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I haven't met his kids
I am older, divorced for a few years, and in a wonderful new relationship. He and I have been together for five months now. We are in love and spend at least two evenings together with time on the weekend, too. He has been divorced for more than five years with three children between 16 and 20. I have a daughter who is 18.
Since getting together, I have introduced him to my friends and family and he has attended parties and get-togethers with them. He has spent time at my home in the presence of my daughter. She completely understands that he means a lot to me and is very welcoming and accepting of his time with me.
Conversely, it took quite some time for him to mention me at all to his family. I have yet to meet his parents or his children, by his choice. He says in a past relationship he did not introduce his girlfriend (of two years) to any other than his siblings, who I have met. It was my understanding that this was an issue about not upsetting his kids but I thought he would definitely come around. He has not.
He knows this upsets me greatly. The feeling of being on the sidelines, being an afterthought, it's horrible. He says his ex-wife has a boyfriend and he does not go to the family home, ever. I say that is all ridiculous and that it feels awful to be excluded from his life, especially as I have so readily, naturally, shared mine. He says she would make a huge fuss over it and cause discourse with the kids. I think he should man up and show his loved ones that there is a great woman in his life. He loves me and I love him. And I want to do everything I can to keep this relationship going.
What can I do? Give him an ultimatum? I've told him this is not any way anyone would want to be treated and that it is unacceptable to me. He says he doesn't want to rock the boat with his kids right now.
– On the Sidelines, Mass.
My questions for him would be:
"When do you think you'd feel comfortable introducing any romantic partner to your children Eventually this will have to happen, so what is your timeline?"
"Would it rock the boat if I met your parents?"
"I'm enjoying this relationship and see a future here. Do you? What kind of future?"
The thing is, five months isn't a very long time. This guy obviously has some issues when it comes to bringing people into his life, but it's quite possible that you still feel new to him. He might not want to make these kinds of introductions until he's sure that you're not going anywhere. That's why the first question is so important.
I also have to wonder whether he enjoys having something that's just his. At the moment, you represent a lovely escape from many stressful things. Once you know the kids (and the ex), you're a part of his reality. And for him, reality isn't always pleasant.
Let's not get into ultimatums. Instead, focus on those questions, specifically the first one. He should be able to tell you when he'd feel comfortable introducing a partner (you or anyone else) to his kids. If the answer is "never" -- or he simply can't answer at all -- you might just want different things from this relationship.
Find out what you're working toward. And please, don't use the phrase "man up" when you have the discussion. It won't help.
Readers? Is it too soon to be thinking about this stuff? How can she move this along? What questions would you ask? Is she expecting too much? Do they have a future? Help.
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Was perusing some some spots and picked this up. Pretty good stuff on his performance or lack thereof from the young fella himself. It's of note that he was going against a good young LHP. Gio Gonzalez the one dealt from the Chi-Sox to the Phillies for Thome and then back to the White Sox for Freddy Garcia I believe. BTW I think it may be time for Bruce to be called the #1 prospect in our system now.
Lookouts fall flat Barons snap winning streak
Friday, June 22, 2007
By David Paschall
Staff Writer
So much for going 70-0 with 70 shutouts.
The new-look Chattanooga Lookouts didn't look good Thursday night at AT&T Field, dropping an 8-3 decision to Birmingham. The Lookouts extended their scoreless-innings streak to 31 through the first two innings, but starting pitcher Carlos Fisher gave up four runs in the third and couldn't recover.
Fisher snapped the streak by walking Michael Myers with nobody out and the bases loaded.
"I hadn't done that in such a long time, probably since high school," Fisher said. "It just wasn't a good day for me."
Chattanooga dropped to 3-1 in the Southern League's second half, while Birmingham improved to 1-3. Had the Barons been shut out a fourth consecutive game, they would have tied the league record by going 36 innings without a run.
It was a less-than-stellar Double-A debut for Lookouts outfielder Jay Bruce, the No. 2 prospect in the Cincinnati Reds organization who was promoted Wednesday from high Single-A Sarasota. Bruce played center and had a nice throw to third for a first-inning out, but the promising lefty went 0-for-5 at the plate with four swinging strikeouts.
His first three strikeouts were on curveballs thrown by Birmingham lefty starter Gio Gonzalez.
"I was just a little too jerky those first three at-bats," Bruce said. "I would see that curveball and try to jerk it instead of staying up the middle with it. Chasing is chasing, and that's what I was doing. I was making him a lot better than he was.
"He's a good pitcher, but I got dominated tonight and shouldn't have."
Lookouts manager Jayhawk Owens said his 20-year-old newcomer was probably a little too excited but said that he can learn from the experience.
"It will be with Bruce like it was with Joey Votto last year," Owens said. "When it's a left-handed pitcher, he's going to be in there. This is about development, and the more lefties they see, the better."
Fisher, who allowed 11 earned runs through his first eight Double-A starts, gave up eight runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He also allowed four walks and hit a batter as his ERA jumped from 2.09 to 3.31.
A Thomas Collaro sacrifice to left after Fisher's bases-loaded walk got the Barons within 3-2, and they tied the game when Cory Aldridge followed with a single up the middle. Birmingham went ahead to stay when a Jeremy Frost ground out scored Myers to cap the four-run inning.
"My innings are getting up there, and maybe my arm isn't where it should be," Fisher said. "I don't know. They hit some good pitches, and I couldn't put them away. My slider is not what it usually is. Guys are fouling it off a lot and then putting it in play.
"Mechanically I'm falling off a little bit, so I've just got to go back and work on things and focus a little better."
Chattanooga established a brief 3-0 lead in the second inning on Luis Bolivar's two-run triple to right and a successful suicide squeeze performed by Bolivar and Drew Anderson, who wound up reaching safely. Bolivar tripled again in the fourth with one out but was left stranded.
First baseman Adam Rosales and reliever Josh Roenicke also played with the Lookouts for the first time after coming up from Sarasota. Rosales went 0-for-4, but Roenicke rolled through a 1-2-3 ninth with two strikeouts.
Sam Lecure (4-0, 3.58) is scheduled to start tonight's 7:15 matchup for the Lookouts, with Chris Honel (5-5, 4.50) scheduled for the Barons.

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Predictors of Asthma Exacerbations in Children
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|Other: Methacholine challenge testing
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Crossover
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Asthma Exacerbations in Young Children With Moderate Asthma - Prospective Evaluation of Predictors
- Number of exacerbations [ Time Frame: 1 year ]An exacerbations is defined as an increased need of salbutamol (more than two puffs per week or more than five puffs per two weeks). In this case patients will be followed up at our hospital and will start an anti-inflammatory therapy, if it is necessary.
