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What we learned from the Seahawks' OTAs, minicamp
By Danny O'Neil
June is no time for conclusions.
Not in the NFL, where players spend two months getting themselves ready for training camp, which is where they'll get ready for the actual season. Yup, these past couple months have been about preparing to prepare for this season of unprecedented expectation in Seattle.
But with the Seahawks' offseason conditioning program for veterans concluding on Thursday, now is as good a time as any to summarize the lessons drawn from the June workouts.
Three things we learned:
I. Right guard will be Seattle's Thunderdome in August.
Two men enter the competition, one will exit the starter.
Right guard John Moffitt is in the best shape he's been in going all the way back to when Seattle chose him in the third round in 2011 while J.R. Sweezy has continued what is nothing short of a remarkable transition from playing defensive tackle at North Carolina State to being an NFL offensive lineman. The Seahawks loved the nasty edge Sweezy showed in the running game, but Moffitt demonstrated a better understanding of protection schemes last season.
They took turns playing with the first-unit offense at this week's minicamp, Moffitt getting repetitions there on Tuesday and Sweezy taking his turn Wednesday. That spot is going to be one of the only starting jobs truly up for grabs in Seattle this August.
II. Tight end Luke Willson looks great in shorts.
That's not a commentary on his legs, but rather how quickly he can move them. As advertised, Willson is the fastest of Seattle's tight ends, and the fifth-round pick out of Rice showed he just might be capable of making an immediate impact as a rookie. Not only that, but the injury to tight end Anthony McCoy opened up the backup position behind starter Zach Miller.
Whether Willson is capable of filling that will depend on his blocking, though, and if he's not stout enough at the point of attack, he might wind up being strictly a big-play option as a rookie. Sean McGrath is bigger this season and might turn out to be a more well-rounded tight end, but it's still very possible Seattle could wind up adding another veteran to provide depth at the position.
III. Cornerback is the single deepest position on this team.
It's not just starters Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner, who've created a new prototype at the position with their size and physical style of play. It's also more than veteran Antoine Winfield, the three-time Pro Bowler signed to serve as the team's nickelback.
Walter Thurmond is completely healthy for the first time in two years and looks like someone ready to make an impact. Jeremy Lane – a sixth-round pick in 2012 – also played well, and given his status as a special-teams mainstay, he is someone who will be impossible to leave off the 53-man roster. Then there's Byron Maxwell, Will Blackmon, Ron Parker and rookie Tharold Simon, who has been unable to practice as he rests an ailing foot.
There is no position that has changed more since coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider took over, and no position on the roster that is better stocked at this point.
Three things we're still trying to figure out:
I. Is Red Bryant back?
That's not a literal question as Bryant was present from the start of the team's offseason training program to the finish. The uncertainty is whether Bryant is back to being the end-line pillar of Seattle's rush defense.
One of the most perplexing facts about last season was that Seattle went from having one of the NFL's very best rush defenses for the first six and a half games to being mediocre, maybe even below average, for the second half of the season. That decline culminated in the playoff loss in Atlanta where the Falcons – who ranked No. 29 in rushing yards during the regular season – ran for 167 yards.
Some of that regression was attributed to the foot injury Bryant played through, and if that's the case, the Seahawks should be able to return to their run-stopping ways since Bryant said the foot feels better. This is a critical question, though, because all the resources Seattle spent to improve its pass rush won't mean nearly as much if the Seahawks can't stop the run.
II. Can James Carpenter can stay healthy?
The fact Carpenter sat out much of the team's offseason conditioning after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery isn't nearly so concerning as the reality that for the third straight year, his preparation in training camp might be limited.
In 2011, he turned up out of shape after the lockout. Last year, he didn't practice at all in training camp as he was rehabilitating from the season-ending knee injury suffered in November. This year, there's no guarantee he will be ready to go.
Seattle thinks he can be a mauler at left guard, providing a uniquely punishing presence, but his two years as a Seahawk point to the difficulty in counting on the former first-round pick to stay on the field.
III. Where will Bruce Irvin fit into the final picture?
Seattle is trying him at strongside linebacker, a move that is going to be complicated in August because while he'll be practicing with the team, there's also the underlying reality that he will miss the first four games of the season because of a league suspension for a performance-enhancing drug violation.
That puts the Seahawks in a pickle because while Irvin could probably use every rep he could get at a new position that will see him dropping into coverage more, Seattle must also keep K.J. Wright plugged into that spot since he'll be playing there for all of the first four games.
Carroll has praised Irvin's adjustment to the position, pointing out that he'll still largely be a speed rusher off the edge, but this is a new role for Irvin and his preparation for that switch is going to be impacted by the reality of his looming suspension.


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I thought about setting up specific goals for this year... and then failed because I never achieve them anyway :lol:
I would say that improving is a goal that I always have, always trying to be a better as a person and in my daily jobs and duties. But the, I guess that my goal should be: stop procrastinating! :lol:
If I get to do that, I could rule the world
I guess that means that I shouldn't be posting here
I dont know Im a great goal setter however I do have some vague goals. Probably something like:
get more exercise
become a better informed voter for general elections in my country this year.
Professionally, I'm not sure. One of these days I might like to learn how to write apps for my android mobile.
(a) Try to stay healthy (although I have limited control over that)
and if I manage that, then
(b) try to relearn the things I forgot while I was ill last year
and (c) try to learn something new, too.
Development goals:
That basically takes up the whole year for me (:
Learning javascript, drinking less coffee, & enjoying life more. The coffee one will be the most challenging one.
yes my goal is to complete my honors degree.
My goal is getting married and more successful in my internet business..That's may main two goals..
To create my own product, hopefully before 2014 ends.
There's some epic goals there... mine;
Hi.My goal is to become successful in my work. Do some good work for people & want to learn new things.
yea i've got one. : Try to get a job Asap :/
I love seeing everyone's goals!
May we all reach them and more this year!
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More exercise and harder studying. And better sleep management.
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DEAD ACCOUNTS' Katie Holmes to Appear on THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Tomorrow
DEAD ACCOUNTS star Katie Holmes will appear on tomorrow's episode of "The Late Show with David Letterman." "The Late Show" airs locally on CBS2 at 11:35 PM or visit http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/ to watch online.
DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O'Brien is now playing at Broadway's Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). In addition to Holmes, the production stars two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz with Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell.
In Dead Accounts, Jack's (Butz) unexpected return throws his family into a frenzy, and his sister Lorna (Holmes) needs answers. Is he coming home or running away? Where is his wife (Greer) everyone hates? And how did he get all that money? Theresa Rebeck's new comedy tackles the timely issues of corporate greed, small town values, and whether or not your family will always welcome you back...with no questions asked.
The creative team for the production features five-time Tony nominee David Rockwell (scenic design), five-time Tony winner Catherine Zuber (costume design), David Weiner (lighting design), Mark Bennett (sound design, original music), and Tom Watson (hair design).
DEAD ACCOUNTS is produced by Jeffrey Finn, John N. Hart Jr., David Mirvish, Amy Nauiokas, Ergo Entertainment, Harriet Newman Leve, Double Gemini Productions, 3toGo Entertainment, and The Shubert Organization.
