text:
Hey there, action junkies! Want to hear something awesome? It's Friday! What better way is there to celebrate than by reliving the most excellent fights in this week's new comics, right? We've got a nice dose of variety for you, too. First off, we have a match between two skilled hand-to-hand combatants. Then we'll get to check out massive brawl between monsters. And, last but not least, we'll chime in on a fight between two powerful characters in the DC universe.
"Hey, why isn't a fight I love being highlighted and/or listed in the honorable mentions? What gives?!" It's possible we didn't read that issue (A LOT come out each week, after all), or we didn't dig it as much. So, be sure to make suggestions in the official Best Battles Discussion Thread from now on to put this stuff on our radar. We review that before writing this weekly feature and do our best to get our hands on the issues suggested.
The second chapter of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee's latest volume of DAREDEVIL featured Shroud, a character that isn't very popular, so don't feel too bad if you have no idea who is he. Clearly, Waid is aware of this because he finds a natural way to fit in discussing the character's origin story and basic abilities. So, what forces this fellow to clash with The Man Without Fear? Well, it turns out Shroud isn't very pleased about Matt Murdock's move to San Francisco. Shroud considers the city his turf and wants him to back off. Obviously, that's not going to happen and the two begin to scuffle instead of, you know, talking it out like normal people.
What makes Waid's time with Daredevil particularly cool is the strong emphasis on Daredevil using his radar to make him a superb detective. It's constantly on display in this book and, in fact, how these two first met is a great example of it. You see, Shroud was lurking on Daredevil's roof as the hero was inside with company. Despite socializing with them, Murdock could not only hear Shroud on his roof, but could also determine the attire he's wearing. Waid also gives credit to Murdock's hand-to-hand abilities -- and understandably so because the dude's a very gifted fighter. As you can see from the captions, we get to dive inside Murock's head as he's locked in hand-to-hand combat and he's constantly examining his foe.
Samnee's energetic and fun artwork is such a strong compliment to Waid's script. It does a fine job honing in on each and every strike, just like Daredevil is doing in is own head. Speaking of which, you probably noticed Matt's being quite descriptive with the moves. He can tell his opponent is skilled, and, so far, our hero's been striking and defending with his right hand. He's doing this because he knows his opponent is likely reading him as well, so this was all an attempt to trick Shroud into believing he favors his right arm. The play worked and when Murdock gets an opening with his left fist, he makes sure it counts.
Shroud's lost the battle, but the issue is hardly over. The character has an ace up his sleeve and it forces Murdock into an uneasy alliance with him. But can Shroud be truly be trusted? Well, of course not, but don't you want to see how it all plays out?!
Godzilla, the King of Monsters, had a pretty rough time in the new issue of IDW'S GODZILLA: RULERS OF EARTH. Written by Chris Mowry and with art by Matt Frank and Priscilla Tramontano, this chapter placed the iconic Kaiju in an incredibly unfair fight. Sure, we all know the beast is crazy powerful, but here, it's a two-on-one fight against two underwater monsters. Naturally, it doesn't start on a strong note for Godzilla.
Will Godzilla break free and give these two opponents a well-deserved beatdown? Will the titan unleash its atomic breath, blasting its enemies away from it? Unfortunately for Godzilla, neither of those things happen -- at least not yet. Instead, another enemy Kaiju joins the fray and, as Godzilla's restrained, this new fiend delivers an absolutely vicious strike to its belly.
What a bunch of miserable cheaters, right? As if two versus one wasn't fair enough, they had to call in back up just to stack the odds even more. However, they're messing with the King of Monsters, and not even a fierce stab to the tummy will incapacitate this beast. Not only is Godzilla still good to go, but the creature then shows them who's boss. Godzilla dishes out some atomic breath and then uses their numbers against them by throwing them into one another. But Godzilla's streak is stopped when yet ANOTHER Kaiju enters the battle and punches poor ol' Godzilla in the face. So begins the savagery.
Does Godzilla slaughter them all? Does a third party intervene? Does this also make you really, really want to see the new movie in IMAX? Well, you'll just have to read the issue to get all of the details! Plus -- and I know it's hard to believe -- this isn't the only awesome fight in the issue, either. The book kicks off with a pretty epic brawl in Paris and it even destroys one of the city's landmarks. Which one, you ask? Well, like I said, go buy the issue to find out!
Jeff Parker's run on AQUAMAN dishes out quite a rumble between two heavy-hitters: Aquaman and Hercules. The latest issue, illustrated by Paul Pelletier and colored by Rain Beredo, revolves primarily around these two super-strong characters duking it out. The son of Zeus has only one thing on his mind: revenge. His mind has been twisted and he wants nothing more than to make Atlanteans suffer. Arthur Curry has the misfortune of being his punching bag and the two powerhouses wind up taking quite a tumble.
When you have two absurdly powerful characters constantly tackling one another into the Earth, it's going to take a bit of a toll. Shortly after this fall, the two smash into a wall and it causes a whole lot of rubble to come crashing down on them. The Demigod eventually recovers from the wreckage, but he sees that his massive body protected Arthur from the debris. He views this as being manipulated yet again (read this issue and #29 to find out why) and then attempts to strangle Aquaman to death. Arthur has very gifted physicals, but to get out of this situation, he'll need to use his wit. Keep in mind, it has been a long time since Hercules has encountered an Atlantean and, if you know your DC history, then you know they were once surface dwellers. Such isn't the case anymore, but he's completely oblivious to that.
Poor, poor Hercules. Now that Arthur's back in the water, the fight can finally turn back in his favor. Right after the Demigod dips him in, Arthur rocks Hercules' face with a crazy powerful punch. So powerful, in fact, that it sends the big man flying and he eventually smashes back into the ocean. Now, Arthur has him right where he wants him.
Okay, it's pretty obvious who's going to win at this point, but Parker makes sure it's one hell of a victory. Plenty of hits are thrown -- and plenty were thrown that we didn't reveal to you -- so, if you want to see the full clash between Aquaman and Hercules, do the right thing and pick up the issue!
More battles that are full of win can be found in the following new issues:
That's it for this week, friends! What are your top three fights from this latest round of new comics? Also, don't forget to make nominations every week in the official thread or tell us via Twitter. See you next Friday. Oh, have a good weekend, too!


text:
Cancellation Policy
As much as we hope that you'll never need to cancel your contract with American Home Shield, you can call us toll-free 24 hours a day, seven days a week and a representative will be available to answer any questions, or assist in processing your request.
For your protection, we will confirm your cancel request by phone, email, or written correspondence within 10 business days. Please be aware that you may be required to pay an administrative fee and service costs incurred upon cancellation.
Please refer to your service contract for state-specific cancellation provisions.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The Red Queen and the persistence of linkage-disequilibrium oscillations in finite and infinite populations
- Equal contributors
Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, ETH-Zentrum CHN, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7:211 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-211Published: 6 November 2007
The Red Queen Hypothesis (RQH) suggests that the coevolutionary dynamics of host-parasite systems can generate selection for increased host recombination. Since host-parasite interactions often have a strong genetic basis, recombination between different hosts can increase the fraction of novel and potentially resistant offspring genotypes. A prerequisite for this mechanism is that host-parasite interactions generate persistent oscillations of linkage disequilibria (LD).
We use deterministic and stochastic models to investigate the persistence of LD oscillations and its impact on the RQH. The standard models of the Red Queen dynamics exhibit persistent LD oscillations under most circumstances. Here, we show that altering the standard model from discrete to continuous time or from simultaneous to sequential updating results in damped LD oscillations. This suggests that LD oscillations are structurally not robust. We then show that in a stochastic regime, drift can counteract this dampening and maintain the oscillations. In addition, we show that the amplitude of the oscillations and therefore the strength of the resulting selection for or against recombination are inversely proportional to the size of the (host) population.
We find that host parasite-interactions cannot generally maintain oscillations in the absence of drift. As a consequence, the RQH can strongly depend on population size and should therefore not be interpreted as a purely deterministic hypothesis.


