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The Politics of Confirmation Bias
by Barry Ritholtz - November 10th, 2012, 3:00pm
Forbes, writing about Romney's campaign being blindsided, reveals a secret that I have been hammering about: This isn't about politics, its about cognition:
"I don't think it's a coincidence that Team Romney's polling cluelessness comes after years of conservatives demonizing pointy-headed academics, including scientists. On subjects like evolution, global warming, the biology of human conception, and even macroeconomics, conservatives have been increasingly bold about rejecting the consensus of scientific experts in favor of ideologically self-serving pronouncements. That attitude may have contributed to their loss of the White House in 2012. It will be much more costly for the country as a whole if it doesn't change before the GOP next captures the White House.
George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq was a good example of the kind of damage that can be done when elected officials choose ideology over expertise. Bush didn't just ignore the many experts who warned that invading Iraq was a bad idea. The ideologues were so convinced the war would go well that they massively underestimated the amount of preparation that would be required for the occupation to go reasonably smoothly. As a result, the aftermath of the war was much more chaotic than it would have been if experienced experts had been more involved in the planning process. Many more people died and much more property was destroyed than would have occurred with proper planning."
I had this post originally scheduled for this morning, but then Invictus' dropped his excellent "The Problem With a Really Tiny Tent" on me. I could not in good faith publish this shortie in front of that.
The combination of cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias and demographics means the GOP has quite a bit of work ahead of it . . .
Conservatives' Reality Problem
Timothy B. Lee
Forbes, 11/09/2012
Category: Politics, Psychology
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor implied. If you could repeat previously discredited memes or steer the conversation into irrelevant, off topic discussions, it would be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
54 Responses to "The Politics of Confirmation Bias"
A Farmer says:
To your list of cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias and demographics, don't forget plain ignorance. The clueless folks who got elected to the local school board to prevent their kids from being taught about evolution now fill the state legislatures and are getting elected to the House of Representatives in large numbers. Luckily, they've been less successful in the Senate, but the Republicans' bench of politicians isn't very deep in the brain power department. Many of these folks aren't smart enough to sort out the facts if they wanted to.
GeorgeBurnsWasRight says:
Re: Iraq
There was a horrifying Frontline piece on how Iraq was a test of a neo-con theory that all that was necessary in government employees was the correct political/religious views. That was all the Bush administration looked at in the selection process. This gave results such as the 4 fresh-out-of-college guys who were given fairly important positions in administering the Iraq occupation. Frontline interviewed the colonel who had to work with them, who reported that these guys told him they were sure they could run a country because they had had much success running keg parties at their frat house.
peachin says:
What "A FARMER" said!!!!
Julia Chestnut says:
Some asshat in the National Review was saying that letting people get college degrees is the problem: they get indoctrinated by the communist faculty at universities. This particular spot of filth suggested that we need to go back to a time when a college education was rare, and certainly we need to go back to when women married young. To him, single women in particular – and "extended singlehood" – lead to the kind of sin and debauchery that make Democrats. So, to recap, we need fewer educated people, and above all, women need to be married and pregnant (with no control over that process) as young as possible.
Quite concerning. See, they seem to genuinely think that ignorance helps them, and that learning (outside of a sacred book) is polluting. And heavens, we certainly can't let the women get schooled. Where have I heard this platform before? It seem so familiar from somewhere. . .
techy says:
I am not sure why but comments in TBP have become a little "preaching to the choir". Barry you need to cut down political stuff and focus on more investment stuff, dont want to lose the right leaning intelligent comments in these forums.
BennyProfane says:
For me, the important period in this campaign was the circus of the Republican primaries. Let's not forget what the alternative was to Romney, and the dynamics that made him reject any kind of sensible talk about health care and immigration, and this was a man who just recently was so proud to pass Romneycare, and, hell, was a Mormon missionary, for crying out loud. The only candidate I see as having a fighting chance against Hillary is Jeb Bush (the smart one), but, for the life of me, I can't see him getting the nomination unless he turns into a raving no nothing racist.
Will the Republican base mellow enough in four years to satisfy America with a candidate they can stomach? Doubtful. So we're stuck with the Democrats by default. Ech. Maybe 2020 will bring us viable alternatives, but, if the economy continues to flatline, I fear what our choices are then.
Mike in Nola says:
If only they agree that we go back to a time before Fox News when people actually educated themselves reading the newspapers or watching Huntley and Brinkley. But those days are gone forever, just like those of the citizen farmers who begat an Abe Lincoln.
thenoz says:
The trash taking doesn't bother me as I have listened to obnoxious New Yorkers before. They came out to trade on the CBOE in the late 70s and 80s and thought they were going to take over the world from us Chicago rubes. They left with their tails between their legs.
Did the Romney camp make mistakes? Sure, but remember also what carried Obama over the top. College kids who have never paid taxes or lived in the real world and low-information inner city blacks and latinos. I am waiting for the older liberals to realize that Social Security and Medicare won't be covered by part-time Starbuck's workers. Oh I forgot, Obama was also carried over the top by gullible single women who think that the rest of us should pay for birth control for 31 year old Georgetown Law
Barry, I will pretend that your obnoxious holier than thou attitude is due to where you live and the storm damage. However, as for global warming, the question is whether it is due to man or is it a natural cycle. Perhaps you and your groupies could check out the Maunder Minimum. They sound like a bunch of one-lotters. I would also be willing to use the time machine to take you back to the precursors to the Iraq war and the one big mistake( I so stated at the time) which caused all the problems and extended the war.
Of course there are wackos on the right but also on the left. Are non-invasive ultrasounds worse than poking a hole in a baby's head and sucking out the brains as Obama and the liberals want? And on macroeconomics, let's wait to see how New York, California and Illinois along with France, Spain and Greece get out of their own self-serving liberal economic policies. Are we out of other people's money
Risk is the key and the ivory tower academics who can promote silly policies while at the same time are
immune from market risk and interest rate risk with their pensions, can hardly understand how the world works. There is a reason that Bill Buckley said that he would rather be governed by the first 2000
people in the Boston phone book rather than the faculty at Harvard.
Lastly, pointy headed scientists have been known to fudge date. Don't make me list all of them!
I know this will go in one ear and out the other but hey, that's what makes a market.
thenoz says:
toward the end, that should be "fudge data"
Mike in Nola says:
I see we've been visited by someone else who still don't get it.
In another vein, really about the pernicious effects of the electoral college, a comment by an O'Reilly, but not THE O'Reilly. He's a nerd who publishes very high quality IT books.
formerlawyer says:
Answer is here:
Mike in Nola says:
Sorry about the attribution above. It wasn't written by the founder personally. I was rather discombobulated by finding politics on the site. I guess nerds think about other things too.
Iamthe50percent says:
Just want to remind everyone that "thenoz" is NOT typical of Illinoisans. Everyone has a batty Uncle somewhere don't they? For the record, I studied "pointy headed science", aka Astrophysics, at Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Maryland, was a Howard Dean volunteer, and was born and raised in the Chicago Suburbs. We are not all troglodytes.
Oh, and I don't hate New York, the city or state. It's New Jersey that I hate. I've met some fine people from NJ, both out of Bell Labs, but the state sucks.
wrongtrade says:
my comments are all moderated out, too. But it is Barry's blog so that's his right. Readers just have to be aware that what they are reading in the politics of the comments section are not necessarily representative of all submitted comments. There is confirmation bias created by the moderator. I am going to discontinue reading and submitting comments because they are biased and edited, but I will still read the site as long as there is valuable investment information which I think there is.
BR: All relatively new commentors have been moderated for about 2 years. It reduced really bad & misleading fact free junk that I despise by 90%, along with silly flame wars.
People slowly get "demoderated" over time — I let the my editors decide who is not a troll
thenoz says:
Sorry iamthe50percent, it makes no difference what you studied as it is clear that you didn't understand my post. You are exactly as I stated. Until you have traded for 6 months on any exchange and taken risk, you will be a one-lotter.
wally says:
um… "soul searching" means you search your own soul, not everybody else's.
techy says:
thrnoz: so you have no problem that 50% of the population is in dumps due to technology and outsourcing of the past 30 years all the while the 1% gained most of the wealth? how about pregnancy due to rape also needs to be carried till birth?
techy says:
thenoz: these are the reasons why republicans lost young voters and women, but you seems to imply you are fine with it?
plus, below from you:
Are non-invasive ultrasounds worse than poking a hole in a baby's head and sucking out the brains as Obama and the liberals want.
do you realize that these have completely different purpose? how about trying to save life of the mother is more important?
crankitto11 says:
Is it possible that "pointy-headed academics" like Nate Silver, who construct scientific models and test them mercilessly against real world data, might sometimes actually be right, and that their way of doing things, rather than working off "gut feelings" and making aggressive ad hominem attacks against those who disagree with those gut feelings (see Scarborough, Joe; Krauthammer, Charles; Barone, Michael; Will, George; entire panel of Fox News talking heads), might actually be a more intelligent way of approaching the world?
