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This is how i like to measure Wlad.
Put him in the ring with someone ,who is roughly the same height, has a reach, has power. Lets say his brother Vitali. I just can see wlad looking as good.
I have no doubt in my mind if they were not brothers and met in the ring Vitali would knock him out. The competition is just not strong enough.
And if you think i am a klitschko hater then obviously you're wrong as i just used vitali as an example. If you gave vitali's chin to wlad, then that would be a different story.
And if you put wlad and vitali into any heavyweight era from the past vitali would have had way more success. So for me personally vitali is greater
Wach is 6' 8" and developed power as his opposition got better. He came in with 7 straight stoppage wins.
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So we all love to share our techniques, ideas, and philosophies about striking with one another... Well, let's up the ante and share vids of ourselves in action -- (hopefully) practicing what we preach.
Fight vids are welcome! That's the acid test for your technique. You can look good on the pads or even in sparring, but still fall apart during a match.
Sparring vids are what this thread is really about! While most don't look as good in sparring as they do on the pads, technique still tends to be cleaner here than in a fight since there's less pressure. Conversely, it's real enough that it keeps you honest about what's truly ingrained as opposed to what you can only do when someone's not really trying to clock you.
Padwork/bagwork is alright, but not nearly as telling or impressive. I know quite a few people who looked like Ernesto Hoost on the pads but bear a closer resemblance to Bob Sapp when they're going live.
So yeah, post vids and tell us about them. What were you proud of, what were you unhappy with? For kicks and giggles, don't be afraid to post your blunders too.
On that note, I'll start off with a vid where I'm doing a lot of things WRONG. This was the third round of my first-ever fight, which was under Sanda rules (punch, kick, knee, takedown).
My hands were down, my footwork was horrible, my kicks were telegraphed, and a lot of my punches were looping haymakers and overhands. I also didn't really know how to shoot for a takedown back then; I just ran forward with my head down and hoped for the best. Thank god there were no knees to the face.
On the other hand, here are some boxing sparring videos that i'm pretty proud of. In these first two, I'm going against someone who outweighs me by 50 pounds. He's way less experienced than me (obviously, or I'd have no business being in there with him), but he's very athletic and strong, so he's still a legitimate threat. Working with him was a true test for my head movement and technique, because without those things I'd get clobbered.
And finally a vid where I'm going against this guy who usually puts a beating one me. This is one of the few times where I was able to shut him down. I usually struggle to find my range on him, but I threw a lot of combos and put good pressure which helped me come out on top.
Now your turn!
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I would post some but I don't have any. I think the problem is its is rare to have someone film an amateur sparring.
yah I think I have a still picture of me clinched up with someone but that's about it that I can think of off the top of my head
Hmm maybe I'm just a weirdo then. Or rather, I come from a gym full of weirdos. A lot of us tape sparring sessions as a training aid. I've found it to be SO useful because it really shows me exactly what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong. A lot of times you catch mistakes that you wouldn't have even guessed you were making.
And conversely, sometimes you get sick footage of you kicking ass, which appeals to the narcissistic (like myself). It's a win-win-win, so long as you don't tag yourself when you put it on youtube, else opponents could scout you or something.
But there are some people who just don't want to have their personal material in the uncontrollable internetz ;)
Damn son! Set the bar high! Good stuff Kin. This is like the best thread idea since What are you doing?
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Yes, they want to saw Varsity's horns off and say so long to the Orange and White and all of that, and for three hours today, there will be a football game, the 106th meeting between Texas and Texas A&M.
From that first kickoff to the final zeros on the Kyle Field scoreboard, Aggies should be yelling like crazy when the Wrecking Crew defense puts a hurt on Texas quarterback Major Applewhite. And Longhorn fans should be howling and slapping five when Randy McCown ends up on his backside, and Kwame Cavil shreds the Aggie secondary.
And when it's over, when the last second has been wrung out, the Orange and Maroon will come together on the field, and the fans from both sides should leave as one, that this year there is no separate and distinct, no bitter rivalry that carries beyond the field.
Twelve funerals have a way of doing that.
"This is about Texas, not about competition. This is the human spirit coming together," said Don Powell, president of the First National Bank of Amarillo and chairman of the A&M board of regents. "It's about being an American, about being a Texan. We're not Red Raiders or Longhorns this week. We're Texans, and we all suffered in this tragedy."
There is nothing good that can come from the horror of 12 young people dying and 28 more injured in the bonfire accident in the wee hours of last Thursday at College Station. But if there is one thing that is gratifying is that Texans have put aside school rivalries, trash-talking that sometimes gets a bit too serious, an us-against-you mentality for something else that is much larger, much more important.
Not that anyone wouldn't have expected that under these tragic circumstances, but still, it's special to see people come together. The Big 12 web sites of various schools have been full of letters of prayers and condolences over the past week.
A particularly tasteless editorial cartoon in the Arizona Republic concerning the bonfire drew as much anger among Texas fans as it did Aggies. Steve Benson, the cartoonist, reportedly got 2,000 e-mails of protest, at least half of them from UT folks.
It's like the old example of brothers fighting against brothers. They may fight, cuss, and poke fun, but let an outsider start throwing darts, see an unspeakable accident occur, and they tighten ranks and become one.
The Texas and A&M bands are expected to have some joint tribute at halftime today. On Monday, instead of the traditional A&M hex rally in Austin, the gathering became a memorial service for the A&M dead. Texas coach Mack Brown helped organize a blood drive last week on campus with many of those giving current UT football players.
"That just shows you what a class act Mack Brown is," said Scooter Harris, president of the Amarillo A&M Club. "I'm sure I'll be cussing him for years, but he's a classy coach."
Ed Cunningham, a Fritch native and former UT offensive linemen from 1985-89, is an Austin attorney/agent. Earlier this week, Cunningham was at a career night for the Texas football team, and he was there to speak on law opportunities.
"All the players were there," Cunningham said, "and that's all they were talking about, how tragic this was. Nobody was talking about beating A&M. It was how tough it must be to be on that campus right now."
