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Car and Driver Magazine has named the 2006 Honda Accord as one of the winners of its prestigious and highly competitive annual "10Best Cars" award. Named as the "Best Family Sedan," the Accord has achieved "10Best" status 20 times in the 24 years that Car and Driver editors have been conducting the competition, more than any other vehicle in the award's history.
The full lineup of Accord vehicles - including the Accord Hybrid and the four-cylinder- and V6-powered Sedan and Coupe - have been recognized by the magazine's staff as outstanding vehicles in their respective classes. Honda vehicles have made the magazine's 10Best list 41 times - more than any other automotive brand in the award's history.
"The Car and Driver "10Best' award demonstrates how the Accord leads the family sedan segment with Honda's emphasis on performance, quality and safety," said John Mendel, senior vice president of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "Honda is honored to have its vehicles regarded so highly over the years with one of the most coveted awards in the industry."
The seventh-generation of the Honda Accord remains one of the most popular cars in America. For 2006, the Accord has received fresh front and rear styling as well as a long list of enhancements and additional standard equipment. All models have more power, more comfort and convenience features, and a comprehensive list of standard safety features that help make the 2006 model the most exciting and well-equipped Accord in its 30-year history.
"The editors of Car and Driver give the Accord high marks for its excellent road manners, first-rate ergonomics, exemplary reliability, rock-solid construction, and strong value," said Csaba Csere, editor-in-chief of Car and Driver Magazine. "The Accord's consistent ability to flatter average drivers and engage expert drivers helps explain why Accord has made the 10Best list 20 times in the past 24 years, which is more than any other vehicle in the award's history."
Accord Sedan and Accord Coupe styling takes on a dynamic new and sporting character for 2006. Freshened exterior elements on all Accord's include new front and rear styling with new bumper fascias, front grille, trunk lid design with integrated LED brake lamp and LED taillights. Sedans have restyled rear fenders to accommodate the newly styled LED taillights. Available aluminum wheels are new designs as are the exhaust finishers on select models.
For 2006 all Accords also gain a host of interior improvements including a new steering wheel, new automatic transmission shift knob (if equipped with automatic transmission) and a restyled gauge cluster with a new Maintenance Minder function (indicating oil life and similar factors). Additionally, new seat fabrics are applied in all cloth models and extensive application of new lightweight sound deadening material to improve NVH even further. All Accords have a new rear window tray (since the third brake light is relocated to the trunk lid) as well as a front passenger seat belt reminder.
In keeping with Honda's industry-leading "Safety for Everyone" initiative, all Accords come equipped with a comprehensive list of advanced safety features, including dual stage front airbags (SRS), front side airbags with passenger-side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS), side curtain airbags and anti-lock brakes (ABS). For 2006, all Accord models gain standard daytime running lights. Also new for 2006, all V6 models come standard with Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA). The Accord is among the few vehicles in its class to offer this level of standard safety features while earning a 5-star frontal impact rating from the U.S. government and a "Best Pick" from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
Powertrain improvements abound across the Accord line-up. The V6 engine's horsepower is increased to 244HP (+4 hp, SAE net revised 8/04) and the 4-cylinder engine's horsepower is increased to 166HP (+6HP, SAE net revised 8/04). Horsepower gains were achieved with extensive improvements to the airflow of the intake and exhaust systems. The 4-cylinder engines are now controlled with Drive-By-Wire (DBW), rather than a throttle cable, providing for smooth operation and enhanced throttle response. (Accord V6 engines already utilized DBW prior to the 2006 model year).
Fuel efficiency remains an Accord hallmark. The 2.4-liter 4-cylinder models equipped with the 5-speed manual transmission are EPA rated at 26 mpg city and 34 mpg highway, while 4-cylinder models equipped with the 5-speed automatic achieve an EPA fuel economy rating of 24 mpg city and 34 mpg highway. The 3.0-liter V6 models with the 6-speed manual transmission are EPA rated at 21 mpg city and 30 mpg highway while V6 models with the 5-speed automatic transmission are EPA rated at 20 mpg city and 29 mpg highway.
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The Kings have won three consecutive games and five of their last to improve their overall record to 8-6-2. The Ducks have won six in a row and 10 of their last 11 and are 13-2-1. Anze Kopitar leads the Kings with 12 points (five goals, seven assists) and Jeff Carter (nine goals, two assists) and Mike Richards (four goals, seven assists) each have 11 points. Ryan Getzlaf leads the Ducks with 17 points (six goals, 11 assists), and 42-year-old Teemu Selanne has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists). The Ducks won the first game between the teams 7-4 on Feb. 2 in Anaheim.
Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau had this to say about facing the rejuvenated Kings on Monday night at Staples Center: "To me, that's the ultimate test. They're playing like they played in the playoffs last year. I watch every one of their games, and they're just flat-out good. (Goalie Jonathan) Quick is good, and he's playing like he's the Conn Smythe Trophy winner. We'll see how we do against them. They're as good a test as you're going to find in this game today."

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The Rupel iVox is a high-definition audio/video recording device with built-in GPS, accelerometer, and rear camera support. Video is recorded for playback on an included 16GB USB solid-state drive.
