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It's gonna be crazy.
I just hope CBS has enough HD crews to cover it.
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Thanks for the heads up.
Oh man, I can't wait for next saturday...
This will probably be the best game in the playoffs.
Well, this and NE vs SD next week.
I don't know how many Baltimore Colts references I'm going to be able to take.
My prediction in this game will be one of domination. I don't predict a come down to the wire type game.
Either our offense will carve up their defense and they'll have no chance of keeping up. Or we'll collapse again and our defense will play pretty good, but nothing like last night and we'll lose pretty handily.
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I want to go to this game sooooooooooooooooooooo bad.
I looked at tickets, but the bleacher seats were running close to $900
I'll be on a plane on my way to Barcelona.
I think the exact opposite. Expect a low scoring game. Baltimore will want to control the clock and they have a very good team at doing so. I think the Colts run defense gets run all over by Jamal Lewis this game...but then again, who knows. They played inspired this week against KC.
I hope we can continue to play well defensively. If we play this well, I'm excited.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
One thing that is really working against the Colts next week. Home teams usually win and when the home team has had a week off, they almost always win. Yes I know the Colts lost last year to the Steelers - but that was a very rare exception.
Colts certainly are capable of beating any team - but it will be extremely difficult. The odds are against them.
edit: I just checked the extended weather forecast. Cloudy and high of 63 next Saturday
When it's the Playoffs in the NFL homefield avantage probably means the least of the big three. Last two years in the Wildcard round the home teams were 1-3. In the next round the Divisional Playoffs last year 2-2 for the Home Teams. Sure being at home is an advantage, but it's not such an odd thing for the Road team to win in the NFL playoffs.
I think it's going to be very interesting the first few possesions. If they are able to drop back and cover the Colts WR's forcing Manning to dump it off to the the Tight End or hand it off to Addai, we will have to execute that part of our offense on a consistent basis. As long as we don't turn the ball over at all in the first half to that great defense, and give their Offense as little of possesions as possible , we should stand a good chance of being right there keeping it close at the end.
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I know what the stats say UB, but personally I would rather have that extra week of playing as opposed to having the week off. Just me.
I am expecting a great game
My flight to Baltimore arrives at 3:00 that day. Good thing we aren't going downtown when we get there.
That's it!!!! Were done. You coming back to B-more and you didnt even bother to tell me!
I'm not a footbal expert, in fact I don't really like football. But I thought saw a stat somewhere that indicated in the playoffs the home teams win 75% of the time and when a a home team has a bye they win like 85% of the time. I think I heard that stat 2 or 3 years ago. Those stats make sense because the better teams have the home field. Upsets are rare. I might be a few years old with this info.
I tried to google it and couldn't come up with anything.
Colts are going to spread out the Ravens Defense like they did with the Broncos. Here is the thing about defenses: If your Defense isn't the best; on any Given Sunday they can show up, If you have a sucky offense you basically have no chance of them showing up. Example Raiders Defense shows up every single game and Offense doesn't show up ANY game. Colts Offense shows up every game and Defense has shown up in style at least 3 times this year. Conclusion: Baltimore doesn't have a good offense, the Mentality of that team is on edge as well, a couple blown plays and they are at each others throats (Bengals game). Colts are going to win this game, yes it is going to tough and no predictions of 14+ by me like last week, BUT if you are a bettor I'd suggest Colts moneyline. Colts by 6+
NOW next week with be our biggest struggle against NE or SD... 3-4 defenses.
Skipping work to watch, better at least show up. I understand if we lose, but if we come out flat I will be so mad.
You shouldn't underestimate Baltimore's offense...and you can't really compare them to the Raiders offense. They have a veteran QB who has proven he can win games when it counts and have a bruising RB and offensive style that's really good at moving the chains and winding down the clock. Baltimore has a conservative offense, but that doesn't mean they can't score.
And Baltimore's defense is going to do a ton better against the Colts then the Broncos. The Broncos have literally no pass rush and Peyton is allowed to sit in the pocket all day and watch the coverage break down and throw easy strikes. It wont be that way against Baltimore. The Colts Oline better be ready and Manning better be ready. The Ravens have some incredibly versatile players and that allows them to mix up blitz packages a ton.
The Ravens are going to come after Manning and hard. Keep in mind we usually have a tough time blocking against LBs in the 3-4 scheme. That is the key. IF we can block them, Peyton will pick apart that secondary. Wayne has a decisive matchup edge against Rolle. But I don't think Peyton will always get that time. I see maybe 3-5 sacks with lots of pressure, and Peyton will have to rely on his short game, because he needs to get the ball out quickly. We need to get about 21-24 points.
The defense, while it can't replicate last week's performance, needs to play with that same intensity and passion as it did. If it can do that, then I think we can limit them to close to 20 pts. They will run the ball better than KC, and they will mix up the pass much better. A key matchup is Freeney vs Ogden. Last time, Freeney owned him. What will be important is the coverage of the receivers. If they can cover well, then that will give Freeney time to get to the QB.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Excellent post.
It's important to remember that Ogden is on the decline and is coming off an injury. He should be ready to go, but I like that matchup for the Colts. The real problem here is whether or not the Colts will be able to stop Jamal Lewis between the tackles. When he runs in between the tackles and makes it into the secondary, he causes havoc. But if you close the holes quick and make him stutter-step behind the line like he always does, you guys will literally shut down the Baltimore running game. We can theory craft about this game all we want, but we don't really know what we will get until the game happens. Will the Colts run defense show up? Will Steve McNair play like a washed up veteran..or will he show the poise he's had for the past 4-5 weeks? Will the Colts OLine be able to pick up the pass rush efficiently? Who really knows. With that said, Baltimore is peaking at the right time and are the most dangerous team in the playoffs in my mind. I still think this will be the best game in the playoffs and I wouldn't miss this one for anything. (Keep in mind I'm not a ratbirds fan or a colts fan..I just like good football games)
It would be nice to get out to an early league!


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Following yesterday's sold-out workshop, there's only one more opportunity to catch internationally renowned yoga expert Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa in Edmonton.
The ex-flower child who counts Madonna and Cindy Crawford among her former yoga students will be at Ross Sheppard School, (13546 111 Ave.) from 6 to 8:30 p.m. today (Oct. 25) for a workshop titled Peace of Mind: How to get it … How to keep it.
The 68-year-old presented a workshop called 10 Sacred Secrets to Success yesterday (Oct. 24) at Laurier Heights School.