Tickets ($62.00 - $129.00; Premium: $175 for Wednesday matinees, $225.00 for all other performances) for Dead Accounts are available by calling Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200, or online at www.telecharge.com. For group sales, visit www.Telecharge.com/groups or call Telecharge Group Sales at 800-432-7780.
The regular performance schedule will be Tuesday and Thursday at 7 PM; Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2 PM, Sunday at 3 PM.
For more information, visit www.DeadAccountsOnBroadway.com.
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Simulated game next step for rehabbing Pineda
NEW YORK -- Michael Pineda is continuing to move along the comeback trail. The right-hander was scheduled to throw a simulated game on Wednesday, a notable step as he attempts to return to a big league mound.
Pineda threw batting practice on Sunday at the Yankees' complex in Tampa, Fla. After a promising start to his season, he has not appeared in a big league game since April 23, because of an upper back strain behind his pitching shoulder.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that Pineda was scheduled to throw two innings or 30 pitches. Pineda initially sustained the injury while throwing during his 10-game suspension for pine tar use, then had a setback while on rehab in May.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Me? I wouldn't go that far, but I'm ready to hear both sides of the argument after tonight's game.
I think if I were to re-watch all of the games from the last month (not just the losing games) You'll find something interesting. When JO comes onto the court, we seem to lose more than we gain. When he goes out, and at least 2 of Foster, Cro or Pollard are on the court, we seem to play better.
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Officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder said that a Title IX complaint announced yesterday with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) against the university should be immediately dismissed.
We believe CU should not be named in this complaint, said Chancellor Richard L. Byyny. We have an existing agreement with the Office of Civil Rights defining CUs obligations under Title IX in its athletic program. The agreement, completed in 1994, includes the provision of financial aid to female student athletes.
Byyny said the university is in full compliance with that agreement as determined by regular reviews by the OCR. There is no basis for further investigation of the university. Under the agreement, OCR has continuously monitored our progress which has been substantial and on target.
Byyny disputed allegations related to amounts of financial aid awarded to individual student athletes. He stated, Scholarship for scholarship women get as much financial aid as do men. The only variable is in-state versus out-of-state tuition.
In its last review of CUs compliance with the agreement, OCR found that CU-Boulder is in compliance in the area of financial aid. A letter to CU-Boulder from OCR last February noted that OCR finds that the University has satisfactorily fulfilled this (financial aid) provision of the Agreement. The same letter noted that immense progress has been made by the University in implementing the agreement.
CU President John C. Buechner expressed his support for Byynys response to the complaint. I have complete confidence that Chancellor Byyny and Athletic Director Dick Tharp are fully implementing all compliance procedures, Buechner said.
I want our supporters in Colorado and across the nation to know that CU is committed to expanding opportunities for all of our student athletes.


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text: Hello again, peoples. I have been working on my form for forehand AND backhand, and I want to see if I'm going the right direction. I'm still not getting the forward weight transfer right I don't think on my forehand, but my arm hurts alot less and I can finally feel the snap in my wrist. I'm getting consistent 250-300 feet drives with my Wraith, teebird (sometimes), and predator. The backhand video is my first of it's kind, so I could definitely use some tips for it. I'm getting about the same results as with my forehand. I'm determined to improve my game. I have been throwing mids, putters, and fairways more often, and now I can get them further, but my distance discs are still right at 300. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!


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THE other day someone said to me, "Well let's just see what happens."
What nonsense!
Whether it's in media and marketing, which is what this column is mostly about, or in life generally, the whole point is to make things happen.
And to do that well we need vision, confidence and planning.
Just think of our forebears who decided that Sydney could grow to become a great international city if it had a bridge that united it. Ninety years later, it is still a vital transport link for its population and an international icon.
And in Melbourne, the creation of one of the world's greatest boulevards can still handle the traffic flows, 150 years after its horse and buggy age construction.
There's also the great Snowy Mountains scheme which was completed in 1974 and nearly 40 years later is providing us with nearly 70 per cent of our renewable energy.
Now there's vision for you. And the ability to plan for the future.
There are many other examples in our short history as a pioneering nation.
And in the media, the advent of television was recognised by some of the old newspaper proprietors as a way of the future and they bought in and helped establish a nationwide network for our tiny population on the globe's biggest island.
And speaking of islands, it's worth remembering that Lee Kuan Yew built the economic powerhouse of Singapore on a swamp 1000th the size of New South Wales.
In every case, it was vision and confident planning that brought about enormous benefits for generation after generation.
It's in this spirit that the federal government has taken the decision to roll out the national broadband network. Good on them!
But that's only the start. If we're to make the 21st century Australia's greatest century, we will need to lift our sights further and plan now for decades ahead.
It's a great test of leadership for all our political parties who get so easily mired in the 36-month election cycle.
But it can be done. We have the 12th-biggest economy in the world, although there are 50 countries with a greater population. We are linked to the incredible growth of China, which simply decided it would be great again and set about doing it.
When I started our media buying business in 1976, I picked up on the Chinese idea of five-year plans and we became number one. And only because we had five-year plans to become number one.
In 2000, we decided that the digital age was going to be the biggest change to communications since the printing press, so we launched a company and changed our thinking to digital.
We didn't say, "Let's see what happens''. We said, "Let's make it happen''.
I remember when James Packer said to his father, Kerry, that they should tie up and develop Ninemsn. The Packers have always understood intergenerational planning.
The owner of this paper, Fairfax, moved into the digital age but only after the earlier managers missed the opportunities taken by Seek and Carsales as the classified ads went digital. But they are now making up lost ground and you are probably reading this online.
For more than a decade, we have been saying online shopping will happen and of course it has and it has only just begun.
The inspirational American economist Richard Florida is worth noting in these tentative days. In his book about the creative class he said "The United States may have ushered in the era of high-tech industry and perpetual innovation, but it is by no means our nation's manifest destiny to stay on top. To remain innovative, America must continue to attract the world's sharpest and most creative minds. And to do that, it needs to invest in the further development, from both internal and external sources, of its talent base. Because wherever talent goes, innovation, creativity and economic growth are sure to follow."
So the job for next week is to decide where you want to be in 10 years and check your current performance against the words of the old American vaudevillian Professor Irwin Corey: "If we don't change direction soon, we'll all end up where we're going."
Harold Mitchell is an executive director of Aegis.


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Pacheco continues providing steady contributions
LOS ANGELES -- Rockies utility man Jordan Pacheco is quick to say the team misses first baseman Todd Helton, but Pacheco is making the veteran's absence not so painful.
Pacheco had a Helton-esque night in Monday's 12-2 victory with two hits, including a two-run double. Helton hasn't played since April 19 because of a left forearm strain. Pacheco has been the primary first baseman since, and responded by having multiple hits in six of his last seven starts going into another start Tuesday night.
"We need Todd in there, because our team is better with him," Pacheco said. "I'm doing what I can to keep things going, trying to be myself and not do too much, and try to do something to help the team win."
Last year, Pacheco led National League rookies with a .309 batting average but little top-shelf power -- five home runs. To his credit, Pacheco has resisted any urge to try to force more power. Going into Tuesday he hadn't homered this year and had three doubles among his 20 hits, but his .364 batting average and .417 on-base percentage heading into Tuesday's game represented steady contributions.
