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The plan favored by the City Council includes bike lanes and pedestrian walkways on the overpass, separated from vehicle traffic by a concrete barrier, as well as two-lane on- and off-ramps designed to cut back on freeway and Willow Road backups. Additional bike lanes would be next to vehicle lanes on the 162-foot-wide overpass structure.
Instead of the cloverleaf design of the current interchange, traffic would stop at signal lights before entering Willow Road.
Council member Ray Mueller said Menlo Park might even be able to use the prospect of the new interchange, which should ease traffic problems for motorists heading to Palo Alto and East Palo Alto, as a bargaining chip in trying to get Palo Alto to resolve a long-standing traffic issue. "I think it's time that we actually start having serious discussions with Palo Alto about opening up Alma to Sand Hill," he said.
Funding to replace the interchange, built in 1955, was approved by county voters in 1988 as part of the Measure A transportation fund sales tax spending plan, and a study on the project was completed the next year, but it was never given final approval. The interchange was again included in the spending plan when Measure A was renewed in 2004.
The interchange is in Menlo Park, but is under the jurisdiction of Caltrans, which worked with the city as well as East Palo Alto and C-CAG — the City-County Association of Governments in San Mateo County — on the project. C-CAG will provide much of the funding along with the Measure A transportation funds.
East Palo Alto's City Council will consider the project designs later this month, according to Menlo Park Public Works Director Chip Taylor.
Even if all goes well, the project won't be completed until 2018, according to projections. That includes a two-year construction process following environmental analysis and design work.
The design chosen by the council was developed after talking to the agencies involved as well as local neighbors and users of the roads. Considerations included how much nearby property would be affected, safety and ease of use, as well as traffic congestion.
Menlo Park's engineering services manager Fernando G. Bravo said a team of engineers not otherwise involved in the project also looked at alternatives in terms of cost, performance, construction time and risk, and favored the version supported by the City Council.
The current interchange is "not pleasant, safe or convenient for anybody right now," said Willows neighborhood resident and bicyclist Andrew Boone, who said he is "actually very pleased with" the proposed design, which does have bicyclists and pedestrians crossing vehicle traffic at traffic signals. "I think it's a good compromise," he said.
"The current cloverleaf is a transportation dinosaur from another era," said Jim Bigelow, longtime chair of the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce's transportation committee. "I think you have a solution before you."
Council member Kirsten Keith urged the city to move quickly to assure it can be first in line for available C-CAG funding. "I think you really came up with a really great plan for Menlo Park," she said.
Council members unanimously approved accepting the recommended design and continuing work on the project.


