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Mantler trial: Police expert says Tavares 'not significant enough a threat' to warrant kick to head
A brief flinch of Buddy Tavares' hands as he went onto all fours when being arrested by Const. Geoff Mantler "is not significant enough a threat to precipitate" the kick Mantler gave to Tavares' head, an expert in police use of force testified Thursday afternoon.
The court also heard that the arrest was botched from the beginning, as Mantler did not follow police training when he stopped Tavares' truck on Jan. 7, 2011 after receiving a report of shots fired at the Harvest Golf Club.
Sgt. Jeremy Lane, an Abbotsford police officer giving expert opinion about police use of force in the trial, said that Mantler, while still alone, got out and approached Tavares truck after stopping it.
"That would not be in accordance with [police] training," said Lane.
"Did that action put Const. Mantler at risk?" asked Crown counsel William Burrows.
"Yes, it certainly did."
"Once you leave your position of cover...you leave yourself vulnerable as you approach that vehicle," said Lane. "The problem you have there...things get complicated very quickly if we don't follow our training."
Police are trained ideally to wait for backup before making a high risk arrest and then to remain with their vehicle and give commands to the suspect over their PA to get out and then crawl to the police vehicles to be handcuffed.
Instead, Mantler placed himself closer to the driver, who was believed to be armed, and was also faced with another officer who arrived soon after standing at the passenger window. That created a cross-fire situation for the officers, said Lane.
Once Tavares got out of the vehicle, Mantler should have been creating distance between himself and Tavares, as the "reactionary gap" was dangerous for the officer, said Lane.
As Tavares got out of the truck, Mantler could be heard telling Tavares to "get down," instructions Lane indicated were not as clear as they should be.
While Mantler knew what he was instructing Tavares to do, Tavares "may or may not have know what that meant."
Lane also said the five seconds between Tavares getting out of his truck and the time he was kicked was "not an unreasonable amount of time for Mr. Tavares to be getting down.
Cross-examination of Lane is expected Friday. His opinions are based on materials used to train RCMP officers and materials gathered to support recommending the criminal charge of assault causing bodily harm. He did not have a statement or report from Mantler to use when coming to his conclusions.


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Objective: To maximize effectiveness, clinical decision-support systems must have access to accurate diagnostic and prescribing information. We measured the accuracy of electronic claims diagnoses and electronic antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) and urinary tract infections (UTIs) in primary care.
Design: A retrospective, cross-sectional study of randomly selected visits to nine clinics in the Brigham and Women's Practice-Based Research Network between 2000 and 2003 with a principal claims diagnosis of an ARI or UTI (N = 827).
Measurements: We compared electronic billing diagnoses and electronic antibiotic prescribing to the gold standard of blinded chart review.
Results: Claims-derived, electronic ARI diagnoses had a sensitivity of 98%, specificity of 96%, and positive predictive value of 96%. Claims-derived, electronic UTI diagnoses had a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 87%, and positive predictive value of 85%. According to the visit note, physicians prescribed antibiotics in 45% of ARI visits and 73% of UTI visits. Electronic antibiotic prescribing had a sensitivity of 43%, specificity of 93%, positive predictive value of 90%, and simple agreement of 64%. The sensitivity of electronic antibiotic prescribing increased over time from 22% in 2000 to 58% in 2003 (p for trend < 0.0001).
Conclusion: Claims-derived, electronic diagnoses for ARIs and UTIs appear accurate. Although closing, a large gap persists between antibiotic prescribing documented in the visit note and the use of electronic antibiotic prescribing. Barriers to electronic antibiotic prescribing in primary care must be addressed to leverage the potential that computerized decision-support systems offer in reducing costs, improving quality, and improving patient safety.
To determine the accuracy of electronic diagnoses and electronic antibiotic prescribing for acute infections in primary care, we performed a study of acute respiratory infection (ARI) and urinary tract infection (UTI) visits in a practice-based research network.
Accurate electronic health information is important for patient care, clinical operations, quality improvement, and research efforts. Increasingly, clinical decision support systems are being designed to assist clinicians in providing high-quality care, but such systems are also dependent on accurate electronic information. Electronic diagnoses and electronic medication information have been shown to be generally accurate for many chronic conditions.1,2 However, less is known about the accuracy of electronic health information for acute conditions in primary care. Two of the most common acute problems in primary care are ARIs and UTIs.
ARIs, including nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections, otitis media, sinusitis, pharyngitis, acute bronchitis, influenza, and pneumonia, are the most common symptomatic reason for seeking care in the United States, accounting for 7% of all ambulatory visits.3 ARIs are the number one reason for antibiotic prescribing in the United States and account for about 50% of all antibiotic prescriptions to adults.4 Although antibiotic prescribing for ARIs has decreased,4 much antibiotic prescribing for ARIs remains inappropriate. Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing does not improve outcomes, but exposes individual patients to the risk of adverse drug events,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 increases the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria,12,13,14 and increases costs. The total cost, direct and indirect, of ARIs is at least $40 billion per year, with unnecessary antibiotics accounting for over $1.1 billion of the total.15
UTIs represent another common condition in primary care for which physicians commonly prescribe antibiotics. In contrast to ARIs, antibiotics are generally indicated in the treatment of UTIs, and physicians prescribe antibiotics to 60% to 75% of patients diagnosed with UTIs.4,16 However, there has been concern about the type of antibiotic chosen for UTIs, with clinicians increasingly selecting broader spectrum antibiotics. Broader spectrum antibiotics made up 20% of antibiotic prescriptions for UTIs in 1991–1992 and over 40% of antibiotic prescriptions in 1998–1999.4
Electronic health records with integrated clinical decision support systems have the potential to improve antibiotic prescribing in primary care for ARIs and UTIs in a cost-effective, sustainable way.17,18 However, to be effective, clinical decision support systems for ARIs and UTIs must have access to accurate diagnostic and prescribing information. We performed a cross-sectional study from 2001 to 2003 to measure the accuracy of electronic ARI and UTI diagnoses and to measure the accuracy of electronic antibiotic prescribing in a primary care practice-based research network.19
We had two main hypotheses: (1) that claim-derived, electronic ARI and UTI diagnoses would be generally accurate and (2) that the accuracy of electronic antibiotic prescribing in primary care would be less than previously shown for long-term medications.
The Brigham and Women's Primary Care (BWPC) Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) includes nine primary care clinics in the greater Boston area. The BWPC clinics have approximately 95 practicing attending physicians, as well as internal medicine residents who provide longitudinal and urgent care. The BWPC clinics include two community health centers, four hospital-based clinics, and three community-based clinics. In 2002, the BWPC clinics provided primary care for over 72,000 adults and children and had over 230,000 patient visits.
The BWPC-PBRN is linked with a common Web-based electronic health record, the Longitudinal Medical Record (LMR). Data contained in the LMR is the official patient record for the BWPC-PBRN. The LMR is an internally developed, fully functioning electronic record including typed and dictated notes from primary care and subspecialty clinics; International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)–coded problem lists; medication lists; coded allergies; and laboratory test and radiographic results. Clinicians directly type 65% of BWPC-PBRN notes. Some clinicians have developed personal templates for various problems, but there are no systemwide templates.
BWPC clinicians use the LMR to write prescriptions that can be printed or transmitted to pharmacies electronically. The medication list in the LMR is meant to be both descriptive—lists of all medications the patient is taking and has taken as well as prescriptive—new prescriptions are to be written using the LMR. Physicians are strongly encouraged to use the electronic prescribing functionality of the LMR for all prescriptions. To prescribe a medication using the LMR, clinicians select "medications" from a drop-down menu within a patient's electronic chart; type in the first few letters of the medication to be prescribed; select the medication from a list; complete a "prescription pad" screen with dose, frequency, number of pills to be dispensed, and number of refills; and electronically "sign" the prescription, which results in the prescription being printed in the examination room.
