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Reuben Fleischer's adaptation of PaulLieberman's Gangster Squad reminds mea little of LA Confidential in thatit's set in 1950's Los Angeles, revolves around a group of LAPD detectives/cops,and has a big bad controlling Los Angeles through corruption and violence.If LA Confidential was thebrains of 1950's LA cop films, then GangsterSquad is definitely the brawns. And that's not necessarily a badthing, but don't expect to see anything special or new.<>>
The film circles around Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn)as a retired world champion boxer who climbs the social and organized crimeladder with brute force. This is evidentfrom the moment we meet him, when he's tearing into an East Coast mobster, andI don't mean figuratively, to send a message that this is his town. <>>
There isn't much to Cohen's character and theway Sean Penn plays him doesn't elicit any sympathy for him, either. He'sone shade of grey, mainly due to aging, but also because he's no more than acaricature of a mobster. This is not the rise of Michael Corleone.This is not a love letter to John Dillinger. It isn't even Analyze This. You won't find anydegrees of characterization like you have had in classic Mafioso films or evenTV shows. Whatever strides our Golden Age of television have made with themisunderstood mobster like Tony Soprano or Nucky Thompson are gone with MickeyCohen's character. He's the "interrupter of progress" and it'sa shame because it could have elevated this pulp film had we understood him alittle bit more, but alas this film is not about Mickey Cohen. Never was.<>>The movie is about the Gangster Squad, and if that title doesn't echo Scooby Doo Gang, especially with that font, I don't know what will.
Fuck yeah! America! Oh, wrong movie.The Gangster Squad consist of Josh Brolin's square-jawedsquare of a cop, Sgt. John O'Mara, or Sarge, who like Russell Crowe's BudWhite, is brutish with a soft spot for a damsel in distress. He has acode of honor and cannot be bought. He has a lovely wife who is withchild. He fought valiantly in World War II, distinguished with two purplehearts, and other medals for bravery and courage. Yet, all is for naughtbecause you just don't care about him. He's our hero, yet he's asinteresting as a brick in a brick house.
When Chief Parker (Nick Nolte) recruits Sgt.O'Mara to form an off-the-books vigilante squad to bring down Mickey Cohen, O�Marabuilds his team with cops that cannot be bought, those without fancy degrees orpotential for promotions. Enter the Bteam: Robert Patrick, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribsi, and Michael Pena, who aremore skill sets than actual characters, each one with a special identity, suchas being the quickest draw in the West, being a knife throwing ninja, being thebrains and apparently just being Mexican? While they tend to be pretty forgettable,except for a few good lines and moments, the ensemble does work and it makesfor a pretty fun ride as they go from pretty inept to straight down badass.
Whether you like the genre, this film really isabout the team and their mission, reminding you of the Dirty Dozen or the Ocean�sEleven team. The fun comes from the camaraderieand their unified efforts. It�s actuallynice seeing the good guys kicking some ass for most of the film, having theunderdogs win for a change.<>>
The only exception to the lack of interestingcharacters is O�Mara�s cop buddy, Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who heinitially tries to sway on board his team.The problem is that Jerry just doesn't care anymore. This isn't his war. Plus, Jerry just met red hot Grace (EmmaStone), Cohen's etiquette teacher who knows her way around a steak knife anddessert spoon, and let's just say Jerry is dessert and she loves to spoon. Gosling and Stone's chemistry again is magnetic and she issultry and gorgeous as ever.<>>
"I'm so method, you're not even there, Emma." "Seriously, Ryan?"Jerry plays the perfect foil to O�Mara in themovie, spitting out smart ass one-liners for every grunt and scowl O�Mara pansout. I do like that they don�t force afather and son dynamic onto this relationship, which has been done to hell withcop films. One of the things that thisfilm does right is making them equals. Unlikea lot of the relationships in the film, the only ones that seem to matter werethe ones that Jerry usually had, whether it was with Sullivan Stapleton�s JackWhalen or Stone�s Grace Faraday or Ribisi�s Conway Keeler. This is because Gosling, even with his odd accentchoice that sounds like Mickey Mouse (I guess the days as a Mousekateer havefinally paid off), elevates the scene and the emotional connection to thecharacters, more than the veteran actors he shares the bill with.
A lot of it has to do with the small acting choiceshe makes, like his voice or the way he flips open his lighter � you see anactor who isn�t afraid to take risks. Theirony is that as jarring as Gosling�s voice is at first, it makes you payattention to how Gosling delivers his lines and makes you understand whyGosling is becoming one of our generation's most dynamic actor. He pulls it off with pizzazz like everythingelse he does in the film. <>>
Going back to the film, it isn�t until Jerrysees the death of a child, one that he kind of fancies in his �beat it, kid�kind of way, that he has a change of heart and joins the GangsterSquad. From there on, it�s a full on war to take downCohen and his reign to regain the soul of Los Angeles<>>
If anything, Jerry�s �call to action� is thequintessential example of how predictable this story is. You would think this would kill a film like this, butsurprisingly it survives due to a defibrillator team of editors. I give them kudos for making the film sokinetic that one actually forgets that no character is in any actual dangerduring any of the action sequences. Theaction sequences do provides a good amount of thrills. I caught myself squirming at the edge of myseat a few times as the Gangster Squad crashed and burned Cohen�s empire to theground, especially when Jerry was involved.<>>
"Holy shit, that gun is missing everybody."Director Reuben Fleischer does seem to have knack forthe visually appealing, like Zach Snyder, and it isn�t lost in this movie. While it�s pretty cool to see someone�s bodyvibrate as he shoots a Tommy Gun in slow motion, it starts to be excessive andgimmicky by the time the final shoot out happens. The violence is definitely over the top and itearn its R-rating admirably, whether it�s with Penn�s profuse use of profanityor bullet-riddled bodies strewn across streets or brains splattered on windows.<>>
But for all the fun you might have watching it,it doesn�t leave much of an impact, fading away by the time you exit thetheater. If you are looking forsomething to watch this weekend, I�d suggest catching up on your Oscar nomineesinstead of this - definitely a RedBox rental.<>>

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A Clermont County village devastated by a tornado last March is getting its post office back this week.