"It's situational," Pacheco said. "I can get a runner over, get him in, and I can get on base. I am aggressive in the box. These are the Major Leagues and pitchers aren't just going to throw the ball down the middle. So I try to stay ready for when that pitch comes and take my shot at it. I know what type of player I am."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Vines & Vittles: Fine wine, craft beer off beaten track By John Brown June 9, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- You would not be reading this if you didn't have an appreciation of the artistry and acumen required to produce exceptional and delicious cuisine to match the sea of wine available to us.From time to time in my travels around our glorious state, I am reminded of the dedication and diligence of those who enrich our experiences with their culinary skills oftentimes toiling in obscurity in out-of-the-way locations.West Virginia is a state full of out-of-the-way places and getting from point A to point B can sometimes involve a nonlinear route that results in pleasant diversions and discoveries. That's how, on a trip back to Washington, D.C., more than two decades ago, I discovered Canaan Valley and subsequently some very cool restaurants, cafes and holes in the wall.Many of these establishments happen to be in the Potomac Highland towns of Davis and Thomas just north of Canaan Valley. A recent trip to that stunningly beautiful part of our state renewed my faith in the creativity of mountaineer entrepreneurs.Muttley's Downtown in Davis has been around for many years, featuring excellent steak and other grilled meats and providing guests with a very-well-thought-out and value-oriented wine list.Owners Becky Bunner an Randy Colombo have now joined with Meyer House B&B proprietor Cindy Robeson to add a wine specialty shop -- Shades of Grape. The shop is adjacent to the restaurant and patrons can choose from a small, but very selective list of wines and edibles from around the world.From time to time, wines featured in Shades of Grape will be available on the restaurant's wine list at the same price as in the shop, and that is an excellent bargain. The restaurant is full of offbeat artwork, lifelike mannequins and assorted esoterica that will have you smiling and/or scratching your head. The wine shop and restaurant are open Tuesday through Saturday. You'll need to call for dinner reservations (304-259-4848), but a trip to Muttley's Downtown should definitely be a part of your itinerary. In the mood for some very unique burritos? Then you'll need to cross the street from Muttley's and visit Hellbender Burritos. These are not your mother's burritos, but owners Rob and Melissa Borowitz guarantee that they are definitely good for you, and very large too. In addition, Hellbender's also has a very excellent selection of craft beers on tap and by the bottle.Cross the street again and you'll find Sirianni's Café -- one of the state's best pizza restaurants. Owners Walt Ranalli and Sandra Goss have catered to the pizza and pasta addictions of visitors for decades, and a trip to the mountains would not be complete without a stop at Sirianni's.Sirianni's, which also has a sister restaurant in Canaan Valley right off of W.Va. 32, features a modest (but good) wine list and a bevy of craft beers that will help you wash down the spicy vittles. Like Muttley's, Sirianni's wall art and pictures will keep you amused while you're waiting on the excellent pizza. You can call for takeout at 304-259-5454.Two miles north of Davis is the town of Thomas, where art galleries such as Mountain Made and the White Room share Front Street with the Purple Fiddle (a music club and sandwich emporium), antique shops and the Flying Pig restaurant.The latest addition to Front Street is Tip Top Coffee. Tip Top is a coffee shop on steroids with ambitions to be much more. Owner Cade Archuleta has sandwiches, pastries and cookies, and recently added a small, but excellent, selection of wines by the glass. The shop will begin offering a full menu and a bar service soon. The coffee is excellent and the staff is always smiling.For those of you who wish to go over to the dark (or pilsner) side, Davis and Thomas boast craft breweries where you can sip that lesser beverage on the premises. The Blackwater Brewing Co. in Davis and Mountain State Brewing in Thomas provide visitors with some very good craft beer.So take a trip off the beaten track and visit the Potomac Highlands where mountain biking, fishing, skiing, kayaking, hiking, hunting and rafting will leave you ravenous, and where you'll find some pretty accomplished folks that know how to feed the beast.For more on the art and craft of wine, visit John Brown's Vines & Vittles blog at thegazz.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 DHHR: WV medical marijuana law will need $2 million in upfront costs 2 Correctional officers need raises, lawmakers told 3 Putnam board suspends former Poca principal charged with DUI 4 Gazette editorial: Is it time for health care for all yet? 5 Charleston council moves up user fee increase to $3 by January CindySays: It takes both exercise and better diet Previous Story What's for Dinner? Make it fast with homemade mix Next Story


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107 Gunnersbury Lane, W3 | 3.5 miles from The Bingham
The Kids' Cookery School in West London is a unique venue offering cookery classes and workshops for children aged three upwards. Children can have fun... More
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165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, South Kensington, London SW7 | 6.1 miles from The Bingham
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10 Ballingdon Road, Wandsworth, SW11 | 6.3 miles from The Bingham
Get the kids interested in learning can be difficult, especially with regards to a foreign language. However, if they start at a young age what... More
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2 Stoneleigh Park Road, Epsom, KT19 | 6.9 miles from The Bingham
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93 Hazelbourne Road, SW12 | 6.9 miles from The Bingham
It's kind of an evening class, kind of a dinner party... Led by FHM's Kenneth Harry Putt, the WFA wine appreciation classes are based around... More
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Hyde Park, Hyde Park, London W2 | 6.9 miles from The Bingham
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Liongate Enterprise Park, 80 Morden Road, CR4 | 7.5 miles from The Bingham
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118 Marylebone Lane, Marylebone, London W1U | 7.9 miles from The Bingham
The Caldesi family first set up a cooking school in Giancarlo's native Tuscany. His 'Return to Tuscany' was captured by BBC cameras and dished up... More
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19 Wigmore Street, Marylebone, London W1U | 8 miles from The Bingham
Whether you're a Nigella or not in the kitchen, the L'atelier des Chefs cookery school can teach you something. Classes are given in the basement... More
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15B Little Portland Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W | 8.2 miles from The Bingham
Awarded The Best City Cookery School 2013, the Cookery School at Little Portland Street has been teaching people to make simple, honest food for more... More
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Units 1 & 2 119-123 Hackford Road, Brixton, London SW9 | 8.3 miles from The Bingham
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Among the best regarded art schools in the world. The Slade is a fairly traditional school with an insistence on certain techniques within each undergraduate... More
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Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H | 8.8 miles from The Bingham
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is among the best schools for the studies of foreign cultures and languages in the world. In... More
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Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1H | 8.9 miles from The Bingham
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Somerset House, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 8.9 miles from The Bingham
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1 Sheffield Street, Holborn, London WC2A | 9 miles from The Bingham
The award-winning Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, designed by Irish architects O'Donnell + Tuomey and awarded the RIBA London Building of the Year Award in... More
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17 Duke's Road, Bloomsbury, London WC1H | 9 miles from The Bingham
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Unique and innovative workshops teaching flower arranging and floristry with monthly, weekly or daily workshops. This is a really enjoyable art form that allows its... More
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Elephant & Castle, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 | 9.1 miles from The Bingham
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Only issue is I have no clue about how to make a website or where to even start. I looked at some of the sites like godaddy and gator and I don't know what to do. The domains and what not are pretty cheap but I would have no idea what to do in terms of the code and how to work everything.
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Even if you don't respect the Falcons' 10-1 record, you need to respect their receiving corps and its potential to carry them to a championship.
