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Safe and effective use of norfloxacin is not established in patients under the age of 18 years.
Note that some organisms are resistant to norfloxacin; organisms should be tested for susceptibility to this drug.
DRUG INTERACTIONS: Norfloxacin should be used with caution with medications like caffeine, clozapine (Clozaril), ropinorole (Requip), cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune, Gengraf), theophylline (Theo-24), and tizanidine (Zanaflex) because norfloxacin can slow down breakdown of these medications in and increase their levels in the body.
Norfloxacin should be separated from aluminum and magnesium containing antacids, sucralfate (Carafate), and multivitamins because they can lower absorption of norfloxacin and reduce its effectiveness. They should be administered 2 hours before norfloxacin.
Norfloxacin should be used with caution with warfarin (Coumadin) because norfloxacin can increase the risks of bleeding and bruising.
Norfloxacin should be used with caution with medications used for treating abnormal heart beats because it can affect heart rhythm.
PREGNANCY: There are no adequate studies done on norfloxacin to determine safe and effective use in pregnant women.
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Next time you schedule a surgery, try to set the date for a Monday or Tuesday. Hospital research suggests that patients who undergo surgery on the weekend or late in the week have a higher risk of dying than those who go under the knife earlier in the week.
The difference is nothing to sneeze at, either. Patients were 44% more likely to die after having a surgery on a Friday than a Monday. That rate nearly doubles to 82% for patients who have surgery on the weekend rather than Monday.
Before freaking out, it's important to realize that people aren't dying left and right after weekend surgeries. In the study, less than 1% of the total patients passed away within a month after their operations. However, it's the significant difference in the death rates between Monday and late week patients that may have would-be surgery-goers consider their calendars more carefully.
For three years, researchers monitored patients who entered United Kingdom hospitals to receive elective surgery. Though previous research has also indicated a higher mortality rate for people who elect to have weekend surgeries, this is the first substantial study to show that late weekdays like Friday also carry a higher risk for patients.
Unfortunately, the study can only show correlation and not causation. However, that doesn't stop the researchers from making educated guesses as to why this increase in fatalities occurs. They speculate that hospitals' weekend staffs aren't always as up to snuff as doctors present during the week. Not only do the experts believe that hospitals are more understaffed on weekends, but they note that the more experienced medical professionals tend to choose a conventional work schedule, leaving their greener coworkers to take the weekend shifts.
Additionally, doctors who have a weekend off to rest and refresh are probably more mentally and physically prepared for surgeries on Mondays. As the week wears on, surgeons are probably facing increased rates of stress and tiredness, which could impact their performance on the job.
On the other hand, the weight of the week also likely impacts the patients themselves. The tiredness and stress that's mounted by the end of the week certainly doesn't leave patients in peak condition prior to their surgeries. Moreover, some patients may intentionally delay operations longer than they should to correspond with their days off, which could also have a slight effect on the surgeries' outcomes.
At the end of the day, the most important factors in your health care remain choosing qualified professionals to treat you and addressing medical problems promptly as they arise. That said, if you should ever be presented with a choice when scheduling a surgery, early week appointments may be advice worth keeping in the back of your mind.
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Makes sense. Ealier in the week, hospital staff may be completely revitalized from a relaxing weekend.
This has been known for a while. The best way to survive any surgical or medical procedure is to relax and not stress. All the energy can then go towards recovery.
Thanks ----for the tip !!! Never go to the hospital on a Fri or wk-end.
good to know
Junior staff works weekends, while senior staff gets weekdays. This is true not just for doctors and nurses but for the people sterilizing the equipment and cleaning the ORs. Staffing levels are higher weekdays than weekends as well. Put it all together, and it certainly could have an effect.
One thing the author doesn't mention is that bad car wrecks, stabbings and shootings occur more often on weekends, so the smaller staff has more honest to God trainwrecks to cope with, and that too takes it's toll.
Good to know.
Noday sounds good to me if at all possible. Many hospitals in the US are a disgrace. My dad had successful surgery in a hospital. But a few days later he was dead from not one but two different bacterial infections inflicted upon him during this surgery---unnecessary infections if proper sanitary protocol had been followed.
Used to say 'never buy a car made Wed-Sat' either.
Hung over Monday? No way. Tuesday or Wednesday are fine by my surgeries so far.
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So tragic and sad news.....
Interesting but I don't believe vegetarians kill more animals than meat eaters.


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A judge upheld New York City's legal justification for evicting Occupy Wall Street protesters from a park on Tuesday after police in riot gear broke up a two-month-old demonstration against economic inequality.
This week, the Senate will vote on H.R. 2354, an appropriation bill that will determine the amount of funds we allocate for poverty-related development assistance. There are a number of amendments proposed that will severely cut this aid, which currently helps millions of the world's poorest and most vulnerable. The bottom 1 percent, if you will.