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A new version of the Player Forecast Manager (PFM) is now available. It allows you to see what players are worth in your fantasy league based on both in-season and past-season data.
Soon, the regular PFM will be updated with data from the 2013 PECOTAs. However, if you would still like to generate values based on the as-is 2012 stats—or stats from any of the past five seasons—this functionality will be available in the new PFM Year-to-Date (YTD). When the season begins, you will also be able to use PFM YTD to generate values for your league based on 2013 statistics.
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I have been waiting for this in-season feature since I became a regular subscriber/user of BP and PFM. Thanks.
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The league I'm in uses CGs as a pitcher category. Dunno how common this is, but I'm wondering if it would it be an arduous task to add this to the stats PFM covers? I kept having to ballpark it last year, and I'm sure I was kidding myself with these estimates.
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EUGENE, Ore. - Police found a principal dancer with the Eugene Ballet Company dead from an apparent suicide late Wednesday night.
Officers performing a welfare check found Juan Carlos Amy-Cordero dead in his Eugene home. He was 28. He is survived by his wife, former Eugene Ballet principal dancer Jennifer Martin.
"A charismatic performer, Juan Carlos was larger than life whenever he took the stage," said Riley Grannon, the ballet's managing director. "This is a crushing loss for all of us in the Company and our dance community at large. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jennifer and Juan Carlos' family."
Juan Carlos joined the Eugene Ballet in 2002. He was promoted to principal dancer in 2007.
A native of Boston, he entered the Boston Ballet School in 1993 and danced with the Boston Ballet from 1999-2001.
He had performed in more than 50 different ballets, including the leads in Eugene Ballet's productions of "Peter Pan," "Swan Lake," "Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Romeo & Juliet." He also performed the opening solo in artistic director Toni Pimble's "Dark Side of the Moon" with the Floydian Slips.
"Juan Carlos was a phenomenal technician," Pimble said. "He was also the jester on and off stage, playing tricks on the dancers with a pixie-like twinkle in his eyes."
Juan Carlos married Martin, now the company's Ballet Mistress, in 2010. The couple taught ballet students at Whitman College's Summer Dance Lab in Walla Walla, Wash., and throughout the Northwest.
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We've pulled together a few excerpts from her columns that illustrate Jane's wit and wisdom about aging.
I woke from surgery wearing a helmet of gauze and tape. There were two drains, one on each side of the back of my head, sluicing bloody fluids out of my body. Something – they turned out to be staples – felt hard and achy along the base of my skull.
It was Nov. 12. I never looked worse in my life.
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I do remember walking up the stairs at home, my hands on Bob's shoulders and my daughter, Joanne, holding my waist from behind.
And I remember Joanne spooning some instant oatmeal into my mouth.
"Good practice for you to know how to feed babies," she says I told her. Even in my stupor, still nagging her for grandchildren. …
"I don't approve of cosmetic surgery," said Gloria Davenport, 71, who saw me less than three weeks after surgery, when I went to interview her for a story. "But you have a career to think about … Besides, I have to admit you look good."
And then the best: "What fat farm have you been to?" a television viewer asked the day after I returned to hosting my show on the Orange County NewsChannel. People who don't know I have had a face lift give me the best compliments. They ask if I have changed something. New hairdo? New glasses?
"Is your sister all right?" a neighbor down the street shouts at me from her car. "My sister?" Turns out she thinks I am a younger relative come to take care of the old me …
Ask the average person – what's more important, inner beauty or physical beauty? – and what do you expect them to say? Inner beauty triumphs in the AARP poll.
Here's what I know: Two years ago I had a facelift and wrote about the procedure in The Orange County Register.
Hundreds and hundreds of women have called, written, e-mailed or faxed me about the articles.
They still stop me in supermarkets and employee cafeterias to talk about facelifts.
Why this fascination with my face?
"You made it seem OK for ordinary women to do this," said Elaine, of Aliso Viejo.
Did I give women permission to make their faces look better?
But I made it OK to spend a bundle of money on something most of us consider frivolous, a luxury for the rich. That's the real nub.
Blame it on the arthritis in my knee, a constant ache that limits my mobility. I'm not crabby, but I am inclined to be curmudgeonly. I have no time to suffer fools or set unrealistic goals for myself.
Like I know there's no way I can run after a 2-year-old hell-bent on putting himself in front of a speeding truck. I can't even walk up and down the stairs carrying a basket of adult laundry, let alone a sack of used diapers.
All of which makes me wonder about the mental state of women 60-plus who want to reproduce. "Fools," I mutter mentally. "How can they ever sit in those little kindergarten chairs or play soccer or pitch ball?"
I'm no novice when it comes to breast cancer. Nine years ago Dr. John West removed a 7-millimeter tumor from my right breast. He scooped out 30-plus lymph nodes from under my arm, because that was how they tested for cancer's spread back then.
The lymph nodes were negative, and during one office visit my oncologist, Dr. David Margileth, labeled my breast cancer "trivial."
None of that stilled my anxiety at first. I'd get the flu and wonder if it was cancer spreading. I got arthritis and worried it was bone cancer. I wondered if I'd see my first grandson go to kindergarten.
Eventually, the fear fades. It only comes back when I have a yearly mammogram.
This year the mammogram led to an immediate ultrasound, because `"We see something in your left breast."
So I'm lying on an examining table while a technician wields a device that looks like a computer mouse, and a radiologist says, "Aha! There it is," and we all look at a monitor.
I can't associate me with the bright spot on the screen. It looks huge. Actually, the radiologist says, it's very small. Maybe 5 millimeters. Heck. I can handle that.
Fading fast, fellow 50-plusers? Don't reach for the Yanni CD yet.
It's easy to get back in the groove – or at least look like you're groovy. And in this day and age of Viagra and face-lifts, appearances are everything. So get yourself an iPod. With iPod earpieces in place, you'll look "with-it" even if all you're listening to is Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma." You may even find you share similar taste with some youthful boomers – like the music of Frank Sinatra or Eric Clapton.
Learn to keep those iPod things in your ears at all times. You can turn the sound off when you're reading a book. Everyone will think you're multi-tasking.
Branch out. Consider satellite radio in your car.
For a small fee, you can get 100 channels of commercial-free music, if you own a satellite radio. You'll even be able to hear Martha Stewart on the Sirius network.
Why bother? Because we are the Simon and Garfunkel generation. We know all about "People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening."
Because, at any age, we're afraid of the "Sounds of Silence."
To let go or be in control?
I see a lot of people struggling with those serious life questions in Vegas.
In a cocktail lounge last night, I watched a couple of young girls work the room. I told myself not to be an old fuddy. Sure, they forgot their bras. But they were wearing thongs.
Ann Pellegrini, an associate professor at New York University who writes abut the sexual politics of American childhood, recently told a USA Today writer that someone of an older generation might view today's fashions as too revealing, but young women may see the styles as a way to be proud of their bodies.
These girls were very, very proud.
"Self-control, dudes," I mumbled under my breath to the group of guys sitting next to me. I saw one of them pull a box of safe sexual products from his coat pocket, flash it at his pals and wink at the girls.
Whew! This grandmother was relieved.
My grandson answered the cellphone because his mother was driving, which is why the two of us – my grandson and I – ended up having this weird conversation:
"It must be great to get really old," he said.
"I'm sure it is," I reply. "But I'm not really old yet."
"You aren't?" he says. "Mom says we all have to be really nice to you because you're old. And when I said if you are 50 you aren't really old, mom says you are older than that. She says you're over 60, and we all said 'Wow that is really, really old … so can I have your dad's watch now? The one that goes in his pants?"
And I told him no, he could not. Primarily because the pocket watch belonged to my grandfather, and if he doesn't know the difference he's not ready to own it.
What I wanted to do was grab him by the shoulders and shake him and tell him that he's too young to own the watch and I'm not old enough to want to give it away.
I know I've spent a good number of years sliding down the razor blade of life, as satirist Tom Lehrer sings.
There have been milestones in these passing years – legal to drink; legal to vote; legal to have sex (well, that was a milestone in the "olden days.")
Then there was the AARP "milestone" because I turned 50 and was eligible for designation as a "senior."
(Which also makes me wonder why we 'turn' a certain age. Sounds like meat rotting.)
My children are all happily married and their children – my gorgeous "grands" – continue to amaze and inspire. I'm working. My house is warm and my automobile is full of gas. There's food – probably too much – in the refrigerator and pantry and I've even got a little money in the bank.
Sound like Pollyanna? Hey, do you even know who she is?
Pollyanna was a children's literature character almost a century ago. She played the "glad game," always seeing sunshine in any situation. As a character, Pollyanna makes private parts of your body hurt – you know what I mean?
Still, the philosophy has truth to it.
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looks like the bears have this under control (now leading 28-0)
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not much to say here
looks like the bears have this under control (now leading 28-0)
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
Are the Bears this good? Or is it the competition?
[~]) ... Cheers! Go Pacers!
Bear down can't wait for packs bears. We didnt game plan agasit them in the
final week of the sesaon. I expected us to play really differently from our last meeting together. Should be a great game
Big return by Leon
lovie smith is a very good head coach
good that the bears kept him
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
He hires good coaches to coach with him. I wouldnt say he is "very good"
he would have been fired after last season if his contract wasnt so big and didnt want a big buy-out
WTF Mike Martz ans Matt Forte WTF was that . INT MATT FORTE lol
If the Bears fired Lovie, theres very little chance they're playing right now. There is something to be said for organizational continuity, which is why I understand the colts holding onto Caldwell for another year.
Great play call by martz on 3rd and 1 TD bears
You're seriously comparing Lovie to Caldwell?
Even I think Lovie who I admit I'm not big on is better than Caldwell. The Bears just needed an offense they already have the defense and Special Teams.
I don't recall Lovie making boneheaded timeouts(although I could be wrong) while I don't consider him an elite coach he at least knows coaching 101 and has enough sense to let other people on the team who may know more than him in certain areas take the reins(Mike Martz on offense) Lovie has made the Bears more relevant the past 6 years than the previous coaches after Ditka have. You at least notice a difference with him.
Something I don't see Dead Eyes Caldwell ever doing. What exactly does he add to the team that anyone thinks is better?
A little of both the Bears are rather unpredictable but the Seahawks aren't that great away from Seattle and after Carlson got hurt the team's life was sucked out of them.
i agree with this we really needed a OC and Martz has done a great job and i love that Lovie went out and got him and Rod Marinelli and let him call plays on defense. Great moves by Lovie
Carlson loss killed them but the way Cutler played was really good proud of him.
wow really??
No doubt Bears have had a great year. They deserve all the credit. But I think they will run into the proverbial buzz saw next week despite it being at home.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
That ticket will be hellie exspensive Packers vs Bears NFC Chapionship game crazy.
So much for people saying we played in a week divison lions went 6-10 tied for last with the Vikings and Ethier the Bears or the Packers will be in the Superbowl
I think Jim would be more well regarded if Polian dedicated more attention to defense...the timeout situation never wouldnhave happened if the Colts dedicated any real attention to improving defense and special teams over then past 10 years. But the Colts are Polians team...the defense sucked even when we had the very defensive minded Dungy as the coach.
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im in the camp where i am thrilled to see GH3 re-sign with the Pacers.
observing one game i believe Indiana has to find a "true point gaurd." starting at pg Hill will take a beating (moreso than @ sg). can Hill sustain it for 82 games.
when Granger gets back it should take alot of defensive attn off of Hill.
This is not a George Hill trade thread because he is too versatile and valuable as a leader on this team.
Is there a Rondo type player in college or just a pure point gaurd anywhere in the league. If Hill were to miss anytime is Augustine a capable starter.
any points gaurds in the nba that would be a good fit for our young team. not advocating a trade thread just interested in knowing of any ideal fit.
concerned with Hill holding up at the pg position for 82 games + playoffs?


