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Author(s): Moorman AV, Schwab C, Ensor HM, Russell LJ, Morrison H, Jones L, Masic D, Patel B, Rowe JM, Tallman M, Goldstone AH, Fielding AK, Harrison CJ
Abstract: Purpose To determine the prevalence and prognostic impact of significant (acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)- related genes: CRLF2 deregulation (CRLF2-d), IGH@ translocations (IGH@-t), and deletions of CDKN2A/B, IKZF1, PAX5, ETV6, RB1, BTG1 and EBF1, in adolescents and adults. Patients/Methods The cohort comprised 454 patients (15-60 years old) treated on UKALLXII/ECOG2993 with Philadelphia-negative B-cell precursor ALL. Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) and Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) were used to detect these genetic alterations. Results Twenty (5%) patients had CRLF2-d [P2RY8-CRLF2 (n=7), IGH@-CRLF2 (n=13)] while 36 (8%) patients harboured an IGH@-t with a different partner gene. There was little overlap between IGH@-t, CRLF2-d and established chromosomal abnormalities. Deletions of CDKN2A/B, IKZF1, PAX5, ETV6, RB1, BTG1 or EBF1 were prevalent with 101/304 (33%) cases harbouring one and 102 (33%) two or more alterations, occurring with varying frequency in all cytogenetic subgroups. The 5 year event-free, relapse-free (RFS) and overall survival (OS) rates for the whole cohort were 40%, 55% and 43%, respectively. Patients with CRLF2-d, IGH@-t and IKZF1 deletions were associated with an inferior outcome in univariate but not multivariate analysis. In particular, CRLF2-d patients had a lower RFS compared to other patients (30%), whereas those with IGH@-t or IKZF1 deletions had a lower OS (27% and 35%). 4 Conclusions CRLF2-d and IGH@-t represent distinct subtypes of adolescent and adult ALL. Deletions of key B-cell differentiation and cell cycle control genes are highly prevalent but vary in frequency by cytogenetic subgroup. CRLF2-d, IGH@-t and IKZF1 deletions are associated with poor outcome in adolescent and adult ALL.
Keywords: acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, prognosis, adult, genetics, IGH@ translocations, CRLF2 deregulation, IKZF1 deletions, PAX5 alterations
Professor Anthony Moorman
Dr Lisa Russell


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looper question
by xmichaelx on 2012-04-14 20:44:07
by xmichaelx on 2012-04-14 20:44:07
Hello all, I was wondering if the jm4 looper can just act as a straight looper without using the amp models. I like having the models there-but I would also like to loop my valve amp. Thanks in advance for any responses.
Re: looper question
by darealagentp on 2012-05-24 15:26:11
by darealagentp on 2012-05-24 15:26:11
Use the AUX input from your amp's Effects Send. Or, if you wish to mic your valve amp's speaker signal, use the XLR Mic input from your microphone.
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30 Oct 2011
Here's your thread for open discussion of all the Week 8 NFL games.
135 replies , Last at 04 Nov 2011, 2:58am by Jerry
So here's a question...
Arizona @ Baltimore
AZ Pass Off DVOA: -16.1%
Baltimore Pass Def DVOA: -33.3%
What are the chances of Baltimore's defense actually outscoring - on the scoreboard, not just in DVOA - Arizona's offense in this game? How often does that happen? They've already done that to the Jets; any other recent (say last 5-10 years) examples of defenses doing that multiple times in one year?
Pretty big difference between Baltimore's pass offense and Arizona's pass defense too.
Well I guess that ain't happening...
Miami vs Giants is on over here.
Giants offense beats the Miami Defense with an emphasis on passing (both MIA and NYG).
Miami offense is beat by the Giants defense... this might not be the most exiting game there could be on this week.
Listening to Min @ Car here, as was hoping it might be competitive, but Carolina having real trouble holding onto the football so far.
First offensive play if Miami is an inside run by Reggie Bush (no real gain).
There are some reasons why that's a bad thing.
Man, what the heck happened to Flacco? Did the losses of Heap and Mason just nuke his comfort level? His stats are awful compared to the last couple seasons.
Apparently the scariest Halloween costume one could go as in the neighborhood of a Miami defensive back is as a wide receiver. They look positively terrified of the Giants this week.
Ed Hochuli's crew are having a terrible first half in the Vikings-Panthers game. I don't know if there are stats available for awful officiating but if there are then this lot must be near the bottom.
Whereas, strangely enough, everything Ron Winter's (!!!) crew has called in the NYG/MIA game has actually looked like a penalty...very odd.
GAH! The Giants convert 3rd-and-11 when once again the MIA CB is still running down the field away from the line of scrimmage when Manningham breaks off his route 14 yards downfield and gets the easy first down. It's so obviously bad that Dan Dierdorf is able to accurately point out the horrendous excuse for coverage. I mean, it's one thing to not want to get beaten deep. That's valid. But you should at least be paying enough attention to the play to know when the receiver decides to take what you're giving them.
(And...just maybe the cushion allowed should be less than the first-down yardage?)
Giants will throw that deep out another 10 times in this game.
The Ravens are absolutely imploding at home against a very bad team.
How long until it's time to ditch Joe Flacco. I mean obviously not yet, but what if this continues the rest of the year and the Ravens end up 8-8?
On consecutive plays Christian Ponder has carried out his playfake TO THE WRONG SIDE. Both times he panicks and takes off for 0 and -1 yards.
Busy moving stuff from one room to another so not posting here much... but noticed I can do the IRC on my phone and but its really difficult to do this thread on phone. Don't suppose a tapatalk plugin would be available? Its free for most message board formats...
Hoch and his band of fools actually get a tight call correct and Leslie Frazier wastes a challenge. I really don't like the 'I wish we hadn't done that' challenge, it suggests poor impulse control.
Newton looks so good for a rookie passer, he can make every throw, kill you with his legs and his footwork is sharp. Carolina's qb coach could be a hot commodity in a few years. The VIkings defensive backfield has helped though, they're a dismal group.
Ponder is having a decent day too, while he does struggle to drive the deep out he has a quick, clean release with good accuracy, ball placement and anticipation. This rookie qb class is looking like a strong one.
The Raven O-line is just getting spanked in pass protection. Incredible when you adjust for opponent.
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So... Baltimore? New York? New Orleans? Anybody there?
Early scores very odd so far.
"When you absolutely don't know what to do any more, then it's time to panic." - Johann van der Wiel
Yeah, at this point I'm happy the Falcons have the week off and miss out on whatever nonsense virus is causing these games. "Any given Sunday" is one thing, this looks more like opposite day.
Manning is not hurt at all. He took a sabbatical year to allow the Colts drafting Luck.
Anyone else get the feeling that Steve Smith would be a first ballot hall of famer if he had decent QB play his whole career?
No, but that's only because the requirement for first ballot Hall of Famer at wide receiver right now is ridiculously high. (It appears to be below Jerry Rice, but above Owens/Moss.) However, if Steve Smith keeps himself healthy and active for another 5-6 years he'll be in the Hall of Fame.
As the announcer is making excuses for Chris Johnson, he says "they're not even getting him to the line of scrimmage." The footage they show in the background shows CJ dancing in the backfield for about 3 seconds.
I'd like to see a list of games with the biggest difference between a teams' single-game DVOA and their year-long average. If the Rams manage to keep this up, I imagine this game would have to be near the top...
Where are those guys who last week proudly expressed their disdain for baseball? Were they checking their football fantasy stats on Thursday night?
Why do you think we know where they are?
I think the announcer said "funk it" two times.
I misheard him.
Just got back from church and looked at the scoreboard.
What is going on?
Holy shit, the Baltimore offense is alive!
Couple TERRIBLE PI calles in the Dolphins game and the Ravens game.
Want to expound on the Ravens game? I'm watching redzone and the calls I've seen have looked legit to me.
Offensive PI on Marshall was egregious. Really broke the little bit of rhythm that the Dolphins might have gotten going.
I'm snakebitten by praising the refs, as they steal a great play by MIA with a phantom PI call... (admittedly, CBS utterly refused to show a replay from the MIA endzone, which would actually show what Marshall's hand was doing, so I can't swear there wasn't a push-off of some kind, but...yeah)
At this stage the Ravens have run 62 plays to 33 by Arizona. I know that the cards had a punt return but how have they not run more plays, they're getting more than four per carry on the ground and abour nine yards per pass. It seems a little odd.
They haven't done anything at all in the second half aside from the penalty-aided drive that just tied the game at 27.