No team has a better trio of targets than Roddy White, Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez. No other team boasts three players in the top 20 in receiving yards.
A team with a passing attack as potent as the Falcons' can't be dismissed as a Super Bowl contender. It's nice to have a strong running game in the NFL. But it's not a necessity anymore. The Giants finished dead last in rushing last season and won a Super Bowl. The Packers finished 24th in 2010 and won a Super Bowl.
To win big in today's NFL, you have to be able to throw it. The Falcons can pitch-and-catch with anybody, especially indoors at the Georgia Dome.
The Falcons made a bold decision in the 2011 draft, sending a boatload of picks to the Browns and trading up to No. 6 to take Jones. That gamble has paid off for the Falcons. They already had their franchise quarterback in Ryan. They already had enough pieces to be a playoff team. But they needed a deep threat, somebody to take the top off opposing defenses, to provide quick-strike touchdowns and to give White and Gonzalez more operating room.
Jones is that guy. He and Ryan hooked up for an 80-yard touchdown Sunday during the Falcons' one-point victory over the Buccaneers. Only 23 years old, Jones is a legit star. He is 10th in the league in receiving yards and tied with Gonzalez for tops on the team with six receiving touchdowns.
White topped 1,000 yards receiving for the sixth straight season Sunday. He runs patterns with expert precision. Gonzalez is a certain Hall of Fame player, one of the best tight ends ever. He's 36, but Gonzalez looks like he could play until he is 56.
It will be interesting to watch the Falcons host the Giants on Dec. 16. The Giants destroyed the Falcons, 24-2, in the playoffs last season. If the Falcons want more respect as a Super Bowl contender, they need to show they can handle the Giants' pass rush and burn the Giants' secondary with big plays.
Maybe the Falcons fizzle out in the playoffs again, but don't be so certain. In the NFL, a potent passing game can take you a long way. With Air Atlanta, the Falcons certainly have enough firepower to get to New Orleans in February.


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I suspect there is air in my hydraulic power-steering system. What is the procedure for bleeding it? T.D., via e-mail
Next, with the engine turned off, turn the wheel from lock to lock and recheck the fluid level. If there is air in the system, the fluid will be foamy. Continue turning the wheel until the bubbles disperse; this may take some time if you have a lot of air in the system.
After purging all the air from the system, start your engine and let it run at 1000 rpm. Turn the wheel from lock to lock and then back all the way to port. Shut down and recheck the fluid level. It should read between "add" and "hot" on the dipstick. Take the boat for a ride, and while doing some turning maneuvers, have someone listen for any pump noise. If there is any, inspect all lines and connections for leaks. If you still have air problems, you may have a faulty pump.
What causes bottom paint to flake off in certain spots on a fiberglass boat? R.P., via e-mail
The only way to fix this is to remove the bottom paint in the affected area, sand and clean the fiberglass surface, and apply new antifouling.
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text: Are Marcellus Shale jobs 'booming'? By Megan Workman January 28, 2012 Story Share Lawrence Pierce Charleston accounting firm Woomer, Nistendirk & Associates PLLC, a partnership created 17 years ago by Stephen Woomer, left, and Robert Nistendirk, right, recently hired Danny Simms, an oil and gas industry expert, center, to cater to the increasing interest from natural gas-interested clients. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Danny Simms, a self-proclaimed oil and gas industry expert, recently joined a larger Charleston accounting firm because he said it's time for him to "share the fun" of the industry.For nearly 30 years, Simms' accounting firm offered assistance in the oil and gas industry, among other services, but the small firm sometimes struggled. Simms only had about five people working at one time, which prevented the firm from handling "big jobs" and growing, he said.That changed when he joined Woomer, Nistendirk & Associates PLLC, an accounting firm started by Robert Nistendirk and Stephen Woomer 17 years ago. The firm on Capitol Street offers legal, medical, retail, manufacturers, nonprofit, and many other accounting services.Joining the firm, Simms said, "has offered me something I've been having to fight for years which is staff size. There's a lot of opportunity for us in the oil and gas industry ... we're increasing the capabilities of our firm."The "strategic partnership" at the accounting firm, Nistendirk said, is a response to the natural gas reserves in the Marcellus Shale formation that extends throughout most of West Virginia in addition to Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and other eastern states.Before Simms joined the firm, Nistendirk said he would occasionally ask him questions about the oil and gas industry. Now that Simms is a part of the larger firm, accountants there can refer their clients directly to Simms.Nistendirk believes the partnership puts the firm "one step ahead of the explosion," Nistendirk said."It's going to be explosive for every other business in the Appalachian [region]," Nistendirk said."What this Marcellus is doing ... it makes the businesses associated with it huge compared in the past," Simms said. Service providers such as lawyers and accountants are beginning to see more work because of the increasing importance of natural gas in the state, according to Steve Roberts, president of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.With so much land being bought and sold because of the Marcellus Shale locations, these kinds of professions are seeing an influx in business, Roberts said."It's certainly being felt in the legal community -- surveyors are busy, land engineers are busy, law firms and accounting firms are busy. It's just beginning to work its way into having a ripple effect that goes as far as professional firms," Roberts said.That ripple effect includes restaurants, gas stations and hotels that surround areas where Marcellus Shale drillings are occurring, he said."The trickle down is significant particularly to smaller retailers, those who provide things for people who are moving around the state and they would buy," Roberts said. In 2008, more than 2,200 jobs, through direct, indirect and induced economic activity, were created because of Marcellus Shale drillings in the state, according to a report by the National Energy Technology Laboratory, part of the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratory system. Direct impacts are the initial, immediate economic activities (jobs and income) generated by Marcellus Shale drillings. Indirect impacts are the production, employment and income changes occurring in other businesses and industries in the community that supply inputs to the project industry.Finally, induced impacts are the effects of spending by the households in the local economy as the result of direct and indirect effects from an economic activity. The induced effects arise when employees spend their new income in the community, according to the NETL report.By 2020, the report projects West Virginia to have an additional 17,000 jobs. But those numbers may be outdated. Last week, federal analysts slashed their estimate of Marcellus Shale from 410 trillion cubic feet of natural gas to 141 trillion cubic feet, citing better information that emerges as drilling operations in the region continue.Charleston Area Alliance CEO Matthew Ballard agrees with Roberts that restaurants and hotels near Marcellus drilling sites will benefit. Other businesses, including geologists who estimate the distance of the Marcellus and the Petra Chemical Company, are among the many who will be positively affected because of these drillings, Ballard said."This is a huge boom for West Virginia. You can already see the impacts throughout the state. Not just the exploration and extraction of the gas but other people benefit as well," Ballard said.Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, said how much the Mountain State benefits from the drillings depends on how well the state prepares for the future. Without a doubt, law firms are going to do really well with the Marcellus boom, Boettner said, but the boom is by no means something new. The investment of Marcellus has been happening for about four years, he said. In that time, companies that are drilling the wells have been doing as much as they can before it is actually regulated, he said. Thinking ahead is key."It all depends on how well we avoid a race to the bottom -- regulation quality of life, adequate taxation, creating a permanent trust fund similar to others in natural resource states -- and how well we benefit from the Marcellus Shale development," Boettner said."How we benefit depends on how well we prepare for the future, how well we use this great source of strategic wealth to diversify our economy to enhance higher education and to grow downstream businesses. We do not want to repeat the past [like what happened] with coal. We want to ensure that this booms benefits everybody."Just about everyone involved in the processing facilities, pipeline companies and construction of Marcellus Shale drilling sites are benefiting, but the issue is where those employers are coming from, said Steve White, director of the Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation. While hotels and campgrounds are full, many of them are not from West Virginia, he said.Local workers "are willing and able and needing the work all over the state. Frankly it's upsetting to see these job opportunities go to folks from other parts of the country," White said. "Many local businesses are frustrated at being unable to get those bidding opportunities in their own backyard. I represent 20,000 workers, many of them who have the skills that they need."While there are some great activity and positives about the potential [of Marcellus drillings], I don't think West Virginia is getting the full opportunities that they could and need."Reach Megan Workman at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5113. 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Gibbons changes course on Blue Jays' lineup
TORONTO -- On Thursday, manager John Gibbons thought he had a lineup that he was willing to stick with.
