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I tore my ACL in a farm accident (OK, got run over by a cow). and had an autograft (patellar) and medial menisectomy 10/06/2005. Also had some MCL tears but no repair there.
My surgeon was a little cautious, and frankly I didn't feel like running for months, though I did well in PT, got full range of motion quickly, and enjoyed low-impact stuff like exercycle.
I also had some staples to fix graft that had to later come out.
Anyway, today I'm running 4 miles 3 or 4 times a week and hiking on other days, and just started adding big hills. It feels pretty good, but hard to say how much of soreness/stiffness is due to knee vs just out of shape.
The main thing is there is definitely "noise" and a feeling of "stuff" in there that is new. To someone else's point who posted - it's not a "normal" knee anymore. PS, I just turned 51 in Jan.
But my OS says this is OK, may diminish over time, and even with no meniscus he doesn't recommend any reduction or change in activities. He says getting arthritis involves a host of other variables they don't fully understand.
kkress - it's great that you started up this chain again. Welcome to the ACL club ! Patellar graft is supposed to be the longest to recover from - but also the strongest - it's what the NFL guys get. Anyway, as a 'city kid' I actually think it is totaly cool that you got run over by a cow. Too bad the cow trashed your knee. (Me? I was skiing in terrain I had no business to be in.) When the injury first happened, the first orho doc (I went through 3 before I found one I liked) told me it would be 9 months at the earliest tha I felt "normal" again. I secretly didn't believe him - it seemed like such a long time. I just passed the 9 month mark - and he was right. Now I am almost up to 6 miles on TM and can work up to a respectable 8mm. Also, all that weird "noise" you describe (I had a lot of it ) has really really diminished. Walking doesn't hurt at all anymore. I have hope. My challenge now is to not come back too fast. I am hopig to run a fall '06 marathon.
Hey roejewski how you doing ?
I see you've received a lot of responses. I hope this has helped. I figured I'd join in. I had ACL surgery back in 99, with scar tissue removal in 2001. I never ran a marathon until AFTER my surgery. Do not be afraid to log the miles. What you do need to be most careful of is keeping that leg strong, and flexible. Those are the most important. Also, pay attention to the areas you now lack because of the surgery. We all know nothing is quite like it used to be. For example, my hip flexor on the affected side tends to be really tight, so I have to make certain to keep it extra stretched. Good luck. You'll be back.
Greetings runners--
I'm new to this forum, but am writing about my pending ACL reconstruction. I was hit by a car 4 weeks ago, lucky I guess that the ACL tear (and MCL sprain) is the worst of it, however I finally BQed and was raring to go. For a while I was optimistic that I could still run Boston, but my knee is very unstable and a few times when it has "given out" while running, it has really hurt. So I don't think 26 miles is a good idea.
Which makes me want to get the surgery soon so that I can be ready for next year. I just don't know whether to go with a patella or hamstring graft. Thoughts? Also, how quickly after the surgery are you at least mobile and able to go to work. I live in NYC, and have to be able to get on the subway.
Thanks for any insights!
I am really sorry you got hit. You asked for advice so here goes - I would definitely get the surgery even though it is a real bear to climb back from. If you don't get it - you run a 75% increased chance of ripping your precious cartilege later on because your knee will always be unstable. And you will have a hard time skiing or hiking. You can run w/o an ACL - but good luck running w/ no cartilege. I had my surgery in early May '05. For 2 weeks you lay in bed in a weird leg machine and take pain killers and watch movies. Then you go back to PT and work on your shrunken up leg.(OUCH!) I was on cruthes or cane for a while but could navigate subway (most people are nice.) At 6 weeks you feel like you are making progress - then again at 10 weeks. It's 3 steps forward, one step back. I was back on the treadmill (little increments) by 10 weeks. I reinjured my MCL at 5 mos. for coming back too fast. To be honest - I think the big milestone is 9 months post op. - I just passed it and I can walk w/o pain; can run to catch a bus and am up to 6 miles at a time outside at a decent clip. But I am 50 yrs. old - so you will come back quicker if younger. And I had cartilege repair too, which was in and of itself a major deal. I did a ton of research on the grafts and I went with hamstring. Cruise around the net - there is a ton of info. on it. Cadaver creeped me out and patellar is a longer come-back adn a bigger scar. BQ - congrats - but I would be reluctant to run on a sprained MCL and ripped ACL. Write back if you need more info or advice. Good luck.
Hi Marycrow!
I just had ACL surgery December 21. I had a cadaver ligiment put in instead of the Hamstring or Patella tendon. The surgery went well, I was off the pain medication in 2 days. I was back to work 5 days after my surgery and getting around as good as you can on crutches. 7 days after the surgery my doctor said I could start weaning off the cructches. By that night I was motoring around without cructches! I started PT Jan 4, 3 times a week. Within 2 weeks they put me on the bike. Once I got the clearence to ride the bike I was off to the gym. Just so that you know I have had a remarkable recovery! Within 5 weeks of my surgery my doctor had me on the treadmill and running again! It wasn't alot, actually just a tease but it felt so good to run again. I am now 12 weeks post surgery and up to running 5 miles again. So, I would look into the cadaver option. I have not regretted it one bit and found that I have recovered much faster, than the old traditional way. I still go to PT 2 days a week until the end of the month. Look at all of your options. After my surgery I focused on getting to PT. I have taken PT very seriously and did the exercises they asked me to do at home. This was my only form of exercise after my surgery and I looked forward to my PT days! Also, prior to my surgery I was in the best shape I have ever been in and I really think that helped for a fast recovery. If you need support or have any other questions I would be glad to help you out! Good luck with your surgery.
You are all amazing. I tore my Cartlidge October 04 only to discover after the MRI that I had a ruptured ACL from an old netball injury. Knee was always a little bit unstable but no problems til the torn Cartlidge. Had surgery on the cartlidge but the chicken in my opted not to have the reconstruction. Due to a young family, A shift work husband and no family support. I have been running since July 05 no problems with the knee at all. I am not good at lateral movement srequired for basketball etc. But no having this operation has not affected anything else I do. I am training for my first HM as when I was laid up with the bad leg all I wanted to was run and have set my self this challenge for July 06 Gold Coast Marathon Australia. I admire all of you that have had the rescontruction and returned to running.
Thank you all for the helpful responses. There isn't much out there for runners with ACL tears. As my OS said, it's not a runner's injury.
