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Azchevy wasnt saying they were pros just making a general statement.
Hi cap long guns do not beat superior mindset or training just as a $200,000 dollar mine resistant vehicle with all the electronic gadgets beat an insurgent with an old artillery shell and a homemade pressure plate.
Harry Truman used to say "I don't give people hell. I tell the truth and people think it's hell."
Things happen. You can either deal with them, or not.
Why do people tend to dismiss the value of training, saying things like I'm making this out to be a recon v. speznast situation? I'm not. I'm simply saying that the situation is what it will be, and if you aren't prepared to deal with it AS IT EXISTS, then you get dead.
Further, what's with all the disparaging remarks directed toward the opposition. I don't think that multiple opponents with rifles, even if they are inbreed yokles, are anything to laugh at. Idiots with rifles...are still idiots with rifles.
And how does anyone know they were just 'bubbas"?
You don't know who people are. You don't know what they are capible of.
You don't know if this isn't the first time they have scouted camp sites for hotties.
Oh, and the objecting boyfriend...Lots of holes in the wilderness, and gunshots...Well. People are always shooting at something in the woods. :)
They got put off their game this time.
What about next time?
RE: Next camping trip - Ditch the shotgun. Bring another AK. Ammo & platform compatability.
And get a professional rifle class for your woman (you will enjoy it too...).
Contact Mr. Navaro http://www.coloradoshootingsports.com/index.html
He's a Tactical Response guy, and he'll get you done right.
Wow, there is a lot of speculation going on in this thread.
Nothing that was in the OP suggested that there would be any sort of para military manuevers going on in them there hills. Two guys on atv's with rifles even took an interest in a girl in the woods. They did go down the trail and come back and then leave.
Had they had bad intentions, they would not have came back on their atv's they would have left them out of earshot and made their way back through the woods in stealth mode like one does when they are hunting. Made the attack or whatever and then used the atv's to make their way out after all was said and done.
I don't think anyone in this thread is discounting training, but one doesn't have to attend infantry school to be able to go camping in the forest and feel safe. What are the figures on folks taking advantage of crimes of opportunity sticking around for a gun fight when resistance is met? I don't have them but my guess is that they are pretty low. Folks tend to value their own lives more than a quick thrill or romp in the woods with an unsuspecting girl.
Should the OP have moved campsites, maybe. Is hunting season the best time to be in the woods camping, probably not. But just remember every time you let the criminal element or would be criminal element have more ground you are doing nothing but encouraging them to take more ground.
I don't subscribe to the idea that ignoring folks actions when they are up to no good is the right thing to do. Nor do I subscribe to the idea that just because a guy eyes a girl in the woods they are planning on turning into a sex crazed maniac.
BTW, to the OP. Did you happen during your time there to go make your way down the trail the direction they went to see if there was something that caused them to come back your way or not? Glad things turned out ok for you all. Keep your eyes open and be alert.
Sorry MitchellCT Didn't mean to direct that at you personally. Just that I don't see the situation as that big of a deal. A concern, yes, an international incident , no. I mean all that was left out of some of the responses besides setting up a hasty ambush was also setting out the claymores. And when we do our tactical withdraw to another command post for the night, let's not forget to dig our fighting positions in front of our new tent area, put out early warning devices, and set up interlocking fields of fire. Oh, also don't forget to reinforce your parpit around your fighting hole with rocks and other bullet barriers. Plus make sure you put a grenade sump in your fighting hole in case they have frags. Lol
Farronwolf, the track/trail continues down and levels out then continues on further into forest...nothing special in regards to obstacles or the like that would have prevented the ATV from continuing on. I knew that prior which is why I became concerned when I heard them turn around just out of eye sight, especially after I had just yelled at them. Yes Glockman10, I figured they were good ol boys who maybe had had a few beers, hopped on the ATV with their rifles for some scouting and just happened upon us in a rather remote area and then had some thoughts like, "why not, no one is around." Which is why I decided that upon their return they could see that they were not the only ones with guns and maybe if they did have an idea...well...wasn't a good one. I also see the valid points of Mitchell and Tacman. Needless to say, was an interesting scenario and I appreciate all of your comments.
I would also like to add that after the ATV crested the hill on the return and I could see that the two guys were still on it I felt somewhat better (sounds odd?). Had the ATV returned with only one guy on it, well use your imagination. I do realize that I probably should have been holding my AK not standing beside it.
From all you said about the situation - I think ya did good.
Goodness! Makes me wonder how I survived so many years without infantry training and NVGs...
My take:
1 - The OP was there, and probably could tell by body language these were not drug cartel/professionals trying to take him & his girlfriend out.
2 - Move the camp. Years ago, I was camping out and heard on the radio as I was going to call it quits that 3 escaped convicts, all murderers, were last seen...where I was camping. Turned out later they were 300 miles away, but I left my tent up and moved my sleeping bag & 30-30 about 150 yards away & concealed. Depends on Wx, etc but I wouldn't want to sleep in the same spot. Even if they seemed like good ole boys who aren't all that good, they might go back, do some drinking and get really mean.
3 - I might have been 'cleaning' my rifle, but more likely I'd be further away and concealed if possible. If the ATV returned missing one guy, I'd REALLY get concerned!
4 - I live in southern AZ about 60 miles from the border. I go jogging in the desert regularly. There are illegal trails about a half mile from where I run, but I've never seen anyone. I do see the Border Patrol out sometimes. I don't carry when I jog, but I've thought about it. But I don't mind hiking and camping in AZ. If camping, I keep a rifle & a couple of handguns around, with at least one handgun on me. I don't discuss infantry tactics, train my wife in one handed reloads of shotguns, use NVGs or anything else. I don't set up camp with fields of fire and rotating sentry schedules. Maybe that means I'm not totally prepared...oh well. I'd have missed out on a lot of good living if I wanted to be totally prepared for every possible bad event...
Quietsage- what part of the Kaibab national forest was this in?
It's good that everything turned out alright for you and your gal. I would've called the park ranger and filled them in with the details. If it made you uncomfortable and not safe then it would've been worthwhile to call them. Next, pack up and camp near other people ( potential witnesses ) in case something were to become awry. Yes, it's your fav spot but I would forfeit favorite for some safety and a lil peace of mind. Other than that it ended alright and you live to camp another day. :haus56:
I would have moved camp after that. Those guys could easily come back after dark.
It may be because there's no map laying out the exact location of individuals, but I can see how this could have been a complete misunderstanding. You said that there was a hill on the trail and you were parked alongside that trail. Is it possible that the guys on the ATV were looking past her at the hill; talking about the hill, not her? As someone who mountain bikes and has enjoyed quite a few ATV trail rides as well, I can tell you that the words you heard them say could have easily been misunderstood.
My mountain bike buddies and I will often stop near the top of a hill, look at it and make very similar comments to what you described. "Oh, yeah. That's nice. Let's do this." Then we tear off down the hill. I've done the same thing on an ATV. So maybe they were just out scouting hunting locations or whatever, and having fun on the ATV. They can't hear your comments over the ATV's engine, and they hit the hill just because it was fun. Then they came tearing back up the hill trying to catch air when they crest the top.
You may not have even been on their radar.
