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1) Quote of the Week
1) Quote of the Week:
"In my depths new life is teeming; all that dies shall live again."
- Luisah Teish
2) The Art of Midwifery
I explain to the [homebirth transport] that it may take up to two hours for her to "own" the place where she is. I call it a "cool down" period, and speak of "cocooning" into a place where she can birth. Not all places acknowledge the woman's need for safety, but most will accommodate this to some degree. Decision-making should be by consensus. This is the client's birth, and she has the ultimate say over what happens to her body. The most powerful words a client or her partner may use (only in direst need) are, "I do not give my consent for that procedure." These are medico-legal power words that should not be overused: they are directly confrontational and lead to extreme power plays by authorities. However, they are the client's right.
- Anne E. Stohrer, MD
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3) News Flashes
Researchers compared the bone density of 183 women ages 18-39 who had been receiving medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera) injections for a varying number of years with that of 274 women of a similar age who had not. They found that the average bone density among those using medroxyprogesterone was 2.5% lower at the spine and 2.2% lower at the femoral neck than non-users. The most striking differences were seen in women ages 18-21, where the average bone density was 10.5% lower at the femoral neck and 9.4% lower at the spine than that in the control group. They suggest that greater bone loss in younger women is probably the result of estrogen depletion, an effect of medroxyprogesterone, while they are still actively acquiring bone mass.
4) Risk and Benefit
I always tell my children that life is full of risks. Some of them we can avoid and some we bring on ourselves by our own behaviors. Examples I use--driving is a risk, but driving drunk or riding with a drunk driver enormously increases the risk. Walking home is a risk, but walking at night or walking on certain streets at 3 a.m. is a bigger risk--and walking in a gang neighborhood wearing the wrong color is an even bigger risk. Marriage is a risk--but marrying too soon is a bigger risk, and marrying a partner with substance problems or who is an abuser is a much bigger risk. Every time I walk down my hallway I risk falling and breaking my neck. But my risk rises if I'm drunk and in the dark and my hallway is full of debris and garbage.
Life is full of risks. Certain risks are unavoidable if we wish to enjoy life. But we can lower our risk by making good decisions and increase our risk by making bad decisions. Or I may choose to accept some risks because the benefit is so high.
Pregnancy is a bit of a risk, but the odds are overwhelmingly good, and the chance of having a baby is a wonderful reward! You know, people play the lottery every day with odds of millions to one against. Even a mom with the highest risk pregnancy probably has a better than nine out of ten chance of a baby at the end. Many women who are "high risk" will be willing to accept the risk of sorrow and disappointment in order to "take the chance" of finally having a baby.
Everything comes down to a question of risk versus benefit, and personal responsibility.
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5) Question of the Week (repeated)
Is it possible to "diagnose" a nuchal hand before birth (other than with an ultrasound in labor)? Is there anything one can do to help keep the mother from tearing when there is a nuchal hand? Any other useful information on the topic of nuchal hand/arm is welcome.
- Ulrike
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6) Question of the Week Responses
Q: Any ideas, advice or recommendations on how to naturally induce labour? I am a midwife with a high percentage of first time mums overdue; they get fed up, and I have run out of tips.
- Anon.
Choosing Your Style of Management
Several studies over the past decade seem to indicate that fetal outcomes are comparable regardless of management style. Not even one study could provide enough empirical evidence to support routine induction for healthy postdate pregnancies. Two general areas of agreement exist for management of the postdate pregnancy:
Most studies seem to show that the group of primary concern is women with correct dates who do not enter labor spontaneously and eventually must be induced. Only one study showed an increase in cesarean section rates (2.7%) in the expectant management group due to fetal distress. However, in several other studies the cesarean rate was higher in the actively managed groups due to failure to progress. In a third study the outcome for patients for whom conservative management was planned but induction became necessary was no different from that of patients who underwent planned inductions at term. Whether conservative or active management is used, the two groups show no difference in the length of first or second stage labor.
There is a trend toward an increased need for intervention for fetal distress in the active group. This may be due to the increased fetal stress that can accompany use of interventions such as oxytocin. In one study Apgar scores were similar, but in another study a greater proportion of the active group required intubation and ventilation and had a greater incidence of neonatal seizures, intracranial hemorrhage, and nerve injury (an increase of about 0.5%). Umbilical cord venous pH showed a significantly lower mean in the active group. There was no difference in birth weight. In all studies the outcome for post-date mothers and babies who were allowed to go into spontaneous labor was generally good and the mortality rate was similar to the actively managed group. Multiparas were shown to have no more obstetric complications due to post-dates than if they deliver at term. Primiparas, on the other hand, seem to be at greater risk for post-dates complications as is true for primips who deliver at term. In conclusion, patient satisfaction should be the most important indicator of management style.
Emotional Factors in Prolonged Pregnancy
Begin early in pregnancy to accustom the mother to the idea that a term pregnancy lasts anywhere from 37-42 weeks. Tell primips that many first time mothers go ten days past the due date. Only 40% of mothers will deliver within 5 days on either side of the due date and about two thirds deliver within ten days. Important attention to the following will help a mother cope with prolonged pregnancy:
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7) Switchboard
Regarding the woman with a uterine prolapse after her fifth baby [Issue 48]:
Acupuncture can help pull up the prolapse. It works with hernias as well. I have seen women spared of the surgical knife with this treatment. Find yourself a very experienced acupuncturist to work with you.
- Sara Liebling, CNM
For womb prolapses there are several good homoeopathic remedies. The most commonly prescribed are probably Sepia 30c, Calcium Fluoride and Magnesium Chloride. The potency would depend on how well the remedy matched the client. The latter two can also be taken as cell salts. I'm sure some exercises could be taught by a trained physiotherapist or yoga teacher.
- Glenis
I'm surprised you should get such negative feedback. I do this sort of surgery quite often and am very proud of my results over 15 years, and my patients are invariable satisfied with the results. These tissues always need oestrogen support which is why I recommend oestrogen vaginal creams during breastfeeding especially if there is a tendency to or family history of prolapse. You should delay surgery until after finishing childbirth. The problem will get more pronounced after menopause so get the max long term benefit by having surgery as soon as you are ready. This is all dependent on physical examination of the pelvic floor which I obviously can't do from here.
- Phil Watters
In many cases of mild to severe incontinence, and in several prolapse situations, I have found the rebounder to provide miraculous results. Though your doctor says you have good muscle tone, the uterus cannot prolapse if the pelvic floor is strong.
A rebounder is a small trampoline. Empty the bladder first, put on a pad (you will probably leak!), and begin gentle bounces. As you work up to more vigorous exercise, you will find the pelvic floor much strengthened and surgical repair unlikely to be necessary.
- D. Parkin, R.M.
Grand Midwife Mrs. Margaret Charles Smith has sadly and unexpectedly lost her son Houston to an aneurysm on Thanksgiving Day. This brave woman has helped birth hundreds of babies over the years. Her commitment to midwifery and her community have directly and indirectly impacted thousands.