text:
My first 50 years of critical care (1956-2006).
My perspective is half a century long, so I have plagiarized my editorial title after a book by one of my senior and beloved role models: Dr Alec Cooke's My First 75 Years of Medicine. (1) To celebrate Dr Cooke's 90th birthday, his children gave him his first computer, with which he wrote his memoirs. He was renowned for statements that contained the humor of Yogi Berra and the wisdom of Socrates. One of Cooke's Laws that has guided my practice as a physician is this: "Doctors do not treat diseases; they treat patients."
A half-century overview would be too long and tedious to insert into AJCC, so I am choosing to cover a few closely related topics that by chance may be of universal interest; issues that I have tried to promote, with varying degrees of success, in these pages and in my life. These musings are frequently anecdotal and personal.
Critical Care: The Early Years
My first experience of critical care was in 1956, when I volunteered as a locum (temporary) medical student intern in the respiratory unit of the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England. Multidisciplinary critical care had been in existence only for about 3 to 4 years, and had been started by Bjorn Ibsen, (2,3) who was in charge of a hospital in Copenhagen given over to the management of a particularly virulent strain of poliomyelitis that gave rise to a pandemic in the early 1950s. (This pandemic was cut short in the United States by the introduction of the Salk vaccine.) The unit was started by the chief of neurology and run by Dr Spalding (a neurologist) and Dr Crampton Smith (later Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics). They encouraged research into respiratory care, and later produced the first comprehensive, science-based "how-to" book: Clinical Practice and Physiology of Artificial Respiration. (4)
The change from the use of iron lungs, which were expensive and cumbersome, to prolonged positive pressure ventilation through a cuffed endotracheal or tracheostomy tube was an essential factor in the development of critical care. Positive pressure ventilation allowed easy access to the patient for nursing and medical procedures. Most of the patients were relatively long term and presented with poliomyelitis or tetanus. Assiduous attention was paid to hand washing, nutrition, pulmonary toilet, skin integrity, and psychological stress.
Patient Comfort
By its very nature, an intensive care unit (ICU) is not a comfortable place. There is generally too much noise, bright light, bustling activity, and physical disturbance in the environment. Pain and fear are ever-present for patients, and such challenges require constant attention. Resources often seem less than needs.
When critical care became established, which probably happened nearly a decade earlier in Europe than in the United States, one of the immediate concerns was for the physical and mental comfort of the patients. Tetanus was the first condition for which sedation was used as part of the treatment. The best standard of care quickly became paralysis (initially with curare and later with pancuronium) and mechanical ventilation. The use of nitrous oxide seemed an obvious choice to the anesthesiologists, who comprised the majority of intensivists in the early days. The gas was easily obtained, respirable, analgesic, and would readily sedate the patient.
Unfortunately, as Lassen (a colleague of Bjorn Ibsen's) and colleagues reported in 1956, prolonged use of nitrous oxide could cause bone marrow suppression, and even fatal aplastic anemia. (5) Its use continued in tetanus patients for another decade, (6) however, and was overtaken by halothane anesthesia, which seemed to suppress the sympathetic overactivity of severe tetanus (the "horrors"). Halothane was sometimes administered for up to 3 weeks. (7,8) The treatment of tetanus patients with muscle relaxants disquietingly led some anesthesiologists to ponder rather too publicly whether pancuronium might have amnesic properties! Fortunately, there are too many accounts of how unpleasant it is to be paralyzed, awake, and aware to belie this suggestion. Even if the condition is not remembered, it still must be extremely unpleasant.
Dealing With Stress
One of the fathers of modern critical care, Martin Holmdahl, developed a system with the aid of his head nurse in Uppsala, Sweden, whereby no patient requiring ventilator support was ever left without knowing that a person was present. Medical students, housewives whose children had flown the nest, and others were hired for a modest fee to be with ventilated patients so they would not feel alone. (9) These aides also were helpful when patients needed suctioning, bathing, or their beds made. Years later, in 1971, the late Peter Safar and Ake Grenvik (a protege of Martin Holmdahl) wrote, "Every patient maintained on mechanical ventilation, even when stabilized, needs a well educated person at the bedside at all times: he or she might be a medical or nursing student, a respiratory therapist, even a non-professional but well trained individual.'" (10) John Ablett, in Leeds, England, enlisted family members to be with paralyzed children with tetanus and to keep their presence known by reading to their youngsters.
Over the years I have noticed that patients who recalled being paralyzed and ventilated consistently found the most terrifying part of the experience to be any time they did not know if anyone was at the bedside with them. This is one of the more telling reasons for having open visiting policies: to prevent the agonizing loneliness of being helpless and feeling that there is no one there to observe and care. In an interesting comparison between equivalent ICUs in the United States and Norway, Martin and Mathisen (11) found that restraints, heavy sedation, and inadvertent tracheal extubation were fairly common events in the United States, whereas restraint and inadvertent tracheal extubation were rare in Norway and sedative medication was used far less often. It's worth noting, however, that the patient-to-nurse ratio was significantly lower in the Norwegian ICU in this study.
The stresses of critical care units and disease were recognized early on as a cause for depression, disorientation, hallucinations, and self-destructive manic behavior; these issues were first formally studied around the beginning of the 1970s. In the United States this research was done mainly in coronary and cardiac surgical units, the largest portion of the ICUs. (12-14) The investigators were able to show the baneful effects of the ICU environment on the psyche of the suffering, sleep-deprived patient, but initially did not appreciate that denial could be a very helpful coping mechanism--the antithesis of Freudian dogma! Noise was very difficult to control. Coronary care units were often carpeted, but this was not suitable for the surgical units, which had to contend with the spillage of noxious and unsavory fluids onto the floor and the sepsis that could result.
One of my coworkers, a psychologist, was studying the galvanic (electrical) skin resistance of the sole of the foot to measure anxiety. We never collected enough data to publish, but we did find that the sound of the conventional telephone ringing could produce the fast polyphasic change associated with increased sympathetic activity. (This is one of the measurements of the polygraphic lie detector.) Although conventional telephone bells had been removed in some ICUs, replaced with soft flashing lights, there was administrative concern that the telephone would become too easily ignored by the unit staff. We had more success introducing a quiet hour in the middle of the day, and surprisingly found that not only did it cut down telephone usage, but also became quite accepted by the medical staff, who would arrange to see their patients at other times. It also enabled a decent lunch break for the ICU staff most days.
We have now removed much of the stress from mechanically ventilated acutely ill patients by sedating them so heavily (a standard of care) that they must be awakened every day to see how they are (another standard of care!). (15,16) Most of the drugs we use--with the possible exception of dexmedetomidine--do not produce normal sleep patterns, and may not leave the patient feeling rested after prolonged use. Heavy sedation cuts down on the workload of the nursing staff, of course, but it is difficult to accept this as a rationale for its use, even with the obvious shortage of critical care nurses.
Further Study
There are several questions that need answering, hopefully early on in the next half century. Is pharmacological sedation harmful to survival, for example? Does it cause significant problems with immune competence, apoptosis, mental stress disorders, cognitive dysfunction in the elderly, or diminished cardiovascular function? How much does it increase the ICU length of stay? Certainly we must try harder to make the environment more comfortable and aim for less heavy sedation, perhaps through added human presence or some new medicinal approach. Just because patients have amnesia does not mean they did not suffer both physically and mentally. The amnesia of the critically ill patient may protect us too!
Another area that needs more refinement is the assessment of physical pain. The current 1 through 10, no pain/worst pain scale is too often treated as linear, which it is not. Pain is a subjective phenomenon ("pain is when the patient says it hurts"), so a more realistic subjective assessment is needed rather than a number that satisfies inspecting agencies. Operationally the treatment of pain is a good guide. Comfort measures, mild analgesics, strong analgesics, and strong analgesics stat would describe the basic levels we live by.
Staff Comfort
The stress of critical care also has been tough on the ICU staff, and more than 30 years ago Ned Cassem was at the forefront helping with the problems leading to burnout and turnover. (17) Strong, sympathetic, collaborative, and present leadership; time to decompress and ventilate; and not having to provide the full armamentarium of critical care to patients with obviously terminal prognoses all are stress-reducing factors. When a dying patient is expected to receive needless treatment, it is difficult for the entire ICU team, but nurses must live with the decision at the bedside. Moral distress is hard to deal with, but it is frequently a product of hospital policy or codes. This unfortunate circumstance was neatly summed up by Andrew Jameton as arising "when one knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action." (18)
To address the problem of caring for the dying in the ICU, in 1973 my colleagues Diane Adler, Will Shoemaker, Garth Tagge (a visiting senior fellow), and I developed a 4-tier system, with a "1" for patients who should receive the full power of critical care, a "2" signifying patients whose proper treatment should be discussed, a "3" with patients for whom the subject of proper treatment should be discussed on rounds (twice daily), and "4" being the equivalent of our current "do not resuscitate" or DNR. The number was recorded on the patient's worksheet (not part of the permanent record) in the upper left-hand corner. In this system the vast majority of patients were a "1," very few were a "4," and the psychological stress of caring for dying patients was reduced. (19)
The prognosis was discussed with family members, but they were not cornered into having to give their signed permission and their wishes were always respected. All was going well until a description of our system appeared in Medical Economics. Administrators were ready to terminate our contracts of employment because of the possible loss of institutional prestige that would occur if it was known that we let patients die in the ICU. Fortunately our dean saw things differently. The Harvard ethical criteria for dealing with terminally ill patients had just been promulgated, so what we had been doing amounted to another "first" for our institution. After that, it became necessary to record our dire prognoses in the record, and patients' relatives had to give formal consent.
Familiarity Breeds Collaboration
"Collaborative practice" has become a catchprase, but it means different things to different people. After all, when physicians and nurses are working together, physicians feel there is a collaborative relationship much more often than the nurses do. (20) In the early 1970s I felt that if physicians and nurses were on a same-name basis it might increase respect for the nurses. Nurses were usually addressed by their first names, and physicians as "Doctor X." I asked the director of nursing if she would object if nurses so addressed by physicians in turn addressed physicians by their first name. Her answer was simply "try it!" Department chairs found it strange, but all (some reluctantly, I'll admit) went along with it. (In 50 years I have never been accused of political correctness!) I have mixed feelings about the development of doctoral degrees in nursing practice as a measure that will increase respect. In my book, familiarity breeds collaboration.
When I presided over the Society of Critical Care Medicine, I put forward the following resolution at the annual general meeting: "This Society will not join an international critical care organization that does not allow national critical care nursing organizations to join as full and voting members." The resolution was passed nem con (no one contradicting), and I went off to Mexico to draw up the bylaws and agreements founding the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM). I was accused of blackmail and worse, but the fledgling organization accepted nursing organizations as members rather than lose the United States. I then received my most treasured recognition when, in 1979, I was the second physician to be elected to honorary membership in AACN. Critical care nursing now has received much more recognition and respect worldwide, and I admit to a pang of sadness when a separate international nursing organization was set up at the 2001 WFSICCM Congress in Sydney.
Reducing Patient-to-Nurse Ratios
The current enthusiasm in the United States for staffing ICUs is to have a patient-to-nurse ratio of 2 to 1. More than that is considered an excessive workload and dangerous for patient care. Whenever I suggest that this number is far too high and propose a 1-to-1 ratio, I see administrators (who despite what I've written here I regard as allies) become wide-eyed and develop circumoral pallor. As a nation we have far too many ICU beds--about 8% to 12%, or 55 000 beds in 6000 ICUs. This overbedding is the result of service promotion in our unfortunate marketplace business model of healthcare management. Most other countries with advanced medical systems run with 3% to 4%. The disturbing result is that both systems cry out for more ICU beds and are de facto rationing critical care. (21) Generally the systems abroad have much lower ICU patient-to-nurse ratios and a heavy reliance on step-down, high dependency, or progressive care units. They often have 3 times the number of step-down beds as ICU beds, a step-down patient-to-nurse ratio of 3 to 1, and all beds controlled by the same critical care service.
We are currently providing for critically ill, unstable patients by pairing them with patients for whom we have little to offer, either because they are sufficiently improved or need more palliative than critical care. If the high acuity patients number more than 50% of the ICU census, we have a problem. Would we be better off with half the number of ICU beds and adequate and available step-down facilities? Peter Safar (22) warned us in the 1960s that between a 90% to 95% patient census and keeping an ICU full can render it unavailable for the next patient in need.
Perhaps in our current model an empty bed must be regarded as a missed billing opportunity, but it does lead to an impression of the need for more. One-to-one critical care patient-to-nurse ratios have been shown to be associated with less sepsis (23) and markedly improved major surgical outcome (24,25) and job satisfaction. With this change, ICU length of stay ought to be measured in hours, not days. The big push will be to stop the admission of patients who will not benefit from critical care and to discharge those who no longer need it.
Family Comfort
The publication that has had the most influence on critical care nursing is undoubtedly the paper on the needs of relatives by Nancy Molter (26) published in 1979. Many have tried to emulate the study in various ICUs and under various conditions, but have come up with the same message: communication. The relatives of the critically ill are comforted by information from those caring for their loved ones. They want to talk things over with the nurses and doctors doing the caring. They need to be reassured that the best possible care is being offered to the patient.
For some of my career I was fortunate enough to have a large office adjacent to the ICU. Whenever I was there the door was open, and any relative was welcome to come and talk. Callers were few, but knowing that the ICU director was available seemed to be reassuring in itself. Open visiting was harder to introduce, but once established the staff would not have had it any other way. Although we asked visitors to leave if cardiopulmonary resuscitation was started, they were not asked to leave during rounds, and even participated and were encouraged to ask questions about what was being discussed. They also provided a more human value to the patient. Unfortunately, this type of behavior would probably be considered noncompliant under the current interpretation of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations!
Families are now beset with ever-greater responsibility and decision making when their loved one is not doing well. Palliative care, social services, and ethicists are there to help the ICU team and family members more than ever before. To paraphrase David Crippen (from a list published in the now defunct Intensive Care World in 1992), the difficulties with family decision making may be due to a lack of intellectual or emotional capacity, the doctor being blamed for the patient's condition, anecdotal tales of "miracle" cures, lack of financial incentive to withdraw treatment, "getting at" society from a one-down position, and conflict of interest (eg, inheritance). This last factor becomes increasingly significant as the children of elderly debilitated patients see their parents' nest eggs disappear as they pay for care that seemingly offers the elderly patient little benefit.
The right of self-determination is now strongly ingrained in our culture, but not everyone wants to make decisions. In the late 1970s Franz Ingelfinger, a former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, was diagnosed with carcinoma of the esophagus. He was receiving such a variety of advice that he could not clearly make up his mind what to do. A friend told him that what he really needed was a doctor! He found comfort in having someone he knew and trusted to make decisions for him. He wrote about this experience in a posthumously published article titled "Arrogance." (27)
Closing Thoughts
We can never be certain that what we are doing overall is best for our patients. (28) The problem with evidence-based care is that unless what we are doing is 100% successful, we should be creating new evidence and testing it. In an era when pay for performance is being lauded as cost saving, I would hate to see such a thing stifle innovation. Even the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (29) is meagerly endowed with evidence, and will undoubtedly be different next year. This is precisely why I have chosen to write about the ICU and the people in it over the last 50 years as opposed to technological advances that will most likely change in the near future anyway.
I shall miss the warm support and professionalism of Kathy Dracup as I retire to the honorary position of AJCC "founding editor," but I will continue to enjoy my membership in and continue to support my favorite organization: the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. From my perspective, the next 50 years in critical care look as though they will be quite exciting indeed.
The statements and opinions contained in this editorial are solely those of the Editor.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES None reported.
(1.) Cooke AM. My First 75 Years of Medicine. London. England: Royal College of Physicians of London; 1994.
(2.) Ibsen B. The anaesthetist's viewpoint in the treatment of respiratory complications in poliomyelitis during the epidemic in Copenhagen, 1952. Proc R Soc Med. 1954:47:72-74.
(3.) Ibsen B. From anaesthesia to anaesthesiology: personal experiences in Copenhagen during the past 25 years. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl. 1975:61 : 1-69.
(4.) Spalding JMK, Crampton Smith A. Clinical Practice and Phsysiologa, of Artificial Respiration. Oxford, England: Blackwell Scientific Publications; 1963.
(5.) Lassen H, Henriksen E, Neukirch F, Kristensen H. Treatment of tetanus: severe bone-marrow depression after prolonged nitrous-oxide anaesthesia. Lancet. 1956;270:527-530.
(6.) Bodman RI, Morton H J, Thomas ET. Treatment of tetanus with chlopromazine and nitrous-oxide anaesthesia. Lancet. 1955;269(6883):230-231.
(7.) Kerr J, Corbett J, Prys-Roberts C, Smith A, Spalding J. Involvement of the sympathetic nervous system in tetanus: studies on 82 cases. Lancet. 1968;2:236-241.
(8.) Prys-Roberts C, Corbett JL, Kerr JH, Smith AC, Spalding JM. Treatment of sympathetic overactivity in tetanus. Lancet. 1969:1(7594):542-545.
(9.) Holmdahl MH. Respiratory intensive care unit. Anesthesiology. 1963; 23:559-568.
(10.) Safar P, Grenvik A. Multidisciplinary intensive care. Mod Med. 1971; 39:92-99.
(11.) Martin B, Mathisen L. Use of physical restraints in adult critical care: a bicultural study. Ant J Crit Care. 2005:14:133-142.
(12.) Hackett T, Cassem N. Wishnie H. The coronary-care unit: an appraisal of its psychologic hazards. N Engl J Med. 1968;279:1365-1370.
(13.) Kornfeld D. Psychiatric problems of an intensive care unit. Med Clin North Am. 1971;55:1353-1363.
(14.) Cassem N, Hackett T. Psychological rehabilitation of myocardial infarction patients in the acute phase. Heart Lung. 1973;2:382-388.
(15.) Kress J, Pohlman A, O'Connor F, Hall J. Daily interruption of sedative infusions in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med. 2000;342:1471-1477.
(16.) Heffner J. Wake up call in the intensive care unit. N Engl J Med. 2000;342:1521-1522.
(17.) Cassem N, Hackett T. Stress on the nurse and therapist in the intensive-care unit and the coronary-care unit. Heart Lung. 1975:4:252-259.
(18.) Jameton A. Nursing Practice. The Ethical Issues. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; 1984.
(19.) Tagge G, Adler D, Bryan-Brown C, Shoemaker W. Relationship of therapy to prognosis in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med. 1974;2:61-63.
(20.) Thomas EJ, Sexton JB, Helmreich RL. Discrepant attitudes about teamwork among critical care nurses and physicians. Crit Care Med. 2003 ;31 (3):956-959.
(21.) Sinuff T. Kahnamoui K, Cook D, Luce J, Levy M. Rationing critical care beds: a systematic review. Crit Care Med. 2004;32:1588-1597,
(22.) Safar P. Intensive care unit organization. In: Safar P, ed. Respiratory, Therapy. Philadelphia, Pa: FA Davis: 1965:362-373.
(23.) Vincent JL, Bihari DJ, Suter PM, et al. The prevelance of nosocomial infection in intensive care units in Europe: results of the European Prevelence of Infection in Intensive Care (EPIC) study. JAMA. 1995;274:639-644.
(24.) Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Mattke S, Stewart M, Zelevinsky K. Nursestaffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2002; 346:1715-1722.
(25.) Pronovost PJ, Rinke ML, Emery K, Dennison C. Blackledge C, Berenholtz SM. Interventions to reduce mortality among patients treated in intensive care units. J Crit Care. 2004;19(3):158-164.
(26.) Molter NC. Needs of relatives of critically ill patients: a descriptive study. Heart Lung. 1979;8:332-339.
(27.) Ingelfinger FJ. Arrogance. N Engl J Med. 1980;303:1507-1510.
(28.) Carey J. Medical guesswork: from heart surgery to prostate care. the health industry knows little about which common treatments really work. Business Week. May 29, 2006:72-79.
(29.) Dellinger RP, Carlet JM, Masur H, et al. Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock. Crit Care Med. 2004;32:858-873.
By Christopher W. Bryan-Brown, MD. From the Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Reader Opinion
|Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
|Title Annotation:
|Bryan-Brown, Christopher W.
|American Journal of Critical Care
|Jan 1, 2007
|Next Article:
|In defense of the DNP.