The Verdict:
The Rupel iVox102h is a feature rich recording device with all the bells and whistles. It's "install and forget" configuration as well as its high quality image capturing means the iVox102H is a very versatile device. It seems its creator has done an amazing job of incorporating a variety of sensor capabilities into a useful and intuitive device.
What's in the box?
The iVox102H comes with the high-definition camera, a 16GB solid state USB drive, a windshield mount with GPS built in, a 6 meter cigarette lighter power plug, and a rear auxiliary camera. Wire looms are also generously thrown in.
In car, I talk, a lot. A lot of the things I say cannot be repeated in this blog post. In fact, I should probably invest in installing a swear jar somewhere in my mass of PC components and wiring. The Rupel iVox102H was the device that taught me this. That's because this high quality audio/video capture device sees and hears all that's going on during my daily commute. It does a clever job of recording what I see as a driver on the busy streets of the DC metropolitan area, all while (optionally) recording all audio that echoes throughout my travels.
Installation for the device is only slightly more difficult than installing a portable GPS unit. The included base, which features a built-in GPS receiver, simply sticks to your front windshield or dashboard. It connects to the camera with a standard VESA mount and 3.5mm cable so that the GPS data can be written to the camera's 16GB solid state hard drive, or optionally, a SD card. Next step in installation is to simply run the power line to your nearest 12volt cigarette lighter port. Then optionally the camera will take a 3.5mm audio/video out and yet another 3.5mm jack for the included auxiliary rear camera.
Once installed, the iVox102H powers on when power is supplied through the cigarette lighter port upon ignition, and powers down shortly after the vehicle is turned off. Optionally, you can connect the device to an always-on 12volt source and record 24/7, though, as always applies in the car, this will only work if you maintain 12volts or more at the battery.
Shortly after powering on, the camera will automatically begin recording, emitting a simple "recording started" phrase which is elegantly created. This is the "normal" mode for recording. A secondary "event" recording mode is automatically created based on the built-in accelerometer crossing a preset threshold. In this automatic mode, the iVox102H will recapture the prior 15 seconds before the event, and continue recording the preceding 5 minutes after the event before returning to normal mode again. The idea behind event mode is that the moments that need to be captured are captured without the default 30 second splitting the camera saves the files at during the default setting.
While the iVox is declared as an "HD" capable device, the reality is at its highest setting the primary camera records at 3-megapixels. The video quality is still good enough to capture a license place or an occasional street sign. The rear camera is of lesser quality, but is good enough to use in parking scenarios, which is what the creators designed it for.
The iVox102h comes with a Rupel Viewer application which allows the video files created by the capture device to be displayed with metadata in tow. The app will show you your calculated speed, latitude, longitude, and built-in accelerometer values in a nice graphical interface. You're also presented a Google map window which will show your recorded travels. The application, while useful for configuring the camera for things like quality, time format, and distance display, requires a very large resolution display (no car PC will display it), and doesn't genuinely do anything special. All metadata is shown embedded on the video replay, so users are welcome to simply use they're own video application.
The Positive:
• High quality video capture without the need for a PC
• Composite video output means you can connect the device to a PC if you wish
• Quality imaging and audio pickup
• Auto-power on/off
• Captures GPS and accelerometer data and uses it for event detection
• Included software gives you all the video information in a nice GUI
• Two channels means you can record from two cameras
The Negative:
• Camera itself is somewhat large for windshield mounting
• Can run into cable management problems if connecting all accessories
• Included application requires a high resolution display to use.
The Verdict:
The Rupel iVox102h is a feature rich recording device with all the bells and whistles. It's "install and forget" configuration as well as its high quality image capturing means the iVox102H is a very versatile device. It seems its creator has done an amazing job of incorporating a variety of sensor capabilities into a useful and intuitive device.


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Another Somerville Cyclist Arrested for Running Red Light, Refusing to Identify Herself
It's been a little over a month since a cyclist in Somerville was pulled over for running a red light, refused to identify himself, and ended up in cuffs. Apparently that means we were due for another.
Jessica DaSilva, 29, was arrested last week and charged with a bicycle violation, refusing to identify herself, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, according to Somerville Patch.
She allegedly ran a red light at the corner of Bow Street and Somerville Avenue near Union Square on August 27 and when officers asked her to identify herself, she allegedly refused and began to walk away before being placed under arrest.
DaSilva's arrest comes just over six weeks after 29-year-old Matthew Szklarz allegedly ran a red light near Webster Avenue and Washington Street, was accused of refusing to identify himself, and reportedly told the arresting officer, "You can't do that.''


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This was the burger combination that landed chef Bobby Flay the coveted Amstel Light People's Choice Award at the Amstel Light Burger Bash in South Beach.
Flay has been competing in the Amstel Light Burger Bash in South Beach since 2006 and this is his first win. In fact, for the last three years Flay's burgers placed second behind fellow chef (and Flay's bestfriend) Michael Symon who took home the coveted honor every year since 2010.
"It's about time," Flay told the Assiocated Press. "The green chilies were my secret weapon. I pulled out all the stops for this one. Michael Symon is a tough guy to beat."
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Mike Tannenbaum said Tuesday that it was his idea to bring Tim Tebow to the New York Jets last year.
Tannenbaum, who was fired as the Jets' general manager earlier this month, told ESPNNewYork.com that he had no regrets about trading two draft picks to the Denver Broncos for a quarterback who was seldom used in 2012.