Houston's death has had a large social and financial impact on Mrs. Smith. He used to contribute his SS check to maintaining her house, etc., but since she was his mother, not his wife, she gets no additional benefits now that he is gone. Of course, she also misses his companionship, since she has never lived alone.
Midwife Shafia Monroe is organizing a donation drive to encourage people to contribute $10 (or more) to Mrs. Smith, sending the checks right to her: Mrs. Margaret Charles Smith, Rt. 3, Box 3-A, Eutaw, Alabama 35462. Please let's all give what we can to this lady who has given us all so much. What her wisdom and strength has given the midwifery community truly cannot be measured.
As well, we need four other midwives besides myself to commit to paying funeral home costs at $20.00 per month for the next 25 months. I pledge to be one of those midwives.
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More on Gestational Diabetes:
I am a student midwife and work with herbs. Two herbs helpful for diabetes and safe during pregnancy are buchu and uva ursi. The dosage would be: as a tea, boil a heaping teaspoon of uva ursi in a pint of boiling water for thirty minutes (low boil to prevent evaporation). Remove from heat and add an ounce of buchu leaves. Steep. Do not boil buchu leaves. Buchu is originally from Africa. If you have trouble finding the ingredients, I can help you. I also make capsules of various remedies.
Louise Hay states a probable cause for diabetes as "longing for what might have been. A great need to control. Deep sorrow. No sweetness left." The affirmation she recommends is: "This moment is filled with joy. I now choose to experience the sweetness of today." I have seen metaphysical work effect healing.
As a fitness trainer, I was taught how exercise and nutrition help diabetes. Exercise promotes the entry of glucose into the cells and so can lower a diabetic's glucose levels. Too much exercise can bring on an episode of hypoglycemia. A safe recommendation, with your care provider's approval, would be: walking (nothing you cannot talk during), plenty of hydration (water to drink) and the Bradley or Brewer diet (which can be accommodated for vegetarians). One key to stabilizing blood sugar is the required 75-100 grams of protein daily, eaten in six meals throughout the day. Pasta should be cooked al dente. White flour/sugar products should be replaced with whole grains. Carbohydrates break down into sugar, so limit portions.
- Beth, firstname.lastname@example.com
More on Rhogam:
I didn't receive a Rhogam injection after my last birth (third baby) and am considering another pregnancy. I'm 44 years old and have no other health issues. Obviously the place to start is to have my son typed so that we'll know if there is an issue at all. But assuming that he is a positive blood type, what role would the early injection play in my prenatal care? Would the early injection safeguard my pregnancy? What should I be concerned with and considering regarding this issue as I contemplate what would be my final pregnancy?
- Eisa Morris, Tennessee
I'm very concerned by some readers' attitudes toward Rhogam injections. My grandmother had her five children before the Rhogam shot was widely used (she is Rh neg. and my grandfather is Rh pos.). As a result of not having the shots, her 2nd, 3rd, and 4th babies had slight brain damage and lower IQs. Her 5th baby died shortly after birth due to the Rh incompatibility. The first baby (my mother) was unaffected, as most 1st Rh babies are.
Not all medical intervention is bad. Some saves lives and reduces suffering. If my grandmother would have received the Rhogam injection after my mother's birth, the other children would have been fine. Rather than listening to opinions, women need to find out the real facts. It is your responsibility to your children and your unborn children.
- Anon.
RhoGam is the original Rh immune globulin. It was introduced in 1968. It is a specially prepared gamma globulin that contains a concentration of Rh antibodies. These antibodies suppress the Rh negative mother's immune response to the foreign Rh positive red blood cells that may enter her bloodstream during pregnancy or following an abortion or full term delivery. RhoGam is derived from Rh-sensitized moms or Rh- males that have been sensitized through blood transfusions.
In 1984, ACOG recommended that an antepartum injection of RhoGam be given to all pregnant Rh- women at 28 weeks gestation. It was reported that the incidence of immunization can be further reduced from 1.6% to less than 0.1% by administering Rh immune globulin in two doses.
I myself do not totally agree with this procedure. In my practice a routine antibody screen is done at the initial prenatal visit. I screen all my Rh- mothers, primips or multips. If they have a negative titer, I do not feel the antepartum injection is necessary. First of all, a primip would have not had any time to build up immunities. She does not need RhoGam if she has not had any transfusions, abortions etc. My biggest objection to antepartum RhoGam is the fact that the baby can be born direct Coombs positive from the RhoGam injection itself. This is one of the contraindications, although rarely mentioned by the drug company or physicians. I have seen this scenario, where the baby had to be transfused after delivery because of antepartum RhoGam.
After my deliveries, I type babies and if they are positive, then the mother is given RhoGam. Some of my mothers refuse the RhoGam and I respect their decision. They have birthed 6-7 Rh+ children and have never received one dose of RhoGam and they still test negative on their titer. On the other end of the spectrum, I worked with a woman who had a miscarriage early in her marriage and became sensitized--her healthcare provider didn't tell her about the chances of her becoming sensitized because of her Rh factor. She became highly sensitized 1:250 dilution or higher. She continued to have 7 Rh+ babies who all needed to be transfused. She has had two more children who were born negative.
RhoGam can be a sensitive subject and each person needs to research the answers. As far as contracting HIV from RhoGam, I'm sure that it has happened but within the last few years, the process of filtering the product has gone through major changes and it is micro filtered over and over again, one reason why the cost of RhoGam has risen from $25 from when I first started practicing to over $100 on today's market.
- Cathy O'Bryant CPM
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I really didn't see Steinberg re-releasing some of the very first widely used VST plug-ins Model-E and VB-1. Cubase VST was one of the biggest innovations in music production. To be able to have software instruments, effects, audio recording and a MIDI sequencer all natively running was quite amazing in the mid 1990s. The first computer I owned that was capable of running the software was a Power Computing Powercenter Pro210 Mac clone. The Pro210 had a 210MHZ processor, 16MB of RAM and a 2GB hard drive. I was able to run Model-E a Moog type clone and maybe one reverb plug-in. You can hear Model-E in my remix of for David Tarrida the "Horrormone" remix. It's the main detuned synth. The new version of Model-E is unsupported but free. Now where is my 2012 version of Neon?
"Holy crap there's a 64 bit version of Model E (Diva faces stiff competition)" – aMUSEd
For more info: steinberg.net/discontinued-products-revived

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Please post questions, comments, and feedback on the FPGA Digital Delay Generator reference example in this thread.
|Any attached Code is provided As Is. It has not been tested or validated as a product, for use in a deployed application or system, or for
use in hazardous environments. You assume all risks for use of the Code, and use of the Code is subject to the Sample Code License.
Could you publish these files for Labview version 8.5? I would like to test it on our neighbors' FPGA system. If it works, we will end up purchasing our own FPGA... as this example looks like exactly what we're looking for.
While we're at it, I'd just like to repost a question to verify that this does what we want, although from the example it looks promising.
We want to be able to send an TTL signal created externally into Labview (or the FPGA), and on each falling edge of the input, have the FPGA create output pulses on the digital lines with a specified delay and duration for the high (or low period). The delay should be with respect to the falling or rising edge of the input TTL.