text:
Hang tight!
Recipe by ChrisG
"Been searching for that perfect burger recipe, but end up making a meatloaf sandwich? Been looking for that 'Wow!' reaction at your next BBQ? Look no more, this simple recipe does just that. I can't count how many have asked/begged for this recipe at my BBQs, so now it's time to share! Serve on buttered and toasted kaiser rolls and condiments of choice."
Hmm. None of these ingredients are on sale today.
Show ingredients on sale
Sort stores by
Save money at local stores when ingredients are on sale!
Watch video tips and tricks
1 teaspoon
1/2 cup
finely diced onion
2 pounds
ground beef chuck
1/2 pound
ground lamb
5 teaspoons
Worcestershire sauce
salt and ground black pepper to taste
Very Tasty and a nice change.
A little cucumber sauce and your there!
2 Ratings
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Chris' Best Burgers
Serving Size: 1/5 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 5
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 434
Calories from Fat: 259
Rhubarb adds its tangy flavor to everything from salsa to lemonade. Don't forget the pie.
Warm weather calls for a cold, fruity smoothie. Choose from over 400 refreshing recipes.
Delicious recipes, party ideas, and cooking tips! Get a year of Allrecipes magazine for $7.99!
Discover the simple secrets to amazing, beefy meatloaf.
See how to make juicy grilled burgers loaded with good stuff.
This recipe will make a liver lover out of even the pickiest eater.


text:
In The Know: US Courts
More News from Philippine Daily Inquirer
In the United States, the district court is where most federal cases are initially tried and decided.
There are 94 district courts, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories of Guam, the US Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Except in the case of the three territorial courts, the judge, who presides over the district court, is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
Nominees to the position may be recommended by senators or members of the House of Representatives belonging to the political party of the President.
The Senate Judiciary Committee conducts confirmation hearings before a judge is finally appointed for a life term.
While the Constitution does not set specific requirements, those who nominate and examine the nominations have developed informal criteria over time.
There are currently 677 district court judgeships in the United States.
Source: uscourts.gov
Get Inquirer updates while on the go, add us on these apps:
Disclaimer: The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of INQUIRER.net. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
To subscribe to the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper in the Philippines, call +63 2 896-6000 for Metro Manila and Metro Cebu or email your subscription request here.
Factual errors? Contact the Philippine Daily Inquirer's day desk. Believe this article violates journalistic ethics? Contact the Inquirer's Reader's Advocate. Or write The Readers' Advocate:
c/o Philippine Daily Inquirer Chino Roces Avenue corner Yague and Mascardo Streets, Makati City,Metro Manila, Philippines Or fax nos. +63 2 8974793 to 94


text:
Using Bone Marrow Stem Cells to Heal Old Injuries
Are you wrestling with an old injury that just aggravates you to no end? Has your doctor told you he has done all he can and you just need to learn to live with your misery? Your limitations? If so, you might want to look at support measures such as Stemgevity. This herbal blend liberates stem cells from bone marrow; stem cells which are part of the body's native repair & restoration kit.
If might also want to read these insightful free reports by physician and stem cell expert Dr. David Steenblock on other measures to heal up old injuries:
Sports-Related & Other Injuries: Pushing the Healing Envelope with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Your Own Stem Cell Rich Bone Marrow
Note that Dr. Steenblock is offering stem cell consultations! You can arrange yours by calling his clinic at 1-800-300-1063.