- Predictors of exacerbations like lung function, nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine, exhaled NO, specific IgE, total IgE und ECP [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Other: Methacholine challenge testing
Preliminary investigations from our own research group showed that lung function parameters (FEV1, the FEV1/FVC ratio and a moderate to severe hyperresponsiveness to methacholine challenge were risk factors of asthma exacerbations (OR 11.3). In the present study, these parameters will be evaluated in prospective design.
One hundred children will be included in the study. Baseline parameters will be collected in a healthy interval (visit 1), then the children will be followed up for 1 year. If the patients fulfill the criteria for an exacerbation the children will present in our department. We expect that 44% of the children have an exacerbation. All children will present at a second visit after one year (visit 2).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|4 Years to 6 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent
- Age >3 and <7 years
- Diagnosis of intermittent asthma
- In the last 24 months, at least 6 weeks of treatment with a controller medication (inhaled steroid and / or leukotriene receptor antagonist Singulair ®), or in the last 12 months, at least three episodes with an use of controller medications (inhaled steroid and / or the leukotriene receptor antagonist Singulair ®)
- The ability to perform three reproducible spirometries
- Examination in infection-free interval (> 4 weeks infection-free)
- Minimum distance to the following asthma medications:
- Short-acting beta 2-agonists: 8 hours
- Ipratropium bromide: 24 hours
- Long-acting beta 2-agonists: 24 hours
- steroids: 4 weeks
- leukotriene antagonist: 4 weeks
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age older than 6 years or younger than 4
- The inability to perform spirometry
- Other chronic diseases or infections (eg. HIV, tuberculosis, malignancy)
- Participation in another study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01449435
|Goethe University Hospital
|Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, 60590
|Responsible Party:
|Johannes Schulze MD, Cosultant Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonolgy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospitals
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01449435 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|October 7, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 24, 2013
Keywords provided by Johannes Schulze MD, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospitals:
predictors of exacerbation
Methacholine challenge
Pulmonary function testing
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Bronchial Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Immune System Diseases
Methacholine Chloride
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Bronchoconstrictor Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Muscarinic Agonists
Cholinergic Agonists
Cholinergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Because the scheduling disparity between the Spurs and the Heat the last 5 days pretty much made sure that the game wouldn't be competitive from the get go.
Want Pop to play all his players?
Then make a better schedule for all parties involved.
*flies away*
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
As a basketball fan, I thought this was a fun game. But the nba cators to a much broader audience than people like me.
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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Didn't realize there were so many bandwagon fans on here.
I pay to watch a basketball game, not to see any one player.
As long as the team in the Pacers jerseys beat the team in away jerseys, I'm happy.
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If games are won and lost on a calculator and piece of paper, then why do we bother to play them?
As much as I can't stand Stern, I agree with him. You can't just send your players back home for some PTO in the NBA - especially not on a night when the game is nationally televised.
As far as Pop resting his players is concerned, it doesn't really seem to make much of a difference in the long run. Ginobilli always gets hurt and misses his regular 10-20 games each year and they haven't made it to the finals in more than 5 years.
All I'm saying is that Pops made the right decision for his club.
Also fwiw, I watched the game BECAUSE they didn't play. I wouldn't have watched otherwise. I can say this was true for at least 3 other PD posters. So to say this hurt ratings isn't necessarily true.
If games are won and lost on a calculator and piece of paper, then why do we bother to play them?
I have started to reply to some of these posts and had to stop multiple times. What I have realized is that both Stern and Pop were doing the right thing to maintain the success of their portion of the business. No one is really right or wrong here, it is actually more of a matter of a opinion than anything. Put yourself in both of their shoes and you can completely understand why they think the way that they do.
I personally feel that unless it directly violates an NBA rule or regulation, the Spurs should not be punished. I mean they almost won the game, how wrong can they be? The only other thing I wanted to mention is that you cannot simply compare regular jobs to NBA players' jobs. Professional athletes are the best at what they do and in a game defined by one thing, the W column, players need to give 100% every night if possible. If team A has played 4 in 5 nights, and team B has had multiple days off before they meet head to head, it is obvious to anyone that team A's 100% wont be as good as the other team's. Skill level and age can change that but in the Spurs' case it is obvious they would have been outmatched against the Heat most nights. If any professional team had to play say 7 games in 7 days, it is only logical that they might dip in energy level and stamina with each game. If they played new teams that had a week off each night, it becomes clear that a disadvantage would be present.
It isn't that professional athletes can't play as often as we think, it is that they can't play at as high of a level as their opponent when the games are bunched together as they are. Always playing against more rested opponents leads to more losses, lower seed, and lower chance of ultimate success in the long run. It is not as simple as "professional athletes should be in good enough shape to play that many games in a stretch." They definitely are able to do it, just not as well against a well-rested, ready opponent.
This could have all been avoided had Pops not made the big dramatic step of sending them home. Dress them and don't play them if you want but yea, they should at least be in the building.
Also let's stow the "bandwagon" comments. People have a right to pick and choose what games they pay to go see. I happen to have full season tickets but if I were to pick and choose games I can assure you I would not be paying to see the Raptors or Wizards or Bobcats (even though right now they have a better record than us). I would be like anyone else and paying to see the stars. Please don't act like that is a new concept btw, I can show you a photo from the 50's of the marquee of MSG showing the Knicks vs. George Mikan.
Also what does an 82 game schedule have anything to do with this? I mean if it was something new or if it had been around for 5 or even 10 years that would be one thing but this schedule dates back to the 60's. I mean don't get me wrong I would like the NBA to have set nights of the week as well and if it meant a few less games than so be it but this isn't new.
But like I said in the very beginning, all the Spurs would have had to do was not send them home.
I think Pop has every right to protest the league's scheduling. In February they are slotted for a 9 nine game road trip, so they only play 2 home games that entire month.
The entire game I kept thinking of Pacers post brawl and was cheering for the undermanned Spurs. I kept waiting for Marcus Haislip, Britton Johnson and Tremaine Fowlkes to check in.
I only had trouble with the 25 year old Danny Green not playing.
Stern has noone to blame for this but himself. The NBA's scheduling is just ridiculous. Stern's attempts to squeeze every last dollar out of the sport by squeezing as many games as possible into a season is directly related to the amount of injuries and missed games each year. Stern should fine himself for all the stars missing games right now because of injuries.