I think that was Barry's point. I think you illustrated it.
leveut says:
….would have no effect on Republican electoral results because the source of hispanic votes for Democrats is not in fact for hispanics….
That should be: ….would have no effect on Republican electoral results because the source of hispanic votes for Democrats is not in fact amnesty or immigration policy…
sellstop says:
There are adults in the world who by making intelligent decisions can mitigate the risks. These include placing limits on debt. Placing limits on fraud. Limiting the power that money can bring to it's owners. Putting the power of the ballot in the hands of the people.
Unrestricted free enterprise is a recipe for leverage, debt, bubbles and depression.
Time and again throughout history this happens.
But generations must learn the lessons anew.
Why are you so angry. It sounds like you have plenty of money. The system must be working for you?
Honoring debt is honorable. Like pensions promised. Social Security promised. Medicare promised. Promises made.
Good day!
techy says:
Wow man, I thought you are for serious, I mean thesis and all then you go ahead and generalize:
"Most people will admit that young women are not known for making smart decisions."
I guess tolerance was the issue. I thought blacks were lazy, hispanics were illegals, all food stamp recipients were welfare queens, I did not know the above. I guess good luck with white old men on your side.
I got another one for you about repubs: do you know that contraceptives are bad for society?
I will like to conclude, in a democracy everyone vote is same, even if it belongs to people completely blinded by organized religion, go ask Pakistan, they follow their book to the dot, stoning and all.
crutcher says:
Bringing cognitive science in favor of one side in a political fight does the science and actual debate a disservice. As though one team is apt to bias and the other isn't? Please… this is beneath the guy I come here to read.
BR: Ask yourself: Which party denies Science in general, and in particular, evolution, reproduction, and basic mathematics and Global Warming?
techy says:
thenoz: you said: Young women believed the false narrative that there is a Republican war on women
do you even follow the news? do you know what the republican governors are upto to further their religious beliefs: how about vaginal ultrasound?
James Cameron says:
> Wow man, I thought you are for serious, I mean thesis and all then you go ahead and generalize
"Most people will admit that young women are not known for making smart decisions"
"I have 24 and 22 year old boys. I have taught them everything necessary to be extremely successful. It is not that hard and following the Democrats is not the way"
Yeah, but at least his boys are being sent out into the world with some home schooling that money can't buy . . .
beaufou says:
"The ideologues were so convinced the war would go well that they massively underestimated the amount of preparation that would be required for the occupation to go reasonably smoothly. As a result, the aftermath of the war was much more chaotic than it would have been if experienced experts had been more involved in the planning process. "
The occupation to go reasonably smoothly? Right there, there's a word that sounds reasonably wrong for foreign policy. Starts with an o btw.
DrungoHazewood says:
I miss hanging out with my poorer buds. We'd sit around, maybe smoke a little weed and drink crystal clear 'shine that was smooth as glass. The Newport butts piled up on the ground. JB would be firing up the grill, cooking, and most times burning, some of the most heart clogging fare known to man. He'd be chomping a cigar and dropping ashes on the 'food' which consisted of pork ribs and giant sausages we called donkey dicks. He'd sear them until they were jet black and covered with cracks which revealed the unburnt pink meat underneath. He'd be throwing small pieces of meat to a raggedy old Poodle that would eagerly devour the scraps and then go vomit in the bushes. "Quit feeding that damn dog" we'd all bark in unison-except for Mo who said something. What, no one was quite sure. Everyone had something wrong: Coco was missing an eye, Stick had gotten drunk and hit his knee on the corner of the cement steps, Johnny had a stroke about 10 years ago, and could only walk with one foot behind the other and could only look from side to side by turning his entire body. But he was able to drive! I couldn't even figure out how he walked without falling over. It was like his body was 2D. Like it had been flattened in a press. And Mo basically couldn't speak English. He could understand you fine, but when he spoke it was just gibberish. Or so I thought. After working with him for several months, I could actually make out about 70% what he said. At first the others were skeptical that I had even partially deciphered the Moish language. Then everyone kept asking me 'what'd Mo just say'. I wouldn't reply, but waited for Mo to say his standard 'fuck yawll'. That was always clear as a bell and we'd all die laughing. We didn't even care about the translation. We were all secretly envious of Mo because he had a great wife who he had been married to for 30 years. She worked hard, and had a pension from the university. But what really got us was she had giant breasts and cleaned Mo's pipes on a regular basis. Needless to say, he was the most cheerful of the bunch.
I can't hang out with them anymore. The rising cost of living is crushing them and the little get from working, food stamps, SS retirement or disability checks. They are always trying to borrow money I know they can't pay back. They never used to do that, and at first I gave them money and occasionally bought small amounts of food, or pepto for an old ulcer, but now I have to be mindful of my own sinking bank balance. A few of them got the infamous government phone, but when they found out what pieces of crap they were, they just went out and paid for their own. I've got one that on my desk right now that Coco left the last time he was here. They all voted last time, a couple of them for the first time in their lives, but this time only Johnny, he's the most political, and a few of the others did this time around.
Bob is still unemployed says:
The GOP has fallen into the trappings of wanting to hear only those voices that tell them what they want to hear. When I started to hear the commentators on Fox News praising a new website showing "unskewed" polls, and after visiting and reading that website, I knew the GOP had gone through the looking glass.
The GOP has two battles to fight – (1) demographic trends that are working against the themes of the GOP platforms, and (2) the cultivation of ignorance and/or disconfirmation bias as a feature desired in GOP party members.
What I have not yet been able to discern is whether that'cultivation' is an apparent intentional dishonesty on the part of GOP (as evidenced by Paul Ryan's GOP convention address), or if it is just yet another example of the GOP in 'circle the wagons' mode.
NoKidding says:
Never belong to any party. You inevitably find yourself surrounded by people who will embarrass you.
Author lumps eight issues together and calls anyone who does not check all eight boxes the same kind of fool. Such as that come dime a dozen.
formerlawyer says:
"It must have come as a great shock to global warming alarmists when in October 2012, the Met Office stated that starting in 1997 through August 2012, there had been no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures."
If you mea the Daily Mail Article – it has already been debunked:
thenoz says:
I am a libertarian. I don't want to talk about abortion or rape or organized religion. I don't think that they should be discussed on the national level. Along with licensing gay marriage, these are state decisions.
@techy, I am sorry that you never dated women in their 20s otherwise you would understand my meaning about decision making. Just to let you know, I am in favor of gay marriage. After all, why should they be the only ones who are happy. 0) ( right, that was humor, looks like I have to spell everything out)
@sellstop In my opinion, rational decision-making adults, should not trust government promises. If they understand Fleming vs. Nestor (1960) they would understand that any promises made by the government can be broken. Social Security and Medicare, the numbers just don't work without major change. But hey, that's just my thought. I realized a long time ago that it is not what one says but what the other person hears. I am just trying to present arguments logically. I was taught to examine an argument by analyzing three reasons for and three reasons against. It is called thesis and antithesis with the conclusion being called synthesis.
Sorry if I seem mad, I am not. I just see people trusting the government without understanding how government really works. New Jersey is getting a taste of how much someone can trust the government versus trusting oneself. I reiterate, SS and Medicare can't survive on two workers paying for one retiree when the two workers are part-time at Starbucks.
Most reasonable libertarians believe that there should be some regulations but basically believe in sunlight. That is, let everything be in the open so the sun can shine on it. Sunlight is the best disinfectant for free enterprise. The leverage, debt, bubbles and depression would be eliminated by the openness. Remember, the heads of the 5 investment banks are all Democrats and they favored derivative opaqueness.
Yes the system has worked for me just as I worked hard and took 10 minute lunches when I was a runner on the CBOE.
It is said that opportunity knocks but most people are sitting on the couch and too lazy to get up and open the door. Little hint for college kids- If you get a job out of college and you are only working 9-5 then there is a problem. You should be understanding how the organization works and volunteering for extra unpaid work.
bobmitchell says:
" If he wants to go out on a false tangent and waste his time on a false narrative, fine with me. I have more important things to do. "
No you don't.
Northeaster says:
Based on the political commentary, George Washington was correct in saying the formation of political Party's would be this country's undoing. He was right.
The simple math shows we cannot pay for the things we have today. Somehow, that paradigm needs to change. Or, is it the consensus that indefinite deficits (credit card analogy here?) will go on forever?