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"Nothing's going good right now," Gibbons said. "Just kind of reverted back to the beginning of the season and get Melky in there. That's kind of the way we designed it."
Cabrera is a little off-balance at the plate, and that is believed to be the reason he's having a hard time collecting hits. But Gibbons thinks there's been some improvement.
"A little [progress]. He hasn't gotten the results, [but] he's been working at it," Gibbons said. "[He] came out for some early batting practice a couple days ago, and they've been messing in the cage with it."
Friday's game vs. the Mariners marked the 19th time that Cabrera hit out of the second spot in the lineup, and it's something that the Blue Jays originally intended when they signed the left fielder as a free agent in the offseason.
"It was kind of by design that he was going to hit there when we started, so we'll give that a shot and see what happens," Gibbons said.
Evan Peaslee is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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THE daughter of a 93-year-old woman who discovered her home had been burgled on Mother's Day has told of her fears for Frampton Cotterell's elderly residents.
Elizabeth Bartlett said her mother, who does not want to be named, has been left very shaken after thieves broke into her home opposite the Park Farm estate and stole treasured jewellery including the engagement ring given to her by her late husband.
"She is quite distressed," sad Mrs Bartlett. "They are items she has treasured since she was a young girl. My father gave her that ring in 1938 and she had wanted to leave it to her great-granddaughters."
The distinctive ring, with a twisted bar set with sapphires and diamonds, was taken along with a gold eternity ring with garnets and diamonds and a gold locket.
"They were quite valuable but mainly they were of sentimental importance," added Mrs Bartlett, who collected her mother for a trip to her own home in Devon last Wednesday, March 26.
"They didn't find any money because mum is sensible and they didn't take anything else. They didn't trash the place but they did go through everything, they even went into the loft in case she had hidden things up there."
The discovery was made when Mrs Bartlett's son, Edward Phillips, brought his grandmother home on Mother's Day (March 30) morning.
"What a great Mother's Day surprise she had," said her daughter. "We don't know when it happened and neighbours wouldn't have known as the thieves broke in through a back window.
"But I was aware when I picked her that Wednesday morning of a group of people watching me put her case in the boot. There were about half a dozen of late teens to people in their thirties hanging around the entrance to Park Farm.
"I want to warn people to be very discreet if they are going away."
She said there had been an increase in trouble in the village since Barratt Homes built another phase of the Park Farm development on Denny's Field in 2011.
"I know there have been more problems since the estate was developed. Mum has lived there for 40 years and it used to be such a quiet little place but now it is noisy, there is anti-social behaviour and the police get called a lot at night."
Anyone with any information on the burglary or who has been offered the rings or locket for sale is asked to call Avon and Somerset police on 101.


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There seems to be some buzz about the Generals heading into the opening Friday of conference matchups in the SAC. At 3-0, Wayne definitely has some momentum heading into a showdown with Northrop this weekend, although the competition has been less than stellar. Leading the way is junior guard Justin Mitchell, one of the more underrated players in the area. Mitchell does a lot of the same things well that Brenton and Bryson Scott do, can score from inside and out, get to the rim for rebounds and quick enough to get into the passing lanes. Mitchell and the Generals can garner even more attention if they overcome the third-ranked Bruins on Friday.
2. Can Columbia City wake up the echoes?
Life was good in 2004 in Columbia City. Under Coach Chris Benedict, the Eagles went 25-4 and advanced to its first, and only, state championship game. That year was also the last time the program began the year 5-0. Columbia City will have a chance to match that on Saturday when it hosts Marion (1-2). This reporter does not understand why the Eagles, who won 17 games a year ago and return nearly all of their production, are not garnering a single vote in the Class 4A AP poll. Marion is not the program it once was, but beating the Giants impressively on Saturday should earn Columbia City some votes.
3. Will either Leo or New Haven hit 100 points?
You want to see high-scoring, up-tempo basketball, make sure you park your butt in a seat at New Haven on Saturday night. Last year in this matchup, the Bulldogs went for 99 in a 36-point rout. Two years ago, Leo edged New Haven 98-96. Count on another big-time scoring night out of at least one of these teams.
4. Can Bishop Dwenger knock off Concordia Lutheran again?
The Cadets remember losing to Bishop Dwenger last year in the sectional opener, and the Saints only lost to Concordia by two in the regular season last year. Couple that with the Saints putting a huge scare into the third-ranked team in Class 3A in Norwell on Tuesday before falling by three and Coach Matt Kostoff's team looks poised to at least give Concordia another tough matchup on Friday. The Cadets have visions of an SAC crown, dropping its league opener like it did last year would not be a good start.
5. Will Carroll crack the win column?
There was plenty of positive energy surrounding the Chargers basketball program entering this season, but a four-game losing skid to begin the year has softened the expectations. But look closer and you will see that Carroll is not in as bad of a position as its record indicates. The combined record of the Chargers' first four opponents (South Bend Adams, Noblesville, Concordia and Northrop) is 10-1. The Chargers played evenly with Northrop for a half on Tuesday and is developing some additional scorers to take the pressure off of sophomore Chandler White. A home date with Huntington North, itself a positive story at 3-1, on Saturday presents a good shot at getting victory No. 1.


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rail- covered in 1" high density foam and wrapped in whisper vinyl
race rack- Red Oak stained natural oak
playing surface- suited speed cloth- similar to what you see in casinos
legs- folding banquet table legs, easily portable and easy store.
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Lake Merritt has always been Oakland's jewel.
It is our version of New York's Central Park, a refuge from the hustle and bustle of city life. People from all over come to the lake to walk, skate and cycle the 3.1-mile path, or simply to read and gaze out at the ducks. They visit attractions such as Children's Fairyland and the Rotary Nature Center.
But for years, I've always had the sense that Lake Merritt — like Oakland itself — had not lived up to its great potential. There were areas of great beauty. But also there were stretches of the lake that were unsightly, unpleasant and downright dangerous.
There was the mini-expressway with no traffic lights or crosswalks that made it impossible for pedestrians and cyclists to cross over to the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center without taking their lives in their hands.
There were scary pedestrian tunnels that always stank of urine and where you never knew who might be lurking.
There were areas where you had to walk or run through mud.