The Moscow post office building was heavily damaged by the EF-3 tornado that damaged or destroyed much of the village on March 2, 2012.
Since then, postal workers have operated out of a neighboring township's service building.
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Weight Loss vs Fat Loss: Why You Don't Want to Be the Skinniest Fat Person Around
by The FIRM Master Instructor Kelsie Daniels
I said in a past blog that I prefer to be a lean 145 pounds versus a plain ol' 145 pounds. A lean 145 just looks better … tighter, smaller, stronger, FIRMer, and, well … leaner! I would take that one step further and say that most of us would also feel better if we were leaner instead of just smaller!
When your goal is "weight loss," you want to lower the actual amount that you weigh; in other words, you want to see the number on the scale go down. A goal of "fat loss" involves the desire to lower your body fat — the actual amount of visible and invisible fat you carry on and inside your body. People who want to lose weight probably need to lose body fat as well, so I say why not just go for a "two for one" and make fat loss your goal and get some weight loss as an added benefit?


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Egyptian Coptic demonstrators carry Christian crosses during a Copts demonstration that developed into clashes with army soldiers in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Massive clashes that drew in Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims, and Egyptian security forces raged over a large section of downtown Cairo Sunday night, leaving at least 19 people dead and more than 150 injured, Health Ministry officials said. It was the worst violence since the 18-day uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


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The Arizona Department of Transportation, in conjunction with Pima County and the Federal Highway Administration, is currently in the design phase of a project to widen a segment of SR 86 (Ajo Highway) between Valencia and Kinney roads. The purpose of the project is to enhance safety and improve traffic flow along this segment of SR 86 in Tucson and to meet current and future traffic needs.
This segment of SR 86 experiences a steady volume in commuter traffic because of ongoing residential development in the area and existing employment destinations in Tucson.
Additionally, SR 86 serves as a regional transportation route between Tucson and south-central Arizona and provides access to the Tohono O'odham Nation. The state route also is used to reach the popular tourist destination of Puerto Peñasco in Sonora, Mexico, also known as Rocky Point.
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The SR 86 Valencia Road to Kinney Road project's design phase began in October 2011 and is expected to last approximately 18 months. The new design will be consistent with the Final Design Concept Report and Environmental Assessment, which was finalized in the summer of 2010. Construction is expected to begin in January 2016.
These are the proposed improvements of the project:
The design will include traffic control enhancements, utility relocation, drainage features, improved connections with local access streets and low-maintenance landscape.
The project includes four signalized intersections and four bridge structures.
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Not the common world do I mean, of those who (as I have heard) cannot bear grief and desire but to bathe in bliss. (May God then let them dwell in bliss!) Another world I do hold in mind, which bears together in one heart its bitter sweetness and its dear grief, its heart's delight and its pain of longing, dear life and sorrowful death, dear death and sorrowful life. In this world let me have my world, to be damned with it or to be saved.
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They can haunt you for life. They can keep you awake at night They can change forever how you practice medicine. And for many doctors, they are the stuff of everyday experience.
"They" are the "ethical dilemmas" that so thoroughly permeate medical practice as to become inseparable from it. And because these dilemmas are so enmeshed, it is often difficult to tease them out from the daily fabric of health care. Still, they regularly thread through medical decision-making between doctors and patients in clinics, and through hospital policy-making in the executive offices.
Broadly stated, an ethical dilemma occurs whenever "doing the right thing" is brought into question. Opposing views about what's right and what's wrong create friction that sparks an ethical conflict and, frequently, heated ethical debate. Just about any medical or health care issue can provide the kindling: abortion; government spending on Medicaid; hospital policy guiding organ transplantation; physician-assisted suicide. ...
An act as seemingly simple and value-neutral as signing an antibiotic prescription can bristle with ethical dilemmas. Should I prescribe an antibiotic because that will calm my extremely anxious patient -- or should I resist because it's wrong to waste resources and to risk the side effects from a medically ineffective therapy for her viral infection? Should I prescribe the antibiotic whose name is neatly emblazoned on the nifty pen I received from the peppy pharmaceutical rep -- or should I choose a cheap ol' generic instead? During a flu pandemic or national drug shortage, how do I decide which of two deserving patients should receive a scarce antibiotic?
Ethical dilemmas often arouse strong emotions and forceful personal opinions from people engaged in moral conflict, people waging an age-old battle between perceptions of right and wrong. That can make it extremely difficult to unearth what's actually at stake in the dilemma: the deeply rooted moral values at the bottom of all the emotions and opining.
We carry these personal moral values into the clinics and hospitals -- whether we are health care workers, patients, or administrators. And because they draw upon our intimate philosophical and religious beliefs, our family values, and our cultural traditions, they tend to anchor us firmly and meaningfully in a moral predisposition or attitude that infuses our self-identity. That is why these ethical dilemmas are often so difficult, so painful, so meaningful, and so resistant to simple solutions or surface agreements.
The field of medical ethics emerged as a discipline in the 1960s and '70s to assist patients, families, and health care workers who found themselves entrenched in moral conflict over health care decisions. Most large U.S. hospitals now provide medical ethics consultation by a trained consultant or ethics committee.
The first objective of consultation is to unearth all the moral values at stake in the ethical dilemma (not an easy task!) from all parties involved in the decision at hand. That makes it possible to see someone who holds an opposing view as a person taking a principled stand -- rather than as some wearisome obstructionist who stands unreasonably in your way. Quite often, humanizing each person's point of view in this way leads to common ground where dispute resolution can succeed.
Last week, WebMD released its latest Medscape survey of more than 24,000 U.S. doctors who were asked to identify the "top ethical dilemmas" they encountered in medical practice.
Reading the results, it's readily apparent that ethical dilemmas are as common as ... well, the common cold. Readers might be particularly interested to learn that doctors often differed dramatically in their views about the right and wrong way to handle those real-world clinical dilemmas. Notably, because many of them involved life-and-death decision-making, it will be critical to further study how physicians' personal points of view actually affect the care a patient receives.
In these troubled economic times, it's also salient to note how the surveyed physicians viewed their stewardship of health care expenditures. A sizable percentage would consider providing care that was ostensibly "futile" or intended only to alleviate malpractice fears.
