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Coffee Talk: The Clean Put Over
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Hey fans, Savior here with another edition of Coffee Talk. As the title suggests, this post will be about the perception of the top stars of the industry throughout the years, and the backstage politics that helped...or hurt, their careers. What motivated this is a combination of two things; the overwhelming hatred for Hulk Hogan, and the consistent complaining about John Cena. That's a pretty wide gap in generations. Hogan being the biggest star of the 80's and into the 90's, and Cena for the better part of the last 5 or 6 years. In between these two, however, is a slew of top stars during certain eras. These stars ranging from Bret Hart to HHH. I'm sure it's not secret the politics HHH plays, but let's take a look at everyone else.
So strap yourselves in. Grab your cup of joe, latte, steamer, capuccino, espresso, 5 hour energy, spoonful of chocolate icing, whatever your poison is, and let's enjoy some Coffee Talk.
So as I stated in my intro, many big stars have come and eventually have gone. We're going to take a look at these stars and see what backstage influence they had. Whether they put their egos aside and actually put people over in their careers to help a fellow superstar. It'll be interesting to see why people don't hate these other guys the way they hate Hogan, for virtually the same thing.
Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Diesel/Kevin Nash
Post the Hulk Hogan glory days, things in wrestling switched gears. Bret The HItman Hart took the reigns of the WWF and led the company into the post-Hulk Hogan era. He won an untelevised match against Ric Flair and gained his first of many WWF championships. I was a huge wrestling fan then. I never missed a Monday Night Raw...or Prime Time Wrestling hosted by Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon for that matter. When I look back on it, The Hitman was probably the greatest wrestler I've ever seen. He was an impeccable technician in the ring and when push came to shove, he could get down and dirty with the best of them. What kind of politics did he play in the behind the scenes aspect of wrestling in the early to mid-nineties I wonder. I think back and outside of putting over his brother in law in England, and his brother at Wrestlemania, I can't really think of a time he went down clean to someone. In fact, they actually started to build on the idea of Bret always getting screwed in his losses. He faced Diesel when they were both faces and the match went to a double DQ, and he retained his title. He lost to Sid, but only after Shawn Michaels interfered. Other notable matches included a loss to Bob Backlund by way of Owen Hart screwjob. A win over The Undertaker where Stone Cold interfered and inadvertantly cost Taker the title. And even the Iron Man Match against Shawn Michaels, went past the one hour time limit before he took the fall. He's had other phenomenal matches over the course of his career during his many title reigns, and everytime he dropped the belt, there were shenanigans involved. Did he play politics in the lockerroom? Well, if you think he didn't, you're just kidding yourself. Diesel and Shawn Michaels speak for themselves. Diesel was moreso the politician after moving on to WCW while Shawn Michaels positioned himself to be just as influential a politician as Hart which led to their rivalry.
Stonecold Steve Austin, The Rock, HHH
Bret Hart moves on after the Montreal Screwjob and HBK retires due to a severe back injury. This set the stage for the new, and very popular, Attitude Era led by Stone Cold Steve Austin. Now, I find it interesting that everyone likes to jump down John Cena's throat about hogging the spotlight, not taking a back seat, so on and so forth. Think back, fellow Attitude Era lovers, to Stone Cold. Can you think of one time he went over clean to ANYONE? Or how about a major storyline that was the focal point of Raw and didn't involve him? The fact is, we can't really think of any. Why? Because they don't exist. Stone Cold was in the midst of everything. Hell, even The Big Show lost his debut match against Austin via the Stone Cold Stunner, virtually burying him for the rest of his career. Stone Cold lost the title to Kane in a First Blood Match that was faked and involved shenanigans, only to win it back the next night on Raw, killing any chance of Kane continuing his unstoppable monster route. Stone Cold, upon his stardom, never put anyone over. Makes you wonder what kind of politics he played in those days. I mentioned two other wrestlers during this era. One being The Rock and the other being HHH. These two, unlike Austin, while hogged the spotlight a lot post-Austin, did their share of putting people over in the process. The Rock putting Stone Cold over himself on several occasions, and HHH has put over just about everyone, regardless of his position backstage. He put over everyone he's faced. The Rock, Goldberg, Steiner, Batista, Chris Benoit, and later in his career, he's put over Cena.
Stone Cold Steve Austin, not so much. The only time I can remember him putting anyone over clean was against The Rock when his career was virtually ended.
Hulk Hogan all the way to John Cena
I've already broken down everyone that can be considered a top main person in the wrestling world. I'm talking leaders of the company type. So let's do the Alpha and Omega of where we stand now. Hulk Hogan. I watched Hogan put over The Ultimate Warrior. I watched Hogan put over Lex Luger. I watched him put over Sting. I think that just about does it until the end of his career and his last run in WWE, where he put over The Rock, Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, and maybe a few others. Hogan has had a long road in this industry. One where he was always on top, and always the focal point, no matter if he had the title or not. I mean, Sgt Slaughter and his Iraqi gimmick takes the title off Ultimate Warrior, and then Hogan wins the day after that. Hogan speaks for itself. Once we started gaining access to information a little more, that's when these things became apparent. And then...there's John Cena.
John Cena hasn't put anyone over clean, other than The Rock at Wrestlemania 28, since taking the top spot in the company. Hell, it may even be a little worse than Stone Cold in the AE. The start of CM Punk's run with the title, came during a triple threat where there were shenanigans. When he lost following the infamouse Pipe Bomb, there were situations that played into it. He couldn't even put over RVD at ECW One Night Stand in a situation that would've been golden and wouldn't have hurt him in any way. He failed to do it then, he failed to do for Punk in Chicago. He doesn't do it. He refuses to do it. Anyone who thinks he's not a politician backstage really just doesn't get it.
The Future
With everything laid out in this blog, now we look to the future. Cena won't be around forever, so we look to the rest of the potentials. The favorites are CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, and Dean Ambrose. The fact is, once Cena goes away, if these four are to represent the top guys comparable to Hogan, Macho Man, Sting, and Ric Flair. Comparable to Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and Diesel. Comparable to Stone Cold, The Rock, and HHH. Then logic suggests, there will be politics at play. And it will. Everyone's love for these guys may assist you in turning a blind eye, much like it did for everyone who loved Austin and The Rock. But it's an inevitable fact. Punk will play politician. Bryan will play politician. If Ziggler and Ambrose are the other two guys, they will play politician. The time will come when they aren't going down clean to anyone. When they lose, there will be cheating and screwjobs and the only ones they'll be putting over are each other. I wonder if everyone will hate them, the way they hate Hogan, HHH, and Cena. Who knows. Hopefully, these guys will be the next leaders and we'll see what happens.
I hope you enjoyed reading this blog as much as i enjoyed writing it. My cup of joe is done.
Enjoy the rest of your week. Enjoy Summer Slam. And Be Safe.


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The U.S. Attorney's Office is proposing to dismiss a case in which former Humboldt Creamery CEO Richard Ghilarducci has sued the office for not discharging its liens on two of his properties.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Saltiel filed a motion Nov. 20 asking the court to dismiss the case with prejudice. He said Ghilarducci's complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. In addition, Saltiel's motion asks the court to put the net proceeds from the sale of Ghilarducci's property toward his restitution debt.
Ghilarducci, 52, was sentenced in May 2011 to serve 30 months in federal prison and to pay $7 million in restitution to nine named victims for his role in a bank fraud case in the Eel River Valley. He filed a motion in July 2012 with his wife Lana Ghilarducci seeking an order directing the government to discharge its liens on two of their Rio Dell properties. The couple sold those properties and want to keep the proceeds.
Court documents indicate United States Attorney Melinda Haag agreed to the Ghilarduccis' request to sell the properties Aug. 23, 2012. The court approved of the property sales, so long as the net proceeds were paid to the clerk of the court to help facilitate restitution payments.
Ghilarducci's complaint alleges his wife is entitled to 50 percent of the proceeds from the property sales because it is community property. Court documents show he is also alleging the provisions of his plea agreement, which allow restitution to be paid in $100 monthly installments, preclude the government from exercising its lien to collect restitution.
Saltiel's motion disagrees with Ghilarducci's allegations.
"A majority of federal courts have concluded that such a payment plan does not limit the government from pursuing other means of securing restitution," the motion states.
The motion goes on to state that community property is available to satisfy restitution judgments.
"There is no claim that the property is Lana Ghilarducci's separate property, or was purchased with her separate funds," the motion states. "The entire net proceeds from the sale of the property is subject to (Richard) Ghilarducci's obligation under the restitution order."
Ghilarducci's opposition to the U.S. Attorney's Office motion for dismissal is due Dec. 7. A reply by the U.S. Attorney's Office to the opposition is due Dec. 14, according to court documents.
The next court date for the case is set for Dec. 20 in San Francisco before U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer.
Megan Hansen can be reached at 441-0511 or email@example.com.