The football game has been respectfully put into the background, and put into perspective. The buildup has been minimal, the animosity virtually none. True, there's no title on the line, with Texas already clinching the Big 12 South, but UT still has designs on a Top five finish and a BCS bowl, while A&M is trying to improve its bowl lot.
"I think through Friday things have remained pretty somber," Harris said. "Come gametime, though, everybody is going to get caught up in it. That's football. It'll be all the yelling and stomping that we normally go through."
Bart Boxwell was a Texas special teams player from 1986-89. Boxwell, part of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors in Amarillo, has been in these games. He's not sure what the emotional barometer will be, on the field or in the stands.
"No doubt, emotion is such a huge part of that game," he said. "But if you give 100 percent anyway, I don't know how you can top 100 percent? I've read commentaries that A&M players are going to dedicate the game to the students, but in my mind, how much more effort can you give that you wouldn't normally in this game?
"It will be interesting to see how the A&M fans react. At what point does their crowd drive them, or will they drive them? I don't know."
The game will serve as some badly needed sauve to wounds all over the state, but especially in College Station. It is a signal that life, however unfair, marches on. And that life is full of heartbreak and unanswerable questions, but also full of joy and excitement.
These students did die while helping with an event that to them was fun and exciting, and they wanted to be a part of that. No one should apologize or feel awkward for cutting loose in today's game.
"There will be mixed emotions because our hearts will be with the families of the victims, and we can't get away from that," Powell said. "The game will be a time to put things into perspective, and understand what life is about. It is a game, and I want to win, but there's more important things in life than a game. We need to pause and think about that.
"To take our minds off all that we've been through will be good. Like with any tragedy, there's a time when you need to get back to normalcy. From that standpoint, the game will be good medicine....but, I tell you, those were some precious kids." Beilue5E1E
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Mon, Sep 12, 2016, 1:57 am // Dick ConoboyNeighborhood organizations are a foundational piece of Bellingham's community activism dating back to the late 1970s. Today, these groups are "ground zero" for improving our community's collective quality…
News Sources for Burlington Shootings
Sat, Sep 24, 2016, 9:44 am // John Servais
The shootings last night at the Cascade Mall in Burlington have resulted in 5 persons dead, 4 of them women. The shooter is, as of mid morning this Saturday, still on the loose and still unidentified - at least publically. A very good surveliance camera photos of him do exist and we post them here. It is very reasonable to consider he may be hiding in Whatcom County as we are only 12 miles from the Cascade Mall. And Bellingham is just 20 miles up I-5.
It was smart of the police to release the photo so quickly. We of the public can and want to assist in having this guy found and arrested. A simply 911 phone call and the authorities will be quiclkly checking out leads. One assumes.
The two online news outfits to be giving the best coverage this morning are the Skagit Valley Herald with their GoSkagit website. They are located in Mount Vernon, across the river from Burlington, and do a great job covering all Skagit Valley news year round. The Seattle Times has shown great reporting even from last evening. The Times is still a real newspaper, reporting local news throughout Puget Sound, including Bellingham.
On Twitter, there are several tweets for the tag #CascadeMallShooting with the Skagit Count Department of Emergency Management - @SkagitDEM - being the account I'm following.
Time for white people to do something for #BlackLivesMatter
Fri, Sep 23, 2016, 5:00 am // Ralph Schwartz
As of 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, two black people have died in the past week at the hands of police: Keith Lamont Scott, 43, in Charlotte, North Carolina; and Terence Crutcher, 40,in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Crutcher was unarmed, and the officer who shot him was charged on Thursday with manslaughter. Police in Charlotte claim Scott's killing was justified. No action will be taken against the officer who killed Scott, a father of seven.
Family men minding their own business, going about their daily routines, not looking for trouble. But trouble found them in the form of men and women in blue who are supposed to serve and protect. This story is getting old. The question becomes, what to do about it?
As a white man who enjoys a position of privilege in this country, and who doesn't get nervous whenever he sees a police officer, the question is more urgent for me than it might first appear. The problem of cops shooting black people is a white problem, after all.
Pop culture blogger and author Luvvie Ajayi had this to say:
"White people, I'm talking to you. THIS. IS. YOUR. PROBLEM. TO. FIX. Y'all got some work to do, because this system that y'all keep on privileging from, you've got to help us dismantle it. Because those of us who are Black and Brown. We have tried. You created this robot, and it is yours to deactivate. My skinfolk don't have the passcode. This is your monster to slay."
The answer to the white person question, "What do I do?" isn't always clear. Luvvie again: "I don't know exactly how but shit. Create an app or something."
Derrick Weston, a progressive Presbyterian minister, wrote "The Five Things I Need From White People Right Now" in response to the Terence Crutcher shooting. There are some good ideas in there.
For me, it starts with a protest at the federal building in Bellingham at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23. Advice to whites from Luvvie: "Use your bodies in this fight. Take to these streets and march and protest, showing that you are not okay with what is happening. Be on the frontlines, showing that you have a vested interest in the well-being of Black and brown people."
See you on the streets.
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Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 4:00 am // Tip Johnson
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has held many university appointments.
In 2013, Roberts published an anonymous, critical analysis of Obamacare titled, "Obamacare: A Deception" which details how "Obamacare works for the insurance companies but not for you" and why "The legislation neither protects the patient nor are the plans affordable". The same author in a 2014 sent Roberts a followup, "Obamacare: The Final Payment: Raiding the assets of low-income and poor Americans", which explains how aspects of the law mean the "poorest Americans will pay the highest cost of health care as they, and they alone, are subject to having the family home and any other assets…confiscated by the state in order to reimburse Obamacare for the cost of their medical expenses."
Now, even doctors are frustrated with it. In 2012, 54 percent of physicians supported the health reform law, 29.3 percent didn't, and only 16 percent said they were strongly opposed to it. In 2016, 47 percent consider the ACA "a great disservice to Americans". Forty-five percent take the middle ground and only 7.5 percent think "it has been great"." Nearly half (45 percent) think the ACA should be repealed and/or replaced.