Heres a picture of our example application:
The FPGA that we are considering is the PXI-7853 R Virtex 5 LX85
It claims to have 96 DIO and 96 hardware counter/timers. So my first question is to verify that we can use or modify the application you developed to create 96 output pulses.. correct?
Also, on the example page, you discuss how the jitter and resolution changes depending on whether we use a 200 Mhz clock, or a 40 Mhz clock. Does the choice of clock limit the number of pulses we can create on output? (ie, higher resolution limits us to creating fewer outputs)
Hey noli,
To answer your first question, yes, this example was created for what you are describing. You will have to modify the code for your specific application. One modification will be replacing the Greater Than function used to detect a trigger with a Less Than function. This will make the trigger be a falling edge instead of a rising edge. The Simple Digital Delay Generator example shown in Figure 2 (and included in the LabVIEW Project) contains the logic you will need for the inverted pulses shown in your picture. Namely, look at the logic for output AB*.
You mentioned that you wanted to use all 96 outputs as inverted pulses. Are these pulses all different (individually timed) or do you have 24 groups of the 4 outputs shown in your picture? If the later, the logic is very simple and should fit at 200 or 100 MHz, even with 96 outputs (I have only tested 64). Ultimately, this configuration is only working with 8 delays that get combined into 4 pulses. Those 4 pulses get passed to 96 outputs (24 outputs per individual pulse). Therefore, this should be able to compile at a very fast rate. If all 96 output pulses are individually timed, you will most likely be unable to compile at 200 MHz. You would need 192 delays. This equates to a Delay/Channel (ticks) array of 192 elements being indexed to 192 Greater Than functions that compare against Count. This would then go to 96 OR functions to create the 96 individual pulses. This is a significant amount of logic for a RIO target to execute in a loop running at 200 MHz. The LabVIEW FPGA compiler has to place the FPGA logic very close together to ensure that everything can happen at the specificied rate. The more parallel logic, the less FPGA fabric for the compiler to work with. The compliler will start spreading the code out and soon, you won't be able to finish your code at the desired rate (at which point, the complier fails). Therefore, you will need to work in something like a 40 MHz to 100 MHz clock. You will also want to consider changing the Delay/Channel (ticks) array to a DMA transfer. Front panel objects take a lot of FPGA fabric to allow for communication to a host program (Windows or LabVIEW Real-Time). The bigger the front panel object, the more fabric required. Using a DMA FIFO for transfer would remove the Delay/Channel (ticks) array from the front panel, saving a significant amount of space. Hopefully, this discussion should address your second question. Yes, the amount of logic effects the ability to compile at a given rate. However, the amount of said effect is unknown until you compile. The nice thing is that if you have the LabVIEW FPGA module, you can compile the code for a given RIO target ahead of time, before buying the target. That way, you can know if you can make rate or not before purchasing.
I will update the example to contain LabVIEW 8.5 code by the end the day.
I hope this helps!
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your detailed reply! I just want to make sure that I understand everything correctly, because that's alot to digest. So I was originally asking about using 96 ouputs with individual timing for each output. In reality, we'll never need that much, so if we don't get to 96, its not a big deal. We were originally planning on purchasing a digital delay generator, but as you all mention in the example, the NI solution is much more cost effective.
So when you refer to a "delay" here:
"Ultimately, this configuration is only working with 8 delays that get combined into 4 pulses."
are you refering to one o fthe 96 hardware timers that is included in the FPGA board? And if that's the case.. that means that for every pulse.. we would need to use 2 hardware timers, correct..? One timer to time the delay time from the trigger, and the other timer to time the actual duration of the pulse.. ? And if that's the case, that means that we could theoretically get up to 48 individually timed pulses output on the digital lines.. right?
And as for the clock rate.. as I understand it.. the clock rate we can set depends only on how much code needs to execute within each loop.. so if we add individually timed pulses.. we need to slow down the clock so that the loop has time to execute... right? That shouldn't be a problem as we previously worked at 20Mhz, so even slowing down to 40 would be an improvement on our end.
So as a rough estimate, would it be possible to say more or less how many individually timed pulses I might expect to be able to create on the 7853R with a clock of 20 Mhz or higher? 10, 20 40..?
Thanks for updating the code! I really appreciate it and can't wait to try it out,
Ok, I'm looking at the code, and I just realized that for all of the pulses on your examlpe, the pulses are set high at variable times (the variable delays Ti), and they seem to all be held high for a time of Ttotal - Tdelay, and thus they all get reset to low once Ttotal has expired.
In fact, i'm looking to have different hold times for each of my individual pulses - some will be reset sooner than others. The pulse Tdelay + Thold) will be less than the input TTL period (which I guess you could call Ttotal).
How could I modify your code to do something such as this?
02-26-2009 09:48 AM - edited 02-26-2009 09:51 AM
Hey noli,
First, I am going to define a timer as a Greater Than function. That Greater Than function is looking at Count to determine if its time has passed. That said, I think we are confusing hardware timers with digital outputs. With LabVIEW FPGA, you can create as many timers as the FPGA compiler can fit on a particular FPGA. It isn't limited by the digital IO. We can have hundreds of internal timers if we wanted. We can also combine these timers to create a single timer output. As an example, we could have 192 timers combined in pairs to create 96 physical outputs.
Your comments on the clock rates are close to correct. If you are talking about sequential code, you are correct. The more sequential code, the slower the clock rate will need to be. Again, the amount of code per clock rate is unknown until you compile. If you can compile the code, it will work. If the compile fails specifically due to timing, you need to lower the rate. With parallel code, it is a little more trickery. In LabVIEW FPGA, code happens in true parallel. Therefore, if your FPGA has enough space, you could add tons of code in parallel and still have it compile at the same rate. As an example, I can compile 1 individual timer at 200 MHz or I can compile 32 individual timers at 200 MHz. Because these timers are in parallel and because I have enough space, this isn't a problem. If you want to do 96 pulses, which would require 192 timers, at 40 MHz or possibly 80 MHz, my guess is it would fit as long as you got a RIO board with a large FPGA. Again, until you actually try it, it is just a guess. All FPGAs, not just NI RIO products work this way. It is a little bit science and a little bit art when it comes to figuring this stuff out. :-)
Now to your application. These examples do generate pulses just as you desire by combining two lines that operate as you described (the pulses are set high at variable times (the variable delays Ti), and they seem to all be held high for a time of Ttotal - Tdelay, and thus they all get reset to low once Ttotal has expired.) with an XOR function. I commented a block diagram that should help explain this. See the Example.jpg and let me know if this answers your questions.
Ah... I understand now.. that makes alot of sense. Its great too because a pretty flexible way of manipulating the pulses.
So I also tried programming another way, using the In Range block to see if the counter was between T=delay and T=delay+duratio, and if so outputing true.. otherwise false. That's how I had originally imagined things at least. Now when I try to wire the FPGA up, I'm not getting the expected output on the oscilloscope. I suspect its a dumb error somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
So I set everything in the project to use Connector 0 instead of Connector 1, and changed my FPGA to the one we're using here now, an 7833R with an SCB-68 connector block, left the trigger at DIO0, renamed DIO1, 2,3,4 to A, B, C, and D. I defined two pulses for lines A and B, set line C to display the result from the FPGA IO Trigger, and line D to display the result of "Triggered?". On a previosu test, I also wired a boolean toggle to line D just to test if the output was working. I also plugged my input TTL into the oscilloscope to use as a reference.
