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Colts vice president of football operations Chris Polian will become the latest candidate to interview for the general manager position. Assistant head coach Jim Caldwell is believed to be the first man with whom Blank will meet about the coaching vacancy.
ESPN.com reported on Wednesday morning that the Falcons this week would interview a pair of Green Bay Packers scouting officials, director of pro personnel Reggie McKenzie and personnel analyst John Schneider, for the position of general manager. Those interviews actually took place later Wednesday in Green Bay.
Blank will travel to Dallas on Friday to interview Cowboys assistant head coach Tony Sparano, as well as offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, for the Falcons' coaching vacancy.
Polian, 36, is the son of Indianapolis team president and general manager Bill Polian and, despite his youth, has a long and impressive scouting background. His first job in the league was as a pro scout in Carolina (1994-97), and he joined the Colts' personnel staff as director of pro scouting in 1998. He has served as assistant general manager and is in his third season as vice president of football operations.
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Bobby Petrino resigned as Falcons coach with three games remaining in his first season to accept the head coaching job at the University of Arkansas. Shortly thereafter, Blank announced current president/general manager Rich McKay would lose his oversight of the personnel department.
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I regularly visit the Sainsbury's cafe in Morecambe and find it to be a great place to get a freshly cooked meal for around a fiver. The menu is varied and often changes in tune with the seasons. The cafe is in a pleasant upstairs location and the best tables are in the window overlooking the grassy area in front of the store. The staff are very hard working and always make us feel welcome. There is a great community spirit and it feels great to be welcomed on arrival and have a nice chat with the members of staff and other regulars whom we have got to know well over the years. The food is beautifully cooked and there is something on offer for everyone including a great children's menu. There are many healthy options and some lovely desserts which are very tempting. It is a very busy cafe and often the staff are rushed off their feet, but it retains a very friendly and happy atmosphere no matter what time of day I visit. It is always sparkingly clean and well maintained. Everyone works so hard to keep it in tip top condition. The meals are lovely, I especially love the open topped Mushroom and Spinach pie served with mash and peas, a very tasty dish and well priced at £5. Th jacket potato option has several lovely fillings to choose from and very often there are great offers where certain meals are discounted, eg, fish and chips for £4 instead of £5.25. The coffee selection is really good and has a fine selection of cappuccino, latte and Americano, and also the coffee and vanilla frappes are a nice well made treat. I love visiting this cafe and find it to be the best I have visited, although the Lancaster branch is also good and has great staff members.
We regularly shop at Sainsburys on the Cheshire Oaks, the cafe is is always clean and tidy the staff there work very hard and are always pleasant to us customers. We have tried numerous meals and have always been satisfied, there fish and chips with mushy peas are really good. We have occasionally had to wait a little while in a queue but that is usually when we have been at peak times, as for waiting for our food to come after our order was put in well maybe 10mins but it freshly cooked for you. I would give Cheshire Oaks Sainsburys 10 out 10 for excellent service all round.
I eat 2 or 3 times a week at the Halifax Sainsburys cafe, went in today to find it all changed, The thing I noticed right off was how depressing it looked, this was due to the new BLACK uniforms, for gods sake Sainburys wake up!!! we need bright and cheerful as things are in the world today. you should sack whoever decided on Black and get someone from the real world to take charge.
Tamworth Sainsburys store is a re-build with a new first floor cafe, which caters for about 100 to 150 seats.
Considering how new the store is, it's surprising how much the standards of service, quality of food and particularly cleanliness have declined.
Service takes about 15 minutes minimum, irrespective of how busy the cafe.
Food delivery is a minimum of 20 minutes from when your order is taken. Unfortunately, more often than not, the food needs to be returned as below standard.
The nail in the coffin from our point of view was week after searching for cutlery that didn't have the remnants of the previous eaters food left on it, then finally last week being served fish and chips with the hardened remnants of a previous curry found under the fish.
Complaints are pointless, they take no notice. My business goes now to Marks and Spencer's over the road.
Sainsburys cafe Halifax.....20 mins standing in line to order, 30 mins waiting for food to arrive.If your lucky its at best slightly warm.
No slices of toast after 11 30, toasted tea cakes yes, sliced toast - no.
Advised till staff most of sandwiches on sale were on use by date , no effort made to remove them . Prawn sandwhiches on use by date....... not good.
Plated up cake slices on counter uncovered, dry and collecting all coughs and sneezes from customers loosing will to live waiting to order.
Clear your own tables, cutlery dirty. no milk.
Signs up asking customers to eat only food bought in cafe.....so you sit and watch cafe staff eating own food out of a TESCO carrier bag.???
2 hour parking limit to sainsburys customers, means you spend most of the 2 hours trying to get your lunch
.Took my elderly mother shopping and for lunch, total shop time 45 mins , time spent trying to order,wait for and eat lunch.....1 hour and 30 mins.
Ask at customer services for a complaint form ......they have run out.... no surprise !.
I used to shop at Sainsburys a lot. Its not too far from my house and its always quiet in there compared to Asda and Morrisons. So one day we was in there, my boyfriend got home early from work. So we decided to give it a go in the Cafe. We hadnt been in there before, we did notice its always quite empty. But so is the shop so we didnt think anything of it. Now we understand why its always empty.
Im not too sure if its all the Sainsburys cafe's or just the one in Grantham. The staff were rude and the food was unedable. We bot had a full english all day breakfast. They were about £5 each, then he had a coke and I had a cup of tea. We had been waiting ages for our food. There was no milk for the tea and we had to esk, also there were no little spoons. It was a full blown disaster.
After waiting about 20-30 minutes for our food, in a place that was pretty much empty. Thats just crazy. The food finally came. I had chips, fried egg, beans, sausage and bacon. The chips were quite nice and so was the egg and beans. But the sausage was rock! You couldnt even put a knife through it. The bacon was also hard but I still ate it.