Here's a note from local yoga instructor Susan Agrios, who helped bring Gurmukh to Alberta's capital during a three-city Canadian tour this month:
I often get asked why do you have Gurmukh teaching in a school? I intentionally put Gurmukh in two schools for a number of reasons:
1) I have been teaching students and teachers about yoga and meditation so they can experience the many benefits. As well, I have been teaching yoga and meditation to teachers across the province at conventions such as GETCA, HEPC so they can use it for themselves and also teach it to their students in the classroom. I feel this is such an important/key place for yoga and meditation to be and if kids can learn this at a young age it will help them better deal with all the stress they face on a daily basis and into their adulthood. We spend so much time trying to control our environment or we try to escape from it by perhaps watching TV, drinking or going away on a trips …we either have to literally remove ourselves from our environment and we check out by watching TV and others go even further by drinking or taking drugs. Yet in the end we still have to come back to our environment. I often have people tell me they went away for a week and they were just starting to unwind the last few days of their trip. They tell me how they go back to work and by the end of the day they feel like they need another vacation. I've always felt you can't control your environment but you can certainly change what you can bring to it … something yoga and meditation can help you with.
2) I was a former school teacher and was able to see first hand all the stress teachers and students are under. As well, how important it is to have mental focus and clarity as both a teacher and student … again something yoga and meditation can help you with. Please note I was a former student at both of the schools (Laurier Heights and Ross Shep, my nieces are now at Laurier Heights) Gurmukh will be teaching at. In addition to being a graduate at Ross Shep I was also a former school teacher there.
3) I've got a program called TIME OUT in the schools. TIME OUT for yoga, meditation and fitness. Proceeds and donations from this event will go towards the TIME OUT program … continuation of yoga, meditation and fitness in the schools.
4) I wanted to make it more affordable for people so having her in a larger space enabled us to do so as it will fit more people. The last thing I wanted to hear was I sure would like to go see here, but I can't afford to.
Please note this event is also open to students … grades 5 and up.
So in short, it was very fitting to have her in the schools
Also if you get a chance, watch my nine-minute video on my website (click on classes & cds and scroll down to video) of teaching yoga and meditation in the schools and you will get a flavour of what I am doing with the students and teachers and the impact it is having on them as you listen to their testimonials.
Look forward to having you join us for two special evenings with Gurmukh and experience a magical evening with us.
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There's a scientific reason why husbands and wives often feel like they're having completely different conversations. It's called the closeness communication bias, a theory that suggests the tighter you are with someone, the more you assume you know what they're saying. For instance, if you checked with a friend about whether she planned to go to the gym, you'd probably add that you asked because you were wondering if she wanted to hit the same yoga class or get a post-workout smoothie. But couples often leave out the explanation, which can lead to misunderstandings. If one of his questions irks you, simply ask why he asked before a potentially innocent conversation spirals into an argument, suggests licensed clinical social worker Marcia Naomi Berger.
A lot of happy, sexually satisfied husbands watch porn. Statistics suggest 70 percent of men between ages 18 and 34 have visited a porn site in the past month. And for that matter, so do plenty of wives. Acknowledge this, and try watching a clip together, suggests Emily Morse, a sex and relationship expert and founder of the podcast Sex With Emily. That way, the behavior isn't a secret, and you'll quickly see how silly and over-the-top some scenes can be. It may even help facilitate a conversation about turn-ons, turn-offs, and how you and he can make your relationship even better. And remember: Just like you and Ryan Gosling are never really going to settle down in a lakeside cabin together and watch The Notebook every evening before you engage in sweet sex, porn is in no way replacing you or an image of who your husband wishes you were.
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Dukkhanirodha wrote:Here it is very clear that samma-sati is a presence of the mind applied to what happens in the present moment in body, feeling, mind and mental phenomena.
How do you keep this from falling into eternalism? As far as I can see, the Buddha never framed it in this way.


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Now that the games are played and the San Francisco Giants are riding their emotional high, the business of baseball can continue on through the winter.
The Hot Stove season is upon us, and there are some dates all fans need to know. And the first important one is already here.
The day following the end of the World Series is big for players who can become free agents because it's the day they automatically become such. In the past, those players had to file for free agency, so this is just one of the many changes to the system under the new collective bargaining agreement signed last November.
The big fish this offseason are guys like Zack Greinke, the top pitcher on the market, and Josh Hamilton, easily the top position player available.
Greinke seems like a nice fit with the Los Angeles Angels, the team that traded for him in July, but the former American League Cy Young Award winner will receive some hefty offers from other teams and could end up with whatever annual surprise spender decides to pony up.
Hamilton is a much more intriguing free agent, maybe the most intriguing ever. His off-field issues and injury history make him a big risk, but his production makes him worthy of a huge cash-in. Over the next month you'll read plenty of columns, including in this space, laying out the case for why it would be smart to give him a super deal as well as the case for why a team shouldn't.
The Texas Rangers, his former team at this point, say they won't offer him a deal until Hamilton tests the waters, and it's no sure thing they will ultimately come in with the richest offer.
Michael Bourn, B.J. Upton, Torii Hunter and Nick Swisher are the other big outfielders who will be pursued and flirted with. Edwin Jackson, Hiroki Kuroda, Kyle Lohse and Ryan Dempster are some of the other pitchers.
— MLB free agents 2013: List of top available players
Midnight ET on this day is the deadline for teams to make one-year qualifying offers to their own free agents. The salary for all offers will be slightly about $13.3 million, which is the average of the top 125 highest annual salaries in baseball from last season.
This is an important deadline because teams must make such offers in order to receive a compensation draft pick if a player signs with another team. This is how free agents previously classified as Type A or Type B are now handled under the current CBA.
Nov. 9 is the deadline for players to accept or decline qualifying offers. For instance, the Rangers will surely make a one-year, $13.3 million offer to Hamilton, and Hamilton will surely decline it.
Greinke is not eligible for the qualifying offer, not that he'd accept it anyway. Under the new CBA, a player must be with his team for the full season in order for that team to receive a compensation pick; Greinke was dealt to the Angels in midseason.
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This is the day free agents are allowed to start signing with teams other than the ones they played for in 2012. It's when the rumors really start being tossed around, too.
Dec. 3-6
By this time, you'll have heard plenty about trades and free agents, and some deals will have already taken place. But these are the days of the winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn., where some of the offseason's mega-deals are likely to go down.
Agents, front office executives, owners and players will fill the Gaylord Opryland Hotel to hammer out details while reporters try to get out all the juicy gossip.
At last season's meetings in Dallas, Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson became Angels and the Miami Marlins started fooling their fans into believing in them again.
This year Nashville will probably be the site where those new surprise teams pop up and make people rush to make regular-season predictions. Last year, many had the Angels and/or Marlins making deep October runs—I made the mistake of picking the Angels to win it all. We all saw how that worked out.
Dec. 6
This is the day of the Rule 5 Draft, which usually only interests executives and baseball geeks. Casual fans tend to not pay much attention to it since it involves minor leaguers, but players like Roberto Clemente, Johan Santana, Jose Bautista and Hamilton were all Rule 5 picks.
Basically, to be Rule 5-eligible, a player must not be on his current team's 40-man roster and have been signed at age 19 or older and been with the organization for four years. Or, he must not be on the 40-man roster and have been signed at age 18 or younger and been with the organization for five years.
So there you go. You now know the important dates for all your Hot Stove cravings. Now it's time to watch how it all cooks up.


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Report claims Iranian diplomat killed in Syria as clashes go on
Opposition sources said Wednesday that an Iranian diplomat was assassinated in Damascus. No further details were available.