So with the toggle button, I was able to togle between high/low states on line D, so I assume the outputs are ok
(Works as expected)
With "Triggered?" wired to line D, line D stays low the whole time
(I expected this to follow my input TTL - at least up until count reached Total Count)
With the FPGA IO Trigger output wired to line C, line C stays high the whole time.
(Here I should expect spikes corresponding teh the input TTL edges...right?)
I used an input total count of 400000 to correspond to 100 Hz
So it seems to me that I can't get the program to trigger properly.. I asume the FPGA Trigger IO is set correctly as an input, since its set in read mode.
Do you see anything obviously wrong in the vi attached?
I actualy got it working.. first there was something wrnog with the DIO0 on my board.. then someoen else mentioned that maybe the DI0:3 have to all be configured one way (either input or output) and the DIO4:7 another way (either niput or output). I haven't verifyed yet whether thats the reason, but in the end, I managed to get pulses out, so everythign looks good. We're going to go ahead and buy our own FPGA now, so it'll be fun.
Thanks for all your help!
TTL Trig in Yellow, output pulses in pinkand blue. Parasitic noise due to shoddy cabling
Hey noli,
That is fantastic! Congrats on getting this working and enjoy! Just out of curiosity, what is the end application that this is being used for?
Let me know!


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While I have over 30 galleries of panoramic photos up on the web, a while ago I decided to generate some pages of favourites as an introduction to the photography. I'm way behind on putting up galleries from recent trips to Israel, Jordan, Russia and various other places, but in the meantime you can enjoy these three galleries:
My Best Panoramas — favourites from around the world
Burning Man Sampler — different sorts of shots from each year of Burning Man
Giant Black Rock City Shots — Each year I shoot a super-large shot of the whole of Black Rock City. This shows this shot for each year.
As always, I recommend you put your browser in full-screen mode (F11 in Firefox) to get the full width when clicking on the panos.


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STANFORD -- For the first time in 13 years, Stanford is going to the Rose Bowl.
The Cardinal defeated UCLA 27-24 on Friday to win the Pac-12 championship game and advance to Pasadena, where it will face the Big Ten champion (either Nebraska or Wisconsin) on Jan. 1.
It's Stanford's third consecutive appearance in the Bowl Championship Series, and its first without quarterback Andrew Luck.
"Our mantra through the year has been to play loose, play focused and play with a chip our on shoulder,'' said Cardinal coach David Shaw, whose team was projected to finish second in the North division.
"Part of that chip was to prove that we weren't a one-man organization."
The victory came in familiar fashion for Stanford (11-2): Keep it close until the fourth quarter, stay poised, and make just enough big plays to win. The specific formula Friday involved rallying from a 24-17 deficit early in the fourth quarter and scoring the game's final 10 points.
"We looked across the field, and they were riled up," said quarterback Kevin Hogan, who accounted for two touchdowns and was named the game's MVP. "We knew we had to stay calm and play our style."
The clutch performance included a 26-yard, game-tying touchdown pass from Hogan to receiver Drew Terrell early in the fourth quarter and kicker Jordan Williamson's 36-yard field goal -- the decisive points -- with 6:49 remaining.
The Bruins had a chance to tie in the final minute, but kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn's 52-yard field goal was a few yards short.
"They made the plays when they had to make them,'' UCLA coach Jim Mora said.
Stanford dominated the Bruins last week in the Rose Bowl (a 35-17 victory), but it was clear early that the rain-soaked rematch would follow a different script.
The Bruins scored touchdowns on their first two possessions as tailback Johnathan Franklin repeatedly sliced through Stanford's usually stout defense. Franklin finished with 194 yards and combined with quarterback Brett Hundley (23 of 31) to repeatedly flummox the Cardinal.
"We talked about how it would not be easy, how we would get UCLA's best shot,'' Shaw said. "But our guys hung in. We knew it would come down to the end.''
Played in front of a sparse crowd of 31,622, the game turned on two plays.
The first came with UCLA leading 14-7 early in the second quarter and driving for more. But on second down at Stanford's 36, Hundley's sideline pass was picked off by Stanford safety Ed Reynolds.
After his sixth interception of the season, Reynolds turned upfield and somehow eluded 10 UCLA tacklers on a mad dash to the end zone. He was eventually run down by Hundley at the 1.
On the next play, tailback Stepfan Taylor scored the tying touchdown.
"That was the game-changer,'' Shaw said of the interception. "It took points off the board for them and put points on the board for us.''
But the Bruins didn't wilt. By the time the third quarter came to a close, they had reclaimed the momentum and, thanks to Franklin's 20-yard run, taken a seven-point lead.
The Cardinal, which has come from behind numerous times this season (think: USC, Arizona and Oregon State), calmly crossed midfield and moved into scoring range.
The drive appeared stalled after a holding penalty. But on third-and-15, Hogan connected with Terrell, who was open -- surprisingly -- in the end zone.
"We had a communication breakdown and busted a coverage at a very inopportune time,'' Mora said.
Hogan had several choices as he stood in the pocket: Four receivers were heading downfield while a fifth cut across the middle as a safety valve.
Once UCLA's safety began to shadow Stanford tight end Zach Ertz in the middle of the field, a throwing lane opened for Hogan deep down the right side.
"It was a great throw and a great catch,'' Shaw said. "And a big play."
Stanford's defense tightened, forcing UCLA to punt from the 9. After an 18-yard return by Terrell, the Cardinal converted one first down and sent Williamson out for what became the game-winning field goal.
"It's been a good month,'' said Hogan, whose tenure as the starter coincides with the winning streak over ranked opponents.
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How Stanford has fared in past Rose Bowls:
1902: Michigan 49, Stanford 0
1925: Notre Dame 27, Stanford 10
1927: Stanford 7, Alabama 7
1928: Stanford 7, Pittsburgh 6
1934: Columbia 7, Stanford 0
1935: Alabama 29, Stanford 13
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1941: Stanford 21, Nebraska 13
1952: Illinois 40, Stanford 7
1971: Stanford 27, Ohio State 17
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The Effects of Preoperative Aspirin on Graft Patency and Cardiac Events in Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified March 2010 by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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Last updated: December 30, 2010
Last verified: March 2010
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Antiplatelet therapy is critical in the management of coronary artery disease.For patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft,controversy remains regarding the safety of preoperative antiplatelet therapy.And there is little study about the effect of continuing aspirin until the surgery day on graft patency.So we would like to perform this study to evaluate the effects of preoperative aspirin on graft patency and cardiac events in off-pump coronary bypass.
|Coronary Artery Disease Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Aspirin
|Drug: aspirin
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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MedlinePlus related topics: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Coronary Artery Disease
Drug Information available for: AspirinU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- graft patency examined by CT scan [ Time Frame: one week after surgery ]we would like to compare the graft patency within the one week after the surgery between the preoperative aspirin use and preoperative nonuse.We just want to know wether preoperative aspirin use could improve the graft patency in off-pump coronary artery bypass.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Bleeding, transfusion, re-exploration [ Time Frame: perioperative ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|March 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: preoperative aspirin use
Drug: aspirin
aspirin 100mg daily until the surgery day
|No Intervention: preoperative aspirin nonuse
Drug: aspirin
aspirin is stopped 5-7 days before operation
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients undergoing elective, off-pump coronary artery bypass with at least two grafts
- patient able to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- on-pump CABG
- combined with the valve surgery
- Preoperative use of clopidogrel and warfarin
- allergy to aspirin
- History of severe liver disease
- History of bleeding diathesis,significant GI bleed
- Patient has known renal failure or contraindication for Cardiac CT Angio
- Redo CABG
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Keywords provided by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital:
coronary artery disease
off-pump coronary artery bypass
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
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Bridewell was fourth last time out at Oulton Park and is eyeing a first poidum finish of the season.