Providers are pulling out. Obama is meeting with those that remain.
In some exchanges, only one provider is available, making health care giants start looking like cable companies to their captive customers. Maybe we will eventually come to our senses and do what the rest of the developed world did long ago - Universal Health Care.
Debate Debacle
Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 4:54 am // Dick Conoboy
Two years ago I wrote an article for NWCitizen entitled "Panem et Circenses - Why I Did Not Watch The Super Bowl" For much the same reason, I will not watch the "presidential debates", which are neither debates nor presidential but very much a circus. Run by a faux, non-partisan (as long as you are either a Democrat or a Republican) organization called the Commission on Presidential Debates, that makes risible claims to be educating the public, the spectacle does little more than bring money to their coffers and to those of broadcasters while offering talking dogs for your entertainment. No matter what question is asked, the candidate will respond (woof. arf!) with some canned, pre-approved and non-sensical statement from which nothing can be learned except that the candidate has given up any shred of being a person who has any sense at all of what is happening in the world. Worse yet, they are asking you, the viewer, to join with them in the phantasm.
In a recent article posted on Truthdiig.com Bill Moyers and Michael Winship called for cancelling the debates saying, "if the present format and moderators remain as they are, threaten an effect on democracy more like Leopold and Loeb than Lincoln and Douglas." Surely the year's understatement.
They go on to tell us, "In 1988, the League [of Women Voters] pulled out of the Bush-Dukakis debates, declaring in a press release, "It has become clear to us that the candidates' organizations aim to add debates to their list of campaign-trail charades devoid of substance, spontaneity and answers to tough questions. The League has no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public." It has been all down hill since the "Commission" has filled the vacuum with the vacuous, an achievement not unlike the discovery of the Higgs boson.
Moyers and Winship remind us that, "...Woody Allen said back in one of his earlier, funnier films — that the whole thing is a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham. And why are we so complacent about the hijacking of our political process — that it has descended to this level where the two parties and the media giants pick as the only surrogates of the American people the minions of an oligarchic media riddled with cronyism and conflicts of interest?"
Read the entire Moyers Winship piece "There's No Debate" here and do something pleasant on debate night like taking a walk with a friend or a lover.
Herbal Medicine - Another Thing the Hippies Got Right
Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 1:37 am // David Camp
Despite the thirty-year official policy of hippy-bashing, started under Reagan, and continued earnestly by Clinton with the ramp up of the "War on (some out of patent) Drugs" and the Incarceration-industrial Complex, the hippies have been proven right time and again. Yes the war machine is corrupting and evil; yes the waste and degradation of our industrial society is disrespectful and destructive of our living planet; yes our healthcare and food systems are corrupted and sickened by profiteering corporatists for whom misleading their customers is a fundamental part of the business model. Consider the moral degeneracy of the management of Mylan Pharma - which hiked the price of its epiPen product over 400% in seven years. Notably, the CEO of Mylan, the daughter of Democrat Senator Manchin, was rewarded for her profiteering on the backs of people who could die from anaphylactic shock from a bee sting with a $14 million+ pay package.
Such epic greed and corruption and moral degeneracy - surely the mark of the beast is upon these creatures.
It's hard to know what to do when the very fabric of society, its underpinnings, are fundamentally and systematically wrong. The Leary creed- "Turn on, tune in, drop out" - is impractical except for the truly brave and strong and pig-headed. We live in a complex money society where we control virtually none of the inputs into our lives. Sure we have choice - between Shell or Exxon gas; between Tide and All; and so on. But try surviving without money. Even the homeless find this impossible. So in order to balance survival and the need to be moral actors in the world we must be selective in what aspects of the corporatist world we turn our backs on.
Fortunately, much of the stuff we are sold by the corporatist misleaders is unecessary or downright destructive. But everyone has to eat, and everyone gets sick and needs medicine from time to time. Plant medicines were the original medicines - why buy the overpriced pharmaceuticals when your garden can be a pharmacoepia? Our ancient and aboriginal peoples had deep wisdom of plant medicine and nutrition ( I include all humans - everyone is aboriginal somewhere!). And that is why the picture accompanying this post is the common weed plantain - which is a nutritious edible that also has healing properties.
Plantain, when chewed up and applied as a poultice, reduces inflammation and allergic reaction to insect bites - and makes the corporatist profiteers' epipen unnecesessary except in the most extreme cases. (Consult your medical professional).
As the excesses of our technological world create unexpected chaotic results, we must turn to the living world to restore balance, and live in respect and harmony with the living planet. Consider that less than 90 years after its discovery by Scotsman Alexander Fleming, penicillin is no longer effective against many infections - and subsequent antibiotics are also increasingly ineffective. Mother Nature bats last. But she also holds the keys - if we can overcome our ignorance and arrogance and learn from her.
NW Citizen Hosting Political Trivia Night Oct 12th
Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 3:27 am // John Servais
Test your political trivia, have a delicious drink and join in the fun for the first Political Trivia Night by Northwest Citizen. That's right, we're putting on an event and it is going to be exciting!
Come to Political Trivia 7pm on Wed, Oct. 12th, at the Brandywine Kitchen , 1317 Commercial St., in downtown Bellingham.
I will be hosting a night of pub trivia ($5 per person, cash prizes) with the help of former Political Junkie Riley Sweeney.
The proceeds are going to Northwest Citizen for some serious tech upgrades. After many years of patching the code that runs this site, we are taking it to the next level with a complete overhaul. We've got a very talented programmer helping us along and the funds raised by this trivia night will help cover those costs.
So come on down, laugh at Riley's jokes, and enjoy the company of other political junkies. We would love to see you there.
Seahawks fumble on awkward #AllLivesMatter play
Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 10:06 am // Ralph Schwartz
The National Football League has an image problem: drugs, violence against women, and an epidemic of permanent brain damage among its players leap to mind. Just when it looked like the league might start to become relevant, with San Francisco 49er backup quarterack Colin Kaepernick protesting racial injustice by kneeling during the National Anthem in a preseason game, the Seahawks bungled it all up with a vapid, arm-linking show of unity before the Sunday, Sept. 11 game against the Miami Dolphins. (Their play on the field seemed similarly uninspired, although the Seahawks did win that game.)
