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This fall, after three years of occasional appearances on Wisteria Lane, Tuc Watkins is joining "Desperate Housewives" as a series regular.
The actor, who plays one half of the street's gay couple – Bob (Tuc) and Lee (Kevin Rahm), will head to Los Angeles in mid-July to join the girls – Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria Parker, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross – as a full-time cast member. Before that happens though, Tuc will finish up a run in "White's Lies," an off-Broadway play pairing him opposite Tony-award winning actress Betty Buckley.
"They made me a series regular on 'Desperate Housewives' next year, so that's great and the timing works out perfectly," he recently told AccessHollywood.com. "I'm doing the play for eight weeks and then when 'Desperate Housewives' stars up again in mid-July, I go back to do that on a hopefully more [regular basis]."
In "White's Lies," which is currently running at the New World Stages in New York City, Tuc gets to flex his muscles – both acting and pectoral – as Joe White, a roguish divorce lawyer and lady-killer whose mother's (Buckley) dying wish is to see her son produce a grandchild.
"I love playing characters that – on paper – are completely unlikable and you have to figure out, 'How do you translate this character to an audience and make them still root for the guy?'" Tuc said of the role.
Tuc, who has had a lengthy career as a mannish sort of imp – David Vickers, playing opposite some of the grand dames of daytime – Erika Slezak (Viki) and Robin Strasser (Dorian) – on "One Life To Live," said he learned to play guys like Joe, after a stumble on the ABC soap's set.
"I played David Vickers on 'One Life To Live' for a year the way he was written, which was a cool, mysterious con man and I was unremarkable at doing that and then one day I accidentally fell down the stairs while trying to be cool and mysterious and everybody laughed at me," he recounted. "That's when I realized, he's not a cool mysterious character, he thinks he's a cool mysterious character. And that's when the David Vickers that we know today was really born."
The moment, Tuc admitted, was a breakthrough.
"That was," he laughed. "I'd have to call that an Oprah, 'Ah ha!' moment. And it informed the way I take on other roles," he said.
Also informing his Joe White performance is a real character heart-to-heart Tuc had with Betty, who plays his ailing mother, a woman prone to arguing with her son.
"What Betty and I came up with, which I think is really working now, is we bicker out of wanting more for the other," Tuc explained. "She is on me because she sees the choices that I'm making are ultimately going to lead to a really unhappy life… And on my end of it, I'm a 40-year-old guy and his mother is still breathing down his neck and I have never gotten her approval and I just want her to approve of me."
Beyond his scenes with Betty as his mother, Tuc woos many a lady to his bed, forcing him to show off his well-built physique to the audience. Surprisingly, the actor revealed his godlike frame doesn't come from an insane athletic ritual.
"Well, I have an unsexy answer for you and the unsexy answer is, I've been blessed with a great metabolism," he said when Access asked how he preps for those shirtless moments. "I eat ice cream and ravioli and all that stuff and that's not to say that I don't exercise, but I don't really think about, 'Oh, I have to take my shirt off next week so I can't eat that pint of Haagen Das.' I'm sure one day it will catch up with me, but so far, I've just been lucky."
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ANDERSON — Ryan Cranmer hit a game-tying homerun in the ninth inning and drove in four runs while Daniel Nations pitched five innings of two-hit relief to lead the Newberry Wolves to an 8-4 win over the Anderson Trojans in 11 innings at Memorial Stadium on Friday afternoon.
Newberry is now 27-21 overall and 15-13 in the South Atlantic Conference, clinching a berth in next weekend's Food Lion SAC Tournament in Forest City, N.C. The Wolves and Trojans (18-28 overall, 13-14 SAC) will meet for a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Saturday to wrap up the Wolves' regular season. Newberry also ran its winning streak to seven games.
Cranmer was 4-for-5 on the day with a homer and a double. His first of four RBIs on the day came on a two-out single in the top of the first to give the Wolves a 1-0 lead. Albert Baur pushed Newberry's lead to 2-0 in the top of the fifth with a sacrifice fly, but the Trojans answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 3-2 lead.
Jermale Paige tied the game up in the top of the sixth with an RBI groundout, but Anderson would take the lead once again in the bottom of that inning on Jonathan Zalud's RBI single.
Nations came into the game in the seventh and was stellar, allowing a single to his first batter before shutting the Trojans down for the rest of the afternoon.
Unfortunately for Newberry, the Wolves' hitters were also struggling until Cranmer came to the plate with two out in the ninth and smashed his ninth homerun of the season to left field, tying the game up at 4-4.
After stranding a runner on second base in the seventh inning, Nations retired 11 straight Trojans, sending the game to extra innings. In the 11th, Alex Kirby led off with a bunt single and Paige hit a single through the right side to put two runners on. After a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk to Baur loaded the bases, Cranmer drove a double to dead center field, which brought home two runs and gave the Wolves the lead. JoJo Bradley drove in another two runs with a single up the middle, giving the Wolves a four-run cushion to work with.
With one out in the bottom of 11th, Nations sandwiched a single between a pair of walks to bring the tying run to the plate with the bases loaded. Before the Trojans could pressure the Wolves, he quickly induced a popup to second and then struck out the final batter of the game looking to send the Wolves to Forest City next weekend.
Nations pitched 5.0 innings of two-hit relief with five strikeouts and three walks, while starter Wesley Camp got no decision after allowing four runs on six hits in 6.0 innings with three strikeouts and a pair of walks.
Cranmer was 4-for-5 with four RBIs and a pair of runs, while Paige and Bradley had three hits each and Baur and Kirby had two hits apiece.


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I usually love sweets - but since I've been pregnant, I haven't wanted anything to do with them. Do you think this means I'm having a boy? With my DD, I definitely wanted sweets a lot. So far, this pregnancy has been very different.
anyone else NOT want sweets?
DD~Leah 6/7/09~8 pounds, 21 in, 40 wks
DS~Michael 2/7/12~9 pounds, 6 ounces, 22 in, 40 wks 4 days
Wife to DH (2005)
YDS (11/2011) Born @ 28 weeks (pPROM)
The craving wives tale never worked for me. With Lucy all I craved was salty and sour stuff and she's all girl ;)
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Courtney+Jon 9/22/05 Married 9/22/12!
Kaylee Rose 12/30/06 7lbs13oz, 20.25in - Isabella Olivia 3/23/10 9lbs8oz, 20in- Emery Ashlyn 2/8/12 7lbs8oz, 20.5in
I can't stand anything sweet right now...but I was the same way when I was preggo w/ my DD....
Proud mama of four....