Dolphins giving this game away, though a bogus offensive pass interference call on Marshall looms large. Unfortunate, since a road win against a 1st place team would have put to bed the rumors that Miami is throwing the season. No sport wants that.
Anyone got the Panthers/Vikings game? Does Cam have some late-game heroics up his sleeve?
Well, he had some decent heroics going. His idiot kicker, not so much.
So, how about that Olindo Mare investment?
Olindo Mare. Ugh.
Steelers - Patriots kick off...
Big run back by Pitt to start the game. Ward inactive, as most probably know.
I will also say that having to enter a recaptcha for every post is one thing that works against the success of these threads, to respond to the earlier inquiry.
Could always register...
but then he'd lose so much potential for creative one-liners! (not verified)
You could always sign in/sign up. It's really not that hard, and *boom!* no captcha.
"When you absolutely don't know what to do any more, then it's time to panic." - Johann van der Wiel
I wonder how easy it is to implement something like having to put in a captcha once or twice a day per unregistered user for an IP. That would still slow/stop spammers and be less annoying.
Cundiff decides not to join Olindo Mare in the kicker dog house. I didn't get to see the game, though the early going made it sound like Bal was reliving Monday night. Did Ari fall apart, or did the Ravens remember they are supposed to be a rather good team?
ARI started running on every first and 2nd down, and then Kolb kept getting destroyed on 3rd and 7, when either the pocket would collapse, or none of his WRs would run routes deeper than 3 yards.
From a Raven's fan perspective:
- Running the hurry-up to end the first half seemed to remind the offense that they're paid football players (anecdotally the Raven's always seem to do well in the hurry-up but almost never run it)
- Around that same time the refs decided that the thing that every CB on JAC and ARI was doing to Boldin for the last two games was pass interference. I don't care what side of it you're on (maybe its PI, maybe its not, as a Raven's fan I think it is), CB's literally did the same stuff for 2 whole games and suddenly in the second half of the second game refs start consistently calling it. Weird...
Pitt dinking and dunking down the field, compounded by some strong RAC and poor tackling. On edge of red zone. We might see the TEs combine for 300 yards today.
I had no idea registering made a difference. THANKS!
TD STEELERS! Strong drive. Lots of short crossing routes and using the middle of the field. Was wide open. Heath Miller had 3 or 4 grabs for sizable gains.
Redskins not offering much resistance so far to Fitzpatrick...
Washington catches a break from Buffalo when they recover a fumble at the start of the second quarter. They drive into the Redzone, then get a sequence of:
sack (Buffalo's 5th of the season)
sack (Buffalo's 6th of the season)
blocked 50 yard FG
This reinforces my opinion that Washington is the only team in the NFC East that is in no danger of playing postseason football.
I'm doing 2 push ups for every point I see tonight.
After watching NYG - MIA, now PIT - NE is on.
After the Lions stopped the Broncos on 3rd down, a replay shows Stephen Tulloch Tebowing. Hah!
I don't think there are words that can describe how bad Brandon Spikes is in pass coverage.
I'm guessing Peterson will have more dyar from this 86 yard game than from his 175 yard game last week.
Watching Tebow play quarterback makes baby Jesus cry.
As I kept seeing the Lions' score pile up on the out-of-town board at Heinz Field, I'd joke about how awesome a comeback Tebow would lead.
Watching Tebow screw up the most simplest of routes with lousy timing, crappy accuracy, inexplicablely wrong reads...it's just flat out amazing he's a starting NFL QB.
He's just Tebowing it.
There's more than 5 minutes remaining. He's obviously going to score 30 something points at the end of the game to make it close.
The Steelers are walking off the field but the officials call something, so the half is not over yet.
Now there's a cop telling them to come back on the field doing his directing traffic arm wave.
NE pass defense is just really, really bad. Brady better start scoring, cause I don't see them stopping PIT very often.
330+ yards for Pitt <100 for NE. But not quite as lopsided on the score board (20-10)
Whats with Bob Kraft getting credit for ending the lockout? I mean he only has one vote, right?
A lot of people at the time spoke of Kraft in particular having a very significant impact on the two sides reaching an agreement.
Steelers pass VOA will be enormous for this game, DVOA not so much because NE D looks AWFUL (though a great INT to set up their only TD). Steelers running game looks average, mostly 3 yard gains with a few longer runs sprinkled in, but that's ok because they are passing 75% of the time. This may break Wallace's 40 yd reception streak to an end as NE is giving up the 5-12 yard range and stopping anything long. Ben has done an excellent job of taking what he was given and marching the Steelers down the field.
NE has looked good on offense, they just had a 3 and out to start each half and stalled 3 other times resulting in a punt and two FG attempts with one clanking off the upright.
I assume you meant NE has NOT looked good? I think the Steelers defense DVOA will be incredible.
Anytime Wallace gets the ball on a screen/quick pass, he puts on the jets and I'm surprised by his speed every single time.
Can the Lions play against Tebow every week? Please?
"When you absolutely don't know what to do any more, then it's time to panic." - Johann van der Wiel
Lions DEF/ST is currently at 29 points O_O
One pick six, one fumble ret for TD, one FG...?
and 6 sacks. Now Denver scored a TD, so down to only 26.
How's about another fumble recovery?
"only 26"
I like your sarcasm.
Tebow has won me over to religion.
I am praying that he's still starting three weeks from now when the Broncs play the Jets.
The result of Tim's first 20 dropbacks today, thru the 3rd Q: 4 completions for 37 yards, 5 sacks for -44 yards, a net of -7 yards, plus two fumbles on sacks, one run back for a TD. Lions up 38-3.
But his *intangibles* were tremendous!
As the Lions (up 35) went into a consume-time prevent defense, Tim was able to run up his passing stats all the way to a 56 rating. Yet more clutch 4th-Q play by Tebow, saving his very best for last, striving against all odds for the comeback!
Four yards per attempt? And that's after a decent drive against a we're-up-by-40 defense? Tebow is getting debacled out there. How long before Denver admits that he is yet another hopeless Josh McDaniels reclamation project?
Oh I think they already know he's no good. Now they just need his born again fans to realize the same thing. Doing a good job of that so far.
*Second year player.
*Best statistical resume to come out of college at his position in the last five years.
*Started 5 games: 3 good, 2 bad.
*"Now they just need to figure out a way to get the fans off his bandwagon, so they can replace him".
Let's see...counting last week's game as "good." Yeah, can't argue with you...in that it's going to take a LONG time to convince his fans.
Naw, I was counting all three (73 DYAR, 41 DYAR, 81 DYAR) from last year. Miami and today were miserable, although I could easily have added the relief effort two weeks ago as good.
For his career, he's an under 50% passer, playing only in 2010-11, when anything under 60% makes you a candidate for a benching. He has started three games this year, against the non-intimidating Detroit and Miami secondaries. Despite garbage-time statistical improvement, his yars-per-attempt is nonetheless lower than two quarterbacks already benched this year (McNabb, Grossman).
And it isn't like he's doing a great job out there and his receivers are dropping passes. Watching him play, it's clear that he can't read a defense and even if he could, his accuracy makes Derek Anderson look like an armed Predator drone.
More to the point, while the front office may not like it, they have a perfectly serviceable quarterback who is also well paid on the roster. Kyle Orton may not be John Elway, but he's at least a competent NFL quarterback, a respectable caretaker for a team which would need Peyton Manning to make the playoffs anyway.
Denver will rue the McDaniels era a long time. That said, the Shanahan Redskins are making me wonder exactly why I thought firing him in Denver was a mistake.
Steelers score a safety.
"they can't review it, it's a penalty"
"but it's a scoring play"
"yeah, but they can't review this"
You're missing what he was saying. I'm all for ragging on the commentators at times when they're being really dumb. This wasn't one of those times.
They reviewed it to see if the ball was recovered in bounds (as if it made a difference at that point).
The commentary was that there should have been a penalty for kicking the ball (which might have made a little difference) but they couldn't review it for that.
Yeah, the cross-talk was confusing, but they weren't wrong.
I'm pretty certain that I just saw Jim Schwartz patting John Fox on the back, I thought he considered that to be disrepectful behaviour...
I keep hoping Kyle Rudolph will catch a touchdown so I can break out my nickname for him "Rudolph the Red Zone TE". I tried to use it after a 2 yd completion at the 20, just not appropriate enough.