Media observers were not impressed. Jezebel, The Nation and The Root all posted columns critical if not condemning of the Seahawks' action. Meanwhile, Kaepernick's refusal to stand during one of America's holiest-of-holies, the Star-Spangled Banner, was truly brave because the NFL is a form of entertainment provided primarily by black men (about 67 percent of the league's players are black) for a primarily white male audience. The idea that black entertainers should do just that -- entertain, and otherwise keep their mouths shut -- is as old as the slave trade.
What the Seahawks did after Sunday's game should please a white-supremacist audience. Russell Wilson's quote in the team's own article, posted to its website, captures the vanilla flavor of the Seahawks' effort going forward: "If we can change the heart of one person, and let that person change somebody else's heart and soul and viewpoint, and understand to respect, and learn more about other people and build that bridge like we talked about, that's what it takes to help the world."
Jason Johnson of The Root was particularly harsh in his assessment of all this: "While Kaepernick's activism has inspired some to take a stand, it has inspired the Seattle Seahawks team to take a fence. Unable to take the bold step to protest collectively or the equally acceptable step of not protesting at all, they have chosen the mushy middle: #AllLivesMatter pabulum for those too cowardly to take a real stand but still wanting to be a part of the conversation."
York Neighborhood Town Meeting a Smashing Success
Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 5:05 am // Tip Johnson
Last night's well-attended town meeting on our housing shortage was a great success, but also just a beginning. These forums now need to roll out through the remaining neighborhoods. Folks had a lot of perspective, but with practice, and research, the conversation should become far more sophisticated.
Although there was evidence of disagreement on strategies for increasing and diversifying the housing stock, attendants were thoroughly civil and appreciative. There were themes that repeated.
Folks feel besieged by infill. There are complaints of bulk and scale, of light pollution and a lack of privacy. Some folks hinged around protecting single family neighborhoods, while others pointed out that some Bellingham neighborhoods are not very diverse and we need to examine how codes contribute to racial segregation. Many pointed to a lack of enforcement emphasis on nuisances in neighborhoods, like parking and garbage problems. People want neighborhood integrity.
A recurrent theme was that neighborhoods are consistently low on the City's priority. People get involved in their neighborhoods. Neighborhoods get involved in City planning. But they squeak, squeak and squeak without ever getting grease. All the grease is going to development. That's strange because neighborhoods are already mostly developed. A representative from the Building Industry Association quoted the City's own staff as saying the available land inventory was mostly available because it is marginally developable. Neighborhoods never benefit from policies that encourage transitional land use.
The smartest thing I heard all night was a comment that our property tax policies need to change, paying more attention to land use and less to improvements. Current assessment methods punish homeowners for improving their property while rewarding landlords who let their properties run down.
But the overarching conclusion is that neighborhoods feel lacking in self-determination, that they need a stronger seat at the planning table. It's ironic because the first Bellingham Comprehensive Plan intended to give neighborhoods the power to set the course for their own destiny, to secure the assurance that it was worth investing in putting down roots and building community.
That concept has been systematically dismantled, curiously under the aegis of growth management, over the course of several administrations. The York neighborhood is to be commended for taking the lead and showing the way. Neighborhoods must rise to their own defense. As Anne Mackie, one of the meetings organizers, said in a letter to the editor in this weeks Cascade Weekly, "Long live the insurrection!"
Mommy Warbucks or The Donald - What's the Diff?
Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 2:58 am // Dick Conoboy
My apologies. This is the wrong photo. This one is from the election circus in the year 2024 when all will be better with a new, improved Clinton-Trump dynamic duo.
In a more serious vein, yesterday over at Thruthdig, Chris Hedges wrote: "The multibillion-dollar extravaganza of our electoral Circus Maximus is part of the smokescreen that covers the ongoing devastation of globalization, deindustrialization, trade deals such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, endless war, climate change and the intrusion into every corner of our lives by the security and surveillance state. Our democracy is dead. Clinton and Donald Trump do not have the power or the interest to revive it. They kneel before the war machine, which consumes trillions of dollars to wage futile wars and bankroll a bloated military. To defy the fortress state is political suicide. Politicians are courtiers to Wall Street. The candidates mouth the clichés of justice, improvements in income equality and democratic choice, but it is a cynical game. Once it is over, the victors will go to Washington to work with the lobbyists and financial elites to carry out the real business of ruling."
Does anyone really think that either of these two can roll back the insanity? They are the insanity. Let us take a case in point and ask if Mommy Warbucks or The Donald are even dimly aware and if they are, why are they not speaking about it?. Juan Cole wrote separately at Truthdig: "A Boston U. political scientist estimates that as of 2016, The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have cost the American taxpayers $5 trillion. That number isn't important when we consider the human cost: Some 7,000 US troops dead, 52,000 wounded in action; hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead who wouldn't otherwise be, 4 million displaced and made homeless, etc." So which one speaks to the consequences of this madness? Nobody. But the babble is about medical records, states of health, the polls, looking presidential, debate schedules (gotta avoid those football dates!) and who loves/hates Putin the most. But the toll mounts in terms of the drag of a half a trillion dollars in interest on this debt and the trillion or more that it will take to care for our veterans until they have the good grace to die or commit suicide and cease costing us so damn much money.
Yet you hear little to nothing of this from the media, even the risibly called "progressive" outlets. It will be fast burn with Trump or slow burn with Clinton but there will be the burn. Hedges goes on: "History has amply demonstrated where this will end up. The continued exploitation by an unchecked elite, and the rising levels of poverty and insecurity, will unleash a legitimate rage among the desperate. They will see through the lies and propaganda of the elites. They will demand retribution. They will turn to those who express the hatred they feel for the powerful and the institutions, now shams, that were designed to give them a voice. They will seek not reform but destruction of a system that has betrayed them."