Below are some of the Medscape survey questions. How would you respond? How "should" you respond? (Excerpted from: Medscape 2012 — Ethics Report. Available at www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/public/ethics2012.)
Would you ever give life-sustaining therapy if you believed it to be futile?
Yes: 35 percent
No: 24 percent
It depends: 41 percent
Would you ever devote scarce or costly resources to a younger patient rather than to one who was older but not facing imminent death?
Yes: 27 percent
No: 38 percent
It depends: 35 percent
Is it ever acceptable to perform "unnecessary" procedures due to malpractice concerns?
Yes: 23 percent
No: 55 percent
It depends: 22 percent
Would you hide information from a patient about a terminal or preterminal diagnosis to bolster their spirit?
Yes: 10 percent
No: 72 percent
It depends: 18 percent
Is it ever acceptable to cover up or avoid revealing a mistake if that mistake would not cause harm to the patient?
Yes: 16 percent
No: 63 percent
It depends: 21 percent
Should physician-assisted suicides be allowed in some situations?
Yes: 47 percent
No: 40 percent
It depends: 13 percent
Would you ever continue treating a patient -- despite a family's wishes to end treatment -- if you felt the patient had a chance to recover?
Yes: 23 percent
No: 32 percent
It depends: 45 percent
Would you ever report a physician, friend, or colleague who occasionally seemed impaired by alcohol or illness?
Yes: 78 percent
No: 4 percent
It depends: 18 percent
Kate Scannell is a Bay Area physician and syndicated columnist. You can visit her website at www.katescannellmd.com.


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This type of traumatic injury occurs when an object penetrates the skull and damages the brain. One part of the brain may be damaged. Damage can also occur to a larger area of the brain.
This is a serious, life-threatening injury. It requires emergency medical care.
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Penetrating brain injuries may be caused by any object or external force, such as:
Factors that increase your chance of a penetrating brain injury include:
A penetrating brain injury is very serious and can lead to death. Gunshot wounds to the head are often fatal. The symptoms, though, vary depending on what caused the injury and how severe it is. Symptoms may include:
Because of the severity of this kind of injury, the doctor will evaluate the person as quickly as possible in the emergency room. This may include:
Depending on the person's condition, the following tests may be done:
The treatment plan depends on a number of factors, including the:
The hospital staff will first attempt to stabilize life. If there is bleeding, steps will be taken to stop the bleeding as quickly as possible. This may include doing emergency surgery. To help the person breathe, a tube may be placed down the throat and into the lungs. Also, fluids and blood will be given to keep the blood pressure stable.
Depending on the injury, a neurosurgeon may need to:
The doctor may also place monitoring devices in the brain to check the:
Seizures may occur after a traumatic brain injury. Because of this, the doctor may give anti-seizure medications. Strong pain relievers, like opioids, may be given through an IV.
After the condition has improved, the doctors will create a rehabilitation program that may include working with:
The goal is to help the person regain as much functioning as possible.
Here are ways to prevent this type of trauma to your brain:
You can also prevent brain injuries by getting help if you are in a violent environment.
American Academy of Neurology
Brain Injury Association of America
The Brain Injury Association of Canada
Ontario Brain Injury Association
Barth J, Hillary F. Closed and penetrating head injuries. Saint Joseph's University website. Available at: http://schatz.sju.edu/neuro/patho/pathophysiology.html. Accessed May 30, 2014.
Concussion and mild traumatic brain injury. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated May 22, 2014. Accessed May 30, 2014.
Cranial gunshot wounds. UCLA Health website. Available at: http://neurosurgery.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=134. Accessed May 30, 2014.
Glasgow coma scale. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill website. Available at: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/glasgow.htm. Updated May 30, 2014.
Gunshot wound head trauma. American Association of Neurological Surgeons website. Available at: http://www.aans.org/en/Patient%20Information/Conditions%20and%20Treatments/Gunshot%20Wound%20Head%20Trauma.aspx. Accessed May 30, 2014.
Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated May 14, 2014. Accessed May 30, 2014.
Traumatic brain injury. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury. Updated March 6, 2014. Accessed May 30, 2014.
Traumatic brain injury. New York Presbyterian Hospital website. Available at: http://www.nyppsychiatry.org/library/showDocument.php?contentTypeId=85&contentId=P01145&subtopicId=Rehabilitation&heading=Traumatic+Brain+Injury. Accessed May 30, 2014.
Last reviewed June 2015 by Rimas Lukas, MD
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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News 12 First at Five / Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The debate on whether or not to privatize the Patch could end on Tuesday night. Commissioners are expected to make a decision whether or not to let a Virgina company run the city's golf course.
"It's a political thing. somebody somewhere wants this golf course, and some of the commissioners are willing to give it to them," said golfer Herman Barkley.
He knows politics. Barkley was a New Jersey City Councilman for six years and now calls Augusta home.
"I didn't want to get in front of the council on something I knew nothing about," Barkley said.
Barkley tees off out on the green daily. He is ticked off about commissioners trying to privatize the municipal golf course.
Different golfers have different ideas.
"Why get rid of the Patch? They had $300,000 set aside for the Patch," Barkley said.
"I think they should do it. If the rates stay low, why not," said Golfer Buck Salazar.
If private companies can make a profit on the Patch, then why can't the city?
"The city can do it, but do they want to focus on the golfing business right now," said Mayor Pro Tem Corey Johnson.
"I've got a problem privatizing it and they can make money, but the city can't let it be self-sustaining," said Commissioner Marion Williams.
It's almost enough to turn a golfer into a gambler.
"I'm betting my z on it. So if they privatize it, you can come to my house and take the z," Barkley said.
The motion to approve the privatizing the Patch failed at Tuesday night's commission meeting.


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Hilariously Smug Engaged Women
"I lost my virginity to a guy who, I later realized, was kind of an a-hole. He kept pressuring me to sleep with him and would pout when I wouldn't. He also loved to brag that he was really great in bed. Finally, I caved, mostly because I was curious to see how great he could really be. The night we agreed to have sex, we were fooling around and I told him I was ready. His response: "I'm already inside you." My friends and I still laugh about how his, uh, small size made for a great 'starter penis!'" Ginny P.