"It's just a trade that didn't work out," Tannenbaum told reporter Rich Cimini. "Each year, we'll make 200-plus transactions. Some worked out, some didn't."
Tannenbaum also rebutted earlier reports that Jets owner Woody Johnson pressured him to bring in Tebow. Tannenbaum told ESPNNewYork.com that he saw Tebow as a good replacement for Brad Smith, who was used in the Wildcat and was also a passing, receiving and special teams threat.
"We thought there was a role for him," Tannenbaum told Cimini. "Working with (coach) Rex (Ryan) every day, and seeing the way the league has evolved with the ball being in the quarterback's hands and making plays with your feet, we thought it would give us a chance to make our offense more dynamic. It just didn't work out that way."
Tebow briefly competed with Mark Sanchez for the starting job, but it quickly became clear to the coaching staff that Sanchez was the team's best option. Tebow then played little in the Wildcat under former offensive coordinator Tony Sparano. For the season, Tebow participated in just 75 plays from scrimmage, or slightly more than an average game's worth. His special teams work was as a protector on the punt team.
The Jets, now under new general manager John Idzik, are expected to let Tebow go in the offseason.


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The win at any cost mind-set of the District Attorneys in our judicial system is on a dangerous path. The abuses of this type are no longer an aberration, but a standard practice in which ADAââ¬â¢s are rewarded for. To grant any of these people who were knowingly involved in orchestrating this travesty of justice absolute Immunity is a miscarriage of justice, and does nothing to hinder future abuses. We cannot allow those trusted with up holding the Laws of our country to emulate Madam Defarge when doing their duties. Had the death penalty still been an option at sentencing, there is a strong possibility Mr. Collins might have been executed. No amount of money can remedy the abuses a person for what was taken from them. This Man was not falsely convicted of a crime; he was systematically imprisoned with false testimony and evidence knowingly created by these win at any cost District Attorneys and Police Officers. This case was not a case of minor errors that caused this conviction. The government knowingly and fraudulently destroyed sixteen years of a manââ¬â¢s life. Everyday, for sixteen years, this Man woke up in Hell. Iââ¬â¢m a firm believer that all police officers, Lawyers, Prosecutors, and Judges should do thirty days in Prison before they are allowed to practice their trade. A Police Officer would be more truthful and understanding of his responsibilities to the public. A Lawyer would understand how much their clients depend upon them, and would actually prepare to represent their clients well before he walks into the courtroom. The Prosecutorââ¬â¢s would understand what it means to comply with discovery demands, and would be a lot less likely to create or allow the subornation of perjury. Most importantly, Judges would not handout draconian sentences for minor offenses. All of these people involved in creating the fraud in this case should be severely punished, and there should be no blanket immunity to anyone who uses their position of trust and authority to make a mockery of our legal system.
Clearly prosecutors need less immunities, and more skin in the game. Abuse of their power is rampant.
As long as the courts continue to rule that unlawful, dishonest and violent governmental conduct disguised as prosecutorial or judicial functions are absolutely immune from civil suit then people will continue to be deprived of seeking redresses from those types of grievances and subjected to unequall protections under the law. Furthermore, the nefariuos conduct will continue with nothing to deter unscrupulous prosecutors and Judges from commiting such horrific human rights violations. And, as those types of suits are dismissed so also is the exposure of the full facts and truth of those crimes from ever reaching the records and the public. A true evil in it's form that has and is sure to lead to horrible retribution. It invites anarchy and encourages people to seek other forms of achieving justice. It is contrary to natural justice. The doctrine of absolute immunity should be abolished when the facts demonstrate the existence of any element of dishonesty, bad faith, violence, prejudice, indifference, or criminality appied to the administration of judicial and prosecutorial functions in the light that unlawful governmental conduct is outside of the scope of those governmental functions and produces great irreparable losses, pain and harms.
This article is interesting and useful.
The same shenanigans happens out here in California Gold Country. I am a witness to a case that may be headed the same way in the future. Just sit and wait I suppose. They have stonewalled from reporting several other crimes against the victim. One crime might lead to lesser charges against the defendant, if it was investigated and prosecuted. Michael Moore even did an expose on the county this case is in. His sister was a public defender and got fired after blowing the whistle on them. They were fined, and changes made supposedly. I think they just became more clever at it.
Guess this is to make up for Officer Hamdy's 'no true bill' punted Grand Jury presentation, huh? Seriously, they say you can indict a ham sandwich (unless it is in a NYCPD pig's uniform, that is). Wonder how many state officials it will take to BRIBE for the law giving prosecutor's blanket immunity is finally revamped to hold the inept, the morally bankrupt and the negligent district attorneys and assistant district attorneys ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ILLEGALITY? Do folks seriously believe this is NOT WIDE SPREAD...and hasn't continued unabated since 1994? Just like illegal stop and gropes, NYCPD members being able to rape at will, and the continued MURDERS OF UNARMED, DARK SKINNED YOUNG MEN, nothing EVER CHANGES in the NYPD. It's simply covered up, hidden or "SEALED BY THE COURTS". Judge LoPresto (Crim Ct. Qns Cnty) summed it up when he said, and I QUOTE "Your Guilt or Innocence Doesn't Matter"...stated while sitting from the bench..>I shoulda bought the transcript on that one.