After eating what I could. My boyfriend went and complained, he showed the staff how hard the sausage was by hitting it on the counter. Im not normally one for complaining but it was just too bad not to say anything. The lady who cooked it came out the kitchen and asked what was wrong. She gave my partner a really dirty look. The woman on the till was much more polite and gave us a full refund for the breakfast's.
We wont ever consider going back there, as the food was disgusting. I just advise you not to go there.
We visit Sainsbury at Halifax and White Rose Leeds,in the cafe , my husband`s choice was a Panini all day breakfast, until recently. Now .for some reason, someone in their wisdom, has decided to put cheese in it.He doesn`t like cheese and I`m sure he`s not the only one and also , if you read the list of ingredients in Toasties and sandwiches, there are very few options without cheese. so as a result you`ve lost our custom and we go elsewhere. Can anyone, from the store explain this decision,or is the reason, the minoriety are not catered for because of cost?
i visit sainsburys in shirley,southampton to shop,when i enter the cafe ,unless it`s early like midday,they are running out of what i want.people there are normally old or disabled .there are far too few seats,meaning people quite often have to sit next to a complete stranger ,on the same table.food ok,but takes 20-25 mins to arrive.
25 minutes wait for a jacket potato & still no sign of it , a long time for busy people who want a quick bite before doing their shopping. In the end we gave up. Took another 10 minutes to get a refund by which time the queue was getting longer . These poor people did'nt realise what was in store for them.We worked out that from the time of queing we had been in the cafe 45 minutes & had still not eaten. Wherever do they get their staff from. talk about slow & not even an apology. This is not the first time I have had cause to complain but you always think things will have improved & give them another chance. I go out of my way to shop at Sainsburys as there is not one local to us. Wht don't they read the reviews & do something about it. There ii a lot of negative feedback.
I have only been to the cafe in my local Sainsburys a couple of times and I don't think I would go there again.
The food is pretty good, they have a lot of different meal options and they are all relatively cheap, the last time I was there I had fish, chips and peas, and for £5.00 it was excellent quality. They also do a lot of jacket potatoes and sandwiches.
The only real issue I have with this cafe is the time it takes to get your food. I went with my Dad and it wasn't very busy but it still took a good 20 minutes to get our meal. I know it takes a while to cook food, and I wouldn't expect it instantly but I think 20 mins is a bit too long. It might just be me, and I don't know if this is the same in all other Sainsbury's cafe's but for a supermarket where everything else is great the cafe is a real let down.
Also the staff were so miserable. I don't expect much of the staff, but the lady on the till was so moody, she just grunted at us, so I found that a bit irritating.
It's such a shame about the service in general, as the food is actually quite good, but the waiting time and the miserable staff really let it down, and I wont be going to the cafe again.
There doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day lately, on Tuesday we had to fit food shopping in between the 3.30pm school run and 6pm Beavers which meant the children had to have tea out so we decided on Sainsburys for the shopping (which isn't as expensive as I used to think) and getting something to eat in their restaurant.
After browsing the menu, my son (6 and known for being quite fussy) decided on Fish Bites, Chips and Peas, and to save arguments when the meals arrived, I ordered the same for my daughter (2) the children's meals come with a carton of Apple Juicy Water and a piece of fresh fruit of your choosing. The price of each meal was £2.29. I was really impressed with this, it's the same price as a McDonalds Happy Meal and it's 'proper' food, with a healthy drink and a piece of fruit!
My husband and I planned to have dinner later on when the kids were in bed, and were going to have a coffee but I noticed that a standard cup of coffee was £1.09 (£2.18 for the two of us) or they have an offer on 2 cream teas for £3. This included a tea/coffee, with a large scone, a mini pot of Taste the Difference strawberry conserve and a generous pot of clotted cream each.....so we went for these!
In total, for all 4 of us to have something to eat and drink it came to £7.58 (plus I picked up nectar points on my card)
The service was great, it took no longer than 10 minutes for the food to arrive. And the children's meals looked and smelt lovely, and despite the generous portions they finished most of it...was probably due to the fact we had bought some white chocolate cupcakes in the store (see review!)
Our naughty cream tea was delicious by the way, and I definitely need to start the diet again after xmas!
I'd definitely recommend Sainsbury's cafe to anyone, the food is nice, really reasonably priced and it's clean and nicely decorated. The coffee is also made from freshly ground coffee beans, and they had shots you could add into them for an extra charge.
I find supermarket cafes curious places indeed and am perversely fascinated watching people there. It is an often ugly and sterile place but yet always crowded. I too go there myself and can't quite fathom why.
The pricing in the Sainsbury's cafe is good but I can't imagine it is much cheaper than you're bog standard greasy spoon or kebab house and the quality of the food is certainly no better. The menu ranges from an assortment of stuff... and chips. Jamie Oliver has certainly not been anywhere near one of these places. My personal favourite is the cardiac on a plate - the mega all day brunch. This I think is the reason I go as it's the perfect hangover cure. It's your GP's dream on a plate: Bacon, fried eggs, sausage, chips, fried mushrooms and the token tomato to make the meal watery and give it a sense of healthy vitality.
Service here is always entertaining. I think they specialise in putting their most mono-syllabic staff members here. Never have they uttered (sorry, that should read muttered) more than two words to me and even then it's inaudible. Service with a smile is as rare as a salad.
The food itself always comes out the same. I think maybe they have a machine back there producing it. At least you get consistency.
And there there's the clientele. Always diverse and a great watch for a Sunday morning. It draws the elderly and the infants in equal measure. If you don't get an unruly brat circling you like a vulture of irritation, you've not experienced the cafe. If (s)he doesn't knock you're table and spill your coffee you haven't experienced the fun of it.
Yet, all this said, I still go. I have other options, other choices, many of which are superior but I am drawn here inexplicably. I go even when I'm not shopping just for some good grease and people watching. Give it a go - it's eye opening.