One thing that the OP stated, but we have all passed over, while focusing on the tactics of what he could/should have done--he mentioned that he had a really creepy feeling about the situation. All I can say is PAY ATTENTION TO THAT LITTLE VOICE in the back of your head whispering to you!!! When the "alarm bells" go off, listen to what they are telling you. This doesn't mean that you prepare a hasty ambush and put a 30 rd magazine into them as they crest the hill on their way back, but your sub-conscious is trying to tell you something--respond to it and then don't tell yourself afterwards that , "Well, it was probably nothing..." It was probably "nothing" because your responded to the subconscious and overt cues.........


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Angela Comer was arrested in January 2006 after police said she ran off to Mexico with a 14-year-old student. Comer is accused of having a sexual relationship with the boy.
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March 24, 2002
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The University of Massachusetts softball team defeated Temple University, 9-0, this afternoon to sweep the three-game series. The win marks the 750th victory of head coach Elaine Sortino's career at the helm of UMass softball.
The Minutewomen used three hits in the bottom of the third inning to jump out to a, 3-0, lead. Senior Scooter Wheeler (Kingsburg, Calif.) hit a two out single to right field to score senior Ashley Bakken (Phoenix, Ariz.). With runners on first and third, Wheeler stole second base and drew the throw to allowed senior Teri Rooney (Visalia, Calif.) to steal home. Junior Kaila Holtz (North Vancouver, British Columbia) then ripped a single through the right side to plate Wheeler and put UMass up, 3-0.
UMass added to its lead in the sixth inning on three more hits. Junior Brandi Cross (Diamond Bar, Calif.) laced a double to the left-center fence, scoring Bakken and Rooney. Wheeler than delivered a shot through the right side, scoring Cross and giving the Minutewomen the, 6-0, advantage.
In the seventh frame, UMass scored three more insurance runs on three hits and a Temple error. With two runners on base, Bakken reached first on an error by the third basemen, which scored freshman Denise Denis (Middle Grove, N.Y.) and Aisha Franke (Philadelphia, Pa.). Junior Emily Robustelli (Stamford, Conn.) then doubled to left-center field to plate Bakken and secure the, 9-0, victory.
Sophomore Jamie Cahalan (Mesa, Ariz.) was 3-for-4 with a double, while Wheeler and Bakken were both 2-for-4.
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Some essays that you'll write might not have an explicit thesis statement: most often Descriptive Essays or Narrative Essays. Since it's easy to get carried away while writing all those descriptions and go off-track (we already know how easily you go off the rails), it's always a good idea to have a focusing sentence to ground you. Another tip: hiking boots filled with pennies. You'll never accidentally float into the sky again.
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Just found out I'm preggo and worried about a second miscarriage! Anything I can do to prevent it?
I just found out today that I'm pregnant, about 4 weeks along. I had a miscarriage about 6 1/2 months ago, at about 8 weeks along, and I'm so paranoid about having another one!! Is there anything I can do to prevent it? Should I see a doctor early? HELP!!!
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I would say get your pregnancy confirmed by your doctor. For me it was the only way they would take a look in to what was going on when I had four miscarriages in a row. when they did look in to it they did find a little think that they said could be they cause. however, with my friend she has no reason for hers. Try to relax I know easier said they done. try not to stress to much try to make your body a welcoming place for the baby. I have had 6 pregnancy and only 2 children so I do know what you are going through.posted 03/02/2010 by mefstf
you can call ur doc, but there is very little you can do to control that, I had one too, and caryying one just fine now. I chalk it up to some issue with the fetus so it lets go, at 8 weeks it's barely an egg, they did some extra blood work on me this timeposted 03/02/2010 by ruthless09
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Sometimes we get used to going on the same dates with our boyfriend or girlfriend, wife or husband. It's nice to try and switch thing sup a little. Here are 5 great date nights you can try: (In no particular order)
5. Look for a museum or an estate in your area. In Miami we have The Deering Estate, Viscaya, The Barnacle and more. If you haven't been, these are great for a date.
4. Go to a park and take a picnic with you. Bring a bottle of wine or champagne and make it romantic.
3. Try a different restaurant you would't normally try. Indian, Persian, Vietnamese are just a few examples.
2. Find a national park in your area - some may not think the Everglades is romantic but it's a fun and different date that most people don't go on. I would also try the Biscayne National Park, it's beautiful. Find one in your area you haven't been to yet.
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Blanco, M A; Schumacher, S; Tasara, T; Zweifel, C; Blanco, J E; Dahbi, G; Blanco, J; Stephan, R (2005). Serotypes, intimin variants and other virulence factors of eae positive Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy cattle in Switzerland. Identification of a new intimin variant gene (eae-η2). BMC Microbiology, 5:23-11.
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BACKGROUND: Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) share the ability to introduce attaching-and-effacing (A/E) lesions on intestinal cells. The genetic determinants for the production of A/E lesions are located on the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE), a pathogenicity island that also contains the genes encoding intimin (eae). This study reports information on the occurrence of eae positive E. coli carried by healthy cattle at the point of slaughter, and on serotypes, intimin variants, and further virulence factors of isolated EPEC and STEC strains. RESULTS: Of 51 eae positive bovine E. coli strains, 59% were classified as EPEC and 41% as STEC. EPEC strains belonged to 18 O:H serotypes, six strains to typical EPEC serogroups. EPEC strains harbored a variety of intimin variants with eae-beta1 being most frequently found. Moreover, nine EPEC strains harbored astA (EAST1), seven bfpA (bundlin), and only one strain was positive for the EAF plasmid. We have identified a new intimin gene (eta2) in three bovine bfpA and astA-positive EPEC strains of serotype ONT:H45. STEC strains belonged to seven O:H serotypes with one serotype (O103:H2) accounting for 48% of the strains. The majority of bovine STEC strains (90%) belonged to five serotypes previously reported in association with hemolytic uremic syndrom (HUS), including one O157:H7 STEC strain. STEC strains harbored four intimin variants with eae-epsilon1 and eae-gamma1 being most frequently found. Moreover, the majority of STEC strains carried only stx1 genes (13 strains), and was positive for ehxA (18 strains) encoding for Enterohemolysin. Four STEC strains showed a virulence pattern characteristic of highly virulent human strains (stx2 and eae positive). CONCLUSION: Our data confirm that ruminants are an important source of serologically and genetically diverse intimin-harboring E. coli strains. Moreover, cattle have not only to be considered as important asymptomatic carriers of O157 STEC but can also be a reservoir of EPEC and eae positive non-O157 STEC, which are described in association with human diseases.
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The first addition to Bruce Weber's staff is close to a done deal. The Kansas City Star reported on Sunday night that the new Kansas State coach was close to finalizing a deal with Chris Lowery, who was fired from the head-coaching job at Southern Illinois after this past season.
Lowery, who was the head coach of the Salukis for eight seasons, would be the first assistant to join Weber's staff.
Lowery worked under Weber as an assistant for three years — two at Southern Illinois and one season at Illinois. As a head coach at Southern Illinois, Lowery posted a 145-115 record. In his first three seasons on the job, he went 78-25 and made the NCAA tournament in all three seasons. But in his last five years, the Salukis posted just a 67-90 record.
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By John Gaydon
It's In The News
I just saw on the news that the Australian government has purchased 21 million doses of the brand new swine flu vaccine. No, there are no double blind studies, no long term studies, nothing to support its safety except one short term study. While this would be enough to make reasonable men and women question receiving this new medication, the facts make it even more insane! Nicola Roxon should be held to account for this.
Are Vaccines Safe?