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Greening Your Small Business – Which Steps and Investments Should Your Business Make?
Interested in greening your business? Today is Earth Day 2013, so what better time to consider ways in which your business can play its part in saving the planet and reaping the cost benefits of operating more sustainably.
But where do you start and what sustainability measures are right for your company? With more and more consumers choosing to "buy green" and many of them willing to pay higher prices for it, environmentally friendly business practices are here to stay. For the savvy business owner, the trick is knowing which green initiatives will pay off for your business and which may not be worth the time or expense.
For answers, I turned to Michelle Goodman's excellent article in Entrepreneur magazine from the fall of 2012, How to Determine which Eco-Friendly Changes your Business Should Make, and to tried and tested tips and information from the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy's joint venture – Energy Star.
Here's what they suggest:
Start with the Obvious – Use Less of Everything and Track Savings
Using less of everything – water, electricity, fuel, paper, printer ink – makes common sense. Similarly, ask yourself some basic questions: Can I recycle? What about introducing a lights out policy in meeting rooms that aren't in use and in the building at night? Does it make sense to let my employees telecommute?
As you look for areas where you can make savings and be greener, try it out for a month and compare your business expenses to previous months. If you can demonstrate clear dollar savings, then getting the entire company behind you is going to be a lot easier. You can also use the savings you've made to fund bigger sustainability improvements.
If you run a service business such as a hotel, implement a towel re-use policy or a key-card activated energy-saving system that powers down the room when a guest exits. These can reap huge savings.
Look for areas that make sense to your business. For example, can you dispose of less by buying re-usable versions of the same product? Goodman cites a California hair salon that switched from using disposable latex gloves worn by stylists to color hair – which set them back nearly $3,000 a year – to investing in heavy-duty reusable gloves at a cost of a couple of hundred dollars.
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A FOOT slog along the entire length of Hadrian's Wall - and then some - has raised £367 for Malvern Help for Heroes.
The endurance feat was undertaken by Nick Wilkes, the resident bard at the Malvern Theatres, along with friends Paul Ralph and Adrian Ross-Jones, partly as research for the new play Adrian's Wall, which will premier in mid-September.
Mr Wilkes said: "Although we walked the entire length of Hadrian's Wall, we were determined to impress, so we tagged on an extra bit at the beginning, starting from Tynemouth. This meant we tabbed from coast to coast, a foot-blistering 93 miles."
The trio handed over their cheque outside Malvern Theatres to Malvern Help for Heroes co-ordinator, Tim Kidwell. They are coming together again for the Help for Heroes Malvern Hills Challenge (information at 4h4h.org.uk) an end to end Hills walk on Saturday, September 13, just in time to launch Adrian's Wall the following week.


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One of the more interesting discussions around Chez Melvin this past weekend has now spilled over into the week. The topic of options-selling came up, as a couple of folks have recently had their heads kicked in and their net worth diminished by disastrous short put positions. I have been known to sell puts from time to time, and have found the conversation to be one of great interest. The traders with losing options positions were experienced investors, but new to the options-selling game. They made the same mistakes I always see made by professionals and neophytes alike.
Selling puts on stocks, indices and ETFs can look like free money. We all know most out-of-the-money options expire worthless, with the seller keeping the premium. What most traders fail to take into account, however, is that options payoffs are asymmetrical in nature. You can sell premiums and have 90% winners, and end up broken by that final trade. Options-sellers can find themselves collecting pennies and paying out dollars.
I only sell options on stocks I want to own. Valuation of the underlying stock is the first and foremost concern. If it is not cheap, I don't care where the options prices are. I have no interest in the trade. This is where most people lose money as options-sellers. The premiums on the darling and popular stocks are often fat, and just too tempting to pass up for many traders and investors. Why sell options for a 2% or 3% monthly return when you can collect much more than that by selling premium on stock like Apple (AAPL) or Chipotle (CMG)? After all, they just keep going up and everyone loves them. What could go wrong?
Well, the stock could fall out of favor, as we have seen this year with these two glamour names. If you sell puts on one of these names and collect the fat premiums, and the stock falls out of bed, you are going to lose a lot of money. You could end up being "put" the stock and forced to buy shares you do not really want to own for the long term. If you've compounded the error by posting minimum margins, you'll be facing a margin call of epic proportions. I always post the full purchase price of the underlying stock at the strike price.
The other mistake often I see will seem counterintuitive: I really do not like to sell options on a rising tape. It would seem that, when selling puts as the prices rise, the price goes higher and you collect the premium. The problem with this theory, however, is that each time you roll over the position you will be selling at higher strike prices. In a rising tape, volatility is usually rising as the price weakens. Markets are not unidirectional, and if you have lost track of valuation first and sold at ever-higher prices, a small correction can wipe out a years' worth of gains.
I like to sell puts on stocks no likes at prices that I believe are too cheap not to own -- so I hope the stock gets "put" to me and forces me to buy at a price that's lower than current levels. I prefer to sell them when the market is declining and there is a touch of fear in the air, as this leads to fatter options pricing and better back-in entry points for my long-term position or higher premiums in my pocket. As a rule, I pretty much never want to sell options of any kind when the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is below 20. I have seen way too many people carried out of the arena on their shield because of a volatility spike. I would rather be the guy selling insurance when everyone is willing to pay too much to protect against a downside move that has already started.