I have to say that I have only had 2 experiences with Sainsburys cafe. One was very good and one was very bad. On the first occasion my husband and I decided that we would have lasgne and chips after a busy day of shopping.
We had to wait around for a long time and on top of that the queues were very confused. When the lasagne finally did come it was completely burnt on the top aside from a few bits which were just fine.
I complained of course and asked for another one to which they replied that there were not any more so they only thing that they could suggest is that I peel of the top.I left it and just ate the chips, but I was very annoyed.
On the other occasion, I had a pannini in a different sainsburys. It was bacon, chicken and cheese and it was fantastic. So i have mixed opinions.
In order to accumulate more nectar points I have started shopping at Sainsburys more often, where last weekend I discovered the Sainsburys cafe. Not being sure how long my free 1 hr parking had until expiry and not wanting want to carry shopping to the nearby Costa, I decided to get a latte there.
The latte was comparabe to the main players and a large latte or cappucino cost £1.85 and this was the same size as a medium from Costa and thus represents a 50p saving. Furthermore they give you every 6th coffee free. That means every 5 coffees and the 6th one free would represent a saving of £4.85 compared to 6 medium sized costa lattes or cappucinos.
The cafe itself was nice and clean and had a selection of sandwiches and cakes like other cafes and presumably slightly better priced than the big high street brands, though I did not look too closely at these as I simply wanted my coffee fix.
Ther service was friendly and you can collect nectar points there. A big plus is that they tend to be open later during the week and on weekends than other high street cafes (in my case until 20:00 Mon-Fri). The only downside is they do seem to take a bit longer to make your coffee, at least this has been my experience on the few occasions I have been.
If like me you spend too much on high street coffee and are looking for a way to cut back then this is a great alternative and combined with later opening hours this outlet has a lot going for it. Sadly there isnt one of these anywhere near where I work.
I go into Sainsburys cafe quite a bit because we do most of our shopping there and even though its not the best quality food most of it's tasty and filling.
I don't think it's that expensive to eat in there and they quite often have special offers on that gives you 2 meals for a set amount or coupons from the till when you pay for your shopping that you can give in at the cafe for a discount.
My fave meal is the lasage because you get loads for your money and the chips are wicked dipped in the sauce. They do breakfasts until about 11am and they're quite good but a bit greasy for in the morning. The big breakfast is good when you've got a hangover though because it's got a bit of all the stuff that will make you feel better like bacon, sausage, egg, toast and beans!
There are special kids meals as well but I don't know much about them because my sister doesn't like the food from here so we don't get her anything except for a yogurt and some fruit.
I'm not mad on the hot drinks because they always taste stewed to me and when the hot chocolate comes out of the machine it's not hot enough and goes cold dead quick.
I like the soup they sell especially the spring vegetable and tomato and basil ones and I think they are homemade because they don't taste like it's just a load of tins tipped together into the soup urn.
The cakes are ok for after you've eaten your dinner but they're not as good as the ones in Morrisons because in Sainsburys they always taste like they've been in the fridge for too long and are proper stodgy and a bit hard because they are so cold.
The Sainsburys I go in is always clean and there's a space to leave your trolley after you've done the shopping but I reckon they should put some trolley sheds up like in Tesco because I always worry that someone is going to walk off with my trolley when I'm not looking because there are some proper scabby druggies who come into this Sainsburys who would think they were the business if they got hold of £100 worth of someone elses shopping.
If you go into Sainsburys around Xmas it's worth you getting yourself one of their Xmas dinners because they are brill for a supermarket cafe and only cost about £5.00. I had one last year that was better than one I'd paid nearly £15.00 for in the pub down the road and the turkey was cooked wicked and it had all the trimmings on it.


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My friend is the "Rayneman" or rather he is the "Rayneman emeritus" having sold his water-softening business, Rayne Water, to one of his daughters and her husband nearly 20 years ago.
But Knox Williams, Carlsbad's Citizen of the Year, is still writing the one-line quips that appear on the Rayne Water Co. sign on Vista Way.
Every Sunday, Knox faxes over two bits of wit and wisdom — one for each side of the sign along Vista Way. He modeled the sayings after the Burma Shave signs he remembers from his Oklahoma Dust Bowl roots (his family came to California in 1938 as migrant workers picking cotton and fruit in the Central Valley).
"I am young at heart, slightly older in other places," the 85-year-old quipped over a cup of coffee this week.
Or, he suggested the women's favorite: "Age is just a number and mine is unlisted."
Other notable quips include: "Speak well of your enemies, you made them."
"God first, others second, I'm third."
"Indecision may or may not be my problem."
"Naps while driving prevent old age."
And, this one from the '70s: "Streakers repent, your end is in sight!"
Setting the entertaining gags aside, Knox is a worthy recipient last month of the city's high honor, one shared by the likes of former Mayor Buddy and (his late wife) Bev Lewis, senior citizen advocate Peggy Savary, Hap Le'Heureux and Gina McBride and so many others who have been of such great service to their city.
He is also one of those wonderful American salesmen who, in the spirit of the Greatest Generation, put everything at risk to buy a business in the early 1960s, moved wife, June, and family, and knocked on every door in the Tri-City area to build up a base of soft water treatment customers from a few hundred to thousands.
His trademark shtick is a rubber jar opener with the Rayne logo stamped on one side — (should you be so lucky as to meet him in person, he will pull one from his jacket pocket and offer it to you. I'm one of the lucky ones, I have several).
I've known and admired Knox ever since I moved to town some years ago.
A great traveler, he routinely left newspapers collected on his trip on my doorstep and would inquire about the newspaper before asking if we could run an item on such and such.
He is wise, generous, distinguished, smart, honest and hard working. He's never been afraid to knock on doors or to ask those who have to help a worthy cause.
Tri-City organizations know that, too.