That's all history now thanks to Measure DD, the $198 million public parks and recreation bond passed by Oakland voters in 2002. Measure DD, also known as the Oakland Trust for Clean Water and Safe Parks allocated $47 million for various improvements at Lake Merritt.
In just a few years, the lake has gone from borderline seedy to stunning. For regular Lake Merritt visitors who have been coming long enough to remember what the place used to look like, the transformation has been remarkable.
There are spiffy wide sidewalks and beautiful new lawns. The walking paths are closer to the lake itself and farther from the traffic. The 12-lane deathtrap is gone, replaced by a narrower six-lane road. There are no concrete barriers to hurdle in order to get across the street.
On numerous occasions when I saw idle cranes and mounds of dirt piled up in front of the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, I wondered whether any progress was being made. But little by little, things began to take shape.
On Friday, Oakland officials celebrated a major milestone in the project to reconnect the Lake Merritt channel to the estuary and the bay. Construction crews recently removed a dam and culverts at 12th Street that had blocked the lake from the bay for nearly 150 years.
Now that the barriers are gone, tidal flushes will hopefully make the lake's water healthier for the fish and birds as well as cut down on the stench in summer.
On Sunday, the glorious weather drew residents from all over Oakland to the lake.
What do Oaklanders think about the new and improved Lake Merritt?
"They did a great job" said Delmar Johnson, who lounged with his wife on a bench in an area that used to be a mud marsh.
"Everybody can enjoy this, unlike when they put all that money into stadiums, and a lot of people can't even afford to get in."
Tony Ralls calls the improvements "beautiful and classy."
He has been walking his dog around the lake for years because it wasn't safe in his former neighborhood near 19th and Foothill Boulevard. A month ago, he moved to Montclair.
"I just wish the rest of Oakland looked like this," Ralls said.
On Sunday, the lake scene was a reflection of Oakland at its best.
There were people of all races, old, young, in strollers, in wheelchairs, enjoying this free public resource.
"It's probably the best use of public funds I've seen in a while," said Carl Emura, walking with his 13-year-old son, Mason, and their Yorkie.
There are, however, a few problem spots.
Taggers have already started leaving their marks.
Then there are the geese.
"I'm an animal lover, but something has to be done," Dana Franklin said. "They are eating up all of our expensive new grass and pooping all over it."
Geese-chasing dogs anyone?
Tammerlin Drummond is a columnist for the Bay Area News Group. Her column runs Tuesday and Sunday. Contact her at email@example.com or follow her at Twitter.com/Tammerlin.


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Fellow RD and Solid Quality colleague Ken Spencer posted a little while back that he was having good success loading VPC images off flash drives. I thought it was time to try it myself.
The first concept is that not all flash drives are created equal. I went and found fast ones. I ended up with Corsair Flash Voyager GT drives in 16G, which was just big enough to hold the VPC images I was working with. These are extra fast drives that have matched controllers and memory and are rated up to 34 MB/sec. In Australia, they are $119 AUD but I've seen them on US sites for about $63 USD recently.
Next concept is that I needed to reformat the drives as the VPC images were too large for the default FAT32 formatting. As I bought two drives, I tried one with NTFS and a cluster size of 4k and the other also NTFS but with 64k.
The last concept is that these drives are fast for reading but not writing. Virtual PC 2007 seems to insist that the undo disk is in the same folder as the vmc file so I placed the vmc file on my internal eSata 7200rpm 200G drive. That meant the undo disk was there too.
What can I say? The results show it's worth doing.
I haven't done extensive testing of it in use yet but booting twice as fast has to be a good thing :-) The cluster size made only the very slightest difference.
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hey Greg,
I was thinking to do the same to remove the VPCs from my notebook HD, but I was thinking now...wouldn't be better (faster) to use a external HD case and attach a 500GB SATA II hard drive?
best regards
I performed extensive test over a year ago and did not find external USB flash memory to be faster. Of course, flash memory is improving quickly, probably faster than Moore's law. I did find that performance testing of Virtual PC is fraught with peril because of caching. I recommend booting the physical machine, do a test, then reboot the physical machine, do another test. Do twoing consecutive tests on the same physical boot can lead to skewed results because of caching. That's the very short summary of 100s of tests.
Hi Felipe and John,
I did find much superior performance compared to using an external hard drive. I'm guessing it's simply the lack of seek time.
I'm guessing if you tested it a year ago, you weren't using flash that could do 34 mb/sec. I suspect that's what's changed.


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FORTY YEARS ago this month, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, was found dead of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at his home in Corte Madera. Like his lover, Janis Joplin, and fellow rock icons Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, he was 27.
In his memory, Grateful Dead legends Bob Weir and Phil Lesh reminisced about their dearly departed bandmate March 13 night on "Weir Here," the new live music and talk show that's webcast weekly from Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael.
"This has rarely if ever happened — the two of them talking about their history in public," said TRI President Chris McCutcheon, the show's producer. "I think this is a first."
Lesh and Weir opened the online evening singing and playing a couple of songs together on acoustic guitar and bass. It was also something that doesn't happen every day.
"The only time that Bob and Phil have done a duet is when they guest starred on 'The View' talk show a couple of years ago," McCutcheon said.
In the "on the couch" segment of the show, the two old friends were joined in their remembrances of the hard drinking Pigpen by "Big" Steve Parish, Jerry Garcia's trusted roadie, and David Lemieux, the band's music archivist. In his role as talk show host, Weir slipped on a sports coat and sat behind a desk with a vintage microphone on it and a coffee mug jammed with pencils.
"When I started on the road with the Grateful Dead, the new guy always had to room with Pigpen first," Parish recalled, noting that Pigpen's drinks of choice were Rainier Ale (aka "Green Death") and Southern Comfort. "Pig liked to party. If you could get through that, you made it to a new level in the Grateful Dead's inner circle."
"I went to jail just for rooming with Pigpen," Weir chimed in as the studio audience roared with laughter.
The upside, Parish said, was that "when you roomed with him, he'd break out his Martin guitar and play the blues in his cowboy boots, underwear and corduroy cowboy hat."
"Don't forget his leather shirt," Lesh added. "I don't think it ever came off."
As is customary on the show, the group took questions from viewers that Parish read off a large video monitor of Twitter and Facebook feeds. One Deadhead wanted to know what they thought the band would have been like if Pigpen, who played keyboards and harmonica and sang like a born bluesman, hadn't given up the ghost so soon.
The Grateful Dead were never a show-bizzy band, but everyone agreed that there was a lot more audience interaction when Pigpen was onstage.
"He sold some dude the Brooklyn Bridge one night," Weir cracked.
Parish recounted Pigpen's self-appointed role during concerts as romantic matchmaker for Deadheads in the crowd.
"He'd pick out a girl and a guy in the front row and make them hug and kiss while he was singing to them," he recalled. "He'd say to the guy, 'Quit playing pocket pool and go out and buy that girl a refrigerator.' I think he put a couple of people together who are probably still married."
In Joplin, Pigpen found a flame with whom he could not only belt the blues but enjoy other passionate pursuits as well. Lesh wondered if the line in the Grateful Dead song, "Looks Like Rain," that goes, "Did you ever waken to the sound of street cats making love?" referred to Pigpen and Janis.
According to Weir, there's no doubt about it. He told a story about the time the band lived communally in an old summer camp in Forest Knolls.