Over the years I have found that my best experiences in selling options have been in stocks that are so unloved that there is not much options-related activity. These usually have wide spreads and lower open interest. In these cases, I will post an offer between the spread, based on my calculation of option value, and my order gets filled more often than not. It may take a few days, but I am able to sell an option on a stock I like at a price I like. I scale into stocks, so I do not need to sell 50 or 100 contracts at a clip. Just as with stocks, my best results in the options-selling business have come from doing what no else is doing and trading where larger competitors simply cannot.
Options selling can be a profitable tool for value investors. As with all tools, there is a time to use it and a time to leave it in the box. Using the tool in manner for which it was not intended can lead to serious injury or even financial death. Don't be that guy.


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Hines and Harden each pulled down five rebounds, as the Mastodons were narrowly out-rebounded 37-to-34 in the game.
Pierre Bland and Harden each gave out three assists, while Harden and Isaiah McCray each picked up two assists.
The Dons jumped ahead early on a Jacobo three-point basket 51 seconds into the game, and were tied at 5-5 and 7-7, the latter after a tip-in by point guard Pierre Bland before the Irish ran off six straight points on back-to-back three-pointers to take a lead they would not give up for the remainder of the game.
IPFW fought back to within two at 13-11 on a Hines lay-in, but went on a scoring drought for the next five minutes before Hines converted a tip-in to snap an 8-0 Irish run.
The Mastodons got to within as few as seven, and had a 5-0 run late in the first half to cut the gap to nine before Pat Connaughton converted an acrobatic three-point-play to give Notre Dame a 12-point, 40-28 lead heading into the locker room at halftime.
Notre Dame's lead grew to as many as 19 with 13:35 to play in the game, before the Mastodons clawed back, closing to within as few as 11, as the game ended with a 12-point, 74-62 margin.
The Mastodons hit 23-of-65 shots (35.4 percent) from the field, 8-of-22 (36.4 percent) from beyond the arc, and 8-of-10 from the charity stripe.
Notre Dame was led by Connaughton's 18 points, while Jack Cooley scored 14 and Scott Martin 13. The Irish converted on 51.8 percent (29-of-56) shots from the field, and had 20 assists against just 13 turnovers.
The Mastodons will host Kennesaw State in a 7 p.m. on Friday at the Memorial Coliseum.


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ALUN Rossiter began planning for a bright future with Great Britain even before Saturday night's World Cup final.
The Brits finished fourth in Bydgoszcz, behind winners Denmark, hosts Poland and Australia, but were not disgraced despite finishing well adrift of the Aussies in the bronze medal position.
In making the final the Brits have jumped from seventh in the world to a new ranking of fourth, but the next step is to put all the tools in place to allow Britain to compete for the gold medal once again.
Rossiter and his riders, world champion Tai Woffinden, Chris Harris, Simon Stead and Danny King, have a wealth of experience between them and sat down in the hours leading up to the final to discuss areas in which their nation can improve.
While the likes of Poland, Sweden, Australia and Denmark can be found competing as teams on foreign soil throughout the year, the Brits are restricted to exhibition meetings in pre-season and the younger age groups rarely get a taste of international action.
Increased time on the track is likely to form a key part of the proposal that Rossiter and his riders plan to submit to the BSPA, in the hope of taking Britain back to the top of world speedway once more.
"We spoke for a long time between us all on Saturday and we've put a plan together for the winter that we will put into writing and submit to the BSPA to have a look at," he said.
"We sat and spoke about things to do and ways to improve, and if you can be seen to be doing something then people can live with it.
"We have the world champion there and he wants to be a part of it, and if he can retain his title this year then it will certainly have a bit more clout about it.
"It's the sort of thing we need to discuss with the powers that be and then see what happens, rather than spill all the details out.
"It's nothing unrealistic, what we're asking for, and it's nothing like spending hundreds of thousands of pounds, but until we run it by the people who make the decisions it's best kept private.
"The thing is there are things the other teams are doing but we're not doing and those are the issues which need to be addressed, it's time for us to look at things and work out why things have been hard.
"Five years is the timeframe, Sweden are going through a similar transition to us at the moment.
"There's a plan there and we have a plan too now, so it's up to the powers that be to have a look at it."
Rossiter admitted he was "slightly disappointed" with his team's return of only 16 points on Saturday night, but insisted he was still happy with a week's work which began with a thrilling victory in front of a big home crowd at King's Lynn in Event One last Saturday.
"You have to look at it this way, we've gone from seventh in the world to fourth in the world, it's as simple as that really and that's what we've got to take out of it," he said.
"Yes, it was a slightly disappointing way to end, just slightly, but at the end of the day you have to be positive and realistic about it all.
"If fairness everybody has got behind the team and social media has been very positive and the real fans know how well we did, although for a few people they were upset we didn't do better in the end.
"A few people have said we deserved more points than we probably got but at the end of the day there are eight or nine teams below us and I bet they would have loved to have swapped places with us, so when you think of it like that it's been a good week."


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Police are searching for three suspects after a car was stolen from two paper carriers Wednesday morning.