It sounds like you were all relatively pleased with your choices. Janelle, I so wish I could just skip the operation
I could live the rest of my life without skiingbut for whatever reason (probably meniscus damage, which has now been diagnosed as well), my knee is unstable--and unpredictable. I ran the Brooklyn 1/2 marathon 2 weeks ago (20 minutes slower than last year) and had no problem (except my other leg hurts, I'm sure from over-compensating for the ginger treatment I give the ACL-less one). And then, I'll be strolling along and walk off a curb and practically fall into the street. And when it gives out it hurts like hell, and of course it does more damage.
I'm still deciding between hamstring and allograft. I want to recover as fast as possible (while I'm 46 and age works against me, I'm in better shape than I was at 26 so I'm hoping that works for me), though I think the PT is pretty prescriptive. I thought the reason you couldn't run for 3 months was because the graft needed to, well, graft, more than the pain getting in the way? It's encouraging to hear about running in 2 months. How long are you in the brace?
marycrow - the only thing you can count on with time is that it will pass. When I was injured and on crutches it seemed like I would always be that way. Fast forward - less than a year later - I just came back from a 7mile run along the waterfront and then I swam a half mile. I feel SO great. I have so much appreciation that I can run again. Everything I went through with my leg (ACL reconstruction and simultaneous microfracture surgery for meniscus repair) is as if it is from another life - and I am a better athlete now for all the PT and all the non-running exercises I do to keep my leg strong. It sounds like your leg is really shaky - but it is a big choice to get the surgery (I felt like I had no choice my knee was so trashed, event though the first ortho I went to recommmened that I should live with the the injury because I was over 40. (!!!!) ) If you get the surgery - reach out to us and we will help you through it - and it will pass. Guaranteed.
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Hi SkyPenny!!!!
Sounds like you're feeling great!!! Awesome!!! I'm feeling great also, and today was my last day of PT (Kinda sad, I'm going to miss them). I'm running well and you said it right. I too am running stronger than before and it's only been 3 months. I ran 6 strong miles this morning. I'm so glad I had the surgery now. I still have some soreness but, it's very tolerable. Do you have any races planned?
MaryCrow, if you need support or help answering questions we are always here! I would seriously consider the surgery. I can't believe how stable and strong my knee feels now. My PT's were wonderful people too. They taught me some very helpful things while I was there, that I know I will continue to use.
Hey skypenny, one thing that I have started doing was incorporate cycling into my workout routine. It's helping with my endurance without all the jarring movements from running. I can feel an improvement in my leg strength. One leg is still stronger than the other, but hopefully they'll start to equaly out soon.
marycrow - Hi goodluck with the surgery I am 39 and like yourself now in better shape than I was at 26 too. Good luck with your decision most people seem to have the op and I must say my surgeon and most of my friends thought I was mad not to go ahead with it but my PT was very supportive and said the choice was mine and if I was prepared to not have the lateral movements I once did then no prob I live in Australia and skiing is not high on my agenda so the decision I made suited me. From all the wonderful positive responses to this thread it seems that people make great recoveries and are back into running better than ever. Maybe the time being unable to run increases your love and perspective of the freedom running brings. Good Luck with your decision and please keep me posted.
Thank you so much for these inspirational messages! Check in after 4/26 when my surgery is scheduled. Fortunately, I have a laptop and wireless, so I'll be online a lot! Happy spring running folks....
Hi Rojewski.
I ran 19 miles this week : ) That is the most miles in over a year. My knee feels OK - a littel twingey, but I think it will always feel like that. The big test will be when I start the double digit long runs again. I should know after my first 14 miler if I have another marathon in my future. I am thinking of maybe signing up for the Cape Cod marathon in October. I ran it a few years ago (my PR) and it is a nice course. That is my "maybe" long term goal. I don't run too many organized 10ks because I don't like getting in my car to go somehwere to run. And my friend who I used to occasionally race with moved to Florida. So mostly I run alone. It suits me. Congrats on graduating from PT. I enjoyed my PT (all 11 months of it ) but was happy to say good-bye. When I do run my next marathon, I am going to send my PT person a picture of me crossing the finish line. When I was in that passive motion knee machine I never thought I would walk again. : )
I just found this forum. My son has been sidelined with an IT Band problem since last August. He is a cross country/track recruit for the college he will attend in the fall, so this has been pretty upsetting for him. He has done everything possible to treat the IT Band and has gotten only temporary relief. He has seen every good sports medicine professional within hours of where he goes to school. The recent decision is that an ACL tear 6 years ago may be causing enough instability to prevent the IT Band from functioning properly. I think he is about to have the ACL reconstruction. I have read all your posts and now have a better idea of what he can expect during the recovery/rehab. Has anyone else had IT Band problems as a result of the ACL tear? It is hard to get information specific to runners when it comes to ACL issues- lots on IT Band, but not on ACL.
Thanks a lot.
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SANTA CLARA -- The turf problems at Levi's Stadium have now claimed a bigger victim than a 49ers practice session: Next week's high school doubleheader featuring De La Salle and Wilcox has been canceled.
But the 49ers insist that their exhibition game Sunday against San Diego will go on as planned.
The team re-sodded the field Friday after removing the original $1.4 million playing surface Thursday, a day after coach Jim Harbaugh had pulled his players off the field when some of them slipped on the chewed up turf during practice. The new sod might be temporary.
"After Sunday's game, you'll probably see us pull up the turf, make modifications and re-lay down the turf," said Al Guido, the 49ers' chief operating officer. "Whether that's the current turf or new turf hasn't been decided."
The soccer game Sept. 6 between Mexico and Chile is still scheduled to be played at the 49ers' new home.
Officials still do not know why the original sod planted in April failed after the team's first exhibition game against Denver last Sunday. Experts are examining soil samples, Guido said.
The new sod arrived at Levi's Stadium at 4 a.m. Friday and is a thicker cut than the original Bandera Bermuda surface.
The high school doubleheader is the turf's first casualty. But the 49ers responded quickly to extinguish a potential public-relations headache, scheduling two doubleheaders in October that will include the four teams that were to open their seasons at Levi's on Aug. 29.
De La Salle, which was to play Jesuit of Carmichael, will now meet James Logan of Union City on Oct. 11. Wilcox, which was to play Manteca, will face crosstown rival Santa Clara on Oct. 10. Jesuit will play Elk Grove in the second game Oct. 10 and Manteca will face Oakdale in the first game Oct. 11. Game times have not been announced.
"If we were given a game to choose to play, our first choice would have been Santa Clara on that day," Wilcox athletic director Woody Freitas said.
Harbaugh and some of his players did not seem concerned about potential issues Sunday. The game is the team's final exhibition at the stadium before its regular-season home opener Sept. 14 against the Chicago Bears.