Democrats and Republicans no longer even write the Bills these days, let alone bother to read them. We know special interests, through powerful lobbyists, including ex-CONgress Members rule Washington.
The rest of us are fucked, and it won't care what "Party" you belong too.
Petey Wheatstraw says:
When one group starts putting people outside "the tent," — based on their race, creed, color, national origin, religion, or any other criteria other than their willingness to be in "the tent," and to work towards common goals, I leave "the tent" voluntarily, as bad things are fixing to happen.
Those on the right who would immediately brand folks who have always worked hard to pull their own weight, plus some, but who have lately been forced into entrepreneurialism or nothing (aka: the disenfranchised), as "takers," ignore the reality of what has taken place in our economic system over the past 30 years.
Some in our society fail to recognize that there will always be those who can't (and a really small cadre of those who simply won't), pull their own weight, but that that number is no where near 50%. The vast majority of those being labeled as "takers," have been pushed out of the tent and into the cold.
Remember this, and remember it good: Unless you are in control of an enterprise (that is to say, if you are a mere employee who shows up to work every day and who do their jobs diligently and with pride), YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT. You are only in the tent until you are no longer needed. If you are one year away from retirement, or if the enterprise can get along with a less costly replacement, get ready for the old heave-ho.
When the majority finds themselves out in the cold, "the tent" is, typically, burned to the ground.
Disclosure: I have been an employee twice in a 30+ year career. Both instances amount to a little more than 5 years, both instances ended with a bubble bursting, and in both instances I left just before the bubble burst and on my own terms. I know how to stay warm and prosper outside "the tent." Most people don't.
Barry Ritholtz says:
The Noz:
10 comments out of 30, really?
You seem to think the purpose of this site is to give YOU a forum to discuss whats on your mind.
ancientone says:
Complaining that Barry is injecting politics into what should be an investment blog is missing his point. Even when talking about investing, he always tries to present FACTS, not the meme of the day. This post is about how one of the political parties simply refuses to accept FACTS that don't fit their narrative. That's all.
Moss says:
The cognition demon leads people to trust what they should not. It is a human condition and has no party affiliation. It can be devastating when facts are not considered. While some basic ideology is at the core of most human ideas it can't be the deciding factor but only the beginning premise.
Biffah Bacon says:
thenoz kind of points out the problem that prevented Romney from winning-you can't abuse vast swathes of the voting public, blame them for everything going wrong and declare that they are bums and losers and then wonder why they didn't all vote for you.
I personally think we need a conservative argument, and a real leftist argument, or else we can't really define a decent middle ground. The Democrats have become 1970s Republicans and the Republicans have become 1950s Dixiecrats, there is no actual left that I can see, and there is no one but a few progressives to try to hold Obama to account and prevent constant knuckling under to ever more extreme reactionary rightists and wealthy plutocrats. Nobody is really listening to the people and I think there is an opportunity for a third party that is socially libertarian and fiscally more transparent and pragmatic with our national priorities.
VennData says:
John Boehner, GOP Speaker of the House, seems to agree.
"…It was a striking contrast to a similar call last year, when Mr. Boehner tried to persuade members to compromise with Democrats on a deal to extend a temporary cut in payroll taxes, only to have them loudly revolt…."
VennData says:
The moderators here never edit me. Why? Because I'm Jack Friggin' Welch and you're not. You people just wait, thirty years form now when you're better than 99% of Americans you can thank me.
– Jack Welch
reflectionephemeral says:
The combination of cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias and demographics means the GOP has quite a bit of work ahead of it . . .
That's all true. The reason they're not going to do that work is because of the Iron Law of Institutions– that actors are more concerned with their influence within the institution than its power in the wider world.
Boehner still has to look over his shoulder at Cantor; every Republican still has to fear being primaried by some Christine O'Donnell or Richard Mourdock type.
O'Donnell won her primary by getting 30,000 votes in 2010, in a state with over 800,000 people. Mourdock received 400K votes to defeat Dick Lugar in a state of 6.5 million. It doesn't take much. The party can keep shrinking, and keep purging moderates as it goes.
No one within the GOP has the incentives, the political sway, or perhaps even the inclination to engage with reality on matters of public policy or electoral demographics.
VennData says:
This "Angry White Fit" Romney Drop in the market is disheartening.
It confirms the irrationality of the Tea Party types in this country.
They are emotional.
Their news sources tell them not to go elsewhere.
Their lives are little balls of fury signifying loses.
When them market bounces back, it will just fuel the anger they've had since the March 2009 bottom which they all missed.
Wake up you dunces.
rct01 says:
I think the Repub party puts too much emphasis on the symbolic issues like abortion, gun control, the science vs. ideology crap. This ignores all of the highly educated Republicans (many times working in high tech, biotech, wall street) often in the Northeast and in CA, who are on the right on taxation, pro-business, entitlement reform, smaller Gov, but lean left on the environment, climate change, gun control, pro choice, wars, etc… Kind of "Bloomberg Republicans". I am in this group. Many independant voters would vote for Republicans who don't b/c of the social conservative stuff.
Anonymous Jones says:
It's disappointing that this thread devolved into tribalism on both a political and territorial level. Especially since the debate about polls prior to the election provided such an interesting case study in confirmation bias.
Of course people in both political parties are subject to confirmation bias. Everyone is!
But for right now, it's interesting to talk about the Crushing Defeat of the Forces for Ignorance in the War on Nate Silver. I actually thought that Limbaugh's piece right before the election about the problems with polls was fairly plausible. That's the whole point. If you mine the data to any degree, you can *always* find sorta plausible reasons for any particular view point. You can try to "unskew" any data. But that's exactly what confirmation bias is. It's the decision to *only* seek out the bits of information that support your pre-existing world view and *ignore* everything else. That's what all the defeated generals in the War on Nate Silver did. It's what most of the denialists who misapply the term skepticism in the climate change debate do. Of course you can find some information on your side. Of course the future is uncertain. But that doesn't mean you have the weight of the evidence on your side. Believing that the weight of evidence in on your side when it is obviously, massively *not* comes about almost entirely of confirmation bias.
It is now up to the losing generals to at least *consider* that they live in a world in which their confidence should be questioned, that they should seek out conflicting views and incorporate them when the evidence so demands.
It does not appear that this is about to happen anytime soon.
Barry Ritholtz says:
Anonymous Jones, that's the comment of the day!
thenoz says:
Sorry Barry, didn't mean to blog so much. Merely trying to point out that bad polling along with the Democrat 'get out the vote' is different from taking the word of a "scientific expert". Thought I got that out with the Buckley quote. Even the article stated "MAY HAVE have contributed to their loss of the White House in 2012." Doesn't sound like firm footing. The rest was refuting views ascribed to me by others on this post.
BR: I don't get the impression you understand the Maths, nor the scientific method nor truly know what "Scientific Consensus means.
Without those skills, you wont get past the editors.
M says:
Yes, but is there confirmation bias confirmation bias? I mean if everyone is subject to confirmation bias on everything there must be a meta-confirmation bias about having confirmation bias itself. Are we marshaling evidence of confirmation bias because we're biased towards the theory of confirmation bias? This gets recursive. :)
Sorry about that. It's Sunday morning here and I'm being a little self-indulgent. But, remember, if one has a perfectly open mind everything falls out of it.
BR: Meta Confirmation Bias? Does not resonate.
M says:
I liked "strong ideas weakly held."
I was being silly in my comment but the idea I was trying to suggest was that at some point work needs to be done in the imperfect world. Your strong ideas post does a very elegant job of making that point. Thanks!
victor says:
Sorry but no science was needed to assign probabilities to the outcome of the Prez. elections. Nate Silver defended himself against accusations of being " political" or even a "witch" by pointing out that if you know: 1) how to average readily available national and state polls (must throw out the outliers) and then, take a deep breath how to count to 271 and 3) how to look up odds on Intratrade and British odd makers, well, there you have it.
Frilton Miedman says:
thenoz, I trade, have been for years…so that "qualifies" me to an opinion by your estimate.
You went off on a whiny tirade about "liberal" policies, belittled segments of the population for voting Obama, yet not one word from you on how most Reagan era Republicans now oppose the contemporary Neo-Con extremes.
It's interesting to note that even Reagan opposed a reduced cap gains rate, yet the same morons whining about "job creators" will put Reagan's name in the same sentence as they whine about txes on cap gains that are now at 15%.
The whole "get rid of government altogether and let corporations govern in place" movement is dying before your eyes, get used to it, we've entered another post-Hoover era.
The United states is a Democracy, not a Mussolini style corporatist state, the thirty year experiment is over and the results are conclusive.