I hate how if a controversial goal line play is called a TD, it triggers automatic review. But if it does not, then no. Case in point, the patriots call at the goal line, he was in fact in, but because they called it incorrectly short, it did not trigger the automatic review, BB decided to not risk the challenge and the pats had to use more time to score. Yes, it probably didn't decide the game, but you never know. and it will some day.
I don't disagree, but on a pragmatic matter, you've got problems triggering an auto review of non-scoring plays. For example, on the Pats play the clock did not stop. (If he did not make the TD, then the clock should keep running.) If you review, the clock stops, in effect giving the Pats (or the team in that situation) a time out. And, outside of 2 minutes, the team can use a challenge, but they did not because they were in a hurry-up offense, and they decided the time and timeout were more important than the challenge. I agree that it would be nice if they could have an auto review to get it right, but if the clock is an issue, then auto review is a problem.
Why not just let the booth review the plays they think are wrong. That seems like an ideal fix to me.
While we're at it, get rid of the "2 challenges, sometimes 3" thing, and just let coaches challenge as long as they have TOs left.
My concern with that rule was always that it would result in referees awarding more dubious touchdowns thinking it can always be overturned on review if it's wrong. Glad to see that's not the case; not so glad to see a wrong call go the other way.
A similar example: the Marshawn Lynch run on the last play of the first half. Shouldn't that have at least been reviewed? It looked pretty darn close to me.
They're looking at reviewing high leverage plays, and the easiest way is to auto-review scoring plays. Otherwise, you'd need a rather esoteric guideline like auto-review all plays with > 0.1 WPA or something.
Oh, I understand that. I simply think, as a referee, the knowledge that calling the play one way will get it reviewed to make sure I'm right whereas calling it the other way won't would make me err on the side of calling it the way that gets it reviewed. I also don't think there was any need for them to auto-review any more plays than they already did. I'm more in favour of a situation where coaches can challenge as many plays as they like, but they lose a time out every time the challenge fails. If it's successful, that means the referees made a mistake and the coach shouldn't ever lose anything from getting that corrected.
You could argue that it cost the Bears last year. Cutler was running a sneak and pushed the ball across the plane and then fumbled. Lovie didn't challenge because he had foolishly challenged the play before so the Bears end up losing to the Skins. If the same rules for a play that did score were applied to one that didn't they would have won.
I really enjoy these technique breakdowns with Rodney Harrison.
When Asomugha was talking about how he can use his width and doesn't have to react to little moves by receivers, it reminded me a lot of the Greg Cosell's quote from Farrar's article about how he isn't a great change of direction corner, but instead is smooth with his movements.
Nnamdi gets a crazy pick.
Re: NE-PIT
Don't think we'll have to be hearing about Brady and Welker breaking any single-season records anymore.
What the heck was up with the playcalls by Tomlin when the Steelers got the ball after the most pathetic onside kick attempt ever? Consecutive pass plays resulting in consecutive mega-sacks taking you out of range for the clinching FG?
I never knew you could onsides kick after a safety if you used a dropkick instead of a punt.
Why was that safety a safety and not a touchback? Brady was stripped, sure. But the ball didn't go in the endzone because the offense's impetus put it there. The ball went in the endzone because the DB punched it through the endzone while it was loose on the field of play.
While obviously PIT fans will like the win, it had to be excruciating for PIT to be outplaying NE by such a wide margin and yet have the game in doubt until rather late.
I didn't see the game live. On the NFL Network highlight show, they said
something about PIT doing this deliberately to take time off of the clock.
But if they were really in FG range, that doesn't make much sense to me.
It would be better to get the points, wouldn't it?
I don't know about Welker, but since Brady was on pace to break Marino's record by something like 700 yards, I'm sure we'll still be hearing about it.
Re: the question about the safety. The Steelers never had possession, so it was a NE fumble through the end zone.
My question is about the Polamalu swat of the ball. The announcers indicated they thought it was illegal. A kick of the ball is illegal but not batting it with your hand, is it? They alluded to the "Holy Roller" as a comparison, but that was a fumble (or perhaps "fumble"), this was a loose ball. I think it's a distinction that matters, right?
If the officials judged it to be intentional, it would have been a penalty. Rule 12-1-8, A player may not bat or punch a loose ball (in field of play) toward opponent's goal line; Rule 2-5 (g), A Bat or Punch is the intentional striking of the ball with hand, fist, elbow, or forearm.
Of course, I'm sure Polamalu would have claimed he was trying to recover the ball, but he made a bad grab at it and it rolled away from him. One thing I greatly dislike about many of the NFL rules is the need for the officials to make a decision about intent.
It's also funny because if intent is the deciding factor, he could just argue that he wasn't trying to hit it towards his opponent's goal line, just out of the grasp of their recovery - the fact that flew towards the goal line was incidental to his grasping at it to prevent their recovery, which isn't against the rule as it is written.
-It looked to me like the Steeler pass plays were designed as "If you don't have somebody wide open, eat the ball." They were a couple of cases of Ben willingly taking the sack. (Pittsburgh's running game was unlikely to succeed against a packed-in defense.)
-There has to be some way to onside kick after a safety.
-Not nearly as excruciating as watching Jacksonville stay in the game a couple weeks ago.
The back to back sacks don't bother me so much that they were passing, but howe they were passing. Replays from behind the offense showed that a majority of the receivers were running deep routes and weren't even looking back when the protection broke down.
I get on Roethlisberger for holding the ball as much as anybody, but that was just awful playcalling that gave him no chance. Why throw deep 1) You've been having success throwing short all day, and 2) A first down ices the game?
I haven't seen anyone quoted about the routes they ran, but I'll guess that the deep routes were designed to clear out defenders for something short. From the (uncharacteristically willing) way Ben took the sacks, I'm guessing his instructions were to only throw if he was 100% sure he had the completion.
My theory is BRoeth knew that a) Suisham would miss, and b) Tomlin would call on Suisham even though Suisham isn't good, so by taking the sacks it prevented Tomlin from making a bad decision.
I never knew you could onsides kick after a safety if you used a dropkick instead of a punt.
Anyone can field the kick after it's gone 10 yards. In 1996 after Favre was sacked by the Rams for a safety, the Packers punted for their free kick. Craig Hentrich kicked it so high, Packers safety and special teams wiz Mike Prior caught it for the Packers ball. It was like a 60 yard free kick.
You can fair-catch a kickoff that hasn't landed, and thus prevent the kicking team from interfering with the catch. You cannot fair-catch a ball which has touched the ground, hence why the drop-kick works better.
(This is also why most onside kicks are bounced off the ground, rather that merely kicked upwards very short)
End of game play calls: Running had a low first down probability against that defense. Passing, but only throwing with very high probability attempts is probably better. Taking a sack is not a big deal since the clock runs and the punt will end up deep regardless. Sadly, they were not in Suisham's reliable range.
Onsides after safety: Yup, they can also placekick without a tee for an onsides kick, but they probably figured drop kick was a better option.
Safety: I think they got the rules wrong. The defense provided the "impetus" so it should have been a touchback. It's also possible Polamalu intentionally batted the ball which would be a foul.
Dominant squeaker: yeah that was excruciating, but in the good way that makes football fun.
"Safety: I think they got the rules wrong. The defense provided the "impetus" so it should have been a touchback. It's also possible Polamalu intentionally batted the ball which would be a foul."
Why? Impetus doesn't matter; possession does.
Had the ball simply gone out of bounds, NE would have retained possession, even if a Steeler had been the last to touch the ball.
Section 7, Article 3, Item 4, b):
If a ball is fumbled in a team's own end zone or in the field of play and goes out of bounds in the end zone, it is a safety, if that team provided the impetus that sent the ball into the end zone (See 11-5-1 for exception for momentum). If the impetus was provided by the opponent, it is a touchback.
This is somewhat confusing, but I think the distinction that the officials made was that "impetus" hadn't changed from offense to defense on the play. A change in impetus is fairly strictly defined as the defense "muffing a ball at rest" or "illegally batting a loose ball" (Polamalu's punch was indeed illegal, but the officials didn't see/judge that), not just the simple matter of whether or not the defense had last touched/redirected the football. Definition of impetus:
Article 3 Impetus is the action of a player that gives momentum to the ball and sends it in touch.
The Impetus is attributed to the offense except when the ball is sent in touch through a new momentum when the defense muffs a ball which is at rest, or nearly at rest, or illegally bats:
(a) a kick or fumble;
(b) a backward pass after it has struck the ground;
(c) or illegally kicks any ball (12-1-9).