Writing in the Nov. 29, 2011 issue of The Nation, Norm Stamper, who served as Seattle's police chief during the 1999 World Trade Organization protests, says his "disastrous response" a dozen years ago should have been a cautionary tale. "Yet our police forces have only become more militarized."
"My support for a militaristic solution caused all hell to break loose," Stamper writes. "Rocks, bottles and newspaper racks went flying. Windows were smashed, stores were looted, fires lighted; and more gas filled the streets, with some cops clearly overreacting, escalating and prolonging the conflict. The 'Battle in Seattle,' as the WTO protests and their aftermath came to be known, was a huge setback—for the protesters, my cops, the community."
A (usually) twice-daily round up of news related to Sojourners commitments to social justice and the poor.
Organized Labor Will Continue Standing With Evicted Protesters. Sentamu Hits Out At Greed Culture Of Fat Cats. Does Immigration Fuel Crime? Without Statistical Consensus, Rhetoric And Fear Reign In Debate. Occupying History. Faith Plays Role In Occupy Wall Street Sense Of Morality. Immigrants And English Acquisition. People Reject National Banks, Want To Go Local. OpEd: On the Rise in Alabama. Why the Religious Right Can't Seem to Get the Candidate It Wants. A New Battle For Religious Freedom? Keystone XL Is Delayed — So Where's The Oil Going Now? OpEd: Is Rick Perry's Zero Foreign Aid Plan Feasible? Desirable?
They came at 1 am.
Several hundred police in full riot gear in a precision military operation. They gathered at nearby assembly points out of sight of Zuccotti Park and then simultaneously came trotting out to surround the park like the army scene from The Blues Brothers movie.
Next they handed out fliers and announced by bullhorn that all personal property would be removed from the park, and that it could be reclaimed at a Department of Sanitation garage. Instead, everything was thrown into garbage trucks and crushed by the compactor's blades. ...
Most of the occupiers were steamrolled out of the park in this manner. Because there was no tent space when I got there I was sleeping on the sidewalk at night, and packing everything back up each morning, so I was able to save everything, but for several items I kept in the OWS kitchen. A group of more than a hundred Occupiers retreated to the kitchen at the center of the park and chained themselves by their necks to a tree. They were tear-gassed where they sat and were removed by means we have not yet learned of, and we don't yet know what injuries were sustained.
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"Oh my God" was the refrain that kept going through my mind as I watched the Republican presidential candidates talk about their positions on foreign policy at their debate over the weekend. I did not expect the surprises that I heard. At least two candidates supported torture, saying it was necessary to acquire acquire information to protect America.Oh my God.
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According to the Associated Press: The National Lawyers Guild says it has obtained a court that allows Occupy Wall St. protesters to return with tents to a New York City park. The guild says the injunction prevents the city from enforcing park rules on Occupy Wall Street protesters.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday defended his decision to clear the park in Lower Manhattan that was the birthplace of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, saying "health and safety conditions became intolerable" in the park where the protesters had camped out for nearly two months.
Mr. Bloomberg said the city had planned to reopen the park on Tuesday morning after the protesters' tents and tarps had been removed and the stone steps had been cleaned. He said the police had already let about 50 protesters back in when officials received word of a temporary restraining order sought by lawyers for the protesters. He said the police had closed the park again until lawyers for the city could appear at a court hearing later in the morning.
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The state government has issued a strong warning to all junior colleges with linguistic minority status against flouting rules and utilising the reserved quota as management seats for making money. The minority development department has said that it would cancel the minority status of any institution, which does not fill the quota meant for minority students.
The warning came after the department scanned the list of 1,217 minority colleges in the state and found that nearly 90% of the minority quota, which is not filled, is later converted into management quota. The reason given by institutes for not filling the quota is that they do not get response in due time and hence they are forced to fill the seats through other quota.
To come up with a solution for the issue, the minority development department has extended the admission deadline for the minority quota by 10 days. However, the solutions would be implemented from the next academic year.
Areef Naseem Khan, minority welfare minister, said his department had been receiving lots of complaints from students about non-compliance of rules by institutions. "We have reviewed cases for last 5 years and have found out that nearly 90% of the seats meant for minority students are filled through other quota. We have warned the colleges with cancellation of their minority status for non-compliance of norms," said Khan.


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In a tribute to US mythologist and writer Joseph Campbell, who asserted that all mythical heroes experience the same 12 steps on their adventures, Ondina Montgomery draws parallels between Campbell's Hero's Journey and that of the entrepreneur.
In part 6 of the Journey, the hero learns the rules of her new world. During this time, she endures tests of strength of will, meets friends, and comes face to face with foes. Click here to read the fifth part of Ordina's series, The Hero's Journey Part V: Crossing The First Threshold.
In this article, the founder of Packed Munches, Fiona Timba asks "How many times have you had an amazing business idea and done nothing about it?" and tells the NextWomen about her five top tips on turning that amazing business idea into an entrepreneurial success story.