DeDude says:
The big problem has come from the invention of think tanks particularly the right wing kind. The left think tanks have for the most part stayed with sound practices for finding facts, but chosen "leftist" subjects to study and sometimes low-balled their own studies if they did not show what they had "expected" them to show. The right wing think tanks have been engaged in heavy-duty cherry picking of data and sometimes falsification to ensure that studies did not contradict the already given narrative. Problem for the right is that they actually trust what their own think tanks deliver and reject anything that speaks against it (presuming that academia use the same flawed approaches as the right wing think tanks). This has led them to often end up pitted against facts and reality – and that is always going to be a losing battle. Sometimes you can win by BS'ing others but if you believe your own BS, then you will lose.
JimRino says:
Let's face it, the real truth is Romney lost because of: FOX NEWS, Limbaugh, and because of those two, Republicans actually took seriously Paul Ryan, Michelle Bachmann, etc…
JimRino says:
Republicans lost because even Romney believed the bull coming out of FOX News. They built their own news media to spread their message, but, they didn't stop at the message, they went on to the lie. They lived and died by the lie.
DeDude says:
The Fox news and the right wing think tanks were created by the sociapathic part of the 0.1%'ers who were tired of facts that suggested that it was bad for society to give give these high-powered predators, freedom to do whatever they wanted. So they needed organizations to produce counter-"facts" that either could change perceptions of reality or at least muddle the waters. The problem was that a lot of the right wing never realized that this was a false (alternative) reality created for political purposes and ruthless predation, not the real world.
I guess it was sort of a catch 22 because if joe sixpack realized that this was all BS he would also realize that he had been supporting predators sucking him dry. But if he starts living on BS mountain he will begin stinking up the tent.


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Every time I try to descale my Keurig B60 with vinegar it plugs as soon as the vinegar solution enters the machine. Only a third of a cup actually makes it through the machine, then nothing.
I will leave it for 4 hours as recommended in the owners manual with whatever vinegar is in the machine to dissolve some of the hard water scaling, and then I have to bang, shake, turn upside down and whack it to get water going thorough it again.
So is there some advice on how to descale this machine? I do have hard water, so once every couple of weeks would probably be required, but it takes hours to get it "unplugged" and working again and it is a real pain.

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|Physical Chemistry II: Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics
|Key Words
Ionic solutions, electrode potential, electrochemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, rate of reaction, rate law, reaction mechanismPosition of the Course
This course in the third year Bachelor of chemistry contains two parts. The first part is the continuation of the course "Physical chemistry I" en discusses the thermodynamics of ionic solutions and equilibrium in the case ions are involved. In the second part the basic concepts of chemical kinetics are disussed. The course stimulates the creativity, critical sense and the capacity to reason and think logically. By means of seminars the skills of solving chemical problems are stimulated.Contents
Molecular dipoles, di-electrical behaviour of matter
To have followed with success the course unit "Physical Chemsitry: thermodynamics"Final Competences
Syllabus (Dutch)
"Atkins' Physical Chemistry", P. Atkins, J. De Paula, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2002)Study Coaching
Seminars to develop the skills to solve chemical problems
Oral presentations, seminars, practicals and ELOEvaluation Methods
Periodic (end of 1st semester)
Theory: Oral with written preparation, testing of knowledge and insight in the subject matter (see contents) (65 %)


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Thandie Newton lauds Madonna as 'gifted actress'
"Actually I think Madonna is a great actress and it''s only in years to come will people see that," Contactmusic quoted her as saying. "But for me, she is truly gifted," she added. The 36-year-old actress won the BAFTA 'Best Supporting Actress' in 2006 for her much appreciated role in the movie Crash.


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I went on a weekend trip to the AT in early October. As a new member, I don't feel qualified to give a report, but a picture is worth...something. P.S. I'd love some tips on height/width settings in html code.
Edited by Trooper on 11/18/2009 22:04:40 MST.
I think BPL just auto-resizes all pics to the 550px width. There's a test forum here .
You must login to post.
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It's a boy! An examination of the giraffe born Tuesday at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle reveals that it is a boy. The zoo says the 6-foot tall calf is nursing normally and seems to be doing well. He'll be 18 feet tall when fully grown. The zoo says he'll be named privately. His mother is 6-year-old Olivia. The only other giraffe at the zoo is Olivia's 5-year-old sister, Tufani. The father was Chioke, who died in January at the age of 7 from stomach and kidney problems. The calf should be following his mother out of the barn in a week or two and will be introduced into the African Savanna exhibit in a few months.
August 8, 2013/AP
In this Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 photo provided by the Woodland Park Zoo, a baby giraffe stands at the zoo, in Seattle. Six-year-old giraffe Olivia gave birth to the calf Tuesday in the giraffe barn. Zoo-goers should get peeks of the new family within a week or two. (AP Photo/Woodland Park Zoo, Ryan Hawk


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From Mobile Systems: If you are starting to learn Greek or English, or want to extend your knowledge of these languages, then Collins Greek Dictionary in two volumes ("Collins English-Greek Dictionary" HarperCollins Publishers 2002 and "Collins Greek-English Dictionary" HarperCollins Publishers 2003) are the ideal language resources to help you understand and communicate, offering a comprehensive coverage of today's Greek and English in clear, user-friendly format. Designed for learners of both Greek and English, it provides a wealth of information about both languages. The Collins Greek Dictionary is invaluable for work, home, or office use.
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Snowboarding Survey for School!!! Pls fill in
hi all,
I am in my final year of high school and I have to do an end project.
I chose the subject Snowboarding because I really like it and I am interested in it. So if you can fill in the survey that would help me a ton!
link: Snowboarding Survey | EnqueteMaken.be.
I'd really appreciate it!
greetz Vincent
ps: I didn't exactly know in which catogorie this subject should have went, so feel free to adjust it. Also sorry for any english misstakes, I am not from english origin.
Have a read of that.
I have a survey for you.
Do you snowboard?
Do you comprehend the written word and understand rules?
Do you value following rules?
Do you value following rules that pertain to online snowboard forums?
Have you ever been verbally anal raped on a snowboard forum by its members?
How does this anal rape feel?
is a nicer, kindler, gentler BA a part of a 2014 new year's resolution?
I'm busy skull fucking his mom with a jackhammer. It's hard to hold on and type at the same time.
But since he asked so nicely I did it.
Yeah yeah I'm an enabler.
so alright, that were interesting reactions.
okay i read the rules so the problem is that basically nothing is free and u want something entertaining, where I do agree with. however i don't like the fact that i have to post a video of me. And I mean, wasn't reading the reactions pretty entertaining? at least I thought it kinda was. Although you are right I should've have read the rules.
hardasacatshead: Thank you, thank you very very much!
You want something from us, so we want something from you, and what we want is a video intro telling us what you want from us.
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Star Trek: Axanar
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February 25 2013, 07:47 PM
Location: Birmingham, UK.
Re: Star Trek: Axanar
dayxday1000 wrote:
Vieux Normand wrote:
Johnny wrote:
The transitions between the Excelsior and Galaxy I thought was like going from a submarine to a luxury liner,
Subs and luxury liners serve completely different purposes. As far as I can tell, both
-class and
served as explorers/heavy cruisers.
Personnel serving on both
-class ships (the latter considerably bigger than the Galaxy) vessels couldn't see out of all those windows?
That might make sense if we were discussing cephalopods. However, vertebrates seem mostly arranged by limbs, body, neck and head. The body is where the heart (power source, analogous to the warp core) is placed, the head is where the brain (analogous to the main computer and bridge on a starship) resides and the limbs/wings are pretty close, in placement and purpose, to the struts and nacelles of a starship.
Rockets (using a Newtonian principle commonly found in nature, as evidenced by any sea-going creatures which use a well-placed jet of water to escape predators) are quite real. Since
starship-designs are exercises in total fantasy, I suppose one can make a head and chest analogous to an oversized saucer if one wishes.
Dreadnoughts need not squeeze through a tight gap. As the AGT-prise showed against two
-class ships, dreadnoughts
the gap bigger.
I like the way the two-nacelle version as the the side profile of the saucer (which I always compare the a plane wing) isn't interrupted by another nacelle.
The side view of the
class was certainly better than other elevations because it de-emphasized both the saucer's size (relative to the rest of the ship) and the relatively-thin neck section just above the secondary hull. The amount of energy wasted in structural-integrity fields, trying to hold all that together under rapid-manoeuvre situations, may well have been one reason why the far-superior
design had no "neck".
Wow. Talk about minutiae. I'm hoping those in charge of this production focus on writing a good story, finding decent actors, and maintaining the highest production values possible for a fan film. If there's time and inclination after that, they can worry about making sure the red matter sub-space flux capacitor fits correctly in the Mcguffin polaritrometer. Given the time span it takes to complete a fan film, there will certainly be plenty of time to work on those things later.