The LMR prescribing module has nine of 14 functional capabilities recently identified in a conceptual model of electronic prescribing: patient selection, medication selection menus, safety alerts, formulary alerts, dosage calculation, medication administration aides, patient education material, data transmission, and alerts for patients' failure to refill.20 The LMR prescribing module lacks five functional capabilities: diagnosis selection, in-office dispensing, refill and renewal reminders, corollary orders, and automated questionnaires.
During the study period, enhancements to the LMR prescribing module included improvements to make it easier to prescribe multiple medications, facilitate selecting the route of administration, facilitate printing or faxing prescriptions, and improvements in drug-allergy, drug-pregnancy, drug-drug, and drug-lab warnings.
Computers running the LMR are available in most examination rooms. The LMR was introduced in eight BWPC clinics in July 2000 and has been in use in all the BWPC clinics since June 2001. The LMR has a down time of 0.7%.
Partners HealthCare, of which Brigham and Women's is a part, maintains the Research Patient Data Repository (RPDR), which pools inpatient and outpatient encounter data from all Partners HealthCare sites.21 The RPDR identifies claim diagnoses by ICD-9-CM codes and includes information about visit dates, site of care, visit notes, and patient demographics. Diagnosis codes are generated using clinic-specific "superbills," with evaluation and management codes on the front and ICD-9 codes on the back. Clinicians select the appropriate diagnosis code, which is later entered into the system by administrative staff. Diagnosis codes are not derived from the LMR but are electronically available.
We linked data derived from the RPDR to data from the LMR, including medication prescribing and provider characteristics.
We identified visits made to a BWPC clinic with a principal diagnosis of an ARI or UTI between January 1, 2000, and November 13, 2003, using the RPDR. ARI diagnoses included nonspecific URIs (ICD-9-CM 460, 464, and 465), otitis media (ICD-9-CM 381 and 382), sinusitis (ICD-9-CM 461 and 473), pharyngitis (ICD-9-CM 034.0, 462, and 463), acute bronchitis (ICD-9-CM 466 and 490), pneumonia (ICD-9-CM 481-486), and influenza (ICD-9-CM 487). UTI diagnoses included cystitis (ICD-9-CM 595) and UTI, site not specified (ICD-9-CM 599.0). From this pool of encounters, we randomly selected 1,000 visits, stratified by calendar year and ARI or UTI diagnosis. Because the LMR was introduced in some clinics early in the study period, we excluded visits for which the LMR was not in use during the study period. We only included visits for which we could find the corresponding visit note in the LMR.
Although ARIs seem heterogeneous, it is useful to consider them as a group because of significant overlap in pathophysiology, signs, and symptoms. In addition, clinicians may be inclined to use "diagnosis shifting" if they are aware that antibiotic prescribing practices are being monitored.22 For example, when treating a patient with sinus congestion but prescribing antibiotics, a clinician might be more inclined to diagnose a patient with sinusitis, an antibiotic-appropriate diagnosis, instead of nonspecific URI, an antibiotic-inappropriate diagnosis.
One author reviewed the visit notes blinded to the encounter diagnosis and electronic antibiotic prescribing. From the notes, we extracted the primary diagnosis responsible for the visit into nine possible categories (nonspecific URIs, otitis media, sinusitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, influenza, UTI, or other diagnosis) and whether an antibiotic was prescribed. We used the first listed diagnosis in the "assessment and plan" as the primary diagnosis. In our definition of antibiotic prescribing, we included "delayed prescriptions," in which the physician instructed the patient to fill the prescription only if symptoms failed to resolve after a specific amount of time. For quality control, we randomly selected 100 visits for duplicate chart abstraction by a second author for the diagnosis and antibiotic prescribing. For the nine potential diagnoses, interobserver agreement was 94% and for antibiotic prescribing, interobserver agreement was 99%. We did not assess the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing.
We considered data abstracted from the visit notes as the gold standard. We considered any electronic antibiotic prescription within 30 days of the index visit to be attributable to that visit because (1) documentation can occur after the visit date, (2) the possibility that prescribing was done subsequent to the visit (e.g., as a result of telephone follow-up documented in an addendum to the original visit with the original visit date), and (3) to maximize the apparent sensitivity of electronic antibiotic prescribing.
To assess the accuracy of electronic ARI and UTI diagnoses, we calculated sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value.23 To assess the accuracy of electronic antibiotic prescribing, we calculated the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and simple agreement. We used sensitivity as a measure of the completeness and positive predictive value as a measure of the correctness of the electronic diagnoses and electronic antibiotic prescribing.1,24,25 We also examined how the antibiotic prescribing rate changed over time according to electronic antibiotic prescribing and according to the visit note.
For sample characteristics, we used standard descriptive statistics. Because we hypothesized increasing adoption of electronic antibiotic prescribing, we used the linear trend test to assess changes in electronic antibiotic prescribing over time. To examine interclinician and interclinic effects for statistically significant trends over time, we evaluated models that adjusted for clustering by clinic and by provider using generalized estimating equations.26 We performed all statistical analyses using SAS version 8.02 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC). P-Values less than 0.05 were considered significant. The Institutional Review Board of Brigham and Women's Hospital approved the study protocol.
During the study period, we identified 65,285 visits with a primary diagnosis of an ARI or UTI. From these, we randomly selected 1,000 visits, stratified by calendar year and ARI or UTI diagnosis (). We excluded visits for which the LMR was not in use early in the study period (n = 102) and duplicate encounters (n = 3). We were unable to locate visit notes for 68 encounters and excluded these encounters from the analysis. Women (81%) with a diagnosis of UTI (78%) accounted for most of these missing encounters. This left 827 visits in the final sample for analysis.
The sample of 827 visits was 79% women, 7% younger than 18 years old, with a mean patient age of 37 (). The race/ethnicity of the sample was 43% white, 29% Hispanic, 10% black, and 18% other. Eighty percent of the sample patients spoke English and 16% spoke Spanish as their primary language. Most patients had insurance through a health maintenance organization, private insurance, or Medicaid or the Massachusetts Uncompensated Care Pool System ("free care"). Reflecting the stratified nature of the sampling, 51% of the visits had a primary diagnosis of an ARI and 49% had a primary diagnosis of UTI.
The sensitivity of ARI billing diagnoses ranged from 65% for nonspecific URI to 93% for pharyngitis (). The specificity of ARI diagnoses ranged from 96% for pharyngitis to 100% for pneumonia. The positive predictive value for ARI diagnoses ranged from 20% for influenza to 87% for otitis media and pneumonia. As a group, the ARI diagnoses had a sensitivity of 98%, specificity of 96%, and positive predictive value of 96%. An electronic diagnosis of UTI had a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 87%, and positive predictive value of 85%.
According to the note, clinicians prescribed antibiotics in 59% of all visits. Clinicians prescribed antibiotics in 45% of ARI visits and 73% of UTI visits. Compared to this gold standard, electronic antibiotic prescribing had a sensitivity of 43%, specificity of 93%, and a positive predictive value of 90% (). Simple agreement between electronic antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic prescribing according to the visit note was 64%. Among the nine clinics, the number of visits varied from 16 to 210 and the agreement between electronic antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic prescribing according to visit note varied significantly, ranging from 25% to 79% (p < 0.0001).
The sensitivity of electronic antibiotic prescribing increased from 22% in 2000 to 58% in 2003 (p < 0.0001; ). The simple agreement between electronic antibiotic prescribing and the visit notes increased from 51% in 2000 to 73% in 2003. Adjustment for clustering by clinic or by clinician did not change these results.