DS(9) DS(7) DD (4) *My RAINBOW* 29 weeker & DS (born on 11-21) another 29 weeker
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my rainbow DS Gus David 02/08/2012
I don't have any cravings yet but I do find myself NOT craving sweets as much as I did before BFP
Me (33) + DH (48) = DS born Jan 26, 2012 + DS born June 7, 2013
So funny - I am not a cake eater or cookie eater, but I love candy. However all I want is SALT and avocados with salt on them. I have zero desire to eat a cookie or piece of candy. Does this def mean I am having a boy? At this point, I am praying for a healthy pregnancy (it's my first and I am so nervous) :)
omg! NOTHING grosses me out more than sugar right now. I took a few bites of tiramisu at my favorite restaurant tonight and it was awful..,which is depressing since it's like the best stuff ever (not pregnant.)
Give me MEAT!!
Mom of 8 and that's enough for me.
"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."
I used to be such a chocoholic, now the idea almost always turns my stomach
The only exception is hot fudge sundaes, but I usually feel sick afterwards!
And big boy Liam - November 10 2013
I am beesside myself with this whole situation


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In Portland, Oregon, it was a lovefest as the city passed its paid sick leave bill.
"This is justice. It's the right thing to do. It's a good day for Portland," Mayor Charlie Hales said as he cast the fifth and final vote for the ordiance, which passed unanimously. "It can't get any better than that for today! We're adjourned." Mayor Hales said over applause.
A day later, the Philadelphia city council passed a paid sick bill, but the victory there was more muted. Mayor Michael Nutter, a Democrat, is expected to veto it, as he did when a similar ordinance passed in 2011.
"I care a great deal about paid sick leave, but I care even more about people getting paid," Mayor Nutter said then. "People need jobs and that's our number one priority."
That's the also position of New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the leading Democratic candidate for mayor. She's repeatedly said she supports the idea of paid sick leave – but not right now.
And she's getting hammered for it.
This week, ads started running on four Spanish-language radio stations. They're targeting Quinn by name, and asking her to bring the bill to a vote.
They're paid for by the Working Families Organization – the 501c4 cousin of the Working Families Party, which has been organizing and strategizing nationally to build momentum here. They were involved in Portland and Philadelphia. And they led the effort in Connecticut, which became the first state to pass paid sick leave in 2011.
Connecticut's law is broader, covering bigger employers, with fifty or more workers. In New York City, the threshold would start at five employees.
But it's a precedent to build from, and the Working Families Party is using primary election politics to advance the cause.
"This is an issue whose moment has come," Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor said this week. "People have memories, and they will note who is standing up for them and who is not. So yes, it's now into the electoral season in New York, but that's only because we didn' t have the vote last year, or the year before that, or the year before that."
All of Quinn's Democratic primary rivals support the bill. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who has been heavily courting the Working Families Party, regularly appears at their protests. This week, the de Blasio campaign added an online attack video that excerpted Quinn's mayoral launch video, and followed it with a parade of New Yorkers calling for action on the paid sick leave bill.
Former Comptroller Bill Thompson also joined in the criticism this week, offering a compromise: a one-year grace period before the ordinance would go into effect.
Quinn's not just getting pressure from her primary challengers. There's also heat from her backers, including Gloria Steinem, who said she'd rescind her endorsement of Quinn if there's no vote. And Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, a co-sponsor of a federal paid sick leave bill that was re-introduced this week, advocated for the city bill even as endorsed Quinn this week in Manhattan.
"Chris and I don't always agree with the mayor. We don't always agree with each other. She doesn't always agree with me. She's called me on things that she doesn't agree with," Maloney told reporters, adding, "I believe very strongly in paid sick leave."
For now, here in New York, Quinn says her primary rivals can testify at the public hearing along with everyone else.
"I would urge former Comptroller Thompson and Public Advocate De Blasio and anyone else who has thoughts or concerns to come to the hearing and make their perspective and position known."
And they're expected to be there — along with Comptroller John Liu at a pre-hearing press conference. They say they won't be satisfied until Quinn allows the council to vote, a vote supporters say they'll win.
Quinn is a complete sellout to big business and the 1%, and voters know it. I mean, COME ON - who doesn't want sick workers to be able to afford to stay home? How about the ones in restaurants handling your food? Most of us don't have private chefs.
We also know that she doesn't care what voters want, since she ignored our (twice!) voted term limits and installed Bloomberg for a third term. Now she thinks it's "her turn."
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The phosphatase and tensin homologue on chromosome 10 hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) includes several syndromes with heterogeneous clinical symptoms, which may place individuals at an increased risk of the development of certain types of cancer. PHTS can be diagnosed with the identification of a PTEN mutation.
The PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome is characterized by hamartomatous tumors and PTEN germline mutations. Clinically, PHTS includes Cowden syndrome (CS), Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS), PTEN-related Proteus syndrome (PS), and Proteus-like syndrome (PLS).
Cowden syndrome (CS) is a multiple hamartoma syndrome with a high risk for benign and malignant tumors of the thyroid, breast, and endometrium. Affected individuals usually have macrocephaly, trichilemmomas, and papillomatous papules and present by the late 20s. The lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is 25-50%, with an average age of diagnosis between 38 and 46 years. The lifetime risk for thyroid cancer, which is usually follicular carcinoma, is approximately 10%. The risk for endometrial cancer is not well defined, but may approach 5-10%. CS is the only PHTS disorder associated with a documented predisposition to cancer; however, it has been suggested that patients with other PHTS diagnoses associated with PTEN mutations should be assumed to have cancer risks similar to CS.
Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS) is characterized by macrocephaly, intestinal hamartomatous polyposis, lipomas, and pigmented macules of the glans penis. Additional features include high birth weight, developmental delay and mental deficiency (50% of affected individuals), a myopathic process in proximal muscles (60%), joint hyperextensibility, pectus excavatum, and scoliosis (50%).
PTEN-related Proteus syndrome (PS) is a complex, highly variable disorder involving congenital malformations and hamartomatous overgrowth of multiple tissues, as well as connective tissue nevi, epidermal nevi, and hyperostoses.
Proteus-like syndrome (PLS) is undefined but refers to individuals with significant clinical features of PS who do not meet the diagnostic criteria for PS.
Clinical Diagnosis
A presumptive diagnosis of PHTS is based on clinical findings; however, because of the phenotypic heterogeneity associated with the hamartoma syndromes, the diagnosis of PHTS is made only when a PTEN mutation is identified.
International Cowden Consortium diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of Cowden Syndrome:
Pathognomonic criteria
Major criteria
Minor criteria
Operational diagnosis in an Individual
Any of the following:
Operational diagnosis in a family where one individual is diagnostic for Cowden
(International Cowden Consortium diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of Cowden syndrome have been adopted by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network [NCCN]).
Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS). Diagnostic criteria for BRRS have not been set but are based heavily on the presence of the cardinal features of macrocephaly, hamartomatous intestinal polyposis, lipomas, and pigmented macules of the glans penis.
Proteus syndrome (PS) is highly variable and appears to affect individuals in a mosaic distribution (i.e., only some organs/tissues are affected). Thus, it is frequently misdiagnosed despite the development of consensus diagnostic criteria. Mandatory general criteria for diagnosis include mosaic distribution of lesions, progressive course, and sporadic occurrence. Additional specific criteria for diagnosis include:
OR two of the following:
OR three of the following:
Proteus-like syndrome is undefined but describes individuals with significant clinical features of PS but who do not meet the diagnostic criteria.
Treatment of the benign and malignant manifestations of PHTS is the same as for their sporadic counterparts.
The most serious consequences of PHTS are related to the increased risk of cancer including breast, thyroid and endometrial, and to a lesser extent, renal. The most important aspect of management of an individual with a PTEN mutation is increased cancer surveillance to detect tumors at the earliest, most treatable stages.
Molecular Diagnosis
PTEN is a tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 10q23 and is dual specificity phosphatase with multiple but incompletely understood roles in cellular regulation. (1) PTEN mutations are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.
Because CS is likely underdiagnosed, the actual proportion of simplex cases (defined as individuals with no obvious family history) and familial cases (defined as ≥2 related affected individuals) cannot be determined. The majority of CS cases are simplex. It is estimated that 50-90% of cases of CS are de novo and approximately 10-50% of individuals with CS have an affected parent.
Because of the phenotypic heterogeneity associated with the hamartoma syndromes, the diagnosis of PHTS is made only when a PTEN mutation is identified. Up to 85% of patients who meet the clinical criteria for a diagnosis of CS and 65% of patients with a clinical diagnosis of BRRS have a detectable PTEN mutation. Some data suggest up to 20% of patients with Proteus syndrome and up to 50% of patients with a Proteus-like syndrome have PTEN mutations.
Penetrance: More than 90% of individuals with CS have some clinical manifestation of the disorder by the late 20s. By the third decade, 99% of affected individuals develop the mucocutaneous stigmata, primarily trichilemmomas and papillomatous papules, as well as acral and plantar keratoses.
PTEN is the only gene in which mutations are known to cause PHTS.
Regulatory Status
No U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared molecular diagnostic tests were found. Thus, molecular evaluation is offered as a laboratory-developed test. Clinical laboratories may develop and validate tests in-house ("home-brew") and market them as a laboratory service; such tests must meet the general regulatory standards of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA). The laboratory offering the service must be licensed by CLIA for high-complexity testing.
Each benefit plan, summary plan description or contract defines which services are covered, which services are excluded, and which services are subject to dollar caps or other limitations, conditions or exclusions. Members and their providers have the responsibility for consulting the member's benefit plan, summary plan description or contract to determine if there are any exclusions or other benefit limitations applicable to this service or supply. If there is a discrepancy between a Medical Policy and a member's benefit plan, summary plan description or contract, the benefit plan, summary plan description or contract will govern.
Genetic testing for a PTEN mutation may be considered medically necessary to confirm the diagnosis when a patient has clinical signs* of a PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome.
*NOTE: See Description section for clinical signs.
Genetic testing for a PTEN mutation may be considered medically necessary in a first-degree relative of a proband* with a known PTEN mutation. *NOTE: A proband is usually the first affected individual in a family who brings a genetic disorder to the attention of the medical community. A first-degree relative is any relative who is one meiosis away from a particular individual in a family; a relative with whom one-half of an individual's genes are shared, a 50% genetic link to the patient (i.e., parent, sibling, offspring).(6)
Genetic testing for a PTEN mutation is considered experimental, investigational and unproven for all other indications, including, but not limited to, prenatal testing.
Literature Review:
The MEDLINE database was searched for literature that describes the analytic validity, clinical validity, and clinical utility of genetic testing for PTEN-related disorders.
Analytic validity (the technical accuracy of the test in detecting a mutation that is present or in excluding a mutation that is absent)
According to a large reference laboratory, analytical sensitivity and specificity for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sequencing PTEN-related disorders is 99%, and analytical sensitivity and specificity of testing for deletions/duplications by MLPA (multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification) is 90% and 98%, respectively. (2)
The order of testing to optimize yield would be 1) sequencing of PTEN exons 1-9 and flanking intron regions. If no mutation is identified, perform 2) deletion/duplication analysis. If no mutation is identified, consider, 3) promoter analysis.
Clinical validity (the diagnostic performance of the test [sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values] in detecting clinical disease)
Many reports on the prevalence of the features of Cowden syndrome (CS) and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba (BRRS) have been based upon data compiled from case reports and studies of small cohorts. Most of these reports were published before adoption of the International Cowden Consortium diagnostic criteria for CS in 1996, and the true frequencies of the clinical features in CS and BRRS are not known. (1)
According to a large reference laboratory, the clinical sensitivity of PTEN-related disorders sequencing is 80% for CS, 60% for BRRS, 20% for PTEN-related Proteus syndrome (PS) and 50% for Proteus-like syndrome (PSL). For PTEN-related deletion/duplication, it is up to 10% for BRRS and unknown for CS, PS, and PSL. (2)
Germline PTEN mutations have been identified in ~80% of patients meeting diagnostic criteria for CS and in 50-60% of patients with a diagnosis of BRRS, using PCR-based mutation analysis of the coding and flanking intronic regions of the gene. (3, 4) Marsh et al. screened DNA from 37 CS families and PTEN mutations were identified in 30 of 37 CS families (81%), including point mutations, insertions, and deletions. (3)
Whether the remaining patients have undetected PTEN mutations or mutations in other, unidentified genes, is not known. (5)
A 2011 study by Pilarski et al. determined the clinical features most predictive of a mutation in a cohort of patients tested for PTEN mutations. (1) Molecular and clinical data were reviewed for 802 patients referred for PTEN analysis by a single laboratory. All of the patients were classified as to whether they met revised International Cowden Consortium Diagnostic criteria. Two hundred and thirty of the 802 patients met diagnostic criteria for a diagnosis of CS. Of these, 79 had a PTEN mutation, for a detection rate of 34%. The authors commented that this mutation frequency was significantly lower than previously reported, possibly suggesting that the clinical diagnostic criteria for CS are not as robust at identifying patients with germline PTEN mutations as previously thought. In contrast, in their study, of the patients meeting diagnostic criteria for BRRS, 23 of 42 (55%) had a mutation, and 7 of 9 patients (78%) with diagnostic criteria for both CS and BRRS had a mutation, consistent with the literature.