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SkinYoga is the brainchild of sister-trio: Radhika, Jagriti and Deepika. They were born in West Bengal in India and grew up in a 20-acre farm in Gujarat where they grew their own vegetables and milked the cows for their daily dairy.
Later, they moved to other countries in order to pursue their respective college degrees. The transition from farm life to the concrete city life inspired them to create SkinYoga and to share with the world the importance of leading a yogic lifestyle.
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Kirstie White shares her journey and the lessons she has learned from the major corporate world to following her childhood dream of becoming her own boss.
The first business I built was 'Kirstie's Candy Corner'. It was basically a sweet shop where I created my own sherbet and sold it profitably. The only problem was that I was just seven years old! From there, the entrepreneurial spirit just grew, and the following is a speedy journey through my career and specifically how I started in the big corporate world, but just couldn't fight that inner entrepreneur. I hope you identify with some of my experiences and gut feelings, and that you also have the confidence to cut loose and go for it to realise your career dreams!
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The majority of businesses never reach the £1M turnover mark – a level often used to benchmark firms. This is significant because most business owners, when they first started, envisaged not just a multi-million pound business, but a multi-billion pound business.
Statistically, only 4% of business owners ever reach the £1M mark and further, only 10% of these businesses (that's 0.4% of all business owners) ever reach the £10M mark.
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In trading on Tuesday, shares of Nordic American Tankers Ltd (NAT) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $8.46 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30.
In the case of Nordic American Tankers Ltd, the RSI reading has hit 24.5 — by comparison, the universe of energy stocks covered by Energy Stock Channel currently has an average RSI of 54.7, the RSI of WTI Crude Oil is at 51.3, and the RSI of Henry Hub Natural Gas is presently 38.1.
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A bullish investor could look at NAT's 24.5 reading as a sign that the recent heavy selling is in the process of exhausting itself, and begin to look for entry point opportunities on the buy side.
Looking at a chart of one year performance (below), NAT's low point in its 52 week range is $7.00 per share, with $12.61 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $8.51. Nordic American Tankers Ltd shares are currently trading down about 10% on the day.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, NAT makes up 2.29% of the Guggenheim Shipping ETF (SEA) which is trading lower by about 0.2% on the day Tuesday.


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Evan Hammonds recaps the Stephen Foster Handicap, Regret Stakes, and Shoemaker Mile. watch video
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The all-graded-stakes Pick 4 on the Stephen Foster Handicap card on Saturday night at Churchill Downs is a tricky sequence. read blog
An evenly matched field of 10 sophomore fillies will hit the grass at Churchill Downs June 14 in the Regret Stakes (gr. IIIT), headed by Istanford, Tepin, and Aurelia's Belle, all graded winners.
Odds-on choice Kitten's Dumplings took the overland route to victory for a confident Joel Rosario, winning the Regret Stakes (gr. IIIT) going away on Stephen Foster Handicap night June 15 at Churchill Downs.
Kitten's Dumplings, eye-catching winner of the Edgewood Stakes in her first start over the Churchill Downs turf, returns to the Louisville track as the likely favorite in the $100,000 Regret Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 15.
The second-highest-priced yearling to ever sell at Keeneland January and the beginning of a dispersal of an apparently deep group of horses from Fares Farm helped the Lexington sale to a strong start.
The legacy of the late Barbara Hunter was on full display Jan. 8 during the second day of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, with Keertana selling for $1 million and Snow Top Mountain bringing $950,000.
Graded stakes winner Snow Top Mountain brought an impressive price of $950,000 from Audley Farm during the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Jan. 8.
Multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Keertana brought some excitement to the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Jan. 8 when she fetched $1 million from Craig Bandoroff of Denali Stud.
Buyers will have the opportunity to purchase horses from the Issam Fares' Fares Farm dispersal at a Keeneland January sale that will feature a larger catalog compared with last year.
Barbara Hunter, 78, who owned Brownwood Farm near Nicholasville, Ky., died at the farm Nov. 8 after a long illness. She had recent success with homebreds Keertana and Snow Top Mountain.
The $150,000 Arlington Oaks (gr. III) returns to the schedule at Arlington Park July 21 after a one-year hiatus, featuring a well-matched field of eight distaffers headed by Spendthrift Farm's Treasured Up.
Barbara Hunter's multiple graded stakes-winning mare Snow Top Mountain, in foal to Blame, has been retired from racing with earnings of $525,303.
Frank Calabrese's Romacaca gamely held off Snow Top Mountain by a neck in the Modesty Handicap (gr. IIIT)at Arlington Park. The 6-year-old Running Stag mare covered the 1 3/16 miles in 1:56.67.
Two-time 2012 stakes winner Upperline carries top weight of 121 pounds July 14 in the 1 3/16-mile Modesty Handicap (gr. IIIT). The Modesty is one of four stakes on Arlington's 'Million Preview Day.'