For ARI visits, according to the visit note, there was no significant change in antibiotic prescribing over time (p = 0.99; ). Electronic antibiotic prescribing increased significantly over time for ARI visits (15% in 2000 to 25% in 2003; p = 0.03), but this became nonsignificant after adjusting for clustering by either clinic or clinician. The sensitivity of electronic antibiotic prescribing for ARIs increased from 26% in 2000 to 54% in 2003.
For UTI visits, according to the visit notes, there was no significant change in antibiotic prescribing over time (p = 0.58; ). Electronic antibiotic prescribing increased significantly over time for UTI visits (from 16% in 2000 to 48% in 2003; p < 0.0001). Adjustment for clustering by clinic or clinician did not change the significance of these results. The sensitivity of electronic antibiotic prescribing for UTIs increased from 20% in 2000 to 60% in 2003.
Clinical decision-support systems, to be effective, must have access to accurate diagnostic and prescribing information. We found that electronic, claims-derived diagnosis codes have good accuracy for identifying ARI and UTI visits in our practice-based research network. ARIs as a group would be expected to have better accuracy than individual ARI diagnoses: a wider diagnostic definition leads to increased sensitivity and positive predictive value and decreased specificity. These findings compare well to other studies that examined the accuracy of electronic diagnoses, mostly chronic, that had sensitivities from 40% to 100%, specificities from 91% to 100%, and positive predictive values from 85% to 100%.2,23,25,27,28,29
In contrast, we identified poor accuracy in electronic antibiotic prescribing for ARIs and UTIs. The specificity (93%) and positive predictive values (90%) for electronic antibiotic prescribing were good. However, the sensitivity was low (43% overall), reflecting a gap between note-documented antibiotic prescribing and electronic antibiotic prescribing. Although there was substantial improvement over time—perhaps because of increased clinician familiarity, improvements in the prescribing module, or encouragements of leadership—at the end of the study period, the sensitivity of electronic antibiotic prescribing was still only 58%.
Hogan and Wagner1 performed a systematic review of the accuracy of data in electronic health records and found that medications had a sensitivity (completeness) of between 93% and 100% and a positive predictive value (correctness) of 83%. Thiru et al.2 found that electronic prescribing information in primary care had a sensitivity of between 93% and 100% and a positive predictive value of 100%. A more recent study of the accuracy of medication lists for older Veterans Affairs patients found a sensitivity of 75% and a positive predictive value of 87%.30 These studies generally examined chronic medications and medication lists that were "descriptive" rather than "prescriptive," as is our system. Future work should examine whether there are differences in the use of electronic prescribing between acute and chronic medications within a single network or health system.
Understanding the accuracy of electronic data is important for patient care.31,32 The low sensitivity of electronic antibiotic prescribing represents a safety problem.20 Electronic antibiotic prescribing avoids errors associated with handwritten prescriptions and provides medication interaction checking, allergy checking, medical problem interaction checking, laboratory checking, and prospective monitoring for potential adverse drug events.33,34,35 The failure of clinicians to use electronic prescribing also limits the potential benefits of clinical decision support; clinicians are not using a key "effector arm" of clinical decision support.36 For example, clinicians not using electronic prescribing will not interact with clinical decision support that recommends penicillin as the antibiotic of choice for group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis or that recommends not prescribing antibiotics for acute bronchitis.37,38
Understanding the accuracy of electronic data is also important for quality improvement and research purposes.31,39 The apparent antibiotic prescribing rate differs depending on whether one examines chart-documented antibiotic prescribing or electronic antibiotic prescribing. In an analysis of the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing for ARIs and UTIs, electronic antibiotic prescribing would presumably appear "better," with a lower antibiotic prescribing rate. However, this is simply an artifact of the quality of data. Similarly, for intervention studies that seek to reduce antibiotic prescribing for ARIs and UTIs, the more easily accessible electronic antibiotic prescribing rate could be misleading. The baseline rate would be too low and the effectiveness of the intervention would be blunted by an artifactual "floor effect."
This study has limitations that should be considered. First, this study was performed on a sample of visits with a primary billing diagnosis of an ARI or UTI that constrains our ability to comment on specificity and sensitivity of the diagnosis. Use of a data set with broader inclusion criteria would likely lead to decreased specificity, but presumably increased sensitivity. In addition, the claims diagnoses that we evaluated are used primarily for administrative purposes, not clinical. However, claims diagnoses are electronically available and frequently used for quality improvement, profiling, and clinical operations. We are presently implementing an "end-of-visit" system in which the clinician enters the diagnostic code prospectively within the LMR.
Second, the visit notes are an imperfect gold standard. Even though the physician documented an antibiotic prescription in the visit notes, we did not validate that the physician actually wrote or called in the prescription, the patient had it filled at a pharmacy, or the patient took the antibiotic. While the visit note is only a proxy for "the truth," it is an accessible, economical measure of what the clinician is trying to do. Similarly, we did not assess whether the documentation supported the diagnosis. Third, we were unable to locate the visit note for some of our randomly selected visits. Most of the missing visits were for women with a diagnosis of UTI and may represent a woman coming to the clinic to have a urinalysis performed. Considering that failure of documentation is a marker of poor quality, exclusion of these visits would probably bias the results toward higher sensitivity. Fourth, including electronic antibiotic prescriptions within 30 days of the index visit likely inflated the sensitivity and decreased the specificity of electronic antibiotic prescribing. Despite these last two limitations, we still found a disturbingly low sensitivity for electronic antibiotic prescribing.
Finally, this analysis was performed in an urban and suburban PBRN with a single electronic health record and focused only on the prescribing of one class of medication for two acute conditions. Although these results may not generalize to other settings, electronic health records, conditions, and medications, they demonstrate that clinicians, researchers, and clinical leaders need to understand the accuracy of electronic information that they are using.
For clinical decision-support systems to be effective in improving care for patients with acute problems, systems need to have access to accurate diagnoses and engage clinicians at the time of prescribing. We found that claims-derived, electronic diagnoses for ARIs and UTIs appear accurate. While the specificity of electronic antibiotic prescribing was good, the sensitivity was poor. Although there is a trend toward improvement, a large gap persists between antibiotic prescribing documented in the visit notes and the use of electronic antibiotic prescribing. Barriers to electronic antibiotic prescribing in primary care must be addressed to leverage the potential that computerized decision-support systems offer in reducing costs, improving quality, and improving patient safety.
This project was supported by grant number R03 HS014420 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Linder is supported by a Career Development Award (K08 HS014563) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
We thank Joseph C. Chan for his editorial assistance in preparing the manuscript.
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PHILADELPHIA – With the College Squash Association (CSA) individual championships marking the end to a season that saw the University of Pennsylvania women's team finish fourth in the Howe Cup and second in the Ivy League, nine Penn women individuals will compete this weekend in Philadelphia.
The top seven Quakers will be competing in the Ramsay Cup division, designated for the top-32 players in the country. Those individuals will be Penn freshman Anaka Alankamony (#4), sophomore Yan Xin Tan (#12), sophomore Haidi Lala (#14), senior Courtney Jones (#19), freshman Michelle Wong (#23), sophomore Camille Lanier (#27), and sophomore Carey Celata (#32).
Two other Quakers, senior Chloe Blacker (#38) and Ailsa Agnew (#50) will compete in the Holleran Cup division for players ranked No. 33-80.
Alankamony (6-5) and Tan (8-7) played at the top of Penn's ladder throughout the season with Lala (11-3) primarily in the No. 3 position. Jones (11-4) finished a very good career with Penn helping lead the team on and off the court as a co-captain. Wong (10-3), Lanier (10-4), and Celata (11-4) all played solid for the Quakers contributing key wins at different points in the season.