Haha, brill! Though I think minutiae in respects to creative mediums like writing becomes very opinion based. Depends how much influence it has on the story. Though I do love a good chat-tet on the old perceived 'pointless'!
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Quaker Valley defends PIHL Class A title
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Quaker Valley came into the PIHL Penguins Cup Class A championship game Wednesday having trailed for all of four minutes and 26 seconds.
The whole season.
Upset-minded Mars thought it had taken an early lead on the Quakers — only to have the goal disallowed. The No. 1 seed Quakers never looked back.
Jimmy Perkins had two goals and an assist, Adam Pilewicz also had three points, and Quaker Valley stayed undefeated this season in winning its fourth Penguins Cup, defending its title with a 5-1 win against No. 2 Mars at Consol Energy Center.
"Very proud of the boys," Quakers coach Kevin Quinn said. "To win each game in the regular season and playoffs to get to this point takes consistency, so I thought we had a real good consistent focus all throughout the year knowing you were the hunted team as opposed to the hunter."
The third member of the Perkins-Pilewicz line, Connor Quinn, added a goal and an assist, and Ryan Dickson and Otto Schaefer also scored for Quaker Valley (25-0), which will play West Chester East for the state championship Saturday.
Appearing in its sixth consecutive Penguins Cup title game, Mars (19-4-1) came out strong, and appeared to have taken the lead 11:53 in when a Craig Mazzotta shot from the point got past Quaker Valley goalie Parker Sherry, setting off a celebration on the blue-and-gold side of the Penguins' home rink.
But the goal was waved off due to a high stick of the puck.
"From where I was standing, our guy didn't even touch it," Mars coach Steve Meyers said. "And I know if I could see it, he should have been able to see it.
"But it is what it is. We should have done a better job of handling stuff like that. We were right there to that point, but once you get that in your head that you had a lead and you got it taken away, bad calls, it's hard to come back from."
For his part, Sherry maintains the stick (likely of Mars' Nick Berteotti) touched the puck at the level of his glove, which he said was above his collarbone and above the crossbar.
Regardless, Mars wasn't the same after the play — and Quaker Valley appeared reinvigorated.
"It kind of was a wake-up call because they were working hard and they were outplaying us at the start," Perkins said. "It kind of got the bench fired up."
Less than two minutes later, Quaker Valley was off and running. Quinn broke in down the left side and fed a pass to Perkins, who was skating down the slot. Perkins directed it into the net behind Mars goalie Christian Knapp.
From there, the Quakers' special teams took over. Schaefer and Perkins had power-play goals five minutes apart late in the second period. Quaker Valley's denied eight Mars power-play chances.
"That was the difference in the game," Kevin Quinn said. "It's a deflating thing when you don't score on that many power plays — plus your best players are tired."
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Children's Volunteer Services presents: Red-Vested Rockstar!
Meet Doreen!
1. Why she ROCKS?!
"My first real job was in the medical field. I was a medical lab technician at St. Cloud Hospital for 5 years full-time and 2 years part-time, then I went back to school for computer programming. When I left the medical field, I promised myself that one day, when the time was right, I would find my way back into medicine in a different capacity. The only thing that I could do without a salary was volunteer. Twenty years after leaving the medical field, I started volunteering at Children's and have been here for the past 11 years. When you are successful and have much to be thankful for, it is your responsibility to give back. Volunteering lets me do that."
2. Favorite thing to do outside of volunteering?
"Anything athletic or outside – working out at LifeTime Fitness, biking, running, golfing, etc."
3. Do you have any kids or pets of your own?
If you could create a new candy bar, what would be in it and what would you name it?
"It would have to have nuts, chocolate and caramel with an almond cream filling. I'd call it 'Alnutso.'"
5. Share a favorite volunteer experience or story:
"The most rewarding nights in the NICU are when you have a baby that has had issues all day long, but when you rock them, they settle in quickly and are quiet for the entire time. That is why I chose to come here."
Thank you, Doreen, for providing that extra TLC to our little patients!


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How I adored writing this book! Symbols have been a source of fascination to me since I was a titch, and in writing this book I had the idea that we could unify just about every different faith or political persuasion in the planet if we left words alone and looked at the meaning of the symbols that we use. It took over a year before Harper Element agreed to take it, but they are glad that they did because it has come out in three different editions now, and it's a bestseller that continues to thrive ( At the time of my last statement in April 2013 it had sold in excess of 200,000 copies). The Sourcebook, fully illustrated, is the best edition; the one with the red cover is the first edition, and the brown one is seriously abridged.
Here's the cover blurb;
'Unlock the lost and hidden meanings of the world's ancient and modern signs and symbols. The most comprehensive reference book on symbolic objects that you'll ever find. This is the largest, most visually stunning, definitive guide to the secret and ancient knowledge of signs and symbols, some of which has been lost over thousands of years. * Why is the eye believed to be a powerful symbol of protection by fisherman? * Why do Masonic Temples have a black and white chequered floor covering? * Why do Hindus use coloured rice powder to draw elaborate symbols in front of their homes, only to have these patterns destroyed every day by footprints? * What are the hidden meanings behind the symbols on the American dollar? * What is the most important symbol in the World? Divided into easy-to-follow A-Z themed sections, the book answers all those questions and more, from sections on Magic and Mystery, Deities and Rituals, the Animal and Plant Kingdom, Landscape and the Elements, to Food and Sacred Geometry. Find out about the secret Demonic alphabet and Script of the Magi, the Glastonbury Zodiac, the Masonic Compass, the Eye of Horus, Native American hunting symbols, the Caduceus and the Indian Diwali ritual. The Illustrated Signs & Symbols Sourcebook is a fascinating compendium of the hidden meanings hidden behind the most important visual symbols in the world'.
There are stacks of good reviews here
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9580145-signs-and-symbols-sourcebook as well as elsewhere online.
Incidentally, I also have a youtube channel in which I post up short films in explanation of some of the symbols…when I have time!
You can purchase this book by visiting my shop.


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Cat Survives 30-Mile Trip In Car's Engine
In England, a cat nicknamed Scotty climbed into the engine of a parked car and wound up traveling 30 miles before the car's owner found him under the hood. Luckily, he only had a few burns on his paws, and members of the RSPCA in Derbyshire are now trying to locate his owner. "He really is a sweet friendly cat and we… »


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Perioperative Morbidity in Gyneco-oncology According to the Procedure : Coelioscopy Versus Robot-assisted Coelioscopy (ROBO-GYN)
This study is currently recruiting participants. (see Contacts and Locations)
Verified June 2014 by Centre Oscar Lambret
Centre Oscar Lambret
CRG : Groupe Francophone de Chirurgie Robotique en Gynécologie
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Centre Oscar Lambret
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: November 19, 2010
Last updated: June 20, 2014
Last verified: June 2014
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The purpose of this study is to compare perioperative morbidity of coelioscopy versus robot-assisted coelioscopy in cervical cancer, uterus cancer and ovarian cancer.
Cervical Cancer
Uterus Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Procedure: gynecologic surgery - standard coelioscopy
Procedure: gynecologic surgery - robot assisted coelioscopy
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Perioperative Morbidity in Gyneco-oncology According to the Procedure : Coelioscopy Versus Robot-assisted Coelioscopy
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: ovarian cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Uterine CancerU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Centre Oscar Lambret:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Perioperative morbidity at six months [ Time Frame: six months after surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]To estimate the rate of complications within the first six months after surgery, according to the Clavien-Dindo and NCI CTCAE-v4.0 grading scales
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Anesthesic and ventilator parameters [ Time Frame: every 30 min during the surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Description of anesthesic and ventilator parameters
- Post-operative analgesia [ Time Frame: at 24h, 48h after sugery and until discharge ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]collect of antalgic treatments
- Surgeon's ergonomy [ Time Frame: every hours during surgery (Borg scale), and at the end of intervention (NASA-TLX scale) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]according to Borg and NASA-TLX scales
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: until 2 years after surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]according to SF-36 questionnaire
- Description of surgical procedures [ Time Frame: during surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]operative time (overall intervention, incision or "skin-to-skin", robot).
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: until 2 years after surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]delay between the date of randomization and the date of the following event: local relapse, regional relapse, metastasis or death.