The 124-pound highweight rebounded from a sixth-place finish last time out to best 10 other fillies and mares in the grade III turf event.
The 3-2 favorite in a field of 11 3-year-old turf fillies, the bay daughter of Smart Strike got her first graded win.
Handicapping the all-stakes pick 4 at Churchill Downs. read blog
Pachattack, winner of the Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III) in her only start since finishing third in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I), heads the field for the Edward P. Evans All Along Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 16.
Frank L. Jones Jr's Tapitsfly, who has started four times this year in graded events and has won or placed in all of them, will carry top weight of 121 pounds in the Early Times Mint Julep Handicap at Churchill Downs.
A competitive filed of older fillies and mares, including previous Arlington Park graded stakes winner Upperline, comprise the lineup for the May 26 Arlington Matron Stakes (gr. III) at Arlington Park.
Barbara Hunter's homebred Keertana, who last year became the first female to win the Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) since Our Request in 1951, has been retired from racing.
On a day that belonged the Julien Leparoux, it was Rajiv Maragh that was able to narrowly outduel his fellow rider in the Keeneland feature, as Pachattack defeated Kathmanblu by a neck in the $100,000 Doubledogdare.
Tracy Farmer's La Gran Bailadora, fifth in last year's Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III) after a slow start, will give it another try April 20 in the 1 1/16-mile stakes for fillies and mares at Keeneland.
Grade I winner Zagora, second in last year's Hillsborough Stakes (gr. IIIT) to Denomination in a tight finish, will attempt to turn the tables in 2012 when the two mares meet again in the grass event at Tampa Bay Downs.
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|John Glenney
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|Race 7 (ALW) at CD on 5/21/15
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Government contractors and other companies subject to internal investigation requirements won some relief from the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on June 26 with a decision that firmly reiterated that Upjohn v. United States does indeed stand for the proposition that confidential employee communications made during a business's internal investigation led by company lawyers are privileged.
In United States of America ex rel. Harry Barko v. Halliburton Company, et al, defendant Halliburton's subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to reverse a district court's order that KBR produce in discovery, certain reports created as part of internal investigations conducted at the direction of in-house counsel. Over KBR's objection, the district court had ordered production of the documents, reasoning that because the KBR investigators who prepared the reports were not lawyers, and because the subject investigations were done pursuant to legal requirements and corporate policy, and not solely for the purpose of obtaining legal advice, the reports were not privileged. A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit disagreed and vacated the district court's order. In so doing, the panel found that the privilege claim by KBR was "materially indistinguishable" from the assertion of the privilege in the seminal Upjohn case. Specifically, the court of appeals found that because, as in Upjohn, KBR initiated an internal investigation to gather facts and ensure compliance with the law after being informed of potential misconduct, and because the investigation was conducted under the auspices of KBR's in-house legal department, the privilege applied.
In concluding that the KBR case came under "Upjohn's umbrella," the court of appeals rejected several of the district court's reasons for finding otherwise. First, the court of appeals reiterated the general rule that a lawyer's status as in-house counsel does not dilute the privilege. Second, the court of appeals opined that because the KBR investigations were done at the direction of attorneys, the fact that interviews had been conducted by non-attorney investigators did not undermine the privilege. Third, the court found the fact that KBR did not notify the employees who were interviewed that the purpose of the interviews was to obtain legal advice was irrelevant because Upjohn imposed no such requirement. Finally, the court rejected the idea that because KBR undertook the investigations to comply with Department of Defense regulations, and not solely for the purpose of obtaining legal advice, the privilege did not apply. On this point, the court explained as follows: "In our view, the District Court's analysis rested on a false dichotomy. So long as obtaining or providing legal advice was one of the significant purposes of the internal investigation, the attorney-client privilege applies, even if there were also other purposes for the investigation and even if the investigation was mandated by regulation rather than simply an exercise of company discretion."
Thus Upjohn, and its common sense holding, seems to have prevailed once again, with the D.C. Circuit clarifying that an internal investigation, done at the direction of counsel, is privileged, as long as one of the significant purposes of the investigation was to obtain or provide legal advice, regardless of whether the investigation was also done pursuant to a company compliance program required by law.
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I don't think we can technically claim that we are going BLW, because we have tried purees. My baby hates them, though, so we have decided to just skip them and give her regular table food.
Its going well so far, she loves to feed herself. She has been doing really well with it since about 6.5 months (she is now 7.5 months) and gets better at picking the food up and getting it to her mouth every day!
Yesterday she had Cheerios and some banana for breakfast, yogurt (its the only thing she will accept on a spoon, and that part is not really BLW) for lunch, peas and green beans as a snack, and chicken, broccoli, rice and baked apples for dinner. That is the most she has eaten so far, most days she only sits down to eat once or twice. She seems to be getting more interested now, though, so we will try more often.