Meanwhile, gunfire and explosions were heard Tuesday night in several neighborhoods of Damascus.
Early Wednesday, an explosion and gunfire were heard in Baghdad street and in Bab Touma, the Christian quarter of the capital, according to the Local Coordination committees (LCC). According to the LCC, the area of Tadamoun, in the south of the capital, was targeted by mortar fire early Wednesday morning.
"Until late Tuesday night, sounds of explosions and gunfire were heard intermittently in several neighborhoods, including Kafar Sousse (south)," said an AFP journalist .
Limited clashes were resumed Monday in Damascus including Kafar Sousse after a rebel attack which included RPG rocket firing against an army checkpoint.
The front of Damascus had calmed down after the army had retaken control after a week of clashes in the capital.
The battle has concentrated since July 20 in Aleppo, the second city of the country, to which the regime and rebels sent fresh reinforcements "for a decisive battle that would last for weeks," said a Syrian security source.
The source said the army surrounded and bombarded the rebel districts, but it will take some time before launching the decisive assault.
The first army offensive on July 28 was launched against the district of Salaheddin, the main rebel stronghold in the south-west of Aleppo, which was repelled by the insurgents.
On Tuesday, 154 people - including 35 civilians, 62 soldiers and 27 rebels - were killed in violence across the country. Half of them in Aleppo, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR).


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TAMPA — Two men meet at a park one Sunday afternoon in September. One is playing basketball with his daughter. The other has a gun tucked in his pants.
The two men argue about a kid who's skateboarding. The man with the gun tries to enforce the rules. The other man lunges.
The unarmed man takes his last breath in front of his 8-year-old daughter. Two days later, authorities charge the gun owner with manslaughter.
Case closed? Maybe not.
If history serves, the gunman stands a very good chance in court. The case may not even make it to trial.
That's because of Florida Statute 776.013(3), which took effect five years ago this month. The old law gave you the right to protect yourself with deadly force inside your home. The 2005 law gives you the right to protect yourself in a park, outside a Chili's, on a highway — just about anywhere.
You need only to "reasonably believe" that pulling the trigger or plunging the knife or swinging the bat is necessary to stop the other person from hurting you.
Reports of justifiable homicides tripled after the law went into effect, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Last year, twice a week, on average, someone's killing was considered warranted.
The self-defense law — known as "stand your ground" — has been invoked in at least 93 cases with 65 deaths, a St. Petersburg Times review found.
In the majority of the cases, the person's use of force was excused by prosecutors and the courts.
Proponents say that means the law is working, allowing people to protect themselves without having to ponder legalities in the heat of an attack. You don't have to wait to see how much of a victim you're going to be. You don't have to wait for the first bone to break.
But the law has also been used to excuse violence in deadly neighbor arguments, bar brawls, road rage — even a gang shoot-out — that just as easily might have ended with someone walking away.
Has it cheapened human life?
• • •
Miami's police chief made a prediction shortly before the law took effect:
"Whether it's trick-or-treaters or kids playing in the yard of someone who doesn't want them there or some drunk guy stumbling into the wrong house,'' Chief John Timoney told the New York Times, "you're encouraging people to possibly use deadly physical force where it shouldn't be used.''
Four years later, Billy Kuch got drunk, so drunk that at 5 a.m. one day he stumbled to the door of the wrong house in a look-alike neighborhood and tried to open it, twice.
Before the "stand your ground" law, homeowner Gregory Stewart would have been expected to hunker down in his Land O'Lakes residence, dead-bolt secure, and call police.
With the law in place, he could use deadly force anywhere he had a right to be, provided he felt threatened with death or great bodily harm. He had no duty to retreat from danger.
Stewart left his wife inside with their baby and stepped outside, gun in hand.
Kuch put his hands up and asked for a light.
"Please don't make me shoot you," Stewart said.
Kuch, then 23, says he might have stumbled. Stewart, then 32, told police the unarmed man took three steps forward.
The bullet ripped into Kuch's chest, nicked his heart, shot through his liver, in and out of his stomach, through his spleen, then out his back. He felt like his body was on fire.
Stewart, when questioned by deputies, began to cry. "I could have given him a light," he said.
The days ticked by, Kuch in a coma as his parents waited for word of a trial. And waited. After two months, the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office decided the shooting was justified and dropped the aggravated battery charge.
Kuch's parents couldn't believe it.
"We're not against gun ownership," said Bill Kuch, 57 and retired from IBM. "But we're against this law that provides someone the right to kill you without prosecution."
Billy Kuch spent more than a month in the hospital.
"The guy is 6-1, 250. I'm 5-9, 165, and I have a 0.3 blood-alcohol level," he said. "Did he really think I was going to be able to take his gun away?"
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Arthur Hayhoe read about Billy Kuch in the newspaper. The executive director of the Florida Coalition to Stop Gun Violence added another file to his growing stack. This shooting wasn't far from his own home.
Hayhoe says the law turns Florida into the Wild West.
"What in the hell is our state government doing passing a law encouraging our citizens to solve disputes with guns?" he said. "This is the right-to-commit-murder law."
Florida was the first of more than 20 states to allow people to defend themselves with deadly force anywhere they had a right to be.
Credit the National Rifle Association. Backed by the influential organization, the "stand your ground" legislation won broad support from lawmakers and praise from then-Gov. Jeb Bush as "a good, common-sense, anticrime issue."
Marion Hammer, the NRA's Florida lobbyist, said the measure was needed to prevent authorities from harassing law-abiding people with unwarranted arrests.
"The law was written very carefully and it means what it says: You have a right to protect yourself," she said.
Drowned out in the debate were the critical voices of law enforcement officials and prosecutors. They worried people would become less sensitive to gun violence and death. They envisioned vigilantism.
After the law took effect on Oct. 1, 2005, a national gun control group launched an ominous advertising campaign warning visitors about "Florida's Shoot First Law."
Hayhoe passed out fliers at Miami International Airport telling tourists to "please take sensible precautions," such as: "Do not argue with local people."
He wrote letters to the editor and started keeping tabs on cases where the new law was applied.
It didn't take long. On Nov. 6, 2005, a Valrico man found himself serving as an unwitting test case.
David Heckman, 65, said he was scared when he grabbed his .38-caliber handgun and wounded his fiancee's ex-husband.
The man had come to Heckman's home, vandalized his car and threatened to break his jaw, Heckman said. He remembers the man taking off "like a skinned rabbit" after getting hit in the thigh.
A jury cleared Heckman of wrongdoing. His defense cost $110,000.
His is one of 35 Florida cases logged by Hayhoe.
"They say this law hasn't made Florida the Wild West," Hayhoe said. "But how many bodies does it take?"
No other group keeps tabs — not the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, not the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. That's problematic, because even academic studies of the effects of the law rely on anecdotes.
And Hayhoe's count is incomplete.
• • •
The Times searched major Florida newspapers and found at least 93 cases in the past five years in which the new law was a factor. Those are just the confrontations that made the papers.