"I was in high school and decided one day that I was done with being a virgin, so I went over to the house of this guy that I knew had a crush on me and was basically like, 'This is happening now.' Poolside making out led to basement floor sexand then my grandma picked me up from his house. We went to McDonald's afterha!"
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SCOTUS Takes up Patent Dispute over 'Second-Generation' Seeds
An elderly Indiana farmer's legal fight with Monsanto is coming to the Supreme Court, setting the stage for a potentially high-stakes patent case.
The justices said Friday they will consider the planting tactics of Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman, who appealed to the high court after Monsanto successfully sued him for infringing the company's patents on Roundup Ready seeds, which produce crops resistant to weed-killer.
The question at issue: Just how far do Monsanto's patent rights extend? The company requires growers to use the seeds only for a single crop, and they can't save the "second-generation" seeds from the harvest. Monsanto imposes the conditions because its technology reproduces itself in each generation of seeds. If farmers could replant seeds taken from each harvest, they could avoid paying for Monsanto's biotechnology in future plantings, it says.
For some of his soybean plantings, Mr. Bowman bought Monsanto seeds and abided by the company's terms. But to save some money on a riskier late-season crop, Mr. Bowman bought and planted soybeans from a grain elevator that housed seeds harvested by other farmers. Those soybeans were a mix that included some containing Monsanto's technology. Mr. Bowman later saved the second-generation seeds from that harvest and planted them in subsequent years.
Mr. Bowman argues the lower court rulings for Monsanto gave the company an unfair and unprecedented level of patent protection for its seeds, even after they had been sold into commerce.
Monsanto says the farmer hoped and expected to grow herbicide-resistant crops without paying for the technology. It says Mr. Bowman's position would eviscerate its patent rights.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case over the objections of the Obama administration, which urged the justices to stay out of the dispute. The U.S. solicitor general warned that a Supreme Court ruling could affect patents on other technologies with self-replicating features, such as man-made cell lines, DNA molecules and nanotechnologies.
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I've been treated for PF for approximately a year and a half now. Treatment: regimen of ibuprophen, stretching, night splint, new shoes, orthotics. From what I've read on this site and the Net my treatment was par for the course. My PF cleared up and I began training (over training) for a half and was sidelined with shin splints. During my shin splint rehab I reinjured my left foot [I believe it was from walking on my heels too much and a lot of upper calf exercises]. Shin splints cleared up but PF came back in a new form - omnipresent pain just forward of my left heel in the arch. It ranged from constant dull pain to sharp pain.
I laid off the running completely, continued seeing my foot doc, continued stretching, orthotics, meds, swapped shoes, shot in heel, researched Morton's Foot, etc. Daily gym workouts consisted of cross-training (bike), abs and stretching - staying completely away from running didn't yield any relief.
In a desperate and last ditch effort to avoid a cutting procedure, I decided to go back to square one. I removed my orthotics and stopped stretching my calf/achillies. My feet took about a week to adjust and the pain lessened. I continued to sleep with my night splint but wasn't getting any relief so I dumped that; pain levels dropped again. Aside from my 2140s, I'm just about back to where I started almost a year and a half ago!!!
Is it possible that all the remedies I instituted actually added to the problem? Can I actually overstretch an injured foot causing more damage or inadvertantly prolong the healing process? Could it be that my orthotics helped at first but my foot has adjusted and I no longer need them?
I'll stop short of saying that my foot pain has cleared up completely. I still "notice" my foot after runs but for where I was two months ago, this is a 1000% improvement. I'm curious if anyone else has had a similar experience or has any insight as to why my remedies seemingly led to continuous pain...
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Damien Howell, a PT who frequents these boards, advocates exactly what you're saying: That some cases of (fill-in-the-blank: PF, Piriformis Syndrome, etc.) are a result of OVERstretching.
Your story is a very interesting example of that possible scenario.
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D.Snipes, yes I have seen similar observations. Take a look at Stretching Delays Time to Recovery, Foot Posture - Foot Pain, Should you stretch it out, and Arch Support, Orthotics, Shoe Inserts - Use and Abuse. When I started running coach's would say "don't drink water when you exercise you will get cramps". Well that coaches myth was blown out the window by the money made by Gatorade. You could consider that the coaches myth "that you need to stretch to prevent injury and treat injury needs to be thrown out of the window. I am not one who believes in conspiracy, but Willie Sutton said follow the money. Who makes money from prescribing stretching exercises? The concept of evidence based medicine is slowly becoming the standard. Christie Aschwanden wrote a very interesting article discussing why evidence based medicine is not widely accepted. In her article she discusses the controvresey of evidence based medicine regarding mammogrophy, but also discusses the evidence relative to Ibubrofen and long distance running.
I do believe the manner in which you run plays a significant role in the development and alleviation of injury. Take a look at Shin Splints - Shock Absorption and Stride Length, and Powerful Treatment for Running Injury. A common running form fault which I believe is often related to heel pain and shin pain is too long a stride.
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Great, thanks so much for the replies! Your articles were very interesting and I plan on sharing them with a couple running buddies. I have a buddy who rarely ever stretches and runs all the time - it was frustrating to continually stretch and go through the motions of rehab and still be in pain. Perhaps I can let my foot heal completely then gradually introduce stretching again and see how it goes. If the pain in my foot returns I'll know to avoid that particular stretch and move on.
It's interesting that both of the foot docs I sought treatment from never mentioned that stretching, night splints and/or my orthotics could be the underlying issue. I was considering an invasive treatment whereby the doc actually cuts into the bottom of my foot (presumably to remove scar tissue or excess fiber...). I didn't bother asking for specifics because that was a procedure that truly would have been my last resort.
Anyway, I hope others see this thread and consider the other issues at play before they spend more than a year like I did tirelessly "rehabing".
Thanks so much again I'll be sure to keep this thread on hand should I see other folks struggling with chronic foot pain that's refractory to the various types of treatment.
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Wow! Aside from your chiropratic visits (which I was contemplating) our attempted remedies are almost exactly the same Kudos to your husband for putting up with your continued aches and pains for more than a year - I know my wife was getting tired of me complaining about the pain and not being able to run...