For the dinner last night, we had Thai Peanut Chicken and rice bowls, so I just took her stuff out before I added the sauce so her's was plain.
In some ways it is easier than purees, because I don't have to sit there and spoon feed her, but I have also found that its a little harder to make sure she has fruits and veggies (veggies in particular) because they need to be cooked and I don't always plan far enough ahead to steam or bake her something. I have found that its really easy to make sweet potato or butternut squash "fries" in the convection oven, and frozen peas can be heated in water in the microwave in about 30 seconds.
Overall, I think it will end up being easier and will lead to her trying more flavors earlier.
We are doing it the same way as the pp essentially. My lo loves it. He gets to control how he takes the food and gets to practice so many eating and hand eye coordination skills he wouldn't get being spoon fed.
It's normal for them to gag initially not being used to swallowing solids but they get used to it with practice - just encourage them to swallow. When my lo chokes I just hook a finger into his mouth and pull out the food before it gets bad and so far it's worked very well for him - choking is rare - only twice in nearly three months whereas gagging is more common but getting better with time.
Youtube has some videos of other parents trying it. You will be amazed what the lo's can do! My lo loves spiral noodles with tomato sauce and pieces of chicken and steak he can fit into the length of his hand (about two inches long) and suck on. He also eats any vegetable that's steamed really well. I don't do broccoli due to tendency to cause gas but have read it's okay for them and nutritious.
My lo also loves practicing with a cup to drink small amounts of water. He's such a ham-always looks at us after drinking and looks so proud of himself. I stil help him control the back end of the cup but he puts both hands on it and pulls it to his face.
The moment a child is born a mother is also born...by Rajneesh.
curious as to how old are your children and do they have a lot of teeth by the time you start giving them these types of foods? Particularly for the meats? are they really eating them, or just sucking on them?
we just tried purees with my 4 month old and he got sooooo constipated so we are backing off. probably wont try again until hes ready for BLW so I guess we are doing that.
I did it with my now 15 month old. I followed the AAP recommendation and delayed solids until 6 months. At 6 months I would set soft chunks of food on her tray (ripe banana, ripe avocado, ripe sweet potato, cooked carrot, etc.) It was easy and I will definitely do it with my next. I continued to breastfeed or pump 5x/day until 12 months when she dropped down to 3x/day, so she was still getting plenty of nourishment from milk.
Also- as far as teeth, she had none until she was 9 months old and then only had 2 bottom around 12 months she had 2 on the top. It wasn't a problem. If the food is soft, babies can gum it.


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TOULOUSE, France A gunman who had past psychiatric problems took four people hostage Wednesday in a bank in Toulouse, claiming he was acting for religious reasons, then was captured in a police raid about six hours later, authorities said.
The hostages were released unharmed, and the hostage-taker was lightly injured, regional police official Frederic Tamisier said. Another police official said he was hurt in the leg, though the cause of the injury was unclear.
Gunshots were heard from the site around the time the gunman was captured.
The incident plunged this city in fear for the second time in recent months. Tensions have been high in Toulouse since March, when a gunman who police said claimed links to al-Qaida killed three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and three paratroopers in the area. Those were France's worst terrorist attacks in years, and led to a crackdown on suspected Islamist radicals around France.
In Wednesday's incident, a man with a firearm entered a CIC bank branch in central Toulouse at about 11 a.m. (0900GMT) and took the bank director and three other bank employees hostage, police officials said.
Authorities started negotiations with the gunman, and he released one hostage mid-afternoon, a woman in her late 20s who was feeling ill, a police union official said.
Toulouse Mayor Pierre Cohen said the gunman had been known to authorities for having psychiatric problems.
French Prosecutor Michel Valet said that during negotiations, the gunman said he wanted to advertise the religious motivation behind his act.
"The hostage-taker ... wants us to make it known that he is acting not for money, and that his motivations come from his religious conviction," Valet told reporters at the scene. He did not say what faith the gunman adheres to.
French media reports say the gunman is claiming allegiance to al-Qaida. Police officials who spoke to The Associated Press could not confirm this claim.
The neighborhood around the bank was cordoned off, and neighboring buildings were evacuated. Officers from GIPN specialized police units were brought to the scene from Bordeaux and Marseille.
The bank is in the same neighborhood where Mohamed Merah, the suspected gunman in the March attacks, was shot and killed by police. It is near the police station where authorities were overseeing the operation to surround and negotiate with Merah.
The mother of a child evacuated from a neighborhood school said on RTL radio that she had received a text message in the morning saying the CIC bank was being robbed.
Doriane Clermont, 23, lives across the street from the bank with her 3-year-old son - and said she's "thinking of moving."
"I'm worried about the climate that reigns in this city," she said, waiting behind the police barrier to be able to return home after she was evacuated.
Resident Maria Gomes was similarly unsettled.