In 57 of them, those who used force were either not charged with a crime or the charges were dropped by prosecutors or dismissed by a judge before trial. Seven other defendants were acquitted.
Some people fought off intruders in their homes or businesses, which would have been allowed even before the "stand your ground" law.
The use of force resulted in 65 deaths.
Did the law empower the users of force to shoot? Could the tables have been turned on the shooters? If not for the law, would any of those 65 people still be alive?
How can anyone know?
What is known: Reports of justifiable homicides in Florida have spiked.
For the first half of this decade, the state counted an average of 34 justifiable homicides a year, as few as 31 and as many as 43.
That continued in 2006, the law's first full year.
But the next three years brought these numbers:
2007: 102.
2008: 93.
2009: 105.
The first six months of 2010: 44.
"I have always predicted that they would increase as more and more gun owners learn what they can do with this law," Hayhoe said.
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One of those numbers: Michael Frazzini, 35, Cape Coral, father of two, decorated Army helicopter pilot who served five tours of duty. Now dead.
Frazzini's elderly mother thought a 22-year-old neighbor was disturbing her property. One night in 2006, Frazzini stopped by to check things out.
The neighbor later told authorities that he encountered Frazzini wearing a camouflage mask and wielding what looked like a pipe. The neighbor pulled a knife.
The neighbor's father came out next and, thinking the masked man might attack his son, fired one shot from his .357 revolver into Frazzini's chest.
Frazzini died in his mother's back yard. The pipe turned out to be a 14-inch baseball bat.
The shooter walked away uncharged. A prosecutor said nobody involved in the decision felt good about it. Neither did one of the law's co-sponsors.
"The intent is that you can only use the same amount of force as you believe will be used against you," Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, then a state representative, said at the time. "It certainly wasn't that you can shoot and kill somebody wielding a souvenir baseball bat."
Maybe so. But there is no provision specifically barring someone with a permit from bringing a gun to a knife fight, let alone to a brawl that starts with fists.
That's just one of the problems with the law, according to an analysis in the January 2009 University of Miami Law Review.
Here's another: In many instances where deadly force is used, there are two witnesses and one of them is dead. That leaves one version of events, from a person motivated by self-interest.
The Times' analysis indicates that the law has provided legal cover not just to those fending off attacks by strangers, but also to those who pull a gun in a storm of machismo and adrenaline.
Fights at house parties and a pool hall. Neighbor disputes. Disagreements at a park.
One of the law's biggest critics is Willie Meggs, the state attorney for six counties in the Panhandle. He says he's a strong believer in gun rights but thinks the law is just another valuable tool for killers. The old law was working just fine, he says. He petitioned the Legislature to address the law last year. Nothing.
"Gangsters are using this law to have gunfights," he said. "That's exactly what this law breeds."
In 2008, two gangs in Tallahassee got into a shoot-out. A 15-year-old boy was killed. A judge dismissed charges against the shooters, citing "stand your ground."
"Before this law, we would have had a duty to avoid that," Meggs said. "I should not meet you in the street for a gunfight."
He says it devalues human life.
Is that measurable?
Asks Peter Hamm of the Brady Campaign: "How many killers getting off scot-free is enough to change the course of society?"
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Without a "stand your ground" instruction manual, it has been up to police, prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges to put the law into practice.
That has left a lot of room for conflicting interpretations about when and how immunity should be applied.
Take the case of Jimmy Hair.
In 2007, he shot a man who attacked him outside a Tallahassee nightclub. Meggs' office accused him of murder. Hair spent two years in jail awaiting trial before an appeals court dismissed the charge.
The NRA's Hammer said he never should have been prosecuted.
"There is nothing wrong with the law," she said. "Some of the state attorneys and law enforcement officers are complaining because they can't just go arrest everybody and sort it out later."
The Florida Supreme Court is being asked to clear up some of the confusion.
This month, justices heard their first "stand your ground" case. An Okeechobee County man says he injured a woman with a broken beer bottle after she first smashed it on his head.
Only issues of legal procedure are before the court. Justices have not yet weighed in on the wisdom of the law, which asks prosecutors to examine something as nebulous as a man's state of mind.
For Heckman, the Valrico man who shot his fiancee's ex in the thigh, its merits are already apparent.
"If I didn't have that gun," he said, "I would have been hurt very badly or I would have been killed."
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What, then, was Trevor Dooley's state of mind when he went to a park in Valrico last month with a gun to confront a skateboarder?
Dooley, 69, had a permit for the gun, and no law bars him from taking it to a park.
Authorities say he shot David James dead.
What was James, 41, thinking when he lunged toward Dooley? What was Dooley thinking James was thinking?
Did Dooley "reasonably believe" that the younger, bigger, stronger man would take his gun and harm him?
Only he knows.
And whether he is punished for gunning down a father in front of his daughter in a park on a sunny Sunday afternoon will more than likely come down to what he says he was thinking in those few seconds before a man died.
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Sutter Solano Medical Center remains one of five holdouts in ongoing contract talks between Sutter facilities and their nurses union.
That's because a tentative agreement has been reached with Marin County's Sutter Novato Community Hospital, union officials said.
What one Sutter hospital does has little bearing on the others, Sutter Solano spokeswoman Nancy Turner said.
"Each affiliate negotiates its own contract with the union," Turner said. "Each affiliate has its own operational issues and as a result, each of our proposals is different. What happens at Novato doesn't impact our negotiations at Sutter Solano."
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United officials announced Monday that only Sutter Solano, Alta Bates Summit in Berkeley and Oakland, Eden in Castro Valley and San Leandro and Antioch's Sutter Delta have yet to resolve their issues.
"Following a pattern that has produced agreement at a series of other Sutter facilities, a breakthrough occurred when local hospital officials decided to withdraw over 40 contract concessions the hospital had pursued for months. The result -- almost immediate agreement on a new three-year agreement," union officials said in a statement.
Novato registered nurses must still vote to ratify the pact. Membership meetings will be held soon, officials said.
The news follows similar agreements in the past year at Sutter facilities in San Francisco, San Mateo, Sonoma, Lake and Santa Cruz counties, union officials said.
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REGENT Circus has been bought for more than £40m by the same investment company which owns The Parade shopping centre.
UK Commercial Property Trust Limited (UKCPT), a Guernsey investment company launched in September 2006, has exchanged contracts to acquire Regent Circus for £40.48m.
Last week, the Adver reported on the £32.8m price tag which had been slapped on the leisure and retail asset by Ashfield Land, the developer.
Now a deal has been reached for a project which UKCPT has said was made attractive by the fact it was already 94 per cent pre-let, with a Morrisons supermarket and Cineworld cinema anchoring it.
The company has also stated the Morrisons supermarket will open in November, with the leisure element expected to open in early 2015.
On completion, the scheme will generate £2.1m per annum in rental income from leases with an average length of 20 years to occupiers such as Prezzo, Ask and Nando's.
The cinema lease also incorporates fixed rental increases.