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A MAN who is accused of assaulting and threatening to kill his partner has been remanded in custody by a judge.
Benjamin Gough is said to have issued the threat to Amanda Tappin on Wednesday December 4 last year.
And the 31-year-old is also accused of assaulting her by beating during September or October.
No charges were formally put to the defendant, of Park Lane, and he did not enter any pleas during the brief hearing at Swindon Crown Court.
Judge Douglas Field adjourned the case to Friday March 14 and remanded Gough in custody until then.


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Veterinarians face off against PetMed Express
ORLANDO —Veterinarians got the chance to air their grievances about PetMed Express at the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) following attendee pushback about the online pharmacy's plans to sponsor and exhibit at the conference.
Dr. Doug Mader, NAVC's past president, says conference organizers expected some friction when PetMed Express approached them about participating in the conference.
"They wanted to be a sponsor and an exhibitor at NAVC. The board discussed it, and we were a little bit concerned because they don't have a lot of acceptance in the veterinary world," says Mader.But since NAVC has allowed other online pharmacies to exhibit in the past, it couldn't turn PetMeds away, he says.
"We had quite the backlash," Mader says, explaining that a petition was generated calling for a boycott of NAVC if the PetMeds exhibit moved forward and a number of attendees withdrew their registration.
NAVC couldn't tell PetMeds not to exhibit, but Mader says when organizers explained the situation, the company voluntarily dropped its plans to exhibit and agreed to participate in a panel discussion instead.
"We saw that there was a little bit of contention and said 'hey we're coming here for you, so if you don't want us to be there, we won't be there,' " says Bonnie Levengood, PetMed Express marketing director.
Levengood says the company saw the opportunity to participate in the panel as a way to address veterinarians' concerns and open new dialogue.
"I think (pulling out as an exhibitor) was the best thing that could possibly have happened," Levengood says. "We got great discussion, and it ended up being a positive experience even though there were some tough issues brought up ... it was a lot more positive than I thought it would be."
Alabama veterinarian and solo practitioner Dr. Doralee Donaldson, who created the online petition about PetMed Express' plan to exhibit at NAVC, says she doesn't expect the panel discussion to result in much change anytime soon. But Donaldson thinks the exchange raised awareness for PetMed Express about how veterinarians feel about the company. It also brought veterinarians together, she says.
"I didn't expect a change, and I still don't expect a change," says Donaldson, who was invited to participate on the panel after PetMed Express withdrew as an NAVC exhibitor. "(PetMed Express) seemed shocked that veterinarians weren't happy with them. And I'm not so sure how that could have been such a big surprise. They really thought they had good relationships."
Donaldson says she's not a political person at all, but was motivated to create her online petition when she saw PetMed Express was planning to exhibit at NAVC.
Her petition, which garnered nearly 150 signatures in about a week, was not a campaign against PetMed Express, but to protest the company's participation at NAVC, she says.
"I didn't think a company so against the profession needed to be at the conference," she says. "It just really irritated me."
Veterinarians in the panel audience of about 150 asked PetMed Express about its business practices, specifically about where it obtains some of its products and why it seems to market itself against veterinarians.
"Most of the people there had their own issues with them in the past," says Donaldson. "Their advertising had always been so negative ... and they really are not promoting going to see a veterinarian.
"All of us out there agree this has nothing to do with competition. It's not a matter of them being a competitor," Donaldson adds. "It's the whole way they market that has people upset."
Mader agreed that PetMeds' marketing message was the main source of contention for veterinarians at the NAVC panel.


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NEW YORK (AP) - The next Lay's potato chip will taste like chicken and waffles. Or cheesy garlic bread. Or Sriracha, a hot sauce often used in Thai dishes.
Lay's is letting potato chip lovers decide which one of the three will be its newest flavor. All of them will be sold at retailers nationwide starting this week. After trying them, fans have until May to vote for their favorites. The flavor with the most votes will stay on store shelves.
But if the two other flavors sell well, they may remain in stores, too, said Ann Mukherjee, chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay. "Who knows, we don't know what's going to happen," she said. "Our intent is to keep the one that people vote for."
It's the latest promotional stunt that tries to engage customers through social media and direct interaction, much as Hasbro's Monopoly did with its recent contest that ended with the addition of a cat game token and the demise of the iron.
Lay's Chicken & Waffles, Cheesy Garlic Bread and Sriracha were suggested by three people through the company's "Do Us a Flavor" campaign. A panel of chefs and flavor experts looked though about 3.8 million submissions and selected about 20 flavors to prototype. From there, the judges picked the three finalists. Mukherjee said each dish was cooked in the test kitchen and compared with the flavored chip.
Lay's adds about one new potato chip flavor every year, said Mukherjee. Last year it launched the Lay's Classic BLT, made to taste like the sandwich.
This is the first time in Lay's 75-year history that it has let U.S. consumers choose the company's next flavor. Lay's, which is a unit of PepsiCo Inc.'s Frito-Lay snack business, has held similar contests in other countries.
Frito-Lay first tried such a contest in the United Kingdom for its Walkers brand in 2008. Fans came up with Walkers Chilli & Chocolate and Walkers Cajun Squirrel. Builder's Breakfast, which tasted like a full bacon, sausage and eggs breakfast, won. But the flavor has since been discontinued.


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Some locals have been chanting this Pali line while 'sharing the merit with others': "Edam te punnakamma, asavakia viham hontu."
What they think it means is this: "By virtue of these [my] wise actions [having practised anapanasati] may all the cancers/hindrances be eliminated."
Is this Pali correct (it seems not to me), is it appropriate to use in this situation, and what's wrong with chanting gibberish anyway?