"We were walking when we heard great agitation in the neighborhood, with police cars," she said. "Fear is coming back, after the Merah affair."
Among those evacuated were 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds from a private language school next to the bank. Valerie Ruckly-Gravier, who heads the Happy Momes school, or Happy Kids, said police advised that the security parameters in place could last throughout the day.


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As I've said here in the past, I love Steve Spurrier because the man is the only coach in the business who doesn't seem to have a filter between his mind and his mouth at times. While other coaches may think thinks they won't say in public, Spurrier just doesn't care. He'll take shots at other coaches, other teams, or even his own players if he feels the need to.
He's the only college football coach whom I wish had a blog.
If he did he could then go into further detail about his feelings for LSU head coach Les Miles. For now we're just going to have to settle for the subtle digs he takes at Miles while talking about the Gamecocks next game against Nick Saban and Alabama.
"Those were two of the good offenses we had at Florida," Spurrier said. "We looked like we were a lot smarter than [Saban] was those two games. Recently he's a lot smarter than I was last year, let's put it that way. Who knows who'll be the smartest this year? ... Of course, sometimes you can win and still be a dummy. We've learned that recently."
When asked for a response, Miles said "I like turtles."
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Last trip, we were waiting by the Christmas tree at the end of Main Street waiting for the parade to start. There were still Disney photographers around and the odd guest scurrying over the road.
A family of Mum, Dad and two young boys came and stood in front of us. They asked the Disney photographer to take a photo for them. The whole family turned their backs on the photographer, one hand waving in the air and looked at the castle for the photo to be taken from behind. This was to be there last few minutes of magic before they headed back home. The boys started to cry....mum started to cry....I started to cry!!!!!!
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I'm using VB.net 2005 to input data from a database application into Excel files.I un-protect the sheets, input data into specific cells using named ranges, then re-protect the sheets.
This has worked fine so far, up until I ran into a file that is protected with auto-filtering enabled. When I re-protect the sheets, I can't seem to protect it while allowing the use of autofilter dropdowns. The dropdown arrows for the autofilter are greyed out and disabled.
Using the following code to re-protect the sheets after inputting the data.
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that was a steroid to get ripped and not gain mass, i hope he didn't take it to be vain? i am so disappointed i was a big fan of his two.
The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has denied a license to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Josh Barnett after Barnett tested positive for a banned substance.
Barnett's June 25 drug test came back positive for 2a-methyl-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one, an anabolic steroid. CSAC learned of the results July 21 and immediately denied a license for Barnett. CSAC also informed the promoter of Barnett's August 1 bout against Fedor Emelianenko that the bout would not be approved.
"The license of Josh Barnett was denied pursuant to rule 303 of Title IV of the California Code of Regulations," said CSAC Interim Executive Officer Dave Thornton. "That rule prohibits the use of certain substances, including anabolic agents, by any boxer or MMA fighter."
Barnett's test was observed in the presence of a CSAC representative and the sample was sent to the World Anti-doping Agency test facility at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on June 25 for processing. CSAC was notified of the results yesterday.
Barnett has the right to appeal the denial of his license.
"Our primary concern is for the health and safety of fighters," said Thornton. "Anabolic agents and other banned substances put the users of those agents at risk, as well as their opponents. The commission simply will not tolerate their use."
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that was a steroid to get ripped and not gain mass, i hope he didn't take it to be vain? i am so disappointed i was a big fan of his two.
it baffles me why any fighter that has a chance to beat fedor would ruin it by trying to cheat, not saying he raly had a chance but why not just train hard and give your best if u loose theres no shame and if u win u have done something that no one else has… well appart from that doc stopage but it just dont make sense, there are hundreds of fighters who would love a shot at fedor and he got one and fuked hisself.
dose anyone know if there will be a stand in, i know people r saying belfort but i dont think that will happen.
Yes, sy. Vitor has agreed in principle to replace Barnett and fight Fedor at Affliction:Trilogy…
A fight between Fedor and Belfort has not yet been proposed to the CSAC…
give barnett a break. if you knew you fate was to be doomed by fedor, you know you would be juicing too.
it's interesting how the test came back positive before the fight. think about the ufc. all of the steroid tests that came back positive in the ufc… came back AFTER the fight.
I knew they tested them after the fight, but I really didn't know they tested them before the fight…I think it's probably better they do that. If they did that they could have caught Barnett cheating before he fought Randy back in the day…
They test before so that they can see if the fighter was using in training, and then after to see if the fighter used PED's for an edge at the fight for stamina or something to that degree. It's funny, last week I was telling a friend that it would be funny if Barnett got busted for drugs again, and low and behold, wham. It doesn't surprise me since he's been brought up on these before, and never actually lost the UFC Heavyweight Title, rather had it stripped. Last I've seen, Belfort was not signed on. There has also been some talk of Bobby Lashley stepping in. I'd prefer that fight, because after Fedor crushed him then all the talk of these huge wrestling juicers AKA Brock Lesnar would have to shut up.