And then the fun begins.
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The War Has Just BegunSlum landlords are alive and thriving. Over this summer more than 40% of rental units failed the city's initial health and safety inspection.
Dick Conoboy
Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 8:02 am
16 comments; last on Sep 26, 2016
MNAC Paddy Whack Give the Dog a BoneThe vital role in city politics of the Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Commission (MNAC) has gradually diminished over the past five years and is now at an all time…
Dick Conoboy
Mon, Sep 12, 2016, 1:57 am
10 comments; last on Sep 24, 2016
Chapter 3: City Council Agenda ManagementAnne Mackie writes the backstory that tells "the rest of the story" of how the August harsh attacks on citizens by the council had roots in July.
Guest writer
Sat, Sep 10, 2016, 1:02 am
1 comments; last on Sep 10, 2016
Housing Forum on Wednesday, Sep 14The York Neighborhood is sponsoring a forum on housing concerns on Wednesday, Sept 14th at the Garden Methodist Church at 7pm.
Dick Conoboy
Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 8:09 am
4 comments; last on Sep 10, 2016
A Big "Never Mind"Anne Mackie gives us an overview of the planning kerfuffle during August between citizens and the Bham city council. And the bad attitudes of some council members.
Guest writer
Wed, Aug 31, 2016, 4:59 am
5 comments; last on Aug 31, 2016
Coal Trains Blocked by Local ProtestersUpdated on Monday. An elaborate tripod was erected over the railroad tracks on the bridge over Chuckanut Bay and protesters sat in a sling. 11 hour train stoppage.
John Servais
Sun, Aug 28, 2016, 4:56 pm
3 comments; last on Aug 29, 2016
Chapter 2: Playing the race cardThree emails: April Barker writes about ADUs and her perspective; Anne Mackie and Dick Conoboy respond.
Dick Conoboy
Tue, Aug 23, 2016, 9:02 pm
6 comments; last on Aug 25, 2016
Temper Tantrum Taints City CouncilCouncil President Pinky Vargas loses it over minor violations of the three-minute comment rule. Is this any way to run a council?
Dick Conoboy
Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 3:13 am
11 comments; last on Aug 29, 2016
Anti-Nuclear Weapons ship 'Golden Rule' to VisitEllen Murphy writes about the sailboat that sailed toward nuclear test site in Pacific in 1958 and will visit Bellingham August 20 - 22. Now protesting modernization of…
Guest writer
Sat, Aug 13, 2016, 11:19 am
1 comments; last on Aug 15, 2016
Hiyu ferry for Lummi Island service - ExplainedJim Dickinson writes: Why the surplus Washington State ferry Hiyu should replace the Whatcom Chief for our Whatcom County ferry service to Lummi Island.
Guest writer
Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 10:55 pm
6 comments; last on Aug 06, 2016
Lummi Island DrawbridgeThe Lummi Island ferry is a very old and decrepit vessel. The state ferry system wants to give us a newer one in great condition. Whatcom County says…
Tip Johnson
Sat, Jun 25, 2016, 10:08 pm
6 comments; last on Jun 30, 2016
Options High School: Great idea, wrong siteTim Paxton guest writes about the defects in planning for the Options High School.
Guest writer
Mon, Jun 06, 2016, 5:03 pm
5 comments; last on Jun 26, 2016
Ferndale volunteers build kids playgroundOver 2,000 volunteers have just built a new playground in six days. We do a photo story.
John Servais
Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 8:29 pm
1 comments; last on Jun 06, 2016
Greenways may reverse heron colony buffer purchase this eveningThe Greenways Advisory Committee meets this evening and may reverse their May decision to purchase the heron colony buffer woods.
John Servais
Fri, Jun 03, 2016, 12:29 am
10 comments; last on Jun 07, 2016
We need to protect our Great Blue Heron colonyBellingham's only heron colony needs forested buffer - and the land owner is willing to sell. Greenways has voted to buy it, but our city council must act.
John Servais
Tue, May 31, 2016, 9:51 pm
5 comments; last on Jun 01, 2016
Memorial Day 2016 - Thanking a True SoldierThis veteran, Chris Brown, deserves our deep thanks for his achievement with Growing Veterans as Executive Director, a post that he has left. He will continue as President…
Dick Conoboy
Thu, May 26, 2016, 5:23 am
3 comments; last on Jun 08, 2016
Singing the Comp Plan BluesAs the city council takes up consideration of the comprehensive plan, citizen input is critical. Otherwise in a few years and in response to housing and land use…
Dick Conoboy
Mon, May 23, 2016, 5:21 am
0 comments
Proposed over-water walkway is deadThe planned concrete walkway from Boulevard Park to the Cornwall landfill, using millions in Greenway funds, has been abandoned by Bellingham. We again thank the Lummi.
John Servais
Sat, May 21, 2016, 4:32 pm
11 comments; last on May 26, 2016
Breaking Free: A New Age Ghost DanceJay Taber, a strong environmentalist for decades, guest writes a harsh critique of the 350 org anti-fossil fuel demonstrations at the Anacortes oil refineries last weekend.
Guest writer
Wed, May 18, 2016, 4:46 pm
2 comments; last on May 24, 2016
Missing Options High School traffic studyBellingham School officials expect a slam dunk by Hearing Examiner and city council on street vacation and conditional use permit. By Patrick McKee.
Guest writer
Tue, May 17, 2016, 7:45 pm
2 comments; last on May 18, 2016
Uber: Supporting the Troops?Uber, the cheap ride taxi company, is targeting the troops to become drivers in ads disguised as articles in publications such as the Army Times.
Dick Conoboy
Mon, May 16, 2016, 5:20 am
0 comments
Herons or Oil: Which are long term?The March Point protestors this weekend will hopefully show serious concern and not disturb the heron colony near the refineries.
John Servais
Sat, May 14, 2016, 9:34 am
2 comments; last on May 15, 2016
No Coal Terminal at Cherry Point - FinalThe Seattle office of the Army Corps of Engineers has formally denied a permit for building a coal terminal at Cherry Point in Whatcom County. Updated at 4pm.
