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Unfathomable horror has hit home hard
Published: Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 6:12 p.m.
Shock. Horror. Disbelief. These are the feelings many of us have experienced since Wednesdays triple homicide.
Police say Robert Warren III, 32, of Arden, went to the home of Richard and Theresa Tracy at 297 Piney Ridge Drive, Hendersonville, about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, where he shot and killed the Tracys and their daughter, his estranged wife, Carrie Tracy Warren.
Warren fled the scene. His body was later found in a field near the intersection of Howard Gap and Jackson roads in Fletcher, where he apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
As reporters scrambled to piece together what happened, one headline stood out in unspeakable savagery. It read: Shooters children saw killings, called 911.
It seems that Warren opened fire on his wife and her parents as his 9-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son watched. In the 911 call, a young voice can be heard crying for Mommy.
My daddy just shot my mom and my grandma ... and my grandpa, the child told the 911 dispatcher. Please come help!
She told the dispatcher that she ran as fast as she could to her friends house after the shooting.
Please call an ambulance. I dont want my mom to die, she said.
Mission Hospitals helicopter ambulance was summoned, but all three victims were dead.
In the hours and days following the bloodbath, clues emerged that, in hindsight, appear as omens.
Warren had a love of guns and a history of threatening the lives of others. He was charged in 2005 with assaulting Carrie Warren by choking her. The charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, and he was given a suspended sentence.
On Dec. 2, Fletcher police stopped Warren and his wifes vehicle after a man who had worked with Carrie Warren reported he was being followed. When officers stopped the vehicle, they noticed an AR-15 assault weapon inside.
The officers ran a check on the weapons serial number and found that Robert Warren legally owned it. Fletcher Police Chief Erik Summey said officers did not seize the gun because there was no eminent threat, and the unloaded rifle was not concealed.
Police did at that time arrest Robert and Carrie Warren after finding outstanding warrants against the pair. Carrie Warren was wanted in Buncombe County for a 2011 charge of driving with a revoked license. Robert Warren was wanted on warrants that he communicated threats and made harassing phone calls in November to Pete and Jessica Juergens.
Brad Donovan of Blountville, Tenn., who co-owns a Hendersonville sweepstakes parlor, said Warren had threatened and harassed his employees, Mr. and Mrs. Juergens, on more than one occasion. Carrie Warren had worked at the sweepstakes parlor, Donovan said, and Robert Warren had accused people at the business of having affairs with her.
If he was going to chase people with an AR-15 about a year ago and always making phone calls and trying to stir trouble up, I knew he was going to do something, Donovan said.
Warren had also threatened Donovans brother, Barry Donovan of Knoxville, Tenn., including a Jan. 4 phone call in which he stated: I am going to kill you. Robert Warren was arrested on charges of communicating threats and making harassing phone calls in that warrant on Feb. 15, a day after his 32nd birthday. On May 3, he was picked up by Henderson County deputies for missing a court date on the charges.
In the weeks to come, there will be plenty of questions about how and why a man consumed by anger who repeatedly threatened others was on the loose, armed and able to wreak such havoc. The fact that the murders were committed with an AR-15, the same type of gun used in the December murders of 20 small children and six educators in Connecticut, should make us question our cultures love of military-style assault weapons.
It is unfathomable to imagine how any person could become so unhinged, so possessed with vitriol and hatred, that he could commit such an act. We should not shy away from calling it by what it is: Sick. Deranged. Inhuman. Evil. Law-abiding gun owners and all citizens decry the waste of life and the scarring of innocent children that happen when one violence-prone individual goes berserk.
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Thank goodness Paris Hilton's nascent presidential campaign never took off: not only would she have worn Kitson to all the presidential balls, but she thinks the British prime minister is someone else entirely.
In the U.K. to promote the British version of her BFF series, Hilton immediately stuck her foot in her mouth (only the second most famous object to grace that orifice). The Sun's Colin Robertson was witness to the cultural carnage, in which Hilton mistook Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the host of Kitchen Nightmares:
She descended on London and told me: "I love Britain. London is my favourite city in the world." But when asked if she knew our PM, she replied, "Yes, it's Gordon Ramsay, isn't it?"
Her knowledge of British drinking habits was equally ropey. She confessed: "No, I've not heard of a pint — what it that? Is it beer?"
And in the show she tells one hopeful she is unfamiliar with the girl's home county, inquiring: "Essex? What's that?"
Though we fear (pray?) Hilton's strain of dimness may thwart her attempts to re-enter the U.S., at least she can use her celebrity to get in touch with President Padma. Who, after all, can forget our new leader's inspiring message to young people everwhere: "Please pack your knives and go."
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Director Gary Ross says no to 'Catching Fire'
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gary Ross says he won't direct "Catching Fire," the second installment in Lionsgate's blockbuster "The Hunger Games" franchise.
In a statement Tuesday, Ross says "after difficult but sincere consideration," he decided not to direct the film. He blames limited time to write and prep the film because of the fixed, tight production schedule.
Ross says making "The Hunger Games" was the happiest experience of his professional life. He also denies reports that negotiations with Lionsgate had been problematic.
Lionsgate officials say in response that they're "very sorry" Ross has chosen not to direct "Catching Fire" but they look forward to working with him on future projects.
"Catching Fire" is the second installment in the franchise based on Suzanne Collins' book series. It's scheduled for release in November 2013.
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SAN JOSE -- The Earthquakes have passed on English midfielder John Bostock less than a week before they open the Major League Soccer season.
Coach Frank Yallop said Tuesday the signing of star striker Chris Wondolowski played a key role in the decision to let Bostock return to Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League. The Quakes had hoped to sign the midfielder to a loan deal similar to Simon Dawkins the past two years. Dawkins is on loan from Tottenham playing for the EPL's Aston Villa this year.
The team announced Tuesday it signed Wondolowski to a designated player contract. While team officials didn't disclose details of the deal they also didn't dispute a report from SI.com that it will net the league's reigning MVP $600,000 this season. The so-called designated player designation allows teams to pay up to three players over the salary cap without being penalized.
Yallop said signing Bostock would have been "too big a gamble for us. It didn't work out financially."
The Earthquakes want to have some financial wiggle room for a mid-season acquisition if they need to make a change. San Jose is opening the season without regulars Mehdi Ballouchy (torn ACL), Steven Beitashour (sports hernia repair), Marvin Chavez (MCL sprain), Alan Gordon (foot surgery) and Steven Lenhart (knee surgery). Forward Marcus Tracy also is recovering from a left ankle bone spur.
Not signing Bostock gives the team "some room to maneuver," Yallop added.
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Man Accused of Shooting Business Partner in Head
Published: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 11:25 p.m.