The Spurs have one of those road trips every single year due to their building being used for a rodeo. The Bulls do the same thing for a circus. It's actually something that they work with the league to make sure they get no home games during the time.
Thats when they have the rodeo in San Antonio been like that for years... It's normal for them
You say this as if Stern introduced the 82 game season. It was around long before he was the commisioner.
I really like the 82 game season, but then I actually like watching competitive regular season games more than postseason games due to how nervous I get for playoff games lol.
4 road games in 5 days made sense with last seasons condensed schedule. But it doesn't with a normal 82 game schedule. Now 1 day off then a 5th road game is 7 days while the Heat had 4 days at home between games? Guess being Champs gets you perks besides calls in games.
I definitely see both sides of it, I don't think it's as big a deal as it's in the process of being blown up to be, but it's a lose/lose for both sides really. Whether anyone likes it the league has a responsibility to do what they can to put the best product on the floor, that's what gets those billion dollar TV deals and all the advertising, which is obviously what makes the league possible in the first place. That's where Stern's coming from, and if you think it's overzealous or not, that's his responsibility and he's trying to make it happen in such a blatant case.
Pop's reasons are obvious. 4 games in 5 nights, another on Saturday, old roster (except Danny Green, c'mon Pop). It sucks fans won't get to see some great players one night, but his job as a Spurs employee is to put them in the best position to win a title and giving guys a rest day on a long road trip helps that, in theory at least.
It sucks for both sides but I understand both sides. I don't think anyone should be fined/suspended, but I do think Pop and Stern should hash it out. And put that on pay per view.
"Sanctions" is real ballsy move though. What's the difference between this, if Stern's going to go the "apologizing to the fans" route, and tons of guys sitting the last few games when the playoffs are decided. It gives the implication that certain regular season games are more important than others, which is obviously true, but it's not going to do much to help the perception of your league.
Build a 1230 game schedule and see how easy it is to give out equal amounts of rest.
I don't really understand any complaining about an imbalance of rest between teams or an imbalance in home/away games. Because when a team has a more compact schedule in one week, it means they will have another weak that is a very light schedule. When a team has a lot of road games bunched together, it means they have a lot of home games bunched together somewhere else.
Since every team plays the same number of games and every team has the same amount of home/road games within the same time period, every team will have a rest and/or home court advantage for half the year.
Personally, the fact that the schedule ISN'T completely balanced means you get neat little story lines about which teams are strong in the face of tough scheduling and gives a place for stat splits to be used when comparing teams. Honestly, it makes things more interesting. The NFL doesn't have that, but since each game is weighted so much heavier you're not missing anything there.
Every nba team gets one scheduling request. Not only are you building a 1230 game schedule, youre building it around 30 different restrictions.
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Finally updated everything and recovered my GT. Now waiting for 2k to install. I am at my sisters with ****** internet it is taking way to long.
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Finally updated everything and recovered my GT. Now waiting for 2k to install. I am at my sisters with ****** internet it is taking way to long.
Love the controller! I don't know why people complained about the size of the xbox vs PS4 it's not like you're gonna carry it in your pocket... Size is fine
All I can say is wow. The player movements is so realistic it is just crazy. MyGM doesn't give VC when u sim but with how the game plays I won't be siming.
If anyone in the Indy area hears of a place with one in stock let me know.
Does the XB1 version have association mode?
I love how the created draft prospects look everyone is unique it is awesome.
I hate how long it takes to install a game.... Lol but I only played the quick game it allows u to play during 2k installation very smooth gameplay
My TV box isn't playing nice with the XB1 this far. Metronet is a smaller Indiana-only company, so it's more likely on their end than Microsoft's. The picture either doesn't show up or will for just a second and then freeze. I haven't tested the HDMI-in connection with any other devices yet, so I suppose that could be the culprit. But I think it's more likely either the cable itself or this particular TV box, which is a couple years old. Or it has something to do with the provider.
Meanwhile, I'm still downloading my first game purchases so I haven't played yet, but the Blu-ray drive seems to work nicely. I'm starting with 2K of course, plus Ghosts, and for the sake of playing with my nephew I went ahead and got Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
I switched HDMI cables, and now the TV is working!
It won't have the guide/channels right, but as long as the A/V comes through, I can handle that with the remote control for the TV box just fine. Sweet!
According to amazon, I might have mine on Wednesday, if I'm lucky.
I can wait an extra week. I just won't be using amazon for this type of thing ever again.
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It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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Despite it saying that it's ready to play, I'll load a quick game in 2K while it continues to download, but it never actually loads the quick game for me. I don't know if that's a glitch in the download or if it's the 2K server acting up or what.
It won't let u pick teams or which side but it said press Y to set matchups, it takes u to set the lineup then defensive matchups then says when ready press Y. There's no commentary or anything and quarters are 6 min long
Mine just sits there 'loading' indefinitely, with no instructions to hit Y. No button does anything. Guess I just have to wait for it to finish downloading.
It looks like most of the game are $49.00 at Walmart.
Toys r us has a buy 3 get a $50 gift card as well, pretty surprised to see deals on games for this new console
Downloaded. It finished overnight, but even now quick game is stuck in an infinite loading screen. Decided to uninstall and redownload. Blah.
Call me crazy but NBA Live doesn't play as bad as you would think. I doubt I buy it anytime soon but I had fun eith the demo. Not sim like but I really like the pace to thr game.
Reviews from people? About the X1 in general? Mine is on its way and am actually more excited then I thought.
Major differences between the x1 and 360? How smooth is the cable tv tie in? How is the kinect?
Waited all day to redownload/install 2k, still refuses to load a basketball game. The menus load and work, but I always get stuck on the loading screen just prior to tipoff. Sucks. I'm stuck waiting to hear for a solution
Hicks - what issue are you having? Is this common? Can you not play any Nba games?
There appears to be a glitch with the digital download version of 2K14 on XB1, at least for me and a few others so far. You can load the game fine, but if you try to actually start a match (quick game, team up, whatever) the game goes to the expected loading screen, but it never stops 'loading'. You can tell by the music when you've gotten to the point where you'd normally be told to press A to continue or wherever, but that never happens, and no button does anything, and it just sits there indefinitely looping through the animations of the loading screen.
I uninstalled the game, re-downloaded it over the day/evening yesterday, and it was exactly the same thing. Don't know if the glitch is by 2K or by Microsoft or a combination.