John Servais
Mon, May 09, 2016, 12:10 pm
4 comments; last on May 09, 2016
Boring, predictable Trump plays to conservative Lynden crowdSupporters say he will beat Hillary Clinton.
Ralph Schwartz
Sat, May 07, 2016, 10:47 pm
3 comments; last on May 24, 2016
Citizens: BPD dismissive of people of colorGroup cites failure to investigate assaults on anti-police-racism marchers
Ralph Schwartz
Tue, Apr 26, 2016, 7:04 pm
5 comments; last on Aug 25, 2016
An Open Letter to U.S. Representative Rick LarsenAlso to all U.S. Representative candidates in the 1st and 2nd U.S. Congressional districts for the election in 2016
David Camp
Tue, Apr 26, 2016, 3:46 pm
1 comments; last on Apr 27, 2016
Five districts pass; GOP incites conservatives to fight map in courtRepublicans rolled over and approved the Democrats' map to set the stage for a legal challenge
Ralph Schwartz
Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 8:40 pm
3 comments; last on Apr 24, 2016
Unanimous Yes vote for 5 county council districtsGOP vote for Democratic plan to prevent locked committee and then county council becoming decision makers of districting boundaries
John Servais
Wed, Apr 20, 2016, 8:01 pm
1 comments; last on Apr 21, 2016
Report on City Council RetreatThe Bellingham City Council conducted a retreat on 16 April to discuss a number of issues, including a set of proposed strategies to ensure "sustainable services."
Dick Conoboy
Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 5:14 am
0 comments
OregonLNG quits: Cherry Point may be new targetLiquid natural gas terminal is rumored to be in planning stages for Cherry Point as the Oregon proposed LNG plan is abandoned.
John Servais
Mon, Apr 18, 2016, 11:55 am
6 comments; last on Apr 19, 2016
Deck stacked against Republicans at Districting Committee hearingFate of new county five-district map remains uncertain.
Ralph Schwartz
Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 10:43 pm
5 comments; last on Apr 14, 2016
Don't speak at tonight's Districting Committee hearingIf you do, you better make sure you have something to say that's going to change someone's mind.
Ralph Schwartz
Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 9:09 am
3 comments; last on Apr 14, 2016
Bellingham Planning tries to sneak one throughThe Sunnyland residents have just learned they have only today to comment on a huge impacting building project in their neighborhood.
John Servais
Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 1:06 am
11 comments; last on Apr 23, 2016
No sign of agreement as districting committee enters final phaseAfter a public hearing next week, the committee will be asked to vote on a five-district map for Whatcom County in two weeks.
Ralph Schwartz
Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 9:18 pm
5 comments; last on Apr 09, 2016
Proposed redistricting map for your reviewThe Districting Master (the official title) has submitted his map for review by the Districting Committee this evening. Here it is for your review.
John Servais
Wed, Apr 06, 2016, 1:14 pm
5 comments; last on Apr 07, 2016
BNSF: A casual approach to railroad safetyAt Clayton Beach, we have tracked increasing erosion under railroad tracks and written to the railroads and federal inspectors. To no avail.
John Servais
Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 8:17 pm
2 comments; last on Apr 05, 2016
$15 Minimum Wage - Assured Debt PeonageAccelerating efforts across the U.S. to install a $15 minimum wage are playing into the hands of big business and codifying enormously insufficient wages for years to come.
Dick Conoboy
Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 5:25 am
2 comments; last on May 24, 2016
Cherry Point coal port development put on iceWork on EIS put on hold as coal companies wait for Army Corps of Engineers decision. Well, it was not in March. This is not an April 1…
John Servais
Fri, Apr 01, 2016, 3:49 pm
3 comments; last on Apr 02, 2016
Fuller calls on Coast Guard to 'stand on the right side of history'Activist contests $10,000 fine for climbing on a Shell oil vessel. Rob Lewis guest writes this report.
Guest writer
Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 2:37 pm
0 comments
Voting guide for Whatcom Conservation DistrictUpdated Wed, Mar 16. Tuesday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., any registered voter of Whatcom County can vote in person at the conservation district office.
John Servais
Wed, Mar 16, 2016, 8:26 pm
0 comments
Will Cherry Point coal port be denied this week?Updated 4:30pm. Helena, Montana newspaper says GPT may be denied this week by Army Corps of Engineers. US Rep Zinke panics and accuses Army of politics.
John Servais
Wed, Mar 16, 2016, 12:19 am
4 comments; last on Mar 24, 2016
Dems, GOP primed for legal fight over districtsNot even a letter from a coal terminal spokesman can save them now.
Ralph Schwartz
Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 12:04 am
2 comments; last on Mar 17, 2016
Districting maps E and F for referenceWe post the next two maps to be discussed at the Districting Committee today, March 14. For the few who might study them and later contribute perspectives.
John Servais
Mon, Mar 14, 2016, 1:53 am
0 comments
Democrats threaten legal action on districtingLegally threatening letter sent by Seattle law firm retained by prominent leading Democratic Party leaders.
John Servais
Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 1:06 pm
1 comments; last on Mar 14, 2016
The state of citizen journalism is strong: Two receive deArmond awardsThe third annual deArmond dinner celebrated the work of Sandy Robson and Neah Monteiro.
Ralph Schwartz
Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 11:28 pm
2 comments; last on Mar 13, 2016
Potential Oil Exports From Cherry Point—Something else to put on your radarWhat almost happened on the coast of Maine could happen here at Cherry Point. Portland, Maine, stopped oil exports - and Whatcom County can also. If we act.
David Camp
Wed, Mar 09, 2016, 11:20 pm
0 comments
Durham, NH, - Surprise! - Rental Inspections WorkedDurham is an example of the efficacy of rental inspections, putting to bed the unsupported objections of landlords by presenting facts about conditions.