He said: "I am massively looking forward to Snetterton.
"We are as ready as we can be after not riding for over five weeks, so we will need to start free practice by taking it as it comes and then go from there.
"I am looking to try and build on Oulton Park where we made a massive leap forward; we are not completely there yet, so if we keep working like we did at the last round, then it won't take long.
"I am riding within my limits at the moment to find the last missing piece rather than going banzai.
"We have made big steps forward and if we can do that again then we will be bang on.
"If we had a fourth and fifth last time out and are still not quite there, then that shows what we can do once we have everything 100 per cent. I just can't wait to get back out there."
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If any big-picture conclusion can be drawn from the Giants' 2013 tumble, it's that every winning formula and championship roster core has a shelf life, and the Giants' formula/core went very well for a very long time.
Right through mid-May 2013. Then ... pfft.
Yes, it is very difficult to keep pumping out championship-level seasons, year after year, unless you've got multiple all-time great players and you constantly mix up the combination of supporting players.
The Giants certainly didn't have that or do it this year. It happens; doesn't mean everything is in tatters for 2014, it just means that it didn't work for 2013, though some things obviously have to be recalibrated.
In other words, there are reasons the 2013 downbeat happened -- and some of them are a direct result of gunning it so hard and getting maximum production from a host of players who might never produce like that again.
There was nobody to jump into the rotation as Bumgarner did in 2010 right when the Giants were most desperate; there was nobody who could come close to duplicating the Posey offensive jump-start in 2010 or Brandon Crawford's late-season contributions in 2012.
In 2011, Aubrey Huff's two-year deal was the primary offense. This year, it was the Marco Scutaro three-year deal and Angel Pagan four-year deal, and neither looks so great right about now.
On Scutaro ... at his age and with all the time he has had to miss with back problems this season, having him locked in for two more years is problematic, no doubt. But I look around, and I don't see the second-base option that would've outperformed him this season and projects to be better than him even in 2014.
When you catch a fire, as the Giants did with Huff, Cody Ross and Pat Burrell, among others in 2010, it makes some sense to try to prolong it. They tried again this year.
It's not wrong to build your team to fit your home park, since you play 81 games there. AT&T is tailored to fit a roster that features power pitching and a lineup not dependent on hitting home runs. It has worked -- but only when the Giants are on their game. If they're only so-so at home (they're barely over .500 so far this season), that means they're going to get killed on the road when runs are easier to come by.
I don't think he used any names, but I think we can all list the candidates for distraction: Sandoval, Lincecum, Romo, maybe Brandon Belt.
This isn't a huge issue (for me). Other than maybe Sandoval, I don't think any of these players necessarily have been affected by the Giants' push to capitalize on their personalities and outsize popularity.
But it is something to consider; the Giants will always be marketing monsters -- that's a big reason they filled up AT&T Park even through the down years, and why they've become such a financial force in the sports world.
It also can make their players feel and act as if they've already arrived as superstars, when they haven't.
Overall, the Giants don't need to change their entire approach. They've won two titles in the last three years, and once this year is over, it'll still be two in the last four.
But they benefited from a lot of things to get those two titles, and played the system and their park effects perfectly, and they'll have to start adjusting again.
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DISGRACED Canterbury prop James Graham, who was suspended for 12 weeks after being found guilty of biting Billy Slater's ear in the NRL grand final, has an unlikely heavyweight supporter: Mike Tyson.
The former undisputed world heavyweight champion urged all rugby league fans to forgive the English international and for Graham to also do his bit and to ''improve'' himself. ''He has to reinforce his discipline,'' Tyson said.
Tyson, who was fined $US3 million by the Nevada State Boxing Commission and suspended from boxing for 12 months after he bit a chunk out of Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight bout in 1997, hoped rugby league fans would allow Graham the opportunity to redeem himself for what he deemed an obvious brain snap.
The Sun-Herald sent video of Graham appearing to chomp down on Slater's ear during a fight in the premiership decider to Tyson for his thoughts on an act that appalled some of the code's toughest men. ''Iron Mike'' declared the suspension, and the tsunami of negative publicity the 27-year-old had received, were punishment enough.
''The punishment [the boxing authority] gave me was absurd,'' Tyson said. ''The punishment they gave [Graham] … well, you just can't take away this guy's money and stuff. He made a mistake.
''He probably has a family to support. Give him a suspension, give him some kind of fine but you can't take this guy's money and abuse him [just because] he made a mistake!''
Tyson, who has a long-standing friendship with Australia's former world champion, Jeff Fenech, said he was familiar with rugby league and described it as a gladiatorial sport that was certain to have ''heat of the moment'' incidents.
''Listen, it's playing [American] football without f---ing helmets and stuff,'' he said. ''It's football with no equipment, so it's tough and … you should expect something like that to happen. I'm sure there is a fear-factor in that you could break your neck and be paralysed in a second.''
Tyson, who will embark on the Day of the Champions talk tour of Australia next month, said Graham could regain public support by making an effort to ''work'' on himself.
''To win the public's respect back, he can't go doin' it again,'' Tyson said. ''He has to work on himself. He has to work on improving himself and reinforce discipline in himself and he has to also move on from it. He has to see it as a bad day and not to let him hold it back … It was all because of a lack of discipline at that particular moment and he can't ever repeat it.''
Coach Des Hasler remained adamant the club believed the former St Helens star did not bite Slater.


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I don't like getting bogged down in the kitchen. One of the ways to make the pie easier to bake was to move from using a traditional crust to using phyllo. The crust is wonderfully flaky and crisp this way. I like the contrast of the crispy crust and the creamy interior, and then little bits of carrot and peas here and there, so you have all kinds of textures going on. Sensually, it's delicious. I also like to use some of the thigh meat, as well as the breast, because it's juicier and more flavorful.