It happened just after 6 a.m., Kirk Lehl and his wife, Lori Lehl, were delivering papers in the area of 58th and Francis when they discovered their van had been stolen.
Police say the Lehl's left their van running and unattended.
"We just parked the car in the street and then walked several blocks delivering papers. Then when we came back to where the van was supposed to be parked, it was gone," said Kirk.
He says that's when they called police.
"One of our officers spotted the car about 15 minutes later. As soon as the occupants of the vehicle saw the police car, they pulled over and bailed out," said Sergeant Mark Meyerson.
Meyerson says a dog track and many officers assisted in the search, but they were unable to locate the suspects.
Police were able to recover the stolen van.
No suspect descriptions are available at this time and no arrests have been made.


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Once-daily Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment Regimen Administration in HIV-1 Infected Children in Burkina Faso (ANRS 12103 BURKINAME)
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|HIV Infections AIDS
|Drug: Efavirenz (EFV) Drug: Lamivudine (3TC) Drug: Didanosine (ddI)
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|HAART Regimen Comprising 3TC + ddI + EFV in Once-daily Administration in HIV-1 Infected Children in Burkina Faso
- Percentage of patients with HIV RNA less than 400 copies per ml and less than 50 copies per ml at month 12 (M12) [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- Cmin and Cmax for the three drugs [ Time Frame: 15 days ]
- Grade 3 or 4 undesirable effects frequency [ Time Frame: through out the trial ]
- Percentage of patients with CD4 greater than 25 percent at M12 and M24 [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- Amplitude of viral load reduction [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- Slope of CD4 compared with the initial values [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- Percentage of patients lost to follow-up [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- Percentage of deaths and of B or C classing events [ Time Frame: Through out the trial ]
- Percentage of treatment interruption [ Time Frame: Through out the trial ]
- Percentage and type of resistance mutations [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ]
- Percentage of patients forgetting more than one pill within the last three days [ Time Frame: Through out the trial ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The data relating to pharmacology tolerance and efficacy of the once-daily combination of 3TC + ddI + EFV have never been studied.
This regimen may lead to a better treatment of the HIV-1 infected children in developing countries, as well as in Europe. Because of its simplicity it would facilitate observance that is one of the essential parameters of efficacy of treatments.
The main objectives are those of a phase II clinical trial:
- Assess the virological and immunological efficacy of a once daily HAART regimen comprising lamivudine (3TC) + didanosine (ddI) + efavirenz (EFV) [pediatric reference];
- Analyse the pharmacological characteristics of this combination in children;
- Assess the tolerance;
- Study the appearance of resistance;
Evaluate the observance to treatment.
50 HIV-1 infected children aged 30 months to 15 years whose clinical and immunological state (stage B or C) requires antiretroviral treatment, will be included in the study. They should be naive of any ARV treatment (except the treatment received in the framework of PMTCT (Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission).
Data Collection and Development of the Study:
- Monthly clinical examination;
- RNA HIV-1 and CD4 counts;
- Pharmacological dosages;
- Haematology and biochemistry surveillance;
- Genotypic resistance at inclusion; and, in case of unsuccess or failure,
- Assessment of observance according to alternate methods.
Laboratory examinations will be carried out at Centre Muraz except for genotyping and for pharmacological tests sent to Montpellier Teaching Hospital (France).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Months to 15 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-1 infected children
- Weight over 12 kgs
- Age over 30 months
- Clinical stage requiring HAART
- Naive to antiretroviral treatment (except PMTCT prophylaxis)
- Mother's or tutor's informed consent signed
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV-2 or dual HIV infection
- Previous antiretroviral therapy
- Children unable to swallow pills
- Known resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00122538
|Burkina Faso
|Service de pediatrie, CHU Sanou Souro
|Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 01 BP 676
|Study Chair:
|Philippe Msellati, MD, PhD
|Institut de Recherche et de Développement (IRD UMR 145)
|Principal Investigator:
|Aboubacar Nacro, MD
|CHU Sanou Souro, Bobo-Dioulasso
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00122538 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 19, 2005
|Last Updated:
|December 2, 2011
Keywords provided by French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis:
Treatment Naive
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
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There are monsters in the city. And one of them is her....
Ava Kalle's empty soul devours magic. And her hunger is deadly. She's sharp, quick and can live in shadow, making her work as a spy for the Mages a natural choice. She lives on the fringes of society and likes it that way.
When the man she loves takes another woman for his mate, the darkness in her heart unravels and she'll do anything to get him back. She makes a dangerous deal with a fire elemental, Heyerdar, who has a vested interest in agreeing: together they'll use forbidden magic, harnessing their sexual energy to drive the couple apart.
But soon their pact pushes them both into a dark sexual obsession. One that Ava may not be able to control....
©2012 Kim Knox (P)2012 Audible, Inc
I've always been a avid reader so now I'm a avid listener. I prefer the paranormal genre but I do like to switch things up. It's boring if you don't have variety. Of course I do love the romance and the hotter the better. Also, you can't beat a good thriller filled with suspense and a ending you can't even guess at until the very end.
"Magical intrigue"
I've had this book on my wish list for months but I had been hesitant about getting it. I'm glad I did. Ava makes a forbidden deal with Heyerdar to try to get the man she has been in love with for 10 years. Things do not go like she planned.