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After all that Reggie gave to Indiana, the game of basketball, and Indiana fans do you think he should get a statue in front of Conseco like the one of Micheal Jordan in Chicago or Magic in LA?
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After all that Reggie gave to Indiana, the game of basketball, and Indiana fans do you think he should get a statue in front of Conseco like the one of Micheal Jordan in Chicago or Magic in LA?
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Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
No question about it.
Originally Posted by Suaveness
Oh, you've done it now. Stern's secret police are gonna burn Able's server farm to the ground to keep this hush hush.
Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!
No Brainer. I would be surprised if this has is not already in the works
Why Not Us ?
Okay, I'm the only who has said no so far. I love Reggie, but in my opinion, to get a statue, you have to be above and beyond great. Jordan delivered six championships, so that is not a fair comparison in my mind.
Now, if he does get one, I won't be mad. I just don't think he merits one, though in my mind it is a close call.
Stockton and Malone already have one between them 0 Championships.Originally Posted by Granville
It signifies the enormous impact he has had on the franchise.
Why Not Us ?
Thought provoking topic. At the risk of being accused of heresy, I vote with Granville on this. Though I personally think erecting a staue of a sports figure is a little too far south of where I would be comfortable drawing the hero worship line, to the extent that I would consider it, the person honored would have to be, beyond any reasonable doubt, the most siginificant figure in the franchise.
Though I doubt the majority of you would agree with me on this, I would submit that both Larry Brown and Donnie Walsh have made more significant contributions to the franchise than Reggie did.
And I say that as one who greatly admires #31 and believe he's richly deserving of a spot in the Hall of Fame.
I said no because its a tad pretentious for Indiana. Hang his number and set up a display to honor him inside the arena.
Reggie is the league's all time leader in 3pt FG's, 3pt FG's attempted, and 4pt plays. Reggie is 12th on the all time scoring list. Reggie is 22nd all time in FGs made. He's 6th all time in minutes played. He is 7th all time in FT percentage. He is 17th all time in minutes per game. He's 10th all time in FT's made. Reggie played 18 seasons with one franchise (I know there are a few things I forgot so if anyone remembers them feel free to add the in). If that isn't above and beyond great I'm not sure what is.Originally Posted by Granville
It's great to see you back MJB, but I don't agree with you on this one. I don't worship Reggie, I just think greatness deserves to be rewarded with something great.Originally Posted by mboyle1313
Well, my feeling is that if the most successful franchise in the history of the league doesn't line their streets with statues of some of the greatest players to ever play the game, then why should we? All they do is hang their numbers. Of course, if the Celtics have put up statues then this arguement goes nowhere.Originally Posted by Pacers#1Fan
P #1 Fan,
I agree, though it appears that our definition of great differs. I think hanging a player's number in the rafters is great (and suffucient recognition for any player), and I think the Pacers are one of the few franchises that have limited this honor to those that are truly deserving.
If reggie doesnt get a statue something is seriously wrong with our organization
His number retired is a fitting reward to Reggie Miller's days as a Pacer. To me thats very fair. If he had lead the team to multiple World Championship, I'd be on the statue bandwagon.
Even Bill Russell , who lead the Celtics to 11 titles in 13 years has no statue.
Originally Posted by mboyle1313
When you put it like that I start thinking about a Slick Leonard statue.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Yes, Reggie should have a statue...and I believe Boyle and Slick should have giant bobblehead statues too.
Sorry, I didn't know advertising was illegal here. Someone call the cops!
I voted "Yes" to the statue but I can certainly understand some of the dissenting voices I've read here and can't even diagree with them. ...BUT, I couldn't stand in the way of a movement to see Reggie get a statue.
He had a special career as far as Pacer (NBA) players go. With the statue would be to honor him or to honor him AND symbolize an era in Pacer basketball I couldn't argue against that.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I say make a public poll to the citizens of Indiana, and ask them.
Mr Boyle, though Donnie and possibly Larry had a lot to do to help this franchise get off the ground, no one has been a bigger icon in Pacers sports than Reggie. He is who the people love, who they go to the game to see, who they think about at the end of the game. He is absolutely loved in this state. For that reason I think it is worth considering.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
If Rocky can have one, why can't Reggie?........Although I guess Rocky was a long time heavyweight champ, with 10 title defenses before he could no longer duck Clubber.............
No.. Jordan didnt deliver six championships... does 30 ppg and clutchness and teamleadership mean that you are always responsible to deliver a championship? Look at Allen Iverson and do u see him with a ring? Look at Kobe Bryant alone.. do u see him geting anywhere without shaq? This is a team game...Originally Posted by Granville
Sure Jordan was good, probably the best ever.. but no single basketball player can make a Team WIN, but he can make them slightly better... Bulls team was carried by 5 starters who was All-Stars and probably the best bench players ever (Toni Kukoc etc.) and with the best Coach ever and franchise it cant be that hard to win a championship... Even when Phil Jackson wanted to quit, Jordan was threating to retire... Even when Scottie Pippen wanted to change team, Jordan again was threating to retire / quit / change team...
What im trying to say is that Reggie ALWAYS stayed there, all his Coaches came and left, all his teammates came and left.. He never complained, He always listened to the coach, He never was a Ballhoger, he STILL stayed there and tryed to do the Impossible thing and damn it was close and fun to watch.. He build the Pacers, A true Professionall, He ALWAYS referred to younger players and taught them everything... Look at Jermaine Oneal, even tho Reggie could average 20+ ppg he instead helped Jermaine to become what he is today... We all thought Reggie was old and could not play anymore, but no.. he was just building these players.. and when he Left today, he left the ULTIMATE Team who is gona win the 2006 Championship..
This is the kind of people that diserve a Statue!!
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I think this is quite an interesting question as well. Its hard to say what makes a man worthy of being immortalized with a statue. I don't think we have a whole lot of statues memorializing single individuals in Indianapolis, do we? Has Reggie done so much for this city that he would warrant such an honor? I'm frankly not sure. I am Indianapolis through and through, but I don't know enough about the history of the city. Benjamin Harrison is a famous former resident, though did he do anything for our city? Mozell Sanders, another guy important in our city. I guess we have to make things relative. That's all that I would throw into the conversation.
I did vote for the statue but somewhat before considering all the implications.
"Sometimes, when you look Andy in the eyes, you get a feeling somebody else is driving." -- David Letterman
I don't know about a statue, but IMO the most important individuals in the history of the franchise are:
1a. Slick - totally ignoring his coaching career and his work in the broadcast booth, the telethon was his idea, and it kept the Pacers in Indy.
1b. Donnie - a shrewd GM, he's done a pretty remarkable job selecting players and in selecting coaches.
3. Reggie - joined the club when it was still losing and eventually turned it into a perrenial winner, having a pretty decent career along the way.
A statue, maybe not. But I could certainly go along with a new mural somewhere in the lobby.
Mark, you are way more knowledgable about this than I am. I understand why you'd put Larry Brown, based on the strides we made as a team during his 3 seasons here, but because he left us before we completed the work I don't feel he deserves a statue or any other recognition but he was huge for us. I agree with you that Reggie shouldn't get a stand alone statue. I'd like to see a statue with Reggie and Donnie together depicting Reggie's signing. My case for Reggie is simple. I think his loyalty and consistency over 18 seasons set the precedent for all future Pacers. We also might not have had as much success without Reggie, and we may not have the interest we have now from young and old if it hadn't been for Reggie. Some have used MJ's example from Chicago, and MJ obviously deserved his statue, but he was drafted to a team in one of the largest markets in the country. Reggie came to a little cornfield town. Now Indy has gotten much bigger and is much more diversified. How much he had to do with that is incalculable, but it is apparent by the international flavor the Pacers have and the comments those folks have made about Reg that he had a significant impact on the fan following the Pacers enjoy. Donnie Walsh is the greatest All Star to come from the Pacers without ever donning a uniform. He's a no-brainer, so the two together would seem appropriate considering the tie they share. The round bronze plate in the center of the rotunda would look good if it was supplanted by a life sized depiction of Reggie and Donnie at Reggie's signing! JMO.Originally Posted by mboyle1313
I voted no even though I already know they are working on a statue.
I think that a retired jersey is plenty, along with the love of a franchise. But as has said before if they ever do actually go ahead & make the small statue I've seen go big then I won't be mad either.
I like the comment about Walsh & Brown bringing more to the team than Reggie.
Even a known Walsh basher like me has to step back & realize that both Brown & Miller were brought here by Joe Walsh (I love calling him that).
However then I have to step back & think, well the Simons brought him in & stuck with him when many (mostly me) wanted his head on a pike in front of M.S.A. so maybe they deserve a little more credit here as well.
I'll rank mine like this
1. Slick
2. Simons, Walsh, Brown
3. Brad Miller........ Just kidding