Earlier this week, a 14 year old girl died in England after being given the Cervical Cancer vaccine. CBS news quotes
"Parents, schools and doctors across the United Kingdom were on alert Tuesday after a 14-year-old English girl died from what appears to have been an extremely rare, severe reaction to the now-common cervical cancer vaccine."
"The MHRA, Britain's pharmaceutical watchdog agency, reports a total of 2,137 cases of adverse reactions to Cervarix out of 1.4m doses given in a study released on Sept. 24, 2009".
Australian Health Statistics
I did some research and so far there have been 172 deaths in Australia related to the Swine Flu. This is against the normal deaths from influenza of 2,623 in 2007 (Australian Bureau of Statistics). I may be a bit crazy, but how do you justify immunizing the whole population with an untried vaccine when it is taking a very minimal toll on the population anyway.
Let's see… The Cervical Cancer vaccine gives 2,137 bad reactions directly tied to the vaccine out of 1.4 million. That would mean about 30,000 cases of severe adverse reactions to the Swine Flu vaccine if it produced the same statistics. How many deaths – who knows?
There is a real problem here. If you die immediately after a vaccine is administered, or have a severe reaction in an hour or so, it may be seen as related to the vaccine. If something happens to your health a few days later, no one will be looking at the cause, only the treatment because that is the way of medicine. Because of this, it is unlikely that any statistic connecting the dots between the vaccine and the adverse reaction will be noted.
OK, there is some risk involved with Influenza. Some people do die, and others get really ill. The question is, is vaccination the answer, or is there another possibility?
There Is Another Way To Guard Against Swine Flu
For over 30 years I haven't been near a medical institution, have taken very few medications of any sort and have been in great health. I believe this is not an accident, particularly as in my early years, I had Rheumatic Fever (bedbound for 3 months), bronchitis, Tonsillitis, Amoebic Dysentery, and all the usual childhood diseases. I was fairly ordinary at physical activity too.
My strategy for good health is fairly simple. Detox your body of toxins, add high quality nutrients to your diet, eat as much raw food as possible, and food in as natural a state as you can, get plenty of sunshine, exercise and good filtered water, and keep a positive attitude to life. Pretty simple, and not in the disease model of health. If you would like to know more about my strategies for vibrant health go to http://goodhealthbeginshere.com
I take Activated Liquid Zeolite, A concentrated fruit and vegetable nutrient drink, and an Agaricus Blazei mushroom extract for the immune system. I am really happy with this combination as my basic system for staying health. I do add other things, but this is the core of maintaining good health.
It's Your Choice!
So, what is better? Building your body's natural immunity with healthy lifestyle choices, or hoping a risky vaccine will somehow do artificially what your body can do on its own with the right support?
Who really is mad, me or Nicola Roxon!
John Gaydon has been researching Natural Health for over 30 years. Recently he came across a revolutionary new detox product which removes heavy metals and other toxins safely. John can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit his web site at http://goodhealthbeginshere.com


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Judges and other county courthouse employees will have to make do in cramped quarters for at least another year, county commissioners say.
There's just no money, they say.
"One of the things commissioners are obligated to do is maintain the buildings and keep them safe and looking decent, but all we've been able to do for the past several years is put Band-Aids on it," said Commissioner Pat Geissman. "We need to do the renovations and the expansion.
"We're just not in a position to move forward."
Geissman said the commissioners had hoped to use Medina County's share of casino revenue funds from this year to begin the project, but less money is coming in than projected.
In addition, she voiced concern that property tax may fall short because of lower housing values.
Geissman said the county also may need to put more money toward the public transit system, which is facing revenue cuts because of the loss of federal funding stemming from Medina County's incorporation into the Cuyahoga County urban transportation district.
The courthouse expansion and other improvements have an estimated price tag of $17 million, with the cost spread over a 20-year payment schedule.
The project would include a courtroom and upgrades to the building electrical system.
The failure of the project to move forward is a disappointment to Medina city officials who had hoped to use part of the expansion for the municipal court, which has outgrown its building, at 135 N. Elmwood Ave.
Medina Mayor Dennis Hanwell said the city first discussed sharing space with the county in 2010. The issue was brought up at a May 30 meeting.
"The advantage to that being we could share the parking deck, security, attorney meeting rooms and restrooms to where the building could be used more efficiently to save both the county and the city money," Medina Mayor Dennis Hanwell said. "We wouldn't know any of the numbers until we know square footage, but it hasn't gotten that far."
Other county officials agreed there is no chance of the project moving forward this year.
County Finance Director Scott Miller said the state projected
$2.63 million in casino revenue for the county, but the commissioners budgeted conservatively at $2.3 million. Halfway through the year, Medina has only received $884,000.
County Administrator Chris Jakab said the county has set aside $1 million of those funds for capital improvements, including $275,000 to stabilize and repair the courthouse clock tower.
Jakab said that project will represent $1 million spent over the past several years on improvements to the courthouse, including column and foundation repairs to the "new" side of the building.
Jakab said he plans to meet with the judges individually this summer and discuss their needs and keep them up to date on project status.
"I think during budget time 2014, we will possibly be discussing a longer term project and maybe funding something," Jakab said.
Meanwhile, the courthouse employees are making the best of a bad situation.
Terry George, bailiff for Medina County Common Pleas Judge Christopher J. Collier, said lack of space is the most pressing problem.
George said magistrates are often forced to hold hearings in their offices or even in the hallways.
She said the lack of space and the building's layout creates security concerns. There is no holding room for inmates, nor is there a separate elevator to transport them between floors.
This means civilians are bumped from the single elevator in the building when inmates need to be moved.
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On the Season Premiere of "Ice Road Truckers, the guys--and lady--were testing out the ice road and hoping not to fall through to the bottom. Nerves were on the edge, and with good reason. As driver Todd Dewey said before starting his first crossing of the season, "If you go through the ice up here, there ain't no going home, because you ain't gonna get out."
This season, the line-up of drivers starting the season is as follows:
- Darrell Ward: Polar Industries
- Lisa Kelly: Polar Industries
- Todd Dewey: Polar Industries
- Art Burke: Polar Industries
Pretty heavy on the Polar Industries side. Art in particular has an ax to grind with VP Express, after being fired last season (he didn't start off so well at Polar this season, by the way, getting lost right off the bat and derailing a Polar delivery by at least 12 hours the first day), and Todd simply did not care to work at a business where the owner--Hugh Rowland--would never see anyone other than himself as the #1 driver for the company.
Last night's show also highlighted how real this particular reality show is for the film crew as well as the drivers--something many viewers never consider. While making his first crossing, the camera guy in the cab with Todd asked about the load on the bed of the truck. Todd responded frankly, reminding the guy:
Listen, I know you like to ask me questions while I'm doing this, but if I go through, you're going with me. And we're both ****** dead. You're going down with the truck and you ain't coming back. You're done. Your life's over.
A stark reminder from an obviously nervous reality star not sure if he is going to make his first trip: It may be a TV show, but who knows what could really happen under these kinds of conditions?
Believe it or not, fan favorite Alex Debogorski will be driving for Hugh at VP Express. Will they make a Superteam, as Alex believes, or will they prove to be true rivals and implode on the ice road? Time will tell. In the meantime, famously devoted Alex will be the "Preacher Man" on the VP Express team; let's hope his prayers of protection reach out and touch all of the drivers on the ice road this season, regardless of their company affiliation--or if they are drivers at all.
"Ice Road Truckers" airs on History Channel on Monday nights at 10/9c.