text:
Welcome to Paresh Martial Arts
Paresh Martial Arts is a family martial arts center nestled in the heart of San Francisco's Inner Sunset neighborhood. We offer Kids, Adults and Family classes ranging from beginner to advanced. From age 3 and up, we have classes for the whole family! Focus, Fitness, Self Defense, Self Awareness, Stress Management, Fun- join a community that's thriving, transforming and creating a safe, healthy world.
Our Martial Arts Classes
- Ages 3 +
- Ages
- Ages
- Ages
- Ages
Family Classes
45 minutes
One of Paresh's signature classes, the Family Classes give parents and kids the unique opportunity to train together, further developing the partnership of parent and child. Each class follows opening and closing tradition while the body of the class explores martial arts foundations, kicks, blocks, punches, stances, while maintaining a playful environment. Parents, be ready to move and sweat, this class is designed to keep you on your toes and provide a work out for you as well!
|Ages 3-4
|Ages 5-6
|Ages 7-12
Tiny Tigers
45 minutes
The Tiny Tigers program for 3-4 year olds consists of exciting, play-based classes which explore martial movements in a safe environment. The focus of this program is to develop an ability to increase focus, coordination, confidence, fitness, motor skills, listening and safe play with others. Tiny Tigers learn basic stances, blocks, kicks, punches, self-defense, forms, and etiquette, earning stripes along the way. Tiny Tigers is a strong, developmentally appropriate program that supports the growth and development of the young child. Students may register to attend once or twice a week."
|3:15 - 4:00pm
|3:15 - 4:00pm
Little Dragons
45 minutes
The Little Dragons program for 5-6 year olds brings the foundations of the martial arts to life. Students learn basic stances, blocks, kicks, punches, self-defense, forms, and etiquette, earning stripes in class and the foundations for traditional requirements. Children develop listening skills, eye hand coordination, focus, respect and safe play. Through team building exercises, students engage with others in an empowering context, develop independent thinking, and practice leadership.
|4:00 - 4:45pm
|4:00 - 4:45pm
|4:00 - 4:45pm
|4:00 - 4:45pm
45 minutes
In the Juniors class the fundamentals are developed without losing the fun aspect. This is a traditional class setting, with international rank requirements. Class structure covers all key elements of curriculum: Stances, blocking, striking, kicking, forms, self defense, sparring, weapons and breaking.
|4:45 - 5:30pm 5:30 - 6:15pm
|4:45 - 5:30pm 5:30 - 6:15pm
|4:45 - 5:30pm 5:30 - 6:15pm
|4:45 - 5:30pm 5:30 - 6:15pm
Teens & Adults
75 minutes
In this traditional class students of all rank train together. Class offers challenging drills, limit pushing exercises, mental and physical demands that sharpen each students ability to take all aspects of themselves to the next level. Students get a warm up, cardio workout, mental and physical challenge resulting in a total mind-body experience.
Ms. Ohlson
3rd Degree Black Belt
Chief Instructor
Ms. Ohlson put on her first uniform in 1982 with Louise H. Piaget, 5th National Judo Champion. In 2007 her lifetime dream came true as she opened Paresh Martial Arts.
Mr. Aguillo
3rd Degree Black Belt
Class Instructor
Mr. Aguillo joined PMA in 2010 having trained in Tang Soo Do growing up in Pennsylvania, at his home studio A Mountain Wind TSD with his instructor, Master Scott Merrill.
Mr. Stevenson
2nd Degree Black Belt
Guest Instructor
Mr. Stevenson hails from Santa Rosa and Master Jim DeBaca's studio Fitness Fanatics. He joined us in 2012 as our Camp Instructor and became a fast favorite!


text:
I wanted all my kids to be 2.5 years apart. My DS and DD and 2.5 years apart. Becasue of a few bumps in the road if we get preggo in july it will be 3 years. So i will have a DS 5.5 a DD 3. and a new baby. I felt that 2.5 years were perfect my DS was just getting potty trained when we had the new baby. He was walking and talking getting dresses with little help.
If my AF stays the same as it was. I'm looking at an HEDD 4/23/13 anybody else know what your HEDD would be? Are you planning for any age gaps between your kids.


text:
Martial Arts Academy
Martial Arts Training Times, Location & Fees:
Little Ninja's (5 - 7yrs)
Thursday Evenings 4:30pm to 5:00pm - Available for new members
Mat Fee's - £16 per month (£4 per lesson)
Juniors (7yrs up)
Martial Arts training times :-
Tuesday evenings 5:45pm to 7:00pm - Available for new members
Thursday Evenings 5:45pm to 7:00pm - Available for new members
Mat Fee's - £22 per month (1 lesson a week) or £44 per month (2 lessons per week)
ie. £5.50 per lesson
Adult (16 yrs+)
Martial Arts training times :-
Thursday Evenings 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Available for new members
Mat Fee's - £24 per month (£6 per lesson)
All Mat fee's are paid in full at the start of the month either in cash or via standing order.
Circuit Training
Circuit Training sessions
every Saturday morning
Time: 10am-11am.
Cost - £5 (pay as you go)
This will be fast paced, circuit based training combining fitness, speed, basic combat, and
exercise to whip you into shape. Contact the Academy for more details
How to Find Us
Location -
Total Urban Combat Concepts
Martial Arts Academy
Regents Park Business Centre (the old Elim bible College)
London Road
Tel: 01270 650437 (Instructor phone no.)
Mob: 07864166726
From M6 (Junction 16) to Dojo location:
Travelling from the South, leave the motorway at junction 16 turning left at the slip road
roundabout onto the A500 heading for Crewe/Nantwich. Travelling from the North turn right at
roundabout onto A500.
At the next roundabout take the second exit for Nantwich. (this is the dual carraigeway/bypass)
At the next roundabout go straight through .
Straight over at the next roundabout also.
At the next roundabout take the first exit towards Nantwich
Go straight through some traffic lights, and then over a level crossing.
The Regents Park business centre (Elim college)is approx 50 yds over the crossings on your
right. Turn up the driveway and park in an available space.
Walk past the main house, the Academy is in the rear courtyard, top right hand corner.
Click Here for MAP
Total Urban Combat Concepts
Copyright Total Urban Combat Concepts Martial Arts Academy All Rights reserved 2009


text:
Exhibitors love to talk about the Festival of Books.
"My associates and I were thrilled with the 2011 Festival of Books. The new venue was beautiful and easy to navigate, and the diversity of attendees was fantastic. Thank you for establishing such a well-fitting location for us on the festival map… we would love to return to the same spot year after year."
-Bob Self Baby Tattoo Books
"I would wholeheartedly endorse the LA Times Festival of Books as a great investment for anyone who buys, sells, prints, distributes or loves books!"
-Will Heining Librarian of the Jointly Maintained Christina Science Reading Room
"We did very well at the new venue, and with our booth location, and are very much looking forward to next year."
-Sherry Kinokuniya Bookstores


text:
Secure Mobility
Accommodate personal and mobile devices on your network, without compromising security
IDG Connect: 2014 Cyber Defense Maturity Report for U.S., U.K. & DACH. Download »
Frost & Sullivan Report: "Continuous Compliance and Next Generation NAC"
Download »
ESG Report: Optimizing
Enterprise Security:
Intelligence, Control
and Response.
Download »
ForeScout CounterACT Platform Brochure.
Download »
ForeScout White Paper: Blueprint for Continuous Monitoring & Mitigation Download »
ControlFabric Technologies Brochure.
Download »
ForeScout Company Overview
Download »
Gartner Report: "Magic Quadrant for Network Access Control"
Download »
CSO Mag Continuous Monitoring Video
Watch Now »
Employees today expect to use personal mobile devices to access corporate resources, wherever, however, and whenever they need to. But allowing consumer devices — both company and employee owned — onto your network is a daunting security challenge.
According to a recent SANS Mobility/BYOD Security Survey, over 60% of organizations are embracing some form of BYOD, but only 9% of organizations are confident they know which of these devices are accessing their networks. Corporate data sent to unauthorized mobile apps or saved on mobile devices can be easily lost or stolen, causing a potential critical data loss incident for the enterprise. Depending on region or industry data privacy laws and regulations, your organization could face significant penalties.
Mobile Device Management (MDM) systems are an accepted way to address the device security problem through security policy profiling, application management, and data containerization. There are, however, significant shortcomings to MDM as a complete solution able to solve your Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) challenges. These issues include:
ForeScout offers a range of solutions to improve mobile security.
ForeScout CounterACT™ is a continuous monitoring and mitigation platform that provides real-time visibility of personal and mobile devices on your network, limits the network access of those devices, and prevents those devices from spreading malware on your network.
ForeScout Mobile Security Module augments the capabilities of ForeScout CounterACT with additional visibility and control over Apple iOS and Android devices. The Mobile Security Module collects detailed mobile device information including configuration, applications, and security posture. This enables CounterACT to enforce granular network access policies based on the security posture of the mobile devices.
MDM Integration Module allows you to leverage your existing MDM solution within the broader context of unified security control that ForeScout CounterACT already provides through real-time visibility across wired and wireless networks, managed and unmanaged devices, corporate and personal devices, and PCs and handheld devices.
ForeScout MDM Enterprise, powered by IBM/Fiberlink MaaS360, delivers comprehensive mobility lifecycle management, including provisioning, device management, security, automated monitoring and remediation, and help-desk support. ForeScout MDM Enterprise Edition provides additional mobile security features such as secure mail, secure apps and secure browser. ForeScout MDM is a cloud-based solution, making deployment quick and easy.
Managed and unmanaged.
Wide range of enforcement actions.
Automated guest registration. Identifies users trying to connect their wireless devices to your network and provides them an opportunity to request permission to use your network.
Post-connect monitoring. Monitor a handheld device after it has been admitted to the network, checking to ensure that it does not begin to behave in a threatening manner.
Click image to enlarge.
White Papers
Solution Briefs
Best Practices Guides
Webinars and Webcasts
Blogs and Articles
Success Stories