Conclusions: Evidence from several small studies indicates that the clinical sensitivity of genetic testing for PTEN mutations may be highly variable. This may be a reflection of the phenotypic heterogeneity of the syndromes and an inherent referral bias as patients with more clinical features of CS/BRRS are more likely to get tested. The true clinical specificity is uncertain because the syndrome is defined by the mutation.
Clinical utility (how the results of the diagnostic test will be used to change management of the patient and whether these changes in management lead to clinically important improvements in health outcomes)
The clinical utility of genetic testing can be considered in the following clinical situations: 1) individuals with suspected PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS), 2) family members of individuals with PHTS, and 3) prenatal testing. These situations will be discussed separately below.
However, for patients who are diagnosed with PHTS by identifying a PTEN mutation, the medical management focuses on increased cancer surveillance to detect tumors at the earliest, most treatable stages.
However, for patients who are diagnosed with PHTS by identifying a PTEN mutation, the medical management focuses on increased cancer surveillance to detect tumors at the earliest, most treatable stages.
Conclusions: Direct evidence of the clinical utility of PTEN testing is lacking. However, the clinical utility of genetic testing for PTEN mutations is that genetic testing can confirm the diagnosis in patients with clinical signs and symptoms of PHTS. Management changes include increased surveillance for the cancers that are associated with these syndromes.
A PTEN mutation can be identified in up to 85% of patients who meet the clinical criteria for a diagnosis of Cowden Syndrome and 65% of patients with a clinical diagnosis of Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome. Most of these mutations can be identified by sequence analysis of the coding and flanking intronic regions of genomic DNA. A smaller number of mutations are detected by deletion/duplication or promoter region analysis.
However, the published clinical validity of testing for PTEN mutations is variable, and the true clinical validity is difficult to ascertain, as the syndrome is defined by the presence of a PTEN mutation.
The clinical utility of genetic testing for a PTEN mutation is high, in that confirming a diagnosis in a patient with clinical signs of a PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) will lead to changes in clinical management by increasing surveillance to detect cancers known to be associated with PHTS at an early and treatable stage. Although most cases of a PHTS occur in individuals with no known family history of PHTS, testing of at-risk relatives will identify those who should also undergo increased cancer surveillance. Therefore, genetic testing for a PTEN mutation may be considered medically necessary when a presumptive diagnosis of a PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) has been made, based on clinical signs and also in first-degree relatives of a probands with a known PTEN mutation.
Guidelines and Position Statements
2012 National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines recommend the following for CS management:
For women:
For men and women:
For relatives:
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Procedure and diagnosis codes on Medical Policy documents are included only as a general reference tool for each policy. They may not be all-inclusive.
The presence or absence of procedure, service, supply, device or diagnosis codes in a Medical Policy document has no relevance for determination of benefit coverage for members or reimbursement for providers. Only the written coverage position in a medical policy should be used for such determinations.
Benefit coverage determinations based on written Medical Policy coverage positions must include review of the member's benefit contract or Summary Plan Description (SPD) for defined coverage vs. non-coverage, benefit exclusions, and benefit limitations such as dollar or duration caps.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are investigating two similar robberies in east Charlotte Saturday morning -- one in the parking lot of a Catholic church.
The two robberies happened less than an hour and a half apart, according to police reports.
In the first, Luisa Perez said she was walking to her car in the Lamplighter Mobile Home Park off Albemarle Road when a man in a red Mustang approached.
He tried to give her a business card, said Perez s husband, Geredo Medina. Then the man grabbed Perez s purse.
She tried to pull away, and the man he pulled a gun and put the gun like that, said Perez, pointing his fingers towards his wife like a gun.
A police report said the man got away with Perez s purse, which held two cell phones and more than $100. Medina was working in Raleigh when he got a call from his wife about the robbery.
She s crying, and I m nervous and shaking bad, he said.
About an hour and a half later, another woman was sitting in the parking lot at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church on Shamrock Drive, waiting for her son to come out of religion classes.
Her two young children -- a 4-year-old and an infant -- were in the car with her.
A man in a red Mustang backed into the space next to her and got out of his car, said church deacon David Reiser. Reiser said the man knocked on the woman's window and showed her a business card.
When the woman rolled down her window, the man pulled out a gun and robbed her, said Reiser.
Reiser said clergy warned the congregation Sunday about a crime in the area, without being specific.
He told us when we re outside here in the church, especially at night, we have to be with somebody else and not alone, said church member Hillary Martinez. There are people out there who are just dangerous, and would do anything to get money.
Both victims were Hispanic women. Both said the Mustang was a 1990's-era model.
Police don t have a more specific description of the suspect, and haven't made any arrests as of Sunday evening.


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More and more patients are demanding answers to the root cause(s) of their symptoms, not wanting merely a suppressive "band-aid" approach. There are multiple factors that impact our health on a daily basis, and this couldn't be any truer when discussing mental health. Traditionally, many conditions labeled under the umbrella of "mental illness" were summed up solely as genetic or biochemical imbalances.
The reality is that rebounding and finding your mojo once more after a significant setback, failure or loss involves a lot more than simply "shaking it off" no matter what Taylor Swift says. It takes some essential and necessary stages and actions that if missed will keep you stuck, and stop you from learning and growing from the experience, which no matter how unpleasant is a rich opportunity for personal growth.
Mental illnesses are like pack animals. There is never just one without others lurking behind corners waiting to jump on us -- their weight holding us down; their teeth ripping through the flesh of our throat until we are too weak to fight back. As we lay bleeding and broken, available treatment is more difficult to reach.
You may have noticed that your social media feeds have been inundated with the #BellLetsTalk hashtag. That's because Bell Let's Talk day is on Wednesday, January 28. We need workplaces that value their employees' mental health. Employers need to lead by example by recognizing workplace signs of undiagnosed depression, such as difficulty making decisions, decreased productivity, inability to concentrate and any unusual increases in errors in work, just to name a few.
To really nail the concept of what mental illness is and how it affects both those who live with it and those who live with us, here are a few tips to guide in what I hope will be an ever-growing trend to encourage communication and break down the stereotypes. So without further ado, here are things to refrain from saying to someone with mental illness.
Aside from self-love, there is another self-healing method you can try -- taking driving courses. This actually works a little bit like therapy since you are essentially asking yourself to face one of your greatest fears, which is driving. By having your driving instructor walk you through driving procedures, you may gain a clearer sense of control and the environment around you whenever you drive.
So when you're sitting at the dinner table eating turkey dinner for the tenth time or struggling to find room for all those new presents, consider yourself grateful. Please don't take anything you have for granted. What you consider such a normal part of the holidays are things people like me dream about and yearn for.