UKCPT said: "Regent Circus is the first new retail and leisure scheme to be built in Swindon in a number of years and will provide a modern, prominent and central scheme which will benefit from the town's strong communication and transport links, as well as a wide and affluent catchment area.
"The purchase will be financed in part by the £32m in proceeds from the company's treasury share issue in May with the remainder financed from existing resources.
"The consideration will be satisfied through a number of staged payments, with £21.25m payable around practical completion of the development in early November and the balance paid in tranches as the restaurant elements are completed."
Christopher Hill, chairman of UKCPT, said: "This acquisition supports the company's ongoing investment strategy of acquiring assets that have the potential for both income and capital growth.
"It also represents an increase in the company's leisure holdings, one of the company's favoured sectors, and is let to tenants with strong covenants and on terms that will also improve the average lease length of the portfolio.
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another 20 pt game, 34, 22, and 22 last night, 3 games in a row and at a high percentage, season average up to 15.4 ppg, maybe the star is coming out
He had another really good game, though this was unlike the other two in that I felt like I was back to watching the Paul George who isn't very assertive, makes 'cute' decisions instead of hard/strong decisions with the ball, and was hitting more perimeter shots again. A good game, but not an impressive one to me.
I want more of the Paul George who you can tell pretty quickly is on a mission and asserts himself rather than being cute and/or taking a lot of perimeter shots.
we have a 22 year old averaging 15.4 ppg, dude has a high ceiling
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Paul's doing well and he may turn out to be the best Pacer ever. He's beginning to show some things that the greats show on a regular basis, so I am hopeful and maybe a bit surprised. With that said, most superstars at 22 years old are averaging 20ppg or higher at the age of 22. The very best like LeBron, Mello, etc. are even higher. I think they were both around 28 or 29ppg. Even Rudy Gay averaged 20ppg...and that was at 21. The good news is that Paul should have no problem cracking 20ppg as an NBA pro and that means we have a #1 option here.
The sniff test of sorts, to me, will be to start doing what JayRedd has been calling for on Twitter: More pick and rolls with Paul and David West. It doesn't seem to be run much, but when it does good things usually happen, and it allows Paul to show off an underrated part of his game (yes, even in the face of his terrible, cutesy turnovers): His passing. The dude can distribute the ball. If he can prove to be consistently good at that if we run him with PnR's on a more regular basis, that's huge because it makes him much harder to guard. Play him for the passes he can make, and you leave him open to shoot from 18 feet or drive. He can kill you from 18 feet, but for now driving is a box of chocolates.
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For the second year in a row, Boston had the lowest number of fire deaths for large cities, recording one fatality in 2012, fire officials said today.
One person died in a Dorchester apartment building fire on Jan. 3, 2012, Boston fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald said. In 2011, there was one fatal fire; 2010 had two fire deaths; and no one was killed in 2009, he said.
"For a city our size, with the fire load we have of 4,061 fires in 2012 … this is a good achievement,'' MacDonald said.
Officials provided statistics for other cities: Baltimore had 12 fire related deaths in 2012; Philadelphia had 25; Milwaukee had eight; Washington, D.C., had seven; and Phoenix had six, officials said.
MacDonald attributed Boston's low fire fatality rate in part to the city's commitment to fully staffing the department. Some 50 new recruits are joining the department in February 2013.
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Winter might feel more like summer over the next few days in Orange County as a warming trend drives inland temperatures about 10 degrees above normal.
A "ridge" of high-pressure air parked over the West Coast could push highs into the low 80s through the weekend, the National Weather Service says.
More gusty winds also are in the forecast, though mostly near the mountains.
Friday should be mostly sunny and 75 to 80 inland, 71 to 76 on the coast, with wind gusts to 25 mph in some places.
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City Councilman Russ Jehl and I released a responsible plan that funded all the great services Fort Wayne families expect and deserve without an income tax increase.
The economy is turning around just as those going back to work in Fort Wayne will be greeted with higher income taxes than necessary. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported this month that Indiana's private- sector employment rate is at a pre-recession level of 2,516,600 that hasn't been seen since the July 2008 level of 2,513,300.
I know there's a Fort Wayne in the near future with higher incomes in a better economy, and we have a duty to plan for the long term by tightening our belts when folks in the Summit City have to tighten theirs.
The concept that the city administration needed to raise taxes because it "lost revenue" from the property tax caps is taxpayer representation of the worst sort — it's not the government's money to lose.
Smaller tax revenue in a down economy only makes common sense to Hoosiers in all of Allen County who will now see even less take-home pay as a result of this income tax increase. The solution is not to subtract dollars from hardworking families pressed with the very real effect of lost family revenue.
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After the stock market closes Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average index of 30 stocks will drop Hewlett-Packard Co. and two other financial mainstays – Alcoa Inc. and Bank of America Corp.
News of the change raises questions among the followers of the Dow and McGraw Hill Financial, which controls the average. McGraw Hill representatives claim that they want to diversify the sectors in the index. The three replacement stocks are Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Visa Inc. and Nike Inc.
The reason is more likely that the stock prices of HP, Alcoa and Bank of America remain low, and the Dow would rather comprise higher-priced winners.
The average divisor will be adjusted before the market opens Monday, so the changes won't impact the level of the Dow the same as when a stock splits or a spin-off occurs.
Two Town Crier "50" companies made headlines last week.
• Apple Inc. (AAPL; $450.36) unveiled its high-end iPhone 5s and the cheaper, more colorful iPhone 5c, putting an end to the secrecy. Company representatives said the iPhone 5s is twice as fast as the iPhone 5, with an improved camera, a new microchip and a finger sensor.
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Second-quarter sales rose 53 percent to $1.81 billion, topping analysts' prediction of $1.62 billion.
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The University of Colorado Boulder Police Department is investigating a report of an attempted sexual assault on the west end of campus near Broadway. On April 27, 2013 a female CU student reported to police that around midnight she was attacked near the Broadway bike path while walking home from a party on the Hill. According to the victim, the suspect approached from behind, pushed her to the ground, placed a pair scissors to her throat, and began to remove her clothing. The female struck the suspect in the face and was able to flee the scene.
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What Elements of the Design of a Healing Garden Are Used as Landmarks by Patients With Alzheimer's Disease to Locate? (JAZ-TOP)
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The disruption of spatial orientation is considered the second most common cognitive symptom of dementia, affecting nearly all activities of daily living. Research in the field of environmental psychology has helped to highlight the influence of the environment on patients with Alzheimer's disease or related syndromes. With regard to spatial orientation, it has been shown that an environment can provide support for cognitive failures in subjects if that particular space is adapted. While numerous studies have focused on the architectural environment (hospital, housing facility), none have explored the ability of patients to orient themselves in a natural environment such as a garden. Yet, in recent years, such gardens, known as healing gardens, have emerged in housing and care facilities, providing genuine support for the care management of patients with Alzheimer-type dementia. Various works have been published outlining recommendations for their management. However, with regard to spatial orientation, none of the available research has explored the basic principles on which to rely on in order to organize the elements of outdoor spaces into itineraries that promote orientation, according to ZEISEL and TYSON (1999). In the absence of such data, these authors recommend relying on five elements, identified by Lynch in his landmark book "Image of the City" (1960), that people use to orient themselves and find their way. These are " paths ", " edges ", " districts ", " nodes " and " landmarks ". The hypothesis to verify is that patients with Alzheimer's disease do not rely on the same elements of the garden as non-Alzheimer's subjects in making orientation decisions and to mentally picture this environment.