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Belarusian biathlete Darya Domracheva claimed a hat-trick of gold medals in Sochi after triumphing in the women's 12.5km mass start.
The 27-year-old made a positive start and took what would prove to be a crucial lead after roughly a quarter of the race was completed.
She would not surrender that advantage and sealed yet another success at the Winter Olympics, following golds in the 15km individual and the 10km pursuit.
"It's amazing to be here because I dreamed about it, to be an Olympic champion, from my childhood. But to get three - dreams do come true," she said.
Domracheva's time of 35 minutes 25.6 seconds was just over 20 seconds quicker than her nearest rival, with Gabriela Soukalova earning silver and Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff claiming bronze.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White became the first couple from the United States to win ice dance gold in an exciting night of figure skating at the Iceberg Skating Palace.
The duo posted a new record total score with 195.52 points, made up of another record of 78.89 points for finishing first in the short programme on Sunday night and a season's best from the free dance routine.
It was enough to leapfrog Canadian rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who pipped Davis and White to gold at Vancouver 2010.
With a tally of 190.99 they had to settle for silver in what was set to be their last competitive appearance while, to huge roars from the local fans, Russian couple Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov came third with 183.48.
Alexander Zubkov smashed the track record to steer hosts Russia to two-man bobsleigh gold at the Sanki Sliding Center.
Zubkov and brake-man Alexey Voevoda stretched their overnight lead with a third run of 56.08 seconds when they returned to the track on Monday night.
And a fourth and final run of 56.49secs proved enough for Zubkov to take gold with a 0.66secs advantage over silver medallist Beat Hefti of Switzerland.
Hefti, a three-time former Olympic bronze medallist, finally upgraded to silver with two solid final runs to see off Steven Holcomb of the United States by 0.22 seconds.
Germany made Winter Olympics history after claiming a third gold medal in the men's ski jumping team final at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Centre.
Despite trailing to Austria heading into the penultimate round of jumps, Andreas Wellinger and Severin Freund put in impressive leaps to prize gold away from their neighbours and help Germany become the first country to win three gold medals in the event since its inception in 1998.
In what proved to be an intensely competitive final, Freund's jump of 131.0 - the last of the evening - meant that Germany took the title with a score of 1041.1, just 2.7 points ahead of their close rivals.
Austria took the silver medal, having won gold in the previous two Games, with a score of 1038.4, while Japan claimed bronze on 1024.9 points.
Anton Kushnir made it double gold-medal glory for Belarus after he claimed victory in the men's freestyle skiing aerial final at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. He watched countrywoman Alla Tsuper take gold in the women's equivalent on Friday.
David Morris of Australia took silver, while China's Jia Zongyang claimed bronze.


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Here's my latest Frame by Frame video episode, directed and edited by Curt Bright, on the AIP Beach Party films from the 1960s, just perfect for the current heat wave we're having. Enjoy.
As William Asher, the director of most of the films in the series, told me during an interview in late 2004, "I got a call from my agent. He said, 'AIP called, and they want to know if you want to do a beach picture.' Well, that was a natural, because I was a surfer from way back. When I lived at the beach, I used to surf all the time, so I had a real connection to the whole thing. So I said, 'sure,' and I went over to AIP, knocked the script into shape, and shot it.
The first picture we did, Beach Party, was shot in 12 days, for about $350,000, in Panavision and Pathécolor, so it had a decent budget. And when we were shooting it, I knew it was gonna be huge. It was a teenage dream; the perfect world.
But working at AIP had problems. With Jim Nicholson, I got along great. Arkoff hated me; he didn't like me. Nicholson was the creative one, and Arkoff was the businessman. Arkoff hated the idea of the beach pictures; he just didn't think they would go. He came down, and watched the first day's dailies, and just said, 'this will never work.' So Nicholson would baby me along, and tell me not to pay any attention to Arkoff, and that's the way we worked.
We shot those films very quickly. Since the whole schedule was 12 days, we had no rehearsal time at all. Frankie Avalon was great to work with. I just got along great with them; Frankie, Annette, Harvey Lembeck, the whole cast. I don't know why that was. I just had a quality that they liked.
We had a big hit with Beach Party, and then I shot Muscle Beach Party, Beach Blanket Bingo, and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini. I loved making these films; it was the way that I wished that I'd lived my childhood. They're really fantasy dreams of what it's like to be young. Nobody ever got in trouble, no matter what they did. Nobody got pregnant, and there was no drinking, or cigarette smoking, or drugs. It was just a beautiful dream of what it was like to live in California at the time.
The scripts of were sheer nonsense, but they were fun, and positive. It was the life I wished I'd had growing up. When kids see the films now, they can get some idea of what the 60s were like. The whole thing was a dream, of course. But it was a nice dream."


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The proposal by Pollock Financial Group of Portola Valley is the latest in a recent wave of large office developments targeting Palo Alto. The application has come in less than a year since the City Council approved a similar project at the intersection of Lytton Avenue and Alma Street and at a time when the council is wrestling with two much larger office proposals for 27 University Ave. and 395 Page Mill Road.
The Pollock project, which the council is scheduled to discuss Monday evening, targets a site that for decades has served as a surface parking lot for VTA's bus riders. The agency placed the site on the market about two years ago and recently chose Pollock as the buyer. The developer is looking to build a four-story building with a three-level underground parking garage.
For this vision to become reality, the city would have to rezone the site to a "planned community" zone — a designation that allows developers to exceed existing density and height regulations in exchange for "public benefits." Under Pollock's proposal, these benefits would include the widening of Page Mill Road to create a dedicated right-turn lane onto El Camino Real; the dedication of the widened portion of Page Mill to the city; an upgrade to the pedestrian tunnel under El Camino Real, near the Mayfield Soccer Complex; and a contribution of $750,000 toward upgrading the lights on the soon-to-be-renovated commercial stretch of California Avenue.
The applicant has also offered to widen sidewalks beyond the minimum design standards for El Camino and to purchase Eco passes and Caltrain passes for all employees at the site for 10 years. In the application, Pollock also argues that the project itself is a benefit that would "further advance Palo Alto as a regional and national leader."
The council's discussion on Monday will be a study session, which means that there will be no votes or decisions made.
Though the Pollock project has yet to undergo a public review, it has already generated opposition from one neighbor. Jeffrey Morris, manager of Morris Page Mill (MPM), the owner of an adjacent parcel at 2701 Page Mill, wrote in a public letter that his company and the residents of the Sunrise Assistant Living Facility, which occupies the parcel, have "strong objections" and plan to oppose the Pollock proposal. The project, the letter claims, is too dense and is incompatible with the neighborhood. Namely, it would diminish the residents' views, add traffic congestion and "impose an unreasonable burden on the residents of the Sunrise facility," Morris wrote.


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TIP OF THE DAY: Hiding "Strays" Courtesy Mark Townsend
Celebrity stylist Mark Townsend is forever putting the last minute touches on his famed clients before red carpet appearances and events.
When Modern's Beauty and Fashion Director Maggie Mulhern met with him at the Elizabeth and James show during fashion week, she asked him if her hair looked ok before an interview. He said NO and pulled out one of his favorite tools to attack a stray.
In this video (44 seconds) Townsend demos how he addresses fly-aways. A great TIP OF THE DAY? We think so!