I looked on the official Xbox forums, and it's not just me, though only a few others have said something thus far.
From looking around a bit, I think others are experiencing issues with other games, too. Like I think I saw somebody complaining about issues with call of duty ghosts, and I bought that game digitally as well, yet my copy seems fine so far.


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Symphony: The Implantable Counter Pulsation Device (CPD) Safety and Feasibility Trial (Symphony)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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The Counter Pulsation Device (CPD) System 'Symphony' is intended to provide counter pulsation therapy for up to thirty (30) days to patients with chronic heart failure who have persistent worsening of their condition despite optimal medical therapy. Patients will be in New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class IIIb or IV heart failure and have exhausted all medical or surgical options.
|Chronic Heart Failure
|Device: Symphony Procedure: The operative approach is limited to an infraclavicular incision similar to that used for placement of a pacemaker
|Phase 1 Phase 2
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|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Death, Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Limb Ischemia requiring surgical intervention [ Time Frame: hospital discharge or 30 days of support, whichever is longer ]The trial will primarily look at patient safety defined as proportion of composite Major Adverse Events (MAE) up to hospital discharge or 30 days of CPD support, whichever is longer.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Symphony system
Device: Symphony
The Symphony system has been developed for superficial implantation without the need to enter the chest. It allows for complete patient mobility and provides counter pulsation therapy for up to 30 days in hospitalized patients.Procedure: The operative approach is limited to an infraclavicular incision similar to that used for placement of a pacemaker
The vascular graft is surgically attached (anastomosed) to the subclavian artery. The symphony device is implanted into a pocket below the pectoralis muscle on the anterior chest and attached to the graft. The driveline is tunneled out through the skin and attached to the drive console.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- New York Heart Association Class IIIB or IV heart failure despite optimal medical therapy, including ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, IV diuretics and pressors
- Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction < 40%.
- Patient is not a candidate for conventional catheter-based or surgical intervention such as valve intervention or coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Patient is not currently a candidate for heart transplantation or placement of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as bridge to heart transplantation due to co-morbidities. Patients may become a candidate for these options if they have improvement on the device due to improved cardiac output.
- Patients have exhausted all approved surgical and medical therapies as determined by a heart failure cardiologist and a surgeon with expertise in heart failure.
- Patient has been evaluated by a multi-disciplinary research team and felt to be a suitable candidate for a research study. The final decision regarding the patient's candidacy for research will remain with the attending cardiologist and heart surgeon.
- Improved hemodynamics on device support will allow for potential for physical rehabilitation.
- Signed Informed Consent, or oral informed consent with written confirmation by uninvolved third party
- Age of subject at least 19 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- High likelihood of death during the current hospitalization (as judged by the attending physician) and condition other than heart failure that would limit survival to less than two years.
- Require mechanical ventilation.
- Failure to wean from IABP, Impella, ECMO or other mode of circulatory support.
- Complex arrhythmias that negatively impact the effectiveness of counter pulsation.
- Dependency on high dose inotropes.
- Cerebrovascular accident or TIA within the previous 3 months.
- Contraindication to anticoagulation medication such as Heparin, Coumadin, Aspirin and Plavix.
- Presence of hypercoaguable state or history of idiopathic venous or arterial thrombosis.
- Severe calcification in the target vessel that will preclude insertion of the Symphony device.
- Moderate to severe aortic insufficiency (2+ or more).
Ongoing systemic infection defined as two of the following:
- positive blood culture
- fever
- Abnormal pre-albumin (< 13mg/dL), or albumin (< 3.0 mg/dl)
- A cardiac rhythm that cannot be used to trigger the CPD (sinus rhythm, ventricular or atrial pacing, A-V pacing).
- Abnormal bilateral carotid Doppler or CT exam define as > 50% stenosis.
- Subclavian artery internal diameter of < 7 mm on Doppler study or CT exam.
- Ability to ambulate < 200 metres on a 6 minute walk test.
- Any aortic aneurysmal disease.
- Active documented HIT.
- Presence of mechanical heart valve.
- Moderate to severe RV failure.
- Severe tricuspid regurgitation.
- History of major psychiatric illness.
End-organ dysfunction including:
- renal failure defined as serum Cr > 2.5 mg/dl,
- liver dysfunction defined as bilirubin 2X normal, or elevated INR with no anticoagulation,
- respiratory failure defined as FEV1 < 50% predicted.
- Chest X-ray to rule out pulmonary pathology that increases the risk of need for treatment prior to device implant.
- BMI > 40 kg/ m2.
- Active participation in another clinical trial that may interfere with this trial.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01543022
|Contact: Carol Loring
|Canada, British Columbia
|St. Paul's Hospital
|Not yet recruiting
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6Z 1Y6
|Principal Investigator: Anson Cheung, MD
|Canada, Ontario
|London Health Sciences Center, University Hospital
|Not yet recruiting
|London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5A5
|Principal Investigator: Mackenzie A Quantz, MD
|Canada, Quebec
|Royal Victoria Hospital
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1
|Principal Investigator: Renzo Cecere, MD
Sponsors and Collaborators
Abiomed Inc.
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Abiomed Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01543022 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 27, 2012
|Last Updated:
|May 1, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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SWINDON Storm helped to nurture a new breed of American football players on Monday night when they held their rookie trials for the 2014 season.
Close to 40 prospective players attended the event at Isambard School, many of whom had never experienced the sport before having only watched the NFL on Sunday evenings from the comfort of their sofas.
The hopefuls were put through a variety of fitness tests including a bleep test, a 40-yard sprint and a broad jump, similar to what the NFL use to assess the skills of college graduates looking to make it in the professional ranks at their annual combine in Indianapolis.
After their fitness was assessed the players were taught the basic skills of American football before being able to try it for themselves where they were judged by the club's coaching staff.
Head coach Steve Bennett organised the event and was impressed with what he saw: "Tonight was a massive success for the club," he said. "I was very impressed by the commitment and energy all of the new guys had.
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Gordon Basley, one of the rookies who attended the event and was successful in earning a spot on the squad said: "Having only just discovered that Swindon had its own American football team I was excited to attend trials. I think the game is awesome," he said.
"The bleep test was tough, but I pulled myself back with good overall results both in the remainder of the fitness tests and out on the field in the skills tests.
"I was very happy to be offered a place on the squad and I can't wait for my first full training session."