- Anatomopathology [ Time Frame: during surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]rate of exeresis with histologically healthy resection margins (R0), number of lymph nodes removed.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|December 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: Standard Coelioscopy
Procedure: gynecologic surgery - standard coelioscopy
lymphadenectomy; hysterectomy; nerve sparing; enlarged trachelectomy; omentectomy; appendicectomy; pelvectomy
|Experimental: Robot-assisted coelioscopy
Procedure: gynecologic surgery - robot assisted coelioscopy
lymphadenectomy; hysterectomy; nerve sparing; enlarged trachelectomy; omentectomy; appendicectomy; pelvectomy
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- patient with uterus cancer depending on hysterectomy ± pelvic lymphadenectomy or a restadification
- patient with cervical cancer depending on enlarged colpo-hysterectomy ± pelvic lymphadenectomy or a surgery after concomitant radiochemotherapy, or lombo aortic lymphadenectomy for a locally advanced cancer, or a restadification
- patient with cervical cancer depending on a restadification
- patient aged over 18 years
- previous antitumor treatment allowed but necessarily disrupted 20 days before inclusion
- WHO score equal or inferior to 3
- cirrhosis-related Child-Pugh score under or equal to A7 are allowed
- life expectancy equal or superior to 12 weeks
- patient affiliated to health insurance
- dated and signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- metastatic disease
- pregnant or lactating woman
- patient unable to proceed follow-up visit, because of geographic, social or psychic reasons
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01247779
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01247779
|Contact: Fabrice NARDUCCI, MD
|Contact: Yvette VENDEL, sponsor CRA
|CHU Bordeaux, Hôpital Saint-André
|Bordeaux, France, 33300
|Contact: Vanessa CONRI, MD +33(0)556795835 email@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Claude HOCKE, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Alice QUINART, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Michel MADRAS, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Jean-Luc BRUN, MD, PhD
|Principal Investigator: Vanessa CONRI, MD
|Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine
|Bordeaux, France, 33300
|Contact: Alain DELEST, MD +33(0)556437311 email@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Amélie PAUTE, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Paynayotis CONSTANTOPOULOS, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Gilles GIOANNI, MD
|Principal Investigator: Alain DELEST, MD
|Centre Oscar Lambret
|Lille, France, 59000
|Contact: Fabrice NARDUCCI, MD +33(0)320295918 email@example.com
|Contact: Yvette VENDEL, CRA +33(0)320295940 email@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Eric LEBLANC, MD
|Principal Investigator: Fabrice NARDUCCI, MD
|CHRU Lille, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandres
|Lille, France, 59037
|Contact: Pierre COLLINET, MD +33(0)320446388 email@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Denis VINATIER, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Loic BOULANGER, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Chrystèle RUBOD, MD
|Principal Investigator: PIerre COLLINET, MD, PhD
|CHU Limoges
|Limoges, France, 87042
|Contact: Tristan GAUTHIER, MD +33(0)555056164 email@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Yves AUBARD, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Ousmane LOUM, MD
|Principal Investigator: Tristan GAUTHIER, MD
|Institut Paoli Calmette
|Marseille, France, 13009
|Contact: Gilles HOUVENAEGHEL, MD +33(0)491223333 email@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Eric LAMBAUDIE, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Marie BANNIER, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Max BUTARELLI, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Jérémie DE TROYER, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Virginia MICHEL, MD
|Principal Investigator: Gilles HOUVENAEGHEL, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Daniel FRANCON, MD
|CHU Nîmes
|Nimes, France, 30029
|Contact: Catherine FERRER, MD +33(0)466683216 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Florent MASIA, MD
|Polyclinique KenVal
|Nimes, France, 30900
|Contact: Gregory TRIOPON, MD 33 4 66 67 66 66 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Grégory TRIOPON, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Olivier ROUSSEAU, MD
|Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
|Paris, France, 75015
|Contact: Fabrice LECURU, MD +33(0)156093584 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Anne-Sophie BATS, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Chahrazed BENSAID, MD
|Polyclinique Courlancy
|Reims, France, 51100
|Contact: Stéphane URRUTIAGUER, MD 33 126.96.36.199.55 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Stéphane URRUTIAGUER, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Abdol Reza MAJIDI-AHI, MD
|Centre hospitalier de Roubaix
|Roubaix, France, 59056
|Contact: Ndaye MUBIAYI, MD 03 20 99 32 16 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Ndaye MUBIAYI, MD
|Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest Site René Gauducheau
|St HERBLAIN, France, 44805
|Contact: J-Marc CLASSE, MD 33 184.108.40.206.59 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: J-Marc CLASSE, MD
|CHU Rangueil
|Toulouse, France, 31059
|Contact: Pierre LEGUEVAQUE, MD +33(0)561323752 email@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Stéphanie MOTTON, MD
|Principal Investigator: PIerre LEGUEVAQUE, MD
|Institut Claudius Regaud
|Toulouse, France, 31052
|Contact: Denis QUERLEU, MD +33(0)561424157 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Gwenael FERRON, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Yves FOUCHE, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Eva JOUVE, MD
|Principal Investigator: Denis QUERLEU, MD, PhD
|CHRU de Tours
|Tours, France, 37044
|Contact: Thomas HEBERT, MD 02 47 47 47 47 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Thomas HEBERT, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Olivier ACKER, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Henri MARRET, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Lobna OULDAMER, MD
|Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes
|Valenciennes, France, 59322
|Contact: Jérôme PHALIPPOU, MD 03 27 14 01 30 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Jerome PHALIPPOU, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Antoine DRAIN, MD
|Centre Alexis Vautrin
|Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France, 54511
|Contact: François GUILLEMIN, MD +33(0)383598451 email@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Frédéric MARCHAL, MD
|Principal Investigator: François GUILLEMIN, MD
Sponsors and Collaborators
Centre Oscar Lambret
CRG : Groupe Francophone de Chirurgie Robotique en Gynécologie
|Principal Investigator:
|Fabrice NARDUCCI, MD
|Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille
|Study Director:
|Yvette VENDEL, Sponsor CRA
|Centre Oscar Lambret
More Information
No publications provided
Keywords provided by Centre Oscar Lambret:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 27, 2015
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Centre Oscar Lambret
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01247779 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 19, 2010
|Last Updated:
|June 20, 2014
|Health Authority:
|France: Afssaps - Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (Saint-Denis)
Keywords provided by Centre Oscar Lambret:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Genital Diseases, Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Neoplasms by Site
Urogenital Neoplasms
Uterine Cervical Diseases
Uterine Diseases
Uterine Neoplasms
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 27, 2015


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Brent Cooper, president of C-FORWARD, sits on a decorative bench set on pavers in the sidewalk on the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Madison Avenue, Covington, in April. The city was set to make similar improvements to the area outside his company's building, which is on the southwest corner of the intersection. / The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy
COVINGTON — Eight years ago, Covington launched the marketing slogan Its happening!
Aimed at drawing attention to The Ascent and other real estate projects, the slogan was eventually retired. But things are, once more, happening across Northern Kentuckys largest city.
Signs of progress are everywhere: freshly poured sidewalks, new and more inviting streetscapes, and vacant lots where blighted buildings had once stood, ignored for years.
Even more is in store during the coming year, as the city ramps up a five-year, $72 million plan to invest in infrastructure, neighborhood revitalization and economic development.
The goal is to jump-start residential and business growth and prepare for the future.
Its more than just a specific set of projects over the next five years, City Manager Larry Klein told Covington business leaders Thursday. Its really about an outlook. We want to create a sea change about how the city looks at its future.
Its a top-to-bottom approach, from replacing deteriorated sidewalks to finally revitalizing the riverfront. When its finished, Covington could look and feel like a new city.
It all starts with some badly needed cosmetic changes.
Since July, about $10 million has already been invested in a massive sidewalk improvement initiative, beginning in South Covington and Latonia and working north. The city is replacing every single sidewalk block with more than 25 percent deterioration. In the coming years, it may also pour brand-new sidewalks where none exist now.
Streetscape improvements are coming to the Sixth Street and Scott Street corridors similar to the recent makeovers on Madison Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, where new lighting, seating and underground utilities have made a world of difference. The improvements could also be made to the Roebling Point and Pike Street corridors in the coming years.
Perhaps the biggest sign of progress, however, is the demolition of hundreds of vacant, abandoned residential structures.
The blight-fighting project began earlier this year; 50 structures have been torn down so far and 250 more are slated for demolition over the next five years, putting a big dent in the citys stock of more than 800 abandoned properties.
City officials are working with neighborhood groups and property owners to decide what to do with the newly available lots scattered throughout the city.
And the riverfront will finally get some new life, with a multipurpose path planned along the Ohio River as part of the broader Riverfront Commons project by Southbank Partners.
Weve talked about riverfront development for years and years, said Larisa Sims, assistant city manager for development. The fact is, now we are actually going to do it.
Federal and state grants will pay for part of some elements of the five-year plan. But most of the money will come from city coffers without raising taxes.