Knox served on the YMCA board as it created the North Coast Family YMCA in Encinitas (now it is called the Ecke Magdalena YMCA), and did another 23 years to help build the Joe and Mary Mottino YMCA in Oceanside. A Paul Harris Fellow at Rotary, he is also one of the founders of the Carlsbad Community Foundation and is on the Mira Costa Foundation board. His other good works put most of ours to shame.
Yet, every life, no matter how successful, has its tribulations, that's just part of the deal.
The Williams' son Drue, who was born developmentally disabled, died of cancer at the age of "40 years, 5 months and 2 days of love and joy because he always had a beautiful smile."
Drue was a blessing to all who knew him, Knox says.
And the blessings of a life can reverberate long after the living is over.
In 1970, the Williams, whose family also included twins Jodi and Jeri, hosted a foreign exchange student from South Africa, Maureen Feeney (now Piggot) who came to know and be inspired by Drue and the family.
Her volunteer work that year blossomed into a teaching career in special education.
After marrying an architect from Northern Ireland and moving there, she became head of a center for developmentally disabled adults, top executive of Mencap, an advocacy group, and president of Inclusion Europe.
All of that work led to the Queen of England bestowing on Maureen the Order of the British Empire.
In a letter published in Knox's 2012 memoir, Maureen said of the man: "So many owe him so much. I know. I'm one."
Those of us who have the privilege of knowing remarkable people have the chance to learn great lessons, and I have learned many from listening to him.
From my cup of coffee with Knox, there's this: "Don't count the years, just make the years count."


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I'm out of town for work during the week. My wife and kids ordered me a Lightning DB-5 from Discndat yesterday. It came in this afternoon. That ain't bad service....
I'll probably stay up all night tomorrow when I get home....gotta catch up on putting practice.
Are inner chains necessary? If any of you have added chains, what did you use for the bottom ring?
Again....one day service from Discndat and Lightning......kudos to both.


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LUCKY pupils in two primary schools in Swindon celebrated as they opened new buildings on their sites yesterday.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, in Rodbourne Cheney, had their new building officially opened by the Bishop of Clifton, Declan Lang, exactly 53 years since the initial foundation stone of the original building was laid.
The new building contains five new classrooms and was funded thanks to a grant from the Academies Capital Fund.
The date was specially chosen by the school since it marks the anniversary when the first stone for the first building was laid in 1961.
Headteacher at St Mary's, Clare-Marie Burchall, said: "This is a great day for our school.
"To have Bishop Declan come to officially open and bless this building means a great deal to the whole school community.
"After the ribbon was cut, Bishop Declan celebrated Mass for us in our school hall alongside our parish priest, Fr Michael McAndrew, and the parish priest of Holy Family, Fr Gary Brassington."
Meanwhile at Wroughton Junior School pupils were celebrating the opening of the new Willow Side Family Centre which will help develop ties and partnerships between the school and the community.
Sue Cox, headteacher at Wroughton Junior School, said: "Here at Wroughton Junior School we have got a commitment to trying to support the community by working with families in the community. Like most schools there's no place in the school.
"We had an old caretaker's bungalow and about three years ago we decided that we really needed to do something about it and use it.
"We had a lot of help from the Halifax and also from volunteers in the community to help restore the bungalow and make it into the family centre. Penny Glover and Lynne Garroway have also been a huge help in getting the project together.
"We hold activities there like the Breakfast Club and we also hope to open it up to the community and make it a sustainable resource."
The school held a competition among its pupils to decide a name for the new family centre, at it was Ben Evans, in Year 4, who won the naming competition.
Sue said: "We held a competition and all the pupil's entered."


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Gutierrez ready for regular-season outfield duty
PEORIA, Ariz. -- It had been a week since Franklin Gutierrez was in the starting lineup in his normal spot in center field, but there he was again on Sunday as his bout with leg soreness apparently had settled down.
Gutierrez made an immediate impact as he drove the second pitch he saw from D-backs starter Wade Miley over the fence for a homer to lead off the game.
Gutierrez, a Gold Glove winner in 2010 who had his 2012 season marred by injury, last started the previous Sunday against Texas, with Michael Saunders, Casper Wells and Jason Bay seeing time in center in the interim.
"They know what I can do out there, but it's good obviously to be out in the outfield again," Gutierrez said.
Manager Eric Wedge said the priority was to ensure Gutierrez was ready to go for Opening Day. Gutierrez said on Sunday that he feels ready with eight days to go before the opener -- and, after all, that's the goal.
"That's the key," he said. "I think I'm ready to go now. It's a long season and you have to prepare to play every day. That's why I'm taking care of myself right now so I'll be durable in the season."
Said Wedge: "He's missed a lot of time but he still continues to get better. When he's in there, he's a great contributor for us. Now we just need him to stay healthy and stay on top of his body."
John Schlegel is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelRiverfront hotel in Tampa's business district
Popular property highlights
On the river
Located on the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa, this hotel is 4 blocks from the convention center, 6 blocks from the St Pete Forum, and 7 miles from the airport.
Pool with a view
This Sheraton offers an outdoor heated pool overlooking the river and complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
Comfort, style
The 277 guestrooms at Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel offer coffeemakers, multi-line phones with voice mail, 2 vanities with sinks, TVs with premium channels, and hair dryers.
Guest Highlights
- Central location
- Walkability
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- WiFi could've been better
Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Located 3 blocks from Tampa Art Museum and 4 blocks from Tampa Convention Center.
Additional complimentary amenities include an area shuttle, high-speed wireless Internet access in the lobby and at "The Link@Sheraton"; and access to a computer, fax machine, and printer.
Guests enjoy an outdoor heated pool. The fitness center includes an exercycle, a stair machine, a treadmill, and free weights. The restaurant offers panoramic views of the river. A 200-foot private boat dock is available for charters and docking.