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AUBURNDALE | A 73-year-old Lakeland man was arrested by Polk County sheriff's deputies Saturday afternoon, accused of shooting his business partner in the back of the head.
Deputies said Metro Theodore Butner walked into Big Gorilla Auto Sales at 3600 Havendale Blvd. at around 3:30 p.m. and shot Aaron Aldrich, 40, of Lakeland.
According to reports, Aldrich, who is listed on state documents as the owner of Big Gorilla Auto Sales, told deputies he was sitting at his desk when Butner walked in and pointed a handgun at him.
Aldrich told deputies he started running to the back door and heard several shots, one of which hit him in the back of the head.
Aldrich was transported to Lakeland Regional Medical Center and later was released.
Butner was arrested soon afterward at his Lakeland home and charged with attempted murder.
He was still being processed at the Polk County Jail on Saturday night.
According to the Florida Department of State Division of Corporations, Big Gorilla Auto Sales shares property with another business, Discount Motorcycle Parts. Metro Butner is listed as an owner of Discount Motorcycle Parts.
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Logistics, 94 Conn. App. 541, 546 (2006); First New Haven National Bank
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Oh the joys of breastfeeding your baby in public!
I always envy moms that can successfully breastfeed in public. They look so graceful doing it, like a pro. What breastfeeding class did they sign up for? I sure missed out.
Take a look at me out in public and I am a hot mess. Look closer, sometimes I sweat a little. It isn't fair that I have a wiggly five-month-old under a nursing cover and his two-year-old brother who thinks it's time to play hide and seek with his little brother the second I begin nursing.
There are a lot of things that go through my mind when I have to nurse in public. Nursing moms are always criticized for feeding in public and it can make you feel like you're doing something wrong. That issue doesn't bother me much, because frankly I think most teenage girls show more skin than what a mother nursing her baby shows. My biggest fear is that I'll expose my not-so-perfect post-partum mommy belly when I go to lift up my shirt to feed my son. You know, the one with rolls and purple stretch marks?


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Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s Chicago jazz scene, a highly ambitious and stylish literary debut that combines the atmosphere and period detail of Amor Towles' Rules of Civility with the emotional depth and drama of The Memory Keeper's Daughter, about a talented but troubled singer, her precocious ten-year-old daughter, and their heartbreaking relationship.
It is the early 1960s, and Chicago is a city of uneasy tensions—segregation, sexual experimentation, free love, the Cold War—but it is also home to one of the country's most vibrant jazz scenes. Naomi Hill, a singer at the Blue Angel club, has been poised on the brink of stardom for nearly ten years. Finally, her big break arrives—the cover of Look magazine. But success has come at enormous personal cost. Beautiful and magnetic, Naomi is a fiercely ambitious yet extremely self-destructive woman whose charms are irresistible and dangerous for those around her. No one knows this better than Sophia, her clever ten-year-old daughter.
For Sophia, Naomi is the center of her universe. As the only child of a single, unconventional mother, growing up in an adult world, Sophia has seen things beyond her years and her understanding. Unsettled by her uncertain home life, she harbors the terrible fear that the world could end at any moment, and compulsively keeps a running list of practical objects she will need to reinvent once nuclear catastrophe strikes. Her one constant is Jim, the photographer who is her best friend, surrogate father, and protector. But Jim is deeply in love with Naomi—a situation that adds to Sophia's anxiety.
Told from the alternating perspectives of Sophia and Naomi, their powerful and wrenching story unfolds in layers, revealing Sophia's struggle for her mother's love with Naomi's desperate journey to stardom and the colorful cadre of close friends who shaped her along the way.
Sophisticated yet poignant, Last Night at the Blue Angel is an unforgettable tale about what happens when our passion for the life we want is at sharp odds with the life we have. It is a story ripe with surprising twists and revelations, and an ending that is bound to break your heart.
Set against the turbulence of 1960s Chicago—a city in transformation—and its legendary jazz scene, Last Night at the Blue Angel is a lush and immensely heartfelt mother-daughter tale about a talented but troubled singer's relationship with her precocious ten-year-old daughter.
It is the early 1960s, and Chicago is teeming with the tensions of the day—segregation, sexual experimentation, the Cold War and Vietnam—but it is also home to some of the country's most influential jazz. Naomi Hill, a singer at the Blue Angel club, has been poised on the brink of stardom for nearly ten years. But when her big break, the cover of Look magazine, finally arrives, it carries with it an enormous personal cost. Sensual and magnetic, Naomi is a fiercely ambitious yet self-destructive woman whose charms tend to hurt those around her, and no one knows this better than her daughter, Sophia.
As the only child of a single mother growing up in an adult world, Sophia is wise beyond her years, a casualty of her mother's desperate struggle for fame and adoration. Unsettled by her home life, she harbors a terrible fear that her world could disappear at any moment, and compulsively maintains a list of everyday objects she might need to reinvent should nuclear catastrophe strike. Her only constant is the colorful and unconventional family that surrounds her and her mother, particularly the photographer, Jim, who is Sophia's best friend, surrogate father, and protector—but Jim is also deeply in love with Naomi.
Weaving between the perspectives of Sophia and Naomi, Last Night at the Blue Angel is a poignant and unforgettable story about what happens when our passion for the life we want is at sharp odds with the life we have. Part stylish period piece, part heartbreaking family drama, it's a novel rife with revelations, a vivid and propulsive page-turner—and the major debut of an extraordinary new writer.