Blacker (11-1) also served as a co-captain and was undefeated individually until her last match in the Howe Cup, one weekend ago. Agnew (8-3) came on to play well towards the end of the season for Penn, playing in the No. 9 position.
The CSA individual championships take place Feb. 28-March 2, with the primary host site being Drexel, with Penn's Ringe Courts serving as the secondary host site. Play begins at 9 a.m. each day and admission is free.
For the CSAindividual championshipstournament draw, click here, and for the full CSA individual rankings for the championships, click here.


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A MUM of one was pushed to the brink as she battled with post-natal depression following the birth of her only daughter.
But Annelise Astley, from Grappenhall, is a walking example of how you can turn your life around with a helping hand from the Warrington Guardian's charity of the year, Home-Start Warrington.
She said: "I know it's dramatic to say this but I'm not sure I would have survived if it wasn't for Home-Start as I actually felt that low."
Annelise, who is a proud mum to 10-year-old Alethea, has had more than her fair share of challenges to deal with but has never given up.
She said: "It all started when I was living at the YMCA in Birchwood and I became pregnant. At that time I was having a bad bout of depression and I was having counselling for it. That's when I was told about Home-Start."
But things took a turn for the worse as she struggled to cope with post-natal depression after she gave birth to her first child 10 years ago.
Annelise's daughter was also diagnosed with Dandy-Walker syndrome when she was aged one - a condition that affects brain development.
"The post-natal depression was unlike anything I had ever felt before. I did not want to go out and I was just constantly helping Alethea and I did not care about myself," she said.
But after signing up to Home-Start, Annelise had access to the vital support she desperately needed, someone to talk too and an extra pair of hands around the house.
"Sue Holland helped me out for two years and she was great. She gave me my confidence back. She's like family to me," said Annelise.
Even though the mum of one no longer requires the services of Home-Start Warrington after turning her life around, she still regularly meets up with Sue, who she cannot thank enough for what she has done for her family.
To find out more information visit homestart-warrington.org.uk or call 652320.


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A new study hit the internet airwaves last week touting increased mortality in elderly women taking multivitamins.
Oftentimes, results of this manner become sensationalized. After all, a headline announcing "Vitamins can kill you!", brings more eyeballs.
Study Background
The researchers analyzed data complied from the Iowa Women's study. A study of 38,000 women followed over 19 years. The purpose of the study is to compile data which researchers can use to search for associations.
These studies are not the type you remember from high school biology. (If you remember high school biology at all….) The "hold everything constant except for one variable to see if X changes Y" type of study. These are simply an exercise in statistical analysis.
In this study, researchers concluded taking multivitamin supplements was associated with a higher "total mortality" in the study subjects.
This conclusion doesn't state multivitamins caused mortality, but was associated with a higher chance for mortality. A decidedly important distinction.
Although high minded scientists and researchers won't readily admit it, in searching for these associations previous biases come into play. (We all have biases. My beliefs certainly lead me to a biased view of these results.)
Is it telling the researchers made a name for themselves in 2007 after publishing a study concluding antioxidant supplements lead to increased mortality? Most scientists are not keen on publishing research that refutes their previous seminal work.
As is to be suspected, other researchers, with their own set of biases, analyzed the study results and didn't reach the same conclusion. Such is the nature of western medicine. The debate continues …
The bottom line
If the headlines seem a little too sensational, a little too counter intuitive, the conclusions are likely not so cut and dry. This study certainly fits that maxim.


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IT WAS difficult to tell whether Aaron Donnelly was about to vomit or burst into tears. The truth, at the end of a punishing day on the road, was that the 21-year-old was elated. He couldn't remember the last time he won a bike race and yet here, after starting a 147.7-kilometre trek shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the world's best, he was the victor.
Identified years ago as a star of the future, Donnelly proceeded to spend much of the period thereafter incapacitated. He had trained with the Australian Institute of Sport but the time wasn't happy. Just when he'd recover from one setback, he'd be struck by another.
The end of the AIS experience came last April after Donnelly fell down a flight of stairs in the institute's cycling base in Varese, Italy, and broke his wrist. The diagnosis of a 10-week stint off the bike at that stage was too much and not for the first time he contemplated giving cycling up.
The same Australian domestic team that groomed the winner of last year's Herald Sun Tour, Nathan Haas, recruited Donnelly after seeing him place second in the Melbourne-Warrnambool last October.
And riding in the trademark orange Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers jersey on Friday, Donnelly scored the stage-one win in the same event 12 months later.
The course from Sunbury to Bendigo's famous velodrome in 40-degree heat was arduous but reward for the rough ride Donnelly has endured in the sport.
''I'm a bit spent and a bit emotional as well,'' Donnelly said after 4 hours, 4 minutes, 36 seconds of racing ended in a cauldron where it was 45 degrees.
''It's my first win in a long time. Genesys seemed like the right move for me, they are a great team and they've developed a lot of guys for the next level which is ultimately where I want to go.''
Part of a group of seven that established the most substantial lead on the peloton - six minutes, eight seconds - with around 50 kilometres remaining, Donnelly was one of three who arrived first at the Bendigo velodrome for a sprint finish. After a lap-and-a-half, he beat Calvin Watson (Jayco VIS Apollo) and Josh Atkins (Grays Online New Zealand national team).
Simon Gerrans, riding for the Australian national team with Orica-GreenEDGE cohorts Stuart O'Grady, Matt Goss and Simon Clarke, finished 2:35 behind the leaders. With Clarke by his side, Gerrans crossed the line in a pack of 21 that made the most meaningful attempt to bridge the gap to the eventual stage-winners.
O'Grady was 11:32 off the winning pace, while Goss - finishing 34:8 behind - wilted in the conditions following a pre-season training stint in wintry Europe.
A two-time winner of the Herald Sun tour, Gerrans said his team was frustrated that the peloton let the pace makers get six minutes in front before leaving the coordinated chase effort too late.
''I was actually quite surprised about how the race panned out,'' he said.
''There were seven guys out there [initially] and a lot of teams weren't represented. Normally, the teams that aren't represented at the front will make the effort to chase that group back, but it didn't quite happen as much as we anticipated and so they stayed away.''
With Donnelly in the leader's yellow jersey, stage two departs from Mitchelton winery and finishes at Healesville on Saturday.
Haas, who was signed to professional team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda within weeks of triumphing in last year's tour, has the king of the mountain jersey after reaching the top of a category one climb up Mount Macedon first.