I too had to wear orthotics/shoes all day everyday around the house but can now go barefoot and/or in flip-flops for days straight without any pain!!!
I hope you find the same relief I did by removing all of the remedies you've come across. Looking forward to my 3+ miler today at lunch!! Be sure to let me know how you're doing - glad I'm not the only one out there with this
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D. Snipes,
Yes, kudos to my husband for putting up with this whole PF thing. It's been quite a downer for the whole family considering that we are so active. What shoes are you wearing during the day, and what shoes are you wearing when you run? Since you threw all remedies out the window, how long did it take for you to start feeling some improvement? I'm really curious about your "come back" because I haven't heard many success stories.
To answer your point - I'm still in the come back phase... I ran on Monday (5K), biked on Tuesday (20 min) and my foot is sore this morning. It was kind of sore after my run but nothing like before. Still no use of orthotics or the night splint and have not been doing the runners stretch. As for how much time before I started feeling pain relief, I'd say a week or so. Taking the orthotics out of my shoes left my feet feeling funky - strange gap between sole of shoe and foot and general readjustment. Once I stopped the night splint I felt almost no pain within a day or two... I've been orthotic-free now for about three weeks.
That said, I was up around 3am this morning and my first couple of steps resulted in the tell-tale PF pain... I debated putting on my night splint since I only had another two hours to sleep but decided against it.
I ran 2.5 miles today and am currently icing my foot. Good practice would have me lay off the running completely, but after all this time (1.5 years) I'm wondering if that will really help. I figure I'll take off the next couple of days from running so that should give me some time to rest.
As for my shoes, I wear Clarks http://www.clarks.co.uk/womens/unstructured during the day. I purchased these shoes back in November and wasn't overly impressed with them. They felt good for a couple of weeks but the throbbing and burning in my left foot eventually returned. I work in an office setting so the shoes are pretty clunky looking. For what I paid for my Clarks, I've heard that Eccos are incredibly comfortable - like walking on clouds... From what I remember, they weren't very dressy looking though.
As for my running shoes, I use Asics 2140s. I've found these to provide a lot of arch support and support around the heel. PLUS they're right around $80-90 which is a price that I'm comfortable paying for running shoes. I may end up trying gels next time around...
Well, I have a kickball game tonight - no need to laugh, I know, kickball - so I'll see how my feet feel tomorrow morning. Hoping the ice works and I'll probably start taking my Volterin again to see if I can knock down the inflammation...
What shoes have you found helpful? Where are you in dialing back your remedies?
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ligaments have probably stretched, isn't the PF a large tendon or ligament like structure? You want inflammation so don't ice and no anti-inflammatories, and no stretching, tightening things is what you want....these are the doctrines of prolotherapy, revolutionary, game changing. Sorry to be controversial.
You had me until I read .......Kickball.......
Thanks for the post - so by your own admission, and by the info posted above, I should continue to run (ostensibly reinjuring/inflaming the ligament) until my pain goes away?
I've read about prolotherapy and it sounds intreging but I'm not to the point of paying for something unless it's covered by my insurance.
The pain in my left foot has returned, albeit not nearly as bad as what it was. I continue to run, stretching only my hams and quads; my left calf is REALLY tight, but I hesitate in stretching it for fear that everything below my calf will also stretch (e.g., plantar ligament). Once I warm up (5 min walk) and get running everything feels good. I guess all the muscles have loosened up - including my foot...
Curious turn of events.
Mileage: 3.25 - 3.5 Monday/Wednesday and hopefully Friday this week.
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Prolotherapy does not do its work by mechanically (running) re-injuring the ligament. It injects an irritant that the body reads as damage and thus the billion year old evolutionary collagen fix is laid down..................our hope lies in when this begins to really integrate and dry out, shrinking and tightening the ligament. So if you have read this, you'd instinctively know that some movement like walking would help things move along but putting the ligament to the test while all this is happening is like adding chaos to an organization effort. Your choice.
As an update to this thread - I've been steadily increasing my mileage and I'm up to 4.5 miles 3x a week. I have very minor foot pain and only on an occasional basis. When I do experience foot pain (tightness in my plantar) I found that if I bend my toes back and hold for a couple of seconds, a couple of times, my foot loosens up almost immediately.
I feel strong again in my first couple of miles and find that I'm having to control my breathing as my legs are outrunning my lungs instead of the other way around
Planning to increase to 5mi runs (@ 3x/week) next week and will start incorporating long runs on the weekends. Hopeful that my lack of pain will continue - trying hard not to push it and risk injury...
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That's outstanding news. It's fantastic you're able to build up like that. Congratulations!
My quick update: I started ASTYM treatments about 3 weeks ago and they've made a HUGE impact. I've been discussing with my PT the phenomena that Plantar Fasciitis, after a while, becomes Plantar Fasciosis. If I understand things correctly, when it reaches this point, the inflammation is gone, but the pain emanates from the tissue having degenerated and being weak. In this mode the tissue *needs* exercise to strengthen and rebuild itself. That seems to support your experiences, DS, with being able to ramp back up.
Keep it up!
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Thanks for the update - ASTYM looks like an interesting approach to breaking up what's underneath the skin. I wonder if the gel used is something akin to biofreeze.
I've heard (read) of the term plantar fasciosis in my search for pain relief but am just now reading about ASTYM... Certainly looks much less evasive, and potentially more effective, than hundreds of tiny needles. Although I guess someone else could weigh-in and argue the other way. Yeah, I'd guess that after running for more than a year with untreated PF and then everything after that, I probably have a good amount of scar tissue. It appears as though what I'm doing is working so I'm almost holding my breath waiting for something to happen.
I'm starting my 5 mile runs this week (MWF) and am excited - well, not excited but looking forward to my time outside; humid weather and 90+ degrees makes it difficult to be excited about any sport outside...
Still relatively pain-free; some soreness/tightness in my foot but a couple of very short toe stretches and I'm good to go.
Thanks for the update on your ASTYM treatments and it's certainly an approach to consider should my foot decide to rebel again
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Fisher's In - Beer Is Out
There's been some line shuffling in Kanata but there's no reason to get too overwrought.