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NEW YORK — Saks Fifth Avenue plans to launch a new ad campaign encouraging new and existing customers to "discover" what the specialty retailer has to offer via catalogs, direct mail, press initiatives, in-store events, digital marketing, social media and visual displays.
Called "Look," the ad campaign positions Saks Fifth Avenue as more than just a place for shoppers to buy things they want or need but as a showroom where potential shoppers can search for what is new.
"Saks is not just a place to buy things," explains EVP and chief creative officer Terron Schaefer. "It's the ideal place to look for what's new and what's trending. We seek to earn and build our customers' confidence by focusing on the personal experience of discovery."
The retailer will position "Look What's New" outposts featuring emerging designers throughout the store. It will also offer "Making of a Look" beauty tutorials in stores, deploy online catalog initiatives and offer "Look Closer" features focused on "outstanding craftsmanship."
The campaign begins Tuesday, June 18 with a catalog titled "Making of a Look." It features interviews and contributions from designers Michael Kors, Donna Karan, Mary Kate and Ashley Olson, Stella McCartney and Brunello Cucinelli.
The geometric graphics for the campaign were designed by Michael Bierut, partner at design firm Pentagram. Bierut is responsible for Saks Fifth Avenue's iconic logo and has worked with the retailer on several recent campaigns.
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Brian Daccord is a former goaltending consultant of the Boston Bruins. His "Ask the Coach" column appears in each issue of Goalies' World magazine, and he can be heard across North America on his weekly radio segment "Between the Pipes With Brian Daccord" on the Fast Hockey Show on XM radio. Coach Daccord was featured in Hockey News as one of the NHL's top goalie coaches with "crease clout." He has worked with more than 30 professional goaltenders since 1999, including 2003-04 NHL Rookie of the Year Andrew Raycroft, NHL record holder for consecutive shutout minutes Brian Boucher, and Scott Clemmensen, national champion from Boston College. Daccord has also helped develop 22 NHL draft picks since 2000. His current clients include top NHL, AHL, ECHL, college, and junior goaltenders.
Currently, Daccord trains many of the top goaltenders in the country at Stop It Goaltending. He is also the director of the Goaltending Consultant Group, which features many of the top goalie coaches in North America. He is a former coach and player at Merrimack College (NCAA Division I) and played seven seasons of professional hockey in Switzerland. He has coached at every level of youth hockey as well as the U.S. prep school, junior, college, and professional levels. Daccord holds a master-level coaching certification with USA Hockey and also has earned a master's degree in sport science. He lives in North Andover, Massachusetts, with his wife, Daniela, and two sons, Joey and Alex.
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THE North Curry Village Show was a huge success at the weekend, with more entries than ever before.
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A cluster of barns at former Orley Needham farm, now an event venue known as Burlap & Beams, provides a charming backdrop for weddings and special events.
Folks planning on holding a memorable wedding or special event have a new option: the pastoral Thurman setting of the new "Burlap & Beams" enterprise.
Burlap & Beams proprietors Terri Larson and Mechelle Roy held an open house this last weekend to introduce their enterprise — and various other associated services — to the public.
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Burlap & Beams, which combines rusticity and elegance, is located at 242 Cameron Road.
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Larson and Roy encourage organizers to approach them with any event dreams, and they say they'll strive to help realize them.
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The site of Burlap & Beams is the Orley Needham Farm, which in the 1800s hosted Guy Brooks' Boarding House or the Loveland Hotel & Tavern. Remains of a large stone fireplace from that early building still stand in the yard of the mid-19th century farmhouse built to replace it. The barns, long part of the pastoral landscape of this area, were working outbuildings well into the last century.
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As globalization makes our world more interconnected, the University continues to examine and refine our vision of serving a broader global constituency, and to launch ventures abroad in order to reflect and accommodate the needs of students worldwide.
At the University of New Haven, you will discover we are entrepreneurial and driven to develop the talents within our faculty, students and staff. We specialize in emerging academic disciplines in close collaboration with leading universities in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
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This study is a 96-week study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of GW873140 in combination with Kaletra in HIV infected, untreated subjects.
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|A Phase IIb, 96 Week, Randomized, Open-label Multicenter, Parallel Group, Repeat Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK and Antiviral Effect of Different Doses and Regimens of GW873140 in Combination With Kaletra (Lopinavir and Ritonavir) in HIV-1 Infected Antiretroviral Therapy naïve Subjects
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
Drug Information available for: Ritonavir LopinavirU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by ViiV Healthcare:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To select a GW873140 dose and dosage regimen for further evaluation based on comparison of the short-term antiviral activity, safety and tolerability of different oral doses of GW873140 in combination with LPV/r in HIV-1 infected therapy-naive subjects.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- HIV-1 RNA decay rate Long-term safety Effects on plasma viral tropismViral resistance to GW873140 and other on-study drugsPK parameters of GW873140 in subjects receiving combination therapy.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|December 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:Detailed Description:
Drug: GW873140
Drug: Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir)
Other Name: GW873140
A Phase IIb, 96 week, randomized, open-label, multicenter, parallel group, repeat dose study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and antiviral effect of different doses and regimens of GW873140 in combination with Kaletra (lopinavir and ritonavir) in HIV-1 infected antiretroviral therapy naive subjects
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
- HIV infected, therapy-naive subjects.
- Females must be of either non-childbearing age, or have a negative pregnancy test.
- All subjects participating in this study should be counseled on the practice of safe sex using a proven double barrier method of contraception throughout the study.
- Screening lab result of plasma HIV-1 RNA greater than or equal to 50,000 copies/mL and CD4 cell count greater than or equal to 100 cells/mm3.
- Have CC Chemokine Receptor5-tropic (R5-tropic) or CC Chemokine Receptor5/CXC Chemokine Receptor4-tropic (R5/X4-tropic) virus based on viral tropism test at screening visit.
- Be treatment-naive, defined as less than or equal to 2 weeks of treatment with a protease inhibitor (PI) or an nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI/ NtRTI), or less than or equal to 7 days of therapy with a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI).
- Prior treatment with any entry inhibitor, attachment inhibitor, or fusion inhibitor (experimental or approved) is not allowed.
- Be able to understand and follow with protocol requirements, instructions and protocol-stated restrictions.
- Signed and dated written informed consent prior to study entry.
Exclusion criteria:
- No detection of CXC Receptor4-tropic (X4-tropic) virus only, based on viral tropism test at screening.
- No active Class C AIDS-defining illness.
- No laboratory abnormalities at screen.
- No significant blood loss prior to study start.