I like all the magic in the story. It's different for my usual paranormal listens. No vampires or lycans in this book. It's a good listen and I felt it was a credit well spent. I wish I had gotten it sooner.
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Complementary Medicine
Human Chorionic Gonatrophin Side Effects
I recently found out that my sister-in-law was going to a weight loss clinic. She has diabetes and has gained a lot of weight since she started insulin use. So far she has only lost 3lbs in 3 weeks. She said that they give her shots of human chorionic gonadotrophin for the weight loss and she said she can't have no sweets or dairy products and she has to drink 4 quarts of water every day. I have thought of trying this but would liked to know if any the side effects from long time use.
There has been some research on human chorionic gonadotropin use in obesity. I`ve listed below the reference for an article published in 1995 which is a meta-analysis, meaning compiling all the articles and making a conclusion. I`ve also included a summary of the article and its conclusions. The bottom line: based on published research, it doesn`t work. I`m not surprised that your sister-in-law has lost some weight, basically by restricting all sweets and dairy products, she is simply limiting calories.
From: Br J Clin Pharmacol. The effect of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in the treatment of obesity by means of the Simeons therapy: a criteria-based meta-analysis. Lijesen GK, Theeuwen I, Assendelft WJ, Van Der Wal G. Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands1995 Sep;40(3):237-43.
SUMMARY: 1. A meta-analysis was conducted to assess if there is scientific ground for the use of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of obesity. 2. Published papers relating to eight controlled and 16 uncontrolled trials that measured the effect of HCG in the treatment of obesity were traced by computer-aided search and citation tracking. 3. The trials were scored for the quality of the methods (based on four main categories: study population, interventions, measurement of effect, and data presentation and analysis) and the main conclusion of author(s) with regard to weight-loss, fat-redistribution, hunger, and feeling of well-being. 4. Methodological scores ranged from 16 to 73 points (maximum score 100), suggesting that most studies were of poor methodological quality. Of the 12 studies scoring 50 or more points, one reported that HCG was a useful adjunct. The studies scoring 50 or more points were all controlled. 5. We conclude that there is no scientific evidence that HCG is effective in the treatment of obesity; it does not bring about weight loss.
Tanya I Edwards, MD, MEd
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In 50 years, and that may be a conservatively distant estimate, we will hear much less talk about defensive shifts.
First of all, there might not be baseball in 50 years. It's why I'm always hesitant to answer questions that start with "will we ever see," because "ever" is a really, really long time compared to the current lifespan of baseball (unless it isn't).
Assuming there is baseball and a United States of America and such good things, the reason we won't hear as much about defensive shifts in a generation or two is not because the anti-shift contingent we've heard from lately will win. No, it's because it will be defeated so soundly by proprietary technology and beyond abundant information that we'll stop calling defensive shifts defensive shifts.
We'll just call them defense.
If 2012—with the Rays' propensity for the unusual and the Blue Jays putting Brett Lawrie in short right field—was the year that defensive shifts broke into the mainstream consciousness, 2013 has unsurprisingly been the year of backlash. That's how trends work.
Much of the backlash came from the clubhouse of the Astros, who are among the foremost users of non-standard defensive alignments. According to those familiar with that clubhouse, the shifts have been largely unpopular among the pitching staff, which is getting hit hard. It's not just Lucas Harrell, who issued the money quote on it and was called in for a talk with manager Bo Porter.
Harrell's comments represent a fairly standard cognitive bias, as he is putting increased weight on unfavorable outcomes—I'll let the much more qualified Russell Carleton take the psychology from here if he desires. But the controversy, which played out on MLB Now and other forums, also illustrates the superficial image problem that the shift has in baseball.
I stress "in baseball" even though it should be obvious on a baseball website, because it's purely a baseball problem despite the fact that the shift exists in every sport with defense.
When I was young and my brother and I played one-on-one basketball or guarded each other in a traditional game, we both knew the other was much stronger with our left hand than our right hand. So I'd turn my body a little bit on defense, giving up a little more room on his right. If he went right and beat me, then good for him—it wasn't changing what I did next time. (If he beat me several times, I'd usually change strategy either to really hard fouls or trying to make him laugh and lose the ball.)
But that's a defensive shift, and basketball players do it all the time. They also play box-and-one or less drastically, extend a zone or drop out of a zone against a three-point shooting team. They double-team really good big men. Those are all defensive shifts, and they've been around forever.
No coach in his or her proper frame of mind would ever consider defending every basketball player or team the same way, yet when we differentiate in some way noticeable to the naked eye in baseball, it's noteworthy and controversial.
Football has its quirks too, with different formations. Teams will use "nickel" and "dime" packages designed to snuff out passing options on third-and-long, and teams can put eight players instead of the usual seven close to the line of scrimmage when the opponent has a tendency to run.
For a football perspective, I asked Rivers McCown, assistant editor of the statistically angled website Football Outsiders, about reactions to different defenses in that sport and whether they draw the same level of criticism as in baseball. His answer is really what made me think that maybe it is just a matter of time before we lose the term "shift" and just call it "defense."