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Awesome Home Remodeling App for iPad and iPhone
From Dean Dowd on July 07, 2010 in General Remodel
Home remodeling is tough. You make some tentative decisions, get a feel for your home's layout, and take a trip to the home improvement storeonly to realize that your measurements were off and the materials chosen dont look as great as they did in the store. This is typical. But its also fixable. Thanks to Home 3D, theres an app for that. Seriously.
Created by Black Mana Studios LLC, Home 3D is the revolutionary app for your iPhone or iPad that lets you be the architect. Using pre-set room dimensions that can be adjusted if needed, it allows you to alter the layout of any room within seconds. Want to see what your bedroom would look like minus the dividing wall? No problem. Interested in adding a master bath? Thats possible, too.
While Home 3D may not be the first home design app on the market, its set apart by the fact that it can virtually decorate homes as well. It allows furniture to be moved, wall art to be hung, and an overall design scheme to be establishedanytime, anywhere.
The most useful part of all: your blueprints and measurements are now stored in your iPhone, making those trips to the home store a breeze.
With easy-to-follow directions and tutorials, this app is perfect for curious homeowners, as well as established architects and interior designers. The pricing doesnt seem too bad, either. You can get the app from iTunes for $6.99. Id say thats a pretty good deal.


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An indictment was unsealed today, May 9 2014 charging that a city of Philadelphia Police Dispatcher allegedly took bribes from tow truck drivers and at least one body shop owner, to get confidential information about accidents. Dispatcher Dorien Parsley was suspended for 30 days with the intent to dismiss by Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey.
According to the indictment, the scam worked like this. When car accidents were called in to police, the cops are supposed to call a rotational tow. Instead, parsley was allegedly texting the locations of car crashes to Stephon Flowers who is reported to have paid her $150 to $200.00 per week her her "services". When Flowers needed info on the owner to secure a job, he paid an additional fee to Parsley, to run the vehicle plate and text him the information the indictment said.
Armed with that info, Flowers was free to contact the owner and try to persuade them to remove the car from a competing body shop and take it to where Flowers wanted it taken to. One such shop that Flowers was affiliated with was K&B Autocraft on Torresdale Ave. in Philadelphia. Also indicted was William Cheeseman, who was an owner of that shop and tow operator Chad Harris.
It is alleged that Parsley was making about $500.00per week average from this scheme. Since Flowers was the man that recruited other drivers, he "sometimes paid a reduced bribe amount," the indictment said. This scheme was in play from about February of 2011 to December of 2013, authorities said.
The scheme unraveled when a confidential informant had tags run and information texted to their phone from the dispatcher. all parties will face federal charges including bribery,conspiracy and related offenses.


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It is not S.M. Entertainment's year.
First, there were the repeated dating scandals. Then, Kris of EXO filed a lawsuit against the company in an attempt to end his contract. Now, a group has debuted and, within a week, has already generated controversy with its music video.
S.M. Entertainment revealed the debut video for its new four-member girl group, Red Velvet, on Aug. 1. Within hours, viewers were discussing various images included in the video for the single "Happiness."
Collages of newspapers referencing the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (which included a racial slur) appeared behind member Irene. In another scene, member Seulgi is seen playing with a toy airplane, while underneath her arm appears a collage of Sept. 11 imagery.
S.M. Entertainment denied knowing about the offensive imagery beforehand.
"After questioning the director, we found that he simply used a collage source for the images, and there was no intention behind it," the company said in an official statement. "As S.M. wasn't able to catch it before, we will remove the material that caused a misunderstanding as soon as possible.'
'We will make sure not to let this kind of thing happen in the future," the statement said.
In the days following the release of the "Happiness" video, netizens threw around ideas about the real reason behind the video's release. Many said the offending imagery was included on purpose to draw attention to the group (and pull attention away from f(x)'s recent failed promotions).
A new version of the music video was released on Sunday, with the offending imagery edited out.
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College Hockey:Wolverines Set Back No. 7 Western Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The resurgence of No. 7 Western Michigan in the CCHA took its third downward swing, as the ninth-ranked Wolverines held back the Broncos, 5-1, in front of a sellout crowd at Yost Ice Arena.
Michigan (17-6-3, 11-4-1 CCHA) outshot Western Michigan, 44-23, for the game, including a 29-12 advantage in the final two periods.
"I think we worked pretty hard. Obviously you have to give Michigan credit," said Broncos coach Jim Culhane, whose team is winless in its last three. "[Michigan goaltender Josh] Blackburn played very well in net for them. He made the big save when it was a 3-1 hockey game."
Blackburn's save on two breakaways, including a one-on-one stop of Brent Rumble in the second period, kept Western Michigan in check on the way to the goaltender's 22-save night.
The Broncos (16-5-3, 9-4-3) started off right, taking a quick 1-0 lead just four minutes into the game on a two-man advantage. Freshman Dana Lattery fought through a scrum around the net and tapped the puck past Blackburn.
But while Western Michigan didn't play a horrendous game, the Wolverines fended off the Broncos' quality chances and took control the rest of the contest.
"I thought it was a great effort," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "Blackburn was solid. They had two golden opportunities. It could have been tied after two periods."
With four Broncos and two Wolverines in the top 10 NCAA scoring leaders, the battle of the top scoring talent ensued. But the high-scoring Wolverines dominated the contest.
Andy Hilbert notched two goals, both which were assisted by another top-10 scorer, Mike Cammalleri. Defenseman Jeff Jillson added a goal and an assist. The trio also led a special teams unit that had two power-play goals and a shorthanded tally.
Pelted with shots, Western Michigan goaltender Jeff Raynaert's bad night came to a bitter climax when Michigan defenseman Mike Roemensky tossed a long shot from the Wolverines' blueline. The puck hit Raynaert's stick and ricocheted into the net.
"That's a one-in-a-thousand chance," Blackburn said. "I'm glad it wasn't me."
The unusual third-period goal put Michigan up 5-1, a lopsided result that represents a lost opportunity for Western Michigan, which continues its quest to prove it can battle with the CCHA elite.
Yost Fans dug into the Broncos, chanting "overrated" in the final minutes of the game.
Berenson disagreed that Western Michigan isn't up to snuff and credited the blowout score to the direct turnaround from all of his players after last weekend's split with Ohio State.
"A week ago, it was hard to point out six players who played well," Berenson said. "This week it was tough to pick out anyone who didn't play well."
The Wolverines also returned two players into the lineup. Defenseman and assistant captain Dave Huntzicker added 17 minutes, playing for the first time since Nov. 17.
"I'm not at 100 percent — I don't think I ever got back to 100 percent at the beginning of the year," Huntzicker said. "I'm a little ways away, but not far enough to where I can't help this team."
Senior Mark Kosick also re-entered the lineup after Berenson scratched him the past three games and provided a better lift.
Western Michigan played without one of their leading scorers. Steven Rymsha, out due to a game disqualification, will return when teams will battle it out in Kalamazoo Saturday.
Mark Francescutti is a sports editor for The Michigan Daily.
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Willie Evans Jr. continues to push his "Introducin'" full length album released via Sucio Smash's High Water Music. The Florida native, MC/Producer, released one of the strongest hip hop albums of the year…although severely slept on. Today marks the first official music video for the title/album track "Introducin'."
@Bronson72 if you haven't heard him and his crew the AB's aka Asamov definitely get their LP "And now…" CLASSIC!!! Then you can hate on Jay-Z and the producers of Empire State of Mind like me for jackin' the same sample from Supa Dynamite… Which is a way better song too!