Dick Conoboy
Wed, Mar 09, 2016, 2:20 pm
1 comments; last on Mar 12, 2016
Dogged Pursuit of a Failed Vision?Wherein, we correct some misassumptions but still ask the questions
Tip Johnson
Tue, Mar 08, 2016, 2:47 pm
0 comments
Districting Committee: GOP accuses Democrats of gerrymanderingThe Republicans made concessions on their district map but took a final stand at Nooksack, Everson and Sumas.
Ralph Schwartz
Tue, Mar 08, 2016, 1:15 am
6 comments; last on Mar 12, 2016
Idea for Our Times: Puget Sound Repair ProjectCould this address the real problem with Puget Sound?
Tip Johnson
Mon, Mar 07, 2016, 10:40 am
6 comments; last on Mar 08, 2016
Districting Committee: Republicans lack legal compassRepublicans and Democrats remain far apart. Democrats have the legal high ground, but Republicans would go to court to challenge that if necessary.
Ralph Schwartz
Sun, Mar 06, 2016, 11:39 pm
1 comments; last on Mar 07, 2016
Punishing the Wrong GuysWherein someone's gotta do the right thing
Tip Johnson
Tue, Mar 01, 2016, 3:40 pm
0 comments
D'Angelo undaunted by fine: 'I had to make the moral choice'Chiara D'Angelo comes across as emotionally intelligent and uncompromising in her high-stakes Coast Guard hearing.
Ralph Schwartz
Mon, Feb 29, 2016, 11:55 pm
1 comments; last on Mar 01, 2016
Elfo: Enforcement, Litigation or Risks?Wherein inquiring minds want to know!
Tip Johnson
Sat, Feb 27, 2016, 1:24 pm
0 comments
'Goodwill' wanted but lacking on Districting CommitteeRepublicans focused their efforts on torpedoing the Democrats' five-district proposal at the second committee meeting.
Ralph Schwartz
Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 5:01 am
4 comments; last on Mar 01, 2016
Anchor-chain activists face hefty finesThe Coast Guard has levied $30,000 in fines on two Bellingham climate activists. They will fight to have the fines dropped.
Ralph Schwartz
Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 5:01 am
16 comments; last on Feb 22, 2016
Jail Reform: Music to My EarsWherein sanity may finally be approaching a nagging jail issue
Tip Johnson
Sun, Feb 14, 2016, 8:54 pm
2 comments; last on Feb 19, 2016
Redistricting: Democrats may have upper handRepublicans and Democrats traded barbs on the first day of the Districting Committee, but Dems may have won the first battle.
Ralph Schwartz
Tue, Feb 09, 2016, 5:02 am
5 comments; last on Feb 10, 2016
Stop the Rental Fires Now!Inspections of rentals cannot begin too soon. Seven fires in rental units since 2011 and almost half with ONE landlord. No but the clock may be running out.
Dick Conoboy
Mon, Feb 08, 2016, 6:26 am
0 comments
Super Bowl 50 - Wretched ExcessFrom all the monumentally boring hoopla to the shameful rousting of the homeless Super Bowl 50 exceeds all expectations for greed and excess.
Dick Conoboy
Fri, Feb 05, 2016, 12:45 pm
4 comments; last on Feb 12, 2016
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Surely the folks at CBS do not think of themselves as biased against Israel. On the contrary, they surely see their work as thoroughly professional, fair to the bone. Nevertheless, last Sunday night's "60 Minutes" report on Israel's supposed oppression of Christianity was deeply flawed and failed the fairness test. Instead, it fit one of Natan Sharansky's definitions of anti-Semitism: "whether criticism of Israel is being applied selectively… do similar policies by other governments engender the same criticism, or is there a double standard at work?"
At a time when Christians are being persecuted for being Christian in Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Arab world, "60 Minutes" zeroed in on Israel alone — the one place in the Middle East where the Christian population is growing and Christians are not being persecuted by law or custom. Since 1948, Israel's Christian communities have actually expanded more than 1,000 percent, with Christians serving in the Knesset, foreign ministry and Supreme Court.
By contrast, last year in the Egyptian heart of the Arab Spring, 200,000 Christians faced death and dislocation from Islamic "protesters." Though the CBS report asserted that the Christian presence on the West Bank is declining, a report issued by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs last year offered extensive proof that the Christian population in the West Bank is not decreasing. It also noted that according to Palestinian sources, the Christian presence is on the rise.
Besides manipulating the facts, "60 Minutes" blamed Israel for the situation, ignoring the fact that Muslim prejudice against Christians is the source of the problem.
Before Oslo, under sole Israeli control, Bethlehem was a Christian city. Since Oslo, Bethlehem is under the Palestinian Authority and the Christians are now only 20 percent of the population. Since 2007, Hamas — not even mentioned by Simon — persecuted Christians to the point that half of Christian Arabs there left Gaza.
The fact that some Christians are inconvenienced at roadblocks or by the security fence, as is everyone else in the region, is the result of an intifada that was not of Israel's choosing. Israelis themselves were inconvenienced, one might say, by exploding buses and murderous rampages. The security fence has reduced anti-Israel terrorism by 90 percent.
Filming the wall, Simon called Bethlehem "the world's largest outdoor prison." He could have called Gilo, on the Israeli side of the fence, the world's largest target for Bethlehem terrorists before the fence was built.
Simon implied that Christian tourists from America should be made aware that Israel is to blame for the plight of their brethren, noting it could have serious "consequences" for Israel. Perhaps he was just warning Israel for her own good, of course.
In the end, Simon's report was far more revealing about "60 Minutes" and its methodology and far less about Israel and Christians.
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I, too, watched the CBS 60 minutes Report with Bob Simon. I find Simon very antagonistic, at best, whenever he has reported on Israel. I don't think his reporting is fair - he has his OWN idea of what should be going on. He is unbalanced regarding Christians in other nations and turns a blind eye to the fact that Israel HAD to erect a fence to keep bomb throwers, suicide bombers and their ilk out! When will Jewish people wake up to the fact that the liberal media is most often skewed in their reporting.
The 60 Minutes report had its problems. Nonetheless Ambassador Oren offered no proof of his contention that Christian emigration is due to growing Islamism on the West Bank. And, apparently, not one Palestinian Christian emigre could be located by the Embassy to bear out this contention.