Now, beats the hell out of me what a football "nearly at rest" means, but I'm fairly confident that a backwards-rolling football being pushed further backwards and into the endzone by a scrum of would-be recoverers does not constitute a "change in impetus" even if it was the defense that made the last contact with the football. And indeed I've never seen a touchback (instead of a safety) called on such a scramble for a fumble that ends up in the endzone. I think the requirement for such a touchback call is the "illegal bat", which certainly was the correct call here that the officials just missed.
I stand corrected. I did not realize that "almost at rest" was part of the definition of "impetus." I see now that either Polamalu made an illegal bat that was missed, or the calls on the field were entirely correct. As for the illegal batting, it's very hard to say. On the one hand it definitely looks like he swatted at the ball, doesn't it? On the other hand the illegal batting rules are written such that they require intent, given how quickly he was running when he dove, it's possible that Polamalu did just muff the ball, and there's really very little motive for batting in that situation since a recovery by either team on the ground ends the game. I guess I'll give the benefit of the doubt to the officials on that one. Thanks for the info, GlennW.
PFT: Jerry Jones Sees Tonight's Game as an Opportunity to Make a Statement
Dallas is certainly making a statement, but probably not the one Mr. Jones had
in mind.
This is one of the worst performances by the Dallas Cowboys in the last 10 years. Totally unprepared on both sides of the ball and unable to make adjustments in any way. Tonight is a very Wade Phillips-like performance. They should be ashamed from Jerry Jones down to the towel boy.
And this comes from a lifelong Dallas fan.
I agree - it was delightful. Seriously, though, normally in a blowout, one team has a bunch of mistakes, like fumbles or weird plays where something just breaks wrong for one team and the game gets out of hand. This is one of the few times I can recall the Eagles' having simply take Dallas out to the woodshed and beaten them up and down the field on almost every single play, just dominating them like I couldn't believe. DVOA says they just curb stomped the #2 rushing DVOA defense. I wonder what McCoy's DYAR/DVOA will be for the game...
Delightful. I'm still ok with 4-12, if they just give us fans another one like this when they are in Fort Worth...
A succession of awful, bogus calls by the refs in this one tonight.
Awful, awful overturn in the SD-KC game. Travis LaBoy hits Cassel's arm, and the ball travels several yards forward and is jumped on by SD. Call on the field is incomplete. Replay shows that LaBoy's arm is going the opposite way from the direction the ball comes out, so the only way the ball could have come out the way it did is if it was propelled forward by Cassel. You don't have to be Isaac Newton to conclude that Cassel's arm must, ipso facto, have been going forward. But instead the ref decides that the replay shows INCONTROVERTIBLE evidence the other way. Even if you don't buy my (physics-based and obviously correct) argument, there's no way the evidence was enough to overturn. Just terrible.
Oh, but a god-awful OPI on a Gates TD and a holding penalty results in a long FG attempt, which Novak honks.
San Diego once again seemingly out to prove the extent to which they can dominate an opponent and lose.
KC vs SD
Score is 13-12, KC scores a TD, now 19-12, beginning of 4th quarter.
Why didn't they go for the 2 point conversion to make it a two score game (or lead by 7)?????


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Verizon 4G LTE network down again?
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Most recently, the network was affected a few days before Christmas, and now it seems as though some of our readers are telling us that they've been encountering issues with it again. Taking a quick look at some of our own Verizon 4G LTE devices, we've confirmed that...
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1. souleater93 (Posts: 86; Member since: 20 Mar 2009)
In Phoenix there is no 4G/3G/1X for LTE phones and there are problems with the voice and texting as well.
71. BattleBrat (Posts: 1456; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Here in Pasadena, California, No 4g, there is 3g though, voice and texting are fine, strange thing is I'm getting a 4g sim card authentication error
2. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
america's most reliable network, LOL.
14. Synack (Posts: 677; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
Until the RAZR / Rez / Nexus was released it was perfectly fine. Once all of this Christmas congestion eases up then it will be back to normal.
17. bigdawg23 (Posts: 448; Member since: 25 May 2011)
They had issue before those devices.
21. Synack (Posts: 677; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
Yeah like 2 in 9 months. My Droid Charge lost 4G LTE like one or two times MAYBE in 7 months.
3. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Wow, so far no reported issues for AT&T and 4G LTE. I have the DROID RAZR, but have only experienced 3G - been very reliable, but I prefer WiFi, as it is faster. Still looking forward to 4G LTE, and may have to upgrade to 50.0/10GB when that happens.
4. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
ok, 3G is down, too.....but I am home.....love my CLEAR Wifi.
44. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
all set now :-)
5. rjbp64 (Posts: 28; Member since: 15 Dec 2011)
Here in Monterey CA everything is running smooth.
6. newman69 (Posts: 14; Member since: 06 Nov 2011)
i'm in northen virginia. still lte not working. only 3g is working
7. JordanCox (Posts: 21; Member since: 17 Apr 2011)
Verizon sucks!!! I don't care, put thumbs down if you want. THE TRUTH HURTS.
19. idaman12000 (Posts: 39; Member since: 03 May 2011)
u must blow then
45. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
In terms of coverage, with any carrier, it depends on where you live, and if you have a phone that is not defective.
49. items17070 (Posts: 70; Member since: 20 Dec 2011)
8. thisiswang (Posts: 5; Member since: 19 Dec 2011)
Here in the greater Philadelphia Area getting 4g speeds around 10mb/s. If this is an outage, I love LTE. :)
64. jtucker1987 (Posts: 89; Member since: 06 May 2010)
I've been having problems with 4G and 3G in the Philly area today.
9. ballplyr14610 (Posts: 8; Member since: 04 Nov 2011)
I'm in the Central Virginia Area and no 4G connection here.
10. ballplyr14610 (Posts: 8; Member since: 04 Nov 2011)
Actually no 4G/3G/1X here either.
11. joshmcgraw (Posts: 1; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
I live in Orlando and work for Verizon and the 4G network is down. We can't even activate new 4G devices.
12. baileyboy (Posts: 18; Member since: 06 Jan 2009)
No 4G in Denver. 3G or SOS only.
52. baileyboy (Posts: 18; Member since: 06 Jan 2009)
4G in Denver is up and running.
13. blakewelwell (Posts: 6; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
It is down in Salt Lake City, Utah I am not even getting 3g.
16. mullman85 (Posts: 12; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
4g is down in Jacksonville, FL..No 3G either
18. akhi216 (Posts: 61; Member since: 01 May 2011)
Nothing in Greensboro NC.
20. idaman12000 (Posts: 39; Member since: 03 May 2011)
its down in sw idaho areas
22. johnriii (Posts: 238; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
3G is spotty in KC for about the last 1.5 hours. no 4G at all. can anyone say embarrassed?
23. Ric1511 (Posts: 26; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
Carlsbad, CA - No LTE or 3G
24. cappy718 (Posts: 26; Member since: 31 Aug 2011)
Down in Dover DE. 3G went down for a while even on my Bionic, but it's back up now...sort of. It's hard to tell with the building I work in. I did a battery pull and walked outside and 3g came back up. I am getting tired of VZW "most reliable network" tagline. It's been horrible since I've gotten this phone...
25. jczepole (Posts: 19; Member since: 02 Nov 2011)
4G and 3G Down in Albuquerque NM again. This is starting to get irritating since poor coverage was the reason why I broke my contract with Tmobile.
26. Jeremyt727 (Posts: 5; Member since: 11 Oct 2011)
Out here in NY i'm not having any 4G service on my Galaxy Nexus =[ .. But WiFi FTW..
27. ericsorensen (Posts: 53; Member since: 17 Nov 2011)
3G and 4G have been down all day in Louisiana. I flashed a new rom last night on my Galaxy Nexus, so I thougth that was the problem. Restored to stock and it still didn't come up.
28. Andrew_2.0 (Posts: 1; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
4G is down in parts of the bay area in california, as is 3G, I'm currently connecting on the EVDO-REV1A network, but my mother, with a lesser expensive 4G phone, has no problems connecting to 3G. My 1A network speeds seem to be around 3G though, I dont want to pull my hair out quite yet... Plus it's only spots in town in Vacaville that I dont get 4G, It still comes in at my house...just not at work, where i use my phone most.
29. ballplyr14610 (Posts: 8; Member since: 04 Nov 2011)
Confirmation from Verizon, nationwide 4G outage, should be back up by midnight...according to a Verizon Tech
30. jaabubby (Posts: 38; Member since: 16 Jan 2010)
Nothing in Pittsburgh! No 3G or 4G... It's intermittent...