Good lookin Dayz, I'm on it. As for Celph, my bad Model Citizen, I thought dood was from CT or some shit.
@Bronson72 No doubt, I always enjoy getting the word out about artists/LPs/shows/etc… If you like Willie's solo stuff you will really like the Asamov LP. I also recommend Paten Locke's (another Asamov group member) LP "Super Ramen Rocketship" …Also Celph Titled is from Tampa FL but moved to NYC.
'Almost There' by the Smile Rays…….
@DJ have you got a 45 adapter? WOW! Never heard of this group before thanks for sharing! I have only be researching them for a few minutes while listening to the couple songs they have on youtube but their aongs are choice! I love anything AB members do! I see they are not easily found on the web but one website lets you listen to snippets of their LP "Smilin' On You" which has "Almost There" on it… Amazon has an import LP "Party Place" but no track listing or snippets… Any word on how I can their recordings?
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It's the most wonderful time of the year, unless you're
the one assigned the task of untangling the lights, balancing on
the ladder and spending hours hanging and rearranging your home's
exterior holiday decorations.
Sure, a lot of folks actually look forward to taking
care of the outside adornment duties themselves. But for those of
us with limited handyman skills, and even less time, there's not
enough egg nog around to make decking the outside of our homes a
joyful experience.
If you're in the latter category, then this might
be the year to give yourself the gift of hiring a Christmas lighting
pro. But make your decision soon. Some companies are already stringing
lights, and most are booked for the season by mid-November.
And be sure to budget for the brilliance to cover
both installation costs and your electric bill. Depending on just
how large a display you want, hiring a holiday decorator could eat
up a big part of your Christmas club savings.
A growing, glowing business
Many holiday decorating companies evolved as offshoots of landscaping
enterprises looking to expand business year-round. Since they couldn't
mow or fertilize or plant in the dead of winter in most places,
holiday decorations seemed like a natural next step. The popularity
of holiday lighting, however, has prompted some companies to focus
only on that service.
Brad Finkle began decorating houses as a hobby while
still a teenager. When he saw the amount of neighborly interest
in his handiwork -- "They'd say, 'You know what? I can't get
my husband outside to do anything. Would you mind?'" -- he
knew it could succeed as a business.
He was right. For 25 years, Finkle's Creative
Decorating has been a full-time holiday lighting company in
Omaha, Neb., and a busy company at that. "We hang close to
1 million lights each season," says Finkle. And in the off-season,
there's removing the lights, inventorying, repairing and storing
them and consulting with others who want to start similar businesses.
Decor also lends wannabe decorators a hand, says Brandon Stephens
marketing director. The Lubbock, Texas-based company opened in 1986
as a winter component to an original lawn-care business but now
specializes in holiday lighting displays for homes and businesses.
It began franchising in 1996 and now has 375 operations in 48 states,
Canada and Bermuda.
Anthony Minotti owns a landscape business in Austin,
Texas, but not a run-of-the-mill lawn service. Got Lights concentrates
only on landscape lighting, and when Minotti started the company
seven years ago, holiday lighting was part of the plan from day
one. This Christmas season he expects his company will decorate
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After competing on the UCLA women's water polo team, the U.S. Women's National team, and the U.S. Olympic team, Nicolle Payne enters her fourth year as assistant coach for the women's water polo program. She was previously an assistant coach in the 2005, 2002 and 2001 seasons. The former All-American goalkeeper from Cerritos captained the Bruin team from 1995-1998 and was a member of three national championship teams from 1996-98. In the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Payne was a member of the bronze medal women's water polo team.
In 2001, Payne served as assistant coach for the U.S. Junior National team when it captured the Junior National title in a 10-9 overtime victory over Australia. Payne also played in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and helped the U.S. bring home the silver medal. As goalkeeper for Team USA, she appeared in all seven games and recorded 19 saves, including eight against both Canada and Australia.
In 1998, Payne topped off her career at UCLA with her third national championship in as many years. She was named a first-team All-American, selected to the All-National Collegiate Championship Tournament team and was an All-MPSF selection. Her 2.77 goals against average and 225 saves set school records. In 1996, Payne was chosen as the National Player of the Year as a freshman.
Payne gained additional water polo experience as a starter on the 1995 U.S. Junior National Team that earned a gold medal at the Pan American Games. A three-year water polo letterman at Gahr HS under head coach Victor Flynn, Payne earned first-team all-league, team MVP, and All-CIF honors. Payne graduated from UCLA in 1998 with a degree in Biology, and her hobbies include surfing and skiing.


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BURLINGTON Luke Apfeld scored 16 points and Vermont jumped on New Hampshire early en route to a 63-48 win over the Wildcats Wednesday night in an America East game.
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Apfeld, whose 16 points included two 3-pointers, helped the Catamounts build a 27-8 lead. He got help from Clancy Rugg, who also hit two treys, and Ethan ODay. They scored 13 and 10 points, respectively. Bryan Voelkel grabbed 14 rebounds.
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Summarize your home? In the Palm Springs, CA desert, if a home is to be left vacant for a few months during the summer, a few precautions are necessary to ensure that when you return, things will be ready to go with fewer problems.
Steps To Take- a checklist for your use
- Turn off the refrigerator, clean it out and leave the door ajar. Place a box of baking soda inside too.
- Remove all food from the home to discourage pests
- It's OK to leave the AC off but if you must leave it on, set it as high as it goes say 90++
- It is best to have someone come by once a month and flush toilets, run water in the sinks (keeps sewer gas out) and run the dishwasher on a rinse cycle (keeps the seal moist). If that is not possible, wrap the toilet opening with plastic wrap to keep the water in. Place several table spoons of vegetable oil in the dishwasher to keep the seal moist.
- If you have valuable furniture, cabinets and fabrics in the home, place a large trash can in the tub and fill it with water. This will help keep humidity in the air and save things from drying out. Have someone refill it during the summer. Five gallon buckets placed around the home will work too.
- Turn off all services including phone and Internet. Leave electricity, gas and water on.
- Change the furnace filter especially if you are leaving the A/C on. You could turn it off completely but it's best to set it to a higher temperature (90) in the summer.
- Check / close fireplace damper. Remember to unplug all appliances throughout the house. Open the door on the clothes washer and place a few tablespoons of vegetable oil in the bottom of the tub as well.
- Lock all doors and windows placing wood dowels in the tracks of sliders where possible. Open closet and room doors to allow air flow.
- For the outside- adjust your drip system for the additional water required; be sure to obey drought water regulations; trim all trees and shrubs; put away all furniture and accessories. Secure your garage door, unplug the opener and lock the storage shed.
- Turn off the main water supply to the house being careful to not turn off the irrigation system. This will prevent floods inside if a water line fails.
- Turn the hot water heater to the Pilot setting and take this opportunity to drain, flush and refill it.
So there you have it. Print this page and keep it handy when getting ready to fly north for the summer and your return migration may be just a bit easier.
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The partnership is led by Sheffield Executive Board (SEB), where leaders from across the public, private, voluntary, community and faith sectors in the city meet on a regular basis with a focus on 'making the right things happen for Sheffield'.
The SEB's work is framed by the Sheffield City Strategy (Sheffield 2020), which sets out our long term vision for Sheffield as a city of global significance.