text:
If Mahendra Singh Dhoni has his way, he may never want to play an India-Pakistan ODI at the Eden Gardens. Not that it has got anything to do with the spectators who came in thousands to cheer the home team but returned disappointed. India have now lost all the matches between the two nations held here since 1987. On the other hand, wouldn't Pakistan love to play in Kolkata?
For India, Thursday's 85-run loss was certainly not an ideal start to the new year. It has rendered the final ODI in Delhi on January 6 inconsequential. India could not have asked for a better target than 251 on a true, sporting surface. Their bowlers rose to the occasion after Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl under overcast conditions. But a collective failure with the bat resulted in the visitors walking away with the series, which is believed to be the first step towards reviving cricketing ties between the two nations.
The prospect of a series win brought the Pakistan support staff and the reserve players out in the open, near the boundary line. They did not mind the chilly winter evening and soaked in the atmosphere of a packed Eden.
The way India began, with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir seeing off Mohammad Irfan and Junaid Khan's early overs, the crowd had a reason to smile. But the moment Gambhir, struggling with his game, dragged Junaid Khan's inswinging delivery from outside the off stump, the slide began.
Although Gambhir was edgy, Sehwag looked in supreme touch, standing up and driving the gigantic Irfan through covers and ferociously cutting the same bowler to third man for fours.
The spectators had prayers on their lips, hoping that 2013 would bring in good form to the openers. But that was not to be.
Junaid continued from where he left off in Chennai and got tremendous support from Umar Gul. Poor shot selection and their inability to read Saeed Ajmal resulted in a massive collapse. India folded up for 165 and succumbed to a heavy defeat.
Earlier, India's bowlers put up an impressive show after Pakistan's openers Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez posted a century stand.
Jamshed, who looked good only in patches in the previous match in Chennai, was very confident from the outset. The left-hander loves playing against India. He notched up his third successive ODI hundred against India: the 106 on Thursday, the unbeaten 101 in Chennai and the 112 in Dhaka last March.
From 141 for no wicket, Pakistan crashed to 250. Ravindra Jadeja,
R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma stifled the scoring to peg Pakistan back. The landed the breakthroughs at regular intervals as Pakistan somehow managed to lose their way.
With the bowlers doing the job, all the Indian batsmen had to do was complement their efforts. But the fact that they didn't raises some serious questions. Sehwag and Gambhir's form should be the talking point in the days to follow.


text: Publications Search Results Users may wish to consult What's Included in the Bibliography. Results 1 - 1 Results per page: 25 50 100 Sort by: Pub Date (newest) Title Recent Additions Author Clear All Pub. Year Citation 1992 Grail, T.S. . Housing characteristics of one-parent households, 1989. Current Housing Reports. Washington, DC: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Export Options: RIS EndNote XML [1]


text:
- Products
- Integrations
- Resources & Community
- Support & Services
- Company
/?php print $breadcrumb; ?> /?php if ($title): ?> /?php endif; ?>
Tasktop Dev - Quick ReferenceLearn about Tasktop Dev and Mylyn's key features from short PDF references:
Tasktop Dev Data Sheet (Oct 2011)
Learn the basic facts about Tasktop Dev.
SCM Integration Overview
by David Shepherd (Sep, 2010)
In this article you will learn about Tasktop integration for Source Code Management connectors such as RTC, Perforce, CVS, Subversion and ClearCase.
Task Links Quick Reference (EA only)
by Shawn Minto (Apr, 2012)
This guide will assist you with creating links between tasks on different repositories and across different ALMs (note this feature is only available in EA)
Mylyn Quick Reference Guide
Overview, tips, keyboard shortcuts, and more [3 page PDF]


text:
Derby Week Fundraiser for Second Stride
Louisville pub Molly Malone's will host a Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) party to raise money for Second Stride at 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 29 at its Highlands location.
Louisville pub Molly Malone's will host a Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) party to raise money for Second Stride at 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 29 at its Highlands location.
Del Mar Futurity (gr. I) winner Music Merci was euthanized due to the infirmities of old age at United Pegasus Foundation near Tehachapi, Calif. The son of Stop the Music was 27.
The Florida Derby and Louisiana Derby have led to big changes in Steve's Derby Dozen, plus Lines of Battle arrives! read blog
While many of the leading 3-year-olds were competing in the warm, sunny climes of Florida and Louisiana, a silent assassin was laying low up in the chilly confines of Belmont Park. read blog
Keeneland is unveiling a host of enhancements for the upcoming spring meeting to help make betting easier and more enjoyable for fans including "betologists" who will answer questions about wagering.
Shanghai Bobby is no longer being considered for the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) or the Triple Crown races following his fifth-place finish in the Florida Derby (gr. I) March 30 at Gulfstream Park.
Stuart Janney III and Phipps Racing's Orb, winner of the March 30 Besilu Stables Florida Derby (gr. I), leapfrogs Verrazano to top the April 1 NTRA 3-year-old poll.
Republican Gov. John Kasich April 1 signed into law a transportation bill that includes an amendment that would facilitate transfer of the 2013 River Downs race meet to Beulah Park.
When entries for the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) for 3-year-olds are taken April 10, Keeneland officials are expecting a full field of 14.
View the races and sights from the Dubai World Cup race card. view slideshow
Evan Hammonds recaps the efforts of Orb and Revolutionary in the weekend's Kentucky Derby prep races; the Florida Derby and Louisiana Derby. watch video
Covering broodmares during the first month postpartum, often on the first postpartum estrus (termed "foal heat"), is routine practice at many dedicated breeding operations to ensure mares foal at roughly the same time each year. A mare that fails to conceive shortly after foaling continues to have subsequently later foaling dates, eventually mis...
The goal of equine dentistry is to preserve teeth whenever possible, but sometimes that broken or rotten tooth just has to go before it causes more problems such as infection of the sinuses or jawbone. However, before deciding to extract a horse's tooth, owners and veterinarians must consider a number of important factors, noted a Cornell University...
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Owner: Zayat Stables, LLC
Jockey: Victor Espinoza
Trainer: Dallas Stewart
Owner: Charles E. Fipke
Jockey: Joel Rosario
Trainer: Arnaud Delacour
Owner: Lael Stables
Jockey: Javier Castellano
Trainer: Simon Callaghan
Owner: Arnold Zetcher LLC
Jockey: Gary L. Stevens
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Owner: Kaleem Shah, Inc.
Jockey: Martin Garcia
Trainer: Kiaran P. McLaughlin
Owner: Godolphin Racing LLC
Jockey: Joel Rosario
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas
Owner: Calumet Farm
Jockey: Corey S. Nakatani
Trainer: Jose Corrales
Owner: Jose Corrales
Jockey: Trevor McCarthy
Trainer: Mark E. Casse
Owner: John C. Oxley
Jockey: Julien R. Leparoux
Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher
Owner: Alto Racing, LLC
Jockey: Javier Castellano


text:
TheSpread is Pleased to Welcome GTBets as Our Newest Sportsbook Sponsor!
Limited Time Offer - Free $20 Bet Just for Signing Up! Don't Miss Out on Free Money, This Offer Will Expire Soon Click Here to Get Your Free $20 Bet
- Index
- » Basketball Discussion
- » Davidson trading in dog tags for...
Davidson trading in dog tags for public love
Davidson trading in dog tags for public love
Davidson trading in dog tags for public love
By JASON LOGAN
When Stephen Curry dropped 32 points on the Michigan Wolverines in just his second collegiate game, no one made a peep.
And when Curry scored 24 points and pushed the North Carolina Tar Heels to the brink almost a year later, barely a blip registered on the radar.
But when the slight, sharp shooter put the Davidson Wildcats on his back and nearly knocked off the future national champs in the Elite Eight last March, it forced the sporting world to take notice.
Since that thrilling 59-57 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks March 30, Curry and the Wildcats have become the toast of the college basketball universe. Highlight reels, talk radio and magazines all can't get enough of the little team that could and its lovable leader.
Most people couldn't tell you where the Davidson college campus is located. Nor could they tell you what conference the Wildcats compete in. However, there is one thing people do know. They like Davidson.
The adorable underdogs of last year's national tournament have grown up into a big, smelly, slobbering public favorites. The Wildcats are currently ranked 22nd in the land after notable wins over the North Carolina State Wolfpack and the West Virginia Mountaineers in the past week.
They've already played on national television seven times this season and have at least four more games set for broadcast. Curry's star power is growing and drawing an audience from his peers. Cleveland Cavaliers basketball God LeBron James, who was in Charlotte playing the Bobcats Saturday, sat slack jawed on the sideline after Curry hung 44 points on NC State.
All that sudden attention is sending plenty of Davidson money through the window. Sportsbooks have taken more action on the Wildcats this year than any other season. And with that rush of cash, the numbers for their games are that much sharper.
"Davidson will likely be a hefty favorite in almost all its upcoming games," says Logans.com oddsmaker Michael Perry, "so I don't think it will be anything special against the spread (this season)."
Davidson was an 8-point neutral site favorite against its state rival and a mere 2.5-point underdog against an overvalued WVU team in New York Tuesday. The Wildcats split covers in those contests and sit at 3-2 ATS on the season after being 20-plus point faves in the previous two games.
They finished with a 23-11-0 record against the spread last season and a 21-9-1 ATS mark in 2006-07.
"The Wildcats remind me of Gonzaga about five or six years ago," says Perry.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs, who fell to the Wildcats in last year's tourney, have evolved from their mid-major beginnings in the West Coast Conference into a perennial powerhouse and favorite to crack the Final Four this March.
With every game-winning shot and remarkable scoring performance, Curry lifts his team close to that bar. And it's not just the junior guard doing the deed for Davidson. Backcourt mate Max Paulhus Gosselin is its shutdown defender on the perimeter and workhorse forward Andrew Lovedale is a walking double-double.
The Wildcats are a very good team in a very stinky league. The Southern's next best programs are South Division rivals the College of Charleston Cougars and the Chattanooga Mocs, who Davidson faces at home Saturday night.
Much like the Wildcats, the Mocs have cut their teeth with a tough non-conference schedule that featured road games against the Tennessee Volunteers, Memphis Tigers, USC Trojans and Missouri Tigers. Chattanooga lost all four contests and has just one win, a blowout of sub-division rival Tennessee Temple, on the year.
But the Mocs' season begins Saturday. Head coach John Shulman has returned three starters and his two top scorers, guard Stephen McDowell and forward Nicchaeus Doaks. Chattanooga boasts a senior-rich roster and has had an extended break over finals to prepare for Curry and Davidson.
Early line projections have the Wildcats as near 20-point home favorites Saturday. The official number will be released sometime Friday.
- Index
- » Basketball Discussion
- » Davidson trading in dog tags for...