This Tampa hotel offers 14,000 square feet of meeting space with theater-style seating for up to 500, and a conference center. Audiovisual equipment and catering services are offered.
- Outdoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Restaurant
- Coffee shop or café
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms 11
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Express check-in
- Total number of rooms - 277
- Gift shops or newsstand
- ATM/banking
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 7
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Rooftop terrace
- Business center
- Concierge services
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Conference center
- Conference space size (meters) - 1301
- Free area shuttle
- Smoke-free property
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free cruise terminal shuttle
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Conference space size (feet) - 14000
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Microwave (on request)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free newspaper
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Free bottled water
- Microwave (on request)
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- In-room safe
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Pillowtop mattress
Where to Eat
Ashley Street Grille - Floor-to-ceiling windows overlook the scenic Hillsborough River. Breakfast and lunch is casual; dinner is elegant with twinkling city lights as a backdrop. Menu favorites include salads, tuna, penne pasta, seafood, and beef dishes.
Ashley Street Grille Lounge - Open early afternoon until late night.
Nearby Things to Do
This hotel's outdoor splash pool overlooks the Hillsborough River. The fitness center includes a sauna, exercycle, stair machine, and treadmill.
Located two blocks from the hotel, Bayshore Boulevard's sidewalk extends seven miles and is great for jogging. The local YMCA is within four blocks of the hotel. An 18-hole golf course is available eight miles away at the University of South Florida.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21 years old.
- Resort fee
- Pool access
- Fitness center access
- Internet access
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 14 and USD 20 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 10 per person
- Valet parking fee: USD 24.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Refrigerator fee: USD 20.00 per night
- In-room microwave fee: USD 10.00 per night
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- Riverwalk Hotel Tampa
- Riverwalk Sheraton Tampa
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A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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As many of you know, the football player Walter Payton died of cc. His family started a foundation in his memory and there is a run/walk to raise money every year in September. This year the event will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2009, see:
I am going to plan on being there, probably with some family members.


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Sheriff: Suspect in double homicide gone, residents safe
WINCHESTER, Ore. -- Authorities are still looking for a man who shot three people north of Roseburg Tuesday night, killing two of them.
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said on Wednesday that he was confident the suspect is no longer in that area, and that local residents are safe.
The Sheriff's office is following up on leads, and several detectives and deputies are still canvassing the area looking for clues into where the shooter might have gone.
The names of the victims have not been released by authorities.
Sheriff's deputies, Roseburg police officers and Oregon State Police were dispatched to a reported shooting just after 9:30 pm Tuesday night at a residence in the 5700 block of NE Stephens.
Two people were deceased at the scene and one other was injured. The injured person was transported to Mercy Medical Center.
There is no word yet on the extent of that person's injuries, and none of the shooting victim's identities have been released.
The Sheriff's office says the shooting in Cottage Grove is not related to this case.
The suspect is described by police as a Hispanic male in his 40s, last seen wearing a black hoodie.
Police combed the area around Hwy 99, Page Road and Pioneer Way, and as far down NE Stephens as Hooker Road.
Police brought in K-9 dogs to assist in the search and the Douglas County Major Crimes Team was activated.
Lt. Curt Strickland says the response to the call was huge. "We used K9's, we used marked units, un-marked units, people on foot, and so, we feel very comfortable at this point that the suspect in this case is not here locally," he said.
NE Stephens was closed in both directions through the area from the Winchester Dam to the 5200 block, but authorities started allowing residents back into the area shortly before 1:00 am.
Sheriff Hanlin says local schools in the area are still operating like normal.


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A FOOTBALL match — held in memory of tragic teenager Aleysha Rothwell — has raised hundreds of pounds to help pay for her headstone.
Teenagers Marcus Makin, aged 14, and Alex Dolan, aged 13, arranged for Breightmet Wanderers to host a fundraising event in Aleysha's memory.
The event involved the club's under 13s team going head-to-head with the under 14s team at its St Catherine's Academy, Harwood.
The boys raised £240 from the event. People paid £2 to watch and donated funds to the cause.
The under 14s team won the game 5-4.
Referee Macauley Stephens waived his fee to referee the game at no cost Marcus, a year nine St Catherine's Academy pupil, said: "My friend Cerys Lees' sister was Aleysha's girlfriend. When she passed away I wanted to do something.
"Alex and I decided to arrange a match. I didn't know Aleysha but I by her in the street a few times and I would say "alright". A few of us wore T-shirts with Aleysha's photo on underneath our football tops. After the match we went around the pitch and applauded."
Alex, a year nine pupil, at Mount St Joseph's School, said: "It was mine and Marcus' idea to arrange a match as we wanted to help raise money for her headstone.
"Quite a few people came to watch and we did a minute's silence before the game."
Aleysha, aged 16, died in April at her foster family's Breightmet home.
She was found hanged. Her death has sparked friends to rally around to fund a purple headstone — Aleysha's favourite colour — to go on her grave at Tonge Cemetery.
Fundraising continues for the headstone, which is believed to cost more than £3,000. Friends have been selling wristbands with the words RIP Aleysha to boost the fund.
Anyone who can help the friends to reach the target can call Ellen Hammond on 07923 826209 Morgan Pritchard on 077402 90852.


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Some of the nation's top economists say this year should bring the strongest growth for the U.S. since the financial crisis. That could translate to a modest increase in interest rates for consumers.
In a news conference held this morning by the American Bankers Association, its advisory committee said growth should average 3 percent this year in the U.S. "We see 2014 as something of a break-out year," said Christopher Low, chief economist for FTN Financial. "We had to go back to the files to find the last time we had a 3 percent growth forecast." As it turns out, it was in 2005.
The group says modest improvement should take place in most areas of the economy, anchored in housing.