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Topic: Chemoembolization worked well
You can read my complete post about it here: http://johnur.typepad.com/my_weblog/200 … ition.html
But I just wanted to share that after two chemoembolization treatments at Johns Hopkins, my main liver tumor has shrunk 1.5cm (from 6.5 to 5.0) and much of it is in a state of necrosis. The doctor wouldn't go so far as saying it was completely dead, as there might be some cells on the edge of the tumor that could not be seen in the MRI... but she was very positive.
Of course, I'm happy - even more so because the treatments kicked my butt and I'm glad it was not for naught.
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They just showed Pacer highlights from tonight on NBA-TV, and they showed the big block by Freddie a couple times, noting how he hit his head on the backboard on his way down!!
That was pretty amazing. I expect to see that one again on Sportscenter on tomorrow's top 10 Plays of the Day.


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- In line with previous CDC recommendations regarding flu outbreaks and due to the widespread nature of the virus and limited capacity of CU residence halls, the university is not "quarantining" sick students.
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Repaired left wrist no concern for Stewart
Cubs third baseman Ian Stewart said his left wrist is 100 percent healthy after surgery last July, and he's been hitting this offseason with Hall of Famer Rod Carew in California. Stewart spends two weeks at a time in California with Carew, then goes home for two weeks to be with his family. He'll make his third trip to California on Monday.
Stewart had a bone removed from his wrist and admitted it took a few sessions before he could turn it loose.
"The last time I was truly healthy was 2010, and even then, I missed the last month with an oblique injury," Stewart said. "I did well that year, and the last few years has been a lingering wrist issue and I really believe I got it taken care of."


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Righty Gonzalez promoted to Triple-A
WASHINGTON -- The Phillies are finally seeing results on their $12 million investment in Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez.
The Cuban right-hander was promoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley from Double-A Reading on Friday after going 0-2 with a 3.14 ERA over 14 1/3 innings in a bullpen role.
"He was ready for that move," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said.
The organization converted Gonzalez from a starter to a reliever because of issues with his throwing elbow, and the change has significantly aided the right-hander's development, especially in terms of velocity.
Sandberg said Gonzalez is throwing his fastball between 93-97 mph. In addition, he's polished his breaking ball and changeup to become a legitimate three-pitch threat.
The key now for Gonzalez will be encountering more two-inning outings, which are the type of situations the Phillies expect the 27-year-old to encounter in the Majors.
"It sounds like he's really there as far as all that goes [health-wise], " Sandberg said. "Now, it's more about experiencing. He's done back-to-back days, but just to get him ready to really be usable at this level would be his next step."
Daniel Popper is an associate reporter for MLB.com. He also can be found on Twitter @danielrpopper. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Best type of brace for peroneal tendonitis
Can you tell me which type of ankle brace would be best to purchase for someone who has occasional peroneal tendonitis from exercise? I want to wear one while exercising in hopes to have more support for my ankle. Thank you.
Although your diagnosis may be correct, alternative causes for peroneal tendon pain include peroneal tendon subluxation (slippage) and/or a peroneal tendon tear.
It would be best for you to try on various ankle brace designs when you're having symptoms to determine if one style improves your symptoms and function more than another.
While trying on one and then another type, jump up and down as well as from side to side, run using quick stops and starts, rapid changes in direction, etc. - whatever it takes to reproduce your symptoms.
Ankle brace designs include simple elastic ankle sleeves, lace-up ankle supports with or without removable rigid side stays, braces which incorporate a variety of straps, as well as "stirrup" style ankle braces with or without hinges. There really isn't one particular design which is "best for peroneal tendinitis".
In addition to restricting foot inversion (turning the sole inward) and eversion (sole outward), any design will also typically limit the up and down motion of your ankle to some extent, any or all of which may reduce your symptoms, but which could also affect your performance, depending on which sport or exercise you'd like to do.
If trying on a variety of different ankle brace styles is without benefit, another option is to try using a lateral heel wedge in your shoe.
If your symptoms persist, consider consulting with your physician to determine why you continue to have symptoms, to establish a definite diagnosis, and to determine if there's any treatment program to prevent ongoing or recurrent symptoms.
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City-parish officials on Tuesday disputed fired Police Chief Dewayne White's claim this week that the Police Department is unlikely to come out from under a decades-old federal consent decree that forbids discriminatory hiring practices against black people and women.
"I think we're on the way to being released," Assistant Parish Attorney Dawn Guillot said.
"Unfortunately, it's a situation where we can do some things, but there are some things we can't help."
At a contentious termination hearing Monday, White said the Police Department "still is not doing enough to recruit and hire black persons and females," citing recent talks with the U.S. Justice Department.
Guillot said city-parish officials plan to meet with Justice Department representatives early next month to discuss the status of the consent decree.
The decree, which applies to both the police and fire departments, took effect in 1980 and applied to Baton Rouge and several other Louisiana cities and parishes.
"My appreciation is that they still wanted to look at the numbers and ask us a few more questions and meet with us some to get some more information," Guillot said. "I think after our March meeting, we'll have a better idea of what we need to do to try to meet those goals."
Baton Rouge and nearly three dozen other Louisiana cities and parishes entered into a partial consent decree in 1980 to resolve a claim by the federal government that the jurisdictions "engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination" against black people and women in the hiring and promotion of police officers and firefighters.
The government had contended the defendants "used entry-level and promotional examinations and other selection processes that had an adverse impact on blacks and females," according to court records.
Federal authorities had threatened to cut off revenue sharing and Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funds if discriminatory hiring practices were not ended.
The decree set forth an interim goal for the departments of filling at least 50 percent of all uniformed police and firefighter vacancies with qualified black applicants.
Nine of the 33 jurisdictions were dismissed from the decree between 1980 and 2004. Baton Rouge was not among the 20 cities and parishes — including St. Martinville, New Iberia and St. Landry Parish — that were released from the decree late last year and recognized for diversifying their police and fire departments.
The composition of black people and women among those departments "improved significantly and mirror the relevant civilian labor force in the hiring area," U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk wrote in a November order.
Baton Rouge has had more trouble recruiting and retaining minorities and women in part because the pool of qualified applicants is limited, Guillot said.
Smaller departments, meanwhile, have to find fewer minorities and women to diversify their ranks satisfactorily, she said.
Guillot said the city-parish does not have a specific quota to meet, and that the Justice Department has been more interested in analyzing the city-parish's approach to recruiting than examining "just straight out numbers."
"I think the goal is to try to make the process to where you eventually want it to reflect the population of the city," Guillot said. "When you're talking about discrimination in a statistical manner, you're usually trying to match the population of the entity."
Justice Department officials confirmed that Baton Rouge remains under the consent decree but did not respond to questions Tuesday about whether the city-parish had made progress.
White's attorney, Jill Craft, stood by the ousted chief's statements, saying Tuesday that racial and sex discrimination in the Police Department has been a long-standing issue that "really needs to be addressed."
"I think what the chief was receiving from the Justice Department is they were not satisfied with the progress or initiatives of bringing in African-American and female employees into the Baton Rouge Police Department," Craft said.
While law enforcement remains a "male-dominated profession," the Police Department has made efforts in recent years to diversify, said Lt. Don Kelly, a police spokesman.
"Consent decree or not, it's definitely on the mind of our recruiters and our agency to try and hire, first of all, the best candidates we can get," Kelly said.
"But at the same time, you do want to have a department that is diverse and that reflects the population you serve, and that's a reality and goal that we strive for all the time."
Kelly said the department's recruiting office reaches out to minority communities through appearances at job fairs, churches and universities.
"The biggest thing is our own officers telling their friends and their family about the job that they have and being salesmen for the department to try and recruit good, quality people that they know to come join us," Kelly said, "and that's where we get the majority of our good applicants from."
Nearly 90 percent of the city's police officers are men, Kelly said. About 69 percent of the department's 687 officers are white, Kelly added, while about 29 percent are black.
The 2010 Census estimated the city's population to be 54.5 percent black and about 39.4 percent white.
In 1980, when the consent decree took effect, city police had 326 commissioned officers. Only 34 — or about 10 percent — were black. Women made up about 19 percent of the force at the time, according to news accounts at the time.
The challenges of retaining female recruits was highlighted this week at the onset of the department's 79th Basic Training Academy. Of the 30 recruits, only four were women, Kelly said. Two women — including a black woman — quit after the first grueling day of training, he said, as did one male recruit.
"In many cases it's not that the effort is not being made," Kelly said. "It's just that there are only a certain number of qualified, willing applicants who want to come do the job and can make their way through all of our processes."
Kelly added, "What you don't want to do — and what we've always tried to avoid doing — is lowering our standards."