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Where's the U.S. on Verification and Compliance?
"Verifiable." That is arguably the most important word in the Bali Action Plan, the agreement two years ago that launched the global climate negotiations about to culminate in Copenhagen. Our future climate commitments and actions, governments agreed, must be "measurable, reportable and verifiable."
This construct is critical because, done right, "MRV" offers the promise of a global climate agreement in which countries can confidently ascertain whether others are doing what they promised.
Yet many governments now seem decidedly uncomfortable with the concept. Developing countries say MRV shouldn't apply to any actions they take on their own, only those receiving international support (a point underscored last week by China when it announced its new carbon intensity target). In the case of a country like China, that means virtually none of its actions would be subject to international verification.
The United States, for its part, has offered up an MRV proposal that avoids the term verification altogether. This is a worrisome omission, one that underscores perhaps the most glaring weakness in the U.S. position going into Copenhagen – its absolute silence on the question of compliance.
There is much to be said for the U.S. proposal (see pages 10-11 of this draft negotiating text). It would require that each major economy submit an annual greenhouse gas inventory, probably the most important measure of a country's overall emissions performance. It also would require that each report every two or three years on its implementation of the actions it's agreed to, and the resulting impact on emissions. Both the inventories and the implementation reports would be subject to international review. All are important steps to ensure greater transparency.
But the proposal wouldn't explicitly require verification – either national or international – of the information being submitted. And the final stage of review, as proposed by the United States, would simply be an open session of all parties in which a government describes what it is doing and others get to comment and ask questions. This so-called peer review provides some measure of international scrutiny. But as an agreement's only means of assessing compliance, is it enough?
We think not. It's all too easy to imagine this "interactive dialogue," as the U.S. describes it, being a polite ritual in which countries tacitly agree to be nice with one another. At best, we get an inconclusive debate: a party claims to be in full compliance with its commitments and others disagree. As a legal matter, the question of compliance is effectively left entirely to domestic regimes. And while the United States may have good reason to believe that its own are sound, can it trust that others' are as rigorous?
We believe parties will have greater confidence in other parties' performance, and in the agreement itself, if that agreement establishes a means to independently determine whether or not countries are in compliance. That, in fact, is one of the core messages from a key group of moderate Democratic senators in a letter they sent to President Obama today affirming the need for a binding international agreement: "The agreement should include provisions to enable a clear determination of whether countries are complying with their international commitments."
One approach, which we describe in a recent policy brief, is an implementation committee appointed by the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties and empowered to make compliance determinations. In cases of noncompliance, we would argue for a largely "facilitative," rather than punitive, approach – that is, one geared toward helping a party identify and overcome obstacles to implementation. The implementation committee should, however, be able to bar a party from participating in international emissions trading or crediting if it does not have the prescribed accounting infrastructure.
International compliance is always a sensitive and somewhat murky issue. Some agreements (including the Kyoto Protocol) go further and prescribe penalties for noncompliance. But in the case of climate, there is zero chance that developing countries would agree to that, and a number of developed countries (the United States perhaps among them) would balk as well. There is a strong case, in any event, that the most powerful compliance incentive often is the threat of "naming and shaming" – exposing a country to international censure, and the reputational costs that entails.
But for there to be effective shaming, there needs to be effective naming. And that is why, at a minimum, a new climate agreement has to provide for a clear determination of (non)compliance.
The question of compliance goes beyond verification (the latter is typically a technical assessment of the accuracy of reported data, whereas the former entails a legal judgment of a party's performance). And there is no reference at all to compliance in the Bali Action Plan. But other parties have raised the issue in the negotiations. And State Department lawyers made sure in Bali that the Bali Action Plan was worded in a way that allows the introduction of issues not explicitly listed. This would appear to be a good candidate.
Developing countries are certain to resist any form of compliance mechanism – they have not yet even consented to subject their national reports to international review. But that should not keep the United States from pressing the issue. As we've seen before, an agreement that's negotiable isn't necessarily one that's ratifiable. Calibrating the U.S. position to what China will accept may get us the first, but at the cost of the second.
The aim in Copenhagen is an interim agreement that delivers immediate pledges and action and, hopefully, lays the foundation for a final agreement next year with legally binding commitments. Compliance is likely among the issues that will not be resolved there. What is critical is that whatever is agreed in Copenhagen does not foreclose the possibility of a sound approach that makes countries genuinely accountable to the international community.
Elliot Diringer is Vice President for International Strategies


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Net worth: $7.3 billion
Forbes billonaires rank: 47
Age: 60
Education: Has an MD from the University of Witwatersrand, a Master's degree in science from the University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Witwatersrand.
Background: Soon-Shiong was 16 when he completed high school, and at 23 he received his medical degree. His wealth comes from being a founder of two pharmaceutical companies, American Pharma Partners and Abraxis Bioscience. He sold APP in 2008 for $5.6 billion, and in 2010 sold Abraxis for $2.9 billion.
He is now working on bringing a digital revolution to healthcare, commerce, and digital entertainment through a company he founded called NantWorks. One project involves developing an application to give doctors information about a patient's DNA by linking the data to the latest scientific research.
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FIREFIGHTERS were called to tackle a roof blaze at a home in Droitwich.
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) attended the scene along Hanbury Road just after 5.30am today.
Two fire crews from Droitwich station attended and assessing the seriousness of the incident, requested additional support. An extra pump from Bromsgrove was then dispatched to the address along with a further pump and the aerial ladder platform from Worcester. The Incident Support Unit from Droitwich was also called to assist with the salvage operation while police attended for traffic management.
Firefighters in breathing apparatus tackled the fire with two hose reel jets and water supplemented from the canal using a light portable pump. The height of the aerial ladder platform was used to help remove roof tiles during the incident, and ceilings at the property were also removed to expose the beams to ensure the fire was fully extinguished.
Station commander Mark Strutt praised fire crews, explaining that their rapid intervention helped restrict the spread of fire. He said: "The fire is believed to have started in a woodburner stove in the house and then spread into the roof space."
He estimated that around half of the roof was destroyed during the blaze but that damage to the rest of the property had been contained, with only a small part of the first floor affected. No one was injured.


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Let the World Listen Right
Drawing from the deep well of documentary film on the Delta blues by ethnographers Bill Ferris, Alan Lomax and others, University of North Carolina student filmmakers Ali Colleen Neff and Brian Graves sought to document contemporary practitioners of Delta musical traditions. Neff, a UNC Folklore M.A. student who has been working with hip-hop, blues and gospel artists in the Delta since 2004, invited Jerome Williams (A.K.A. Top Notch the Villian), a Mississippi hip-hop artist, to collaborate on the half-hour piece, which follows Top Notch through the Delta's cultural landscape.
Filmed over the course of a summer in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Let the World Listen Right provides insight into the rich musical interactions of the Mississippi Delta while documenting the dreams and struggles of young people in the region today. The piece is tied together with hip-hop performances by Top Notch and Da Fam as well as performances by blues artist Terry "Big T" Williams and gospel singer Martha Raybon.
Folklorist Ali Neff prepared the pop-up notes in the transcript . We recommend that you open the transcript and scroll through it as you watch the film.
An excellent film reflecting a contemporary freestyle hip-hop artist drawing from the traditional Delta blues. In the lives of TopNotch the Villain, Da FAM, and the blues and gospel singers in the film, we see a compelling portrait of contemporary music in the Mississippi Delta.