Your readers will find it isn't just the eating, but also the actual process of cooking this dish that is very comforting, very stress relieving.–Marian Burros
Chicken Potpie with Phyllo Crust Recipe
- Quick Glance
- Serves 4 to 6
- 1 heaping cup pearl onions
- 1 1/2 pounds skinless chicken breasts
- 1 1/2 pounds skinless chicken thighs
- 20 baby carrots, peeled
- 1 leek, white part only, trimmed and sliced
- 4 thyme sprigs, plus 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 large red bell pepper
- 1 large yellow bell pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms, washed, stemmed, and cut in 1/4-inch strips
- 1 cup fresh or frozen peas
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 cups reserved homemade chicken stock or canned chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- For the phyllo topping
- 8 phyllo leaves (see Help Note)
- 4 tablespoons melted butter, for brushing
- Make the filling
- 1. Plunge the pearl onions in boiling water for 30 seconds and drain. Cut off the root end and slip the outside skin off the onions. Set aside.
- 2. Cut each whole chicken breast into quarters. In a pot, combine the chicken breasts and thighs, onions, carrots, leek, and 4 sprigs of thyme. Season with the salt and pepper. Add water just to cover. Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked.
- 3. Meanwhile trim, seed, and halve the peppers. Cut each half into thin strips, and then cut the strips in half. Heat the oil; saute the peppers over medium-high heat until they soften. Stir in the mushrooms and saute until they soften, about four minutes. Set aside.
- 4. When the chicken is cooked, strain, reserving the liquid. Let the chicken cool, remove the meat from the bone, and cut the meat into 1-inch chunks. Add the chicken meat to the peppers and mushrooms. Add the pearl onions. Cut twelve of the carrots in half and add. Stir in the peas, lemon juice, and chopped thyme. Discard the leek, thyme sprigs, and the remaining carrots (or use for something else).
- 5. Melt 8 tablespoons butter over medium heat, remove from the heat, and stir in the flour. Return to medium heat and cook, stirring, a couple of minutes until blended and bubbling. Remove from the heat and stir in the stock. Return to the heat and cook, stirring until the mixture thickens. Take the pan from the heat, cool slightly, and stir in the cream. Season with salt, pepper, and the nutmeg and stir into the chicken and vegetables. Adjust the seasonings.
- Make the phyllo topping
- 6. Place a rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C).
- 7. Open the package of phyllo and cover with a damp towel.
- 8. Place a stack of 8 phyllo leaves on a work surface. Trace the top of a deep 10-inch baking dish on the pile of phyllo leaves. Cut the phyllo to fit and then cover them again. Wrap the remaining phyllo in an airtight bag and use on another occasion. Phyllo will last about a week.
- 9. Spoon the chicken and vegetables into the baking dish.
- 10. Remove one leaf, brush it with some of the melted butter, and place it butter side up on top of the chicken and vegetables in the baking dish. Butter the next leaf and place it on top of the first. Repeat until all the leaves are used and brush butter on top of the final leaf. Tuck the edges of the phyllo into the dish. Cut a 1-inch hole in the middle of the phyllo to allow steam to escape.
- 11. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the filling is bubbly and the top is golden brown.
Help Notes
- The filling can be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator, well covered. It must be returned to room temperature before it is baked.
- Phyllo are the paper-thin sheets of pastry used for so many Greek pastries like baklava. Many supermarkets carry them in the frozen-food section. Fresh is better, but not so easily available, unless there is a Greek market near you. Completely defrost the phyllo in the refrigerator or at room temperature before using.
- If you want a thicker sauce for the filling use an additional 2 tablespoons of flour.
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Doha, QATAR – Qatar Airways has announced that, commencing 31 March, 2014, it will be operating a Boeing 787 Dreamliner alongside its existing fleet of Boeing 777s on its Singapore-Doha sector – the airline's first route in Southeast Asia to be using the 787 aircraft.
Travellers from Singapore will soon be able to enjoy the unique flying experience of the 787 from the Southeast Asian city-state to the airline's Doha hub, from which it also operates the same aircraft type to key cities throughout their network, including London, Oslo, Stockholm, Zurich, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Jeddah, Munich, Riyadh, Delhi, Bengaluru, Dubai and Brussels.
A Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner on display at the Singapore Airshow showcases the fact that as of March 31, Qatar Airways will be operating the 787 on the Doha-Singapore route alongside its existing Boeing 777s, the airline's first route in Southeast Asia to use the Dreamliner.
Representatives of the media are briefed on details of the new Boeing 787 which Qatar Airways will be using on its Doha-Singapore route as of March 31.
"The introduction of the 787 aircraft to the Singapore-Doha sector, which is an important and strategic route for Qatar Airways, will redefine the in-flight experience for our Singapore-based passengers who travel to Doha and onwards to key destinations in Western Europe and the Americas. Qatar Airways is happy to be the first in the Singapore market to provide this unique offering to passengers," said Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker.
A Qatar Airways' 787 aircraft is on static display at the Singapore Airshow from today until Friday, 14 February, 2014, where the airline is exhibiting for the first time.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker briefs international representatives of the media at the Singapore Airshow as Qatar Airways showcases its Boeing 787 Dreamliner which will be commencing operations on the Doha-Singapore route alongside the airline's Boeing 777s as of March 31.
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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Tilt,
I think that question is twofold. Before you ask whether "everything the Buddha says [is] true" you need to ask whether "everything in the scriptures was spoken by the Buddha".
vinasp wrote:the Buddha said on many occasions that one should not say something true if it would - in that situation - cause harm to someone. One must therefore deviate from the truth for a good reason.
tiltbillings wrote:You might get lucky.
vinasp wrote:I think that the Buddha said on many occasions that one should not say something true if it would - in that situation - cause harm to someone. One must therefore deviate from the truth for a good reason.
It seems that moral issues take precedence over truth.
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,appicchato wrote:We don't need to 'must' do anything...except die...
Even then... what about attaining the deathless?!
appicchato wrote:retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,appicchato wrote:We don't need to 'must' do anything...except die...
Even then... what about attaining the deathless?!
Hi Paul,
What about it?...while it's our aspiration, wouldn't considering it a 'must' possibly be construed as...as...craving?...
vinasp wrote:Hi mawkish1983,
The most complete exposition of what statements the Buddha would or would not make is found in the Abhayarajakumara Sutta ( M. 58 ) but it is complicated . The essense of it is that whether or not a statement is made depends not just on its truth but also whether it is usefull and pleasant , there are eight combinations in total. I am looking for a simpler account or some cases where this is taught by example. I remember there is a sutta where the Buddha meets Vacchagotta and does not teach the no-self doctrine ( even though it is true ) because Vacchagottas mind is too disturbed on that occasion. But this is really an example of refraining from teaching the truth which is not quite what we need.
Kind regards, Vincent.
retrofuturist wrote:I just meant that it wasn't a must in the sense of it being an inevitability.
They say that there's only two certainties in life... death and taxes... yet the arahant avoids both!
Chris wrote:The Buddha did not lie. He, like any skillful teacher, taught at the level his students could understand.
vinasp wrote:Hi everyone,
What is "esoteric buddhism"? I believe the word esoteric is latin and means something like private in contrast to public.
So a buddhist teaching which was given only to selected individuals and never in public would be an esoteric teaching ?
Is this correct ? Are there other ways in which a teaching can be considered to be esoteric ? Are all buddhist teachings esoteric ?