Who cares…..Brock would kill them both
yeah brock needs to clean out the ufc before he even deserves to be mentioned with fedor.
fedor technically is undefeated. his only loss was due to a cut in the 1st 30 seconds of a fight.
A loss is a loss so suck it, Fedor is NOT undefeated. Quit sucking his nuts so much…
What a moron. No wonder he talked so much shit in his interviews. That pretty much screws up all of Affliction 3. I hope the UFC paid him for this.
CYRYUS lashley getting beat by fedor wouldnt do anything to lesnars legitimacy. lashley is way smaller than brock and has way short arms compared to brock. brock wouldnt have trouble getting a takedown on guida and he wouldnt go to a decision either.
a lot of long time mma fans have wanted to see this fight. i don't know how they can find any replacement to take barnet's place. maybe tito. i don't think vitor belfort would get the same draw as tito would.
F that. Tito will get killed by Fedor.
Fly the fight to Japan!
Joey, the UFC kicked him out for the same shit. Barnett is clearly a loser and a cheat, and shouldn't be in ANY league. Screw that guy.
please do not replace with ricco rodriquez, mark kerr, or even brett rogers. frankly, i think brett rogers is one dimensional. he's basically a more technically sound, taller version of kimbo. maybe AA should be given another shot at fedor. he was winning that 1st round before getting flattened. vitor belfort is now a 185er. he probably will come to fight at 200 pounds… still a significant weight gap from fedor's 230. and please no matt lindland. i can't stand the guy. plus, fedor beat him pretty convincingly.
errrr 200-230 is 30 lbs…
Randy vs Brock….. 50 lbs weight difference.
well Barnett and Fedor are Friends…. Barnett could be trying to dodge him.
well if Vitor were to fight fedor, than who would fight Santiago??
It'll be somebody easier than Vitor, he should be happy Vitor might fight Fedor because he gets an easier opponent..
Yeah, Barnett purposely besmirched his name and reputation just so he could dodge his friend Fedor. GTFO, seriously…that could be the stupidest idea posted on this site of stupid posts. lol. Barnett is a habitual roider…he was stripped of his UFC belt and kicked out for it, and that had nothing to do with dodging buddies. He's a scum bag and shouldn't be allowed in any organization. Cheating bastard.
they SHOULD be allowed to use roids…. that way its "fair"
look at Brock…. we all KNOW he has taken Roids pre ufc… how the hell is that fair on those who haven't?
mike stop crying. We have heard this. Yes Lesnar has taken steroids and he does win by just being too big for the opponent. The real problem is the HW weight gap. 207-265. LOL that a little extreme. A new weight class at 220 and 230 would be great. Somewhere around there. But I doubt this will ever happen.
crying? I'm simply stating… how is it fair that one can do it to pump up then stop?
i agree with the weight thing… i suggested it sometime ago… most agreed it was a good idea.
235lbs seems the best weight as its slap bang in the middle.
I am not really sure what barnett is taking roids for, he looks more like tim sylvia than he does lesnar or lashley, looks more comfortable picking up acase of brews not a fighter
look at my old post and I callrd this when he first find out about this fight, I said it would happend because josh is a pussy rioder and I have been saying that for year..onces a cheater always a cheater
defo agree with the comments about a new weight class around 235 but the guy who did best against brock was randy and what was he about 228 so who knows plus most of the hwts that are over 235-240 are fat an slow
There's nobody to fight Brock right now, and you guys want to split an already-thin weight class. That's hilarious. Like there'll ever be a significant weight class of super heavyweights in MMA.
we can't say there's nobody to fight Brock…we haven't seen him against any real "dangerous fighters". Even in the first fight with Mir, Brock was owning him before his rookie move. A younger Randy may have had a better chance, but not the post 2 Liddel KO's version he fought. AFTER Kongo and Cain or Shane Carwin…then we can start saying Nobody
vitor is at 205 right now, fight night he will be 210-215 fedor will be 225-230 not that big a difference.i would rather see him fight rogers though because to many haters will start crying he is fight a mw.
Cobra… i don't know what Sport you're watching but its not MMA.
eventually it'll be as popular (if not more) than boxing…. and that right now has so many weights its not funny.
like i've said before.
so many top super heavyweights that can fight out for that belt, then you have people who due to size won't be able to compete for the belt.
Cro Cop
Dos Santos
then you're looking at fighters who have dropped to 205lbs because of it (and are going to get beat)
i can guarantee that they'll be more soon.
awesome evidence posting Mike. I agree AND TUF 10 with MORE big heavyweights is about to inject (pun intended) even more talent. True too, about guys not big enough…like Franklin and Wandi who fight in LHW seperate division might not be the worst idea. and, Mike..if you go by the ppv #'s and marketing….MMA has ALREADY surpassed boxing…by the millions of $$$$!