No one in their right mind would put their money on Mike Fisher lasting as the number one centre for more than 3 games. Personally, I'll give it two periods before Hartsburg reunites Jason Spezza with Dany Heatley.
The reason?
They are simply too effective when they are together. Spezza might be the whipping boy when the team loses but he still gives the team a better chance of winning when he's setting up Heatley full time. That's just the way it is.
The strength of Spezza's game is setting up goal scorers and Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson are the only ones on this team.
So don't go dropping number 19, the team point leader, from your hockey pool just yet. This is a shot across the bow from the coach, trying to shake up the team a little. But Hartsburg knows where his bread gets buttered.
I do like the fact that Hartsburg has finally reunited Chris Kelly with Antoine Vermette. They've always had good chemistry and it wouldn't be shocking to see Vermette break out of his month long torpor.
The news that should really be grabbing the attention from 19-and-over Sens fans (or 18-and-over fans from Gatineau) is that Scotiabank Place has apparently had their liquor license suspended (along with the Civic Centre).
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Kelly and Vermette have been paired together in 5-on-5 situations all season long. Yeah, its been intermittent, but no combination other than the CASH hasn't been rotated...
And Spezza and Heatley haven't connected once this season. I wouldn't be so sure that they'll be reunited that quickly...
- October 20, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Any idea why the license was revoked??
- October 21, 2008 at 8:44 AM
I wish you were right about the beer. There was lots of it at the arena, as numerous barely-adults behind me made painfully obvious over three periods. Something about yelling the f-bomb as many times as you possibly can, but not in a funny or constructive way, really ruined the experience. Not worth the money, Sens. Watching for free from home next time.
- October 24, 2008 at 10:59 PM
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New York State Police in Canandaigua charged four women on Saturday, June 28, with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a class E felony, and possession of burglar's tools, a misdemeanor, after a traffic stop on Route 332 in Farmington.
Syracuse residents Rukaiyan T. Austin, 37; Angela A. Williams, 52; Vanessa Williams, 50; and Hasha A. Outley, 18; were charged Saturday after police found more than $1,400 in merchandise in their possession, which had allegedly been taken from T.J. Maxx in Canandaigua.
The majority of the stolen goods were purses, some with foil wrapped around the security devices, police said. The foil is used as a countermeasure for store security scanners — the prompted the burglar tools charge, they said.
The women were processed and arraigned in Hopewell Town Court and sent to Ontario County Jail. Angela Williams was remanded without bail, a result of multiple previous felony convictions, police said. Vanessa Williams was remanded on $5,000 cash bail. Outley and Austin were remanded on $1,000 cash bail. All are scheduled to re-appear in court on Thursday July 3, at 1 p.m.
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Ok so without going into a needlessly long discussion of how I sort my media library Ill just say this. All versions of PS3 media server 1.8.1 and higher for both windows and linux exhibit an issue accessing the #transcode folder when the media is nested greater than 5 levels deep. What I mean is that once you reach level 6 nesting selecting the #Transcode folder will indeed give you the list of files normally. However, once you attempt to select a file and get the transcoding options nothing will happen. I have verified this on several versions of PMS both on my Ubuntu based media server and using the windows version from my PC, and I tested this from several renderers. I tested with my XBMC-4-XBOX, Samsung BR player, and my PS3. In all cases folders nested deeper than 5 folders it is impossible to get the transcode options for any files.
I assume this is a bug with the way PMS operates, but I am unsure of exactly what is causing this. I also tested the media in question by adding a listing in the PMS root 1 level lower and suddenly I am able to access the #Transcode on all of the media which I was previously unable to access.


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PHOENIX -- As the Giants broke camp last week and headed home, Bruce Bochy made a point of complimenting a lineup that he insisted would be more resilient this season.
It took the Giants just one game to make their manager look prescient.
The Giants were sloppy and uninspiring through six innings at Chase Field, but a seventh-inning rally set the stage for Buster Posey's late heroics. The former N.L. MVP hit a majestic two-run home run in the ninth, capping a 9-8 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The four-run comeback was the Giants' largest on opening day since 1968.
"We want to be a team that keeps grinding and keeps pushing," Posey said. "It was nice to be able to do that tonight, right out of the chute."
Technically, the Giants were a mess right out of the chute.
Diamondbacks right-hander Brandon McCarthy struck out the side in the first inning, and his counterpart, Madison Bumgarner, lasted just four innings in his first major league opening day start. Bumgarner's short outing came mostly because the Giants kicked the ball around in a fourth inning that cost the left-hander four unearned runs and 27 pitches. When his spot came up with two runners on in the fifth, Bumgarner was pulled for a pinch hitter. He threw just 78 pitches.
"That wasn't quite the way I drew it up," he said.
The picture didn't get any easier to look at once Bumgarner was lifted. The Diamondbacks scored two more in the fifth and one in the sixth as the Giants made a series of mental and physical errors. The final straw came in the sixth when Yusmeiro Petit caught Paul Goldschmidt leaning at first base. Stuck in a rundown, the Diamondbacks slugger ended up safe at second when Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford nearly ran into each other.
Goldschmidt scored to put Arizona up 7-3. In the dugout, the Giants wore a collection of stunned faces. Bochy rubbed his temples and looked out at his lethargic team in disbelief.
"I looked at (bench coach Ron Wotus) and said, 'Can we start spring training over?' " Bochy said, smiling.
A roster that was so sharp defensively over seven weeks in the desert never did quite figure it out on that end Monday. Instead, the Giants just made up for their defensive miscues at the plate, rallying for four runs in the top of the seventh to reset the score at 7-all. The Giants had five straight two-out hits, including a pinch-hit double by Ehire Adrianza and a check-swing flare to center by Pablo Sandoval. Hunter Pence's bases-loaded walk tied the game.
"You have to go hard for nine innings and these guys did," Bochy said. "It got contagious."
Jean Machi kept the Diamondbacks at bay, allowing for one last rally. Belt, the spark plug, had gone through a longer, more emotionally draining day than any Giant. The first baseman struck out in his first two at-bats, made an error in the fourth inning, came up inches short on several other grounders to the right side and couldn't complete the rundown in the sixth.