Sure, Santa may determine that a child's behaviour is not up to snuff and is therefore a reason to deny said child of gifts on Christmas Day. But why does Santa have to be the judge, jury and (figurative) executioner on December 25th? Whatever happened to parental responsibility and the ability to look one's child in the eye in an attempt to deliver the verdict?
Anxiety is the number one mental health concern for children. Our children are growing up in a highly anxious world, surrounded by a massive amount of stimulation and information. Here are some practical and important tips to assist you with grounding your children in this anxious world, and helping them develop their self regulation capabilities.
What divorcing spouses and partners don't realize is there are very real consequences of dysfunctional divorce that affect mental, emotional, and developmental well-being and behaviour of children. The effects of divorce trauma become more pronounced the longer a divorce drags on. And two or five years in the life of a child is a huge percentage of time.
While it's always good practice to stop and celebrate our achievements and accomplishments, we still have a long way to go to truly empower girls. The non-profit organization, Girls' Inc. coined the term "supergirl dilemma" in a 2006 report to describe the pressure on girls to be everything to everyone, all the time.
Increasing insurance benefits increases access to private care, which has become a necessity in Canada. Those wanting psychological treatments must either choose between public care (ex: psychologist in a hospital) or private care (ex: psychologist in private practice). Unfortunately, there tend to be unreasonable wait lists for access to public care (typically one year or longer).
The heavy academic pressures so common today raise back-to-school stress like never before -- and it's not just high school seniors or university students who are feeling it right now. Parents can do a lot to help ease their children's anxieties around school. The key is to really listen, and let your child open up about their fears.
For young people of all ages, school's an opportunity to form new relationships with peers and teachers, develop new skills through extracurricular activities, and discover new interests. But school can also be a source of stress, anxiety, and pressure for many young people, and it's a topic that kids and teens bring to Kids Help Phone's professional counsellors throughout the year, even during summer holidays.
We know that it isn't always high-fives and smiles for children going back to school this fall. Some kids are faced with anxiety and apprehension during this time of change. Dr. Dubois, psychologist at Canoe Therapy, helps to equip us parents with some tools to ease those nerves the week before school.


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Fantasy Baseball
News about Fantasy Baseball, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Loyal to Country, Party and Fantasy League
Congressional staffers have long played fantasy football, but now their bosses are jumping in.
December 21, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON FANTASY BASEBALL AND: Football , United States , McCarthy, Kevin (1965- ) , Rooney, Thomas J , Fantasy Sports , United States Politics and Government , House of Representatives , Senate
My Fantasy Football Brag: I Created the Game
By starting an early fantasy football league, the author describes a diversion that became the ultimate faux success story.
December 17, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON FANTASY BASEBALL AND: Football , Fantasy Sports
In New Jersey, a Court Fight Over Sports Betting
Sports leagues have opposed efforts by the State Legislature and racetracks to allow sports gambling, but their arguments at a hearing were not against legalization itself, but how it would be carried out.
November 21, 2014, Friday
MORE ON FANTASY BASEBALL AND: New Jersey , Christie, Christopher J , Silver, Adam (1962- ) , Gambling , Athletics and Sports , National Football League , National Basketball Assn , Major League Baseball , National Collegiate Athletic Assn , National Hockey League , Suits and Litigation (Civil) , Fantasy Sports
FanDuel, an Online Fantasy Sports Site, Raises $70 Million
FanDuel has obtained financing from investors led by Shamrock Capital Advisors, NBC Sports Ventures and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON FANTASY BASEBALL AND: Eccles, Nigel , FanDuel.com , Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co , NBC Sports Ventures , Shamrock Capital Advisors , Fantasy Sports , Venture Capital
Fantasy Football, Stock-Market Edition
You can now buy stocks linked to football players' fortunes. Does that say more about fantasy sports or the state of the market?
August 31, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON FANTASY BASEBALL AND: Football , Stocks and Bonds , Initial Public Offerings , Fantasy Sports , Fantex Inc , Davis, Vernon , French, Buck
DraftKings, a Fantasy Sports Site, Raises $41 Million
The investment was led by the Raine Group, a merchant bank that specializes in media and technology deals, and included three existing investors – Redpoint Ventures, GGV Capital and Atlas Venture.
August 25, 2014, Monday
MORE ON FANTASY BASEBALL AND: DraftKings Inc , Raine Group LLC , Fantasy Sports , Venture Capital
Lost a Fantasy Game? Try Again Tomorrow
Even as they fight sports betting, pro leagues are viewing websites that have whittled fantasy seasons down to a single day as potentially important to their future.
July 29, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON FANTASY BASEBALL AND: National Basketball Assn , Fantasy Sports , DraftKings Inc , Major League Baseball , Professional Golfers Assn , Gambling , National Football League
Living in a World of Fantasy Can Be Dehumanizing
When does a flesh-and-blood N.F.L. player become more than a mere fantasy football commodity?
October 27, 2013, Sunday
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Where Mets Go Deep
The Mets' fantasy football league, which this year has 12 teams, builds relationships and allows players to stay in touch in the off-season, when the trash-talking generally picks up.
September 27, 2013, Friday
MORE ON FANTASY BASEBALL AND: Niese, Jon , Racaniello, Dave , New York Mets , Baseball , Football , Fantasy Sports , Wright, David
To All Surfing Enthusiasts, There Are Online Fantasy Leagues for You, Too
With an estimated 35 million Americans playing fantasy sports in the United States, surfers have followed the trend to create online competition.
August 4, 2013, Sunday
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Fantasy Baseball: Top 15 Outfielders
The position is deep with five-category producers throughout the first two tiers. Justin Sablich picks his top 15.
Fantasy Baseball: Top 10 Third Basemen
There are not many third basemen who can do it all, but the position is deep in four-category production. Justin Sablich picks his Top 10.
Fantasy Baseball: Top 10 Shortstops
The shortstop position is not as thin as its middle-infield counterpart, but it's still a position that runs low on exciting talent once you get outside the top 10.
Fantasy Baseball: Top 10 Second Basemen
Question marks abound among the top 10 second basemen. Justin Sablich makes his picks.
Fantasy Baseball: Top 10 First Basemen
As usual, the first base position is the deepest of them all. Here's a look at Justin Sablich's Top 10 fantasy first basemen.
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UNDATED – (DRG News) KGFX will have the second of three Hometown Tour broadcasts within a three week period as we'll travel to Onida tomorrow! Last week, our program focused on Pierre, as we held our Hometown Tour at Prairie Pages Bookseller. A few of the guests for the Pierre program discussed activities that were held last weekend in Pierre, plus we had city officials, a representative from the Pierre Chamber, and more. (Photos shown below).