text:
What's the best balm lipstick for you? How to choose the right makeups? Where to buy it? I believe there are a lot of questions confused you. But you can get happy now because you are so fortunate to find our webpage!
Evidently, different people have different needs because of different skin color and skin feature. Here, you will see various kinds of makeups. They are capable of improving your skin texture. They are quite useful for you to make your daily makeup much easier and more convenient. The products on our page are loved by many buyers for a long time with great quality.
Then, scroll your screen, and have a look at our page. May you have a happy shopping.
Best Balm Lipstick Ratings
Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm, Tiger Lilly Burt's Bees Buy Now
VINCENT LONGO Baby Balm Lipstick, Sorrento VINCENT LONGO Buy Now
Is This Page Helpful? Bookmark & Share It
Want to find this page later? Click here!


text:
Mississippi briefs: Southaven police prepare for busy weekend
Police plan for busy weekend in city
The Southaven Police Department is preparing for a busy weekend, with the opening of the Mid-South Fair, a Widespread Panic concert at Snowden Grove and two high school football games all set for Friday.
Deputy Chief Steve Pirtle said his officers will be at all four events working traffic, crowd control and security.
The 157th Mid-South Fair at the Landers Center off Church Road and Interstate 55 begins its 10-day run Friday.
Widespread Panic, the Athens, Ga.-based jam band, has shows Friday and Saturday at the Snowden Grove Amphitheater on Getwell Road. The band has Panic fans that follow the group all over the country.
Also Friday night, Southaven High School's football team will play Mitchell High of Memphis at Southaven, on Rasco Road, and DeSoto Central's football team will take on Christian Brothers at its school stadium off Getwell.
Police ask that residents be prepared for traffic along Church Road and the Getwell Road corridors.
Three new West Nile virus cases reported
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Health says three newly confirmed cases of West Nile virus bring the state total to 30 this year. The new cases, reported Monday, include one each in Hinds, Jones and Madison counties.
Mississippi's only death from the virus this year was reported early in July in Bolivar County.
So far this year, cases have been reported in Bolivar, Forrest (3), Hinds (10), Jones (2), Lamar (3), Leflore (2), Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison (2), Marion, Rankin (3) and Wayne counties.
The Health Department only reports laboratory-confirmed cases to the public.
In 2012, Mississippi had 247 West Nile virus cases and five deaths.
Health officials are also reporting a human case of LaCrosse encephalitis in Warren County.
City places gun restriction signs
OXFORD — The Oxford Park Commission has voted to put up signs indicating that guns are not allowed at Oxford's parks and activity centers.
Deputy Director Bubba Robinson told the commission that guns have dropped out of bags in the Oxford Activity Center in the past. Robinson said he believes it's time for the commission to restrict firearms from city recreational areas.
The vote came during a meeting last week.
City Atty. Paul Watkins said public parks are one of the few areas where firearms can be restricted under the state open-carry law.
However, The Oxford Eagle reports that Watkins said a few questions remain, such as whether concealed or enhanced concealed permit holders are subject to regulation. Watkins said an attorney general's opinion was pending on those issues.
Subscribe to The Commercial Appeal
Need Help? Call us at 1-888-789-0831.
Monday-Friday: 6am-5pm / Saturday: 6:30am-11:30am / Sunday: 6am-1pm


text:
- Raised to the altars: one who fell for the poor
Robert Ellsberg
A champion of the poor or someone mixed up in politics? A man who died for the faith or because he was a political inconvenience? Archbishop Oscar Romero's beatification today confirms his stature and illuminates his model of holiness
- Editorial
- Features
- Columnists
- Home News
- World News
- Parish Practice
- Notebook
- Letters
- Letters Extra
- The living Spirit
- Puzzles
- Books
- Arts
- Classifieds
Everyone is capable of betraying Jesus as Judas did, but no one should make the mistake of doubting God's mercy and willingness to forgive, the papal preacher said at today's Liturgy of the Lord's Passion.
Though Jesus knows well what is "unfolding in his disciple's heart, he doesn't expose it, he wants to give him the possibility, until the very end, of backing out" and repenting, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa said during the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion.
Pope Francis presided at the service in St Peter's Basilica commemorating Christ's death on the cross.
The Pope began the rite after a silent procession down the central nave. Then he lay prostrate on the floor before the main altar in silent prayer, a sign of adoration and penance.
Later, the pope and thousands of faithful stood as three deacons and the Sistine Chapel Choir chanted the account of the Passion from the Gospel of St John.
Following tradition, the homily was delivered by Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the papal household.
Focusing on the role of Judas, the Capuchin priest said the narrative of a person doing evil for "30 pieces of silver" keeps repeating itself throughout history.
As Jesus said, "No one can serve two masters ... You cannot serve God and Mammon," the false deity of wealth, the preacher said.
The "god" of money creates "an alternative spiritual universe" where virtues are turned upside down, where faith, hope and love do not come from God, but from money, he said.
Instead of believing "Everything is possible to one who has faith," as Jesus said, people believe "Everything is possible to the one who has money."
He said money is involved in all of today's social ills, including the illicit drug trade, women pushed into prostitution, children snatched for their organs, the mafia, political corruption, the sale of weapons and the ongoing financial crisis.
"Isn't it just as scandalous that some people collect salaries and pensions that are 100 times greater than those of the people who work under them?" he asked.
People should ask themselves whether they have bit of Judas inside them, since "you can also betray Jesus for other kinds of rewards," Fr Cantalamessa said.
"Whoever betrays his wife or her husband betrays Jesus," he said, and the same goes for government leaders who betray the public or anyone who betrays his or her conscience.
Such betrayals are worse because they happened after Christ's death and resurrection; Judas didn't know Jesus was really the son of God, while "we do."
"Jesus never abandoned Judas," but Judas abandoned all hope when he hanged himself in remorse for contributing to the death of an innocent man.
Peter betrayed Jesus, too, but when he finally felt remorse, "he had faith in the mercy of Christ. Judas did not."
"Judas' greatest sin wasn't having betrayed Jesus, but having doubted his mercy," he said.
If anyone feels guilty for having wronged Jesus, he must not "imitate (Judas) in his lack of faith in forgiveness." The sacrament of reconciliation guarantees the penitent Christ's mercy, he said.
"It is nice to experience Jesus as a teacher, as Lord, but it is even more wonderful to experience him as the savior," who reaches out to sinners, touches those who suffer, and says, "Be made clean."
Read the full homily here.


text:
regulatory compliance Companies in New Brunswick
Keyword: regulatory compliance ×
Industry: Energy - Waste to Energy ×
Location: Canada ×
Location: New Brunswick ×
based in Kennesaw, GEORGIA (US) (USA)
ABUTEC, an acronym for Advanced Burner Technologies, is an international manufacturer of Environmentally Friendly Combustion Solutions. ABUTEC specializes in offering high efficiency, low emission, burners and flares to various industry segments and applications. ABUTEC manufactures Infrared Burners, Enclosed Flares, Vapor Combustors, Incinerators, Thermal Oxidizers, and ...
Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc.
based in Milwaukee, WISCONSIN (USA)
Anguil Environmental Systems is a global provider of industrial air pollution control, emission abatement and energy recovery systems. We design, manufacturer, service and install thermal and catalytic oxidation technologies as well as heat recovery systems for a variety of applications and industries.
Calvin Consulting Group Ltd.
based in Calgary, ALBERTA (CANADA)
Calvin Consulting Group Ltd. is one of the largest air quality and regulatory compliance specialty companies in Canada. The company is comprised of atmospheric scientists, dispersion meteorologists and emission specialists dedicated to providing our clients with exceptional service in the area of air quality assessment, emissions management, dispersion modelling, ...
Advanced Cyclone Systems, S. A.
based in Porto, PORTUGAL
Advanced Cyclone Systems, S.A. (ACS) is a company exclusively dedicated to the development and commercialization of high efficiency cyclone systems, worldwide. The company works in a very close cooperation with its clients in order to design custom made cyclone systems that really solve their unmet needs.
EcoIntense GmbH
based in Berlin, GERMANY
With offices in Germany and the U.S. EcoIntense (founded 2007) is the leading specialist for HSE management software solutions. Our 100% web-based software solution EcoWebDesk complies with ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and OHSAS 18001. EcoWebDesk is the one-stop shopping solution for organizations providing data consistency, streamlined processes, real time information as well as ...
BIOKOMP Srl
based in Villaverla, ITALY
Thanks to several years of experience in the specific fields of compression systems, bio-komp® designs and manufactures gas, air and biogas compressors in compliance with regulations in force and respecting the environment. bio-komp® is a company particularly devoted to principles of sustainable development, as strong promoter of a culture that encourages a conscious use ...
PACE Environmental Products, Inc.
based in Whitehall, PENNSYLVANIA (USA)
PACE Environmental Products Inc. is your single best resource for turnkey CEMS Systems. Each CEMS is designed to conform to current EPA standards and is built to suit the monitoring requirements you need. Housed within a single cabinet, all systems are built with the highest quality and designed for easy maintenance and serviceability. Gases such as SO2, NO, NOx, CO2, O2 ...
AMEC`s UK Environmental Business
based in Birchwood, UNITED KINGDOM
AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK, AMEC's environmental business in the UK with over 600 people in 13 office locations. We deliver environmental, engineering and related consultancy services to customers across the public and private sectors as an integral part of AMEC's global consultancy, engineering and project management offering. AMEC is a business with a long and ...
EHS Data Ltd.
based in Newark-on-Trent, UNITED KINGDOM
We develop and implement world leading Environment, Health and Safety data management systems to save time, improve planning, quality, analysis, awareness and reporting.A dedicated Implementation Consultant will work with you to deliver services which include database creation, legacy data transfers and custom report design, plus on-site or on-line training. We then offer ...
Environmental Source Samplers, Inc.
based in Wilmington, NORTH CAROLINA (USA)
Environmental Source Samplers, Inc. (ESS) has a long and proven track record. We have been providing air quality related services since 1979. Headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, ESS has provided stack testing services in most of the fifty states and internationally. ESS serves clients in many industries including: Aluminum, Asphalt, Automobile, Carbon, ...
Related Terms for regulatory compliance
Need help finding the right suppliers?
Let the XPRTs do the work for you


text:
Pronunciation: 'ezzìttu
Added on: 2013-06-04 Listened: 0 timesin: noun & adjective, diminutive, elided form, logudorese
Pronunciation in Sardinian [sc]
- Pronunciation by georgatos (Male from Italy)
0 votes
Could you do it better? different accent? Pronounce 'ezzìttu in Sardinian
Accents & languages on maps
- Random word: figu
Not satisfied?
Modify word:
· Add languages
· Add categories
Report word:
Is there anything wrong with this word?
Please report it here.