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"[A] delicious debut . . . While Naomi may perform on stage, it is her daughter Sophia who steals the show and gives this novel its considerable heart." — Chicago Tribune, Editor's Pick
"[An] engaging debut . . . Rotert has composed a soulful and touchingly sad mother-daughter blues that lingers after it's over." — San Francisco Chronicle
"Rebecca Rotert traces the difficult contours of love and devotion—a fame-bound singer desperate to change her life, and her daughter, Sophia, who'll risk anything to stay in her mother's marred circle of light. Luminous and deeply affecting, this book swept me along and stole my heart." — Paula McLain, New York Times bestelling author of The Paris Wife
"Filled with music and memory, humor and poetry, Last Night at the Blue Angel is about the burdens of the past and the sometimes unrealistic promise of the future. You'll carry these characters around in your head long after you finish this exuberant, big-hearted novel." — Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train
"One of the most evocative renderings of a child's precocity and appreciativeness in the face of a mother's distracted self-absorption—and how it actually feels to be in thrall to someone else's happiness—since Mona Simpson's Anywhere But Here." — Jim Shepard, acclaimed author of Like You'd Understand, Anyway
"Sophia Hill can take her place proudly beside such affecting child narrators as Francie Nolan of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. . . . an engaging story." — Omaha World-Herald
"A fascinating and extraordinarily moving first novel populated by complex, sympathetic characters and told in such gorgeous, poetic prose that you'll frequently stop to linger over the sentences. Rebecca Rotert is the real deal. It doesn't happen that often." — Ron Hansen, acclaimed author of Atticus and Mariette in Ecstasy
"Rebecca Rotert's stirring debut does what the best novels do: it draws us deep into the lives of indelible characters while also telling us the broader story of a time and place, in this case, a mid-twentieth century Midwest where repressive social mores are just beginning to fray." — Marisa Silver, New York Times bestselling author of Mary Coin
"Last Night at the Blue Angel is a gorgeously written coming of age story and a clear-eyed account of the human damage that great artistry can leave in its wake." — Jean Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of The Year We Left Home
"A striking discovery, filled with surprises both marvelous and shocking. As the story weaves back and forth in time, spinning out the lives and dreams of a mother and a daughter, the language itself sings in moments of poignant beauty." — Lauren Belfer, New York Times bestselling author of City of Light and A Fierce Radiance
"A moving portrait of a tumultuous yet tender mother-daughter relationship . . . With lush prose and well-drawn characters, this heartbreaking novel of love, loss, and the redemptive power of music also offers a satisfying glimpse of Chicago at a pivotal point in history." — Booklist (starred review)
"[An] astonishing debut novel . . . Rotert's musical background informs Naomi's passion for performance, but it is her heartbreaking portrait of Sophie, so wise yet so vulnerable, that readers will remember long after the final page." — Library Journal (starred review)
"Telling the story from Sophia's and Naomi's distinct perspectives, Rotert creates an expressive and haunting narrative highlighting Sophia's innocent vulnerability and her mother's single-minded obsession. . . . A tale that's poignant, poetic and heart-wrenching throughout." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"It is hard to believe that Last Night at the Blue Angel is Rebecca Rotert's debut, as it simply shimmers with feeling. Her range of emotional evocation and ability to touch a reader so fiercely with beautiful words makes the book a pure pleasure to read." — Bookreporter.com
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Any way you slice it, the second quarter this year has been bigger and better for VCs and startups than any other quarter in about a decade --and we may have the dot-com era to thank for at least part of the wild ride.
Many of the ideas born in the 1990s and 2000 have come around again, and this time they're some of the most successful startups in Silicon Valley, posting big-dollar deals over the past few months. Fresh-faced entrepreneurs have dusted off business models for delivery service, social media and e-commerce companies, and venture capitalists have poured money into startups extrapolated from some of the most famous dot-com busts.
But now, say analysts, the time is right -- mobile technology has advanced, consumers are more tech-savvy than they were in the '90s, money is abundant and the bull market just won't seem to quit -- for these ideas to finally become successful businesses.
"Back then, the idea was right, the vision of the future was right," said Robert Ackerman, managing director and founder of Allegis Capital. "Now the environment is right. We've seen these good ideas that just won't die; they were just waiting for the right time."
Instacart, a San Francisco grocery delivery startup that in June raised $44 million from investors including Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, looks a lot like the dot-com legend Webvan. Palo Alto-based DoorDash, the on-demand restaurant delivery service that in May raised $17 million; and San Francisco-based Postmates, which just raised $16 million, each bring to mind Kozmo, the online delivery service that folded in 2001. San Francisco's One Kings Lane, a home-goods version reminiscent of the failed e-commerce site Pets.com, recently raised a whopping $112 million, valuing the company at nearly $1 billion. And Pinterest, which resembles storied startup bust GeoCities and gave Internet users a personalized website, raised $200 million -- the fourth-largest deal last quarter.
"In the late 1990s, you had this very big phenomenon called the Internet, and now we have something called mobile that is also going to change everything," said Venky Ganesan, managing director at Menlo Ventures, adding that competition today looks a lot like it did in the '90s, too. "Everyone thought they were going to get Amazoned in the late 1990s, and now everyone is afraid they are going to get Ubered."
Venture investment is now approaching levels not seen since then, giving the next generation of Webvans and Kozmos the firepower to take off. In the second quarter this year, VCs invested $7.1 billion into tech companies -- a 145 percent increase over the same quarter in 2013 and a 51 percent increase over the first quarter of 2014, which, until now, had been the largest fundraising quarter since 2000, according to the MoneyTree Report, compiled by the National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers using data from Thomson Reuters. For the first half of 2014, the number of deals valued at $100 million or more -- these include Uber, Lyft and Pinterest -- has already exceeded similar deals for all of 2013, and this year is on pace to be one of the biggest in venture investments in at least a decade, according to PwC.
Experts point to a few reasons for the bonanza -- hedge funds are getting involved in tech company investments, adding sizeable sums to funding rounds, because they promise better returns than federally-backed bonds. Low interest rates also make it cheaper for VCs to invest bigger sums for longer periods of time. And as companies take in more cash, their valuations go up -- such as Uber's $18 billion price tag -- and they can demand more in the next round.
The "excess" of money, said Ackerman, has also galvanized the IPO market, which in the second quarter saw more deals than any tine since 2000 -- 83 U.S.-based companies went public. For the first half of the year, more than a third of the nation's IPOs and more than a quarter of the proceeds raised were in Silicon Valley -- including action sports camera-maker GoPro's $427.2 million IPO in June. Similarly, mergers and acquisitions have soared to their highest levels since 2007, according to PwC.
"It's not too hot, it's not too cold," said Brendan Connaughton, chief investment officer and partner with ClearPath Capital Partners. "This is a Goldilocks environment."
But with all the stratospheric valuations, eye-popping funding rounds, and 2.0-versions of Webvan and Pets.com, some are asking: Is it time for another bust?
No reason to panic just yet, experts say. Investors may have learned their lesson from the implosion of 2000 -- unlike the dot-com trend of throwing money at nascent startups in a garage, today VCs are investing mostly in expansion-stage companies that have a working business model, loyal consumers and show some glimmer of a profit in their future. In Silicon Valley, expansion-stage companies took in $3.7 billion last quarter and seed stage got $63.5 million -- less than a quarter of the seed stage funding in the second quarter of 2000.
"We don't have a Pets.com situation," Ganesan said.
But the good times won't last forever. Experts say the bull market and feverish investing is bound to slow down, perhaps in 2015 or 2016. Market expert Michael Greeley warns investors haven't thought out global crises such as the Ebola outbreak, Argentina's default and conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, which all have potential to rattle the market.
"I can't remember a time when there were so many hot spots and each of them becomes a major issue," he said. "My anxiety is those risks are pretty high. There will be winners and losers."