"The action's been taken," Harbaugh said. "We're refitting, regrouping, retooling. The organization, we can count on them to do things at the highest level, and that's what we're in the process of now."
Wide receiver Bruce Ellington, one of the players who slipped Wednesday, said, "Stuff like that happens. They'll get it fixed."
Given the heavy load of events in the stadium's early months, the 49ers planned to re-sod the field at some point during the season, Guido said.
"Obviously not this early," he added. "But once we saw the footing issues, we did not want to play an NFL game on that on Sunday, so we replaced the whole field."
For the high school teams, the disappointment of not getting to play on the big stage next week quickly turned to anticipation for them and four additional schools.
Looking ahead to his team's game against Wilcox, Santa Clara coach Hank Roberts said, "If it's not a city-shutting-down event, I'll be shocked."
James Logan coach George Zuber said he didn't hesitate when presented the opportunity to play national power De La Salle on the 49ers' field.
"It's going to be a great opportunity for our players and our fans and our community, along with the De La Salle community," Zuber said.
Wilcox will still play Manteca next Friday, but now at Wilcox. De La Salle and Jesuit also still planned to play next week but have not finalized a site. ESPN2 was originally scheduled to televise the game at Levi's, and the ultimate venue for De La Salle-Jesuit might be contingent on finding a suitable stadium for the network's broadcast.
"We're playing Jesuit; that's always been our concentration," De La Salle coach Justin Alumbaugh said. "They're kids, so I'm sure there's a little disappointment. But that will dissipate quickly."
According to the 49ers, fans who purchased tickets to next week's doubleheader can receive tickets to both October events or request a refund. Exchanges and refunds can be made through Ticketmaster in the next week, the team said.
Staff writers Glenn Reeves, Stephanie Hammon and Phil Jensen contributed to this report.

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Published: Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:50 a.m.
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Transylvania County law enforcement officials are investigating what appears to be an attempted murder-suicide that occurred shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday, according to a news release from Sheriff David Mahoney.
Deputies responded to a gunshot-wound call at a residence on Oak Ridge Road and found Charlotte Anna Jones, 41, who had been shot several times. She was transported to the hospital for treatment, and at noon Monday, Mahoney reported she was in critical condition. John Glichowski, 47, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted wound at the residence where the two lived together.
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To many, the current travails of Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. -- from his questionable expenses on his county-issued credit card to his delay in filing required campaign contribution forms -- recall the troubles that led to one-time San Jose City Councilman Terry Gregory's fall from grace.
IA readers may remember Gregory's sorry saga: After a series of editorials and news stories in 2004 reported accusations of Gregory accepting free gifts and pressuring businesses for donations, prosecutors uncovered the scope of his activities. By January 2005, Gregory resigned from office after agreeing to plead no contest to 11 misdemeanor counts.
Prosecutors are poking around Shirakawa's problems with campaign paperwork and county credit cards. And the state's political watchdog agency, led by the county's former top lawyer, is combing his financial records. While he has apologized for the late campaign filings, the board president last week called the media coverage of his alleged abuse of his county-issued credit card a "political lynching."
So far, many of his district supporters, as well as the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council and local Democratic Party, are closing ranks around the board president, saying he is innocent until proven guilty. But some others -- notably Rich Robinson, his own former political consultant -- are already publicly calling for his resignation.
As in the Gregory scandal -- which played out over eight months -- many are waiting to see which prominent party and elected officials will be the first to plant a "Godfather" like kiss on Shirakawa's cheek, signaling that it's time for him to go.
As one veteran politico observed: "As soon as one high-powered person steps forward, then the dam will break."
How's this for justification for a raise -- 'compaction'
For political insiders, what happens after an election is always intriguing: It's a time for elected officials to address matters that might wave red flags to voters if considered earlier.
Consider this: The board of the Santa Clara Valley Water District is due to approve a 12 percent raise for CEO Beau Goldie this week -- from $231,545 to $259,334 a year.
The raise is not unreasonable: Goldie hasn't gotten a pay hike in three years. But the district, also known as the "Golden Spigot," adds another reason: "compaction," which means that Goldie isn't making sufficiently more than his subordinates.
The district's aim is a 12 percent differential between managers and those they supervise. Goldie currently makes 4.9 percent more than his highest-paid subordinates, the chief operating/administrative officers. So the district argues that he should get at least a 7 percent raise, plus an additional 5 percent "performance-based increase."
The board's memo says there's enough money to take care of this, and that much is unquestioned: In the November election, voters approved a 15-year extension of the district's parcel tax for "Safe Clean Water."
Wow, that 'no excuse' zone idea is really working
San Jose used to brag that it was the nation's safest big city, though the definition was always questionable.
Now it can lay claim to a fresh boast.
Self magazine has declared it the nation's healthiest city, edging out fruit-and-exercise havens like Honolulu,
Santa Barbara and Bethesda, Md.
On the television show "Doctors" last week, the hosts revealed why: On average, women in San Jose live to age 84, three years more than the national average.
According to the show, the reason is that more than four-fifths of them exercise.
To illustrate the point, the show ran a clip of a flash dance at City Hall by a group called U-Jam. Mayor Chuck Reed proclaimed the city a "no-excuse" zone, meaning there's no reason not to exercise or eat in a healthy fashion.
Put like that, it doesn't sound like so much fun. But a sometimes-beleaguered city will take it.
Now it's time for Unland to address the REAL issues
The San Jose Police Officers' Association re-elected Sgt. Jim Unland as its president last week despite an internal challenge by Officer Jonathan Baker following this month's losses of POA-backed candidates, most notably Jimmy Nguyen, who tried to unseat Councilwoman Rose Herrera.
Unland's re-election wasn't surprising -- he's survived such internal grumblings before.
"Those guys are good at making a lot of noise," Unland said after the vote. "So be it. It's over."
Unland's critics weren't offering an olive branch toward City Hall from officers who have suffered pay and benefit cuts and a rash of departures that have left the department alarmingly short-handed. Rather, Baker argued that the SJPOA needed new leadership to triumph in its scorched-earth campaign against San Jose's pension reforms and those who supported them.
While Unland can put the SJPOA election behind him, he had nothing encouraging to offer looking forward as the officers continue to battle the Measure B pension reforms in court and gird for contract talks next year, when raises, health care costs and sick-leave cashout perks are all on the table.
"It's going to be a difficult two years, as bad as the last two," said Unland, who's been counting the days to his planned retirement in a couple of years and expects many others to follow him out the door. "The two sides are as far apart as they've ever been."