31. bolaG (Posts: 468; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
Man what's up with VZW?! Once..OK...Twice...ahhh not so much....Trice....I want my money back you guys suck!
Three times in one month is unacceptable for a cell phone company of Verizon's caliber. I'm gonna need some bill credits this bill cycle :P
32. Rio1983 (Posts: 25; Member since: 03 Dec 2011)
Columbia, SC is having horrid issues with 4g ... Consistently having issues for the last 3 weeks..
33. Mando0316 (Posts: 2; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
It's still down here in San Antonio. Been having 4G issues since yesterday, though. I didn't even have 3G for a couple of hours today either.
34. eddptty2003 (Posts: 11; Member since: 06 Mar 2010)
4G in El Paso Texas running smooth no outages
35. dell804 (Posts: 1; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
4G is out in suburban Michigan.
36. BigRed83 (Posts: 144; Member since: 19 May 2008)
In the Providence area, 4G is/was down. Because of flux, my BIONIC with the new update couldn't switch back to 3G until out of range of 4G towers. Yeah.
37. iamcc (Posts: 1319; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
Have you tried setting the phone to just look for CDMA towers? That's what i've done the last two times the LTE network was down. Worked fine on my GN
38. archeryhunter1993 (Posts: 17; Member since: 09 Dec 2011)
Verizon service is perfect from Los Angeles to San Diego California.
61. itzmando (Posts: 115; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Above LA county, which is my county Ventura County. I am suffering 1 bar 3G to 1X all morning on my GN. Same goes for my mom and younger sisters new Samsung Stratospheres having intermittent signal strength and my dads old Samsung Flipshot showing 1 bar. :(
39. akararules (Posts: 4; Member since: 06 Nov 2009)
Baltimore, MD - No 4G LTE service - HTC Thunderbolt - 3G Works Perfectly
40. DonMateo28 (Posts: 14; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
Okay Verizon i defendend you last week when this happen, and i have AT&T, can't defend you on this one this time, please get it together
41. vantenkiest (Posts: 311; Member since: 20 Apr 2011)
Pittsburgh PA
Droid Razr I got the latest update to the firmware.
4g down
3g uber spotty
1x down
Wifi Great. 23mbs
however seems that anytime im getting off wifi for longer than 10 min we have a #$*&@^ outage
42. mightyfem (Posts: 1; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
4G down and 3G, or any connection intermittent in Knoxville, TN
43. nb2six (Posts: 298; Member since: 27 Apr 2011)
LTE down in Central Indiana..Still have 3G thank god..
46. skymitch89 (Posts: 1299; Member since: 05 Nov 2010)
"The most dependable 3G network" doesn't seem to have a very dependable 4G network. It seems as though Verizon's 4G is down for at least a few days every 2-4 weeks.
47. iamcc (Posts: 1319; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
I don't know about that.. I've been using LTE since the Thunderbolt's release and other than the first couple days I had my Thunderbolt this is only the second time i've lost service.
51. sleepyjohnny (Posts: 151; Member since: 16 Dec 2009)
I'm right by NYC and 4G seems to be up and working again
53. letsb4real25 (Posts: 21; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
its down here in Louisville, KY!! UGH!
54. vantenkiest (Posts: 311; Member since: 20 Apr 2011)
seems to be back up pittsburgh pa
55. vantenkiest (Posts: 311; Member since: 20 Apr 2011)
err never mind its not
56. dyson (Posts: 5; Member since: 11 Dec 2011)
The 4G is back up in Columbus, OH
57. daddyd302 (Posts: 36; Member since: 17 Jul 2008)
4G is down here in Milwaukee, still got 3G on my Galaxy Nexus.....
58. ssjdarkwing (Posts: 4; Member since: 16 Oct 2011)
I have no service here in Kansas City, MO. On my Moto Droid Bionic
59. techigan (Posts: 5; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
So it was down in Detroit area for a couple hours, but its all good since I got them to give my unlimited data plus a credit for the downtime. That works for me.


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... in subjects under spinal anesthesia, the power of active vasoconstriction is, however, more or less completely absent because of
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Two more postseason tickets were punched on Friday night as the Manchester Monarchs and Grand Rapids Griffins clinched berths in the 2014 Calder Cup Playoffs.
Manchester secured a spot in the postseason for the fifth year in a row and the 12th time in 13 seasons overall with a 5-1 win over the Worcester Sharks on Friday.
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A company thats run out of the third floor of the Peoples Building on Broad Street does.
Charleston Greystar Real Estate Partners proved it was up the task Monday, when it announced its shelling out that exact amount for 27 apartments with 8,000 rental units in seven major markets around the country.
The numbers are big and impressive.
But the deal has an added bonus, a back story more than 20 years in the making that brings full circle the cyclical nature of real estate.
Even the Boeing 787 plant in North Charleston makes a cameo appearance.
Bob Faith is the founder, chairman and CEO of Greystar, which owns and manages more than 200,000 apartments and is developing the Elan Midtown project on Meeting Street in downtown Charleston.
The Oklahoma native earned a petroleum engineering degree and planned to follow his dad into the oil patch business.
The energy bust of the early 1980s sidetracked that ambition, so he applied to and was accepted at Harvard Business School.
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Faith and some Harvard classmates formed Starwood Capital Partners to seize on the tremendous opportunities because of all the chaos, he told The Post and Courier a decade ago.
Armed with a fat credit line and the backing of some wealthy families, they scooped up bargains at government-run foreclosure sales.
Starwood Capital quickly amassed 7,200 apartment units and reaped a huge profit after selling them to Chicago-based Equity Residential Properties as part of that companys initial public offering.
It was good day for me. That gave me the grubstake, if you will, to start Greystar, said Faith, who moved his 20-year-old business to Charleston from Houston around 1998 for family reasons.
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Since then, the firm has moved up the national growth chart and is now ranked as the largest privately held apartment operator in the country.
Along the way, Faith briefly dipped his toe into state politics by serving as South Carolinas secretary of commerce from 2003-06 under then-Gov. Mark Sanford. The biggest blockbuster of his term was recruiting Vought Aircraft Industries and Alenia Aeronautica to Charleston International Airport, a 2004 deal that later evolved into Boeings 6,000-worker 787 campus.
More than five years back in the private sector, he and his partners, including Goldman Sachs & Co., remain very bullish on the apartment industry overall.
One of the players on the other side of Greystars latest acquisition is one of the more interesting characters in the real estate business: Sam Zell, whos known as the Grave Dancer because of his fondness for risking money on written-off businesses.
Zell is the chairman and founder of Equity Residential. He was at the helm back in the early 90s when his company provided Faith with his Greystar grubstake.
This time around, Faith is the buyer. The deal got rolling easy enough.
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It's Washington's favorite parlor game during a presidential transition: trying to figure out who'll land a top spot in the new administration.
President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for Cabinet and other top positions, according to Democratic officials.
Just like the stock market, names rise and fall weekly, some zooming to the top, others dropping out of contention. Hillary Rodham Clinton suddenly is considered the top prospect for secretary of state, although other names remain in the mix. It looks like Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general, is on track to become attorney general. Some of those who are the subject of speculation already have been chosen by Obama to serve as part of his transition team. Some names being floated are surprising, such as former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell for education secretary. Others are high-profile governors or members of Congress. Many are also little known to the general public — and may remain so. ___ DEFENSE SECRETARY Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., member of Senate Armed Services Committee. John Hamre, former deputy defense secretary, now president of Center for Strategic and International Studies. ___ TREASURY SECRETARY Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. Lawrence Summers, former treasury secretary and one-time Harvard University president. ___ SECRETARY OF STATE Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, former first lady and one-time rival of Obama's for the Democratic presidential nomination. Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., former U.N. ambassador and energy secretary. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., 2004 presidential nominee. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate. Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. ___ ATTORNEY GENERAL Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general. ___ HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. ___ HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. ___ CIA DIRECTOR John Brennan, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center ___ NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR Tim Roemer, former Indiana congressman and member of the 9/11 commission. Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., chairwoman of House Homeland Security intelligence subcommittee. Jami Miscik, former head of CIA's analytical operations. ___ NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER James B. Steinberg, former deputy national security adviser. ___ ENERGY SECRETARY Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google, former assistant energy secretary in charge of efficiency and renewable energy programs in the Clinton administration. Former Rep. Philip Sharp, D-Ind., president of Resources for the Future think tank. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. ___ INTERIOR SECRETARY Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. ___ EPA ADMINISTRATOR Lisa P. Jackson, commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Mary Nichols, head of California Air Resources Board. Kathleen McGinty, former secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. ___ HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. Renee Glover, head of Atlanta's housing authority Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies Shaun Donovan, commissioner of New York City's housing department. ___ LABOR SECRETARY Ed McElroy, former president of the American Federation of Teachers Former Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri Linda Chavez-Thompson, former AFL-CIO vice president Former Rep. David Bonior, member of Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board. Maria Echaveste, former Clinton White House adviser. ___ COMMERCE SECRETARY Laura D'Andrea Tyson, former chair of White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Clinton. ___ OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR Peter Orszag, director of Congressional Budget Office. ___ EDUCATION SECRETARY Colin Powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools. Inez Tenenbaum, former South Carolina schools superintendent. Linda Darling-Hammond, education professor at Stanford University. ___ TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Jane Garvey, former head of Federal Aviation Administration. Mortimer Downey, former deputy transportation secretary. Former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. ___ AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union. Former Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas. ___ VETERANS AFFAIRS Tammy Duckworth, a disabled Iraq war veteran and Illinois veterans affairs director. Former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia, a Vietnam veteran who had three limbs amputated after a grenade blast. Current VA Secretary James Peake.