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Analyze nature and frequency of elements of the " art, memory and life " garden used as landmarks by Alzheimer's disease patients [ Time Frame: Baseline = inclusion visit ]To describe and compare nature and frequency of elements involved in orientation decisions and the cognitive map, between a group of subjects with Alzheimer's disease and a group of healthy control subjects.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Study the characteristics of the elements that contributed to decision-making regarding spatial orientation, the cognitive map, correlations between success in experimental, neuropsychological assessment in Alzheimer disease and healthy control subjects. [ Time Frame: Baseline = inclusion visit ]To identify, through analysis of interviews based on problem solving and interlocutory logic (TROGNON and BATT, 2007,2010, 2011), the characteristics of the elements of the " art, memory and life " garden that contributed to decision-making regarding spatial orientation and the development of a mental representation of the garden, in patients with Alzheimer's disease and healthy elderly subjects.
- Study the characteristics of the elements that contributed to decision-making regarding spatial orientation, the cognitive map, correlations between success in experimental, neuropsychological assessment in Alzheimer disease and healthy control subjects. [ Time Frame: Baseline = inclusion visit ]To study the correlation between the degree of success in experimental tasks (route learning, cognitive map) and standard and specific neuropsychological assessment (visuospatial skills) of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and healthy control subjects.
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Alzheimer disease patients
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All subjects (groups A and B):
- able to walk autonomously, that is without help, whether human or technical, except for a walking cane
- are aged 65 to 90 years
- have never been in the "art, memory and life" garden at the Paul SPILLMANN Centre prior to the study
- have given their written consent after receiving clear and intelligible oral and written information.
Group A : patients with Alzheimer's disease:
- diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease according to NINCDS-ADRDA diagnostic criteria (Mc KHANN et al., 1984)
- score less than or equal to 4 on the Hachinski ischemic scale (Hachinski et al., 1984)
- Folstein MMSE score between 10 and 24 inclusively
- score equal to 5 or 6 on the Reisberg Global Deterioration Scale (REISBERG et al., 1982).
- stable, specific treatment of Alzheimer's disease (cholinesterase and memantine)
- taking of psychotropic drugs authorized, but no change in treatment during at least the last 48 hours
Group B: healthy control subjects:
- absence of dementia according to NINCDS-ADRDA criteria (Mc KHANN et al., 1984)
- normal performance on Folstein MMSE, according to the GRECO (en français : Groupe de REflexions sur les Evaluations Cognitives) standards (Reflection Group on Cognitive Assessments)
Exclusion Criteria:
For all subjects (groups A and B):
- Absence of social security coverage
- sensory deficit interfering with the task
- aphasia interfering with the task
- history of head trauma (with loss of consciousness)
- chronic alcoholism
- refusal or inability to obtain written informed consent form from the patient
- legally protected person
- severe depression: score higher than 20 on the 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
Group A : patients with Alzheimer's disease:
- other neurological or psychiatric diseases that may affect the assessment Group B: healthy control subjects
- neurological or psychiatric diseases that may affect the assessment
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01692977
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01692977
|University Hospital of Nancy , Saint Julien Hospital, France
|Nancy, France, 54000
Sponsors and Collaborators
Central Hospital, Nancy, France
|Principal Investigator:
|Thérèse Rivasseau Jonveaux, PhD
|University Hospital of Nancy, France
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|Responsible Party:
|Central Hospital, Nancy, France
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01692977 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 16, 2012
|Last Updated:
|July 29, 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Alzheimer Disease
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
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Careful Study Fails to Validate MRI Before Lumbar Epidural
Careful Study Fails to Validate MRI Before Lumbar Epidural
Imaging guidelines endorse MRI to guide the placement of epidural steroids for patients with intractable low back pain, and this has become the standard of care, according to an editorial published this week online by the Archives of Internal Medicine. But the benefits of this strategy have never been proven, and now a carefully designed trial has not validated the practice. On the other hand, it may be wise still to follow the guidelines.
The team behind the multicenter trial of MRI before epidural steroid injections, involving participants from Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, the University of Pennsylvania, and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, randomized patients into 2 groups. Everyone got an MRI before the injection, but in only a random half of cases were the physicians who gave the injections allowed to see the images. For the other group of patients, a physician other than the one giving the injection was allowed to see the MRI afterwards and make a post-hoc recommendation.
The physician's ability to see a lumbar MRI before the injection did not have a significant effect on the outcome after 3 months, nor did it have a major effect on decisions about treatment. However, as the editorial points out, the group whose doctors saw the MRI results needed less pain medication after 1 month and also required fewer repeat injections.
Radiological guidelines favor pre-injection MRIs partly to rule out cases in which injections would not be safe, and indeed the group of doctors allowed to see the MRI did rule out a few injections. Also, for a third of patients whose doctors were blinded to the MRI, the physician allowed to see the image would have chosen a different course of action, and that group of patients did have significantly worse outcomes after 3 months.
What's the upshot for doctors in the real world? Although report of the study concludes that MRI "does not improve outcomes" in this setting and has minimal effect on decision making, it would be "premature" to overrule the guidelines, say editorialists Janna Friedly, MD, of the University of Washington and Richard Deyo, MD, PhD, of Oregon Health and Science University. The results do support thinking twice about using epidural injections at all for conditions in which their benefit is especially unclear, they add, such as spinal stenosis and low back pain without radiculopathy.


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A Study of Saquinavir Soft Gel Capsules (SGC) Used in Combination With Two Other Anti-HIV Drugs in Patients With HIV-Associated Kidney Disease
This study has been completed.
Hoffmann-La Roche
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First received: November 2, 1999
Last updated: June 23, 2005
Last verified: December 1998
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The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of saquinavir SGC plus stavudine (d4T) plus lamivudine (3TC) with that of saquinavir SGC plus nelfinavir plus d4T in patients with HIV-associated kidney disease. This study examines whether these drug combinations are effective in preventing kidney disease from progressing to a stage where it is immediately life threatening. This study also examines the effect these drug combinations have on the level of HIV detected in these patients. Finally, this study evaluates the drug level (the amount of drug found in the body) of these two combinations in patients with kidney disease.
|HIV Infections AIDS-Associated Nephropathy
|Drug: Nelfinavir mesylate Drug: Saquinavir Drug: Lamivudine Drug: Stavudine
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Exploratory Study of Fortovase (Saquinavir) Soft Gelatin Capsules (SGC) Plus d4T and 3TC or Fortovase (Saquinavir) SGC Plus Nelfinavir and d4T in Patients With HIV-1 Associated Nephropathy
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS Kidney Diseases
Drug Information available for: Saquinavir Saquinavir mesylate NelfinavirU.S. FDA Resources
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|Estimated Enrollment:
This is an open-label, non-comparative, randomized, single center, 24-week study. Patients are stratified into 3 groups (8 patients in each group) based on kidney function:
Group 1: Serum creatine less than 2 mg/dL. Group 2: Serum creatine 2-5 mg/dL. Group 3: Serum creatine greater than 5 mg/dL.