To test how well Sheffield is progressing towards the ambitions set out in the City Strategy, the SEB prepares the annual State of Sheffield report. This outlines social, economic and environmental trends and performance in the city and is used to help SEB set annual priorities that require a whole city approach.
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Michael Golebiewski, associate professor of speech and theater at at Roane State Community College, has been directing his Playmakers for more than 12 seasons.
He's also showing his writing chops by bringing the dead back to the stage in a "rock odyssey from the great beyond."
Deadstock, which premiered this past weekend, marks the first full-length play he has written.
It was a joint project between the theater, art and music departments.
Mark Ventura, of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, has received the prestigious honor of being named as the Tennessee Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) Wildlife Officer of the Year. Ventura was presented the award during the 65rd Annual SEAFWA Conference that the TWRA hosted in Nashville.
The Roane State Raiderettes couldn't overcome 18 Walters State steals and were impeached by the Lady Senators Saturday afternoon by a 71-38 margin.
Walters State used runs of 8-2 and 22-6 to take a 33-15 lead to the locker room at halftime.
It would go right down to the wire, but the Harriman Middle School Lady Blue Devils managed to fend off the Wartburg Central Middle School Lady Bulldogs for a well-deserved 31-29 win Thursday evening.
The Midway Middle School Green Wave and Lady Wave opened the 2011-12 season Thursday night with a long trip to Tellico Plains to take on Rural Vale.
Roane State Community College basketball coach Randy Nesbit was inducted into The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 28 during a ceremony at the Charleston, S.C. college.
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"Clothes make the man," according to Mark Twain. This is especially true in film, where costumes telegraph the era and one's status. Get an insider's prospective when Academy Award-winning costume designer, Sandy Powell, talks about Designing Victoria: Visual Sources for Historical Costume Design on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 3 p.m. in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the Getty Center. Although this discussion is free, reservations are recommended. Call 310.440.7300 or visit event site here.
Powell, who won an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love (1999), The Aviator (2005) and The Young Victoria (2010) will share how photographs and other visual references - including the exhibit, A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography, currently on view at the Getty Museum - play a role in costume design. Professor Deborah Nadoolman Landis, director of the David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design at UCLA will join her.
Powell's lavish work is currently showcased in The Wolf of Wall Street. She recently designed the costumes for Cinderella, which is now in post-production, and Carol, which is currently filming.
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Sandy Powell discusses Designing Victoria: Visual Sources for Historical Costume - free. Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Getty Center. Harold M. Williams Auditorium. 1200 Getty Center Drive. Los Angeles 90049.


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The quantum framework is in some respects deeper than spacetime - the information flows which are deployed by the framework are difficult to characterize in spacetime terms.The history of nonlocality
"Before the measurement there is no particle pair; there is only a gigantic atom. This atom pervades all space. The experiment dematerializes the atom, and in its place two particles appear. Each materializes, as it must in the universe, so as to preserve the laws of nature."
Marvin Chester, Primer of Quantum Mechanics
Generally, physical systems have global properties which continue to evolve globally even as the system becomes spatially separated - when the "parts" of the system are measured then they will manifest correlations which embody (or "cash in") the previous global state. Might these correlations be the result of local processes, perhaps involving other, unknown or "hidden" facts about nature? No. (This is precisely what John Bell proved, in 1964.)
The process generating the correlations is "nonlocal".
Can it be used for signalling then? No. Given quantum theory signalling via the quantum process is not in the cards...
- Yet quantum theory is an idealization, and some have shown how relaxing aspects of the idealization uncovers nonlocal possibilities.
- More fundamentally, we are nonlocal by virtue of simply being. What happens in the universe, and in our selves, is very different than would happen in a locally bound, classicalesque world.
Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen first focused attention on correlated, spatially extended quantum systems in 1935, though in their argument they assumed 'locality' in order to find fault with quantum theory. 25 years later Bell's result showed that EPR's assumption was mistaken. In 1989, Greenberger, Horne and Zeilinger sharpened Bell's results further by considering correlated states with 3 or more entangled particles.
There is a relation between the kind of entangled states considered in these proofs and the phenomenon of quantum computation.
How deep does it go?
The full extent of nonlocality as a physical fact is not well understood - for example, does a superfluid exhibit nonlocality? Generally, almost any "collapse of a wavefunction" appears to be nonlocal: is this an artifact of our description?
Since the 1964 analysis of John Bell (Bell's theorem) it is widely recognized that in some sense the nonlocality is real - quantum mechanics is a much different theory than one could assemble with local parts. In the words of Henry Stapp (1977),"The present formulation asserts that a theory entails a nonlocal connection if there is no conceivable way for the results in each region to be independent of the choice made in the other region. Quantum theory has such a nonlocal connection: That is what Bell actually discovered."
It is probably not possible to signal using quantum nonlocality, though in my view it is a complete mistake to conclude from this that all of the nonlocality "washes out" in practice. (In fact it does not wash out!)
One could turn the question around by viewing the quantum description as completely global, and ask what is the root of the apparent, provisional locality.
"That the guiding wave, in the general case, propagates not in ordinary three-space but in multidimensional-configuration space is the origin of the notorious 'nonlocality' of quantum mechanics..."
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Hilltoppers Sweep Aggie Softball By Laura Nelson on 03/23/2013 Austin, Texas—Conference rival St. Edward's University swept the Oklahoma Panhandle State University softball team in a three-game series in Austin Mar. 22-23.
In the first game of the doubleheader on Friday, the Hilltoppers blanked the Aggies 4-0, holding the visitors to only four hits. Lilli Ward had two hits for three at-bats and Kaitlin McCool and Julie Cross were both 1-3. Losing pitcher Brittany Scruggs tossed a complete game, scattering six hits and striking out one.
The Hilltoppers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning of game two and in the second, Emily Vasquez singled, stole second, advanced to third on a Kari Pitts single, and then scored the tying run on a throwing error by the shortstop. The score remained tied until St. Edward's scored two more runs in the fifth that ended the scoring for the game and gave them the 3-1 win. Samantha Arledge threw a complete game, giving up eight hits and striking out four.
Even though the Aggies put together nine hits in the final game, the Hilltoppers held them to only one run that came in the second inning. Junna'e Dai'Re hit a two-out single, and McCool backed that up with a single to send Dai'Re to second. Cross belted out a double that scored Dai'Re, but McCool was thrown out at home. The Hilltoppers completed the sweep with a 5-1 victory. Scruggs and Arledge both threw three innings each, with Scruggs taking the loss. McCool was a perfect 3-3 at the plate and Cross was three for four. Now 4-32 on the season, the Aggies are still looking for their first conference win.
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Re: Reproductive Endocrinologist in East Bay
3 miscarriages! I'm so sorry. I have also had 3 since my daughter was born in 2009 (all 1st trimester losses), and after the 3rd, I decided to see an RE. I researched it heavily and discussed it at length with a friend who is an OB in another state and with my parents, who are medical researchers. I realized that I would feel more comfortable seeing someone academic. There's still so much we don't know about miscarriage. So I felt/feel more comfortable seeing someone who specializes in recurrent m/c and doesn't have a business interest in my fertility. I wound up seeing Heather Huddleston at UCSF. She is terrific. I was/am very happy with her and with the whole clinic - nurses, receptionists, etc. The information they've been able to provide has been so much more detailed than what I learned from my regular OB. And Dr. Huddleston's nurses have been easily reachable by phone for follow-up questions. I highly recommend her - totally worth the pain in the butt of getting there from the east bay. Feel free to ask our wonderful moderator for my contact info if you wish to discuss it further. So sorry for your losses. Best of luck to you... A Rockridge Mom
Re: Reproductive Endocrinologist covered by my insurance?
