes in these fields are quite natural and do not impact on his Message at all." (emphasis, mine)
"The Prophet did make errors in the past in some scientific fields...." (again, emphasis, mine)
just an advice.. don't use Zaghlool el Nagar articles as a scientific evidence for the koran is right because things like splitting the moon and dipping the fly in milk and all the other stuff he used to write about has been proven to be complete hoax.
he himself stopped using it and every Muslim cleric who respects himself now avoids discussing science when trying to promote islam for fearof being publicly impressed
1. How to know? The first "human" wasn't modern man (homo sapiens) and was most likely hard to distinguish from a bipedal chimp or gorilla. Why? Do you have an answer that will stand up to scientific scrutiny?
2. Perhaps or perhaps not. Does it really matter since there's no way to verify much of what was said about them?
3. Just because you can form a grammatical sentence, that by itself doesn't make the sentence meaningful. We are here. What we make ourselves into reflects our purpose on Earth.
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