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Ok so I used the ps3 media server to stream some films to my ps3 via WIFI. Now this was all fine, program worked well ect however it was mega laggy and my wifi connection stinks. My peak bitrate would be 22mb/s and usually it was around 10-15mb/s sometimes even lower. This really ruined the experience for me and there was the occasional problem with slow loadings and re-winding and fast forwarding was an absolute NIGHTMARE. What I had then seen and wanted to do was use the WIFI connection that links my macbook to the internet, to use that connection to connect my ps3 to the internet VIA ETHERNET CABLE. Essentially internet sharing. What I have done to achieve this is I edited bootpd.plist and changed a value to 0. I enabled internet sharing on my mac, I then plugged in my ethernet cable to my ps3 and mac and on the ps3 side of things, I pressed easy internet settings which automaticly set the IP address and all those settings. I've got this far, the internet is working on my ps3 and mac and I'm connected to playstation network. I run ps3 media server to get the films and it doesnt show up at all?
1. Can someone please help me and get ps3 media server to show
2. Show another and/or easier way in which the above problem can be solved.
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Officials trying to beef up courthouse security
Two new deputies will be added to staff
Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 6:44 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 6:44 a.m.
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office is consulting with an Atlanta design firm to find a balance between renovations and security enhancements at the 1995 courthouse, where state offices have moved out and a congressman's staff has moved in.
The Sheriff's Office is working to fill two deputy positions to be added to the courthouse's security staff of eight. The Henderson County Board of Commissioners approved funding for the positions at its meeting last month.
County Manager Steve Wyatt said "all of the state offices" have moved out of the courthouse and into the renovated former Health Department building on Spartanburg Highway. The board plans to address ideas to renovate and reallocate some of the space their departure freed at its planning retreat next week.
Congressman Mark Meadows moved into seven empty offices and a conference room on the ground floor of the courthouse with some of his full-time staffers on Jan. 3. They have an agreement to occupy the space for at least two years.
Wyatt said commissioners agreed to pay for office renovations that include carpet, painting and moving a wall. Meadows will pay a flat monthly fee of $500 for utilities, but no rent.
Sheriff's Office Maj. Jerry Rice updated the Board of Commissioners Monday on the courthouse's evolving security measures.
"That particular facility is approximately 100,000 square feet. When Sheriff McDonald took office on March 8 of last year, only a fraction of that facility was being screened for security purposes," Rice said. "There's been some readjustments of some entrances; some entrances closed off. There's now a single focal (entry) point for screening of the public on the north side of the courthouse. That way, it allows 100-percent screening of anyone gaining access to the courthouse."
Another entry line is open to courthouse staff and officials who use the building on a daily basis. The courthouse's main entrance on the facility's west side is now used solely as an exit, and its entrance on the south side has been closed to thru-traffic.
Rice told the board that funneling the public through a tighter security checkpoint manned with guards and metal detectors has helped them catch "all kinds of weapons, drug paraphernalia (and) drugs" that might have otherwise found their way inside the courtroom.
Wyatt said that the times he was there, the checkpoint was efficient and the lines moved "very quick."
"The comments I've heard is that the people who work there 'feel better about the situation there,' and that's not everything, but that's something that we've done to improve that," he added.
"We feel like with those measures, we've taken at this particular point have been effective," Rice said, adding that they are working with a consultant to balance ongoing renovations with enhanced security.
The consulting firm, Rosser International, will identify security upgrades that can be done now without negatively impacting the more major renovations to come.
"I want to commend you guys for what you've done, coming in to take over security and making a major change; the way you had to do it, we were apt to have some problems, but you guys handled it very, very well," said Commissioner Mike Edney.
"In 1995, a study was done as to what it took to do security in that courthouse above and beyond the metal detector on the second floor from the courtrooms. At that point in time, it was determined there needed to be eight law enforcement people in that building, and maybe we're finally getting there," said Commissioner Tommy Thompson.
"I think we are," Rice said. "On March 8, we had six there, and we're slowly getting the proper amount of staff that we need to provide security there."
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WOW quick response. Thankyou for that download they look great :-D
I agree.
I actually made my own tilesets in Photoshop.....here are 2 other examples (Aqua mac above, and traditional windoze below).
Not only that, but I have modified the pre-existing ones (Dice, Aqua small [too look more aqua], got rid of metal and modified Roman and the Wii one I made earlier). They are zipped and hosted here (might need to click forward once) -> Tilesets.zip
Feel free to use them in your Mine Game .
Its good but I dont like the graphics. I know I can make my own but Im not very good at it.
Are there any other complete ones around that i can download?
Nice little cocoa app.
You can customise the tile sets (for instance, I made my own Wii-style ones here ), customise the "set flag" modifier key (default is shift, I've changed it to ctrl-click), customise the number of tiles and even the quantity of mines contained in the filed.
Best of all, it takes up very little space and is quick to launch, whilst using very little resources (the price is right too - freeware ).


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The Main Gallery in Redwood City will celebrate "Blooming," a show of works by Susan G. Fast and Elizabeth Gomez, at a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday. The exhibit is on view through March 16.
Fast is displaying colorful textural jewelry. She combines Victorian elements, such as fabric, gemstones or vintage glass, to create what she calls "new and bold from tarnished and old." The works express the onset of spring.
Gomez paints in what she calls a decorative style which is "honest and direct," and includes "over-embellishment and space-flattening pattern." Her "folksy" mixed media paintings bring together whimsical, happy images. "Springtime is hope," she says. "It is a new chance at life."
The gallery is at 1018 Main St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Call 650-701-1018 or visit www.themaingallery.org.
Scenes and schemes
"Scenes, Schemes, and Genes (Skeins)," an exhibit of paintings by Pierre Merkl III, opens with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb 21 at the Sanchez Art Center. The reception also celebrates "Portraits," a group exhibit by the Art Guild of Pacifica," and "Galen Wolf: A Brush with History."
Merkl's works, curated by DeWitt Cheng, are presented in the center's Main Gallery. Some of the paintings, dubbed "Confrontational Portraits," are rich with candor and openness. For his "day job," Merkl is a licensed private investigator. He draws upon his skill at observation for his artwork.
He describes his works as "humanesque" and calls himself an "abstract humanist." His paintings are rich with conflicts and uncomfortable situations, but there also is tenderness and caring. Merkl and Cheng will give a talk at 4 p.m. March 30 at the gallery.
The Art Guild's show of "Portraits" provides a counterpoint to Merkl's paintings.
The "Galen Wolf" presentation features selections from three mid-career series of paintings by the late writer/storyteller/painter, who passed away in 1976. Included are a series of California missions which Wolf painted in the mid-1930s. The second series centers on San Mateo County scenes he painted when employed by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. The third series features works in his "mosaic" style.