Not in the East Bay but you will not find anybody smarter than Mitchell Rosen at UCSF. pregnant
I'm a single woman so therefore considering a sperm bank donor very soon. I would like to hear from single women who were or are in their late '40s who had personal experiences with doctor/reproductive endocrinologists for IUI or IVF via their own eggs. I appreciate any response/review you can provide on any of these doctors to help me decide. Thank you in advance! I appreciate your responses.
Re: Considering IVF after repeated miscarriage
I want to very enthusiastically recommend the IVF program at UCSF. We had Dr. Paolo Rinaudo and he was terrific. The other docs are great too, as are all their staff. They do a really good job of informing you about all of the considerations, risks, success rates, etc at every step of the way. I think that it would be wise for you to at least speak with them or attend their information session (once a month I think?) before you decide you need to go to Colorado.
After two miscarriages and a few tests that have come back normal, my OB is recommending that I see a fertility specialist to see if they can find the cause of the miscarriages (I have one child born in 2006 with no intervention). I'm looking for comments and experiences (b/c the archives are several years out of date) specifically about: UCSF's Center for Reproductive Health/Drs. Cedars & Fujimoto
I visited both UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and The Reproductive Science Center of the Bay Area in Orinda.
I chose UCSF over RSC for following reasons:
* I knew I would do IVF, so I needed to know the hour of clinic visits during my cycle. At UCSF they open their clinic at 7:30am for blood draw and follicle check up, but at RSC the hour started much later, and the window of the hour was short. It did not work for me. With UCSF, I went to 7:30am appointment, and often I was back in the East Bay by 8:45am. My usual schedule did not get affected too much.
* I was lucky to have infertility treatment medical insurance. UCSF has a billing office to send claims to insurance companies, so I did not have to deal with the hustle with my insurance company. UCSF did most parts for me. Also, some visits were considered infertility treatment, but some other visits were considered as medical visits. Since UCSF was contracted to my insurance company, some visits could be covered up to 90% (such as post treatment consultation, ultrasound visits after positive pregnancy result, etc). At RSC, their business office did not deal with insurances. I would have to pay total amount upfront, and then send receipts to my insurance company. Having dealt with medical insurance issue for many many years in the past for a family member, I knew that it would be another headache if I have to ask for reimbursement. I thought, when going through infertility treatment, I did not need an additional stress with insurance company.
* UCSF had ''a medical office in an institution such as university'' feel to me. Their doctors discuss each patients' treatment options as a group, so I felt that it is always good to have several people thinking of your treatment option. At RSC, probably they do the same too, but for some reasons, I did not feel it as much as from UCSF.
* When I visited RSC to consult with a doctor there, she had her daughter's photos behind her desk. I did not get offended, but I thought it may be considered insensitive. Here she is seeing patients who are trying to get pregnant, but she is showing her own daughter's photo to patients. I felt strange about it.
That being said, I know many friends who went to RSC, and had great outcomes, where as I have few other friends who went to UCSF without any success. It is really hard to know which one is better. I highly recommend you to make appointments, and meet doctors in each practices. Your heart (and some other practical issues) will tell you which one is better.
For me, UCSF worked perfectly for me and our family. I also had a great outcome after three IVF.
Good luck with you. Happy with UCSF
Re: Seeking information on local fertility clinics
So sorry that you have had such a bad experience with IVF. We also had a terrible first experience with a fertility doctor in San Francisco. After that we shopped around for another doctor very carefully. We even looked out of state. We decided on Dr. Victor Fujimoto at UCSF's Center for Reproductive Health. He was very informative and supportive. I also saw other doctors there and felt they were excellent as well. We were in it for the long haul and did eight cycles. I felt Dr. Fujimoto and all of the staff at UCSF monitored my medical care carefully and handled my seesawing emotions with amazing patience. If I had to go through it all over again I would without hesitation go to UCSF.
I think that statistics are very important but that they can also be misleading. One clinic may have a higher number of live births simply because they only treated those patients who had a high chance of success. A frequent use of donor eggs could also make the numbers higher. There are a lot of factors that go into these statistics and they all need to be separated out to be accurate. The first fertility doctor I saw had great numbers. After seeing her a few times she told me (very coldly and over the phone) that because of my high FSH it was impossble for me to get pregnant (wrong!). Devastated I went back for another appointment where I was told (again very coldly) of my options. After I declined the use of donor eggs she refused to try IVF with my own eggs and said if that is what I wanted to try I needed to go somewhere else. At UCSF there was none of this arrogance. They gave me the information I needed to make informed decisions and then supported me. Best Wishes from Someone Whose Been There
In a previous marriage and in another less urban area, my husband was diagnosed as infertile because of undeveloped testicles. Now, five years later and here in the Bay area (which I think abounds with great doctors), he is willing to visit another doctor for another opinion. Please any recommendations? We live near UCSF, so that seems the obvious choice, but we're willing to go to Stanford or wherever in the Bay area. We are also open to alternative health providers too. looking for doctor
Re: Reproductive Specialist Recommendations?
We did a lot of research before choosing a doctor to help us with infertility. We even looked out of state. We found the best right here in the bay area at UCSF Center for Reproductive Health. Choosing the right place is very important. The first place I went to was so negative and unhelpful. Dr. Fujimoto at UCSF was a refreshing change. He is compassionate and an excellent doctor. But if he is not available I would go with any of the other doctors there. They really know what they are doing and monitor your progress closely. You didn't mention your age but I will offer this advice anyway: don't waste any time getting treatment and don't spend too much time on less aggressive treatments like Chlomid. Best wishes to you! anon
Re: Seeking great fertility doctor
I'd like to recommend the UCSF Center for Reproductive Medicine. We have been seeing Dr. Fujimoto there. Although not pregnant yet, we have been very pleased with the level of care and competence of our doctor and the entire team at the UCSF clinic. A couple of things that are unique about UCSF's Center for Reproductive Medicine: 1) their ongoing involvement in research and 2) the way the doctors there work as a team. This team is made up of some of the most brillliant, caring and dedicated doctors I've ever met.
We are very grateful to be seeing Dr. Fujimoto. We continue to rely on his intelligence, honesty, ethics and personal caring. We trust him completely.
I know that there are already several recommendations on the website for Dr's Fujimoto and Cedars (they are the Co-Directors of the cllinic), but it can be difficult to get new appointments with them. As a patient of UCSF, I have seen almost all of the doctors there and they are all great. Some you may not have heard of are: Dr. Rinaudo, Dr. Dobson, Dr. Rosen
I have had much interaction with all three of them and would recommend any of them without hesitation. They each are wonderful in their own way and each brings the same high level of competence and sensitivity to the team.
Many people are hesitant to go to a large, busy clinic like UCSF. I have found that between the doctors and the amazing nursing staff, we have recieved as much or more personal attention than we would recieve in a smaller clinic.
My recommendation would be to call UCSF and get an appointment with any doctor who is available. They are all great. wishing you the best of luck anon
Re: Experience with Bay Area Fertility clinics?
I noticed a lot of the archive postings for the UCSF Center for Reproductive Health are old. There has been a major reorganization, restaffing and a new director there as of several years ago. We had a great experience with their program in 2003 -- highly competent doctors and nurses with good ''patient'' skills, excellent laboratory, really good success rates. Their self-pay prices are pretty good compared to other clinics (not that any of these are ''reasonably'' priced!)