The city has made a series of strategic cost-cutting moves over the past two years, many of them under former Mayor Chuck Scheper. Police, fire and public workers unions agreed to health care concessions that will save the self-insured city $2.45 million annually. Consolidating emergency dispatch services with the county will save another $1 million per year. And a top-to-bottom reorganization of City Hall will save $1 million annually.
This (city) commission, and the last commission, made some tough decisions, and this is the fruit of that labor, Klein told Covington Business Council members on Thursday.
Following through on plans has never been Covingtons strong suit, and business leaders are happy to see some action being taken now.
Businesses want to see leadership on the citys part. People want to see progress, in a city that has talked about doing things for decades and not followed through. They want to see dirt turned, said Pat Frew, executive director of the business council.
Now that dirt is being turned, both literally and figuratively.
Im more hopeful and optimistic for the city than Ive ever been, Frew said. ⬛


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Pat Summitt is a legend in women's basketball and one of East Tennessee's favorite heroes. Tuesday night, you can see her story like never before on ESPN.
The Nine for IX documentary "Pat XO" will make its worldwide television premiere on ESPN at 8 p.m. on July 9.
According to a press release, "Pat XO" tells the remarkable story of Summitt as it has never been told. This raw, authentic portrait takes the camera from the filmmaker's hands and places it into those who know her best. The archival footage and statistical records woven into the film provide their own insights into a woman who cared about winning but also about elevating her players and her university.
Pat's son, Tyler, is the lead storyteller, but you'll also hear from current Lady Vol head coach Holly Warlick and assistant Dean Lockwood, and players such as Chamique Holdsclaw, Tamika Catchings and Michelle Marciniak, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, and admirers Peyton Manning and Kenny Chesney.
The DVD of the documentary will be available September 10 through IMG College/Vol Network, and possibly at retail outlets throughout the state. The 51 minute documentary will sell for $19.95. Pre-orders can be made online beginning July 9 at www.volnetwork.tv .
The DVD will also have bonus features that include comments from the directors and 20 additional or extended interview segments not included in the film.


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No, you've still missed the point. The file as an abstraction is far removed from the bits it is stored on. It IS the FILE this operation applies to. The line of thinking is not rigid, just accurate. What should an end user care about the underlying technology their file is stored on? Microsoft continues to make people think at a low level in so many places. Like device ids c: d: h: are still around. This is primitive (and even was so in the 1970s!).
Since you miss and misrepresent my point... that is the point!
Actually, I should make the point that Microsoft's terminology on recycle bins (like Service Packs) is inconsistent. The problem is working on two levels of abstraction. The low level confuses the higher level because they are mixed. The concepts presented to the user are now confused and complex.
That IS the difference between Apple and Microsoft. Apple has worked hard (and achieved it very well from the first Mac on) to present a consistent high level interface and concepts to the user. Microsoft fails in this respect trying to appease the techie brigade by exposing low-level concepts. The mix of low level with high level abstractions is what really makes Windows so horrible. This is not a matter of hatred (as the original correspondent accused me of), but is a technical fact.
The mixture of LL and HL is fraught with difficulties, makes both levels inconsistent and the interplay between both makes for complexities that shouldn't be there.


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The elections will be over in a few days, and most people will be glad to see the end. There have been some interesting developments during this season.
Two Republican Senate candidates - one from Missouri and the other from Indiana - have made very controversial comments about rape and pregnancies which result therefrom. I find this whole process created by these two men fascinating because it is men telling women what they can or cannot do with their lives. As a result, both men who were heavily favored to be elected to the Senate have greatly reduced their chances of election.
Another subject that is dear to the hearts of many women is the disparity in pay they receive while doing comparable work with men. In reporting on this issue for two straight nights, KSL in Salt Lake City stated that in Utah the disparity was much greater than in the rest of the nation. Utah ranks last, the station reported, with women averaging 55 percent of the salaries paid men. They went on to try and justify this disparity by saying it was all right with most women.
The second night of the stories' report this claim was disputed by several women who felt the practice was completely wrong. I agree with this latter premise!
Although this is strong Romney country, I am still trying to figure out where the former governor stands on my issues. He has railed against the federal government, calling for it to be greatly reduced in size. Just where the cuts would come from he does not specify. He takes credit for turning the 2002 Olympics around, but also is very pleased with the fact that the federal government contributed $410 billion to make the Olympics a success. He even received $1 million from the Department of Education (a department despised by many conservatives) to purchase tickets to the games so children could attend. Could these tickets not have come from the private sector?
In the campaign for the presidency in 2008 the Republicans labeled Sen. John Kerry a flip flopper because he admitted he had changed his position on an important issue. The position changes of Gov. Romney are too numerous to count.
The debates for the presidency and the Senate have been interesting for me. There is no need for me to recount my view of the debates because I feel those who were for a certain candidate did not have their minds changed as a result of the debates. They did have the effect of clarifying positions in some cases, and in others the waters were muddied. Here again, the governor changed his position on a number of issues, but this did not hurt him with those who have an abiding hatred of the president.
In the one Senate debate that was televised between Sen. Orrin Hatch and Scott Howell, the senator touted his Senate service and took credit for being able to cross the aisle and work with Democrats to accomplish his goals. That may have been true in the early years of his service, but for the past two years he has marched lockstep with his party and has used the filibuster to prevent Senate action on practically all major legislation.
This has caused gridlock and has been one of the causes for the Congress being held in low esteem. He also kept telling Mr. Howell that the Democrats would not permit him to do anything. I know Mr. Howell would be received with open arms by the Democrats and probably many Republicans.
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Can dispassion and longing go together?
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They have to go together, that is wisdom. Longing is one side and dispassion is the other side. Where there is no dispassion, longing can turn into bitterness. If there is only dispassion, then there is no juice and we need some juice in life, some thrill, some fun. And spirituality is full of juice; full of thrill, enthusiasm, joy. Unfortunately spirituality is perceived as such a dull, boring, serious thing - it is never like that. The Divine is full of juice. It is juicy, and spirituality is so juicy. So anyone who has gone close to the Divinity, to the source has always become very juicy, not dry.


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But like the original Enterprise, the Voyager likely could go faster than what would be considered a safe velocity, but not for any real length of time. Such a "I'm givin' her all I got, Captain" velocity would be reserved only for the most dire of emergencies, more to quickly escape something than to actually travel to a faraway destination, IMO.
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While both expressions emphasize cruising rather than dashing, thus suggesting the speed can be maintained for a not insignificant period of time, the word "sustainable" was apparently fumbled out of existence by Ms. Coppola when delivering the "Caretaker" line...
We never learn how long the ship could have cruised at this speed. In the show itself, she is repeatedly shot to hell and no doubt unable to meet the design specs, as demonstrated e.g. in "Threshold" where we learn that trying to match warp 9.9 prompts the computer to warn about "imminent structural collapse" and, soon thereafter, "structural failure in 45 seconds". We never learn what maximum speed the ship reaches during that very brief chase, but Chakotay feels the chase can safely continue if they throttle back to warp 9.5. This would appear to be the "top cruising speed" or "stable cruise velocity" of the vessel during that episode, then.
Not bad at all, considering that warp 9.3 was a "redline" for the Galaxy class originally...
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A driver who plowed into a Riverside bus stop, killing a woman and a 7-year-old girl, has pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter.
The district attorney's office says 46-year-old Joe D. Williams entered the plea Tuesday to two misdemeanor counts.
Authorities say Williams stopped his Kia sedan at a red light on Dec. 28 of last year and didn't immediately drive off when the light changed.
When motorists behind him honked their horns, Williams accelerated, veered up onto the shoulder of the road and crashed into a light pole and bus bench.
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Thank you all so much for attending the London Gathering and making it the huge success that it was. It was so good to catch up with old faces and more importantly, to see fresh faces joining the fold. My apologies for being unable to respond to those of you that sent out messages to let me know that you were not going to make it, but as you can imagine I had my hands pretty much full. All the same, it was good of you to do so, and lets hope that you can attend future gatherings.
After getting settled in the hotel by late afternoon on the Friday, a few drinks were in order in the local pub, The Minories, followed by a gentle walk down to St Katherines Dock , taking in the views along the way. The evening meal was to be had in the Mala Indian Restaurant, and very nice it was too. I remember after leaving the restaurant we all walked around the corner , and there was the iconic view of Tower Bridge, all lit up in the still summer night, and I can tell you, a few gasps were heard, as it really did look amazing. A real hair up on the back of the neck moment.
The Saturday went very well, with the weather holding out for us. A nice stroll over Tower Bridge and along the South Bank to Borough Market, which is such a wonderful location for photography, then on to the Sebastiao Salgado exhibition, which was absolutely superb. A quick dash back to the hotel for a scrub up, followed by the Print Share, where as always, some beautiful work was to be seen. To me , the 'Print Share is what these gatherings are all about, as the final print is what we all strive for, so to share them with friends and hold them in our hands is such a great thing to do. Dinner was at the Minories, which was to become our local, and meeting place.