So, basically, Mike, you're suggesting to make the Heavyweight division a Super Heavyweight division consisting of Carwin, Lesnar, Velasquez, Mir, Nog, and Kongo, and then have a Heavyweight division consisting only of Couture, Cro Cop, and Dos Santos. And you guys are looking forward to the TUF10 group of ex-football players, an aging ex champ, and an internet over-hyped sensation to be the future of the UFC HW division?
Yeah….that'll happen.
Hell yeah I say split the HW division. Do you really think Brock would beat Couture or Mir if he was their size? Hell no. Damn I mean all of the weight classes that are split by 15 lbs. make a huge deal about size, at the same time the HW division spans 60 lbs!
Cobra what i am saying is soon theyll be so much MMA Talent Dana won't be able to juggle it all anymore, hell he'll have to refuse people entery to the UFC because he can't fit them on his rotation. (doesn't he have over 300 already?!)
with the popularity of MMA now a days you'll have so many MMA fighters who can't compete in heavyweight because of guys like Carwin and Lesnar (too big).
MMA passes boxing money made so expect money and money good fighters to come.
i mean really how on earth do you expect to beat someone like Brock who is just going to Wrestle you to the ground and lay on you so you can't get him off if you weight 220lbs with no wrestle background?


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Images from the scene posted online showed bodies lying in pools of blood at the railway station. "It was an organised, premeditated violent terrorist attack," state-run Xinhua news agency reported, adding that police shot at least four suspects dead. Over 10 "terrorist suspects" were involved in the attack and police are hunting for the rest, it said.
A female suspect was arrested and is being treated in hospital for unspecified injuries while a search continues for others who fled the scene, another report said. Evidence at the crime scene showed that the attack was orchestrated by Xinjiang separatist forces, the municipal government of Kunming said today. TV footage showed police recovering swords carried by some of the members of the group.
It is the first time militants from the banned East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from Xinjiang have been blamed for carrying out such a large-scale attack so far from their remote homeland. It follows an incident in Beijing's iconic Tiananmen Square in October which shook the country's Communist leadership, forcing them to establish a state committee to ensure national security.
ETIM is fighting for the independence of Muslim Uygur majority Xinjiang province, which is endowed with natural resources, including oil.
Last year three members of a family including two men tried to carry out an attack at the Forbidden city near the Tiananmen square here. Four people were killed in that attack. Xinjiang, which borders Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) and Afghanistan, witnessed several violent attacks by the militants stated to be from ETIM, an al-Qaeda linked group fighting for independent Xinjiang.
For several years the province experienced ethnic unrest between native Muslim Uygurs and the Han national from the Chinese mainland for the past few years over the increasing settlements of Hans in the region. The authorities vowed to crack down on violent terrorist activities in all forms and guarantee the safety of people's lives and property, Xinhua said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked authorities to probe the case with all-out efforts and punish the terrorists in accordance with the law.
Kunming resident Yang Haifei said that he was buying a ticket when he saw a group of people, mostly wearing black, rush into the station and start attacking people. "I saw a person come straight at me with a long knife and I ran away with everyone," he said, adding that the attackers caught those who were slower. "They just fell on the ground." "At first I thought it was just someone fighting, but then I saw blood and heard people scream, and I just ran," said Liu Chen, a 19-year-old student from Wuhan City of central China's Hubei Province, who was visiting Yunnan.
Liu and her friend were at the station for tickets to the tourism city of Lijiang when the attack suddenly happened.
Chen Guizhen, a 50-year-old woman, said that her husband Xiong Wenguang, 59, was killed in the attack. Xinhua news agency, in a commentary, said the attacks in Beijing and Kunming have clearly indicated a despicable trend that separatists are targeting civilians out of Xinjiang.
Xinjiang is home of Muslim Uygurs, a Turkik speaking community which was up in arms for the last several years over increasing settlements of Han Chinese nationals from other provinces.
It witnessed several riots in recent years prompting Chinese authorities mounting massive security in the sprawling province rich with minerals and natural resources.
For its part, China's ruling Communist Party responded by stepping up security in the province deploying large number of military forces including special commando troops to eliminate the ETIM besides stepping up development of the area.
Observers say that the manifold increase in the attacks in the province targeting police stations and security forces showed that mere security response alone was not working while it ended up alienating the conservative Muslim population in general. "Nothing justifies such a carnage against innocent civilians", the Xinhua commentary said. "This was a random attack, with the sole purpose of causing the greatest casualties and impact within the shortest period of time leaving the whole nation in terror," it said.
"It also showed a shift in their attack strategies from targeting symbols of the government, such as public security stations and police vehicles, to roadside civilians," it said. If the proliferation of their terrorist attack is not reined in, more innocent people will fall victim, the commentary added.


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