Sunbury to Bendigo, (147.7 kilometres)
1 Aaron Donnelly (AUS)Genesys Wealth Advisers 4:04:36 (10 bonus seconds)
2 Calvin Watson (AUS)Jayco VIS Apollosame time (6 bonus seconds)
3 Josh Atkins (NZ) Grays Online New Zealand (4 bonus seconds)
4 Bradley Linfield (AUS)Degani World Academy +2:03
5 Alexander Malone (AUS) Satalyst Giant Racing team same timeAverage speed of winner:36.23 km/h
After Stage 1
1 Aaron Donnelly (AUS)Genesys Wealth Advisers 4:09:57
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text: The Aquaman wiki last edited by The_Storm_War on 03/01/17 06:34PM View full history Volume 5.A "New 52" initiative title starring Aquaman and Mera as they strive to find a new life on the surface. Written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Ivan Reis. After Reis resigned from the title during the "THRONE OF ATLANTIS" crossover, Paul Pelletier became the leading penciler. Aquaman's look has been redesigned by Jim Lee.Written by: Geoff Johns (#0, 1-19, 21 - 25) John Ostrander (#20) Jeff Parker (#26-40) Cullen Bunn (#41-48) Dan Abnett (#49-52)Drawn by: Ivan Reis (#0, 1-13) Pete Woods (#14) Paul Pelletier (#15-19, 21-ongoing) Manuel Garcia (#20)This new book continues with Aquaman's most popular origin of his father being a lighthouse keeper and his mother from an Atlantean royal family. Black Manta has not killed Aquaman's son, as he and Mera have no children yet; however Aquaman did kill Black Manta's father. Also, Ocean Master is still Aquaman's half-brother, although in a different origin. No longer do they have the same father but instead the same mother Atlanna, which means that Orm is also from the royal bloodline. We see Aquaman return to Amnesty Bay along with Mera. Greatly distressed by the harsh treatment given during the years from Atlantis, Aquaman decides to abdicate from his role as their King, returning to full-time heroics. However, he now struggles with his lack of reputation with the greater public, still seeing him as an inefficient, weak metahuman with useless powers, constantly subject to ridicule. Ocean Master, who is depicted to be the King of Atlantis, has only gone to the surface world twice and is believed to have sent Black Manta to steal the ancient Atlantean artifacts and relics. Having the fact the U.S missiles were manually launched near the city of Atlantis, Ocean Master waged war on the surface world carrying out the Atlantean War Plans, he and Aquaman created. In the aftermath of the war, Aquaman is again the rightful king of Atlantis and now trying to reconnect with the sea life as we'll as with the people of Atlantis, vowing to the sea life that he'll never fail them again. He's once again the King of the Seven Seas, trying to protect the aquatic life from any threat to the ocean and serve as a greater purpose for the Atlanteans; but will they accept his leadership?In September 2013 DC is having all its books focus on the villains because of Trinity War and Forever Evil and number them '.1' and '.2'.The 2 Villain books that are from Aquaman areAquaman #23.1 - Black Manta #1 (Written by Geoff Johns and Tony Bedard and Drawn by Claude St. Aubin)Aquaman #23.2 Ocean Master #1 (Written by Geoff Johns and Sterling Gates and drawn by Geraldo Borges)Geoff Johns ended his run with the "Death of a King" storyline. The Dead King turned out to be Atlan. Atlan ruled Atlantis before it sank and merged with other nations incorporating them into the Kingdom of Atlantis. Atlan's brother Orin did not like the idea of Atlantis not being of pure blood and stood against the king. Atlan's wife and children were killed by Orin and Atlan fled into the sea. He spent years cultivating the artifacts of Atlantis. He returned and killed Orin and his wife and then sunk Atlantis into the sea. Aquaman Geoff John's explains Aquaman's disappearance after the Trinity war at the end of Aquaman 23, when he wake's up from a 6 month coma. In the next issue, we learn that Vulko took care of him after he collapsed due to the strain of controlling Topo. The sea king learns about the truth of Atlantis in issue 24 and that his (and Orm's ancestry goes back to Orin, villain of Atlantis.) Apparently when Atlantis sunk, 7 races were around but 4 seemingly perished. The 3 that remained was Atlantis Itself, Xebel (the kingdom Mera came from) and the Trench. Issue 25 ends John's run with a double sized extravaganza. Vulko tells Aquaman that he has searched for the lost kingdoms without success. Aquaman reasons that if the Trench is one then the others may not be lost. Aquaman had the dead king's scepter hidden beneath sunken treasure. He grabs it in order to try and summon the Trench in an attempt to retake the 1st kingdom of the 7 Seas, Atlantis, from Atlan. Atlan has Nereus, ruler of Xebel, search for the other kingdoms but Nereus claims they are not found. They storyline ends with Aquaman defeating Atlan who reunites with his family in death. The Sea King takes the throne of Atlantis again. Mera, leaves to go back to Amnesty Bay and rejoins Arthur. The Epilogue tells us that Orm has been staying with the woman and son her sescued in Aquaman 23.2 Nereus tracks him down, recognizing Orm as the true king of the 7 Seas. He also says that he knows where the other kingdoms are and asks the Ocean Master to join him in unting the 7 Seas. (Geoff John's will be continuing this storyline) in the Justice League book. The story will be called "Rise of the 7 Seas" and looks to be an epic story with Aquaman playing a major role.New writer Jeff Parker took over with issue 26 and Reintroduces Stephen Shin. Hercules is brought in with issue 29. Aquaman and Mera returned to Amnesty Bay to attend Arthur's 10 year HS reunion. So Salty appears again. Vulko and Tula have not yet appeared since Parker began but it looks like Aquaman will be busy in the DCU as a pending crossover with Swamp Thing is looming after the Hercules Storyline. So far Aqualad has not been introduced although in the Throne of Atlantis Prologue (issue 14) there was talk of a boy with purple eyes and Orm wanted him protected. So at some point, Garth may be introduced into the New 52.Collected EditionsAquaman by Geoff Johns Omnibus (#0-16)Vol. 1: The Trench (#1-6)Vol. 2: The Others (#7-13)Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (#15-16)Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis (#0 & 14-16)DC Comics The New 52 Villains Omnibus (#23.1-23.2)Vol. 4: Death of A King (#17-19 & 21-25)Aquaman and the Others: Legacy of Gold (#20)Vol. 5: Sea of Storms (#26-31)Vol. 6: Maelstrom (#32-40)Vol. 7: Exiled (#41-48)Vol. 8: Out of Darkness (#49-52)Translated into German.For Pre-Flashpoint volume 4, refer to Aquaman.


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Good news!! Sort of anyway. Haha. They pushed back the release date to 2013. Cause you of course will have loads of time on your hands next year….or sometime in the next 10 years I guess. We are Junkies afterall. And we need our fix!
I really hope that its not a massive let down, I played the latest AVP on the PC and I wasn't that impressed to be honest.
Dude, I just got the special edition 3 disc set for the new the new game Rage. It is fuckin awesome, and it only cost me 30 bucks to get it for xbox 360. I don't know why it's so cheap, it just came out but I love it anyway. So there's not much of a chance I'll be playing aliens, I'll be to buisy playing Rage.
Just read that there is a special edition of this coming out. Yep, I'm geeking out and will snag it!
And I agree with palumuk-mo-ki. There needs to be a Junkie clan for gaming that the FDO can participate in on occasion, when his hellishly busy life allows.
When are FDO has time i would love to Play some games with him hope we get a chance
That sucks cause even evil people like the FDO need to be able to relax and kill some xenomorphs. But I also eagerly await all new material. So catch .22 on that.
What? No time for aliens??!??! That's blasphemy! By the way, that mobilecartoon guy is spamming the crap out of the website. It's time to nukem.
No way, José. No time for that in 2012. Dammit.
i might i hope to get it
I fukin love aliens. The second one is my favorite. I have the aliens vs predator game on xbox, I always play as the colonial marines. I want to get the new colonial marines game so bad but I don't have the money for it at the ment. One game I'm looking forward to is brothers in arms furious four. That games looks fun as he'll. Its like brothers in arms mixed with inglorious basturds.
I beleive his FDO-ness has references Aliens as one of his favorite movies and I am a die hard fan of it as well. With the 1,000,000 word goal, I don't imagine the FDO will be getting much gaming in, but are any Junkies gonna be snagging this game? It has 4-player co-op goodness and I may need some Junkie backup on Xbox!
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He can go the way of Governor's in Ohio and Arizona and extend healthcare to 175,000 Wisconsin citizens or follow Texas and South Carolina and turn away over $4 billion to fund the program thru 2020.