Faster job growth should also be part of the equation. While employers added an average of more than 180,000 jobs a month in 2013, the bank economists look for that number to rise to 214,000 by the end of 2014. They also see the unemployment rate slipping to 6.4 in the final quarter of this year.
Low said the economy could actually be even stronger than the group expects.
One helpful change to the growth environment includes a slight increase in government spending this year, with a federal budget expected to be in place. Low noted the comparison to the decline in government spending seen in recent years, including at the state and local level. Business investments are also picking up.
Overall, the group's chief economic worries are focused overseas with the global economy, including the fragile recovery in Europe and the tightening of credit in China.
For interest rate watchers, the panel expects a slight increase in the yields of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds through the end of this year. It also expects the average for 30-year fixed mortgage rates to hit 5 percent in the final quarter of this year, up about half of 1 percent from where they have been recently. As the economy improves, credit should become more available to business and consumers over the next six months.
Do you share the economists' optimism? What would you do differently if the economy were to improve this year?
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Somic EFi82MT
Over-Ear item created by jacksonchansf, Jan 14, 2013
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- 5.0/5,
Pros - With Shure SRH-840 pads, are some of the best sounding headphones under $200. Period. Immaculate positioning and soundstage. Excellent vocals.
Cons - Look kinda dorky. Take a month to get shipped from China. Difficult to find. Get hot after a few hours.
As per my thread on the Somic EFi-82 MT:
In 2010, there was Superlux. In early 2012, there was Jaycar. Several months ago, there was JVC's HA-S line. Head-Fi's ability to find mid-fi headphones at downright laughable prices has always been commendable. But all too often, these headphones get bragged up as being better than flagship models of established audio brands, something experienced Head-Fiers rightly laugh at.
But can it happen?
Can an budget-fi headphone legitimately be mentioned in the same breath as headphones ten times its price, not as a "poor man's version", but as an equal?
I believe so.
Mind you, I have no experience in high-end gear. I'm 16, and my first vocational experience began last week. My parents aren't rich.
But I do have my fair share of experience with mid-fi headphones. I can usually scrounge enough Birthmas money to eek out a great deal on a solid vintage headphone or an FOTM.
The Somic EFi 82 MT is not a mid-fi headphone.
Got that?
The Somic EFi 82 MT is not a mid-fi headphone.
What is it? I don't know really. I lack the experience with high-end models to come out and declare that the Somic EFi-82 MT is an HD650 killer, or that it's going to put your Stax to shame, but I can say that it demolishes everything I've heard in Mid-Fi/ Budget Land.
Note: The one thing that you need to make these headphones sound as great as they should is to acquire a set of Shure SRH840 pads. They fit a little loose, but it's nothing bad. The remainder of this post is about the EFi-82 MT with SRH840 pads.
So without further ado, let's get started on how these bad boys sound.
Bass is deep and punchy. In the intro to Kanye West's Love Lockdown, the EFi presented all three subbass notes (two deep, one very deep) at an equal volume, the way they are supposed to be presented, something I have never heard done before. In contrast the Philips Uptown loses steam at the deep note, playing it more quietly than the other two. The extension here is top-notch. Mid-bass is a bit emphasized, but not in a distracting way. These headphones are "selective thumpers", getting a bit boomy in genres that are meant to be a bit boomy (modern rap and electronic music), but they won't make a bass-fest out of your Adele CD.
Vocals are just...wow. The treble allows a vocalist's breaths and hard consonants to isolate them slightly from the rest of the track (not sibilant, but a bit "sparkly"). The mids, in turn, bring them up to the forefront, but not at the expense of other parts of the frequency spectrum. It's the musical equivalent of depth of field.
The treble has the potential to get, as mentioned, a bit sparkly if the mix calls for it. This thing will pick up bad treble mixing/mastering like it's no tomorrow, but on the right track, all individual pieces of the treble can be sonically isolated and pinpointed.
The soundstage and positioning is top-notch. If I were to draw a diagram of where I perceived everything to be positioned, it would show that the EFI-82 MT has a listening angle of about 200 degrees, or slightly over my left and right shoulder.
To really illustrate how wonderful these things sound, here's a list of all of the new things that these headphones taught me about some of my favorite songs.
- Florence + The Machine - Spectrum: Florence has a ping-pong delay on her vocals throughout the track.
- Il Volo- Beautiful Day: There's a strange click at the 0:06 mark.
- Flobots- Handlebars (I like their other stuff too): The violin is panned about 90% right for the whole song, but changes to the left side in the third verse.
- Kanye West (in general): Kanye West has some really cramped sounding mixes.
- Macy Gray- I Try: The vocals in the chorus are multiple takes, with every take hard-panned left or right.
- Ellie Goulding- Lights: The vocals in the chorus are stacked, with one take one octave below the other
- Fun. - Some Nights: There's a really cool snare roll at the :45 mark.
- Imagine Dragons - It's Time: There's one more clap than I thought there was in the main rhythm pattern, and there are some snaps too.
These are songs I know, love, and have heard dozens of times on mid-fi headphones. Yet, upon listening to many of my favorite songs once on the EFi 82 MT with SRH 840 pads, all of these new features became extremely evident.
These are bar none the greatest headphones I own, but like all FOTMs, it does have a few drawbacks.
For one, they do get hot after about 2-3 hours of listening with the SRH 840 pads.
For two, you probably won't be able to buy them on eBay. I was, but they're not on there now.
For three, you have to wait a whole month to get them shipped to your house from China.
For four, they look kind of dorky, but when have we cared about that?
However, the EFI 82 isn't just a great deal; it's a great headphone, no matter how you slice it.bhazard likes this.
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For information on possible fallout from the Jensens' case, please see "Effects of Jensen charges ripple through industry"
(UPDATED COVERAGE, 12:10 a.m.) The first growers to face criminal charges in relation to a foodborne illness outbreak plan to plead guilty, which could lead to reduced sentences for brothers charged in the 2011 cantaloupe-related listeria outbreak that killed at least 33 people.