Sunday was a very relaxed affair, in which after spending a short time at St Katherines Dock, we took a trip on the Docklands Light Railway to Canary Wharf, and then on to Limehouse Basin, where after a gentle stroll around the water we all settled for a drink in the Narrow, the local pub. Sunday ended with dinner in the Minories, with general banter and chit chat, along with a few laughs.
All in all, I feel it was a very successful weekend, and although I would like to take all of the credit for it, we should not forget that Jon Butler put in a lot of legwork with me, and without him I feel that we would all have been lost. Unfortunately he could not make it due to family commitments.
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I really love the clean fresh line on the clay from the trimming tool and the rib. It's nice when you have a good trimming day. I finished these bowls up the other day and was busy yesterday working at Linda McFarling's studio helping her prepare for a workshop she's teaching. Today I'll be back in the studio, throwing new pots and finishing things already thrown that are under plastic.
I'm firing the kiln in early July so I have a lot to finish in this next week. Tomorrow I'm headed off to Knoxville for the evening for my nephews 3 year old birthday bash. I'll swing back through Asheville on Monday to get some clay at Highwater. I've been recycling my clay all along for a while and thought I had enough for this cycle. Now am in a crunch and am getting low for the next couple of weeks. There won't be enough time to reclaim clay and get it dry in time for use, so I'll have to buy some to make the last pots.
If you're in the area soon, you should go up to Roan Mountain. Right now the azaleas and rhododendron are in full bloom. The Roan is my favorite place to go hiking; a scenic stretch of the Appalachian Trail that skirts the Tennessee and North Carolina border. It welcomes beautiful views while walking along tall grassy balds. Hopefully next week I'll get up there to capture some pictures. I like to go around 7 or 8 at night when the sun is setting. I love the light at that time of night. This is a view from Round Bald, near Roan Mountain, that Will took last fall.
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2012 Summer Olympics Recap: Day 6 — Michael Phelps beats Ryan Lochte in 200 IM; Gabby Douglas Wins All-Around Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Recap: Day 5 — Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt lead US to Gold in 4×200 Freestyle Relay
Hold Your Beer With Boobzies — The Coozie With Boobs
LeBron James' Gets Triple-Double to Lead Miami Heat Past Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 to Win the NBA Title
Sports Birthdays for June 17 — Venus Williams and More
This Day in Sports History — June 17
Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on June 17
1943 — Boston Red Sox player-manager Joe Cronin hit a three-run pinch homer in both games of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia A's. (More info.)
1954 — Rocky Marciano beat Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds at Yankee Stadium for the heavyweight boxing title. (More info.)
2012 Belmont Stakes: Union Rags Edges Paynter To Win The Belmont Stakes
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Union Rags used a late surge to win the 144th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York on Saturday. With jockey John Velazquez aboard, Union Rags came from behind to beat Paynter, who had led the field from the mile-and-a-half race's start. Atigun finished third in the final leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown.
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Concrete work the "sweet spot" for Wm. Winkler Co., 2014 Contractor of the Year finalist (VIDEO)
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"We love to do anything that involves concrete," says Brian Winkler, 47, president of Wm. Winkler Co., one of 12 finalists in the 2014 Contractor of the Year program [2]. "It's everywhere and it's sustainable, It's a very versatile material."
Concrete has been Wm. Winkler Co.'s material of choice since Brian's grandfather started the firm in Spokane, Washington, in 1919. His grandfather did curb and gutter work, and Brian's father, the oldest of 11 children, joined two brothers in continuing and expanding the firm. After working several years for another contractor, Brian bought the family company from his uncle in 1999.
Brian had a clear career path when he graduated from high school: he would enroll in the U.S. Navy Seabees, and then take that experience, plus all the summers he had worked for the family construction business and go into construction. In the Seabees, he gained the rank of equipment chief petty officer. "The order and discipline I learned there has really helped in business," he says.
Another plus: working in the Spokane area. "This area didn't get the high peaks and valleys of other places, which has really helped," Brian says. Three years ago, the company moved into a 18-acre facility in Newman Lake previously owned by another contractor, renovating it to meet their needs.
Although concrete work — including airports, roads, commercial and industrial development — is what Brian calls the company's "sweet spot," the firm has added several capabilities in the past decade, including grading, excavation, demolition and recycling. During the recession, Wm. Winkler's union crews took on several out of town projects, and continue to work in several states in the Northwest. "We had enough going on in different geographical areas, we did not have to lay off any key people," Brian says. "We have very loyal people and they were willing to pick up and travel. They are critical in helping us be competitive." The $14 to $15 million company employs 150 people during peak summer work.
The large, well-organized shop underlines Brian's equipment philosophy: control your productivity and costs by taking care of your fleet. The company employs an equipment manager and several mechanics and runs two shop shifts that operate from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. "I like everything to be clean, organized and ready to go," Brian says. Heavy trucks, pickup trucks and loaders are typically bought new. "Loaders today are so much more agile, fuel efficient and offer greater operator comfort. Making our operators comfortable contributes to morale, and gives us a huge return."
Although he laughs at his continued reliance on a flip phone, Brian equips his leadership with iPads. "They are an efficient way to complete daily job reports, including job photos. All of our safety topics are on our iPads."
Brian also stresses communication: every week his key shop, field and office personnel meet. "That way, the shop knows if a machine is critical to a job, for example. And everyone understands why we track fuel burn per hour per unit."
In the video below, Brian offers a quick take on the advice he'd give to those considering entering construction.
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Heineken Cup fixture schedule confirmed
Saracens will begin their 2013/14 Heineken Cup campaign with a trip to Ireland to face Connacht with the fixture schedule for the European competition now confirmed.
In Round 2, Saracens will face French side Toulouse – a match that will be played at Wembley Stadium on Friday 18th October, kick off is 19h45.
Rounds 3 and 4 sees Saracens face back to back matches against Zebre with a trip to the Stadio XXV April on Saturday 7th December and the return match against the Italian side on Saturday 14th December at Allianz Park.
Saracens will travel to Toulouse in Round 5 and round off their campaign with a match against Connacht at Allianz Park on the weekend of 18/19 January 2014.
The dates and times for rounds 5 and 6 will be confirmed following the conclusion of the round 4 matches.
Heineken Cup Pool 3 Schedule
Round 1
Fri 11 Oct – Connacht v Saracens – 20h00
Fri 11 Oct – Toulouse v Zebre – 21h00
Round 2
Fri 18 Oct – Saracens v Toulouse – 19h45 – Wembley Stadium
Sat 19 Oct – Zebre v Connacht – 14h35
Round 3
Sat 7 Dec – Zebre v Saracens – 14h35
Sun 8 Dec – Toulouse v Connacht
Round 4
Sat 14 Dec – Saracens v Zebre – 15h00
Sat 14 Dec – Connacht v Toulouse – 18h00
Round 5
10/11/12 January – Connacht v Zebre
10/11/12 January – Toulouse v Saracens
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Johannesburg - The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) welcomed the murder conviction of student Constable Sipho Mbatha on Friday.
Spokesman Moses Dlamini said the outcome of the trial sent a message to police officials to be more careful when using their firearms.
"When police take out their weapons, they must understand the implications," Dlamini said.
The High Court in Johannesburg on Friday found Mbatha guilty of murdering 16-year-old Thato Mokoka on February 14 in a raid at the home of his grandmother in Bramfischerville, Soweto.
Mbatha claimed he did not intentionally kill Mokoka, but that his R-5 rifle, which had been set on automatic, accidentally went off when he bent over to search Mokoka while he lay face down on the ground.
"I'm sorry about what happened... God knows it wasn't my intention," he told the court.
Judge Kathleen Satchwell postponed sentencing proceedings to September 17, when a psychiatrist would testify about Mbatha's state of mind. - Sapa
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when he shot his girlfriend nine times and then killed himself in front of his coach and general manager, an autopsy showed.
The Jackson County Medical Examiner report on Belcher, 25, raised new questions about whether police should have done more before the Dec. 1 murder-suicide. Officers found Belcher sleeping in his idling car about five hours earlier, but let him go inside a nearby apartment to sleep it off.
At the time of the autopsy, Belcher's BAC was 0.17, more than twice the limit of 0.08 percent for Missouri drivers, and it was likely higher when he shot girlfriend Kasandra Perkins, 22, at the couple's Kansas City home. A police report released previously said Belcher had gone out the night before with a woman he was dating on the side while Perkins attended a concert with her friends.


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