With a 100,000 people currently on the waiting list to receive BadgerCare benefits - it's a very big political gamble for Walker who has already turned away federal dollars to fund high-speed rail.
On Monday, the Wisconsin Hospital Association joined the Wisconsin Medical Society, the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians and the Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Physicians and came out to endorse the expansion to BadgerCare. Citing not just additional care for Wisconsin's poorest residents, the WHA said the expansion would reduce uncompensated care for hospitals and doctors.
The kind of uncompensated care costs that get passed on to thee and me.
Wisconsin Citizen Action pointed out yesterday in a crowded press conference in Madison that not only would the expansion create additional jobs in health care professions - you know, the kind places like Gateway train people for - failing to expand BadgerCare will cost Wisconsin businesses and additional $120 million in federal taxes.
So, an expansion will create jobs, reduce health care costs and save lives. What will the college drop-out do? The smart choice is not the safe bet with Walker.
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Districts, polling places have changed in Rosemount
The 2012 primary election is just a few days away. Voters will hit the polls Aug. 14 to narrow the fields for a number of races.
Some of the precincts and voting locations in Rosemount have changed for this year's elections. City clerk Amy Domeier said the changes have been made to better accommodate voters and to serve areas that have seen growth.
This year the city will have seven precincts. The biggest change was the addition of precinct 2, which extends from the northeastern corner of the city boundary along the city's eastern border to the southern border, then west to the railroad tracks just east of Highway 3. Voters in that precinct will cast their ballots at St. John's Lutheran Church, 14385 Blaine Ave. E. All residents east of Clayton Ave. vote in precinct 2.
Domeier said they added the precinct because that area is where most of the city's growth is occurring and while it seems mostly rural there are quite a few registered voters in the area.
As part of adding precinct 2, there were some changes to precinct 7. Precinct 7 boundaries will extend from the intersection of 145th Street and Highway 3, north along Highway 3 to the northern part of the city, then east to the rail road tracks, then southwest to 145th Street, then west to the beginning. Voters in precinct 7 will vote at Community of Hope Church, 14401 Biscayne Ave. S.
Precinct 1 also underwent some slight changes. The precinct will now go from the northwest corner of the city boundary east to Highway 3, then south along 3, then west on 145th Street to Shannon Parkway, then north on Shan
non Parkway to McAndrews Road, then west to the western city boundary, then north along the western city boundary to the beginning.
This year precincts 5A and 5B have been combined to make one larger precinct and voters in 5 will cast ballots at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 14980 Diamond Path.
In the past the city has used its parks shelters as polling places. Domeier said they have abandoned that practice because the buildings aren't large enough to accommodate the equipment and people had to wait outside during busy times. That means voters in precinct 4 will vote at the Rosemount Steeple Center, 14375 Robert Tr. S.
Pre-registration has ended for the primary election, which means voters who are not registered but who wish to vote, will have to register at the polls. Domeier said residents should bring a photo ID with them to register. Residents who have moved and don't have the correct address on their identification will need to bring proof of residence as well.
Domeier said proof can be a bill that's due in the last 30 days including phone, water, or electricity. Residents can also have another voter who lives in the precinct vouch for them.
In the primary election voters must vote with their registered party. Domeier said she's not expecting a huge turnout for the primary but does for the general election on Nov. 6.
"It's a presidential year and there are a couple of questions on the ballot that are getting a lot of publicity," said Domeier.
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Mariyaan's first promo, which released a few days ago on YouTube, has got more than 2 lakh hits in just 48 hours. It was revealed on internet after the first look was officially released for Holi last month.
The video shows Dhanush as Mariyaan with a spear in his hand diving into deep sea in one breath and hunting on the seabed. The video has gathered a lot of excitement and buzz. It was filmed in Andaman, 50 feet below the ocean in the seabed.
Dhanush, a non-swimmer was trained under a specialised international team of divers. He then took up this breath-taking feat like an ace swimmer and surprised even the divers. It is said that this sequence in the film establishes Mariyaan as a unique fisherman. The caption reads, 'He who conquers the ocean in one breath'.
Mariyaan stars Dhanush and Parvathi Menon in the lead roles, and Appukutty, Salim Kumar, Vinayak, Jagan, Ankur Vikal and Uma Riaz are in the cast. The film is produced by Aascar Ravichandran and directed by Bharat Bala. It has AR Rahman's music and internationally renowned cinematographer Marc Koninckx is handling the camera.


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Rio Tinto says while its board of directors this week discussed what to do with the proposed iron ore venture with
"The Rio Tinto board has not made any final decisions about possible outcomes or next steps relating to the proposed
The statement was released after a report on the website of the Sydney Morning Herald said Rio Tinto was preparing to walk way from the planned $116 billion venture with BHP Billiton to merge their Australian iron ore operations. The newspaper cited sources close to the Rio board saying the company was preparing to inform BHP of its decision.
In its statement, Rio Tinto said its board met on Monday "at which a range of issues were discussed including the joint venture".
"The board acknowledged recent communications from regulators that indicate potential obstacles to achieving clearance for the joint venture," the company said.
The "communications" include the recent receipt of interim reports from the Japan Fair Trade Commission and the Korea Fair Trade Commission, and ongoing discussions with the European Commission and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
"The major reasons for Rio's decision appear to be its improving financial fortunes, pressure from shareholders and the conclusion that the deal favoured BHP," the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Rio and BHP, which have both previously said they continue to support the joint venture, declined to comment on the report.
The newspaper said Rio Chairman
"We should simply work on the basis that both parties worked well and in good faith to make this thing work and both parties agreed, simultaneously, it wasn't possible," the paper quoted Du Plessis as telling directors.
Rio shares in London closed 2.7 per cent stronger at 3796 pence while BHP shares gained 2.5 per cent to 2076.5 pence, in line with a stronger British mining index as metals prices touched fresh highs.
Some shareholders of Rio - the world's second largest iron ore miner - have complained that BHP should pay more than the agreed $5.8 billion to Rio as part of the deal.
The JV agreement envisages a 50-50 partnership and the payment accounts for the fact that Rio is bigger in iron ore than BHP, which ranks No. 3 in the raw material used to make steel.
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High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of the State of North Carolina. As of 2010 the city had a total population of 104,371, according to the United States Census Bureau. High Point is currently the ninth-largest municipality in North Carolina.
High Point is known for its furniture, textiles, and bus manufacturing. The city is sometimes referred to as the "Furniture Capital of the World", a title long challenged by Grand Rapids, Michigan; its official slogan is "North Carolina's International City" due to the semi-annual High Point Market that attracts 100,000 exhibitors and buyers from around the world. The phone area code is 336.
It is home to three universities: High Point University, a private Methodist-affiliated institution founded in 1924, and South University as well as Laurel University, a private interdenominational Christian university.
Most of the city is located in Guilford County, with portions spilling into neighboring Randolph, Davidson, and Forsyth counties. High Point is North Carolina's only city that extends into four counties.
Among the first Europeans to settle Guilford County were Quakers and German immigrants. High Point was located at the highest point of the 1856 North Carolina Railroad between Charlotte and Goldsboro where it intersected the 1852 Great Western Plank Road. Its central location and transportation allowed for the delivery of raw materials like cotton and lumber and processed goods in and out of the city and contributed to its early growth. Settled before 1750, High Point was incorporated in 1859. Before it became a major manufacturing center, the most important industries were tobacco, woodworking and textiles. The first of many High Point furniture factories was opened in 1889.
Established in 1924, High Point University is a liberal arts institution with approximately 4,400 undergraduate and graduate students from 51 countries and 46 states. It is ranked by U.S. News and World Report 2013 edition of "America's Best Colleges" 1st among comprehensive universities in the South and in the top 100 nationally. The university offers 44 undergraduate majors, 10 graduate-degree programs and one doctorate program. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA Division I and the Big South Conference.