I would highly recommend the doctor overseeing our treatment -- the clinic director, Marcelle Cedars. She is up on all the latest research, she is both realistic and positive, she was available to us for key treatment decisions even when out of town. What I really liked was that after our first unsuccessful try, she was able to tell us precisely and clearly which aspects she believed ''worked'', which ones didn't, whether a second try was warranted, and what could be changed in the second treatment to give us the best shot. The second treatment was successful.
It is a clinic so you would see different doctors, but one oversees your overall treatment. They can schedule early morning appointments for the monitoring part -- I live and work in the East Bay, but was able to get back and forth across the bridge pretty easily without missing much work. We liked all of the doctors and nurses we saw, though I see looking at the web site just now that there has been some staff turnover since we were there in 2003.
They have a free orientation once a month that is very informative, and it might be worth it to go whether or not you decide to go to that clinic. Information is on their website: http://www.ucsfivf.org/ Melissa
I was able to arrange for some of the tests to be done in the Bay area. Specifically, I had several of the sonograms done at Marin Fertility Medical Group in Greenbrae. I can not recall the name of the doctor (Saen?) but he was very nice, and had I not already gone to Dr. Foulk, I would have considered him. I think he is part of the UCSF group, but I had never run in to him there.
I think the theme here is, if you want to feel like that the Dr. and staff know you and care about you, I would consicer a smaller clinic. But I can not argue with UCSF's expertise. -- And it is VERY important to be sure you are working with a good practitioner. You can check out a fertility clinic's statistics on-line. I think it is through the CDC's website??
A friend of mine had a good experience with Dr. Zouves. I think he is willing to be more aggressive than some other local clinics. anon
We have a beautiful 2 year old daughter from IVF/ICSI and would recommend UCSF Infertility Clinic. Specifically Dr. Victor Fujimoto. Dr. Fujimoto has a great bedside manner and he and his wife have two daughters through IVF. I believe this makes him a better doctor because of his personal experience with infertility. He also has one of the best embryologist working for him. We conceived on our first IVF cycle and failed on a recent FET trying for #2. Interview various doctors and ask your own personal ob/gyn doctor for their recommendation. UCSF Infertilty Phone #:415-353-7475 Best of luck! IVF Mom
I would appreciate any good or bad recommendations that anyone can give me on Dr. Victor Fujimoto, Dr. Marcelle Cedars or Dr. Tracey Telles at UCSF for fertility issues. They are the only doctors with this specialty that I can find that are covered by my insurance and accepting new patients. I have checked the website and only see one older recommendation for Robert Taylor, who is another physician in their practice (not accepting new patients). Frustrated by Insurance Limitations
We didn't have much contact with Dr. Cedars, she did my transfer one morning. Dr. Telles was very nice, she took her time explaining the procedure, and was extremely helpful, we felt like she was one of our college buddy. Dr. Fujimoto was very comforting, I got pregnant then transfered to a regular OBGYN Dr. (who was recomended by Dr. Fujimoto) We still keep in contact with Dr. Fujimoto today. You won't have that personal feeling one on one at first.
To make a long story short, in the end it was worth it. UCSF was the best, the care was thourough, Drs were extremely confident and professional. As a result, we now have a beautiful baby boy who is 6 months old, we are forever grateful of the care we recieved from Dr. fujimoto, Dr. Cedars, Dr. Telles. good luck to you. julie
regarding recurrent miscarriages ... You might want to skip the OB/GYN route and go straight to an infertility specialist about miscarriages just to be safe. I saw Dr. Robert Taylor at UCSF Infertility after my second (non-consecutive) miscarriage (at the age of 37). I really liked his approach. He seemed willing to be aggressive about investigating causes because that's what I wanted. I took a really active role in figuring out what was going on and he seemed to appreciate that. He's a bit hard to reach because he is out of town a lot but be persistent and when you actually see him in person or get him on the phone he will spend a lot of time with you explaining things. I found him very compassionate as well. Their office did an ultrasound for me at 6 and 8 weeks.
We went to UCSF for IVF and had excellent care and a great experience (as far as these things go). The doctors were knowledgeable, kind, _not_ pushy about things like the number of embryos to use (very very important to us), and all around good people. Our primary doctor was Carolyn Givens, but we also saw Eldon Schriock and someone else whose name I can't remember at the moment. The nurses were fantastic. One in particular, Denise, really explained everything to us and genuinely cared about us and our situation. We were lucky and I got pregnant the first round and we now have a 20 month old son, plus several frozen embryos waiting for the next time. We wouldn't consider going anywhere else to do this procedure.
I highly recommend their program. We had great success there. But it is a large facility and may not offer the softer touches of a smaller program. Also, I would recommend Dr. Eldon Scriock at UCSF. There are two other women in the practice who don't have the same bedside manners as Dr. Schriock. However, your decision of clinics may also depend on your infertility situation. If you have an uncomplicated situation, all three clinics may meet your needs and the East bay ones may be easier in terms of proximity. What we like about UCSF is that it is a research facility and sets the standard (along with Stanford). They have a wonderful lab and embryologists which are very important. Good luck with everything. It is an emotional process.
After a truly disastrous final appt. I left the practice and began seeing Susan Wilman in Orinda. It was a completely different experience from the very beginning, she is very straight forward and thorough. Her staff is very professional and knowledgeable. After evaluating my records (after 2+ years of trying to get pregnant) she ordered some basic tests that had never been done, told me that she thought my chances were slim, but that we had several options. To make a long story short, I was put on a new drug, reacted beautifully and got pregnant the first cycle doing IUI not IVF. We now have a wonderful 8 mos old son. I might mention that she is the on call Dr. at San Franciso Center for reproductive medicine once a month so she is very familiar with that practice. I had all of might genetic testing and counseling done at Stanford/UCSF by James Goldberg who was wonderful.
I went through several years (5 IUI's and 4 IVF's) @ USF. Dr. Mary Martin was my primary Dr. (she has since moved to WA), however I saw Dr. Carolyn Givens many times and she took care of me through several procedures. She was wonderful; smart, warm, caring and efficient. I would highly recommend her. The one drawback @ USF was that there was a constant stream of interns, sometimes in groups, who would do the transvaginal sonograms....I was not always comfortable with this. You can let them know if you don't want the interns in the room with you. There are times when you're feeling pretty emotional about the progress of your egg development...and when it's not going as planned, well, it's painful (emotionally) and something that I would have rather not had to share with a group of strangers.
BOTTOM LINE: None of the treatments were successful. My husband and I are now the extremely happy and proud parents of a little boy named Patrick that we adopted at birth. I wish I had moved forward with adoption sooner and not spent so much time, money and heartache going through infertility treatments.
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SCARBOROUGH and COLUMBIA FALLS - Olive L. Boyd, 88, passed away Nov. 14, 2012, at Greenwood Nursing Care Center, Sanford. She was born Nov. 25, 1923, in Columbia Falls, the daughter of Leeman Joel and Angie Reynolds Grant.
She was predeceased by her siblings, Leeman Rexford Grant, Russell Grant, Floris Bagley, Kenneth Grant, Gladys Wing and Glenis Worcester. She is survived by a special niece, Phyllis Mewer and her husband, William, of Eliot; and many other nieces and nephews.
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