All 24 patients are randomized 1:1 to receive 1 of 2 study regimens:
Arm A: Saquinavir SGC plus d4T plus 3TC. Arm B: Saquinavir SGC plus nelfinavir plus d4T. Patients are seen at Weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24. At Week 24, a kidney biopsy is performed with patient consent.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Patients must have:
- Detectable HIV-1 RNA by Amplicor assay.
- Biopsy-proven nephropathy.
Exclusion Criteria
Prior Medication:
- Saquinavir and nelfinavir.
- d4T or 3TC within the past 4 months.
Stable antiretroviral therapy for more than 4 weeks.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002397
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002397
|United States, New York
|Mount Sinai Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10029
Sponsors and Collaborators
Hoffmann-La Roche
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00002397 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|June 23, 2005
Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Drug Therapy, Combination
HIV Protease Inhibitors
AIDS-Associated Nephropathy
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Viral Load
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Kidney Diseases
AIDS-Associated Nephropathy
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Urologic 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
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
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Kudos & Kindness: Thanks for the experience
December 27, 2012
As the year comes to a close, I think back to all the people who have made this year so great with their generous giving to the full-time residents at Barton Skilled Nursing. I wish I could name you one by one and help you see what a difference your kindness and giving means to all of us. We are blessed by Harrah's to be able to have dinner out every month. Heavenly in their grand style took us up on the gondola this summer to remind us of our beautiful surroundings, and the Tahoe Queen let us feel the wind in our faces and see the Jewel of the Sierra we love so much. Each person who works at these places showed us what a wonderful commuity we live in and how much they care. Thank you with all of our hearts!Maureen FroyumActivity director


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A MAN recently released from prison is being sought by detectives for return to jail after he failed to comply with the terms of his release licence, North Yorkshire Police said.
Thomas Metcalf, 25, was released from prison last week, having been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in July 2013, for attempted burglary.
Metcalf is described as white, 6ft tall with a medium build and brown hair.
Although his whereabouts are not known it is believed he is in the York area.
Detective Inspector Dave Kirby, of York CID, said: "Thomas, if you see or hear this appeal, my advice is that you hand yourself in at the earliest opportunity. We will not stop looking for you until you are back in custody and we have a proven track record of locating wanted people. You are only delaying the inevitable and making the eventual outcome worse for yourself.
"Police officers have already made visits to addresses where Metcalf has links and these visits will continue until he has been arrested. Anyone who is shielding him should know that they are not helping him. They may even be committing offences by obstructing the police and, if this is the case, they face the prospect of prosecution."
Meanwhile, police are also appealing for public help to locate man wanted for extradition to Poland.
Krystian Bartosewicz, 27, is wanted by the Polish authorities having been convicted in 2006 for drug offences.
Although it is not known where Bartosewicz is, it is known he has links to the Scarborough area.
Anyone with information about either should contact North Yorkshire police on 101, select option 1 and pass the details to the Force Control Room.


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Major U.S. indices closed in the green today, recovering a portion of yesterday's sell-off that was the sharpest since November. The Dow posted the biggest gain, surging 0.84% due largely to the strength in Home Depot (HD) after its earnings report. Strong housing and consumer data numbers this morning helped boost sentiment and distract investors from the looming sequester. Congressional testimony today from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke today also came off as more dovish than the recent Fed minutes, which revealed the more hawkish leanings of several Fed governors. Gold, which sold off on those aforementioned Fed minutes, posted its biggest gain of the year in response (SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) +1.22%).
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Image: Indonesian Textile E74826B
This batik cloth was made in approximately 1972 in Bandung, West Java, and is an example of printed batik, rather than dyed through traditional batik process. The pattern resembles that of a traditional Javanese kawung design of geometric circles, representing flowers or petals. However, here flowers are more realistic. The motif consists of four circle focused on a point, symbolizing a king assisted by his servants. Kawung design batik was worn by a king and his family. It signifies justice and power.
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As construction crews put the finishing touches on the Temple Art Lofts, the next phase of the downtown Vallejo streetscape improvements is in full swing in the 300 block of Virginia Street adjacent to the historic project.
Funded with state and federal grants, the street work includes a number of improvements, including new sidewalks, plus trees and street features to make the block more friendly to pedestrians, City Engineer Jill Mercurio said.
Other features include planters, trees, benches, better crosswalks, diagonal parking, new pavement and underground utilities.
The block is closed most of the time, but the city coordinates with the Empress Theatre and other local businesses to open the street to traffic during events, Mercurio said.
"Ultimately, they'll have street furniture, more signage, decorative pavement and things like that," Mercurio said.
The improvement plan's goal is to revitalize the area and improve access to the Vallejo Baylink Ferry terminal.
Work begun over the summer under a $1.9 million contract awarded to Ghilotti Construction Company.
Contractors are attempting to finish some of the more disruptive work on Virginia Street prior to the opening of the Temple Art Lofts project inside the 1917 Vallejo Masonic Temple in April.
One block of Virginia Street and several blocks of Georgia Street in the downtown area have received improvements.
The next phase includes two blocks -- Sacramento Street from Virginia to Georgia streets, and Georgia from Sacramento to Santa Clara streets.
Several years ago, the city received $2.2 million through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to initiate the streetscape improvement plan.
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The groom is the son of David and Denise Côté of Los Altos Hills. He graduated from Mountain View High School and earned a bachelor's degree in studio arts with an emphasis in graphic design from Loyola Marymount University. He is employed as a graphic designer at WD Partners.
The couple live in San Francisco.


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Reliever Familia steps up in batter's box
NEW YORK -- Jeurys Familia hasn't batted regularly since 2012, when he was a starter in the Minors, but when Phillies righty Justin De Fratus sent a 1-0 fastball down the middle of the plate, even Familia -- a reliever taking his third Major League at-bat -- knew what to do with it.
"I just tried to see the ball and hit it," Familia said.
He did, and it was a line drive to left field. Chris Young came to the plate on Familia's first big league RBI to extend the Mets' lead in the seventh inning of an eventual 11-2 win over the Phillies.
Familia became the first Mets reliever with an RBI base hit since Raul Valdes on May 25, 2010 -- also in a blowout win over Philadelphia -- and the first reliever to do it for any team since Arizona's Trevor Cahill last August. That one came against the Phillies, too.
The base knock Wednesday was Familia's second in as many plate appearances this season, the first coming May 28 against the Pirates. That ball -- wrapped up with a rubber band and piece of paper specifying its significance -- still sits in Familia's locker.