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"I'd love a little girl. I've got two beautiful sons and would like a girl in the future, but we'll see," he said.
Asked what he wanted to do in 20 years' time, Becks said: "I'll spend time with my wife and children."
But he's also got other plans for when his playing career is over. He's aiming to set up a chain of soccer schools to
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"I'd like to have soccer schools so boys and girls can come and enjoy playing football," he said.
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European nations apparently have resolved their objections over budgeting of Galileo, Europe's $4.2 billion rival to GPS. Several EU nations had voiced concern about Galileo's high cost, with some countries, most recently Spain, complaining they had been left out of commercial bidding negotiations. Under the final plan, Spain's share increases from 9.5 percent to 10.25 percent. The cost of Galileo is being shared by 15 European countries. The first Galileo satellites must be launched by 2005 or Europe may forfeit frequencies allotted by the International Telecommunications Union. That means a go-ahead decision must be reached this summer.


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Syrian Regime Should Face Trial on Allegations of 'Systematic' Mass Killings, Experts Say
Donald Kaufman
As the diplomatic summit on the Syria crisis got underway in Switzerland on Wednesday, reports of the suspected "systematic killings" of 11,000 prisoners heightened the urgency of the proceedings.
International condemnation of the alleged mass-scale slaughter was underscored by three former prosecutors who presided over past cases in the former Yugoslavia and Sierra Leone.
The information that sparked this latest intervention came from a military policeman who was working secretly with a Syrian opposition group and has since fled the country. Here's more from The Guardian's story, which also provided the basis for Juan Cole's recent column on the topic:
The three, former prosecutors at the criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Sierra Leone, examined thousands of Syrian government photographs and files recording deaths in the custody of regime security forces from March 2011 to last August.
Most of the victims were young men and many corpses were emaciated, bloodstained and bore signs of torture. Some had no eyes; others showed signs of strangulation or electrocution.
The UN and independent human rights groups have documented abuses by both Bashar al-Assad's government and rebels, but experts say this evidence is more detailed and on a far larger scale than anything else that has yet emerged from the 34-month crisis.
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The Count of Monty Tasco is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of Hill Street Blues, and the seventy-fifth episode overall.
Guest Stars: Jane Kaczmarek (Officer Clara Tilsky), Jesse D. Goins (William Mullins), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), Ken Olin (Harry Garibaldi), Debi Richter (Daryl Ann), Ellen Blake (Natalie DeRoy), Garret Pearson (Reporter), Dean Wein (Bailiff), Gary Miller (Ballantine), George Wyner (ADA Irwin Bernstein), Barry Corbin (Monty Tasco), Jonelle Allen (Linda Talbot), Alan North (Mr. Kribbs), Alex Hyde-White (Dexter Sawyer), Tony Acierto (Robert Pirado), Grant Gottschall (Junkie), Gloria LeRoy (Rena), Allan Lurie (Carl), Fritz Turner (Timothy Mullins), Mary Armstrong (Sheila Heller), Christine Avila (Woman), Carl Byrd (Reporter), Vince Trankina (Census Taker), John Voldstad (Creep), Jack Axelrod (Salesman), Julie Wagner-Porter (Reporter), Vankeith Spann (Super), Julie Lloyd (Reporter)
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Of course though, they could change the subscription fees/system. It's already pretty expensive though, so I can't imagine there's much room to manoeuvre upwards.
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When Intel (INTC ) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ ) released the Itanium server chip they had jointly developed three years ago, detractors quickly labeled it "the Itanic." Delivered two years late and at a cost of $2 billion, the chip was billed as the future of computing because it could process data 64 bits at a time, twice the amount of other chips. But Itanium performed poorly on its maiden voyage, chewing through data even more slowly than Intel's own 32-bit chip. Potential customers gave it a chilly reception, especially because so little software could take advantage of its 64-bit capabilities.
On Feb. 17, Intel Corp. Chief Executive Craig R. Barrett sank Itanium's last hopes for gaining broad success. He announced that Intel will reconfigure its own 32-bit chips, the Xeon for servers and the Pentium 4 for desktops, so that by midyear they also will be able to process 64-bit software. With Intel throwing its weight behind other products that can handle 64-bit applications, Itanium looks doomed to niche status.
The Itanium experience is a timely reminder of how Intel's culture may make it challenging to expand into new markets. The company's forays into consumer electronics and communications depend on its ability to cooperate effectively with other companies. But Itanium is a symbol of the go-it-alone arrogance of the company's past. When Intel was developing the chip, critics outside and even inside the company said it was unreasonable to require software companies to rewrite millions of lines of code so their software would run at 64 bits. Indeed, that became a critical flaw. Although Intel is showing signs now of becoming more humble, such miscues mean it will have to work hard to win over potential customers.
No question, Barrett needed an alternative to Itanium. Last April, rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD ) began selling its Opteron server chip, which can handle both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. The flexibility helped Opteron grab 3.9% of the mainstream server market by December, according to researcher IDC. "It's not 64 bits that most people want right now. It's performance and value," says Peter N. Glaskowsky, editor in chief of Microprocessor Report.
Even Hewlett-Packard Co. is hedging its bet on Itanium. On Feb. 24, HP revealed that it will begin selling servers with AMD's Opteron alongside Intel's products. Chief Technology Officer Shane V. Robison says HP's relationship with Intel is "the deepest partnership in the industry" but adds that customers have been demanding more choices in the servers they buy.
How did AMD outmaneuver Intel? The plucky underdog bet that existing chip technology would continue to double its performance every 18 months -- just as Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore had predicted in what became known as Moore's Law. Although Intel also believes in Moore's Law, it felt the Itanium architecture would be superior. AMD's gamble paid off. In the 10 years since Intel announced it would develop chips for 64-bit applications, 32-bit chips have grown to account for 91% of the server market.
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By developing an alternative to Itanium, Intel looks plenty capable of defending its server dominance. But the chip of the future doesn't have a very bright one.
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SIMON King was such a hit at this year's Winnipeg Comedy Festival that organizers are bringing him back for more.
The energetic Vancouver-based comedian who performed at one of the festival galas last spring headlines a gig Thursday night at 9 p.m. at the Purple Room (318 Ross Ave.). Also on the bill is Chantel Marostica. Comedy festival artistic director Al Rae is the host.
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Danish wonderkid Thomas Vinterberg has secured Claire Danes to star in It's All About Love, an English-language drama that will be filmed in the UK in April.
Danes will play the role of Elena, a successful figure skater struggling to repair a damaged marriage in a future landscape where the world is menaced by the melting of the polar icecaps. The role of her husband has yet to be cast. "I am extremely happy that Claire Danes has signed to play Elena," Vinterberg told Variety. "To me Claire is one of the best actresses of our time Together I am sure that we can bring the character of Elena to life."
Vinterberg established his credentials as one of cinema's most exciting new voices when his debut film, Festen, shot under the rigorous Dogme "vow of chastity" that he developed in tandem with countryman Lars von Trier, won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
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Question: We're taking the train from Maine to Boston for the Wilbur Theatre. What station do we get off the train?
Susan's response: If you're coming from Maine, you'd be on the Downeaster, right? I think that's the only service from Maine to Boston at this point. All Amtrak train service from Maine has North Station as its Boston end point, so you'd have to get off the Downeaster at North Station.
At this point, you have two choices for getting to the Wilbur Theatre: You can either take the Green Line subway (we call it the "T") directly from North Station to the closest T stop near the Wilbur, which is the Boylston St. station, or you can walk.