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Industry leaders are anxious to hear more details of a planned customs inspection station in Tijuana that will for the first time allow Mexican and U.S. officials to screen shipments of fresh produce before they reach the U.S. border at Otay Mesa, Calif.
The facility could handle 200 trucks per day, said Alejandra Mier y Teran, executive director of the Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce. She attended a sneak peek of the facility in October and speculated the change in Mexico's administration after an election may have set back the opening of the facility temporarily.
Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, Nogales, Ariz. said the little-known pilot project near Otay Mesa may prove a valuable concept for other ports.
"I hope that if it works they extend that same sort of thinking to Nogales, which is a much bigger port of entry for fruits and vegetables," he said.
No details are being released about the pilot project by U.S. officials.
"The project is still under development with the government of Mexico," said Angelica De Cima, San Diego, Calif.-based spokeswoman for the Office of Field Operations with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, She referred questions about the project to Mexican officials. De Cima gave no estimated date when the facility will open.
According to Mexico's Ministry of Finance, Mexico and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection signed an arrangement to implement a cargo pre-screening pilot. The program will focus on high-volume agricultural commodities with the goal of more efficient border movement, the statement said. The pilot program is scheduled to last 180 days, and may be extended with the mutual consent of CBP and SAT, according to the agreement.
Requests for additional information or questions regarding the participation in the pilot program should be directed to Luis Alfonso Torres, Administrator de la Aduana de Tijuana Baja California, at (664) 624-2230 or email@example.com.
Mexican and U.S. officials won't comment further until they are ready to unveil the facility, said Rudy Camacho, a former U.S. customs director in San Diego and currently a business consultant.
The facility, a few hundred yards south of the U.S. border at Otay Mesa, is already built, Camacho said.
"It's a class-A facility with plenty of doors and a lot of floor space," he said.
It features a secure road to the U.S. border, he said.
Camacho speculated that legal and international issues are being ironed out between the countries, in addition to decisions about user fees and types of commodities that will be inspected.
The project will be successful if it addresses the issues of security of the officers at the facility and attracts Mexican growers, shippers, importers and carriers that meet guidelines for CT-PAT (Customs Trade-Partnership Against Terrorism) and FAST — Free and Secure Trade programs.
"The bottom line is the value added," he said. "Are they going to get through the process of exiting Mexico and entering the U.S. faster than they are today?"
Camacho said the facility is designed for time-sensitive cargo such as fresh produce, he said, allowing shipments to pass through the U.S. port with minimum delay, saving time and fuel. Strawberries, tomatoes and cucumbers are among Mexican produce likely to be screened at the facility.
"I think it is a major advancement and this is an opportunity to do something in this business climate that helps all of the business players while at the same time enhancing security," Camacho said.
The North County Times (San Diego) reported Jan. 3 that the facility was built by the Mexican government and is one of three pre-screening pilot projects in Mexico. Others will be in Nuevo Laredo, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez near Santa Teresa, N.M.


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Miller will be associated with the AICGS Foreign & Domestic Policy Program, which explores the factors shaping important domestic and foreign policy debates in the United States, Germany, and Europe as they pertain to German-American relations. As a Non-Resident Fellow, Miller will contribute publications and essays to the Institute's website and newsletter and lend his expertise in comparative and German Constitutional law to projects and events analyzing the new strategic and economic realities, societal change, and cultural differences facing American and European leaders.
"The AICGS is at the forefront of transatlantic intellectual life and has tremendous influence on policy in the U.S. and Germany," Miller said. "My association with this prestigious Institute will enrich my research, expand my network, and enhance my collaboration with our students."
A prolific scholar, Miller is also the co-founder and co-Editor-in-Chief of the German Law Journal, one of the world's leading platforms for scholarship and commentary on law from a transnational perspective. The Journal's English-language treatment of comparative and international law attracts more than two million site visits from more than 50 countries each year. More than 20 Washington and Lee law students help edit and produce the Journal.
Miller's first programmatic contribution as an AICGS fellow was to organize the recent "Transatlantic Constitutional Dialogue" between North American scholars who work with German constitutional law and a contingent of the German Federal Constitutional Court's law clerks who are visiting Washington, D.C. Held on Sunday afternoon, April 17, the program featured a lively, free-flowing discussion on the topics "Human Dignity Inflation in the Constitutional Court's Jurisprudence" and "Relations Between the Constitutional Court and International Courts: Dialogue, Cooperation, or Conflict?".
Along with 50 current and past Constitutional Court clerks, the program featured contributions from Miller, Professor Peter Quint of University of Maryland School of Law, and Professor Armin von Bogdandy, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Public International Law (Heidelberg, Germany). The program was co-hosted by the AICGS, the German Historical Institute, and the German Law Journal.
Miller joined the W&L faculty in 2008 after six years at the University of Idaho College of Law. Prior to becoming a professor, Miller was a judicial law clerk for Judge Robert H. Whaley of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, a criminal defense attorney in Arizona and Tennessee, and a 1999/2000 Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow in Germany. During the 2009/2010 academic year Miller was as a Fulbright Scholar and conducted research in Heidelberg, Germany at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Public International Law.
Miller graduated from high school in Salmon, Idaho, earned a B.A. while lettering in football at Washington State University, took his J.D. and a M.A. in English literature from Duke University, and received his LL.M. from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.