At 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds, Familia's frame is one that is easy to imagine belonging to a slugger when he was a youngster, but the right-hander insists that wasn't the case. His only position-playing experience came at third base for "a couple of months" during his little league days.
So, now that he's a career .667 hitter -- 2-for-3 -- might he be pining for some pinch-hit opportunities?
"No, no," Familia said with a laugh and shrug of his shoulders.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. Tim Healey is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Archaeological dig at Germantown Potter's Field site will not start before March
An archaeological dig to see if human remains lie beneath the Queen Lane Apartments site won't begin until at least March, as a months-long historic review of the 18th-century Potter's Field continues.
With the ground beginning to freeze as winter settles in, and the historic review still ongoing, any "ground truthing" won't be complete until at least mid-April. And, it's still unclear what will become of the 16-story apartment tower.
Under the latest timeline, released Thursday at the latest in a series of project meetings called by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, background research and information-gathering on the Potter's Field will be done by Feb. 22.
Ground borings and excavations at the site of several underground anomalies would begin, targeted for completion by about April 15. From there, a final report would likely be complete by about May 17, officials said.
At the last such meeting, in October, officials said digging was nearly set to begin, but no work has been done on the site.
Meetings have continued among community members and PHA representatives, and historians and state preservation officials continue to gather information.
"It's just been a matter of process," said Michael Johns, PHA's acting director of housing operations, when asked about the delay.
Battle continues
At the same time, Johns has been critical of some in the community who have opposed various aspects of PHA's plans, saying continued delays and issues could result the plans for new housing scrapped and the tower remodeled.
So far, the historic review process has cost PHA an estimated $200,000, and about $500,000 has gone into the overall planning of the Queen Lane project, Johns said.
PHA wants to replace the apartment high-rise with 55 low-rise units, located around an open green-space area within the traditional boundaries of the Potter's Field, which appears on city maps as early as 1755.
Some community activists are also challenging the property transfer through which PHA gained possession of part of the land, the parcel which had formerly been the Wissahickon Playground and under the control of the city Recreation Department.
Lisa Hopkins, of Northwest Neighbors of Germantown, and Yvonne Haskins, a local lawyer representing the group, pointed out correspondence between the state Bureau for Historic Preservation and city's Historical Commission that expressed concerns about the property transfer as early as March 2011.
Greg Paulmier, who has been a vocal critic of every aspect of PHA's plans over the year-plus long series of monthly community gatherings and periodic HUD project team briefing meetings, now threatens to file a lawsuit challenging the property transfer.
"We're going to force the city of Philadelphia to sell this piece of property back to the Recreation Department," Paulmier said. "We expect it to be filed any day."
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I am having a complete brain freeze over this one, think I have looked at it too long, although I have yet to try it, but I know it wont work yet.
Want to put 2 unordered lists on 1 page, they are in seperate divs and I have given each their own class as
 and

So within the style sheet I would state ul as either ul.nav or ul.nav1 however do I need to do this for everything, i.e.
and so on...
I guess I would need to also do the same for the
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I dont know, I just felt there was a simpler way to identify seperate lists?
Hey there,
I'm not sure what you're trying to do (the details) but yeah in theory assigning a class to your ul will allow you to style all the instances of unordered lists that inherit that class. I'm not sure why you have a.nav and a.nav1 - are you styling the hyperlinks (a tags) in your list? If so, you should use this markup to identify the a tags within that ul class:
ul.nav li a { css for [B]all [/B]links in ul nav class goes here }
ul.nav1 li a {css for [B]all [/B] links in ul nav1 class goes here }
ul.nav li a:hover { css for [B]all link mousehovesr [/B] in the nav class ul goes here e.g: text-decoration: underline; }
This is because your links within the unordered list will always be in a

 (list item) tag (or should be, rather). So the  tag is within the
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ul.nav li { font-weight: bold; color: Red; }
ul.nav li { color: Blue; }
you can even use a custom background image to replace the standard HTML list icons:
ul.nav { list-style: none; padding: 0; }
ul.nav li {background-image:url( urltoimage ); }
Finally, there is a quicker way. It all comes down to how "generalizing" you are, or how specific your css attributes need to be. For example if all the
 classes on the page share some attributes, you could easily define a CSS rule for all the
 classes - because of the way CSS "inherits" and overwrites styling, you could then specify only the unique attributes in the ul.nav and ul.nav1 class stylings, and the rest they would inherit from the general unordered list class (which in turn, you can also overwrite to suit your needs by simply creating .ul { cssrules } ).
Hope that helps! or did I misunderstand what you are attempting?
Your right Behati, thats what I am doing, just had something going on in my head there was a different way to do it. Mind you, I never know what goes on in my head sometimes so what chance have you got :lol:
Haha, we all know the feeling.. having messed with one specific detail for some time, in the end you don't know what's up and what's down and the best thing to do is to take a break and collect your thoughts! (Which may result in missing deadlines, which then results in more stress and oh dear..... )
PS: I edited my above post with some more examples / explanation.
Not quite true - you don't need the 'li' in the CSS there. Yes, the  is inside the
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ul.nav a {...}
The shorter you can keep your declarations, the better. For a start, it makes them easier to maintain, update and troubleshoot - for a second, it means less work for the visitor's computer to have to do in decoding the instructions.
You're absolutely right, maybe I wasn't clear on that but my point was (mentioned in the end of the post) that the CSS rules can overwrite eachother depending on how general you are while writing them, thus going "down" in inheritance (ul > li > a) or as I mentioned just generally applying (ul > any css) is different and depends on how specific you need to be. This is because in his original post he mentioned having to set rules for all the tags, and this is an example of yes and no.
Sorry if that wasn't clear and thanks for pointing it out
Thanks Folks. All worked fine


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Ensuring good communication between you and Dr. Patel is our primary concern when planning your surgery. In your initial consultation, you'll be asked to explain in detail why you are contemplating plastic surgery and how you hope to look and feel afterwards. It is important to set aside any awkwardness you might feel, and speak candidly about the changes you would like to see with Dr. Patel. You should feel completely assured that you and Dr. Patel understand one another.
During your pre-operative visits, we will also evaluate your health, conduct a physical exam, take pre-operative photographs, and explain which surgical options and techniques are most appropriate for you. You will discuss the type of anesthesia to be used, the type of facility where the surgery will be performed, and the possible cost involved.
A pleasant operating room environment and our patient's safety are our utmost concerns. Therefore, surgeries are performed in an accredited outpatient surgical facility using only board-certified anesthesiologists and nurses in Oakbrook or Hoffman Estates/Barrington area based on patient's convinience. However, some procedures may be performed at our office or local hospitals when necessary. Dr. Patel has priveldges at several local hospitals.
- Mayo Clinic
- University of Illinois Medical Center
- Rush Medical College and Hospital
- American Board of Plastic Surgery 2010
- American Board of Surgery 2007
- American Society of Plastic Surgery
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- Sherman Advocate Hospital
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