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WITHAM Town kept the pressure on leaders VCD Athletic with a win against visiting Brentwood Town.
Witham secured a 1-0 Ryman League division one north victory to keep them two points behind VCD with a game in hand.
Tom Wraight scored in the first minute to give the home side the lead.
And Witham managed to hold on to this slender lead for the rest of the match to claim the three points.
But Athletic also had a winning touch with an emphatic 6-1 victory against Burnham Ramblers.
But it was the Ramblers that took the lead at Leslie Field with Billy Hunt giving them the lead on six minutes.
But three goals in five minutes put paid to the home side's challenge.
Michael Power equalised on 12 minutes, Sherwin Stanley gave them the lead two minutes later and Nick Reeves added a third on 17 minutes.
James Duckworth made it 4-1 on 21 minutes and two late goals at the end of the second half from Albert Brayley and Sam Gent wrapped up the win.
Maldon and Tiptree fell to a 1-0 defeat at Chatham Town.
A Matt Solly penalty on 53 minutes proved to be the decider.
Heybridge Swifts kept their play-off challenge on course with a 3-1 win at Romford.
The visitors held a 1-0 lead at half-time thanks to a Michael Toner goal on ten minutes.
However, Romford equalised through Nick Reynolds on 56 minutes.
But Swifts regained the lead three minutes later through Ben Newson.
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And how is physical food to be regarded? Suppose a couple, husband & wife, taking meager provisions, were to travel through a desert. With them would be their only baby son, dear & appealing. Then the meager provisions of the couple going through the desert would be used up & depleted while there was still a stretch of the desert yet to be crossed. The thought would occur to them, 'Our meager provisions are used up & depleted while there is still a stretch of this desert yet to be crossed. What if we were to kill this only baby son of ours, dear & appealing, and make dried meat & jerky. That way — chewing on the flesh of our son — at least the two of us would make it through this desert. Otherwise, all three of us would perish.' So they would kill their only baby son, loved & endearing, and make dried meat & jerky. Chewing on the flesh of their son, they would make it through the desert. While eating the flesh of their only son, they would beat their breasts, [crying,] 'Where have you gone, our only baby son? Where have you gone, our only baby son?' Now what do you think, monks: Would that couple eat that food playfully or for intoxication, or for putting on bulk, or for beautification?"
"No, lord."
"Wouldn't they eat that food simply for the sake of making it through that desert?"
"Yes, lord."
"In the same way, I tell you, is the nutriment of physical food to be regarded. When physical food is comprehended, passion for the five strings of sensuality is comprehended. When passion for the five strings of sensuality is comprehended, there is no fetter bound by which a disciple of the noble ones would come back again to this world.
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LEBANON -- Friendship Christian improved to 9-2 on the season with a 45-8 win over Marion County Friday night at Pirtle Field. FCS will travel to 10- Signal Mountain Nov. 12 for the second round of the Class 2A playoffs.
The No. 3 seeded Commanders opened up a 28-0 first quarter lead and never looked back -- sending Marion County back home to Jasper with a record of 5-6.
MT. JULIET -- The Golden Bears improved to 9-2 overall and defeated McGavock 56-28 Friday night. Coach Roger Perry's team advances to the second round of the Class 6A playoffs.
Mt. Juliet will travel to Rutherford County Nov. 12 to take on Smyrna -- a 38-16 winner over Brentwood High.
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In the United States, the words "liberty" and "justice" have been central to discourse about public issues of every sort—both those commonly considered domestic and those considered foreign. The notion that liberty and justice are peculiarly American values is based, in part, on the idea that America represents a complete rupture from the Old World, a place to begin again separate from corruption and limitation. Yet rupture or complete separation—represented by such dichotomies as New World and Old World, domestic and foreign—has always been a fiction that ignored multiple kinds of mixing and hybridity. Today, America is present in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economically, culturally, politically and militarily; and the MENA is present in America in multiple if asymmetrical ways. In recent years, nonetheless, U.S. leaders--confident that most of the citizens they lead still believe their country is an exception to all others, the "land of the free" that provides "liberty and justice for all"--have attempted to create a "new Middle East" through public diplomacy, sanctions, and regime change. They have used the rhetoric of liberty and justice--expressed as a concern either to protect their own freedom or to spread democracy, human rights, and women's rights--as a principal justification for their actions. Surveys indicate that many residents of the MENA admire the same ideas of liberty and justice but feel that, in their relationship with the United States, they are being dealt the opposite. Thus, many Middle Eastern religious and political leaders critical of U.S. actions also employ the rhetoric of liberty and justice as a rallying point. At stake in these contexts are exactly what liberty and justice consist in and how they can best be achieved.
In democracies like the United States, rights emerged historically within a frame: there were limits on who was entitled, who was fully human. Although proclaimed in the abstract ("all men are created equal"), rights appeared as part of a process of exclusion that defined who counted as part of the national community. The logic of exceptionalism, even when marshaled to increase liberty and justice, seems to depend on continuing exclusions.
This conference will examine current and past encounters between America and the MENA with a particular focus on the many ways notions of liberty and justice have informed, or might inform, those encounters. The conference call for participation suggested that participants address the following topics:
How have literature, film, music, television, blogs, and other forms of expression and media, explored liberty and justice in the encounters between America and the MENA?
How have political and religious leaders used liberty and justice?
What part did the exclusion of African-Americans and Native Americans play in the emergence of the rights of white Americans? What might we learn from this history about current U.S. discourse on Muslims and Arabs?
How have liberty and justice informed U.S. interactions with Latin America, Asia, and Canada, and how do these compare to current interactions with the MENA?
Have ethnic, religious, and sexual minority groups in the MENA found U.S. rhetoric about liberty and justice useful in their own struggles?
Have immigrants to the United States from the MENA faced a struggle for justice and freedom that has marked their identities, their communities, and their literatures?
How do attempts to apply rights universally--such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and groups such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Criminal Court—compare to recent rhetoric and actions of U.S. leaders? How has the relationship between justice and international law evolved in the context the unfolding U.S. encounter with the MENA?
How do notions of liberty and justice enter into teaching American studies in the Middle East and teaching Middle East studies in the United States?
How do these values enter discussions of academic freedom, women's rights, just wars, torture, and prisoners' rights?
Do these values have an important role in state relations or is that an exclusive realm of interests and power?
Can an empire be just? Can an empire provide liberty? Do notions of justice motivate suicide bombers and others who kill civilians?
How have notions of liberty and justice been interpreted by those who pass back and forth between America and the Middle East (travelers, diplomats, missionaries, journalists, academics, tourists)?
Might potential new political leadership in the U.S., Iran, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, or other countries affect the prospects for, or interpretations of, liberty and justice?
In the relationship between the U.S. and the MENA, how have concepts of economic justice affected discussions about poverty, oil, sanctions, privatization, trade, and development?
Why does U.S. media so often represent Beirut as a dangerous place? Are these representations out of proportion to the statistical reality of danger? How do dangers in the U.S. compare to those in Lebanon? What projects are served by the propagation of fear in either context? Are such representations connected to the rhetorical use of notions of liberty and justice? How do the fears they magnify affect the prospects for actual liberty and justice?
The conference will bring together scholars from North America, the Middle East and other regions. In an attempt to engender new insights and perspectives, the conference will provide considerable time for free interaction. In recent years, several new American studies programs have appeared in the MENA. A working session will explore the dynamics affecting American studies programs in the region, their problems and prospects. Approximately one month after the conference, presenters will have the opportunity to submit their papers for inclusion in a proceedings volume that will be internally refereed.
The Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) at American University of Beirut was launched in 2003 with a major gift from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud. It is an independent academic center that seeks to promote better understanding between the people of United States and those of the Arab world through teaching, research and outreach efforts.


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Good day , has anyone had any luck with Stan Melax 's convex hull code ? I tried to integrate in my works and i found it leaks memory quite a lot. I couldn't fix the problem since the leaks aren't reported by visual studio with accuracy. I know that the code is used in bullet and in other software , how can it be if it is a memory eater ? By the way i tried to refactor it using stl with no luck. It is very difficult to follow and it is written in a criptic way, actually there are even pieces of code that do absolutely nothing!
Ok, problem solved, i wrote my own convex hull library ,thanks to anyone for the help
Would it be usefull for anyone if i posted the code here ?
I'm sure it would be :lol:
cheers, Paul
Is this a 2d or 3d convex hull? .edit: ah 3d. Obviously, as the 2d convex hull algorithm is dead simple
I was thinking to do an article on that , only if it would be of any use, because it would take a considerable amount of time.
Just posting the code here would be fine for now
Thanks for your hard work v71
Quick hull should be pretty simple to implement for 3D as well.


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Firefighters in Wiltshire will join a nationwide 24-hour strike next week.
The Fire Brigades Union announced today that firefighters in England and Wales will strike again overa pensions dispute after the Government confirmed it would implement a new scheme without further negotiations.
A 24-hour strike, the longest yet in the three-year campaign, will take place from 9am on Thursday, with another strike set to take place from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, June 21.
Between the two strikes firefighters will also not carry out any voluntary overtime - needed by many fire and rescue services to maintain fire cover - or conduct training of strikebreakers between the start of the first strike and 9am on Sunday, June 22.
On Tuesday FBU officials had met the fire minister, Brandon Lewis, in the hope that discussion could continue.
Matt Wrack, general secretary of the FBU, said: "The minister has decided to bury his head in the sand, but he must accept that firefighters simply will not give up fighting for their futures, and our fire and rescue service.
"It is as ever a difficult decision for us to take, but the only way for us to resolve this unnecessary and costly dispute is for the Government to start listening to reason."
Firefighters typically now pay over £4,000 a year from a £29,000 salary, and the Government has announced they will impose another increase in 2015.
The FBU says increasing numbers of members are considering leaving the pension scheme as a result of its decreasing affordability — posing difficult questions over its sustainability.
Under the government's proposals, firefighters who are forced to retire before the age of 60 as a result of ageing will have half of their pension taken away.
The two strikes will be the 13th and 14th over pensions, the first being held on Thursday, September 24.