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Nair Hair Remover Lotion with Baby Oil Reviews
Harsh on Skin, Hair RemainedI didn't have a good experience with this, even though I bought it a few times. I don't have dark or heavy hair. This merely irritated my skin and removed NOTHING! I am more than a little annoyed. — 4 years, 4 months agoGigiSD | 1102 reviews
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Chemical burnThis stuff gave me a chemical burn even after I tested it in a small area and it came out fine. It is intensely chemically scented - which is noxious. It did get rid of the hair, but ended up being incredibly painful. — 5 years, 9 months agoTheLacqueredLady | 751 reviews
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Love/Hate RelationshipI have PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome) and as a result, have excessive hair. I love the idea of applying a cream and rinsing off, leaving behind clean, soft skin, but there are many issues with this product. First of all, it is not "goof-proof." When I was in my tweens, I used Nair to remove my facial hair and I now have two scars above my lip from a chemical burn. I am in my early thirties an...read mored it appears that I have "fine lines" around my mouth, which I don't. Yes, maybe I should not have been "experimenting" with hair removal so young without a parent, but the risk of burn shouldn't exist. Period. Additionally, you can use this product one day, with perfect results and no discomfort, and the next time your skin will tingle, burn or become red and itchy afterwards. It's a bit unpredictable at times. It's also incredibly smelly and runny. I have tried their thicker products (e.g. Brazilian Clay Shower product) and do like these better and have had no issues, but I think that Nair should improve their technology on this basic item that has been around forever. I used to use the Sally Hansen version that was thick, MUCH better smelling and more gently. Believe it or not, it also had a better price point and yummy fragrances. Wish I could still find it! — 5 years, 4 months agopixie_dust | 492 reviews
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Cheap and works, but stinky and not gentleI use a razor to shave my legs, but for my arms I use hair remover lotion or wax because I don't like razor shaving stubble on my arms. And when I am on budget, I usually buy this Nair's hair remover. Yes, the best part of this product is the price! I usually pay only $5+ for a big 9oz bottle. The directions suggest to leave the lotion on for about 3 min, but I usually keep for 4-5 min for my hair...read more. The worst part - this stuff smells really really bad. At least, it passes my most important test - it removes my hair (both thick and thin). After wiping off the lotion, my skin sometimes get itchy and irritated. Thus, I will never ever use this one on sensitive parts of my body like bikini area. Also, it takes some time to rinse off the slimy stuff completely. Despite containing baby oil, a follow-up with a good body oil/lotion/butter is a must for me. Shaving is definitely faster to get rid of unwanted body hair. Even though this hair removing lotion is certainly not at all flawless, I have been using this one for years due to the good price. But as soon as I find a better product, I am ready to dump this one. — 6 years, 10 months agoluckybetty | 895 reviews
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Sucker!Ok so I thought this would work better than Veet. Yeesh! I had to take this off before it even got to working. The strong chemical scent made it unbearable for me. I'd rather stick to Veet and a razor. — 6 years, 2 months agosweettpea29 | 280 reviews
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Use At Your Own RiskOkay so I used to use this a lot-- it worked at getting my hair off for a good amount of time & never irritated my skin. I also didn't really mind that it stinks a lot. So why did I stop using it? Well I started going to beauty school & learned this stuff is really bad for your skin. Think about it: your hair & skin are made up of the same thing basically & this contains very strong chemicals mean...read moret to dissolve hair. Of course, some people -- me included-- never have a problem but you can actually develop a problem out of nowhere. If you insist on using this, make sure you test it on a small area of your body before a full application like the bottle advises. I actually met a lady who developed severe discoloration on areas she used Nair one day out of the blue after years of using this product without incident. I highly recommend sticking to shaving or waxing over this! — 6 years, 3 months agorunee89 | 299 reviews
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careulIt does remove hair, but not to the root. Carefull how long you leave it on. 8 minutes max. — 4 years, 2 months agoKelseaT | 168 reviews
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It's okayThis removes a good percentage of my hair, but really left so much behind, I needed another method to remove the rest. I am fairly hairy so it is possible that someone with a finer grade of hair may find success with this product, but it didn't work well enough for me and my hair removal needs. It left my skin feeling soft afterwards, but not hairfree. — 8 years, 11 months agomvap47 | 345 reviews
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Works great for meI use Nair on my legs and my girlie parts and I'm very pleased with the results. Waxing just isn't for me and neither is a hairy body. This stuff is always in my bathroom closet. And the price couldn't be better unless it was free. — 8 years, 1 month ago23Amber | 146 reviews
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Undecided . . .I've used this product quite a few times now and I'm not sure how I feel about it. First of all I must say that I have really thick and curly (coarse) hair. So someone with thinner hair would probably have a different experience with this product. Anyways, when applying this to my legs I have to use a very thick layer for it to work well, which means I have to use about half the bottle. Not good. ...read moreThen I have to leave it on for the max amount of time (about 10 min.) and deal with the odor (which, after awhile, doesn't really bother me.) Then, after waiting the 10 minutes, I have to SCRUB the cream off with a wash rag (not recommened, according to the directions) and rinse. My legs are somewhat sensitive, so they itch until I put lotion on. HOWEVER, my legs feel SO soft afer I use it and the hair is less visible than if I were to just shave. And I'm able to go 2 days without being self-conscious about the hair on my legs. So again . . . really . . . undecided. But I probably will be using this again in the future. — 6 years, 4 months agoNaturallyBoho | 8 reviews
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This old wooden box is about three inches in lenght. The top slide open lenghtwise. I have no idea what it is for other then to store snuff ? It's been handed down in the family. I have no idea how old it is. The sculptured top may help someone identify this box.