But Belt, who looks poised for an offensive breakout, also homered in the top of the sixth and singled during the seventh-inning rally. With one out in the ninth, he singled off new Diamondbacks closer Addison Reed. Two batters later, Posey crushed a Reed fastball off the facing of the second deck.
Sergio Romo gave up a solo homer to Miguel Montero in the bottom of the inning but held on for the save with the tying run on second.
"That was a lot of fun out there," Belt said. "It would have been pretty easy to put your head down and accept what happened early, but we didn't. We pushed through it."
As Bochy addressed the media during batting practice, Lincecum burst onto the field. "I just saw Timmy jump up the steps," Bochy said, smiling. "He's doing all right."
Giants (Matt Cain, 8-10 in 2013) at Arizona (Wade Miley, 0-1 this season), 6:40 p.m. CSNBA


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The Count wrote: I sometimes lurk on the forums at officer.com just to see how police officers react to certain stories.
I've never made an account because I would simply get too angry to write anything worth posting. But suffice to say they have a 2 page thread at the moment and not a single poster has expressed anything close to sympathy for the deceased.
EDIT - Don't visit those forums unless you want all of your "fuck cops" instincts to be brought to a boil.
Eric B wrote: What is a transit cop and why do they need guns? Does that much shit go down on public transit in big cities?
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Remembering Kristians
Thursday, 06.20.2013 / 10:45 AM MT / News
By Edmonton Oilers Press Release
|Photo by Andy Devlin / Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club
EDMONTON - Today is a day of mourning for people half a world apart brought together by the remembrance of Kristians Pelss.
In anticipation of this day, the president of the Edmonton Oilers hockey organization, Kevin Lowe, left late Tuesday night on a trip to Kristians' home town in Latvia. In London, he met up with Oklahoma City Barons Head Coach Todd Nelson and Athletic Trainer Brandon Dionne. From there, the three of them travelled on to Riga, where they connected with Kristians' fellow Latvian-born Oil Kings teammate, Edgars Kulda, and Edgars' father, Alex. Today the five of them drove two hours to Preili, the hometown of Kristians, to attend his funeral, where Kevin delivered a special keepsake to the family.
Meanwhile, back in Edmonton at Rexall Place, Team Chaplain Bruce Gritter will lead some of the Oil Kings and Oilers prospects in a private ceremony this afternoon, as the young men prepare to say their final goodbyes to their lost teammate.
There will be other tributes in the coming months with the various teams Kristians played for in the Oilers family. Some of the players throughout the system have already made use of the counseling services offered to them, as they cope with the loss of the popular player.
Last week the world lost the extraordinary young man after Kristians had gone home for the off-season. The circumstances that led to his death remain unclear. Even though he was just 20 years old, the Oilers draft pick was already showing signs of great promise in his play for the NHL club's affiliated teams in Stockton, California, and Oklahoma City this past season.
Previously, he suited up for two seasons with the Oil Kings, playing an instrumental role in helping the team win the 2012 Western Hockey League Championship. Off the ice he was a marvelous ambassador for the organization, never hesitating to step up for an opportunity to help the community.
The image of a jubilant Kristians Pelss lifting the Ed Chynoweth Cup above his head last year is something teammates and club officials will forever remember. It is a testament to the hard work, perseverance and dedication he played the game with - and approached life with - on a daily basis.
Oil Kings officials wanted to present Kristians with his WHL championship ring face to face when he was to arrive in the city in just a couple of weeks for the Edmonton Oilers Development Camp. Instead, Kevin Lowe concluded his cross-continental journey to Preili, Latvia, today by presenting the ring to Kristians' parents, Einars and Inta, and his three sisters, Lauma, Lasma and Lev.
Kristians Pelss 1992 - 2013
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VAIL, Colorado - Dry conditions have some weather watchers casting concerned looks at next summer's wildfire season.Colorado's statewide snowpack is 70 percent of average, 91 percent of last year's levels at this time and the fourth-lowest in 32 years, said Phyllis Ann Philipps, a state conservationist with the Natural Resource Conservation Service.Eric Lovgren is Eagle County's wildfire mitigation manager, and he's a little nervous. "It is shaping up like last year, only worse," Lovgren said.Lovgren says he's not a climatologist, but he pays attention to history, especially our recent history.Wildfires started breaking out last March and were still breaking out around Thanksgiving, he said.The Front Range had red flag fire warnings Thursday, rekindling unpleasant memories of Colorado's Lower North Fork fire, which broke out March 22, 2012.The Lower North Fork fire started when a prescribed burn was hit with 50 mph winds. Before it was done, it devoured 4,140 acres, killed three people and destroyed or seriously damaged 27 homes. At the fire's peak, 900 homes had to be evacuated.How soon this year's fire season starts depends on how fast the snowpack melts out, Lovgren said, adding that the Lower North Fork fire burned around patches of snow, he said."If there's no snow on the ground we can have fire any month of the year," Lovgren said. "When there's less moisture to push down some of those dry fuels, you can have fire."Local fire officials are doing what they can to help prepare, but sometimes people understand only what's landing on their heads.When local fire officials hosted the first "Ready Set Go" preparation meeting last June, 150 people attended. By the August meeting in Edwards, after a couple weeks of rain, 20 people showed up, Lovgren said.
Colorado's Central Rockies are experiencing moderate-to-extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.So far this year, 10 states are experiencing "exceptional drought" conditions, while snow levels throughout the country are nearing record lows, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center.Last year was the driest year in the contiguous United States since 1988, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In Nebraska and Wyoming, it was the driest year on record."Wildfire losses have been on the rise during the past couple of years in several states, with Colorado, Texas and Wyoming being particularly hard hit," said Julie Rochman, president and CEO of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety. "(This year) is shaping up to be another very dangerous year because of a combination of weather-related factors."In 2012, more than 67,000 wildfires each burned more than 9.2 acres throughout the country, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. That was the third largest number of acres burned in the United States in the 13 years the agency has been keeping track.According to NOAA's "State of the Climate" report, 2012 was the warmest year on record in the contiguous United States. The average temperature in 2012 was a full degree higher (55.3 degrees Fahrenheit) than the previous record set in 1998. In addition, warm temperatures were coupled with severe drought.