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South Indian Style Payasam
Serves 4
Wash the rice twice to remove all the starch. Combine rice and 2 cups of water to a pot on a high flame and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the rice is cooked, about 15 minutes.
Add the jaggery or brown sugar and 2 1/2 tablespoons of ghee and let the mixture simmer, stirring continiously until the mixture starts to thicken to thick custard like consistency, about 10 minutes.
Garnish with raisins and cashews and serve hot or cold.
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The Three 'Rs' Challenging Today's Radiologists
The Three 'Rs' Challenging Today's Radiologists
Anger, frustration, uncertainty, helplessness, and fear are commonplace emotions in the doctor's lounge or dining room these days. We have gone from the most admired profession to what seems an endangered profession in a single generation. Radiologists, in particular, have never been well understood even by our medical colleagues.
However, there is hope. As intelligent, well-educated individuals, we have alternatives and there are definitely things that we can control that can help us create the positive, satisfying life that we all seek. From changing the way we practice our specialty to using a comprehensive, wealth management approach to plan our way to financial independence, there are things we can do. I'd like to share my perspective on the challenges and suggest some possible solutions.
I took up golf later in life. A few years ago I signed up for group lessons with a new friend. While we waited for the lesson to begin, my friend asked what a radiologist does. I explained as best I could. The part where I had to have enough knowledge to consult with specialists in every field of medicine impressed him. The kicker: Other physicians don't consider us real doctors.
That confused him but just then we were summoned to the driving range. The instructors came down the line asking us our names and occupations. When it was my turn, the word "radiologist" had barely left my lips when the guy behind me pronounced loudly, "They aren't real doctors, you know." A moment later I learned his occupation: dermatologist. Ouch!
The absence of radiologists in popular TV shows such as "House" and "Grey's Anatomy" bodes very poorly for us as a specialty. Perhaps the worst portrayal of my specialty occurred in the pilot episode of "ER." Eric Lasalle plays a surgeon who is giving the intern, played by Noah Wylie, a tour and tells him to ignore the radiologists completely "because they are all idiots." Okay, most doctor shows are pretty unrealistic, especially all that sex in the on-call rooms, but recently I was eating lunch in the doctors' dining room seated at the table next to a table of orthopedic surgeons. One of them told a colleague that he should only talk to two radiologists in our group; the rest were idiots. Not only was I an idiot, I had become invisible, too. Apparently, the television scripts have a basis in reality, after all.
Another increasing trend involves our referring colleagues "throwing us under the bus." Some referring physicians find it easier to tell a patient that the radiologist missed something or did something wrong rather than to explain the limitations we operate under or to accept any personal responsibility for a bad outcome. We have had to start adding disclaimers about everything. According to the summons, an ER doctor didn't know that a patient could still have appendicitis with a negative CT scan. We now add the disclaimer, "A negative report does not exclude the clinical diagnosis of appendicitis." Sorry doc, you still have to examine the patient.
Because we are rarely observed as we work — especially since we can now work remotely — the general consensus is that we never work. Medical colleagues have frequently questioned what a radiologist was doing at the hospital on weekends and after hours throughout my three decade career. Recently, as I drove into the hospital parking lot for the second round of readings on a Sunday afternoon, a visitor's car pulled into the parking space marked with a "Reserved for the Radiologist" sign just ahead of me. In an uncharacteristic show of confidence, I rolled my window down and politely pointed out that I was the radiologist. She looked at me then looked at the sign then looked back at me and somewhat defiantly said, "I'm sorry; I didn't know radiologists worked on weekends." I guess we are out of sight, out of mind.
We are working harder both in terms of volume and complexity but getting less information about the patient than ever. When I began my career a large study might have 10 to 20 images; now whole body CT scans on trauma patients have close to a thousand images. Getting the reason, or as Medicare says, the "medically necessary" indication for a study has always been difficult. In the early days of hospital information systems, hospital administrators assured me that an order for a radiology study could not be entered without a valid reason for the examination. Soon it became obvious that anything could be entered into the "reason for the examination" field and the order would be accepted. "DO" became the instant favorite. At first, I thought this a cheeky, imperative command but later learned it was an abbreviation for "Doctor's Order." Much better.
Nowadays, we get code — ICD-9 code that is — as reasons for imaging studies. The reason for this examination is "153.9, 724.2, and 493.12." Unfortunately, I don't speak code; I just want a symptom or a general idea of what the referring doctor is looking for. I did learn one code, 620.2, ICD-9 speak for ovarian cyst. Since the doctor had used that exact code as the reason for the pelvic ultrasound, I felt safe, if not a little impudent, writing "620.2" on the preliminary handwritten report since the patient did, in fact, have an ovarian cyst. The physician did not find this amusing and threatened to write me up. She stated that she did not understand what it meant. Oh well, I thought it was funny.
In terms of liability, I believe things will get worse. In medical school, I attended lectures by Tinsley R. Harrison, MD, the author of Harrison's Textbook of Internal Medicine. The eminent Dr. Harrison stated emphatically that a "test" should only be ordered to confirm the diagnosis you had reached by virtue of your thorough history and physical (H&P). Of course, only so much "testing" was possible in the 1970s. Currently, imaging, especially computed tomography (CT) seems to have become the H&P, or at least the physical. I can't tell you how many times I have gone over the CT of a patient with the referring physician and at the end of our discussion heard, "Well, I guess I better go and see the patient now."
One of my favorite Far Side cartoons by Gary Larsen featured two bears, one with a target on his chest and the caption, "Bummer of a birthmark, Hal." I'm beginning to think that the symbol for radiology should be a target, not the symbol for radiation. Evidence that the widespread use of CT may be causing radiation-induced cancers is surfacing in medical publications. Unfortunately, these cancers cannot be distinguished from naturally occurring cancers, which creates a potentially huge liability for the radiologist. My crystal ball tells me that it won't be long before we start seeing TV ads from lawyers, "Do you have cancer? Have you ever had a CAT scan? Call 1-800-BAD-RADS."
A person can only stare at a computer screen for so many hours at a time. PACS eliminated the need to periodically stand up, stroll over to the film bin, and haul the next load of films to one's work station. All that time spent hoisting fifty pound film jackets containing reams of films went away, as did the excellent upper body exercise it provided. It frequently took as much time for me to sort and hang a large CT case as it did to read it. Handling all those films did have a positive side. After years of hanging 14 x 17 inch films one gets the feel for the heft and balance of this tool of the trade, like a floppy throwing knife. Most radiologists of my era could toss a film into the air, impart a spin, catch the film after an exact 180-degree rotation and sail the film under the rim of the view box in one fluid motion. I suspect that was the only thing I ever did that truly impressed the surgeons.
Just like the bon bons of "I Love Lucy's" confectionary assembly line, the RIS work list continues to self-replicate hour after hour, day after day. As a task oriented individual, I always wanted to get to the bottom of my pile before rewarding myself with a cup of coffee or a bathroom break. Now the virtual film pile seems bottomless. Studies have been done about the stresses related to reading studies from a computer monitor for hours on end without a break. Twenty-minute breaks every two hours are common recommendations. That's great in theory but I live in the real world. I use a more physiologic measure; I get up when my backside gets numb, unless, of course, the emergency room needs a STAT CT read.