Regards, Vincent.
vinasp wrote:One must therefore deviate from the truth for a good reason. It seems that moral issues take precedence over truth. I presume the Buddha acted accordingly. That is why it is called right speech not true speech.
Dhammanando wrote:From the Manorathapūraṇī:
duve saccāni akkhāsi
sambuddho vadataṃ varo
sammutiṃ paramatthañca
tatiyaṃ nupalabbhati
The Awakened One, best of speakers,
Spoke two kinds of truths:
The conventional and the ultimate.
A third truth does not obtain.
saṅketavacanaṃ saccaṃ
paramatthavacanaṃ saccaṃ
dhammānaṃ tathalakkhaṇan ti
The speech wherewith the world converses is true
On account of its being agreed upon by the world.
The speech which describes what is ultimate is also true,
Through characterizing dhammas as they really are.
tasmā vohārakusalassa
lokanāthassa satthuno
sammutiṃ voharantassa
musāvādo na jāyatī ti
Therefore, being skilled in common usage,
False speech does not arise in the Teacher,
Who is Lord of the World,
When he speaks according to conventions.
(Mn. i. 95)
genkaku wrote:My two cents' worth on 'hidden' teachings is this: There can be no secrets in Buddhism. If there were secrets, that would imply limitation and Buddhism is not limited by anything whatsoever. Nevertheless, there are teachings which are not offered. This has nothing to do with creating a special club with special handshakes and rituals -- something a student might be dying to join. It has to do with the capacity of the student. In the same way that a child might see the wondrous results of a bullet hitting an unopened can of tomato juice and then long to shoot a rifle himself ... still, the ramifications of firearms are too poorly understood for an instructor to hand over a weapon.
Well, maybe that's a poor metaphor, but I think you get the drift.
vinasp wrote: I actually started this thread in order to reveal ( in due course ) that Theravada teachings are in fact an esoteric system. ...
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LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council will decide Tuesday whether to repeal its ban on storefront medical marijuana dispensaries or to have voters decide whether to squash the law or let it survive.
The City Council in July banned all storefront medical marijuana dispensaries, but allowed patients and licensed caregivers to grow their own cannabis. The so-called "gentle ban" ordinance also allowed three or fewer parties to collectively grow pot.
Estimates by the city put the number of dispensaries in the city at close to 1,000. Medical cannabis supporters bashed the law, saying high-quality marijuana is difficult to grow and the gentle ban would deny cancer, AIDS and other chronically ill patients one of the only medicines that provides relief from painful medical treatments.
The Committee to Protect Patients and Neighborhoods, a coalition of medical marijuana advocacy groups -- Americans for Safe Access, the Greater Los Angeles Collective Alliance and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 -- gathered 49,021 signatures to ask voters to overturn the law. The tally was well over the 27,425 signatures needed to qualify the measure, and the referendum was certified by the City Clerk last month.
"We have always been seeking a fair compromise to resolve this complicated issue," said Rick Icaza, president of UFCW Local 770, which represents about 500 workers at 50 marijuana dispensaries.
"We would like to see a law that regulates and restricts medical cannabis dispensaries, but preserves safe access for patients, and good union jobs for dispensary employees."
Councilman Jose Huizar said "storefront medical marijuana dispensaries are not contemplated under state law and are therefore illegal" and "nothing the City Council will do tomorrow or in the future will change that."
"At this point, I'm more concerned with enforcement on illegal, for-profit dispensaries, which the federal government is currently engaged in," Huizar said.
"While I support the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the state needs to create a better way of providing access for seriously ill patients while removing the scores of profiteers and recreational users who currently dominate the market."
The clerk's verification of the signatures forced three options in front of the council. The panel must decide whether to repeal the ordinance, as favored by the petitioners, put the referendum on the March 5 citywide election ballot, or call for a special election.
A special election would cost taxpayers an estimated $4 million, according to the city clerk, and is likely to be the unpopular option.
Also Tuesday, the council will vote on a resolution sponsored by City Council President Herb Wesson that asks state lawmakers to fix state law to give municipalities clear guidelines on how to regulate the distribution of medical marijuana. The existing law "fails to respond to fundamental issues and ... has been inappropriately used as a legal shield to stymie local governments from solving many resulting problems," according to Wesson's measure.
Council members are expected to discuss options to replace the gentle ban if they decide not to repeal the ordinance, but voters do.


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OAKLAND — Jarrett Jack didn't exactly have nightmares about 37-year-old Andre Miller outplaying him so badly in the Denver Nuggets' 97-95 Game 1 playoff win over the Warriors Saturday afternoon.
Miller scored 28 points in 27 minutes in the opening victory, including the game-winning layup in the final seconds, and many of his points came at the expense of Jack. But with two days to stew and study what went wrong, the Warriors guard turned the tables in Game 2, scoring 26 points with seven assists and generally being a catalyst of Golden State's 131-117 victory.
Jack admitted Wednesday that Miller's Game 1 performance got to him.
"Yeah, a little bit," he said. "Coach (Mark Jackson) always preaches that you want to have a little individual pride about your own matchup, and the way me and him are kind of inserted into our teams, it's kind of a mano y mano type thing. But you don't make it personal. You don't try to go and do what he did so it'll kind of be a wash. I just wanted to come out and be more aggressive."
That he did. With Denver spreading the floor defensively to try and contain the long-range shooting of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, Jack repeated;y penetrated for key buckets inside as well as making passes to Warriors frontcourt players. It served to discombobulate the Nuggets' defense throughout the game.
Jackson wasn't surprised that his prized sixth man, who he named as a surprise starter for Game 2 in the absence of power forward David Lee, responded in such a big way after Miller took him to the woodshed in Game 1.
"That's who he is, the guy is a gamer," Jackson said. "He has same mind-set and the same makeup as Andre Miller. Both of those guys. Even though he almost had a triple double in Game 1 (10 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds), he knew he didn't play his basketball. Andre Miller clearly outplayed him in Game 1.
"But Jack is a guy, like Andre Miller, they have a chip, they have an edge, and you appreciate guys like that," Jackson said.
"So I knew he was going to bounce back. He really set the tone early. I thought he was very aggressive. He gave us another ball-handler on the floor, another playmaker, and he's another guy who embraces the bright lights."
· Jackson is looking forward to seeing - and more importantly hearing — the Oracle crowd on Friday night in Game 3.
"Our fans have been off the charts," the coach said. "That being said, I will not and my team will not be tricked into believing that the crowd can score a basket or get a stop, with all due respect. That's not going to win the game. We are dealing with a No. 3 seed that's a heck of a basketball team and extremely well coached. They will be ready, and we have to continue we've been doing to put us in position to win games."


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Celebrating her second career title — a 6-1, 7-5 victory over top-seeded Marion Bartoli at the Mercury Insurance Open — No. 2 seed Dominika Cibulkova cooled off with a trip down the La Costa Resort and Spa waterslide and a plunge into the pool Sunday afternoon.
"I just have no words," said Cibulkova after her dip.