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Boreal Yukon
Like elsewhere in the western boreal region, it's been a very long winter, and spring weather is just starting to reach parts of the territory. For the last 30 days, temperatures have been below normal. As a result, the snowpack is above normal for this time of year. There are, however, some early breeders like mallards and goldeneyes taking advantage of what open water they can find along the wetland margins. Migration and breeding will be in full swing soon.
Given the good habitat conditions that will greet the birds, it should be another average to above - average year.
Northwest Territories
It has been one of the latest springs in recent memory. As a result, the return of migrating waterfowl has been delayed. However, geese, cranes, mallards and canvasbacks have been observed in the Yellowknife area. The larger lakes are still frozen, but smaller wetlands are opening quickly thanks to a recent warm spell, and waterfowl are taking advantage of them. Habitat conditions are generally good.
Boreal British Columbia
Spring appears to be more advanced compared to other areas of the western boreal forest. Recent warmer
weather has helped advance the breeding season. Canada geese and some early-nesting ducks like mallards are now nesting. Habitat conditions should be average.
Boreal Alberta
After experiencing one of the coldest Aprils on record, May has been rather warm. Despite the heavy snowfall over the winter, sublimation and lack of spring rain have resulted in lower-than-expected habitat conditions.
The province is under extreme fire danger due to the recent above-average temperatures and high winds. Despite the recent weather, wetlands remain in good condition but will rapidly deteriorate if moisture is not received soon. Early reports indicate that all waterfowl species have returned and many are either currently laying eggs or in the early stages of incubation.
Boreal Saskatchewan
Spring arrived late, and heavy snow received this winter slowly disappeared over the month of May.
Breeding waterfowl also arrived late but the breeding season is in full swing. Wetlands are open and are in good to very good condition.
Boreal Manitoba
Despite above-average snow fall this winter, current water levels are lower than expected, which is probably due to a long, cool spring. However, wetlands still remain in very good condition for breeding waterfowl.
All species have returned to their boreal breeding areas, and early nesters are either in the laying or early incubation stages.
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January 11, 2006
Governor Sonny Perdue is calling 2005 an economic comeback year for Georgia. Now he says education is at the top of his agenda for 2006. News 12 is on your side to explain the governor's plans and how they will help out schools.
After years of budget cuts, Governor Sonny Perdue says he's ready to open the door for education improvements. Now spending money where it matters most, inside the classroom.
"It is only common sense that we should spend our education dollars where they can do the most good and have the biggest impact on student achievement," Perdue said.
Education, education and education. Governor Sonny Perdue made it clear during the State of the State Address that education is his top priority in 2006.
"And that is exactly why I've asked you to establish a standard for local school districts to spend at least sixty five percent of their budgets in the classroom," Perdue said.
Perdue is promising more individual attention for students through smaller classes. His plan would cut the maximum number of students in kindergarten classes from 20 to 18, in first through 3rd grade from 23 to 21 and in grades 4-8 from 28 to 24.
"That is always a concern," Mayor Deke Copenhaver said.
Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver says any educational improvement is good news, especially for Richmond County.
"The perception of us, our school system not being as strong as Columbia County is one of the things that contributes to our population loss," Copenhaver said.
State teachers would also benefit from the governor's proposal. He's calling for a four percent pay raise. Right now Georgia teachers are paid an average of $46,000 a year. That raise hikes that to nearly $48,000.
"As long as the people of Georgia trust me to be their governor, our Georgia teachers will remain the highest paid teachers in the southeast," Perdue said.
The governor wants to freeze teacher's health premiums to help pay for the raise, a plan he's hoping will get the support of the general assembly.
Some state lawmakers want the governor to restore about $1 billion cut from educational programs over the past three years. It's obviously a topic they'll discuss during this legislative session.


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text: I'm trying to pick a video format that gives me maximum flexibility across a possible future AppleTV, Macs and PS3's. I've tried encoding using Handbrake's AppleTV preset. This adds 2 audio tracks - stereo AAC and AC3 5.1 (passthrough). When I stream this using PMS, is it smart enough to pick the 5.1 track? In the transcode folder on the PS3 the default (top) Mencoder entry gets AC2.0. Further down the list there are 5.1 options that do (according to the PS3) produce 5.1. But I don't know if PMS is taking the stereo AAC track and converting it to 5.1, or is indeed picking the 5.1 track. Can anyone tell me?


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March 16, 2011 1 comment
Who was recently spotted wearing the Autism Speaks Puzzle Pin? United States Senator for New York Kristen Gillibrand!
Here Gillibrand is featured with Mark Roithmayr, the President of Autism Speaks, at the Autism Tomorrow conference held at the Anderson Center for Autism in Poughkeepsie, N.Y..


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ALAMEDA -- The Planning Board has adjusted the guidelines for food trucks in the city, but still wants to review the ordinance that allows the gatherings to find out just how much the trucks are impacting brick-and-mortar restaurants.
The board also wants to learn if support exists for allowing the trucks to gather in the Park Street neighborhood north of Lincoln Avenue as a way to help revitalize the area.
Food trucks already assemble every Saturday at Alameda South Shore Center and city officials say they have received no complaints about the event, which attracts an average of 1,400 people.
But Young Han Yee, the owner of Pearl's Deluxe Burgers, told the board on Tuesday that his sales drop at least 15 percent when the trucks are present.
"The food trucks are negatively impacting my business," Yee said. "I have made a huge capital investment at the mall to open this restaurant, and my Saturday sales have been suffering because of (the gatherings)."
Other restaurant owners also lose business when the trucks visit, he said. But Eric Fonstein, a development manager with the city, said an internal analysis in October by the center's management found its retailers experience "a significant increase in overall sales" during the events.
"It's been positive," Fonstein said.
On Tuesday, the board unanimously approved minor changes to the city's guidelines for the gatherings, including one that clears the way for the trucks to operate at more locations at the former Alameda Naval Air Station.
The City Council adopted the guidelines in December 2011 so that the municipal code would comply with state law, which allows the trucks to set up on any public street as long as a vendor meets local safety requirements. The aim of having the local guidelines was to provide the city with extra control.
Along with adopting the changes Tuesday to help streamline the process for vendors, the board asked for a review of the overall ordinance to determine whether food trucks would enjoy support in other neighborhoods, especially near the Park Street Bridge and the Oakland-Alameda Estuary.
The board also called for more information on what kind of impact the gatherings actually have on restaurants and retailers, instead of just relying mostly on anecdotal evidence.
"We need to be able to look at this in terms of hard data," board member David Burton said.
The report on the ordinance is expected to come back before the board within the next several weeks, when the public can weigh in before any possible changes go before the City Council.