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Topic: Foundation Meetings in Houston
I want to give a very brief update on our meetings in Houston. I am out of town for the next few days and will give a more lengthy update when I return.
We had a great meeting with Dr's from MD Anderson on Friday evening. We spent about 2.5 hours discussing cholangiocarcinoma and what we could do together and independently to make a difference.
We discussed sponsoring a National Database of cancer centers treating cholangiocarcinoma. This will be a place where physicians will input patient treatments, course of disease and other critical data, that will be accessible to other physicians treating cholangiocarcinoma. Can you imagine how amazing this will be for patients.
We are also excited to announce that this summer we will be starting the first annual fund-raising campaign for cholangiocarcinoma. We will use the money raised from this annual campaign to support young investigator grants focused on research in cholangiocarcinoma.
Also, we have added a new board member. One is loved by all of you. Marion Schwartz. Marion will continue to head up the advocacy end of things for us, but her input on the board will be invaluable.
I think Sara will update on a few more of the specifics and then you will be able to sit back and watch Rick go. He has already begun as he has added donate buttons for those who want to donate from Canada and Europe. Thanks so much for your patience with this, we are trying to make things as easy as possible for everyone.
My heart feels like it could burst. It could not have been a more encouraging meeting and I got to spend a weekend with people I adore, serving more people that I adore. Who could ask for more than that!
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Since this thread seems pretty active and it's tangentially ( lol, puns ) related to the discussion, I'll leave this here...
I've been rebuilding my drive this winter and have had a thought that I need you guys to give me feedback on:
I started thinking about the reach back and pull into the power pocket separately from torso rotation and have come to a realization about timing ( I think ).
Stand up straight and hold a disc out in front of you and move the disc into the power pocket without torso rotation. Now you are in the right pec position or thereabouts.
Now the fun part is to go into the whip, again without torso rotation. I've found that, for me the disc "bounces" out of the right pec at about 120 degrees from my chest.
All I have to do is to is perform that 30 degree twist at the right time to keep the disc following a straight line from the beginning of the reach back to the rip.
I've been doing this out in the field and it feels right, but isn't all there yet.
Am I nuts?


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MINI Motors Incites Passion with Real-Time Content Marketing (Video 2)
December 4, 2013
Executive Summary
MINI is an automobile company with a cheeky brand personality the marketing of which must break through against larger competitors. In the U.S., MINI's creative campaigns have ranged from real-time social volleys with other brands to turning a moving car into a live concert venue. Lee Nadler, marketing communications manager at MINI, shared case studies exemplifying the company's belief that real-time marketing means a company should be present, relevant, responsive, and prepared to be spontaneous.
View highlight video below.
"MINI Motors Incites Passion with Real-Time Content Marketing." Lee Nadler, Marketing Communications Manager at MINI. ANA Real-Time Marketing Conference Presented by Starcom, 12/04/13.
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The Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries was set up in the wake of the first direct elections to the European Parliament in 1979. Between 1994 and 2004, the Delegation was also responsible for relations with the Gulf States. Since the 2004 elections, the Delegation's remit has been limited to the four countries in the Mashreq region:
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria
The so-called Arab-spring developments and the following political transition processes in the region countries since the beginning of 2011 have been the main focus areas of the Mashreq Delegation. In this period, Delegation has especially concentrated on the following topics with the representatives from the countries in the region and relevant experts on the region: Effects of the Arab revolutionary movements in the region countries, the war in Syria and the efforts of international community to solve the problem, the destabilising effect of the Syria war in the region, particularly in Lebanon; humanitarian crisis of the internally displaced people and religious minorities in Syria and refugees in the neighbouring countries, problems posed by the huge refugee influx in the neighbouring countries; the tumultuous political transition process and harsh crack down on political opposition in Egypt; the political reform process in Jordan; the EU's response to the developments in the region and the assessment of the new European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) renewed in the light of the developments in the region.


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What are you doing Wednesday? If you don't have any plans, you may want to hurry up and come up with something.
Quick hint: It's a day that's very special. (Quick jog down memory lane: your anniversary, maybe; child's birthday, possibly, like this guy.
Wednesday will be December 12, 2012 -- get it, 12/12/12. We think it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate since you may not be around for the next repetitive date of 01/01/01 or January 1, 2021.
If, by chance, you don't get a chance to celebrate this calendar oddity, you can already prepare for your next numerological fix on November 12, 2013 (11/12/13).
It's not like we're going to celebrate with Prince and party like it's "1999" or hang out with American Idol winner Ruben Studdard who's "Sorry for 2004." but check out some of our suggestions about ways to celebrate the special day.
Plus, share with us in the comments section below how you plan to celebrate 12/12/12.