The U.S. Attorney's office negotiated the plea agreements with Eric Jensen, 37, and his brother Ryan Jensen, 33, but Judge Michael Hegarty can reject or amend the agreements. On Oct. 15, the Jensens filed a request with the U.S. District Court in Denver for a hearing on the pleas.
Each of the six charges they individually face carries up to one year in prison and $250,000 in fines.
If the judge grants the request, they are scheduled to enter their guilty pleas on Oct. 22.
Details of the plea agreements were not available Oct. 16. The Jensens' attorneys indicated in court documents they would file the actual plea agreements before the Oct. 22 hearing.
Richard Banta, the attorney representing Ryan Jensen, confirmed Oct. 16 that the plea hearing requests had been filed, but declined further comment.
Staff in the U.S. Attorney's office in Denver did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for the office said Oct. 3 that staff responses will be limited until the government shutdown is resolved.
The Jensens turned themselves in to federal authorities Sept. 26 in Denver and were released on $100,000 bonds. A jury trial was set for Dec. 2.
The six federal misdemeanor criminal charges against them state they allegedly introduced adulterated cantaloupe into interstate commerce. "Specifically, the cantaloupe bore a poisonous bacteria, listeria monocytogenes. … the cantaloupe was prepared, packed and held under conditions which rendered it injurious to health," according to court documents.
The government's case against the Jensen brothers calls into question the packing facility, equipment and cooling areas, which an inspection report by the Food and Drug Administration said were not in line with good agricultural practices.
"In May of 2011 the Jensen brothers allegedly changed their cantaloupe cleaning system. The new system, built to clean potatoes, was installed, and was to include a catch pan to which a chlorine spray could be included to clean the fruit of bacteria. The chlorine spray, however, was never used," according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney.
"The defendants were aware that their cantaloupes could be contaminated with harmful bacteria if not sufficiently washed. The chlorine spray, if used, would have reduced the risk of microbial contamination of the fruit."
According to the FDA report, deficiencies at the packing facility included water pooling on floors, dirt and plant material on equipment, a floor that was difficult to clean, inadequate trench drains and equipment that could not be properly cleaned.
Multiple environmental samples and whole cantaloupe from the packing shed were positive for the outbreak strains of listeria monocytogenes, FDA reported.
"… it is likely that the contamination occurred in the packing facility," the FDA report states. "It is also likely that the contamination proliferated during cold storage."
The FDA inspectors reported all field samples were negative for listeria monocytogenes. The samples included soil, wild animal excrement, perimeter and furrow drag swabs, agricultural water, pond water and cantaloupes.
The agency also pointed to another likely contamination source, a truck used to haul culled cantaloupes from the packing shed to a cattle feeding operation.


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California voters rejected Prop. 37, a first-in-the-nation effort to require labeling of genetically modified foods sold in grocery stores.
Statewide, 53.1 percent of voters opposed the measure. In Orange County, 60.2 percent voted no.
Opponents backed by large out-of-state food and agricultural companies raised $46 million for an onslaught of advertising, while supporters brought in $9.2 million, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Maplight. Soda makers Coke and Pepsi contributed a combined $4 million to defeat the measure, although the largest funder was seed and herbicide company Monsanto, which spent $8.1 million.
The no campaign argued that passage would result in frivolous lawsuits and higher grocery bills and said the requirement would arbitrarily target some products and not others. The campaign issued a statement Wednesday from Dr. Henry I. Miller of Stanford University praising the outcome.
"Food labeling policy should be based on logic and science, not fear," Miller said. "Leading scientific organizations have all agreed that foods containing genetically engineered ingredients are safe and are not materially different from their traditional counterparts. We're glad the voters rejected this misleading, costly and unnecessary measure."
Daneen Lindner of San Clemente, a volunteer on the yes side, said efforts to educate consumers would continue.
"We're disappointed for sure," Lindner said. "It's not going to stop the movement. As it was, we were fighting a David and Goliath fight in the first place. We want people to know what they're eating. It's just not right that 61 other countries have open-label laws and we don't have it."
If the measure had passed, 40 to 70 percent of food sold in grocery stores would be marked to indicate the product's genetic makeup was altered in a laboratory. The most common genetically engineered crops are corn and soybeans, as well as canola, cotton, papaya, sugar beets and zucchini, according to the state's legislative analyst. Engineered corn is used to produce high-fructose corn syrup, a main ingredient in soda and many common foods.
California would have been the first state in the U.S. to require such labeling. Marketing for genetically engineered foods also would have been forbidden from using the word "natural."
A number of studies have concluded that genetically modified foods are safe to eat.
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Hi Everyone,
Until a few weeks ago i did not know what Lupus was, a dear friend was admitted into the Hospital as she was experiencing severe fatigue, headaches and could barely walk, only 27 yrs old.
Her blood test showed SLE and the docs said that it was a critical situation as her kidneys were failing and liver was inflammed, they immediately put her on steroids for 3-4 days, she seemed to look better and was then sent for a dialysis which went fine, though she still looked very weak and wouldnt eat unless force fed, also her speech was affected, and developed a severe cough, docs said this was due to muscle weakness from not eating, she was examined on several occasions and the docs maintained that she was totally fine and was ready to go home soon as she regained her strength. On her 10th day at the hospital she stopped eating or talking totally and seemed to be sleeping all day, we called for the doc who showed up the next day only to tell us that she has indications of lupus cerebritus and needed an MRI, she eventually passed away the next day as the brain had swollen beyond any sort of recovery.
My question is this, for someone with such severe symptoms of Lupus should there not have been given an MRI on admission to the hospital to determine the extent of the infections brought on? I believe her weakness on admission and slurred speech was as a result of her existing L.Cerebritus which went undiagnosed.