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A paramedic, a nurse, a gymnast, and her coach provide an unusual service: standing in for the deceased by so that friends and family can more easily let go of their loved ones. Their self-declared leader is the paramedic (Aris Servetalis), who names the group "Alps." He in turn decides to call himself Mont Blanc—after the tallest of the Alpine peaks—and instructs the others to choose their pseudonyms from the lesser mountains.
Despite Mont Blanc's attempts to impose order upon the group, the nurse (Aggeliki Papoulia), taking advantage of her hospital job, begins to recruit clients on her own. When she subs for a recently deceased teenage tennis player, she becomes so consumed by the role that her reality blurs with that of the dead girl. Her ruse does not go unnoticed by Mont Blanc, and the discovery sets off a series of unnerving events.
Alps is the latest feature from writer and director Yorgos Lanthimos (the Oscar-nominated Dogtooth), and his experience shows, from the plot-twisting screenplay to the striking camerawork to the stirring performances. Lanthimos questions the very idea of reality itself, and does so with dry, wickedly dark humor. The film's absurd and intertwining plotlines develop in a way that allows viewers to arrive at their own conclusions, making for a compelling cinematic experience.
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text: So, I've been stuck for a while. Not precisely blocked, though output is way down. I've recognized that part of my stuckness is a major indecision on where to focus my attention. I've got this world I've built that I quite like, and I've got some characters I think are pretty fascinating inhabiting it, BUT... they are spread out in three distinct time zones. It's a future-earth SF setting. Basically, I've got a world where humans build machines to manage the environment, which they create by modelling the machines on biological functions, and the machines in turn merge with living things because they're similar enough, and so become aware, regulate the biological world using machine logic, and in the process more or less enslave humanity and all life on the planet by turning us into a machine-hybrid hive mind. It's sort of a Green Dystopia, I guess. I have, all told, three separate sets of about 50-75k words of short and middle length pieces set in this world, each set typically involving the same characters but in different situations or periods of their lives. For each period, I have a pretty clear sense of where I think the story will go, eventually. One set is all during the apocalyptic/immediate post-apoc phase, another is mid-way into the reestablishment of civilization from the resulting human/machine hybrid, pre-hive, and the last is farther future, when the earth bound system needs more fuel and the hive decides to expand to the stars. I think I've bitten off more than I can chew right now. I can't seem to focus on any one set, and as a result I've basically been idle for a year or so on it. False progress abounds. Part of me is saying to ignore the others and just focus on one of the sets and turn it into a proper story, beginning middle end. Another part is saying, forget that, the whole scope needs to be there. And yet another part thinks -- this whole thing needs a lot more time to percolate. And then there's the scrap it, start over voice. So I try to keep up the practice of writing often by pursuing other ideas and stories, but they tend to feel less interesting so they peter out. I've produced more unfinished half-baked writing now than I ever have before. It's getting frustrating. Can't finish, can't start. My point is: a) any sympathy out there? and b) got any great ideas to add some fuel to this fire? What would you do? Focus on one? Or keep trying to juggle all the balls and go for the glory with the magnum opus?


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text: Everyone knows that Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee for President, everyone except Rick Santorum that is. As Jon Stewart examined on tonight's Daily Show, even while suffering the crushing defeat of the three most recent primaries, Santorum still can't accept that it's over. Instead, he compared himself to Ronald Reagan in 1976, like you do.


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WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. - The University of the Cumberlands (UC) men's basketball team has started off the year strong with an undefeated record of 10-0 overall and a 4-0 in the Mid-South Conference (MSC). The NAIA Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 poll was released Tuesday, December 4th and the Patriots made a monumental jump by having the largest margin jump of the week and possibly the largest climb in recent history from the #25 team in the nation to the #2 team in the NAIA. The Patriots make the best jump within the poll this week and improved 23 positions from the Preseason Top 25. They posted 266 total points and one first-place vote.
The Patriots' continuity this season has them on their largest winning streak since the 2008-2009 season. UC has also defeated four MSC teams during this streak including Shawnee State, Rio Grande, Cumberland University, and Bluefield. The Patriots also have garnered wins over now #18 Life University.
Oklahoma Baptist moves up to the No. 1 ranking in the first regular-season edition of the 2012-13 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday by the national office. The Bison improved to 9-1 on the season after an 88-81 victory on Dec. 1 against Concordia (Calif.) in a rematch of the 2012 NAIA National Championship final. Oklahoma Baptist collected nine-of-the-11 possible first-place votes and 279 total points.
The Patriots look to continue their run into the New Year as they defeated Bluefield College last Saturday night 96-77. The Patriots will play Carver College on Wednesday December 5thand #18 Life University on December 6th. UC will round out 2012 by playing Indiana University Southeast on December 14th and hosting Tennessee Wesleyan on December 29th.


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The biggest impression I took away from Tuesday night's community meeting about the fate of the San Jose Rep is that we're lucky to have a lot of people in Silicon Valley committed to keeping the arts thriving here -- and searching for innovative ways to connect to audiences.
About 150 people showed up for the meeting at San Jose City Hall, and it was noted several times that people were offering constructive ideas for the future instead of pointing fingers about what caused the Rep's collapse and griping about audiences or fundraising. Here are a few things from the meeting worth noting:
Theater folks I've talked to say a performing arts company would have a better chance of success if it didn't have to manage the building as well as put on shows. Others think it would be bad if the "presenting" or "rental" models ultimately favored touring shows over homegrown productions. But mostly, a lot of people would like to just see the building reactivated as soon as possible to keep the theater from turning into a black hole that sucks surrounding businesses into its abyss.
Susan Krane, the executive director of the San Jose Museum of Art, may have summed it up best. "What we need here are things that make San Jose genuine," she said. "We need to be more than just another pit stop for shows."
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Vote for substance and a continued great leadership by the TCPUD. Don't let this election be about how big or how many signs you have. This is not about signs, it is about our future.
The opponents make no bones about being regressive. Let us go forward and be progressive. The TCPUD has been a leader in keeping water and sewer rates low and at the same time leveraging their expertise to bring you Farmers Market, bike trails, and other wonderful amenities by bringing in grants and other agencies to fund these things. Keep our community strong, keep our water and sewer strong, planning for the future is what this is all about.
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#PhRMA13 Morning Panelists Off To a Rollicking Start
Panelists explain how cities can be bioscience leaders and innovation stakeholders can collaborate better
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The morning panels of PhRMA's Annual Meeting provided a welcome blast of new thinking on how to create a positive geography for innovation, and further how that science gets done. As an added bonus, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom gave a super-charged address explaining how a state in grave economic flux plans to keep their leadership in bioscience.