If you take the Green Line, the Boylston stop is at the corner of Boylston and Tremont, so all you have to do is walk a couple of blocks to the Wilbur - very easy.
If you decide to walk...I think it's probably about a 10-15 minute walk to the Wilbur Theatre from North Station, and you pass through interesting areas. I'd probably head down the Rose Kennedy Greenway until about North Street (where the Millennium Bostonian Hotel is), turn right onto North Street, zigzag through Faneuil Hall Marketplace, and cut over to Tremont Street and on to the Wilbur...actually, I walked almost exactly this same path a couple of weeks ago and it took about 10 minutes to get from Faneuil Market to near the Wilbur, so another 5 minutes from North Station should be about right. Obviously, you'd want a good map - easiest would be to google "North Station map," slide the map around a bit to include the Wilbur Theater, and print the page.
If I've misunderstood what train line you're coming on and you're somehow coming in from the west into South Station, then you would get off at South Station itself and walk (I'd probably take Kneeland Street, which becomes Stuart Street) the few blocks over to the Wilbur.
You probably already know this ... but Boston has 2 main train terminals - North Station and South Station. They don't connect by rail, nor do they connect directly by subway, so if you come in to Boston on a train that has one as its terminal point and need to get to the other, there's no train connection nor is there a direct subway connection, although you can change trains (Red to Green Line) at Park Street.
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CTU President Karen Lewis Renews Call for Full Moratorium on School Closings; Commission Recommends 80 Closings
by CTU COMMUNICATIONS | 03/06/2013
CHICAGO--The president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) said the final report issued by the school district's Commission on School Utilization further illustrates the need for a full moratorium on school closings, turnarounds and other actions until an independent body can study the impact of these policy decisions on Chicago students, neighborhoods and their families.
Following significant criticism by parents, teachers, and clergy as well as community-based organizations, the Commission has reduced its recommended number of school actions to an arbitrary list of 80 neighborhood schools. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) initially targeted 330 and then 129 schools, respectively, in a "shock them with crisis" tactic in order to ease outrage when a smaller hit list of schools is finally announced by March 31 as required by law.
"The Commission's report suggests that CPS should continue with its intent to destabilize thousands of our students by disrupting 80-plus school communities in a single year. This is outrageous," said CTU President Karen Lewis. "Given CPS's history, there is no way it has the capacity to shut down 13 percent of our entire school district without mass chaos. Every school that is closed impacts another in the broader community. That's one more child exposed to Chicago's rising tide of violence."
"These non-binding recommendations do not address CPS's unsubstantiated claim that school closings save money. In reality, school closings costs taxpayers more and the city is left with abandoned buildings," Lewis said. "CPS continues to move the target to justify why it should close rather than support our schools. These public policy measures hurt our students, put people out of work and destabilize neighborhoods. In the meantime, they want to open new charters."
The CTU president also said she will continue to urge educators, parents, students and community residents to resist disruption to their neighborhoods by participating in a march and rally in downtown Chicago on March 27 which will include the voices of many of the people whose school communities are targeted by the city for destabilization.
"City Hall must stop its war on poor and working-class people," Lewis said. "When you attack our schools you are attacking our students and our parents. In fact, class sizes will skyrocket. You're attacking the dedicated people who work there. The Commission's report does not contain a single pedagogical argument on why closing schools helps our students in any shape or form."


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Greg Oden has suffered a hand injury that will keep him out of action in China at least three weeks.
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Slo Wine Country Unveils New Web Site
(San Luis Obispo, California) — SLO Wine Country announced the launch of its new web site along with its upcoming inaugural "Farmfest on The Coast" event on April 26 in Pismo Beach from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., showcasing the region's farmers, fisheries and wineries.
"The wines of SLO Wine Country share unifying qualities that are native to our region," said Executive Director Heather Muran. "Our new site is designed to get the word out about what sets SLO Wine Country apart, both as a winegrowing area and as a wine tasting destination. Our new Farmfest event is a similar step toward showcasing what we're all about."
SLO Wine Country unfolds along the coast of southern San Luis Obispo (SLO) County, surrounding the university town of San Luis Obispo between the Paso Robles wine country to the north and Santa Barbara County to the south.
The New SLOWine.com
The new web site at SLOWine.com signals a fresh chapter for the member wineries of the San Luis Obispo Wine Country Association, formerly known as the San Luis Obispo Vintners Association. The site features a new SLO Wine Country logo and enhanced content that showcases how:
• The wineries of SLO Wine Country reside at an average distance of five miles from the Pacific Ocean, resulting in pronounced marine conditions that distinguish the region's wines.
• SLO Wine Country is characterized by its intimacy, with fewer than three dozen wineries and a storybook terrain that stretches from rural backroads to wide-open beaches.
• SLO Wine Country is a leader in sustainable winegrowing, with more than 80 percent of its acreage Sustainability in Practice (SIP) certified by the Central Coast Vineyard Team.
The new site also features an expanded events calendar, enhanced winery listings and destination tools for helping visitors experience what locals call "the SLO life."
Farmfest on The Coast – Friday, April 26
"Farmfest on The Coast" is a new event that will immerse attendees in SLO Wine Country's abundant farm-to-fork culture, offering an exclusive taste of fresh local edibles.
Local chefs will partner with area farmers, ranchers, fisheries, cheese makers, chocolatiers, wineries and more, using their fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and other products to produce special bites to pair with wines from SLO Wine Country. Guests will be able to roam the ocean-view setting to sample these offerings, and will enjoy educational displays with insights into where their food comes from.
The event takes place on Friday, April 26 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Dinosaur Caves Park overlooking the ocean in Pismo Beach. The cost is $40 per person, inclusive of all food and wine sampling. Tickets are limited, and can be purchased at SLOWine.com. Farmfest is hosted in collaboration with the Pismo Beach Chamber of Commerce's "Taste of Pismo" event on April 27, and attendees can save $10 on Farmfest tickets when they also purchase tickets to "Taste of Pismo" for a total package cost of $80 per person. Tickets are available at SLOWine.com and PismoChamber.com.
Everything that Farmfest guests experience will be sustainably grown, raised or caught, reflecting SLO Wine Country's status as a sustainably committed winegrowing region. Local winegrowers will be on hand to offer guests insights into sustainable viticultural practices.
Cal Poly Wine & Viticulture will demonstrate composting techniques for home gardens, and local community supported agriculture programs such as Talley Farms Fresh Harvest and SLO Veg will be featured. Other participants include Central Coast Seafood, Olea Farm, Bliss Whole Food Café & Market, Gather Wine Bar and Splash Café. Live music will be provided by the Hot Club of SLO, a local acoustic string trio blending spicy jazz with vintage French gypsy music.
About SLO Wine Country:
In the San Luis Obispo Wine Country on California's Central Coast—or "SLO Wine Country," as locals call it—the Pacific Ocean shapes our culture, our terrain and our wines. Here, where our wineries boast an average distance of just five miles from the water, the prevailing marine conditions are among the most pronounced of any wine region in California. Our ocean-cooled environment fosters unifying qualities that are native to the wines of SLO Wine Country. For details and wine tasting information, visit SLOWine.com.


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YORK City Knights' under-20s reserves friendly at Featherstone tonight has been called off due to snow.
The clubs had looked into rearranging it for tomorrow night either at Post Office Road or at Huntington Stadium, but this was not possible.
Instead, the Knights are arranging a similar friendly against Oldham, to be played next Wednesday. The venue will be the Roughyeds' Whitebank home, kick off 8pm, to be confirmed.
The new U20s reserves season starts in 15 days' time, with the Knights hosting Salford on Thursday, February 28, at Huntington Stadium (8pm).