- No pregnant or breastfeeding women.
- Additional qualifying criteria to be determined by the physician.
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|Responsible Party:
|ViiV Healthcare
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00102778 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 1, 2005
|Last Updated:
|May 25, 2017
Keywords provided by ViiV Healthcare:
HIV infected
therapy-naive subjects
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Communicable Diseases
HIV Infections
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
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Every Term Must End Erstwhile Leaders KnowRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Some heads of state and figures regal
Would assure you that I am legal
Being my opposite it may take
To bring this attribute to your steak
Moments that might be described as me
Expressions of love shared quietly
As a mixologist I'll go far
So long as I am mixed with a bar
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legal tender - Many banknotes and coins carry the image of a political leader, monarch, or emperor.
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tender steak - In order to tenderize your steak, you may need to pound it i.e. be tough with it.
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tender moments - These are quiet and calm bonding moments that are usually shared between just two people.
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bartender - A mixologist is another word for a bartender ("bar" + "tender").
The perhaps subtle hint hinges on the fact that the word "tough" is an antonym (or opposite) of the word "tender".
The title was probably not very helpful, but was a cryptic clue in that between the words "Must End Erstwhile" the word "tender" is actually spelled out.
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Who amongst us, at one time or another, hasn't wished that a particularly large or sloppy burger could come with a privacy shield? That's exactly what Japanese burger shop Freshness Burger has done with their "Liberation Wrapper", a burger holding device that allows women to tear into the shop's largest item (the "classic burger") with abandon, while maintaining the appearance of "ochobo"—a small and modest mouth.
Before the debut of the new burger wrapper, the classic burger was the least-ordered item by women. With the invention of the wrapper, sales have increased a reported 213% compared to the previous month, according to this video which explains the liberation wrapper and features depictions of happy female customers getting all up in their burger's business.
Without getting too deep into the gender politics of the invention (or how the image of the closed mouth printed on the wrapper looks a bit creepy), I have to say... this really isn't a bad idea. I'd take it even further, and provide customers with burger isolation booths, so that they could eat as messily as they want while pounding the table, praising the burger gods, or letting loose a profanity-laced exaltation of their burger without fear of judgment. I don't know about you, but that's what I'm looking for in a burger-eating experience.
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|Are You Protected?
Part 2: Digital video tracking is often used these days instead of deck sensors.
By Diane M. Byrne — March 2003
Here's how it works. Using technology that Maritron says was developed by the military, digital video tracking enables CCTV cameras to track and graphically record motion. The key word here is motion--the system is programmed to record only when movement is detected, and only the type of movement you select. Pullens says this means it can be set to distinguish between, say, people walking by along the docks and a true intruder trying to gain access to your boat. Once a person enters a camera's field of view, a recorded announcement, which can be a computer-generated voice or a human one, tells him or her to stay put until you or a crew member comes outside. If the person continues to move, additional cameras sense the motion and activate further announcements that are audible both inside the yacht and throughout the surrounding area.
Digital video tracking is often used these days instead of deck sensors, another type of security system that has been around for several years. As the name implies, deck sensors are feelers placed in various locations underfoot that detect movement. Like digital video tracking, deck sensors are interfaced with voice systems to warn individuals to stay put until you come outside to meet them, and the sensors will trip an alarm if the warning is ignored. However, because installation of these deck sensors requires that your yacht essentially be torn up, Pullens says that CCTVs provide the same advantages more effectively.
Speaking of doors, if you've ever misplaced your house keys or car keys, you know all too well the feeling of panic that can arise. So imagine what would happen if you--or your crew--did the same with the keys to your yacht. Beyond that, while no one likes to think about it, the fact remains that if you have a crew, one day you or your captain may have to fire someone, and what happens if that person holds onto or even duplicates a key? To address this, Maritron can install a keyless entry system that works with card readers, much like many hotels do these days. Since each card has a code, if the card is lost or stolen, the code can be deleted from the system. Depending on your needs, Maritron can set up the system to record who comes and goes through each access point throughout the day and control access to certain areas, such as the master stateroom. The company also says that since the card readers are sealed units, no parts are subject to the harshness of the marine environment.
Another security expert owners often turn to is Patrick Estebe, a former French captain and the owner of Florida-based security-consulting firm AffAirAction. In fact, Estebe was tapped by Palmer Johnson to assist with the development of a new security division within its On Call program. (Palmer Johnson On Call is a 24-hour, worldwide chandlery, fuel bunkering, and logistical support service for owners, captains, and crew.) Estebe and his team will perform a security survey in which they evaluate how easy it is to get on and off your yacht and make recommendations for installing a variety of equipment, such as the items mentioned above. But AffAirAction will also check the crew's training and review everything that's brought onboard before outlining a security plan and review all of these findings with you, your family, and your crew present.
Logic dictates that the key to a good security system is preventing an intruder from gaining access to your boat. While the crew of the 102-footer described earlier in this story got lucky, a bat isn't exactly an ideal "system." Any expert will also tell you that a good security system simultaneously avoids the disruption of normal onboard activities. At the end of the day, there's nothing more important than enjoying your investment with peace of mind.
AffAirAction Phone: (954) 765-1030. www.affairaction.com.
Maritron Phone: (954) 929-6588. www.maritron.com.
Palmer Johnson On Call Phone: (866) PJ-ON-CALL. www.palmerjohnson.com.
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Tips on how to create a romantic garden which will last a lot longer than a bunch of flowers on Valentine's Day - plus, find out what else needs doing in the garden this week.
By Hannah Stephenson
Valentine's Day will come and go, but you can create a lover's paradise in your outdoor space, incorporating all the senses of touch, smell, sight, taste and sound.
Whether it's a woodland garden or flowing fields or a rustic cottage garden bursting with fragrant blooms, deliciously scented roses and clematis growing around an arbour, or waves of purple wisteria blooms draping over the walls of a house, all gardeners can have their share of romance.
Even on the smallest plot, you can create a touch of romance with old-fashioned plants, winding walkways, rustic arches, willow trellises and soft climbing blooms.
Choose your plants carefully and place the scented varieties where their delicious fragrance will come into its own, near to the house or bordering a well-used walkway.
Climbers including the fragrant honeysuckle or repeat-flowering roses, such as the silvery pink hybrid musk 'Felicia' or 'Old Blush China', can fill an area with sweet scent.