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Since the death of San Bernardino County sheriff's Deputy Jeremiah MacKay, the community has rallied in support of the 35-year-old Redlands man's family and friends.
Fundraising efforts in the Inland Empire and beyond have been announced in the past few days that will benefit MacKay's memorial fund.
And it was also announced through social media sites dedicated to MacKay's memory that several people have donated hotel rooms for family and out-of-town guests planning to attend today's funeral in San Manuel Amphitheater near Devore.
MacKay was killed Feb. 12 in a shootout with ex-Los Angeles police Officer Christopher Dorner.
The Hilton of San Bernardino on Hospitality Lane was the first to offer rooms and a meeting space to the many attending MacKay's memorial service.
The hotel is also offering a 50 percent discount to those who seeking a room because they were attending the services. A room at the Hilton varies from $129 to $149 a night.
Since the hotel announced the donation, senior sales manager Tina Gardy said her staff has been flooded with calls from donors wishing to do the same.
"I've been here for 10 years, and we're really involved in the community," Gardy said, "and whenever there is an opportunity for us to donate or reach out to our community we do."
While she could not provide a number as many guests are law enforcement officers themselves, Gardy did say 30 to 40 people have reached out to the hotel to offer donations.
Several members of the Redlands United Church of Christ have also donated rooms at LaQuinta Inn in San Bernardino as well.
Pastor Sharon Graff said it was the right thing to do.
"We have a number of police officers and retired officers who are part of our congregation. And if we can encourage other people to give, then that's great," she said. "We are just trying to do our best to help out."
The Country Inn and Suites by Carlson in Ontario donated two rooms for three nights and two other individuals donated a room for a night.
"My daughter and son-in-law are both officers with Chino Police Department and she said, `Hey mom, do you want to participate?"' said Karen Pedersen, general manager of the Country Inn and Suites by Carlson in Ontario.
"I wasn't aware there was a real need for this, but once my daughter told me we definitely wanted to assist in any way."
Pedersen said their guests include bagpipers from Idaho.
"It's nice to be able to give them a warm welcome and let them know they are appreciated and try to assist them for this out-of-pocket trip," she said.
On Friday, Dairy Queen and Coffee Bean Cafe will host a fundraiser in which 20percent of proceeds from 4 to 9 p.m. will benefit
MacKay's memorial fund. The businesses are at 12045 Fifth St., Yucaipa.
The fundraiser was planned by the stores' owners, Joshua and Jennifer Conroy, and Dairy Queen manager Meghan Nielson, who wanted to show support for MacKay's family and the Sheriff's Department.
"It's a hometown thing," Nielson said.
Nielson, who wants to explore a career in law enforcement, said MacKay's death really hit home.
"Also, we have sheriff's come through our stores quite often. It's a small town, and we're literally across the street from the station," she said.
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians also announced Wednesday that it is contributing $20,000 to aid the families of MacKay and fallen Riverside police Officer Michael Crain, 34.
Crain, a Redlands High School graduate, was killed on Feb. 7 when he and his partner were ambushed at a red light by Dorner, authorities said.
"We are heartbroken for the families of Officer Crain and Detective MacKay. These brave men gave their lives to protect and serve our communities and we should never forget their heroic sacrifice and the devastating loss that their families are suffering," said Morongo Tribal Chairman Robert Martin in a news release.
Separate donations of $10,000 will be donated to both men's memorial fund.
Memorial services for MacKay will begin at 11 a.m. today at the San Manuel Amphitheater, 2575 Glen Helen Parkway, Devore.
Staff writer Canan Tasci contributed to this report.


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A new marketing outlet for Massachusetts fruit and vegetable growers is coming to downtown Boston.
The Boston Public Market — a 30,000-square-foot facility with first-floor retail space and frontage on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway — has received final approval and is scheduled to open in June 2014, organizers say.
Gov. Deval Patrick and the state's Department of Agricultural Resources say the new market, at 136 Blackstone St. in downtown Boston, could generate up to $19.5 million in annual sales, create dozens of temporary construction jobs and up to 200 permanent jobs when it opens.
The year-round public market will feature dairy, meats, seafood, specialty foods and beverages, flowers and other products, in addition to fresh produce. It will open near the Haymarket subway and bus stop, close to the city's financial center. The site is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
The concept dates to 2001, when "a group of food lovers, food producers and state and city officials" saw a need for a year-round marketplace, said Marlo Fogelman, spokeswoman for the market the
Boston Public Market Association, a nonprofit group organizing the project.
The idea was to provide Boston consumers with year-round access to "fresh and healthy" locally grown food, Fogelman said.
She said the public market is designed to complement existing farmers markets and will go up next door to the historic Haymarket, an open-air market that is open every Friday and Saturday.
"We currently run two successful seasonal farmers markets and look forward to the opening of a year-round marketplace for our vendors," she said.
Distinctly different
The concept behind the new market is distinct from the Haymarket, Fogelman said.
"This offering is extremely different from the vendors of the Haymarket Pushcart Association, who operate outdoors on Fridays and Saturdays, specialize in reselling low-cost, discount produce purchased wholesale from suppliers to area grocery chains," she said.
The Haymarket's food is sourced across the U.S., and sometimes imported, she said.
"The Boston Public Market will feature only regionally produced foods," she said. "We are certain this activity will bring an increased vibrancy to the area that will benefit the Haymarket vendors as well.
The market also will fill a potentially profitable niche, Fogelman said.
"While Boston is a vibrant city located in a region that produces amazing food, because our area's food producers lack a year-round retail outlet, they lose out on tens of millions of dollars in potential sales annually," she said.
The new market is projected to bring in over $30 million in new sales of food products per year, based on sales figures for similar markets in other cities, Fogelman said.
The market will have 14,000 square feet of rentable space, including up to 30 permanent retail stalls and up to 60 interior and exterior retail day stalls for agricultural and specialty food vendors, Fogelman said.
Educational center
Planners also envision year-round community programming, educational events and entertainment, she said.
"While produce will certainly be one component, this will primarily be a marketplace for New England-produced specialty food items," she said.
Planners also visualize the new market as "an educational center — teaching consumers of all income levels, visitors and children about the health benefits and pleasures of eating fresh, local and sustainable grown seasonal food," Fogelman said.
The estimated cost of building the market, which could open this year, is about $8.5 million. A mix of state, federal and private funding sources is expected to pay for it.
Produce vendors at Boston's twin terminal markets, in Chelsea and Everett, generally agreed that the new market would have little effect on their business.
"The question is will our base be going to go downtown? I tend to doubt it," said Yanni Alphas, president and chief executive officer with the The Alphas Co., Chelsea.
The idea is sound, though, said Victor Simas, vice president of sales with New Bedford, Mass.-based Sid Wainer & Son.
"Anything that promotes local production we're all for," he said.