PhRMA Chairman and Lilly President and CEO John Lechleiter opened the meeting, discussing the value of medicine and noted that it's a pivotal time for the biopharmaceutical industry, as health care spending is a driver of our nation's long-term fiscal growth, while medicine remains the most cost-efficient element of our healthcare system.
First up, "The San Diego Innovation Story" invited local venture capital and bioscience leaders to talk through what makes San Diego 'click' with bioscience, and how to foster policies that work.
Hale BioPharma Ventures CEO David Hale gave a passionate invective explaining what San Diego has done right, and how other cities can emulate their success. Hale noted that four or five factors influenced, in his opinion, what made San Diego the hotbed for biopharma it is today. A strong technology base, a wealth of relationships with venture capital firms, a common interest in fostering good intellectual property protections, and local executives' ability to branch out into other San Diego biotech firms all contributed to the strength of the local bioscience climate. Moreover, those platforms of support enabled the most important element of a strong bioscience-focused city: the ability of scientists to take risks, in their investigation of new medicines and treatments.
The introduction of bioscience to San Diego was a game-changer; prior to adoption of pro-innovation policies locally, Ivor Royston of Forward Ventures noted that the primary economic drivers were "fishing and defense contract work". But the physical clustering of several small firms worked well alongside a supportive university culture that, as Dr. Sandra Brown of UC San Diego noted, provided the "creative juice" behind the success, and made it easier for collaboration to happen. As Duane Roth of CONNECT noted, "It's easier to collaborate when you can walk across the street and say hello."
California's Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom spoke next, his enthusiasm for the biopharmaceutical industry tempered only by his realization that California must work harder to be a good partner to the industry. It was a spirited call for collaboration between a state whose biopharmaceutical employees total more than the motion picture industry, the aerospace industry or even the wine industry. "California has to lead again, and you're a big part of that future. We're going to do better," Newsom enthused, and seemed passionately ready to prove it.
The final panel of the afternoon highlighted the nuts and bolts behind making science happen with Dr. Jan Lundberg of Lilly Research Laboratories, Dr. Francis Collins of the NIH, Dr. Anne Peters of USC Clinical Diabetes Programs and Dr. Thomas Daniel of Celgene speaking to new modes of collaborative research. Dr. Collins, in particular, noted that pre-competitive collaboration was essential on behalf of all innovation stakeholders.
Further, Thomas Daniel noted that in order to push emerging technologies forward, we have to create a regulatory and payor framework that makes it happen.
This afternoon's panel on disrupting innovation promises to further the arguments presented on this morning's research panel, and will likely prove a lively discussion on concepts presented this morning. Stay tuned for further highlights of #PhRMA13!


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A Quote by Peter O. Erbe on true perception, contrast, shadow, temptation, perverted way of seeing life, fear, and two sides of the coin
"To heal is to chage the perception of a condition - not the condition! This is True perception.
This is standing on the bridge of the cross. The very concept of opposites is a concept of division, of split seeing. We only see one side of the whole at a time. If someone paid us with a coin we most certainly would not say: 'I dislike the tail side of the coin, give me the head side only'. A coin comes with two sides, so does life in the temporal world. We accept the two sides of the coin as one coin. Yet we do not accept the two sides of life as ONE life.
Obviously, there is a conflict here and that is our way of seeing. True perception always sets free from conflict because it does not perceive conflict. 'Ah,' I hear someone say, 'Wise words, indeed. But what if I lie dying of thirst in the desert. How could True perception give me water?' Remember the principle of stabilized perception? We recall: it is a fact that we believe what we see. It is equally a fact that we do not see what we do not believe. Another way of putting it is: we only experience what we hold possible. What we do not hold possible we do not experience in the case of the thirsty man it means he holds it possible to die of thirst. He sees what he believes.
True perception sees not lack of water as the man's problem. It sees fear of death as the underlying principle of the problem - this is the idea the problem contains. Lack of water in this case is the form through which the idea of fear of death expresses. Giving the man water may quench his thirst but cannot quench his fear. The next time around the man shall fear again. This means he has not understood the principle fear represents. Now he needs more contrast again to help him remove his 'blinkers' to learn to look past the form aspect of his problem, the lack of water. True perception would now look at (fear of) death and recognize it for what it really is, a perverted way of seeing life, the Ego's answer to life. Once again it would see the idea of death as nothing but the voice against God, a shadow of life. A shadow is an appearance, is absence of light. Absence of ilght cannot be, for light, or love or God, is All-There-Is. Therefore this shadow must be an imagined appeareance. Imagined appearances are dreams. In other words, True perception recognizes any experience which offers the temptation to doubt life as part of the great dream, and dissociates itself from such madness. What is cannot see as real it cannot believe in. What I cannot believe, I cannot experience. This is the reason for the answer to the thirsty fellow, for to him I say: 'With True perception needs not the contrast of such as experience, for contrast only comes to teach True perception!"
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Future 5th Judicial District Attorney Bruce Brown ran his campaign for the office on the promise to take the prosecutor's office in a new direction. But post-election, that change is still taking shape, according to Brown.
"What I'm trying to craft is an approach that will use the best parts of the existing office and keep those present in the office,' he said. "And in areas where there's a need for improvement, identifying those areas to achieve the best possible office for protecting public safety."
Among the policies he says he's looking to improve is the office's approach to "non-serious offenses." He'll look for alternative mediation options outside the courtroom, which should save the DA's office money, he said.
Brown will also have to grapple with some personnel issues when he takes office in January. At least three attorneys have already announced plans to leave when current DA Mark Hurlbert steps down next year.
"I'm reaching out to the local legal community to make them aware that these openings within the office are imminent," Brown said. "(I'm) encouraging attorneys who are qualified to contact me in order to begin the process to see if they would be a fit for a prosecutor's office."
Hurlbert, who served a 10-year term as DA for the 5th Judicial, took a job as the No. 2 prosecutor in Arapahoe County. He reached his two-term limit this year, and is departing Summit County after 18 years with the DA's office.
"Certainly, it is tough," Hurlbert said of the move. "But ultimately, my motivation has always been protecting the people of this district. ... On Jan. 8 it will be (Brown's) responsibility as to whether it's going to succeed or fail, but up until that time I want to give him every opportunity I can for the people of the district."
He'll leave Brown with one first-degree murder case out of Clear Creek County in progress, several other high-profile cases pending and the water murky on the more than two dozen open marijuana possession cases in the district, now complicated by Amendment 64 - a voter-approved measure legalizing limited quantities of marijuana for adults over the age of 21.