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Ruth JoAnn Holzwarth, 84, of Kansas, Ohio, passed away at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at Elmwood at the Shawhan, Tiffin.
Ruth was born March 8, 1928, in Tiffin, to John R. and Emma E. (Kimmet) Puffenberger. She married Dwight R. Holzwarth Sept. 10, 1949, and he preceded her in death.
Other survivors include her three daughters, Holly A. Amlin of Tiffin, Melinda E. (Robert) Gerty of Columbus and Mellissa J. (Kenneth) Miller of Fremont; four grandchildren, Donavon (Jenny) Gerty, Samantha (Alex) Chorba, and Season and Nathan Miller; and a sister, Evelyn Dantuono-Raitz of Tiffin.
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Ruth worked as the postmaster in Kansas for 30 years. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church, Kansas, where she was active with their Rosary Alter Society. She was also a member of Kansas Fireman's Auxiliary, the Pray of Legion of Mary, and distributed communion to the shut-ins for the church. Ruth was a 1946 graduate of Bettsville High School, where she served as the valedictorian of her class.
Ruth also was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, John Puffenberger; and three sisters, Marian Boyer, Evone Mooney and Annabel Lind.
Her Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin, with the Rev. Joseph Szybka officiating. The rosary will be prayed 20 minutes prior to the Mass. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Tiffin.
Visitation for family and friends will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept 14, at Engle-Shook Funeral Home and Crematory, 135 N. Washington St., Tiffin, OH 44883, (419) 447-1221.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice Care, Elmwood at the Shawhan or to Calvert Catholic Schools.
Online condolences may be left for the family and the live web-cast may be viewed at www.engleshookfuneralhome.com.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Looks like the lazy, hazy, crazy days of this sultry summer of 2012 haven't prevented Staten Islanders from reveling in all sorts of charity events, family celebrations, school reunions and show openings
Here, then, is our latest compilation — yet another pictorial array — of just how residents are celebrating the outdoor season.
Maxine Spierer shares this birthday with Rob Steele, Vincent Ciardiello, who turns 25, Susan Caccese Tobuck, Eve Davis and Lauren Farnitano.
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Attachment in Psychotherapyby Susan Johnson David Wallin
This eloquent book translates attachment theory and research into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship, the author integrates attachment theory with neuroscience, trauma studies, relational psychotherapy, and the psychology of mindfulness. Vivid case material illustrates how therapists can tailor interventions to fit the attachment needs of their patients, thus helping them to generate the internalized secure base for which their early relationships provided no foundation. Demonstrating the clinical uses of a focus on nonverbal interaction, the book describes powerful techniques for working with the emotional responses and bodily experiences of patient and therapist alike.
Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapyby Susan Johnson Valerie Whiffen
This practical book presents cutting-edge approaches to couple and family therapy that use attachment theory as the basis for new clinical understandings. Fresh and provocative insights are provided on the nature of interactions between adult partners and among parents and children; the role of attachment in distressed and satisfying relationships; and the ways attachment-oriented interventions can address individual problems as well as marital conflict and difficult family transitions. With contributions from leading clinicians and researchers, the volume offers both general strategies and specific techniques for helping clients build stronger, more supportive relational bonds.
A Better Womanby Susan Johnson
Acclaimed novelist Susan Johnson found, at age thirty-five, that her desire to have a baby became overwhelming. She had no inkling what motherhood would cost -- or give -- her. But as she went on to experience pregnancy and birth, and their impact on her marriage, health, and heart, she recorded it all. In this hauntingly lovely account, Johnson portrays a woman transformed by motherhood, and a writer forever changed by a widening chasm of experience. Her initial ecstasy jostles against bewilderment, rage, and despair, however, when she develops a rare complication of childbirth; she is "a one-woman catastrophe, a small ruined country." She is also burning to get words on paper. The result, A Better Woman, should be required reading for every woman hungry to give birth -- and every mother yearning to have her deepest feelings heard.
Blazeby Susan Johnson
In her attempts to persuade Jon Hazard Black, the Harvard-educated son of an Absarokee chief, to sell his land claim to her father, Boston heiress Blaze Braddock unwittingly captures Black's heart with her fiery spirit.
Blonde Heatby Susan Johnson
SUMMER OF LOVE Three best friends from the city are coming home this summer--and temperatures are going to soar. For each, the small lakeside town of Ely holds warm memories of erotic trysts and first crushes, passionate nights and bittersweet heartbreak. Now they are returning to their hometown for the hottest summer of their lives--and three new chances at love. . . For Serena, the bored would-be socialite, the passion she's been missing comes in the form of a man all wrong for her--for all the deliciously right reasons. For Ceci, the poet and cynic, the art of love was a carefully orchestrated game--until the town bad boy teaches her the pleasure of losing control. And for Lily, the cable TV star recovering from a broken marriage, the carefree summer fling she'd begun with Ely's most handsome and eligible resident burns with a sensual heat that will melt every taboo. Neither Lily, Ceci, nor Serena knows how the summer will end, but one thing is certain--each will experience a seduction to remember. . .
Gorgeous As Sinby Susan Johnson
An erotic romance star who ?TAKES SENSUALITY TO THE EDGE? (OAKLAND PRESS) debuts her new historical romance trilogy.Fitz Monckton, Duke of Groveland, has never encountered a woman he can?t seduce?until he clashes with the beautiful Rosalind St. Vincent, whose bookshop sits in the way of Fitz?s lucrative development deal. If money won?t entice Rosalind to sell her shop, Fitz must tempt her in other ways?hopefully mutually pleasurable, and profitable to them both.
Hot Propertyby Susan Johnson
All new sexy suspense from a New York Times bestselling star in erotic romance. To finish writing her exposé on art collectors, Zoe Chandler has fled to a secluded lake house where a muscle-bound neighbor in cargo shorts catches her attention. The problem: he likes seclusion too. Haunted by his past in the CIA, he isn?t looking for company. But when Zoe?s controversial book brings a threat to her door, she begs Nick to protect her from danger?and keep her close. With his own trouble brewing, he?s not sure he can trust her??but she?ll do everything in her power to persuade him.
Hot Streakby Susan Johnson
Molly: A beautiful bride-to-be, fell hopelessly in love with another man. A man she could never marry. . . . Carey: A world-class horseman and film director, lived a glittering jet-set life that Molly could never be a part of. Against all odds, fate would give their love a second chance. Years later, as Molly struggled to raise her daughter in the wake of betrayal, she dreamed of her beloved Carey. Then, one day he appeared-more glamorous, wealthy, and irresistible than she ever remembered, Now she w...
Legendary Loverby Susan Johnson
Dear Readers, I had heard the gossip. Who in London hadn't? But whether or not the elusive Venus Duras would favor one of her numerous suitors didn't concern me. After all, I had a surfeit of obliging lovers. And then I bumped into her. Literally. She was utterly enchanting, the most dazzling creature I had ever seen. I knew she had to be mine. But she was aware of my reputation and thought me a libertine. When I invited her to a dinner party, she gave me the cut direct. Within hours our heat...
Love Stormby Susan Johnson
This erotic romance, long out of print, returns for the fans of the bestselling author of Pure Sin, Seized by Love and Outlaw. When the notorious rake Prince Alexander Kuzan encountered the alluring redhead seeking safe passage to her ancestral home, little did he suspect that Zena would entangle him in a rapturous struggle for the heart.