Informal planting creates a soft palette, with dainty plants such as violas or bell-flowered campanulas mingling in front of taller specimens such as delphiniums, lupins and the many wonderful varieties of clematis. Irises, peonies and gentle wild-meadow flowers can also be incorporated.
Group your plants together in small drifts, and you'll be rewarded with a lovely, informal display of scent and colour all summer long.
I think a soft colour palette of whites, soft and deep pinks, blues, mauves and purples is ideal for the romantic garden.
Keep the design low-key, with soft edges and curved lines. Make sure the emphasis is on the plants themselves, although you can create a focal point from a statue or tall obelisk or wigwam adorned with sweet peas or clematis and climbing roses.
One arch in my own garden is planted with Clematis 'Nelly Moser', a large pink and white-striped variety, and Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll', which form a perfect combination of soft colour and scent.
Lavender and nepeta (catmint) can fringe borders, spilling out into winding paths around the garden, while fragrant herbs such as thyme can be planted in the cracks in pathways to soften the effect.
But try to keep heavily scented plants which are planted in abundance separate so they don't dominate the group.
Among my favourite shrubs which are easy to include in a romantic garden is the philadelphus (mock orange), which produces masses of white flowers in early summer whose scent can fill the whole garden and beyond. A good choice is the tall variety P. 'Beauclerk', which grows to 2.5m (8ft) and can make an informal windbreak.
If you have room, make a secret place in the garden which you can't see from the house, such as a hidden archway over a bench, where you can sit during those summer evenings for peace and solace while taking in the scents and sounds of the garden.
When planning your romantic garden, make sure you take note of where the sun rises and sets, so that you create your seating area to enjoy the sun as it goes down at the end of the day, or when you are likely to use that area most.
If you have room for a bed of annuals, go again for soft, fragrant plants such as night-scented stock and nicotiana, along with other cottage garden favourites such as aquilegia.
In the evening, candle light comes into its own to create a romantic setting, so place some close to the plants you want to highlight and include some citronella candles near where you are sitting to keep mosquitoes at bay.
Long after Valentine's Day, you'll have the perfect setting for romance in your garden.
Best of the bunch - Scilla
These pretty clump-formers are a common sight in springtime, providing a splash of colour in sun or dappled shade under deciduous trees or shrubs.
But there are also many winter-flowering dwarfs for the rockery which also brighten up patios if they are planted in containers.
A very early-flowering variety is S. mischtschenkoana, which has pale blue flowers with a tiny deeper blue stripe down each petal. They go well among snowdrops and winter aconites.
Good scillas for rock gardens include S. bifolia, which produces loose sprays of star-shaped blue to purple-blue flowers in early spring and will increase rapidly, and S. siberica 'Spring Beauty', whose bell-shaped rich blue flowers appear in spring.
Scilla thrive in any well-drained, moist soil. Overcrowded clumps should be divided in August or September and replanted immediately.
Good enough to eat - Dividing mint
Now is the time to dig up existing mint plants which you want to place somewhere else or which has simply outgrown its space.
Mint propagates itself by rooted runners and is really invasive if not kept in check. Cut the runner into sections, ensuring that each has some healthy root and shoot.
It's better to plant the root cuttings in a big plastic pot or bucket with drainage holes and then plunge the whole thing into the soil. That way it can be easily lifted in the future and won't invade everything around it.
You can also keep a few sections of runners in pots in the house for daily use.
Three ways to... Minimise snow damage and waterlogging
1. Lay waterlogged plants in pots on their sides. Later, if they seem to have been damaged, be prepared to repot into smaller pots using fresh compost after removing dead and rotting tissue.
2. Try to keep off saturated soil until it is workable to avoid worsening the conditions.
3. Prune out frost-damaged foliage when effects of freezing begin to appear and apply a dressing of balanced fertiliser in the spring, mulching over the root area.
What to do this week
:: Knock any remaining snow from trees and shrubs to stop them becoming misshapen and keep an area of the pond ice-free.
:: Firm in plants lifted by frost or windrock.
:: Sow quick-growing perennials such as campanulas and poppies to flower this year.
:: Order summer-flowering bulbs, corms and tubers, especially if you are planning to grow any that need starting off indoors, such as tuberous begonias.
:: Pot autumn-rooted fuchsia cuttings into small, individual pots.
:: Winter dig the vegetable garden if the ground isn't too hard or waterlogged.
:: Test your soil to see if the pH needs adjusting or if the soil is deficient in any major nutrients.
:: Put cloches in place to warm the soil for early sowings of vegetables in March.
:: Weather permitting, take hardwood cuttings of hardy climbers to save time later in the spring.
:: Prune newly planted bushes of gooseberries and red and white currants by cutting back strong new shoots by half their length to form the main branches.
:: Sow lily seed under glass, not more than 1cm deep in pots or boxes.
:: Continue to remove rubbish and debris from the garden to reduce the number of hiding spots and breeding grounds for slugs and snails.


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Antioch's crime rate continues to climb while the numbers of arrests decrease.
During an update of the status of the Antioch Police Department this week, police Chief Allan Cantando told city leaders that all categories of crime are up for the first nine months of 2012.
Property crimes increased from 2,461 for the first nine months of 2011 to 3,579 from January to September of this year, or 45.4 percent, according to police statistics. Violent crimes have increased by 37.8 percent, primarily because of aggravated assaults.
Meanwhile, arrests are down by 17 percent in the first nine months of 2012, compared with the same period a year ago. It also takes officers an average of 11 minutes, 14 seconds to respond to priority calls in the first nine months of 2012 compared with 8 minutes in 2010, according to police statistics.
"The numbers are somewhat staggering, but we aren't the only ones dealing with this," Cantando said, noting that the economy and early release of state prisoners has contributed to the increase.
More people may be reporting property crimes online, which became available last year, as well, he said.
Still, Cantando said Antioch's lack of police staffing is the primary reason for its crime situation. The crime rate increase is likely to continue through the end of the year, he said.
"I think it's pretty apparent that there's a direct correlation between the staffing rate and the crime rate," said Tom Fuhrmann, president of the Antioch Police Officers Association.
The police department is down 40 sworn officers from its authorized strength of 126 officers, not including the 15 officers who may be on injury leave or military duty. The police staffing situation is a result of city budget cuts several years back as Antioch staved off bankruptcy, Mayor Jim Davis and Councilman Brian Kalinowski said.
Fuhrmann said there were 86 sworn officers when he started working with the Antioch department in 1989, back when the East Contra Costa city of near 104,000 was about half its present size.