"I was living in a room next door to Pigpen, and the walls were thin plywood, almost like cardboard," he said. "When Janis came over, I didn't get a lot of sleep."
Parish thought back to the old Pepperland ballroom in San Rafael and the star-crossed couple singing Pigpen's signature song, "Lovelight."
"They had a rapport that was all their own, and you guys were just backing them up," he told Weir and Lesh.
Since Pigpen was the theme of the show, Lemieux used the occasion to announce a major upcoming release of some long-lost recordings of Pigpen with the Dead at shows in the fall of 1969 and the winter of 1970.
The ex-wife of a former roadie recently turned them in after they had been missing for four decades, he explained. Rhino Entertainment is set to release them on April 8 as "Dave's Picks 6," a three-CD set.
"They are historically important and excellent recordings," Lemieux said. "Pigpen is all over them."
In passing, he also mentioned that there are some home recordings in the vault that Pigpen made in his final days. He titled them "Last Will and Testament."
"The day before he died, we brought his organ up to his house," Parish remembered. "He was in great spirits. I cherish that day with him."
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Many of you have probably seen my posts on the side effects I am getting from Xeloda. My side effects are very rare and are not printed on the card that medical facilities get.
I just want to remind you that our oncs are not perfect. They do not know everything. No one knows your body better than you do. When something isn't right, tell them!
I went to my onc's with my side effects and was told it wasn't a side effect. They had never heard of anyone getting dizzy, having blurry vision or suffering from vertigo. Well, they have now. It's a rare side effect. I told them it had to be related to the Xeloda because of when it started, but they didn't believe me.
So I got to stress about an MRI on my head to make sure I don't have a tumor in my brain. Thanks! I was pretty worried until Percy assured me on another post that these ARE side effects of Xeloda.
Needless to say, the MRI came back clear and my onc's office now knows there are more side effects than they knew of previously.
The point of this is to remind you that you are your best advocate. And pay attention to what your body is telling you. And use this forum for research. It's often much easier than scouring the internet yourself, because many of the moderators, and members, already know the answers. And you don't have to deal with the scary web pages about how horrible this disease is...
So thank you Percy, for your help. I appreciate it and my onc's office learned something new this week.
"Don't just have minutes in the day; have moments in time."
Any opinions I give are based on personal experiences, and are not based on medical knowledge. I strongly suggest receiving medical care and opinions.


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David Casselman '78, Senior Partner at Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Esensten, LLP
An Alumnus' Compelling Argument for Civility
Mr. Casselman is also an active member of the National Board and Los Angeles Board of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He wrote and produced "Civility Matters" a DVD used by ABOTA nationwide to teach civility. This project is part of the effort to promote the first specific purpose in ABOTA's constitution: "To elevate the standards of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession." ABOTA created "Civility Matters" with the hope that the program would be presented at all ABOTA educational activities, other bar and professional programs and at law schools.
Q: How would you define civility in the legal profession?
A: Civility is a major component of professionalism. Professionalism involves honoring the obligations of your profession to serve both the legal system and your clients. It includes treating lawyers, judges and other members of the court with the respect and dignity they deserve. It also includes ethically and zealously representing your clients, but not at the expense of acting in an unprofessional way toward other people or contrary to the time-honored precepts of our judicial system. Being a lawyer is and must always remain a profession, not just a job.
Q: How did you come up with the idea of the Civility Matters DVD?
A: From fairly early on, I was interested in finding a way to help reduce the incivility among legal practitioners. But efforts by more senior members of the bar had been episodic and ideas to try and enforce civility among practitioners did not engender much support among other well-meaning members of the bar. So, various members of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and I decided to look for a better way to tackle the problem.
Eventually, we realized that the key to civility is early awareness of the problem. With good mentoring, young lawyers right out of law school are almost always guided down the right path. So we settled on the idea of trying to teach or "inoculate" young lawyers against incivility before they catch the disease, so to speak.
Q: Why was it so important to produce this project?
A: I had been aware for decades that the problem of incivility was getting worse and worse. When I was a young lawyer, many respected lawyers at that time were making an effort to maintain civility, and it was effective. When they retired, I was too young and there was no one else willing to carry the torch. So, I figured that if we could produce this video and institutionalize training regarding the importance of civility, we could make a significant difference.
Early on, I was willing to believe that the incivility I was seeing was just a Los Angeles problem. Only after serving on the National Board of ABOTA did I realize it is a national problem. My brethren were reporting the same kinds of problems across the country. Really, it is an epidemic.
Some people think they can gain an advantage by being tough. Others think it will entice clients if they take hard line, i.e. unreasonable positions. I suspect that this is a function of the size of the city in which people practice. In a big city people think, and are likely correct, that they have a better chance of getting away with uncivil behavior, figuring they won't have to deal with the same people again.
Without national emphasis on the problem, it will always spring up and grow again. So, we decided to do what we could, starting with the Civility Matters video.
Q: In the DVD, several of the jurists interviewed talk about factors that contribute to incivility: being disrespectful to the court or staff, being unprepared, "Rambo tactics," failure of lawyers to accurately convey the law and tardiness. The Civility Matters booklet also contains a Judges' Top 10 Pet Peeves as well. What other ways do lawyers engage in incivility? Are there similar "pet peeves" that lawyers recognize?
A: The main problems of incivility among lawyers involve a breakdown in relationships, typified by disrespectful communications and refusals to grant common professional courtesies. But, incivility can take many forms: childish behaviors, like using inflammatory language, calling people names, defaming other lawyers or judges, or creating a legal fight between clients (which end up just costing the clients more money) are all too common.
Sometimes, lawyers engage in so-called "sharp" tactics, such as serving motions or demands on a late Friday afternoon, knowing the other lawyer won't see them until Monday, placing him or her at a disadvantage. Perhaps most infuriating are those who pretend innocence before the court, but behind the scenes take every possible opportunity to obstruct the litigation.
In the ideal situation, the lawyers should remain above the fray. By working together, they can often douse or at least reduce the fires that exist between their clients.
Q: Why is civility as important to the legal profession as it is to the actual delivery of justice in our civil courts?
A: The public has a perception of lawyers that is bad to begin with. When they see lawyers acting like spoiled children, with no moral compass, it furthers the belief that the system is broken and exists merely as a club to be wielded by those with the most money.
In truth, the system is designed to protect the public. Lawyers should embrace their role as guardians of that system. When lawyers cease to function in a civil fashion, the cases suffer, their clients suffer and the system suffers. More cases have to go to trial than should. There are fewer settlements. Things just don't work as well as they do when the lawyers work together, as common advocates for a just result, to solve the problem between their clients.
Q: Some of the judges in the DVD assert that the problem of incivility in the profession has gotten worse. What do you think has contributed to this increase in incivility? Has the digital age played a part in this?
A: I don't think the digital age is the primary factor. But, it adds to the problem. In truth, uncivil lawyers wrote nasty letters, too. They would dictate them to secretaries. It did give them more time to reread and reconsider their bravado. But, not always.
With email, of course, there is no cooling off period. People often hit "send" without thinking about the tone of their communication. Harsh rhetoric can create unnecessary and personal fights (in writing), and it only gets worse from there.