Outlawby Susan Johnson
When her enemy, the infamous Laird of Ravensby, abducts her in order to win his brother's freedom from an English dungeon, Elizabeth Graham finds herself strangely attracted to this notorious privateer.
Parade of Life: Animalsby Susan Johnson Jean Hopkins Maryanna Quon Warner Jill D. Wright Anthea Maton David La Hart
Science textbook for children.
Prentice Hall Exploring Earth Scienceby Susan Johnson Jean Hopkins David Lahart Maryanna Quon Warner Jill D. Wright Anthea Maton
If you think about it, you will quickly realize that there are many things you might question and seek answers to. Put another way, the universe is really a collection of countless mysteries. It is the job of scientists to solve those mysteries. The goal of science is to understand the world around us.
Prentice Hall Exploring Earth's Weatherby Susan Johnson Jean Hopkins David Lahart Maryanna Quon Warner Jill D. Wright Anthea Maton
Throughout this book one will learn a variety of terms, facts, figures, and concepts in relation to science.
Prentice Hall Exploring Life Scienceby Susan Johnson Jean Hopkins Maryanna Quon Warner Jill D. Wright Anthea Maton
Life science textbook.
Prentice Hall Exploring Physical Scienceby Susan Johnson Jean Hopkins David Lahart Maryanna Quon Warner Jill D. Wright
The universe around you and inside of you is really a collection of countless mysteries. It is the job of scientists to solve those mysteries. The goal of science is to understand the world around us. How do scientists go about understanding the world? Like all good detectives, scientists use special methods to determine truths about nature. Such truths are called facts. Here is an example of a fact: The sun is a source of light and heat. But science is more than a list of facts--just as studying science is more than memorizing facts. Jules Henri Poincaré, a famous nineteenth-century French scientist who charted the motions of planets, put it this way: "Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house." So scientists go further than simply discovering facts. Scientists try to use facts to solve larger mysteries of nature. In this sense, you might think of facts as clues to scientific mysteries. An example of a larger mystery is how the sun produces the heat and light it showers upon the Earth. Another larger mystery is how the relatively few and simple organisms of 3 billion years ago gave rise to the many complex organisms that inhabit the Earth today. Using facts they have gathered, scientists propose explanations for the events they observe. Then they perform experiments to test their explanations. In the next section of this chapter, you will learn how scientists go about performing experiments and uncovering the mysteries of nature.
Pure Sinby Susan Johnson
Flora Bonham met Adam Serre on the night his wife left him. Although he made it clear he was not interested, Flora was determined to tempt him as no other woman had. From award-winner Susan Johnson comes an enticing, sensual tale that follows her recent successes with Outlaw and the USA Today bestseller Seized by Love.
Seduction in Mindby Susan Johnson
He could offer her only one thing -- a week of intimate pleasure. . . . Samuel Lennox and Miss Alexandra Ionides cordially invite you to a most provocative game of seduction It shall last for seven days, during which Lennox, Viscount Ranelagh, will wield his celebrated prowess with the London ladies in an attempt to add Miss Alex's name to his list of conquests. The infamous list is long, though the duration of each liaison has been brief -- and as the viscount will assure anyone, that is precisely how he likes it. The lady, for her part, an accomplished artist and benefactress of various charities, has no wish to be a mere plaything. Although a week of intimate pleasure with a man of Ranelagh's legendary skills would be memorable. . . As for the other players -- irate parents, designing debutantes, a scheming ex-mistress, even a love-struck young man with ideals -- all seem intent on meddling. But the viscount is single-minded when it comes to seduction, and Miss Alex is in his sights. Come see who wins in this amorous game!
Seductive as Flameby Susan Johnson
It was common gossip that there wasn't a woman alive safe from the seductive skills of Alec Munro, Earl of Dalgliesh. Except for Zelda MacKenzie, a magnificent, flame-haired Scottish beauty who makes it clear she has no interest in libertines.How lovely, Alec thought. How irresistibly challenging.
Seized by Loveby Susan Johnson
A reckless and handsome prince risks his title and his heart to win the hand of an innocent enchantress. From the bestselling author of Outlaw comes a dark saga of erotic historical romance, sweeping from fabulous country estates and hunting lodges to the opulent ballrooms and salons of Russian nobility.
Sexy As Hellby Susan Johnson
Second in the all-new trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Gorgeous as Sin If his mistress is missing, then who's the woman in the baron's bed? When Baron Lenox's assignation with his mistress goes awry, he finds himself in bed with the wrong lady. The potential scandal leaves him with one option: marry the innocent mystery woman. But Isolde Perceval has no intention of marrying Lenox. In fact, she orchestrated the compromising situation herself-for reasons that are unpredictable, riotously romantic, and sexy as hell.
Silver Flameby Susan Johnson
From the mistress of erotic historicals comes her steamy sequel about the Braddock-Black dynasty from Blaze. The fires of romance are white-hot when Empress Jordan flees to the Montana wilderness and finds a man as wild as the land around him.
Sweet as the Devilby Susan Johnson
James, Baron Blackwood, and Scottish guard to Prince Ernst of dalmia, is charged with protecting the prince's newly discovered daughter. Having already met the irresistible Miss Sofia Eastleigh at the home of one of his lovers, Jamie knows the distraction she poses-and is determined to resist the incredible delights she has to offer.
Sweet Love, Surviveby Susan Johnson
From the award-winning mistress of sizzling historical romance comes a long-out-of-print reader favorite, Sweet Love, Survive, the conclusion to the bestselling Kuzan Dynasty series begun in Seized by Love and Love Storm, both bestsellers. A tale of forbidden love, this is the tale of fierce loyalties and a nation on the brink of devastating war.
Tabooby Susan Johnson
Through eleven nationally bestselling books, award winner Susan Johnson has won a legion of fans for her lushly romantic historical novels. Now she delivers her most thrilling tale yet--a searing blend of rousing adventure and wild, forbidden love. . . Married against her will to the brutal Russian general who conquered her people, Countess Teo Korsakova has never known what it means to want a man. . . until now. Trapped behind enemy lines, held captive by her husband's most formidable foe, she should fear for her life. But all Teo feels in General Andre Duras's shattering presence is breathless passion. France's most victorious commander, Andre knows that he should do the honorable thing, knows too that on the eve of battle he cannot afford so luscious a distraction. Yet something about Teo lures him to do the unthinkable: to seduce his enemy's wife, and to let himself love a woman who can never be his. From the Paperback edition.
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History is much more than stories passed down to future generations.Items and photos carry as much history as the stories that go with them, which is why Jay Ketelle has decided to depict Amarillo's antiquity through a unique perspective in his book, "Amarillo: A Picture Postcard History & More."
With 600 items pictured in the hardcover book, 500 of them postcards, readers will take a walk down memory lane. Sections will include items regarding Amarillo High School, Santa Fe Railroad, West Texas A&M University, Rick Husband and many others.
"We had a ton of history collected and knew of a lot of other folks who had some as well, and we wanted to share it with others," Ketelle said. "This is our legacy we will be leaving behind."
The co-author of two other postcard picture books and a humor book, Ketelle depicts his newest book as entertaining and informative. Each featured picture or postcard will have a brief description of what the item is and how it pertains to the area.
But Ketelle said the research is not the focus of the book.
"The book is more than a picture book, it will have narrative," Ketelle said. "But if people want detailed history and research, they need to head to a library.
"This is about sharing and entertaining. The first part of the book will say something along the lines of, 'Come along with us down Polk Street as we ... 'Well, I'm still working on it, but you get the idea."
Other than postcards, some of the items Ketelle has collected for the book include a telegraph machine from the Santa Fe Railroad, President John F. Kennedy's watch from a visit to the area and advertisements from Amarillo dating the 1900s — including an ad for an Amarillo Junior League magazine from the 1940s.


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In Joey Yap's Art of Face-Reading, best-selling author and master trainer Joey Yap explains how the face is essentially a map of our destiny and luck. With detailed illustrations, he presents the 100-year map of the face, or the 100 points that govern a person's fortune and luck from the age of 1 to 100. He also unlocks the areas of the face known as Officers and Palaces, which tell us about a person's character, future challenges, obstacles, and talents in life–along with other facial features such as moles, which Joey explains how to identify and interpret. With this guide, you will learn to use face-reading to examine your own life stages and destiny, and those of others, at a glance.


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GAY couples around Britain rushed to wed for the first time yesterday as the new legislation came into force across the nation.