Also included are illustrations for Wolf's book "Legends of the Coastland," edited by Shannon Nottestad and published in 2012. Nottestad has curated this "Galen Wolf" A Brush with History" exhibition. At 7 p.m. Feb. 28, she will present a talk and book signing as part of Pacifica's literary LitWave festival at the art center.
All three shows will be on view through March 30. The Sanchez Art Center is at 1220 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. Call 650-355-1894 or visit www.sanchezartcenter.org.
Deep Reading
The intersection of humanity and technology and traditional practices in the digital age are considered in the show "Deep Reading," on view at the Euphrat Museum of Art through March 20. A reception with the artists and author Robin Sloan will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The exhibit explores books in a variety of ways, including banned books, the book as an experience, small edition artists' books and recycled book sculptures. Among the artists are Milton Bowens, Julie Chen and Flying Fish Press, Wayne Jiang, Magnolia Editions with Enrique Chagoya, Hung Liu with Michael McClure and more.
"Deep Reading" is offered in conjunction with Silicon Valley Reads 2014, which features two books which look at the relationship between books and technology: "Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Book Store" by Robin Sloan and "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains" by Nicholas Carr.
There will be a "Deep Reading" Artists' Books Workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 1 at the Euphrat Museum of Art. Also, visiting artist Milton Bowens will be featured from 10:30 to noon March 20 in Conference Room B.
The Euphrat Museum of Art is at De Anza College in Cupertino. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; it also will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 1. Visit www.deanza.edu/euphrat.
Members of the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society present "People and Places" at the Los Altos Main Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, through Feb. 28. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays. Call 650-948-8040 or visit www.scvws.org.
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The St. John-Hudson Lady Tigers will be participating in Great Bend High School's Volleyball Invitational starting in pool play tomorrow morning at 9 am., with Great Bend vs. Hays in the Pool A west court and our hometown Tigers playing Hutchinson in the Pool B east court.
Around 10 am. Salina Central v. Wichita West play in Pool A while Phillipsburg goes up against Wichita's Word of Life in Pool B.
The rest of the morning schedule(approximate times):
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11 am. - Great Bend v. Wichita West; St. John v. Word of life
12 pm. - Salina Central v. Hays Phillipsburg v. Hutchinson
1 pm. - Great Bend v. Salina Central Hutchinson v. Word of Life
2 pm. - Hays v. Wichita West Phillipsburg v. St. John
The semi's follow, and then later on the championship match played on the west court and the consolation match played on the east court.


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Metal Gods TV has uploaded video footage of Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND performing the song "Days Of No Trust" on May 16, 2009 at Rock City in Nottingham, England. Watch it below.FIREWIND will support the SCORPIONS on July 11 in Chania, Greece at the Perivolia Stadium. This will mark the band's first show on the Crete island and FIREWIND's only show in Greece for the remainder of 2009. FIREWIND's first-ever live effort, "Live Premonition", was released all across Europe in December and is available as DVD, 2CD and deluxe DVD+2CD set offering a stunning 22-song set filmed and recorded last year in the band's hometown of Thessaloniki. The 2CD version of "Live Premonition" consists of the audio portion of the main show on two separate CDs, available for the price of one CD. The DVD also features many extras such as behind-the-scenes footage, special acoustic live performances, promo clips and much more.
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Education departments in California and Nevada stand to lose millions of dollars in federal funding if sequestration occurs Friday, but how those cuts will affect South Shore schools remains unclear.
Congress delayed sequestration - the result of the 2011 Budget Control Act that mandated automatic budget cuts if the federal government couldn't pass a deficit-reduction plan by 2013 - to March 1. If legislators can't compromise by Friday, the country faces $1.2 trillion in cuts over the next eight years.
According to a report from the White House, funding for primary and secondary education in Nevada would drop by about $9 million this year. The California Department of Education estimates that sequestration cuts might mean an eventual $262-million reduction to the state's federal education program.
Lake Tahoe Unified School District's Chief Financial Officer Debra Yates said district schools could lose $9,700 of federal Impact Aid funding this year, dollars that support bilingual programs on the South Shore.
Most of the effects wouldn't take place until the 2013-14 fiscal year when Title 1 funding for disadvantaged students would drop by 7.8 percent. The district could lose about $56,000 from a $728,000 pot distributed to the school sites for instructional aid, remediation and counseling, Yates said.
The federal government has also threatened to cut special education funding in California by $72 million, but how that would trickle down to local school districts is uncertain.
"I think there will be a lot of pushback, because special education is an area that's been underfunded for many years. To go to that well would be very difficult," Yates said.
Even if the sweeping federal cuts aren't averted, Yates doesn't anticipate any staff reductions. Supplies, conferences, and trainings would disappear before the district resorted to layoffs, she said.
"My philosophy is that you never wrap up all your money in salaries. If we have to take a $50,000 reduction, we would be able to absorb that in other ways than personnel reductions ... We have some safety nets in place," Yates said.
Douglas County School District would also escape most of the sequestration impacts this year, DCSD Chief Financial Officer Holly Luna said. Any adjustments would have to be made when district administrators start planning for the 2013-14 fiscal year in the spring, but so far Luna said she doesn't have enough information to establish alternative plans. The percentage of federal money that would be withheld is unclear.
"We're in a state of flux. For me, it's not that we don't want to look forward, it's that we need more information before I can make those decisions," Luna said. "I just wish the federal government would do its job so we can do ours. It's frustrating. I hope they resolve it and don't just kick the can down the road."
Jamba Juice proceeds benefit ZCES
Purchase Jamba Juice on the first or third Tuesday of every month and 20 percent of the proceeds will go to Zephyr Cove Elementary School.
You must present the Jamba Juice flier, which can be found at http://tinyurl.com/b846rx3, to take advantage of the fundraiser.
The participating Jamba Juice is located at 4000 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
Panel addresses impact of LGBTQ identity on career choice
Ardel Thomas, faculty member and chair of the LGBTQQI - or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex - Department at the City College of San Francisco, will feature in a discussion at Lake Tahoe Community College regarding the impact of LGBTQ identity on career choice, career development and career sucess. Thomas will be joined by a panel of local LGBTQ professionals.
The free public event will take place in the LTCC Aspen Room Friday at 7 p.m.
Students read across the country Friday
The California Teachers Association invites students to participate in Read Across America this Friday.
The theme is "Reading Takes You Places" and the CTA chose "Our California" written by Pam Munoz Ryan to celebrate the association's 150th anniversary. CTA and local teachers' associations are planning reading events in schools and communities across the state.
LTCC presents "Around the World in 80 Days"
The Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Department actors will perform Mark Brown's "Around the World in 80 Days" in the Duke Theatre on March 15-16 and 21-23 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. on March 17 and 24.