Brown would not say whether he plans to dismiss pending cannabis possession cases, as marijuana advocates are demanding and some district attorneys have already done.
"We're in the stages of planning for how the new law will be implemented," Brown said. "I can't tell you what the answer is to how the new law will be implemented in the district, other than to suggest we need to have an approach. There are areas of the law which are vague so we all need to get on the same page."
Brown declined to comment on pending felony cases, noting that he is not, yet, the acting district attorney.
He also avoided taking a stance on the current Summit County Drug Court, a pet project of Hurlbert's, which provides a comprehensive rehabilitation program to attempt to integrate habitual drug and alcohol offenders into society and reduce their rate of recidivism.
Brown said he intends to "actively review the benefits" of the program.
But Hurlbert said the 2-year-old drug court, which recognized its first graduate earlier this year, is now strong enough to stand even without Brown's backing.
"The drug court will survive no matter what happens," Hurlbert said. "Part of getting anything started is to make sure it's expandable, and I think I've done that."
Brown will become the district attorney representing Eagle, Lake, Summit and Clear Creek counties on Jan. 8.


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The "No Limit" Athlete in 2012 - Part 2
In my first installment of The No Limit Athlete (Part 1) I covered The Physical side of the "no limit" athlete equation. Today I will share the second crucial part of the no limit athlete: The Mental. Again, physical training without mental training will never produce a consistent peak performing, "no limit" athlete. Like the physical the mental part of becoming a "no limit" athlete is always a choice.
The Mental
While all athletes are accustomed to the rigors of physical training few understand or undertake significant mental training. For athletes and their parents mental skills training can be hard to wrap their heads around (no pun intended). In reality the game is 90% mental and when the rubber hits the road...when the game is on the line physical training alone is simply not going to be enough to get your athlete to the no limit level. Let's look at what mental factors will:
1. Thoughts are things. Building mental skills mastery begins with the recognition that thoughts are things and thoughts are powerful! We each have over 50,000 unique thoughts every day. What your athlete thinks about in terms of her game will determine her level of success. Thoughts can limit or propel your athlete toward no limit status.
2. Beliefs. Your athlete's beliefs about herself are interwoven with her thoughts. If your athlete believes that she can accomplish a certain task or play at a certain level she will likely create thought patterns which reinforce her positive "can do" beliefs. Likewise if your athlete engages in limited thinking, that she cannot accomplish specific tasks or play at a certain level, she will engage in thought patterns which will reinforce her limited beliefs about herself. Beliefs are extremely powerful and become ingrained within the mind. Young athlete's beliefs are often distorted, so question your athlete's beliefs about herself and her game.
3. Resiliency. Because of the difficult nature of the game your athlete must be resilient and bounce back from the inevitable adversity the game throws at her. This means framing mistakes and less than ideal at bats or pitching performances as opportunities to learn and grow from versus responding harshly towards herself after each mistake, causing a downward spiral in her game.
Thanks for reading! -- John Kelly, Softball Smarts
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Gloria Jacobson, 87, of rural Granite Falls, died Friday, June 22, 2012 at Luther Haven Nursing Home. Memorial services were held on Wednesday, June 27, at 1:30 p.m. at Saron Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Gloria (nee Skjelset) Jacobson, Granite Falls, was born August 17, 1924 to Arne and Eva (Kolberg) Skjelset in Griggs County, North Dakota. She attended the Skjelset Country School through eighth grade and then enrolled in the Cooperstown High School, graduating with the class of 1941. She attended North Dakota State University in Fargo, graduating in 1945 with a degree to teach Home Economics. She taught Home Economics in Twin Valley for two years before coming to teach at the Montevideo High School.
On November 12, 1949, she was united in marriage to Stanley Jacobson of rural Maynard. She resigned from teaching in 1950, deciding to become a homemaker. To this union, three children were born: Michael, Linda and Steven.
Gloria served as the organist at Saron Lutheran Church for 40 years, choir director for several years, and was active in the Saron Ladies Aid. She also participated in her local Chippewa County Extension Homemakers Club, served as a 4-H leader for the Granite Go-Getters 4-H Club when her children were young and was a member of TOPS. She loved sewing, baking, dancing and music.
Gloria passed away on June 22, 2012 at Luther Haven Nursing Home after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
She is survived by her husband Stanley, sister Arlene Drablos of Champaign, IL; children, Mike (Nancy) Jacobson of Rockville, MD; Linda (Bill Warner) of River Falls, WI; and Steve (Karen) Jacobson of Maynard, grandchildren Katie and Mark Jacobson of Rockville, MD; Kaija, Erik and John Warner of River Falls WI; Scott (Michelle May) Jacobson of Maynard, and Thomas Jacobson of Granite Falls.
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Gingerbread Apple Bundt Cake is a perfect fall bundt cake. When I think of baking in November, I automatically dream of the wonderful spicy scented cakes I used to grow up with. My mother is an amazing baker and so was her aunt.
I remember coming home from school and finding delicious bundts waiting for us to dig into as a snack. Now that I'm a mom, I get to spoil my kids like my mom spoiled us with all different kinds of bundt cakes.
This past September, a new baking event was launched!
#BundtaMonth. The basic idea stems from our love of baking bundt cakes. I am crazy about them and we decided to collaborate and host an event where we'll bake a Bundt cake with a different theme every month.
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Here's the challenge:
Anuradha and I will pick an ingredient and announce it the first week of every month. All you Bundt loving bakers need to do is use your imagination on how you'd like to incorporate it and bake a Bundt – mini Bundt or large Bundt – and link it up to our blogs throughout the month. It's that simple!
Baking with my kids is always a hoot!:)
A little about this bundt cake:
I found this recipe on Food 52. The author of the recipe did not post a photo. I am normally not inclined to try a recipe without a photo. The author said it is a recipe she's made for 25 years and that was good enough for me to make me try it! So glad I did because it is wonderful. It's like a rich and moist gingerbread with tender chunks of sweet apples. This is the gingerbread recipe I usually bake and it's wonderful. I never thought of combining gingerbread with apples and now can't imagine the two not together. Smells heavenly as it's baking and as a matter of fact, I'm baking another one today because it was that good!
Gingerbread Apple Bundt Cake
Serves 8-10
3/4 cups molasses
1/3 cup light brown sugar
3 ounces butter
1 1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
3/4 teaspoons salt
3/4 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons brandy
1 egg
1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored and sliced
powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350F. Coat a bundt pan with non-stick spray.
In a medium saucepan, heat the molasses, brown sugar and butter, bringing the mixture to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and place in the bowl of an electric mixer.