I think the NFL is a bit different because substitutions have been commonly accepted in certain down-and-distance packages for a long time, much like, say, the platoon advantage in baseball. The fact that different formation patterns have generally been a part of the game for 50 years makes it harder to critique it with the burden of history. Whereas with baseball, you know, the shortstop has been standing at shortstop since the 1900's or 1890's for the most part.
That said, sure, fans complain about substitution packages plenty… Fans familiar with more advanced analysis can point out that a team does poorly in Formation X as compared to another formation and launch a critique that way. However, players and coaches tend to have a "keep it in the locker room" mentality, probably because criticism about defensive failings usually can be split between formations or specific individual players. It's not completely unprecedented for a player to call out the formations, but they are usually done anonymously. (Here's one that happened this year.) If a coach has a problem with a player, that player tends to be gone in fairly short order. It's a cutthroat business when very few players have a guaranteed contract.
It's perfectly sensible that baseball has to catch up in this regard. However, it's an uncomfortable feeling because as baseball people, we don't like being behind. It's much more fun watching analytics hit the mainstream in basketball, football, and hockey and wonder what took so long.
Maybe we can expedite acceptance through rebranding the shift. Or alternatively, through branding for the first time an alignment that has the first and third basemen a few feet off their lines and the second baseman and the shortstop playing roughly 30-40 feet from second base and behind their baselines. Call it one alignment vs. another alignment rather than one alignment vs. "normal."
Either way, it comes down to communication of ideas. That's always so important in successful implementation within an organization, and that's where the Astros are starting to pick it up with that meeting.
Contrary to the Astros, the new regime of the Blue Jays has them toning down their shifts. They never shift with R.A. Dickey on the mound because they find exit trajectories off the knuckleball to be too unpredictable to do anything beyond what would best vacuum up a league-average distribution of balls. They let other pitchers have a say in case they're uncomfortable pitching to certain targets with the way the defense is aligned.
"If our guy says I'd rather not line our guys up in certain spots, we'll do that," manager John Gibbons said. "Just make sure you throw it there."
With the Astros, where it's been more contentious, a lot of the arrows flung have been about their high BABIP allowed on one side and their double plays, which Porter used to show the shift is working. He erred in using a raw number of double plays, but their double play percentage has been the best in the American League and second in baseball to the Cardinals.
If the BABIP remains high over a much more significant sample, the alternative shouldn't be—as pitchers have grumbled for—getting rid of the shifts and going back to one-defense-fits-all. It should be making them better.
Like many things in the sabermetric movement, it might be an easier message to get across with better branding.
Zachary Levine is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @zacharylevine
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Andy Cochrane
Very interesting thoughts. Why indeed does a shift make such news in baseball when football regularly has different alignments.
May 21, 2013 04:14 AM
Matthew Avery
The interesting problem with shifts is that, when you just use a hitter's spray chart, you're basically assuming that their approach to hitting will be the same against a "traditional" defense as against a "shifted" defense. While this may be the case for a lot of guys (hitting a baseball is hard regardless even when you're not trying to hit it to the spot you normally try to hit it to), one would imagine there would also be players with sufficient bat control to go "against" the shift.
May 21, 2013 06:01 AM
This calls forther a related question I have wondered about in the past: How far into the future before the notion of set positions seems silly in itself?
May 21, 2013 09:44 AM
Colin Wyers
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The trouble is you have baserunners, and that dictates a fair amount of your fielder positioning. And learning a defensive position is much different than learning how to play in a series of defensive schemes.
May 21, 2013 12:36 PM
Sure, but I'm not talking about massive changes to WHERE guys play. I'm saying you change WHO goes to each spot. This is one way of letting players be defined by their strengths, not their weaknesses, like a platoon or a LOOGY. You can use standard defensive positioning while moving an elite defender all over to make the maximum possible number of plays, and that will go almost as far as almost any shift or change in the overall array of fielders.
May 22, 2013 07:35 AM
Colin Wyers
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Right, but that assumes that fielding is independent of position on the field -- in terms of stuff like range maybe kinda sorta that's true (although I doubt it), but especially on the infield stuff like which base do I cover when each ball goes where, do I need to be in position to cut off a throw from the outfield, etc. is all stuff that's going to be affected by the idea of moving fielders around based on spray charts and the like.
May 22, 2013 11:24 AM
I take the point, but reject one of its premises: Baseball players can't possibly be so dense that they're unable to learn new responsibilities for relay throws and base coverages. Football players are meatheads with accumulating head trauma, and they memorize more different responsibilities and choreographies than baseball players.
May 23, 2013 13:14 PM
Pat Folz
All true, though I foresee quite a bit of whining like relievers when their "roles aren't defined" or whatever. Still, if Lawrie can put up with alternating 3B and basically OF, anyone can deal.
May 21, 2013 14:22 PM
I have often wondered why teams with one great defensive corner outfielder and one awful defensive corner outfielder do not flip them mid-inning based off spray charts of various hitters. Just too much running? Delays the game too much? Simple tradition?
May 22, 2013 11:36 AM
Baseball's acceptable 'defensive alignments' that spring to mind:
May 21, 2013 17:02 PM
Bob Stocking
This is what came to mind for me, too ... were there ever shortstops years ago who resisted "double-play depth" positioning? And what TV director can resist the visual of a bench coach gesturing to his outfielders, extending the narrative of the manager as chess player? I'll bet we'll see lots of that shot during the CWS.
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