College to replace phone system
Lake Tahoe Community College plans to replace its aging phone system with a the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) system beginning mid-April.
If you are unable to call the college, email is the best solution, according to a LTCC press release. The quick links tab at the top of the LTCC website includes contact information for college departments.
Random difficulty may occur when calling LTCC as the college phases out the current system.
More California students taking Advanced Placement exams
The College Board's 9th annual AP Report to the Nation showed that 37.4 percent of public high school graduates from the 2012 class took an AP exam during high school. That number is up from 29.3 percent in 2007.
Nearly a quarter of California's graduates posted a passing grade of 3 points or higher, ranking the state 8th in the nation in the percentage of students who pass the test.
Almost 37 percent of Latino graduates took the exam, compared to 30.1 percent in 2007.
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Penguins Report: Game Day at Columbus (Game 4)
Wednesday, 04.23.2014 / 10:06 AM ET / Penguins Report
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Sidney Crosby
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(By the way, in the Kunitz video watch the not-so-smooth emergence of Trib Total Media columnist Dejan Kovacevic at the 34-ish second mark. Phenomenal stuff.)
--Sam Kasan
--Michelle Crechiolo & Sam Kasan
The Pens and Boston Bruins were the victims of Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon last night. He commented on several head shots of both teams' players in a segment he does called "Superlatives," where he gives out yearbook mock election-type awards like "Most Likely to Succeed" and "Class Clown." Check out the video below...
Of course, the players had some fun with it in the locker room today. And both Bennett and Niskanen commented on the show.
"It's a cool thing to be on that and I don't mind that I got made fun of," said Bennett, who was made aware of the video through people tweeting it at him. "It was cool to wake up to. I did enjoy that. (Niskanen) is not on Twitter, but I asked him if he saw it this morning and we had a good laugh about it."
"I like (Fallon). He's funny," Niskanen added. "That's all in good fun. Nobody ever said I was the best-looking, so that's fine."
Niskanen was voted "Worst At Darts," due likely to his eye configuration in the picture.
"I don't know what I could have done different (for the picture)," Niskanen said. "I don't know if it was an angle or a shadow or what, but I do look cross-eyed."
Bennett was also a target of Fallon's. He was named "Most Likely To Get A Penalty For Frosting Tips," which he adamantly denied ever doing. Though Bennett did say "maybe I'll put some lemon juice in my hair this summer and see if I can get it a little lighter."
"Beau was defending his California sunshine on his hair," smiled Dan Bylsma, who said the staff had a chuckle about it in the coaches' room.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said his teammates were good sports about it.
"We had a good laugh over it," Crosby grinned. "I think that's the great thing about this group, guys are able to laugh at themselves and have fun with that stuff. We had a good laugh this morning."
For what it's worth, I don't know how poor Niskanen's dart game is, but I can say that he is phenomenal at cornhole. He has this odd spin technique that just works, lands on the board almost every time. He was my partner for a few games in West Point and we won every game (with me contributing basically nothing to the team). So regardless of his dart skills, his cornhole game is strong. And really, that's more important in life.
--Sam Kasan
Ich bin Goc
Goc (foot) skated with his teammates
Captain skates as the (other) captain looks on
Kunitz and Malkin
All smiles from Crosby and Letang
Neal keeps his eye on the puck
Scuderi uses super glue to get the puck to stick onto his tape
--Sam Kasan & Michelle Crechiolo
The Penguins are on the ice at Nationwide Arena for their morning skate. Forwards Marcel Goc (foot) and Chris Conner are on the ice, but Brian Gibbons is not. Gibbons (undisclosed injury) skated the past two days with the team.
The Pens used the following workflow...
(Pyatt, Goc, Conner)
PP1: Niskanen, Martin up top. Malkin, Crosby, Kunitz down low.
PP2: Maatta, Letang, Jokinen, Stempniak, Neal down low.
--Sam Kasan
Looks like #CBJ will use same lineup tonight. No Tyutin again this a.m.
— Shawn Mitchell (@smitchcd) April 23, 2014
#CBJ coach Richards confirms that Columbus will use the same lineup tonight in Game 4 as last game -SK
— Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) April 23, 2014
--Sam Kasan & Michelle Crechiolo
--Sam Kasan
Good morning hockey fans! Tonight the Pens and Blue Jackets battle it out in a pivotal Game 4 of their opening round playoff series. Pittsburgh has a 2-1 series lead and can really take a stranglehold on the series with a win. The Jackets are hoping to split and return to Pittsburgh with the series all even. Here are some game notes to get you started...
- Tonight the Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets play Game 4 (TV: ROOT SPORTS; Radio: 105.9 the X) at Nationwide Arena.
- The Penguins are 25-26 all-time in Game 4, including 17-14 on the road.
- Pittsburgh is 5-1 during the Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin era when it holds a 3-1 series lead following Game 4.
- Pittsburgh is 8-2-1 all-time at Nationwide Arena, including the regular season.
- The Penguins have now won six straight games at Nationwide Arena and they have a seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1), including the regular season.
Today I'm going to start the day with a song that came on my shuffle this morning and is now stuck in my head. Here is an awesome acoustic version of the Broken Bells "October." Brilliant song.
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SANTA CLARA -- One of Silicon Valley's biggest ever development proposals -- a new metropolis that would shoot up across from the 49ers stadium -- is getting even bigger and now has a behemoth of a price tag to go with it.
The City Place Santa Clara project has grown from 5.2 million square feet when it was unveiled last year to about 8 million square feet, more than five times the size of Santana Row. And the privately-financed project will cost an estimated $6.5 billion -- roughly the cost of the new Bay Bridge eastern span -- up from $1.5 billion previously.
The details were released as the City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a deal with mega-developer Related to start the final phase of planning for the 215-acre mixed-use project that would give Santa Clara its downtown back after it was torn down in the 1950s and '60s.
Related, founded by Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross, proposed the project in April 2013, as excitement swirled over the 49ers' $1.3 billion Levi's Stadium on the other side of Tasman Drive. The Related development, slated to be built on what is now a city-owned golf course and BMX track across from the stadium, would be the largest part of a new entertainment complex that would also include Joe Montana's separately-planned hotel and sports bar.
"Santa Clara is already on the map, but this is certainly going to put us way over the top," said City Manager Julio Fuentes.
The size of the development has increased about 50 percent strictly because of added density, largely for office space. That accounts for a portion of the price increase, while another $2 billion has been tacked on for inflation as the project gets built over the next 10 to 20 years.
The full City Place proposal is so big it would require seven phases of construction. In addition to offices, the development includes 30 restaurants, a 350-room hotel -- up from 200 rooms planned last year -- and 380 apartment units. There will be another 1 million square feet of shops, including two or three department stores, along with plans for a movie theater, a comedy or jazz club, a bowling alley and an arts performance center. A "European-style" arts district, parks and plazas are included, too.