text:
Onita Jean McSurley, 84, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 6:10 a.m. at Miller's Merry Manor, Warsaw.
Onita was born Sept. 3, 1928, in Dwale, Ky. to Jack and Emma (Ellis) Osborne. She and Loni McSurley were married Jan. 21, 1946, in Prestonsburg, Ky.
However, Onita lived most of her life in Kosciusko County. She was a packer for R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. for 23 years before retiring in 1990.
WHITLEY COUNTY (March 25, 2013) -- With the accumulation of snow overnight, traveling to work or school this morning may be difficult. Numerous county roads are blocked by snow drifts.
City and county crews are out plowing roads now. However, main roads will receive the crews' attention first. If you are traveling on county roads, beware that drivers may come upon drifts suddenly.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A spring snowstorm has delayed flights at Denver International Airport and closed several roads as it moves eastward, carrying the possibility of more than a foot of snow in some places.
Transportation officials said Interstate 70 was closed from Denver to Colby, Kan., on Saturday. The National Weather Service said the Denver area could see up to 7 inches of snow Saturday.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Jerry Killingsworth said 10 to 15 inches of snowfall already has fallen north of Interstate 70 in northwest Kansas and northeast Colorado.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Notre Dame's days in the Big East are over. Its troubles in the NCAA tournament linger.
For the third time in four years, the Fighting Irish were bounced in their first game, upended Friday night 76-58 by an impressive Iowa State team that beat Notre Dame on the inside, from the outside and every way possible.
Next year, Notre Dame begins anew as a member of the reconfigured Atlantic Coast Conference. But although they'll be in a different league, the Fighting Irish will carry a label as a team unable to advance in March.
Fish dinner
Mountain oysters, fish and tenderloin dinner will be held March 23.
An all you can eat dinner will begin 4 p.m. at the Cleveland Township Fire Station in South Whitley.
The cost is $8.50 for adults. For children ages six to 12, the cost is $4.
Children under five can eat for free. Carry-out dinners will be available.
The dinner is sponsored by the South Whitley Lions Club.
Spaghetti dinner
The Columbia City High School Band Department will have a spaghetti dinner fundraiser along with a concert, bake sale and labor auction on Saturday, March 23.
Darrell Eugene Leap, 92, of Columbia City, passed away March 21, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family.
Born Aug. 18, 1920, in Cicero, he was the son of Lester and Nellie (Newby) Leap.
He served in the U. S. Army during World War II and was a Purple Heart recipient. On Oct. 5, 1939, he married, Geneva Sylvester in Greenfield. He was the owner of Leap Excavating and lived in North Webster from 1952-1968, Knapp Lake from 1968-2004 and has lived in Columbia City since 2004.
Easter egg hunt
Columbia City Rotary club's Easter egg hunt for community children will be Thursday, March 28 at 6 p.m. at Morsches Park.
Choral concert
Ball State University Singers will be guest performers at the Indian Springs Middle School choral concert on Wednesday, March 27. The concert will run from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at ISMS.
Joel Genth, a Columbia City alumnus, and Alex McDowell, an alumnus of Churubusco, will be performing with the BSU singers.
A free will donation will be accepted at the door to be used towards the evening performances.
Historical banquet
The Whitley County Historical Society will host their annual spring dinner Monday, March 25 at 5:30 p.m. at Brownstone Cafe at 105 S. State St., South Whitley.
The evening is open to both members and non-members of the historical society.
The dinner costs $19 and will include salad, lemon rosemary chicken, buttermilk mashed potatoes, green beans with bacon and dessert.
The guest speaker, Bob Dispenza, Park and Education Manager for Allen County Parks, will present "Canals of Indiana."
Indiana Department of Transportation reports maintenance work is being done today on Ind. 109 north of Columbia City.
Traffic will be restricted to a single-lane directed by flaggers until 3 p.m.
Crews are working to complete the project before Sunday's forecasted snow.


text: Publications Search Results Users may wish to consult What's Included in the Bibliography. Results 1 - 2 Results per page: 25 50 100 Sort by: Pub Date (newest) Title Recent Additions Author Clear All Pub. Year Citation 2001 Rolka, Deborah B., Fagot-Campagna, Anne, Narayan, K.M. Venkat . Aspirin use among adults with diabetes: Estimates from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Diabetes Care. 24, (2), 197 - Full Text Options: DOI Worldcat Google Scholar Export Options: RIS EndNote XML 2003 Benjamin, Stephanie M., Valdez, Rodolfo, Geiss, Linda S., Rolka, Deborah B., Narayan, K.M. Venkat . Estimated number of adults with prediabetes in the US in 2000: Opportunities for prevention. Diabetes Care. 26, (3), 645-649. Full Text Options: DOI Worldcat Google Scholar Export Options: RIS EndNote XML [1]


text:
(USA TODAY) -- Passengers on seven American Airlines flights this Wednesday willreceive an unexpected surprise waiting for them if they checked a bag toHouston Bush Intercontinental today (Nov. 27).
It's part of apromotion meant to provide a welcome surprise to airline passengersflying on the Wednesday-before-Thanksgiving, one of the busiest traveldays of the year and one that's typically anxiety-inducing forpassengers making their way through crowded airports.
"People wantjoy and happiness around the holidays, not long lines and frustratingdelays," says Zappos, which is the sponsor behind the promotion.
Here'show it works: Zappos will cover American's baggage carousel at BushIntercontinental with gameshow-style panels that indicate variousprizes. When bags from the selected AA flights slide onto the carousel,the bags' owners will receive the prize from the panel that their baglanded on.
Prizes will range from a $25 Zappos Gift Card at thelow end to - at the high end - a KitchenAid mixer valued at $349.99. Thefliers winning larger prize items will receive the item by mail onFriday. Zappos will ship those prizes over night so that the recipientswon't have to make extra room in their luggage for the unexpected loot.
Inother good news for all fliers at Houston Bush Intercontinental today,the airport appeared to fare well on the busy pre-Thanksgiving travelday. As of 2:50 p.m. ET, only six flights had been canceled (threedepartures and three arrivals) and only about 50 departure delays.