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For example, the ceiling projector (also called
a ceiling light or cloud searchlight) is used in conjunction with a clinometer or alidade
to determine the height of the cloud ceiling at night. The ceiling projector shines a
narrow beam of light up to the cloud base. The angular elevation of this spot of light is
measured by a clinometer (portable instrument) or alidade (fixed instrument) some distance
away from the projector light but on the same horizontal plane. The cloud height Z, is
determined by the relationship
Z = L tan E
where L is the horizontal distance between the projector light and the detecting
instrument and E is the elevation angle of the spot of light.
One problem with the nighttime measurement of cloud ceiling occurs when it happens to
be snowing, when specular reflectance of the falling snow flakes can cause a false light
spot to form well below the cloud base and therefore give a ceiling height that is much
too low.
"Alidade" is derived from French and Latin words which describe the revolving
radius of a circle, while "clinometer" is derived from the Greek words
"clino" (meaning bed or horizontal plane) and "meter" (meaning to
The ancient Greeks and Romans observed that one of the brightest of the stars, Sirius the
Dog Star (located in the constellation Canis Major, which is Latin for "greater
dog") rose in conjunction with the sun during the six weeks of mid-summer. Hot and
sultry weather, which depleted the energy of humans and caused vegetation to wilt, was
often experienced during this period and was attributed to the evil effects of Sirius. In
the United States, the dog days occur between mid-July and early September, while in
western Europe they run from July 3 to August 11.
This term has been misconstrued to refer to the time of summer when dogs are most apt to
go mad. Like other mammals, dogs exposed to high temperatures and high dew points will
exhibit stress symptoms such as increased panting, change in diet, increased thirst, and
lethargic behavior, but I don't know that they go mad more frequently. Some researchers
have associated higher crime rates in U.S. cities with the dog days, and one researcher
has found that aggression among Major League Baseball players is increased during this
period of summer.
Though we felt the dog days of summer in Kentucky during July, they have been relatively
mild in August so far, with most locations reporting only one or two days with
temperatures of 90 degrees F or greater.
information about types of thunderstorms can be found at the University of
Illinois Atmospheric Sciences Dept.
"Freshet" is derived from Scottish
and Middle English terms and has three
meanings: (1) a running stream of fresh water which empties into salt water (as in Shakespeare's "He shall
drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him where the quick freshets are"); (2)
in cold climates, the annual spring rise in streambeds which occurs with snowmelt runoff;
(3) a sudden great rise in a stream when it overflows its banks due to heavy rain or
snowmelt runoff, causing a local scale flood (much of this has occurred in Kentucky this
"Coulee" is taken from the French word for flow, and may refer to channeled
flow or sheet flow off a landscape into a lowland area or basin. "Coulee"
sometimes refers to a steep- sloped valley such as the Grand Coulee of the Columbia
River basin in the western U.S. Coulees feed into Devils Lake, ND, which has no natural
outlet and therefore has been growing in size due to abnormally wet years recently. With
abundant snowmelt runoff this year, Devils Lake is expected to grow and perhaps surpass
its maximum estimated historical size which occurred in 1830.
information about this experiment is available on their web site:
The interceptometer is the old name given to a rain gage or
collection device that is placed underneath the vegetative canopy and allowed to catch the
drip from the leaves and stems, or the throughfall which is not intercepted. This catch is
compared to that of a rain gage left in an unshielded open setting in order to estimate
the amount of rainfall being intercepted.
When the winds
first start during the increasing daylength up to the summer solstice, they are modest
(10-20 mph) and intermittent, usually occurring in the early part of the day, then
diminishing in the afternoon and evening. These are called the keras-meltem by the Turkish
people because they occur when the cherries (keras) are ripening and being picked. After
the summer solstice, the northerly winds become stronger and more persistent, sometimes
blowing all day at 25 to 35 mph. These winds are called the karpooz-meltem by the Turkish
people because they occur when watermelons (karpooz) are being harvested.
Daily ozone forecast maps and health risks for major cities in the
United States can be found on the Internet at the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation web
Additional information about ozone and health risks can be found on the Internet at the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraton Public Affairs Office web site:
Load limits or
lines were designated as FW (fresh water), S (summer), W (winter) and WNA (winter in the
North Atlantic). For merchants carrying goods to and from India, there was an additional
Plimsoll Mark, IS (Indian Summer), but this actually a misnomer. It was meant for the
October to April period in the Indian Ocean when the summer monsoon season had ended and
seas were relatively calm. Loads could be greater during this time.
In fact, expected or prevailing weather is an important factor in designating load
limits on merchant ships both on inland waters and in open seas. Since its inception, the
Plimsoll Mark has been partially based upon the seas traveled, the time of year, and the
prevailing weather. Where the weather historically produced rougher seas with larger
swells, Plimsoll Marks designated lighter load limits for ships. If these lines or marks
were not rigidly observed, shipping companies could be fined and their insurance policies
could be cancelled.
VAFTAD stands for Volcanic Ash Forecast Transport and
Dispersion Model and is used in conjunction with the numerical forecast models of the
National Weather Service to predict the track and dispersion of ash plumes. The chief
purpose of this model is to provide alerts for aircraft route forecasting since ash plumes
can present a severe hazard to high flying commercial aircraft. A number of historical
cases document aircraft problems with turbulence and stalled engines when flying near or
through ash plumes.
In Kentucky, for example, the recurrence interval for a rainfall rate of 2 inches per
hour is about 25 years. The recurrence interval for a six inch rainstorm in a 24-hour
period is about 100 years in southern Kentucky.
The magnitude of floods on major watersheds can be characterized in the same way.
However, the measurement record on floods is just over 100 years. The characterization of
the flooding this spring in Kentucky as a "500 year flood" is speculation and
not based on the statistics of a record period of that duration. In this sense, it is a
highly uncertain statement.
A similar concept
is that of the "saddle-back." It is a term used by both meteorologists and
pilots to describe a certain type of cloud pattern that looks like a saddle. A saddle-back
is the cloudless, quiet air overlying a lower cloud deck but between two towering cumulus
congestus or cumulonimbus clouds. Jet aircraft can often fly above these menacing cloud
forms, but low flying aircraft will sometimes fly through the saddle-backs to avoid longer
detours around the thunderheads.
Three somewhat arbitrary subdivisions of twilight have been used
historically to define outdoor visibility.
Civil twilight refers to the interval of incomplete darkness that occurs
when the sun's center is approximately 6 degrees below the horizon. The amount of light is
still sufficient to carry on outdoor work without the aid of artificial light.
Nautical twilight refers to the interval of incomplete darkness that
occurs when the sun's center is approximately 12 degrees below the horizon. The amount of
light is still sufficient to navigate using visible features on the surface of water or
Astronomical twilight refers to the interval of incomplete darkness that
occurs when the sun's center is approximately 18 degrees below the horizon. There is no
discernible horizon glow left over the sun's azimuth. Stars (sixth magnitude) directly
The duration of twilight varies considerably with latitude and season. The daily path
of the sun across an observer's celestial sphere will be significantly different near the
equator versus the poles for example. The rotational speed of the Earth and changing
angles of the sun make it so. At the equator civil twilight my last only 21 minutes and
vary little from season to season. At our latitude civil twilight may vary from 30 to 40
minutes, while at high latitudes civil twilight in the summer can literally last all
"Vorticity" is defined
as positive if it rotates counterclockwise about a low pressure cell (storm system) in the
northern hemisphere. Vorticity about a high pressure cell with clockwise rotation in the
northern hemisphere is defined as negative.
This can be illustrated using the righthand rule. Hold out your righthand with the
thumb pointed upward and curl your fingers slowly (they will rotate counterclockwise).
This is an example of positive vorticity (with your thumb pointing upward), with your
fingers pointed in the direction of the flow. Now place your righthand with your thumb
pointed downward and slowly curl your fingers (they will rotate clockwise). This is an
example of negative vorticity (your thumb pointed downwards), again with your fingers
pointed in the direction of the flow.
A weather forecaster who describes the upstream weather pattern as having positive
vorticity is referring to the approach of a storm (low pressure center and associated
front), while the approach of negative vorticity usually brings high pressure and a more
stable weather pattern. The relative strength of vorticity is sometimes observable in
animated satellite views.
Vorticity is a standard calculation made by many numerical forecast models which helps
meteorologists determine what the future three dimensional states of the atmosphere might
look like, in time steps ranging from 3 hours out to 72 hours.


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A MAN broke both his legs after crashing his car into a tree in Crompton Way.
Traffic came to a standstill while emergency services rescued the driver after the crash, which happened at about 5.30am this morning.
The accident happened near the junction with Blackburn Road as Bolton was battered by heavy rain and wind.
The man, believed to be in his twenties, was cut out of his Red Ford Escort by fire crews before being taken to the trauma centre at Salford Royal Hospital.
It took police until 10am to clear up the crash, which destroyed the car.
The driver's injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
A police spokesman said: "The driver was taken to hospital with breakage to his legs.
"His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening."
Commuters took to Twitter to share their concern for the driver.
Ste Whitehead wrote: "Not looking good with whatever has happened on #A58 Crompton Way, Astley Bridge. Road closed. Hope everyone involved is ok."
One Twitter user, called 'Dicko' added: "Looks like a nasty car accident on A58 crompton way, outside Lidl. Road closed. #bolton #traffic"
The tail end of ex-hurricane Bertha slammed into the UK on Sunday, bringing with it heavy rains and strong winds as a severe weather warning was placed over all of the UK.
The main brunt of the storm arrived at 3am yesterday morning, but it is expected to continue today with a "heightened flood risk", the Environment Agency said.
Volunteers from the Red Cross were mobilised and placed on standby last night, after Friday evening's weather saw much of the east of England struck by flash flooding, forcing the evacuation of some residents.