The project is not without its critics. Golfers and BMX riders who use the golf course and track that would be wiped out from the development fear they won't get a replacement somewhere else in the city. Neighbors are concerned about traffic, parking and other quality-of-life issues stemming from such a big project. And organized labor groups worry the plans won't include union jobs.
"I think it'll be crippling -- I think it's going to be another half-baked project where all they're thinking about is the short-term," said Deborah Bress, a leader of the stadium opposition group called Santa Clara Plays Fair.
But the city is giddy because it expects to net about $23 million to $28 million in tax and rent revenues annually from the project over a 99-year lease -- nearly what it costs to pay for the city's police department each year. The city also gets $850 million in infrastructure spending from the developer to prepare the golf course, which sits over a landfill, for building.
The finished product would support an estimated 23,000 permanent employees, or about 9,000 more than what Apple's new Cupertino campus is expected to house. The workers' combined payroll would be about $1.6 billion annually.
"I am completely blown away by this project," said Mayor Jamie Matthews. "Anyone who says this is not a good thing needs to just walk out and get some fresh air."
The developer sees the location, between Highways 101 and 237 and Interstate 880, as a "hole in the retail doughnut" for the office park-lined area and wants to get started right away to take advantage of the boom in the Silicon Valley economy.
"Everything's teed up and ready to go," said developer Steve Eimer, a Related executive.
The city, meanwhile, is anxious to re-create a destination center after losing its downtown generations ago.
Erich Smith, general manager of the Hilton across from the stadium, notes that while his hotel is sold out on many 49ers game days this season, he has no idea where to tell out-of-town visitors to go for the rest of their stay.
"We believe it is a monumental change," Smith said of the project.
The contract approved Tuesday extends and revises an original negotiating deal the council approved with Related in February. After ironing out the final plans, the council is set to approve construction a year from now, with building expected to start in early 2016 -- around the time Super Bowl 50 comes to Levi's Stadium. The first phase would open in 2019, which Santa Clara officials say would help them win future Super Bowls for next decade.
Next month, the council also expects to vote on moving forward with the Montana project, and the stadium opens Aug. 2.
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at Twitter.com/rosenbergmerc.


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PARKERSBURG - The volunteer recruitment event held by the Mid-Ohio Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross on Saturday was a success, with 18 potential volunteers in attendance.
"I'm very, very happy with the turnout," said Shannon Taylor, volunteer coordinator with the chapter. "I am surprised and pleased with the outcome."
The 90-minute program at the Eight Street Red Cross offices gave potential volunteers the understanding of what is expected of volunteers and also allowed them to complete their application, background check and interview.
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Shannon Taylor, volunteer coordinator with the Mid-Ohio Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross, speaks before 18 volunteer hopefuls on Saturday morning in the chapter headquarters.
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Photos and information about the American Red Cross were laid out on a table at the Mid-Ohio Valley Chapter's Eighth Street offices on Saturday for the volunteer recruitment event.
Those in attendance also received the most up-to-date information on organizational changes within the Red Cross and opportunities available to the volunteers. They also learned how the chapter volunteers work in many different areas of the Red Cross, including disasters, military, health and others.
Parkersburg resident Debbie Farris attended the program after she started helping with the chapter during the storm in June.
"I came to the Red Cross for water and saw they needed help, so I helped," she said. "It was the best experience I've ever had and wanted to do more.
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Pam Singer, of Marietta, said she attended the program for the same reason.
"Even though I work full-time, there is more I can do and I want to give back as much as I can," she said. "You get back as much as you give when you volunteer and you help yourself as much as you help others."
Taylor said part of the reason for the volunteer program was because when a large disaster hits - locally or nationally - the chapter is flooded with phone calls from people who want to help but cannot because the Red Cross has a process to be able to send volunteers out.
"It is really nice to have a wider volunteer base to work with," she added.
More than 90 percent of all Red Cross functions are performed by volunteers, such as casework, training, building maintenance and administration.
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By chhandomay on Apr 17, 2009
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By Alan Bright, Judy Buhrman, Jenni Ellingson, Jon Harrop, Marra Longo, Anu Narayan
Switzerland-based Nestlé, SA, touts itself "the world's leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company." Their mission, described as "Good Food, Good Life," is to "provide consumers with the best tasting, most nutritious choices in a wide range of food and beverage categories and eating occasions."[1] However, their size and global ubiquity is also marked with a checkered past of questionable marketing and sourcing practices in the developing world, which has long made them a target of boycotts by human rights watch-groups. In the 1970's Nestle gained notoriety for its role in the well-known Nestlé baby formula scandal, in which predatory promotion methods that targeted poor mothers were linked to deaths and malnourishment among infants in lesser-developed countries (LDC's). More recently, Nestlé has come under fire from groups like the International Labor Rights Fund, Global Exchange, and Green America, for its failure to ensure that its commodities, such as cacao, are purchased from suppliers that do not exploit child labor.[2] In spite of a 2005 pledge to eliminate child labor from their supply chain by 2005, Nestlé's Chairman and former CEO Peter Brabek-Letmathe recently called such a goal "nearly impossible."[3] Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in Nestlé's portfolio and global strategy Nestlé's vulnerability to public relations attacks – and apparent inability to account for all of their global business practices – is due in part one of their biggest strengths as a global corporation: the flexibility and independence they have accorded to their subsidiary operations in emerging markets.


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Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogy research and as a way to connect with others in the family history community. As the creator of GeneaBloggers.com, he has organized and engaged a community of more than 2,000 bloggers, and he writes and lectures on the many ways in which blogs, Facebook and Twitter can be leveraged to add new dimensions to the genealogy experience.
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Viberect Penile Vibratory Stimulation to Enhance Recovery of Erectile Function and Urinary Continence Post-Prostatectomy
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Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy
Urinary Incontinence of Non-organic Origin
Device: Viberect device
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Study of Non-Invasive Viberect® Penile Vibratory Stimulation Regimen to Enhance Recovery of Erectile Function/Rigidity and Urinary Control/Continence After Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy (RP) for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer.
- Recovery of erectile function following radical prostatectomy. [ Time Frame: 12 months post-radical prostatectomy ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Patients will visit with investigators. Physical examination will be performed, including genital exam for any signs of penile irritation. Study subjects will complete the IIEF, EPIC urinary and sexual domain, AUA, EHS, EDITS and TSS questionnaires. Penile length will be measured from pubis to corona of the glans penis (dorsally) and recorded in centimeter using a standard wooden ruler.