text:
iM GLAD FURY WON i DIDNT SEE THE FIGHT BUT i GUESS FURY MADE YOU EAT YOUR WORDS HE WON BY A PRETTY BIG MARGIN I UNDERSTAND BUT TAKING ON WLAD SHOULD BE HELD OFF FOR A FEW YRS IF FYRY CAN FIGHT IF HE CANT IT DOESNT MATTERGET THE PAY DAY NOWPosted December 3, 2012 12:12 am
I expect Johnson to win this one with a stoppage in the middle rounds.
Swedish, heres the problem i see, Wladimir is not ranked by the WBC because he holds the WBA belt! So in my eyes Wlad should not automaticcaly qualify for that accolade. They have been using this as one of their excuses for not fighting eachother, so they cannot have it both ways. Politics ehPosted November 28, 2012 9:15 am
Swedish Boxing Fan – i get your point but in-essence but no… Wladimir has not fought for the WBC belt and as such it does not belong to him!! He's got to fight someone for it and not be given it! He might be the best HW out there but he still needs to win it in the ring.Posted November 28, 2012 8:32 am
Swedish Boxing Fan
The WBC belt will after Vitali Klitschko belong to the true and only heavyweight champion of the world – Wladimir Klitschko. Any one want the belt? Stand in line and fight Wladimir and defeat him in order to take all his world champiochip belts.Posted November 28, 2012 7:32 am
When Vitali retires hopefuly Fury finds his sack and takes on Wlad for the WBC belt.Posted November 28, 2012 6:16 am
Fury is a bit of a joke at the moment in my mind… all talk and management. let me make this crystal clear. Fury has not taken the traditional rout i.e. British title, European and then on to the world level. for me the reason he has not taken this route is plain and simply he's been managed and lead in this direction. As such you have to question the confidence in his management team in his ability. The price match up exemplifies this point. now this is a fact, Hennessey made an offer to Frank Maloney which was turned down. they were going to go to purse bids as stipulated by the BBBofC. Hennessey, with fury's backing (TV interviews support this) pulled out rather than going to purse bids, which Hennessey might of won. the fact they didn't go to purse bids and dropped the belt… Fury is not ready for world level yet… he should have looked to learn his trade but being the best in the UK and then Europe and then move on to world level. The only thing about plotting you career this was is… you are told who to fight and there is no cherry-picking opponents. This is where Hennessey & Fury will come unstuck in my mind…. I could be wrong… time will tell.Posted November 28, 2012 6:16 am
Fury is blatantly waiting for a Klitschko to vacate then pick up the left overs.Posted November 28, 2012 5:18 am
Does anyone have a link to the rankings where Kevin Johnson is ranked in the top 10? Im not saying its not true, but i cant find any rankings where hes in the top 15!!Posted November 28, 2012 3:18 am
Also, Johnson had 3 weeks to prepare for this fight, itl be interesting to see what sort of shape he turns up inPosted November 28, 2012 3:10 am
Fat Mick makes me laugh*Posted November 28, 2012 3:07 am
Box Smart sais 'Tyson 2 Fast Fury' …………HAHAHAHAHAHA Pull your tongue out son. People, do not get too excited. Fury ran from Price citing money couldnt be agreed, then when i heard Peter Furys interview with Steve Bunce, Peter claimed it was because promotion deal and tv channel couldnt be agreed. All of which team Price know nothing about. All they seen was a Tyson Fury shaped hole in a wall. Tyson 'big man behind a keyboard' Fury aint gna fight Vitali! Nope not neva! I rekon hes after Povetkin for the WBA regular bangle. Fat make makes me laugh aswel, talking about they will bring a Klitschko to England for the fight. Behave! They aint coming here to fight Luke Fury. Box Smart AKA Fat Mick, jog on chubbyPosted November 28, 2012 3:05 am
Fury has called out Boystov who backed out..and Fury talked to Adameks people who didnt want a Fury fight.Glad to see Johnson take this fight which could be a really good fight overall.Fury is showing positive improvements as time goes on and looks in very good shape aswell.And Vinny M. might not be a world beater Furys last fight but Fury did put him away much faster and better then Adamek did or Boystov did in fact he went the distance with Boystov.Again show me a hvwt. right now who has a better resume then Fury and is only 24???Posted November 27, 2012 11:47 pm
I would like to see fury face vitaly. Vitaly has seriously declined but I bet he would smoke fury. Why are posts not coming up. I'm getting tired of east side bs…..knock the bs off. Fury hasn't faced Anyone and it will remain that way after price comes and goes. Plus fury is featherfisted from what I can glean. Of course he doesn't want to fight a klitschko, he desnt even wanna fight the top ten guys and namersPosted November 27, 2012 9:40 pm
Fury looking in great shape..and at 24 he will be a force in the hvwt. div. sooner or later.Posted November 27, 2012 8:54 pm
Already wriggled out of a "mandatory" defense to Price, now after all the BS of we're fighting our way to "mandatory challenger" for the WBC belt, now we get more nonsense and of course chumps like you suck it up.
He can tell the world he wants both Klitschko's on the same night, until he steps in the ring with a signed contract, he's just the mouthy Tyson Fury most of us know him to be.Posted November 27, 2012 8:28 pm
Benny Him
WBC rankings: Champ: V. Klitschko – 1. Arreola (US), 2. Stiverne (Canada), 3. Fury (GB), 4. Boytsov (Russia), 5. Grano (US), 6. Banks (US), 7. Mitchell (US) …
So if Vitalli will retired, and Furry wins against Stiverne it will be Fury/Arreola for the most prestigious belt? it will be a funny fight, but not serious for the WBC crownPosted November 27, 2012 8:23 pm
The writer of this article dont like furyPosted November 27, 2012 5:38 pm
So sad neither guy ready forvitaliPosted November 27, 2012 5:17 pm
oh great, so we could see vitali vs johnson againPosted November 27, 2012 4:49 pm
Oscar De Ballerina
can have a bad night**Posted November 27, 2012 3:36 pm
Box Smart
That Belt will be Furys soon and THE NEW CHAMPION OF THE WORLD TYSON 2 FAST FURY WHOOOP WHOOPPosted November 27, 2012 3:18 pm
JC super star
The winner of Steverne vs Arreola will fight the winner of Fury vs Johnson for the vacant title because I think Vital is retiringPosted November 27, 2012 3:17 pm
Mad Mark Morgan
Mick Hennessy said today David Haye is messing about in the jungle and Price only fights the elderly hahaha Mick you are a funny guyPosted November 27, 2012 3:15 pm
What is a WBC Eliminator fight? Didn't Bermane Stiverne beat Ray Austin over a year ago in a WBC Eliminator fight?Posted November 27, 2012 3:15 pm
Box Smart
Price isn't worthy of a fight with Fury yet he's beaten NO BODY he is Britains Deontay Wilder just fights useless old worn out bouncers, Fury as already beaten world class fighters and Johnson is another to add to that list.Posted November 27, 2012 3:06 pm
Everyone is running scared from Fury cos Adamek, Chagaev, Boytsov, Chambers, Haye all refused to fight him. This is a good fight Fury wide points decision for mePosted November 27, 2012 3:03 pm
Obviously dropping domestic belts and running scared from the No.1 challenger is worthy of a World title now. Can't wait to see this glass jawed hype job flounder when he actually fights someone with a pulse. His run from all those guys so far.Posted November 27, 2012 2:51 pm
Box Smart
Also he's ripped to pieces he's in magnificent shape now he's got a great jab and throws very powerful combos just ask Malik Scott he could only spar for 3 days he got a perforated ear drum and couldn't land a glove on big Tyson, Fury will have that WBC belt around his waist inside 8 monthsPosted November 27, 2012 2:41 pm
Box Smart
The writer of this article obviously hasn't seen recent Fury fights, he's the complete package now and my prediction for the Johnson fight is PAINPosted November 27, 2012 2:38 pm


text:
Post-tension slab in Dallas, TX Area
I am building detached garage/workshop in the DFW area(Rockwall) and need an 1800 square foot post-tension slab poured. Can anyone recommend a good concrete contractor that does post-tension in the area? Thanks for any input.
One of the most sane questions about concrete by a DIY yet.:thumbsup:
I'm not in the Dallas area so I can't answer that.
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:25 AM.


text:
verb mis·pro·nounce \ˌmis-prə-ˈnau̇n(t)s\
: to pronounce (a word or name) incorrectly
Full Definition of MISPRONOUNCE
transitive verb
: to pronounce incorrectly or in a way regarded as incorrect
See mispronounce defined for English-language learners
See mispronounce defined for kids
Examples of MISPRONOUNCE
- His name is often mispronounced.
First Known Use of MISPRONOUNCE
Rhymes with MISPRONOUNCE
Learn More About MISPRONOUNCE
Next Word in the Dictionary: mispronunciationPrevious Word in the Dictionary: misprizeAll Words Near: mispronounce
Ask The Editor Videos
Seen & Heard
What made you want to look up mispronounce? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).


text:
Don't Have an Account? Join the IHG® Rewards Club
Redeem when you want, for what you want.
Reward Nights
When redeeming points for a Reward Night, you may only book one room at a time.
Once you complete your Reward Night reservation you will be given the option to duplicate this reservation.
* Requires affiliation in the respective organization.
** Best Available Rate Search does not include affiliation rates.
To book more than 9 rooms for one stay, please call 1-800-MEETING (in United States, Mexico and Canada), contact a Global Sales Office or submit a request for proposal.
Holiday Inn Club Vacations Williamsburg Resortis only eight miles from Colonial Williamsburg, the largest living history district of its kind in the country. In period costumes, "residents" live, work and re-enact daily life and historic events from the American Revolution while interacting with visitors. Imagine dining in George Washington's favorite tavern or seeing soldiers march on the city.
You'll feel
View More
You'll feel the same sense of old-world charm among the colonial period-inspired architecture at our resort. The spacious and newly refurbished villa accommodations feature fully equipped kitchens and dining areas, jetted tubs and other amenities. The resort is tucked away in the forested hills on a quiet edge of town. Yet, you can easily access downtown and the many attractions and points of interest found throughout the region.
The scenic Colonial Parkway nearby links Williamsburg with Jamestown and Yorktown is known as the Historic Triangle, offering more historic sites. Plus, the resort is only 45 minutes from the beautiful and historic city of Richmond, Virginia. It's home to many historic structures, museums, battlefields and monuments of the American Civil War.
Add in a little extra family fun, from browsing historic shops in Merchants Square to theme park excitement at Busch Gardens and Water Country USA, and you've got a perfect vacation for the whole family!
Best Price Guarantee
We promise you access to the guaranteed best available prices, or your first night is free.
Online Reservation Guarantee
Your room is guaranteed.
No Booking Fees!
We do not charge any booking fees for making reservations directly with us.
Data Privacy and Site Security
IHG takes your privacy seriously and works to protect you. All personal information you provide is encrypted and secure.
About IHG
IHG Careers
IHG Global Brands
Explore Hotels
Email Management
Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Cookie Usage
Learn more about our free apps.
Top Destinations
Atlanta Hotels | Chicago Hotels | Dallas Hotels | Honolulu Hotels | Houston Hotels | Los Angeles Hotels | New York Hotels | Orlando Hotels | San Francisco Hotels | Washington DC Hotels | Las Vegas Hotels | New Orleans Hotels | London Hotels | Paris Hotels | Dubai Hotels | Sydney Hotels | Hong Kong Hotels | Amsterdam Hotels | Toronto Hotels | Shanghai Hotels | IHG Travel Blog
© 2015 IHG. All rights reserved. Most hotels are independently owned and operated.
The standard cookie policy for this website is to allow all cookies. This helps to ensure you have the optimal experience. If you would like to continue with our optimal website experience, you don't need to make any changes. If you would like to learn more about how we use cookies or change your settings, you can use the link at the bottom of any page at any time.


text:
Real news. Real funny.
It's Not News, It's Fark
If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page.
• • •
22887 clicks; posted to Main » on 03 Apr 2013 at 1:41 PM (2 years ago) | Favorite | share: more»
Share this link:
Article Comments close
510 Comments (+0 »)
Archived thread
Displayed 50 of 510 comments
This thread is archived, and closed to new comments.
Submit a Link »
In Other Media
Stories from our partner sites:
Texas Mother, 2 Children Missing Afte...
Man Shot by Police After Pointing Gun...
Quick Tip: Cheap Gadget Accessories
Separating Fact From Fiction in the S...
More news at KTLA »
Kid Ink on the Azaelia Banks and Iggy...
Is Social Media The "Death Of Creativ...
Florida Dentist Faces Lawsuit For Per...
'Free Range' Parents Now Cleared in O...
More news at OraTV »
The 10 Best Male Rappers of All Time
22 Jump Street's Lord and Miller Turn...
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Assorted...
How New York Comedian Michael Che Wil...
More news at Village Voice »


text:
HOUSTON Deputies arrested a man late Monday who went berserk and stripped off his clothing in front of a northwest Harris County fire station shortly after he allegedly stabbed a dog.
The Harris County Sheriff s Office received a call about an out of control individual in front of a fire station in the 7700 block of Fallbrook around 11 p.m. The initial call said the man also had a dog with him, but when deputies arrived, the suspect was gone.
Deputies were talking to a witness when the suspect, Imrel Edwards, drove up, got out of his vehicle and began ripping off his clothes. Deputies immediately detained Edwards, then began to ask about the dog.
Deputies were directed to a home in the 9300 block of Goldenwood where they found the dog with multiple stab wounds.
Edwards was charged with animal cruelty.
It is not known, at this time, if the dog survived.