Tomorrow, we'll be in Onida, broadcasting from Barber Farm Service and Barber Chemicals. Tune in and you'll learn about what's coming with this year's Sully County Fair, which will celebrate its 91st year. The fair will be this Thursday through Sunday. There will be several events during the fair for kids, including the Dakota Riders Timed Event Extravaganza, the Kids PlayDay, and the Pedal Tractor Pull. Speakers will also discuss the August 9 Beaba Bike Ride, the PRCA Rodeo, Art at the Fair, Cow Pattie Bingo, a potluck picnic, the Antique Tractor Pull and more. The broadcast starts Wednesday morning at 9:05 a.m. It will be brought to you by BankWest Onida, Don's Food Center, Sunrise Bank Dakota, Midwest Co-op, Stewart and Daughters, the Fireside Steakhouse and Lounge, Onida Watchman, The Corner, Oahe Grain and Brett's Spray Service.
Next week, we'll be on the road again, as our Hometown Tour will originate from Highmore. More information on that broadcast will be coming soon!
The seventh year of KGFX Hometown Tours continues on…we hope you tune in!
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Teenager Murdered in Home, Possibly Over Shoe Collection (Video)
by Robert Littal | Posted on Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
Another senseless death possibly over some shoes.
How many more of these deaths have to happen before someone speaks out and try to change this culture where people murder people for shoes?
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Wilkes' top rival will always be King's for obvious reasons.
If there's another nemesis for the Colonels that's fairly close geographically and has been around for decades it has to be Lebanon Valley.
The Colonels and Flying Dutchmen – who are connected by just Interstate 81 – first met in 1953 and have played 39 games since then. The two will renew acquaintances when they meet for the 40th time 1 p.m. Saturday in Annville
The teams have identical records overall (3-2) and in the MAC (2-2), making the game more important because the loser is likely out of contention for the conference title and the winner still in the hunt.
Add into the mix that the last six contests in the rivalry have been decided by a touchdown or less with each team winning three times, and this time around should be another barnburner.
"They're recruiting a lot up here and we recruit a lot down in District 3 area, so our District 3 kids are all juiced up to make the trip down 81," Wilkes coach Frank Sheptock said. "Both schools border the coal region, so the kids run into each other a lot. I think there's so much knowledge of each other and I think that's why you see some of the increased intensity and rivalryship because of all of those reasons."
Records aren't the only similarities between these two longtime MAC teams as both have had success running the ball this season. Seventeen different players have had at least one rush for the Dutchmen, combining for 903 yards and 13 touchdowns in six games. Wilkes has had 12 different ball carriers, but they have gone for 1,261 yards and 10 scores for a MAC-leading 225.20 rushing yards per game.
Aux Wogou, Wilkes' leading rusher with 352 yards and two TDs, left last week's game with a knee injury and, according to Sheptock, he is likely out for the season.
Wogou will be replaced by Calvin Garvin (191 yards, 3 TDs), Pat Inguilli (143, 2 TDs) and Andrew Regan (151, 1 TD), all of whom should see time. Quarterbacks Alex George (200 yards) and Tyler Berntsen (110, 1 TD) could also get carries.
"That's a big blow to our football team on the field as well as in the locker room," Sheptock said about Wogou. "We feel very capable with those guys and our ability to still move the ball efficiently on the ground."
When: 1 p.m. today at Arnold Field, Annville
Last Meeting: The Dutchmen won last year in comeback fashion, 42-35.
Last week: Wilkes defeated Misericordia 45-13, while the Dutchmen are coming off a bye.
About the Colonels: They lead the MAC in rushing yards per game with 252.20 and are No. 20 in the nation in that category.
About the Flying Dutchmen: They are similar to the Colonels in that both teams run the ball a lot. The Dutchmen, however, also use a bruising fullback in Evan Fink, who has scored eight of the team's 13 touchdowns on the ground.
Wilkes will win if the defense can continue to play well like it has over the last six quarters and can slow down the Dutchmen's run attack.
Lebanon Valley will win if it can break through Wilkes' strong defensive front and linebackers for big runs leading to scores.
Colonels Team Leaders
Passing: Alex George 53-of-90, 577 yards, 2 TDs, 2 ints.
Rushing: Aux Wogou 352 yards, 2 TDs; Calvin Garvin 3 TD s
Receiving: Jonathan Conklin 9 receptions, 156 yards, 1 TD
Defense: Tate Moore-Jacobs 54 tackles; Jason Ugwu 4 sacks; Paul Gaffney 2 ints.
Dutchmen Team Leaders
Passing: Leo Kyte 58-of-104 855 yards, 5 TDs, 4 ints.
Rushing: Pete Panichi 360 yards; Eva Fink 8 TDs
Receiving: Joey Miller 28 receptions, 420 yards, 5 TDs
Defense: Joey Scerbo 25 tackles, 2 sacks; eight players with 1 int.


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Watch: A Dose of Old-School Destiny's Child
While Beyoncé will open the much-anticipated halftime show solo, rumor has it that the multi-Grammy winner will be joined by former bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams for a Destiny's Child reunion on stage in New Orleans, La.
Though Williams wouldn't confirm teaming up with the DC3 for the football finals, word on the street suggests Queen B has planned out a three-song set for the former chart-topping trio, including "Bills, Bills, Bills," "Survivor" and spanking-new track "Nuclear."
So as the countdown to touchdown continues — and as Destiny's Child fans hold out hope for the gossip to prove true — Celebuzz is blasting back to the past. From the band's quartet beginnings to their 2000 reinvention as a trio, relive the girl group's best music videos.
Somewhere in the South Pacific, Destiny's Child washes up on a shore, wearing nothing but brightly-colored, curve-bearing rags. While little goes down in the video on a deserted island, no fan can ever forget the image of a soaking-wet Beyoncé seductively crawling on the sand, crooning to the camera how she's a "Survivor." Well, any girl that can transform some scraps of animal skins in a sexy getup is sure "gonna make it."
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"Say My Name"
Just after former bandmates LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson were unceremoniously dropped from Destiny's Child, this video debuted, featuring newly-minted members Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams. But despite the band drama, the clip made a splash, showcasing the ladies striking poses in color-coded sets.
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"Bills, Bills, Bills"
In this clip, as Destiny's Child bemoans all the "good-for-nothin' type of brotha," the singers find strength in numbers among the other fed-up women getting glam in a beauty salon. Fun fact: the locale was chosen in tribute to Tina Knowles, Beyoncé's mother.