- Recovery of continence after radical prostatectomy [ Time Frame: 12 months post-prostatectomy ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Patients will visit with investigators. Physical examination will be performed, including genital exam for any signs of penile irritation. Study subjects will complete the IIEF, EPIC urinary and sexual domain, AUA, EHS, EDITS and TSS questionnaires. Penile length will be measured from pubis to corona of the glans penis (dorsally) and recorded in centimeter using a standard wooden ruler.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Viberect device
Men in this group will begin using the Viberect device 3 days after Foley catheter removal after surgery on daily (or at least 4 times a week) basis for 7-10 minutes in a relaxed setting.
Device: Viberect device
Men who begin using the Viberect device 3 days after Foley catheter removal on daily (or at least 4 times a week) basis for 7-10 minutes in a relaxed setting with sexual thoughts or foreplay for one year. Viberect method can be performed by the person's sexual partner.
No Intervention: No Viberect
Men in this group will not be provided with the Viberect device.
Detailed Description:
Prostate cancer screening programs have led to thousands of sexually healthy men being diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. Recent literature suggests that up to 80% of these cancers are confined to the prostate gland. Currently, radical prostatectomy (RP) remains the best option for management of clinically localized prostate cancer in men with life expectancy greater than 10 years. Despite providing optimal cancer control, surgery can lead to quality of life (QOL) problems such as urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction (ED). Refinement of surgical technique have improved sexual and continence outcomes; however erectile function lags behind other QOL measures by 1-2 years, and quality of returning erections is often inferior. This can have profound biological, marital, and psychological consequences in potent men undergoing RP.
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to develop and maintain an erection for satisfactory sexual intercourse or activity. ED after nerve-sparing RP is related to a certain degree with functional impairment of cavernous nerves (CN) that travel along the prostate to the penis. This neuropraxia can last as long as 2 years. Pro-erectile nerve stimulus is vital for replenishment of corporal oxygen supply and other metabolic needs. Several histological analyses have demonstrated decreased smooth muscle number, cell-cell contact, venous leakage, collagen deposition, and additional harmful effects to corporal tissue after injury to CN.
Awaiting post-surgical neuropraxia recovery, urologists have proposed a proactive approach to use of oral, intraurethral or injectable pharmacotherapy, neuromodulation, or vacuum-assisted regimens in erectile rehabilitation programs. Several studies demonstrate variable functional improvement in erectile function. Unfortunately, prohibitive costs of medications, poor response, and pain from injectables or intraurethral application often lead to high dropout rates.
In addition to erectile dysfunction, a significant proportion of men after surgery develop and suffer from urinary incontinence (Stress, Urge, Mixed) requiring wearing pads with bothersome complaints persisting for months, even years after radical prostatectomy.
The primary objective is to assess the role of penile vibratory stimulation by the Viberect device in enhancing the recovery of erectile function/rigidity and urinary continence after radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer. The difference in penile length will be compared in each arm.
The secondary objective is to obtain a formal risk analysis (RA). Other objectives are to assess the ease of use and acceptability of vibratory stimulation at home.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with biopsy proven low/moderate risk prostate cancer (Gleason 3+3=6, 3+4=7, 3+2=5, 2+3=5, cT1c, cT2a, cT2b, PSA less than 10)
- between ages 40-70
- preoperative IIEF (erectile function section) score equal or greater than 20
- AUA symptom score less than 10 and no urinary incontinence
Exclusion Criteria:
- Men with neurological disease
- IIEF score less than 20
- high risk prostate cancer (Gleason 4+3=7, 4+4=8, any Gleason 5, cT2c, cT3, PSA > 10)
- spinal cord injury
- history of transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) or other prostate ablative procedures
- history of priapism, pelvic neuropathy, penile skin lesions/ulcers
- inability to understand and demonstrate device use instructions.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01718704
|Contact: Kambiz Tajkarimi, MD
|Contact: Jordan Dimitrakoff, MD, PhD
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins Hospital
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|October 24, 2012
|Last Updated:
|September 20, 2013
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Keywords provided by Johns Hopkins University:
erectile dysfunction
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Urination Disorders
Urinary Incontinence
Erectile Dysfunction
Urologic Diseases
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Urological Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Behavioral Symptoms
Elimination Disorders
Mental Disorders
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
Genital Diseases, Male
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Thought I'd start a thread for any EX403 users out there cos it seems that there are differences between the models that make a difference to whether things display correctly.
My particular problem is that everything works fine but I can't get anything that needs transcoding to display at the correct aspect ratio. The non HD files are ok as you can choose "Zoom" on the Bravia and it'll make it right but with the HD content you can't therefore it's "squished". All files that don't need transcoding display fine.
I've tried the different suggestions in the other threads but to no avail. If any other EX403 owner get this sorted I'd love to know!
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On this morning after the Virginia gubernatorial election, some folks are arguing that the race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli (above, left and right respectively) was closer than most polls had indicated simply because of the controversy regarding Obamacare.
�This race came down to the wire because of Obamacare,� Cuccinelli said in his concession speech. �That message will go out across America tonight.�
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You know how in many video games with character creation your attempts to make an older, wizened sort of character always result in the buffest old man you've ever seen due to their only being one body model for all male characters? In today's Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter jacobgermain points out how ridiculous that is.
I wish developers actually put some effort into making more than one model for each gender. It's stupid that in 2012 if I play a wizened mage character in something like Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, I still end up with the same mesomorph body shape, sporting a six pack I clearly earned in between reading books or something. It's even worse when all of the NPCs have the same exact body shape, only differing from race to race or by clothing.
This is the sort of thing that makes me want to scream at people who argue that in order for Skyrim to be "realistic" you need to be able to kill kids. In order for any game to be realistic, we ought to stop populating them with idealized androids.
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Meditation in motion. Yoga instructors will tell you this is true happiness.
"It sort of clears away the stress."
Now, work in the lab shows that work on the mat may be working wonders for your brain.
"We have really cutting edge neuro imaging that allows us to measure GABA in the brain so now we can actually measure a chemical that goes up when people do a Yoga practice," said Chris Streeter, M.D., Boston University School of Medicine.
That GABA she mentioned is a chemical in your brain - released when you're happy. These brain scans were snapped before and after yoga sessions. Doctor Streeter's work shows yoga stimulates the brain - boosting mood while decreasing anxiety.
A new study found those who did yoga three times weekly saw a consistent increase in GABA levels. Those who simply walked for exercise saw no change at all. Another study found an hour of yoga boosted GABA levels 27% over relaxing with a book for an hour.
"That information gets sent up to the brain, the brain uses that information so that the GABA levels go up," said Chris Streeter, M.D.
So, turns out yoga's mind-body connection really is a connection.
"Yoga definitely cleanses your body," said Meghan Rozanski, Yoga Instructor.
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