The 5-foot-3 Cibulkova, the shortest player on tour who had lost four of her previous five finals, played huge against Bartoli. She used powerful groundstrokes to knock off her longtime friend in one hour, 35 minutes, one of the shorter matches of the week.
Friendship, however, goes out the window during a match, she said.
"We are friends off the court, but on the court you don't care who you play against, especially in the finals," said Cibulkova of Slovakia. "This really means a lot to me because this was my first final that I played really well."
In 2010, Cibulkova's only other appearance at La Costa, she lost in the first round. Cibulkova attributed her success to a change in coaches. She split with Zelijko Krajan in the spring and recently named her hitting partner Peter Miklusicak as her new coach.
"It's working really well," she said. "I'm just more relaxed on the court and playing really well. In the past finals, I was always too nervous and I was just not playing my best."
Cibulkova, who will see her ranking nudge up from No. 14 to No. 13, one off her career high, said: "Finally, this was my first finals that I was just going for it and everything was going my way."
The players entered the final even at 2-2 in head-to-head meetings, but hadn't faced each other since 2008.
"It's a bit of mixed feelings," said a tearful Bartoli during the awards presentation on Center Court. "Of course, I'm quite disappointed today, but I'm happy for Dominika that she has been able to win this tournament. ... It's been a great week for me. Today, I came up a bit short."
On another hot day, when an occasional breeze would offer some relief and whip at the international flags above the stadium, Bartoli won the coin toss and elected to serve first.
The Frenchwoman, ranked No. 10 in the world, won the first game on a challenge before Cibulkova stormed back to save three service breaks and rattle off the next five games to take the first set 6-1.
Bartoli, who had 43 double faults in her first three matches, had only six in this one, but two gave Cibulkova service breaks, including one at set point in the first set.
Cibulkova held serve and continued her winning ways in the first game of the second set. But she started to revert to her previous ways and as a result, played tighter.
"I got a little bit nervous and I started to think about how I can be up 2-0 and a little bit closer to the title," she said.
The experienced Bartoli rallied with two service breaks in the second set to go up 4-1, looking like she might extend this to three sets as she played in her previous three matches, including a Saturday night semifinal match. But after having spent more than eight hours on the court in those matches, she was gassed.
"I think I played well to get the lead in the second," said Bartoli. "But from this point I started to feel a bit tired and not moving so quickly."
Cibulkova on the other hand, playing in her second final this season, won all four of her matches in straight sets.
She came back with four consecutive games to take a 5-4 lead. With Cibulkova up 6-5, she broke Bartoli, who hit a forehand into the net, winning the match and her second career WTA event. Cibulkova, who won $96,000, went flat on her back on the court, savoring the win.
Up next for Cibulkova are the Olympic Games. She'll arrive home on Tuesday before leaving for London on Wednesday to represent Slovakia.
While Bartoli, who received $53,000 for her runner-up finish, is not eligible to participate in the Olympics for France, Cibulkova will be participating in her second Games.
"I wish her nothing but the best for the Olympics coming up and the rest of this season," said Bartoli, who reached her first final in her seventh appearance at La Costa and the first since 2010. Her previous best result was reaching the third round three times.
Cibulkova defeated No. 4 seed Nadia Petrova of Russia 7-6 (10-8), 6-1 in the first semifinal to advance to Sunday's final. In the second semifinal, Bartoli overcame a slow start to get past qualifier Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
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San Diegan Abigail Spears, who once was a ballgirl at La Costa, teamed up with Raquel Kops-Jones as the No. 3-seeded team beat the No. 2 team of Vania King and Nadia Petrova 6-2, 6-4.


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I am working on web promotion for my earlier developed website named Liaison Online. I am not writing domain because I don't know all the rules of sitepoint, may be it is spam.Anyways, I want to know which social media accounts provides good results. Please share your view.
Thanks for your forthcoming response and time taken to reply me.
Hello Aksaini,
This is too vague of a question. First, it depends on the nature of the website...I tried liaisononline.com, but it's not the one, so I have no idea what are you into. Different social media provide different platforms with its specific benefits. In most cases it is a good idea to work on more than one social media at the same time. You have Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+ and LinkedIn as the top 5 social media platforms. Facebook has the most users, but this doesn't mean that ti will necessarily provide the best results. It all depends on the campaign. Working with social media takes time a persistence, do not expect to skyrocket your website by registering an account.
You should count on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Those are the best social media to communicate with maximum people.
Also I have started promotion on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Linkedin.
Thanks.. I am working on these sites.
Well social media always provide better results and it promotes business and always provide better output and result and i would lie to name the facebook and twitter at the top.
You can use Google+, Youtube, Orkut and all other Google partner sites. It will good for SEO purpose to use Google's own feature. You can also use twitter, facebook, myspace, VK.com
There are many social media sites which boost the traffic. But Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Pininterest, Orkut Google+ and Linkdin are considered the best among them. But signup or creating account on these sites is not enough to drag traffic towards your website. Promotion depend on network, Groups and Followers on these sites.
Apart from that your account can be banned for the violation of rules & regulation for the promotion of the product. So first you would need to read the terms & conditions of these sites then keep the rules in the mind when you are promoting your website.
But still there are rare chance to get any lead from these social networking sites as real visitors come from the search engine.
Well social media is the best medium to reach your potential customer.Currently Facebook, twitter,Google+ and linkedin are mostly used to drive traffic on website. But these social media is beneficial. when there is more user engagement and more audience are talking about your product and services.
They are facebook, twitter, linkedin,google+ and many more. Go to google and search for best social media sites and you will get the results for sure. pinterest and myspace are also very beneficial to build good traffic. Create your pages and boards there and start adding connections.
Facebook and Twitter provide the best result in Smo.
but mainly you should concentration n facebook
It really depends on the type of biz you have. There are a lot of choices like Facebook, twitter, and Google +. But to me, I'd take twitter and Google + any day. Based on my experience, it's a lot faster and easier for people to follow you on twitter and/or Google + than having them like your facebook page, especially twitter. I think that it's important that there are those who want to at least hear or read what you have to say.
Social media, on the other hand, is a two-way street that gives you the ability to communicate too It is easy to confuse social media with social news because we often refer to members of the news as "the media."
Hi Aksaini
I could look through most of the responses being voted up for Facebook. Just to picture you a step ahead, I'd say you to have the presence on Google Plus (which is the most required and a considered aspect for search engine), while the Facebook (ads included), Twitter Feeds (with all your hash tags, re-tweets), Pinterest (a pin board that really makes a better place for awesome people to make awesome stuffs), LinkedIn (quite usual and professional), Digg at the top-most priority.
Engaging active in Facebook and Google Plus adds up a value to your site in turn. While you are to tweet or share your own stuffs in the other social networks. Creating a better identity in all these websites would really be a betterment!
you should use Facebook and twitter to promote your website and to communicate with other people. this are one of the best social media sites for promotion and twitter is also good for micro blogging website.
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I would like to suggest facebook, twitter and linkedIn for better results. It is applicable to all kind of business.
You Should use FB, Linkedin, Twitter
Don't overextend yourself. Its far better to present and engaging on a few social networks, rather than on ALL of them.
Twitter and Facebook are going to be essential though.