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Spacious Lounge and Dining Area with view to outside Patio area
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Located just to the west of York's awe-inspiring city centre, this well equipped and beautifully furnished 2 bedroomed apartment offers excellent quality accommodation for up to 5 people.
A contemporary and sleek apartment with master ensuite and spacious family bedrooms is complemented by a large family bathroom offering modern city-centre living.at its best
The airy lounge diner looks over a private patio with bowling green and croquet lawn beyond
For the children a play park is 2 minutes walk away
With furnishings of the highest quality, wireless internet throughout, SKY TV, a fully equipped kitchen and two designated free parking spaces, this apartment offers the perfect base for both the business and leisure traveller.
Ever popular York boasts a huge range of shops, bars, restaurants and historic attractions – the Minster, city walls and river cruises are not to be missed. Whilst for horse racing fans, the famous race course is only a short walk from the apartment.
|Sleeps up to 5, 2 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Will consider
|Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car not necessary, Wheelchair users
|Nearest Amenities
|500 m
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Leeds/Bradford 49km, Nearest railway: York 1km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Internet access, DVD player
|Central heating, TV, CD player, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 En suites
|Double beds (2), Single beds (1), Cots (1), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
|Private garden
|Parking, Wheelchair users
The Yorkshire region
Yorkshire is a great place to come and visit!! There is such an immense variety of things to do. So whether you are looking for a city break, outdoor adventure, family fun or to relax and unwind, there is something to cater for everyone's needs. Here are some of the highlights that Yorkshire has to offer.
If your looking for the Great Outdoors, Yorkshire encompasses some of the UK's most beautiful countryside and charming coastline. Yorkshire is home to 3 stunning national parks, namely the Yorkshire Dales, the Yorkshire Moors and the Peak District as well as 3 areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Coastal highlights include breathtaking scenery at Robin Hood's Bay and Flamborough or the more traditional British seaside resorts of Filey, Hornsea and Whitby. For the more adventurous you could try your hand at horse riding, rock climbing, caving, mountain biking, trekking, canoeing, ballooning or surfing.
For family fun the possibilities are endless. An unforgettable trip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway is highly recommended. Other top tips include The Deep Aquarium in Hull, Go Ape in Dalby Forest, Flamingo Land, Doncaster Wildlife Park, Eureka at Halifax and Magna in Sheffield.
Yorkshire boasts a host of top class visitor attractions including beautiful gardens, lavish stately homes, top sporting and cultural events, exceedingly interesting museums and fascinating historic buildings. Its difficult to pick out the best ones because there are so many, but some of the most popular include Castle Howard, Skipton Castle, Yorkshire Air Museum, the Yorkshire Show, York Races and Fountains Abbey.
Central York
York is one of Europe's most inspiring cities, renowned for its exquisite architecture, quaint cobbled streets and the iconic York Minster. It's a great city if you are looking for a cultural getaway, short break, relaxing or family UK holiday.
Delve into the city's vibrant café and pub culture, including the world famous Betty's Tea Rooms. There is also an enormous variety of great restaurants serving local produce and specialties.
Broaden your mind with a visit to the many museums and visitor attractions. Here is a selection to wet your appetite: Yorkshire Museum, Jorvik Viking Centre, York Minster, National Railway Museum, York Castle Museum and Clifford's Tower.
You could also plan you trip to coincide with one of the great events that take place in York every year like the York Races, Viking Festival, Mystery Plays, Festival of food and drink and St. Nicholas Fayre.
York has varied and vibrant entertainment on offer day or night. There is a vast array of walking tours, sight seeing tours, boat tours and ghost walks as well as 3 cinemas, 2 theatres, many concert venues including the Barbican Centre and York Minster, live music, pubs and clubs.
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Peter and Carol have a beautiful flat and make you feel very welcome! They are very knowledgable about York and essential supplies were provided in the apartment for our arrival including milk, butter… More
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I booked this apartment as a birthday get away for my partner And two of our friends . The apartment was easy to find and also the parking space is great . As soon as we arrived the owners peter and c… More
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"Gorgeous Apartment, Great Location"
The moment you enter the apartment, you feel like you're somewhere luxurious. We we met by the owner and shown around the apartment, and everything was explained to us. The kitchen even had bre… More
21 Oct 2013
"Highly recommended. We will return."
My boyfriend and I have been to York on a few occasions and continue to return as we love the place. Now we have found Langton Court it will from now on be our preferred place to stay. I'm no str… More
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Loyal Griggs, A.S.C. (August 15, 1906 – May 6, 1978), was an American cinematographer.
Griggs joined the staff of Paramount Pictures in 1924 after graduating from school and initially worked at the studio's process department. He was promoted from assistant photographer to second unit photographer to camera process photographer, before becoming director of photography for three 1951 releases: Crosswinds, Passage West and The Last Outpost. Griggs won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the 1953 Western Shane.[1]
Griggs' other Paramount films as cinematographer included the 1954 musical White Christmas, the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille epic The Ten Commandments, and the Jerry Lewis comedies The Sad Sack (1958) and Visit to a Small Planet (1960). He was also the cinematographer on George Stevens' 1965 United Artists release The Greatest Story Ever Told. His final film was the 1971 American International Pictures comedy Bunny O'Hare starring Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine.[2]
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Photo Caption: Richard Merryman listens during a court hearing, in this NEWS file photo.
In a case he calls "tragic and horrifically sad" for both the defendant and his young victims, a defense attorney has argued in an appeal that convicted child rapist Richard "Ricky" Merryman was denied his rights when a judge found him competent to stand trial, despite his low I.Q. and mental illness.
Merryman, 22, of Canton, Ohio, is serving 10 years to life in prison, after pleading guilty last September to rape and kidnapping. He was found guilty of sexually molesting two boys aged 4 and 5 in a bathroom at the Albany Community Center during a church function.
The Ohio Public Defender's office, which represented Merryman, appealed his conviction. On Jan. 25 Peter Galyardt, an assistant state public defender, filed a brief in the case.
Galyardt argues that not only did Athens County Common Pleas Judge Michael Ward err when he found Merryman competent to stand trial, but that the judge also should not have accepted a plea from someone as mentally deficient as Merryman; that he should have suppressed Merryman's confession to police; and that he should not have imposed separate, consecutive prison terms for the individual offenses of which Merryman was convicted.
The central issue seems to be Merryman's competence. The defense fought hard to have him ruled incompetent based on low I.Q. and mental illness, stemming from what witnesses described as a nightmare childhood that included repeated sexual abuse starting as early as age 6.
Galyardt's brief states that Merryman's mother drank and used cocaine while she was pregnant with him, "with devastating consequences to Ricky's cognitive development." Merryman spent most of his childhood in foster care and residential-treatment facilities, it says.