Temperatures could swing as much as 40 degrees through the end of January, as waves of warm and cold air roll through the Rockies.AccuWeather forecasts temperatures will surge before arctic air blasts us back to reality later in the week."When you compare temperatures during the height of the warm-up with the core of the arctic air that follows, some locations may have a difference of 40 degrees more," said Paul Pastelok, a weather forecaster with Accuweather Long Range.So far, this winter season has been dominated by high pressure weather systems and a jet stream that has not cooperated, said Philipps said.Much-needed snowfall in December boosted Colorado's snowpack from just 36 percent of average, recorded on Dec. 1. December's mountain precipitation was 112 percent of average.


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Japanese Vehicles Dominate Consumer Reports' Top-Picks List
Consumer Reports, a magazine known for putting cars and other products through rigorous testing, released its top vehicles in 10 categories and best car brands for 2013.
To become a top pick a vehicle has to be among the best performers in road testing, near the well in road tests, must have a an average or better predicted-reliability rating, which is based on problems Consumer Reports subscribers reported on 1.2 million vehicles in the magazine's latest annual auto survey.
Top picks also have to perform adequately if tested in government or insurance industry crash testing
One big winner is Honda, which made the list with its Accord sedan, CR-V compact SUV and Odyssey van after having no vehicles make the cut last year. BMW returned to the top ranks with the 328i sedan after a 10-year absence, and Audi returned after 13 years with the A6 sedan. The Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ twin sports cars are new to the list and the Hyundai Elantra returns after a one-year absence.
Consumer reports said it didn't chose a top pickup truck because it hasn't yet tested revamped full-size models from General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC.
Here are the winners in each category:
Midsize sedan: Honda Accord
Sports cars: Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ
Budget car: Hyundai Elantra
Green car: Toyota Prius
Compact car: Subaru Impreza
Luxury car: Audi A6
Small SUV: Honda CR-V
Midsize SUV: Toyota Highlander
Sports sedan: BMW 328i
Minivan: Honda Odyssey
Lexus won the top-brand prize with an overall score of 79, just ahead of Subaru and Mazda, both with 76 points. The magazine said it recommends all of the current Lexus models.
This year Consumer Reports changes its approach to judging the brands, grading each car maker's individual brands instead of combining each brands score under one company. For example, Toyota, Lexus, and Scion models were scored separately this year.
Japanese companies took eight of the top 10 slots.


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The Live Oak Lions Varsity Baseball Team has had a tough season. They only have one win on the year and the majority of their games are not very close in score. So, when the undefeated team of Willows came to town, the Lions knew it would be a hard game to win. Willows didn't leave anything on the table, shutting out the Lions 10-0. Starting in the 2nd inning, Willows showed their offensive power. Briones led off the 2nd inning with a double, followed by walks from K. Enos and Wycoff to load the bases. The next batter, G. Enos, flied out to left field, but Briones came in to score after tagging up to credit G. Enos with an RBI. K. Enos and Wycoff also advanced to third and second bases, respectively, on the play also by way of the tag up. Burgloff then came to the plate and hit into a successful fielder's choice. On the ground ball play, the Lions decided to try and get K. Enos out at the plate. However, K. Enos was ruled safe, so Burgloff was credited with an RBI. With Burgloff on first and Wycoff and third, Renfro was up to bat and, while he flied out to center field, was credited with an RBI as Wycoff scored using the tag up. Two more batters came up to the plate during the inning and Burgloff would reach third base, but no more Willows runs would score during the inning. In the third inning, Willows would strike again. With one out, Briones took a walk, and then stole to 2nd base during K. Enos' at bat. It was a good move because K. Enos would hit the ball into what would become a 2 base error on the Lions. The error resulted in K. Enos reaching second base and Briones scoring. However, K. Enos would not score as the Lions made two consecutive outs to end the inning. After 3 innings, the score was 4-0. After the Lions shut them down in the 4th inning, Willows put more runs on the board in the 5th inning. This time, Amaro led off the run with a single. Amaro would then steal second and advance to third on a fielder's choice play that resulted in a ground out for Love. Briones was the next guy up and he helped bring Amaro in after he hit into a Lions error. Two batters later, Wycoff was able to bring in Briones, who had made it to third base, by way of the tag up after he flied out to center field. Yet, Willows was not finished. They finished off the game in strong offensive fashion, scoring 4 final runs in the 7th inning. Three of those runs were RBI'd in and the other run was made by Love. Love hit a single that, after an outfield error, resulted in him scoring a run. ... To read this article in full, pick up a copy of the April 17, 2013 issue of the Gridley Herald.
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Men make meth while deputies watch, authorities say
Published: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 3:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 6:02 p.m.
NOKOMIS - Three men face felony drug charges after Sarasota County sheriff's deputies reportedly saw them operating a methamphetamine lab in a shed outside a home at 210 Sago Lane.
Deputies with the agency's tactical unit who were watching the suspected drug house Friday morning saw resident Jerome Brown, 55; Randall Langford, 48, of 1821 Bayonne Street in Sarasota; and Walter "Ricky" Lint, 46, of 306 S. Ravenna Street in Nokomis, bringing chemicals used to cook meth in and out of the shed.
When the deputies determined the suspects were starting the production process, they took the men into custody.
Because of the volatile nature of meth production, the Sarasota County Fire Department was called to clear the scene of any immediate danger.
One neighboring home was temporarily evacuated, and traffic was stopped on the side street.
Another hazardous materials team that specializes in meth lab cleanup will dispose of the remaining chemicals.
All three suspects are charged with manufacturing of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of listed chemicals.
Brown is also charged with tampering with evidence — after allegedly throwing items used in the manufacturing process out the window — and possession of a firearm by a felon for the rifle found in his shed.
The three suspects were transported to the Sarasota County jail. All three have extensive arrest histories, including felony drug charges.
In December, Sarasota Police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents found a suspected meth lab in the Lido Regency Condominium after a fire broke out there.
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Members in other towns may also find that their home libraries where they have memberships will have a slightly different link and different login ID and password. Again, if your library participates in the TexShare Databases, they will share this information with members of their library.
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