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star aparthotel with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Popular property highlights
Situated near the airport, this aparthotel is within a 15-minute walk of Charleston Area Convention Center, North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center, and Charleston Tanger Outlets. College of Charleston and Riverfront Park are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Property Features
An outdoor pool, a fitness center, and a snack bar/deli are available at this smoke-free aparthotel. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Other amenities include a spa tub, a 24-hour business center, and coffee/tea in a common area.
Room Amenities
All 150 apartments feature kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and dishwashers. Free WiFi and free wired Internet are standard, as are flat-screen TVs with cable channels.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
Residence Inn Charleston Airport
Property Amenities
Property Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Residence Inn Charleston Airport provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The aparthotel offers a snack bar/deli. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning as well as a complimentary manager's reception on select days. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. This business-friendly aparthotel also offers barbecue grills, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. A roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and an area shuttle are complimentary for guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Residence Inn Charleston Airport is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- ATM/banking
- Tennis on site
- Barbecue grill(s)
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- Free breakfast
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- Total number of rooms - 150
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 4
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Early estimates of the number of cattle killed as a result of the blizzard last weekend reached upwards of 60,000 but an update by the state veterinarian pins the number under 20,000.
The blizzard affecting western South Dakota cut some cattle herds by up to 50 percent and early reports had losses near 60,000 head of cattle. According to the Capital Journal, State veterinarian Dustin Oedekoven said Thursday the total confirmed cattle deaths is about 2,000 head, but he assesses losses will total between 10,000 and 20,000.
"Everybody wants to know the number, but truthfully we don't know. We won't know for some time," Oedekoven said.
A fund has been established by state livestock groups to help cattle producers who have suffered great financial losses. The Livestock Indemnity Program expired with the 2008 Farm Bill on Oct. 1 and not all insurance agencies cover losses from freezing or smothering in a snowstorm.
A fund has been established for South Dakota producers, but Montana groups are asking its state's ranchers, along with producers in Wyoming and Idaho, to donate production cattle and sheep to producers affected by the blizzard.
According to the Associated Press, the Citizens for Balanced Use and the Bar Quarter Circle Ranch are working with the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association to organize tax-deductible donations.


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Human MATER and Idiopathic Infertility
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Approximately 15 percent of couples experience infertility, yet no abnormalities can be detected in the man or the woman. In a number of couples, their embryos unexpectedly slow down growth or stop growth completely. Some of these situations may be genetically determined. For instance, a portion of cases may be caused by poor egg quality related to genetic or functional deficiencies in heretofore unidentified human maternal effect genes. A model has been developed of such unexplained fertility by creating a mouse line lacking a critical maternal effect gene. (Maternal effect genes produce mRNA or proteins that accumulate in the egg and are required for normal early embryonic development.) This pilot project will test the hypothesis that a similar defect may be a cause of human infertility.
Thirty cubic centimeters of blood will be collected from 40 women who have a clinical history consistent with a defective maternal effect gene. DNA from these blood cells will be examined and stored. Some of the blood cells will be treated so that they can be frozen and grown in the laboratory to produce more DNA in the future. If certain mutations are not found, that means that the prevalence of such mutations is less than 10 percent, and investigators may initiate another study with 100 women. If a common mutation is found in at least four patients, the investigators will seek to collect DNA from 150 normal fertile control women for comparison.
This project is purely investigational; therefore, findings will not be shared with participants.
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|Human MATER and Idiopathic Infertility
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|Study Start Date:
|May 3, 2002
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 29, 2011
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
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Women to be included in this study will have a clinical infertility history that would be consistent with a possible defect in a maternal effect gene.
This includes women who meet the following criteria:
- a clinical diagnosis of infertility,
- never been pregnant, and
- undergone treatment by in vitro fertilization and had at least 8 fertilized eggs as part of at least one in vitro fertilization cycle that failed to lead to a clinical pregnancy.
Women who have subsequently achieved a pregnancy by egg donation will be included.
Women of any age are eligible as long as they have otherwise met the inclusion criteria.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00361816
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
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|NCT00361816 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|August 8, 2006
|Last Updated:
|June 30, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Maternal Effect Gene
Embryonic Development
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Genital Diseases, Male
Genital Diseases, Female
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David N. Snyder wrote:It doesn't sound like he would make a good monk, due to interpersonal problems that might arise as the Venerable noted. Also the struggles with sensual desires would most likely effect his time as a monk.
It doesn't sound like he is much of a good husband either. If he is repeatedly violating the third precept, that is not fair to you and it is possibly putting you in danger. He could be spreading an STD (or worse) to you. I admire your compassion and patience, but be sure to take care of yourself too.
atraveller wrote:Thank you everyone for your kindness! Befreind - thanks for the information on Tara Brach. Reflection - I think your point re equanimity might be very useful. It may be the balancing point for manic depression. I was wondering does anyone know a meditation technique for equanimity/upekkha? I've not see this meditation been practiced actively.
atraveller wrote:I care for him deeply and would hate to see his downfall. There is an amazing side to him - and he may have made a great monk under very different circumstances. But we are where we are now.
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During austere financial times, the president's budget ensures scientists continue transformational research, leading to innovations and jobs for Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Physical Society (APS) commends President Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget, which prioritizes scientific research, spurs innovation and keeps the nation on a path toward economic prosperity.
APS is pleased the president's budget reflects the priorities of key scientific agencies that are crucial to our nation's competitiveness and economic growth — the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Aeronautics & Space Administration. Scientists funded by these agencies are engaged in cutting-edge research that has generated solutions to the country's most pressing challenges, spawned new technologies and provided the foundation for spinoff businesses and jobs for Americans.
APS recognizes the president had to make difficult choices at a time when the nation is dealing with mounting deficits. And we believe he made the right choice in the case of science. If the U.S. wants to ensure a strong economy for the future, then the country must focus on scientific research, education and innovation — a proven strategy leading to job creation and sustained economic growth.
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