Combine all the dry ingredients and add to the mixer alternately with the buttermilk, in three additions. Scrape the sides of the bowl and continue beating. Add the brandy and the eggs, and work until smooth.
Fold the apple pieces in the batter and spoon evenly in the pan. Smooth out the batter with a spatula. Bake for 1/2 on hour at 350 then lower the heat to 325 and bake for about another 15-20 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn cake out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Cool slightly before removing to a rack to cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving and enjoy!
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USDA Boosts more than 500 Rural Clean Energy Projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced November 9 that it is providing more than $30 million in loans and grants to 516 recipients for rural renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The support is designed to help farmers, ranchers, and owners of rural businesses reduce energy costs and develop new sources of renewable energy. Funding is provided through USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
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Revised to January 1, 2008
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ills. A physician has a duty to disclose all known material risks of the
proposed procedure. A material risk is risk that a reasonably prudent
person in the patient's position would have found significant in deciding
whether or not to submit to the proposed procedure. The physician has a
duty to give a patient whose situation permits it all information material
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responsibility to advise the patient of feasible alternatives. The duty to
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The plaintiff must prove both that
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what a reasonably prudent person in the patient's position would have
decided if suitably informed of all material risks.
Godwin v. Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons, P.C.,
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Conn. 282, 287-95 (1983); Hammer v. Mount Sinai Hospital, 25 Conn.
App. 702, 711-12, cert. denied, 220 Conn. 933 (1991).
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informed consent is governed by the lay standard of disclosure and that,
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Dane who was terrible! That one is out. York reminds me of a peppermint patty. I really want to like Drake - haven't brought it up to the hubs yet, but I'm afraid it makes me think of ducks too much...
I like Dean - and think of Dean Thomas from Harry Potter, which is a good thing
I'll have to think on these a while - thanks everyone! If you come up with any others, let me know!
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Miles is a little wimpy, but I'll talk it over with dh. Miles Davis, right? He's not wimpy...
So- here's something I'm thinking.
When we think of Grant, we think of Cary Grant - handsome, suave, tall, dark.
Along those same lines would be Dean Martin and Clark Gable...we could say we planned it that way ;-)


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Sheriff's Office: Letter mailed to residents is not a bill from the county
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The Henderson County Sheriff's Office has looked into a suspicious document after receiving calls from concerned residents.
Letters mailed to individuals who recently bought property in the county ask the homeowners to send $83 to Record Transfer Services in California in order to receive a Property Assessment Profile and Current Grant Deed.
"The document is presented as an official document ... It is designed to be easily confused with official correspondence from one of the county offices," the Sheriff's Office said in a news release Tuesday. "The Tax Assessor's Office nor the Register of Deeds Offices in Henderson County have sent any documentation like this to anyone."
An Internet search of Record Transfer Services of Westlake Village, Calif., where checks are requested to be mailed, shows multiple complaints of scams and Better Business Bureau inquiries, according to the release.
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Microsoft Is Approaching a Critical Crossroad Apple Faced Years Ago
Apple CEO Tim Cook isn't worried about cannibalization.
For Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer, on the other hand, the answer isn't as clear.
The iPhone has been out for about half a decade, and the iPad is going on its fifth generation. Yet Microsoft has refrained from building a flagship version of its Office software for those devices, as well as for the other big mobile platform, Android.
Instead, Microsoft is keeping its biggest profit engine tied to its own platforms, Windows 8 and Windows Phone. The company has an incentive to do this: The exclusivity ensures that it's able to keep selling licenses of Windows 8 and Windows Phone devices.
The problem is that the PC market is starting to shrink in favor of tablets and smartphones, and both of those segments are currently dominated by Apple and Google. Microsoft is doing its best to get in with both Windows Phones and the Surface tablet, but if that doesn't work it's running the risk of sacrificing the growth of Office by keeping the umbilical cord with Windows intact.
This isn't too different from a situation Apple found itself in just a half-decade ago. It had the iPod and the Mac, but found itself cannibalizing both of those as sales of the iPhone and the iPad increased. Cook's stance on the matter is clear: If we don't do it, someone else will. He reiterated it during his keynote at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference yesterday:
The first time I got asked about cannibalization was when Apple came out with the iBook. Portables went on to be three quarters or more percentage of the Mac and Mac did an all-time record last year. If you look at when we came out with iPad, what did people worry about: they worried, oh my God you're going to kill the Mac. The cannibalization question raises its head a lot. The truth is, we really don't think about it that much. Our basic belief is, if we don't cannibalize, someone else will. In the case of iPad particularly, I would argue that the Windows PC market is huge and there's a lot more there to cannibalize then there is of Mac, or of iPad. I think if a company ever begins to use cannibalization as a primary or even a major factor of what products to go to, it's the beginning of the end.
Making matters worse for Microsoft, the competition with Office isn't far behind. Some of the best workplace software coming out today is cross-platform: Box Salesforce.com and YouSendIt find themselves on just about every device. (Even Box is on the newest BlackBerrys, regardless of whether that's going to work out.)
We don't know yet if the Surface, Microsoft's shot at a tablet, will reach iPad-level critical mass. Early reviews for the Surface and the Surface Pro don't suggest that'll happen any time soon.
Strip away everything else Microsoft has aside from Office and Windows, and you'll see two different needs — the need to keep PCs selling to issue more Windows 8 licenses, and the need to get Office into the hands of every business professional. Those goals might not be mutually exclusive, but there's a good chance one will come at the cost of the other.
To be fair, Microsoft does seem more open to cannibalization in its other business lines. For example, it has server software, but it also has Azure, a cloud computing platform that could easily chew up market share when it comes to data centers and servers.
But look at Apple and Microsoft: Apple overtook Microsoft to become the largest technology company in the world, while Microsoft is still trying to find its way to getting back on top. Cannibalization worked out for Cook.
Microsoft has been dragging its feet for quite a while when it comes to bringing Office to mobile. Will cannibalization work for Ballmer? We won't know if they don't actually try.


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Spike Lee told an audience of entertainment luminaries that it's easier for a black person to become President of the United States than head of a Hollywood studio or network.
Lee made the remarks Saturday as he accepted an Oscar statuette at the film academy's seventh annual Governors Awards dinner in Hollywood, where Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds were also honorees.
"We need to have some serious discussions about diversity and get some flavor up in this," Lee said. "This industry is so behind sports it's ridiculous."
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The latest episode of Islanders Insider – Episode 11 – is now online and available for viewing. This week, Steven King talks with Coach Wilson and Coach Chadwick in addition to presenting a feature on Islanders Baseball's exhibition with the Corpus Christi Hooks.
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