As well as Sir Elton John and David Furnish, 687 couples wed in England and Wales, the last areas of the UK to allow the ceremonies.
Among the first to take advantage of new civil partnership legislation were a trio of couples in Britain's gay capital, Brighton. Debbie and Elaine Gaston, Gino Meriano and Mike Ullett, and Roger Lewis and Keith Willmott-Goodall simultaneously signed official documents that made their partnerships legal at Brighton Register Office as the clock struck 8am.
The new legislation allows ceremonies in a number of settings, so some couples chose more unusual venues. Michael Rothwell and Terry George held their ceremony above their nightclub, Fibre, in Leeds.
But the most unlikely venue was the London Eye where Dave Cook, 36, and James Wright, 30, from Clapham, south London, exchanged vows.
The popular tourist attraction has now taken bookings for a further six civil partnerships over the next few months.


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Wildlife and Geology Planning Guidance
Further sources of information / publications
If there is guidance on specific issues that could usefully be included here please email email@example.com.
Wildlife records / data:
- Devon Biodiversity Records Centre (DBRC) holds information on protected and priority species and habitats (including survey information for County Wildlife Site designations). Note however that information held on species is not comprehensive and this data is not a substitute for a survey (e.g. information may not be available for unsurveyed sites). Contact DBRC on 01392 274128 or request a data search for more information.
Legislation, policy and protected habitats and species:
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Government Circular: biodiversity and geological conservation, ODPM Circular (2005) – statutory obligations and their impact within the planning system
- 'Biodiversity Duty' - Information on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act and the requirement of all public bodies to have regard to biodiversity conservation when carrying out their functions.
- Site designations (note that County Wildlife Sites not currently included on this list)
- List of habitats and species of principle importance (section 41)
- European Protected Species - advice relating to European Protected Species legilsation and Licensing
Protected species and the planning system - a summary of legislation and policy relevant to protected species
- Natural England Standing Advice for Protected Species - advice which can be applied to any planning application that could affect protected species
- Detailed Protected Species Advice - detailed advice on protected species most often affected by development
Useful Tools:
- Interactive Bat Protocol - this provides a very useful reminder of how to deal with European Protected Species issues from the pre-application stage through to determination and construction.
- Biodiversity Planning Toolkit - an on-going project that provides useful information on species, habitats, legislation etc. Example case studies available
- Wildlife Survey Calendar - it is important that surveys are timetabled into your project plan in order to avoid wasting time and money
Devon Guidance:
- South Hams SAC – Greater Horseshoe Bat consultation zone planning guidance (1.50MB - pdf help)
- Devon Great Crested Newt Consultation Zones, Guidance for Developers (574KB - pdf help)
- Surveying Cirl buntings - RSPB recommended Cirl bunting survey method (in relation to proposed development) (2.15MB - pdf help)
- Further guidance to follow
Survey and Mitigation Guidance Publications:
The following publications provide guidance on protected species and information on survey methodologies, assessment of impacts, and mitigation measures.
- Ecological Impact Assessment Guidelines - IEEM (Chartered Institute of Ecological and Environmental Management) EcIA guidelines)
- General survey advice - IEEM general survey advice
- Technical Guidance Series - IEEM guidance, including compentencies for species surveys and sources of survey methods
Phase 1 habitat survey
- Handbook for Phase 1 habitat survey.- a technique for environmental audit (ISBN 0 86139 636 7), JNCC, Peterborough
- Badgers: A Guide for Developers, (2005), Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor
- Badgers and Development: A Guide to Best Practice and Licensing (interim guidance notice), (2012), Natural England
- Problems with Badgers?, (1994), RSPCA, Horsham, Sussex:
- A Review of Bat Mitigation in Relation to Highway Severance, (2011), O'Connor and Green, Halcrow Group Ltd.
- Bats and Lighting in the UK, (2009), Bat Conservation Trust, London
- Bats and onshore wind turbines (interim guidance), (2009), Natural England
- Bats and single large wind turbines: Joint Agencies interim guidance, (2009), Natural England
- Bat Mitigation Guidelines, (2004), Mitchell-Jones, A.J., English Nature, Peterborough.
- Bat Surveys: Good Practice Guidelines, (2007), Bat Conservation Trust, London.
- Bat Workers' Manual, 3rd Edition, (2004), Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & Mcleish, A.P., JNCC, Peterborough
- Guidance notes for the reduction of obtrusive light, (2011), Institute of Lighting Professionals (ILP), Rugby
- The Lesser Horseshoe Bat Conservation Handbook. (2008), Schofield, H.W, The Vincent Wildlife Trust
- Assessing ornithological impacts associated with wind farm developments:surveying recommendations, (2007), Natural England
- Assessing the effects of onshore wind farms on birds, (2010), Natural England, Sheffield
- Barn conversions and other development, (2013), The Barn Owl Trust, Ashburton
- Barn Owls and Rural Planning Applications 'What needs to happen' - A Guide for Planners, (2009), Ramsden, D and Twiggs, M., The Barn Owl Trust, Ashburton
- Barn Owl 'Tyto alba' Survey Methodology and Techniques for use in Ecological Assessment,(2011), Colin Shawyer
- Wild Birds and the Law England and Wales: A Plain Guide to Bird Protection Today, (2007), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Sandy, Bedfordshire
Common Toads
- Common toads and roads: guidance for planners and highways engineers in England, (2011), Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Bournemouth
- The Dormouse Conservation Handbook 2nd Edition, (2006), Bright, P., Morris, P. & Mitchell-Jones, A.J., English Nature, Peterborough
Great Crested Newts
- Great Crested Newt Conservation Handbook, (2001), Langton, T., Beckett, C. & Foster, J., Froglife, Halesworth
- Great Crested Newt Habitat Suitablity Index - ARG Advice Note 5, (2010), Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the United Kingdom
- Great Crested Newt Mitigation Guidelines, (2001), English Nature, Peterborough.
- Ecology of the European Otter. Conserving Natura 2000. Rivers Ecology Series No. 10, (2003), Chanin, P, English Nature, Peterborough.
- Otters and development, (2008), Scottish Natural Heritage (2008)
- Otters: A Guide for Developers, (2009), Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor.(Contact Enquiry Service, 0845 1306 229)
- Herpetofauna Worker's Manual, (1998), Gent, T. & Gibson, S., JNCC, Peterborough
- Reptiles Mitigation Guidelines, (2011), Natural England
- Reptile Habitat Management Handbook, (2010), Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Bournemouth
- Froglife Advice Sheet 10: Reptile Survey (932KB - pdf help), (1999), Froglife
Water Voles
- Water Vole Conservation Handbook 2nd Edition, (2006), Strachan, R. & Moorhouse, T., The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxon.
- Water voles and development: licensing policy 2nd Edition, (2011), Natural England, Sheffield
White-clawed crayfish
- Ecology of the White-clawed Crayfish. Conserving Natura 2000 Rivers Ecology Series No.1, (2003), Holdich, D., English Nature, Peterborough:
- Guidance on works affecting White-clawed crayfish (207KB - pdf help), (2000), Peay, S, English Nature, Peterborough and Environment Agency, Leeds.


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A water main break has impacted dozens of homes and businesses Monday in Howard County.
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HBO (Sun., July 5, 10 P.M. ET)
Stand-up comic Miller returns to the scene of his big triumph (his One-Night Stand for HBO in 1989 was hilarious), but he's way off his game. This hour is a monologue devoted to two subjects: skiing and differences between men and women.
Miller's views on these topics are not original, insightful or funny: "When a woman says, I love you,' she means, I love you.' When a man says, I love you,' he means, 'Now will you go to bed with me?' " Hey, Larry, spewing out words is not enough. You have to form them into punch lines.
Picks and Pans Review: Larry Miller...just Words
updated 07/06/1992 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 07/06/1992 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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As if you didn't already think the Flyers were a bunch of neanderthals, they of course resorted to cheap shots in the final minute of a game they laid a complete egg including this Wayne Simmonds slash on Ryan McDonagh that had every Rangers fan's heart in their throat…
McDonagh seemed fine during post game interviews.
…so I guess when Simmonds said the Rangers were going to know what the "Flyers are bringing to the the table," he meant gutless hockey.
…i've actually praised Simmonds on the blog as a player I'd love the Rangers to acquire, but eff that now. Complete disrespect for the game and disregard for a fellow player. That slash could have easily broke McDonagh's wrist or hand.
…but what else would you expect from a player wearing orange and black. Flyer typical.
H/T to Alex Nunn.