In addition to having an I.Q. that some experts estimated at around 60, the brief says, Merryman suffers from "some form of autism spectrum disorder" and from reactive attachment disorder. His disorders are so severe, the brief maintains, that they rendered him incapable of understanding his situation well enough to assist in his defense – the criterion for whether a defendant is competent for trial.
The brief notes that while one psychologist, David Malawista, testified that Merryman was competent, two others, Jolie Brams and James Reardon, said the opposite. It also cites the fact that a fourth psychologist, Thomas Gazley, had assessed Merryman as incompetent in 2005, when he was charged with gross sexual imposition in Stark County.
Given Brams' and Reardons' reports and testimony, Galyardt argues, for the court to base a competency finding on Malawista's input was "unreasonable."
Galyardt contends that Malawista's opinion was "strictly based upon his conversations with (Merryman)," and therefore founded entirely on Merryman's verbal abilities. However, the defense attorney adds, other expert testimony indicated that Merryman is able to "parrot" information he has heard "in a seemingly sophisticated manner," giving the illusion that he understands when he doesn't.
"The ability to parrot information, even technical or sophisticated information, does not equate to competence," Galyardt argues. He cites an example given by Brams, in which Merryman – apparently based on something he heard from another jail inmate – insisted he had a constitutional right to have sex with children as long as it wasn't by force.
"Ricky genuinely believed that his First Amendment right to free speech meant that he could have sex with anyone that he wanted – no matter the person's age – as long as no force was used," the brief states. "And he was at odds with his attorney over this issue because he could not get his attorney to understand that his distorted proposition was 'legally correct.'"
Also based on Merryman's mental deficits, Galyardt argues that even if the court believed Merryman competent for trial, it should have found that he was not capable of entering an informed and voluntary guilty plea. Both Brams and Reardon, he notes, offered evidence showing that Merryman's "limited capacity to appreciate, understand and reason about his current environment, the future, and other aspects of what a guilty plea is and what its consequences are, prevented him from entering a knowing and intelligent plea."
The defense also tried and failed to get the judge to throw out a confession Merryman had made to police investigators, claiming that officers had misled Merryman about his rights, and ignored a statement he made indicating that he wanted an attorney present before he would answer questions.
Though authorities claimed Merryman waived his rights, Galyardt argues that his mental deficits mean he couldn't have done so knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently. The attorney claims Merryman did "the best that he possibly could" to convey his wishes to the officers, when he said, "All right, now the part where it says sign for without a lawyer I ain't signing whatever that is. Wherever it was that you was saying about uh, I was giving up the rights with a lawyer I don't want to sign that part."
On the issue of sentencing, Galyardt maintains that Ward should not have given Merryman separate sentences for rape and kidnapping, because they were "allied offenses" with a shared intention.


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How do you chase both sides (Pacific and Gulf) with one chase truck? Using last year's course as an example, half way was around San Matais. There is no way you could do a rider change at San Matias/Mike's Sky Rancho Road and see the rider again before the final hwy 3 road crossing the other side of Ojos.
Here is how you do it: Send Chase 1 to where they cross the hwy at Ojos. Chase 2 goes to where they come out to the road @ Cerro Colorado. Chase 1 goes from Ojos on down to the base of the summit at Santa Catarina. Chase 2 turns around at Cerro Colorado and goes all the way around to Llano Colorado on the Pacific side. After Llano Colorado, Chase 2 catches the rider again at Santo Thos. The Chase 1 goes on to Borrego and follows back towards Trinidad doing the rider change somewhere between the two. After the rider change, Chase 1 goes to the Hwy 3 road crossing the other side of Ojos.
This ^^^ is what I normally do with some small exceptions. We usually have more than 2 chase vehicles and are able to move around less, keeping the crew a bit safer.
How I did it with a single chase vehicle;
I started and road to Cerro Colorado.
Rider2 took the bike to VdT.
I got back on the bike and took it to the finish, I did not see the chase until the Ojos crossing.
Edit; one thing we did to mitigate risk was drop off spare wheelsets at several of the remote pits.
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It's not usually the cheater that suffers emotional damage is it? Some people seem to be able to go round sleeping with whoever they like without any regard to other people's feelings!
I'm not sure there's a difference. If you're cheating on someone that's pretty destructive either way.
Of course you can physically cheat while keeping from emotional cheating. Though my opinion, emotional cheating is worse.
It start emotionally,immediately when looking other peoples backs while walking with your wife:)
of course
Sure can. It's still cheating, and it's still just as awful an act. Although keep in mind that there HAS to be an emotional factor in the equation, to do something like this. People in happy relationships don't just cheat, unless something is missing to them or in their personal lives.

Unless they're just a jerk, which is also possible.
totally! If I had to choose how my man cheated.... I would rather my love get his **** sucked than spend all night with some woman having a heart to heart talk.
That doesn't have any meaning. It's not the state of the person cheating that is important when discussing cheating. It's the act of cheating itself, ******** of intention and apologies. It's cheating.
i thought thats what it was/.
physical cheating.. if it were emotional as well you wouldn't stay with the other guy right.. guilt comes into it.. so your really only cheating physically..
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It's never easy to let go of a comfortable old idea. We've gone on and on in these pages over the years about what a conservative lot Paris's hotels are. The point was beginning to stretch a bit already, but now, with a steadily increasing number of mold-breaking hotels like the Five, it's time to retire that old line for good. Because if enough new places like the Five open up, we'll have to start droning on about how surprising, how whimsical, how visually modern the hotels in Paris always are, and couldn't someone just put in a Louis XV chair or a crystal chandelier or something, to give us a break from all this slavishly forward-looking design?
We're not quite to that point yet. Which is a good thing, as it means there's still good reason to be excited about the Five. It's still not every day you see a hotel painted in solid vivid colors like this, walls gleaming with the texture of Chinese lacquer, tiny pinhole stars floating up the walls and onto the ceiling. In fact floating décor is something of a specialty; several rooms feature platform-style beds suspended from the ceiling — just watch those hanging wires. All of the rooms, though far from cluttered, come with the basics, like LCD screens and high-speed wireless — and the new "concept suite," One by the Five, with its private entrance across the road from the hotel, takes things in an even more luxurious direction. As for services, beyond breakfast, you're on your own, but this being Paris, you know the drill — if you can't find something to eat around the Latin Quarter then there's no hope for you.
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- Style: Modern Design
- Atmosphere: Lively
- 55 Guest Reviews
- The Five Hotel
- 3, rue Flatters
- Paris, France
- Neighborhood: 5th Arr. (Quartier Latin)
Hotel amenities and services
- 100% non-smoking hotel
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