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BROOKLYN, NY - iS8/Nike Spring Classic was back at the Bed Stuy Dome on Sunday with 6 games involving some of the biggest stars in the New York area. The day started out with a buzzer beater, and ended with a team clinching a 4-0 undefeated regular season.
In between there was a lot of impressive play and well contested action. Here is a recap of the day from the Dome.
Brooklyn Badgers "C" overcharge Money Team, 59-57
It was a matchup of 2 unbeatens to start the day, but it got off to a tough start for the Money Team, who came a bit late and were down 8-0 to start. That didn't hold them back though as Omar Williams (Cardozo '13) came out hot nailing a couple threes to get Money back into it quickly. The Badgers for their two games Sunday brought in Noah Woods (Trinity-Pawling '14), and the guards contributions wrote immediately felt as he was great with the ball in his hand, and created getting inside on numerous occasions.
It was tied at 57 and looked destined for OT late in the game when Doudmy Saint Hilaire (South Shore '14) found Fred Ruffin (South Shore '14) inside and he connected right as the final horn sounded to give the Badgers the tight 59-57 victory.
If not for the initial 8 point deficit for being late, the Money Team may have been looking at another win. The Badgers got the W though and were led in the win by Woods and Devyn Wilson (South Shore '14) who each had 13 points. Williams paced the Money Team with 19 in the losing effort.
The Rens bankrupt Money Team, 79-74
The 2nd game of the day for the Money Team was no easier facing a tough Rens team who were hungry for revenge having lost their last is8 game a couple weeks back to the Badgers. They came out looking like a team on a mission as well. They fell behind a bit very early on, but countered that by going on a 15-2 run to end the opening quarter to go up by 10. Jon Severe (Christ the King '13) the Fordham bound guard, looked good on his jumper, and seemed more comfortable in this one. Another 1st half star for the Rens was 5'9" guard Isaiah Cosbert (Christ the King '13). The future St. Rose player was on fire from deep showing why he is one of the best shooters in the city. The Rens were up 12 at the half and built a sizable 19 point lead at one point, and all things looked good, but all that changed in the 4th.
Severe had to sit out a large stretch in the 4th with a minor toe injury. He ended up returning, but not before the Money Team got back into it. Elisha Boone (Abraham Lincoln '14) slashed his way through defenses for easy baskets, and the pressure defense of Williams and Rasheed Robinson brought them within 3 late in the game. They could have tied it after Adonis Delarosa (Christ the King '14), who was so good for most of the game, missed a front end of a 1 and 1, but Williams missed a deep three, and Jordan Fuchs (Christ the King '13) sank a pair of FT's to seal it and give The Rens an important 79-74 win.
Severe and Cosbert led the way with 17 each, while Fuchs and Delarosa had 15 and 12 respectively. The Money Team, which took their 2nd loss of the day, were paced by Boone's 18 points.
Panthers (Juniors) claw Brooklyn Badgers "C", 75-54
The Badgers were looking to stay unbeaten against the Panthers, who brought firepower with them in Isaiah Whitehead (Abraham Lincoln '13), Temple Gibbs (Seton Hall Prep, NJ '16), and Andre Walker (Christ the King '14). Add in the Lincoln duo of Elijah Davis and Desi Rodriguez, and it was too much for the Badgers to ultimately handle.
Whitehead started out on fire knocking down his fire 5 shots, putting in 11 in the opening stanza as it seemed like the Badgers just didn't know what hit them. They were down after one 23-7, and it didn't get much better from there. Femi Olujobi (Brentwood '14) was a force on the glass for the Panthers as they dominated both inside and out, with Whitehead and Gibbs being able to do almost anything they wanted offensively. Whitehead had 19 at the half, Gibbs had 12, and the Panthers were comfortable up 41-26.
The barrage continued as Hilaire and Wilson struggled to find their shots against the aggressive defense of the Panthers, and Whitehead hit a three at the buzzer to go up 58-39. The Badgers did fight back with Ruffin doing a nice job inside finishing in the paint to cut it within 13 with 5 minutes to go, but the Panthers eased the lead back up to 21 before the mercy rule was applied as the Panthers took the win 75-54.
Whitehead led all scorers with 27 on the win, while Davis added 13. Wilson and Ruffin each had 12 to lead the Badgers.
PTP Elite fly by B.C. Eagles, 68-56
PTP finished the regular season 4-0 after finishing off B.C. late after a tough, hard fought contest.
Mike Milligan (Northport '13) ripped a three late in the 1st quarter to help PTP take a 15-10 lead after 1. Luke Petrasek (Northport '13) took control of the 2nd quarter with a couple of monster dunks, while also being a major defensive presence. Mike Coffee (Burke Catholic '13) hit a couple threes to bring the Eagles back within two late in the half, but Stephen Milhaven (St. Mary's '14) finished on a big and one inside right before the half and PTP went up by 5 at the break.
Milhaven came out aggressive to start the 3rd quarter backing in on two occasions and finishing strong at the rim, and the combo of him and Petrasek who was big swatting away shots on Eagles driving in. Coffee and Jack Dwyer (Burke Catholic '14) were able to penetrate when Petrasek sat for a stretch late in the 3rd, but when the big 6'9" forward came back into the game, he helped PTP widen the lead back up to double digits as PTP won comfortably at the end over the B.C. Eagles, 68-56.
Milhaven led PTP with 17 points, with Petrasek adding 13 along with more than a handful of blocks. Coffee led all scorers in the game for the Eagles with 18 points, including 4 threes.
Huntington Park Warriors top NYC Finest, 48-35
Huntington Park Warriors Out ball Brooklyn Ballers, 52-45
The Philly based squad came to NYC for 2 games and went back home with 2 wins on Sunday, using stifling defense and great guard play from Hakeem Baxter (Philadelphia Electrical and Technology, PA '13), who is Maryland-Eastern South bound, to lead the way. He had a combined 37 points in the 2 games to lead the way for Huntington Park. 6'9" Monmouth signee Zac Tillman (Shipley, PA '13) was a dominating force on the glass as well using his size and strength to control both games in the paint.
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New York – The Chase Holiday Pulse, released on Wednesday, shows that "Green Week" – from Dec. 10 to Dec. 16 – was the busiest seven-day period of the holiday shopping season in terms of transaction volume this year.
Online merchants saw high shopping volume – year-over-year sales and transaction for the same period were up 10.7% and 16.6% respectively – throughout the week as consumers acted to utilize free delivery offers before the holidays.
The number of settled transactions during Green Week exceeded Cyber Week (Nov. 26 to Dec. 2) by 1.3%. Comparatively, dollar sales were just a fraction (-0.9%) below this year's Cyber Week sales results.
From Oct. 29 through Dec. 16, Pulse year-to-date sales are up 11.9% year-over-year while transactions grew by 22.1% year-over-year. Average ticket price is down year to date by 8.4% year-over-year.


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I have posted these trade on other sites. What are your thoughts on them:
Pacers need some help this offseason, its obvious. We have on and off court issues that need to be resolved. I had 2 trades in mind:
1) Trade Tinsley, Daniels and Dunleavy to Bulls for Hinrich, Nocioni and Aaron Simmon (filler). http://realgm.com/src_checktrade.php?tradeid=4575781 for some reason it doesnt work, though it should
2) Trade Shawne Williams and Harrison (S & T) to Portland for Frye.
Why for do this? It was obvious that the Pacers defense last season was horrible. We need to improve that this season. Sending Daniels, Harrison, Williams and Tinsley also helps our off-court issues out. A back court of Hinrich, Granger and Nocioni would be on of the best defensive back-courts in the East
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What could be sweeter than for your baby to have its (I know–you can't call it 'it') own theme song, a readymade melody featuring his or her name, for you to sing along and dance to together? Some of the most appealing of these can be found in the Oldies section, from the era of first-generation, classic and folk rock.
A logical place to check out first is the Beatles Songbook, which actually has had something of an influence on baby naming. It was no coincidence that when "Michelle, ma belle" won the Grammy Song of the Year award in 1966, Michelle was simultaneously shooting up the name popularity list. And now Jude–which took awhile ( linking to the good looks and sunny personality of Jude Law didn't hurt)–is moving up the charts.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- A rise in Sacramento violent crime has ended an era of annual declines in murders, robberies, rapes and thefts.
Police records show a 5 percent increase in the city and a 12 percent hike in areas patrolled by the Sheriff's Department.
Statistics from nine of the region's largest law enforcement agencies also shows significant violent crime increases of 15 percent or more in Folsom, Roseville, Rancho Cordova and West Sacramento.
The increase reverses a the long-term decline in crime in the Sacramento region and the nation.
Violent crime nationwide last year was about half the rate from two decades earlier.
The FBI is still collecting year-end crime totals.


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One face of a regular tetrahedron is painted blue and each of the remaining faces are painted using one of the colours red, green or yellow. How many different possibilities are there?
Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?
After some matches were played, most of the information in the table containing the results of the games was accidentally deleted. What was the score in each match played?
How many right-angled triangles are there with sides that are all integers less than 100 units?
Five numbers added together in pairs produce: 0, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 What are the five numbers?
You are only given the three midpoints of the sides of a triangle. How can you construct the original triangle?
This article takes the reader through divisibility tests and how they work. An article to read with pencil and paper to hand.


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So you've gone and gotten yourself hitched - or maybe you've just moved in with your significant other - and now, along with combining your closets and starting your life together, you've got to figure out what to do with all that cookware. If one of you loves to cook, it should be easier as you probably won't have two sets of everything. However, what do you do when both of you love to cook? Whose frying pans get to stick around and whose are carted off to charity?
- Begin by taking stock of everything you have. Look through your stuff and see if there's anything you haven't used in a year. If so, toss it out, it's just taking space anyway. Have your partner do the same. If you can't bare to part with things, stick them in a box marked charity. If you don't pull them out of the box in the next year, it's time to say farewell.
- Next look at the things you have in common. Do you both have microwaves? If so, whose is better? Does yours have a finicky button? Some of the things are going to be easy to determine. While others (maybe you both swear by your saucepans) are going to be more difficult. The key here is for each of you to give a little. After all, you love your honey more than you love your Le Crueset... right?
- It's okay to break up a set. Sure your lime green pan looks amazing (especially with all the other lime green pans), but don't you prefer the way his skillet cooks things up? If you don't have the room and only use one, go with ability over looks. I'd rather have pretty food than pretty pans!
- Each of you should keep your favorite tool. That's right, even if it's a ridiculous item he only uses once a year, he gets to keep it. And in return you get to choose one that you get to keep as well.
- Do the purge together. If you toss out his favorite cast iron skillet without him knowing, happily ever after might be bumpier sooner than expected.
- You may want to do this way before the wedding (just keep a list of what stays and what goes). You can use the opportunity to discover what should be on your wedding registry.
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