Incivility is a reality of the world we live in. We need to turn things around. When you don't rein in abuses of one kind or another, people think it is okay to behave that way. Some Judges throw up their hands, believing it isn't their job to teach lawyers how to behave. Interestingly, federal judges worry less about putting a stop to childish or uncivil behaviors. They are appointed for life and don't worry about getting re-elected. By comparison, state court judges are elected. So, they tend to be more solicitous of lawyers and are often less inclined to come down on those who are uncivil, perhaps fearing it could affect them when they have to run for re-election.
I should probably add that while it is often attorneys who are uncivil, judges can act uncivilly as well. They are people too. When that happens, it makes the practice of law a much more difficult and unpleasant experience.
Q: Civility Matters shows several clips from movies and TV shows about the law. Lawyers are often depicted as prickly and contentious in popular culture. Do you think this affects clients' expectations of how their attorneys should act? (Do they think their lawyers have to be mean to get the job done?)
A: I think there are many people who are affected by those stereotypes. I don't think it is a uniform thing, but I think there are enough clients who want Rambo tactics employed "to hurt" the other side, that it sometimes encourages their lawyers to be less civil. The clients don't realize that the lawyer owes the system more then they owe their client in that sense.
Lawyers should not weaken or harm the system by abandoning their professionalism. It is up to the lawyer to encourage his or her client not to antagonize or make this worse than they already are with the other side. Unnecessary and petty battles run up the cost for everyone. Lawyers eventually will need to work with the other side to come to a fair resolution.
If your client is following your advice and being civil, but the other side is not, you can only control what you do. You can't control what other people do. For example, if you ask for a courtesy and the other side refuses to grant it, you are certainly not obligated to provide a similar courtesy when they ask for it. However, often it better serves your client to give them the courtesy they refused to you, to ultimately benefit the case. If more people extended the proverbial olive branch, it would cut through many problems that divide them. It does not always work. But, often it does, saving your client a considerable amount of money, which will motivate them to come back to you with other legal problems in the future.
Q: More than one person interviewed in "Civility Matters" was careful to point out that just because lawyers should act civility, it doesn't mean that they shouldn't vigorously represent their clients. For those newer to the profession, how do they find the balance between being appropriately polite and tough enough to execute their job thoroughly?
A: That is the balance that mentoring can provide. You have to balance your duty of zealous advocacy against the benefits of finding common ground with the other side. There are many positive benefits that flow from courtesy. But, at the same time, you have to be mindful of your duty to vigorously represent your client. The two are not always in conflict.
It almost always costs nothing to be honest, cordial, polite, consistent and courteous to the other side. If you do that, you'll have a good reputation and things will work out as well as possible. There are times when you cannot give up certain concessions. And you can present your reasons for not conceding in a courteous manner while preserving all of your clients substantive rights.
Just being civil does not mean you are weak or a doormat. It just means you intend to remain polite and helpful to facilitate the process of working with the opposing lawyer to represent your respective clients. Civility gives you an opportunity to add a positive influence to situations where friction exists. Lawyers should be the proverbial grease between the wheels. They should never be the reason or cause for making existing problems worse.
Q: What is the best example you can give of a personal experience you have had in a case where civility played a key role in achieving a successful outcome?
A: I was involved with a case where our office got sanctions against another lawyer. A motion was filed seeking a monetary payment to our firm to compensate us for these improprieties. I accompanied one of my mentors who went to court to argue the motion, which we won. After the hearing, my mentor approached the other lawyer and offered to waive the sanctions if they would work with us to get back on a civil and professional basis. That led to open communication, and ultimately, it helped us to resolve the case.
In another case, a lawyer filed a new lawsuit that was assigned to me. The lawyer called me up, and he was very civil as he detailed the case and the reasons for his call. After listening, I realized that it was a rather straight forward matter, so I said, 'It doesn't sound like a complex case. Tell me more about X and Y.' After a few minutes, I asked him to send me confirming materials and with that assurance, negotiated a settlement over the phone. The call resulted in hardly any expense to either of our clients, and produced a fair result, making everyone happy. I have enjoyed a long and trusting relationship with that lawyer ever since.
Those are the kind of things that bring you more business and help improve your reputation.
Q: What is the most important thing you can convey about reputation to those who are new to the legal profession?
A: You start to develop a reputation in law school. Most people in the legal world don't know you when you are still in law school, but the people in your school and in your classes get to know you very well. They will see you again.
By the time you leave law school, people will know you (positively or negatively), and 20 or 30 years later you will likely have the same reputation with them. The same is true many times over when you start practicing. You will develop a reputation quickly, and it's very hard to change a bad one. Word gets around and pretty soon, people think they know you just from your reputation.
If you develop a reputation for civility and integrity it will follow you. The same is true for a negative reputation. Even if it is not entirely well deserved, your reputation will precede you as you meet and appear before judges and lawyers for the rest of your career.
Year after year you will touch a lot of people. Just remember: we are all walking along a short street, even in a big city. The same people you see going up one side, you will see again when you come down the other.


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Since 2010 the museum has been producing its own art programme, Boijmans TV, in association with RTV Rijnmond, Popov Film and Ro Theater, a world first. The first 13-part series of Boijmans TV proved to be a great success, drawing approximately 140,000 viewers per episode on TV Rijnmond. In January 2013 started a new series of Boijmans TV.
For as long as mankind has existed, he has turned his head upwards – to the sky, the clouds, the sun, moon and stars, in search of a sign to guide him. Something. In the Middle Ages – as Bregje explains to a Gregorian choir in episode 5 of Boijmans TV 2013 – the gaze is directed only towards God and the afterlife. It was not until around 1400 that artists begun to discover the beauty of the world around them. But because they were not interested in landscapes or building before this time, they were not immediately able to create the illusion of depth and light.
Bregje and the male choir think it mysterious that only a little later the painter Jan van Eyck was able to do that so convincingly. Meanwhile Arie sees a puzzling artwork in one of the galleries. It resembles a laboratory set-up, with monitors, tubes and microscopes. When he discovers that living worms are responsible for the dark song emanating from the installation, he asks the artist, Matthijs Munnik, how he would feel if he were in their place. That should be the function of the work!
Although it's an icy winter's day, both Mandy and the 'bouncer' have taken up position at their regular posts. Neither of them appears to be concerned about that 'something' up above. Or does Mandy know more than she wants us to believe?
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Roy wrote:Did you play the beta in may? It was so fun I wouldnt hesitate its awesome.
NoLifeLeft wrote:Just played a couple of hours of multiplayer before bed. So far, it's damn good. And I've never been huge on Halo.
uNicedmeMan wrote:I will be biking up to the Bestbuy at lunch to see what I can do.
NoLifeLeft wrote:Not me then. I've been getting my ass handed to me more often than not. I guess it takes a while for all of the new players that are extremely experienced in prior Halo games to get rated properly in the matchmaking. I seem to do best in the funky game types like Oddball and Headhunter.
uNicedmeMan wrote:Have you played the racing games yet (I'm assuming your playing FFA)?
some call me...tim? wrote:Hmm, may have to check this out. I'm not a huge FPS player, but the Halo series seems to be one of the only franchises that caters to 2p coop play, which is the most fun way to play these, IMO. I borrowed ODST and didn't particularly enjoy it. Halo 3 was good, but didn't live up to the hype.
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