The department also has no nonsworn community service officers to handle duties such as booking, fingerprinting, and holding people in jail.
But some help may soon be on the way.
Antioch is in the process of hiring for 14 sworn officer positions and up to six community service officers. Four officers are in the final stages of the background check process, Cantando said.
"We've started picking up some momentum," said Cantando, adding that the city's new human resources director Michelle Fitzer understands the department's needs and is working expeditiously to fill the staff positions.
Fuhrmann said Antioch's hiring efforts are encouraging.
"That is paramount. When we look at where we've been, there's no place to go but up," he said.
In addition to utilizing volunteers to pick up some slack, the police department has also benefitted from utilizing social media such as its Facebook page and its anonymous text-a-tip line to make arrests, Cantando said.
Following the presentation, City Council members said that both the department and elected leaders need to identify priorities and plan what an ideal organization would look like and, more importantly, how to fund it.
"I think we know what we need, but the question is where do we find the money to do it?" Councilwoman Mary Rocha said.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.
Here are the number of crimes for the first nine months in Antioch in 2010 and 2011 compared with 2012. Arson cases are not included in the total crime tally.
Type of Crime 2010 2011 2012
Homicide 7 4 5
Rape 23 18 24
Robbery 256 206 257
Aggravated Assault 393 341 498
Burglary 795 919 1277
Theft 845 900 1458
Auto Theft 646 642 844
Arson 33 36 32
Total Crime 2965 3030 3579
Total Arrests 3823 3443 2850
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Rangers to play White Sox in Civil Rights Game
HOUSTON -- The Rangers will be the visiting team in the seventh-annual Civil Rights Game when they play the White Sox on Aug. 24 at U.S. Cellular Field. It's the first time the Rangers have played in the game, which includes a series of events that weekend developed by MLB to pay tribute to all of those who fought on and off the field for equal rights for all Americans.
"The Civil Rights Game and its surrounding events represent an integral way for Major League Baseball to recognize the courageous people who have fought -- and continue to fight -- injustice," Commissioner Bud Selig said. "When Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier 66 years ago, it was a watershed moment not only in our sport but in American history. With unprecedented diversity of players of all races and ethnicities in the sport today, we are pleased to stand alongside the White Sox in homage to all those of our game and beyond who have paved new paths to equality."
Rangers manager Ron Washington said it's an honor for his team to participate in the game.
"Being a man of color, of course," Washington said. "I know what went on during the Civil Rights years."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Oregon State QB out with knee injury
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Oregon State quarterback Sean Mannion is out indefinitely after injuring his left knee during the No. 10 Beavers' victory over Washington State on Saturday.
Backup Cody Vaz will start for the undefeated Beavers when they play a nonconference game against BYU this weekend.
Mannion had his knee in a brace at practice on Monday. Coach Mike Riley says an MRI has indicated the 6-foot-5, 212-pound sophomore quarterback will require surgery.
The specific nature of Mannion's injury was not released.
Mannion threw for 270 yards and a touchdown in Oregon State's 19-6 victory over the Cougars. He apparently injured the knee on a handoff but did not leave the game.
Following the victory, Oregon State jumped into the Top 10 of the AP rankings for the first time since 2001, when the Beavers went to the Fiesta Bowl.
Mannion was averaging 339.5 yards passing a game, second in the Pac-12 and sixth in the nation.
Mannion has thrown for 1,358 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions this season.
Vaz, a 6-foot-1, 198-pound junior, played in five games in the 2010 season, completing six of 17 passes for 48 yards. He did not appear in any games last season for the Beavers.
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Corvallis - Oregon State University sophomore quarterback Sean Mannion will miss an undetermined amount of time after being diagnosed with a left knee injury Monday. The sophomore sustained the injury on a handoff during the No. 10 Beavers' 19-6 win over Washington State last Saturday at Reser Stadium.
Mannion, from Pleasanton, Calif., is second in the Pac-12 Conference for passing, averaging 339.5 yards per game. He has completed 107 of 169 pass attempts with seven touchdowns and already ranks sixth for career passing at OSU with 4,686 yards. He has taken every snap for the Beavers in the last 14 games.
Mannion will be replaced in the starting lineup by junior quarterback Cody Vaz from Lodi, Calif. Vaz has appeared in five games during his career, all in 2010 as a redshirt-freshman, completing 6 of 17 pass attempts for 48 yards. Vaz's backup will be redshirt freshman quarterback Richie Harrington from Westlake Village, Calif.
"Cody is a good quarterback; he's been preparing for this for a long time," head football coach Mike Riley said. "He's had a ton of reps; in fact he almost had as many as Sean did during fall camp. Cody knows what we are doing, he gets rid of the ball fast and he's accurate."
The Beavers return to action Saturday at BYU at 12:30 p.m. PDT in a game being televised to a regional audience by ABC. OSU is 4-0 for the first time since 2002 and seeks its first 5-0 start since 1939.


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Sylvester wrote:Aah. The Unnabha Paradox. See SN 51.15.
Sam Vara wrote:"....and then Ajahn Chah said to me
'Actually, Dr. Naik's website isn't really bothering your mind at all. If you reflect on it, it's your mind that is going out to bother Dr. Naik's website, isn't it?'..."
Sylvester wrote:Aah. The Unnabha Paradox. See SN 51.15.
lojong1 wrote:Dr. Zakir Naik seems to be the preferred word on buddhism in the islamic world. The following is from the comparative religion section of his website irf.net
-- "(i) There is suffering and misery in life.
(ii) The cause of suffering and misery is desire.
(iii) Suffering and misery can be removed by removing desire.
(iv) Desire can be removed by following the Eight Fold Path.
This Philosophy of Buddhism is self-contradictory or self-defeating because the third truth says 'suffering and misery can be removed by removing desire' and the fourth truth says that 'desire can be removed by following the Eight Fold Path'.
Now, for any person to follow Buddhism he should first have the desire to follow the Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path. The Third great Noble Truth says that desire should be removed. Once you remove desire, how can we follow the Fourth Noble truth i.e. follow the Eight Fold Path unless we have a desire to follow the Eight Fold Path. In short desire can only be removed by having a desire to follow the Eight Fold Path. If you do not follow the Eight Fold Path, desire cannot be removed. It is self contradicting as well as self-defeating to say that desire will only be removed by continuously having a desire."
I feel raped, infected, pregnant, robbed, beaten looked at wrong and tickled pink! This is a carefully crafted piece of evil that does not want to be correct.
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