More important was the Ambassador's attempt to silence the segment before it even aired. Coupled with the Netanyahu government's attack on the New York Times, the perception is growing that the Israeli government will go to great and embarrassing lengths to try to manipulate or silence the most prestigious American media. Getting ambushed with his attempt to go around the reporter and have the CBS brass nix the segment was terrible for Oren and for supporters of Israel in the U.S.
The Israeli government can't afford to continue this policy. Most American Jews do not watch Fox News. PR101, folks.
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WASHINGTON - Meat labels are filled with so many details these days that they practically tell consumers a cow's life story. A sticker on a package of steak, for example, may say the cow came from Nebraska, grew fat on grass and roamed freely in a pasture until it was ready for market.
Consumers learn all this thanks to marketing claims such as "raised in Nebraska," "grass-fed" and "free-range." The labels also are a sales pitch meant to help ranchers and companies make their product stand out when on the shelf when it is next to the competition.
For years, and with government approval, processors have used these claims. By law they must be truthful, but many of the terms are undefined.
Now, however, the Agriculture Department is under pressure from all sectors of the food industry to specify what these marketing terms mean.
Ranchers, processors and consumer advocates say that without standards, shoppers will not understand what is or is not in their beef sirloin, pork ribs, or lamb chops.
"Some of the claims that the companies are making, unless you understand what the issues are involved, they aren't meaningful," said Frankie Whitman, spokeswoman for Niman Ranch, a California beef, pork and lamb company that produces hormone-free meat.
The government hopes to clear up the confusion with a proposal outlining what companies may say about meat. These standards would define claims about the use of antibiotics, the animal's diet and other marketing tools.
The public has until Monday to comment on the proposal, but the agency has not set a date for when it will take effect.
Producers would have to stick closely to the agency's recommended language for claims about antibiotics and hormones - products commonly used to speed animal growth.
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Tied with Manchester United atop the Premier League table, Manchester City has their work cut out for them in the final games this season.
They are at a disadvantage to Man U. as the Red Devils have a game in hand and could easily regain the top spot to themselves.
The top two teams have one more Manchester Derby before the season ends, in what could be one of the most hotly contested matches this season.
The fight for the trophy will be entertaining to follow through the middle of May and Manchester City will ultimately fall just short of their rivals.


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New Study Shows Immigrants Boost Wages And Productivity
Andrea Nill: The study conclusively states, "there is no evidence that these effects take place at the expense of jobs for workers born in the United States."
Did Broken Immigration System Bring Down American Apparel?
Andrea Nill: Rather than crippling one of the few clothing manufacturers left in the U.S. — one that pays its workers a decent wage and has dedicated a portion of its profits to advocating for immigration reform — perhaps the focus in the absence of major reform should be on punishing those employers who make a profit by exploiting immigrant workers via the strengthening of our nation's labor laws.
Chamber Of Commerce Speaks Up on Immigration
Andrea Nill: Labor and business appear to agree on one thing: on its own, the $600 million border bill won't solve any of these issues and will do little to fix the nation's broken immigration system.
Immigrants Cleaning Up Oil Spill Nothing New
Andrea Nill: As Tyler Falk of Grist points out, there's something seriously wrong with the fact that "British Petroleum can legally come to the Gulf and devastate an entire ecosystem and the economy it supports, but when "illegal" immigrants come to clean up the mess, they are treated like criminals."
Four Lessons That Should Stop Vulnerable Democrats from Cowering from Immigration Reform
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Meadville men charged in McKean Township gun shop burglary
State police charged two Meadville men Friday with the burglary of a McKean Township gun shop.
Ryan E. Rutter, 21, and Brandon McWilliams, 24, were arraigned on burglary charges.
Police said they broke into the Her Gun Shop, 8271 Bear Creek Road, at about 1 a.m. on Dec. 28 and took numerous firearms.
Rutter and McWilliams were charged after an investigation by state police and investigators with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Investigators said a lead was provided by Meadville city police. Both suspects confessed, police said.


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In Philadelphia today running may be the only reliable way to get where you need to go.
The Philadelphia Marathon has caused a massive number of street closures, including some that were not planned and threw a wrench into the public transit system's detours.
The unannounced changes caught many SEPTA bus riders off guard this morning.
On Route 48, which runs from Allegheny West to Penn's Landing, the driver told passengers he was only going as far as 23rd and Spring Garden streets.


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Studies have shown that nitric oxide (NO) and NO synthase (NOS) inhibitors injure and protect organs after endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) challenge.
To test the hypothesis that LPS-induced gut injury and bacterial translocation (BT) are mediated through activation of inducible NOS (iNOS).
A randomized, controlled study using genetically altered, iNOS gene knockout mice.
University research laboratory.
Forty-five wild-type (iNOS+/+) or homozygous mutant (iNOS−/−) mice weighing 25 to 35 g were challenged with Escherichia coli LPS or saline (10 mg/kg) intraperitoneally (n=8/group). In a second set of experiments, a bacterial overgrowth model of BT (E coli monoassociation) was tested (n=6-7/group). The mesenteric lymph nodes and cecums were cultured, and liver, ileal, and blood nitrite and nitrate levels measured 24 hours after LPS or E coli monoassociation.
After LPS challenge, 87.5% of the iNOS+/+ mice but 0% of the iNOS−/− mice had BT to their mesenteric lymph nodes (P<.01; χ2 analysis). Nitrite and nitrate levels of the liver, ileum, and blood were higher in the iNOS+/+ mice (P<.05). In the E coli overgrowth model, BT to mesenteric lymph nodes occurred in 100% of iNOS−/− and iNOS+/+ mice.
In this limited study, LPS-induced BT did not occur in iNOS-deficient mice, suggesting that LPS induction of increased iNOS activity is necessary for LPS-induced BT to occur. In contrast, iNOS activation does not seem to be necessary in a bacterial overgrowth model of BT.Arch Surg. 1997;132:1190-1195
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