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"The approval of ADASUVE is an important event in the treatment of agitation. ADASUVE is the
first approved non-injectable therapy for the acute treatment of agitation in adults with schizophrenia
and bipolar I disorder. As noted in the consensus guidelines for Best Practices in the Evaluation and
Treatment of Agitation, we believe that the ability to deliver medications rapidly and non-invasively
will be important for patients and the professionals who care for them," said Thomas B. King,
President and CEO of Alexza. "This is a landmark day for Alexza and we are proud of our
accomplishments in developing this unique product. We project that ADASUVE will be available for
commercial launch early in the third quarter of 2013."
"The data we have seen from the ADASUVE Phase 3 clinical trials in patients with schizophrenia and
bipolar I disorder are compelling," said Michael Lesem, MD, Executive Medical Director, Claghorn-
Lesem Research Clinic, Houston, TX and a principal investigator in the ADASUVE clinical trials.
"I believe that ADASUVE represents an important new and much needed therapeutic option in
treating agitation patients who will benefit from a non-coercive therapeutic intervention that works
quickly to relieve their symptoms."
The FDA approval is based on a clinical data package involving more than 1,600 patients and
subjects. In two Phase 3 trials, ADASUVE was found to be effective in the acute treatment of
agitation in adults with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder. In these two studies, ADASUVE 10 mg
met the primary efficacy endpoint, with statistically significant reductions in agitation as compared to
placebo at the two-hour post-dose time point, as well as the principal secondary endpoint. Of note,
ADASUVE exhibited rapid effects in agitated patients, with statistically significant reductions in
agitation apparent starting at 10 minutes following administration of a dose versus placebo1,2.
As part of the ADASUVE development program, Alexza identified a risk of bronchospasm in certain
asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients following dosing with
ADASUVE. It is important to note that ADASUVE can cause bronchospasm that has the potential to
lead to respiratory distress and respiratory arrest. ADASUVE will be available only through a
restricted program under a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) called the ADASUVE
REMS (described below).
ADASUVE Partial Prescribing Information (U.S.)
Please click here for Full Prescribing Information, including Boxed WARNINGS, or visit
ADASUVE is a typical antipsychotic indicated for the acute treatment of agitation associated
with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder in adults. Efficacy was demonstrated in 2 trials in
acute agitation: one in schizophrenia and one in bipolar I disorder.
Limitations of Use: ADASUVE must be administered only in an enrolled healthcare facility.
WARNING: BRONCHOSPASM and INCREASED MORTALITY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
• ADASUVE can cause bronchospasm that has the potential to lead to respiratory distress
and respiratory arrest
• ADASUVE is available only through a restricted program under a Risk Evaluation and
Mitigation Strategy (REMS) called the ADASUVE REMS
• Administer ADASUVE only in an enrolled healthcare facility that has immediate access on-
site to equipment and personnel trained to manage acute bronchospasm, including
advanced airway management (intubation and mechanical ventilation)
Increased Mortality in Elderly Patients with Dementia-Related Psychosis:
• Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at an
increased risk of death. ADASUVE is not approved for the treatment of patients with
dementia-related psychosis
ADASUVE is contraindicated in patients with the following:
• Current diagnosis or history of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or
other lung disease associated with bronchospasm
• Acute respiratory signs / symptoms (e.g., wheezing)
• Current use of medications to treat airways disease, such as asthma or COPD
• History of bronchospasm following ADASUVE treatment
• Known hypersensitivity to loxapine and amoxapine
• Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: May develop in patients treated with antipsychotic
drugs. Discontinue treatment
• Hypotension and Syncope: Use with caution in patients with known cardiovascular or
cerebrovascular disease
• Seizure: Use with caution in patients with a history of seizures or with conditions that
lower the seizure threshold
• Potential for Cognitive and Motor Impairment: Use caution when driving or operating
• Cerebrovascular Adverse Reactions: Increased incidence of stroke and transient ischemic
attack in elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic
The most common adverse reactions (incidence = 2% and greater than placebo) in clinical
studies in patients with agitation treated with ADASUVE were dysgeusia, sedation, throat
ADASUVE will be available only through a restricted program under a Risk Evaluation and
Mitigation Strategy (REMS) called the ADASUVE REMS. ADASUVE should only be administered
in a healthcare facility enrolled in the ADASUVE REMS program that has immediate access on-site
to equipment and personnel trained to manage acute bronchospasm, including advanced airway
management (intubation and mechanical ventilation). In addition to product labeling, Alexza
developed the ADASUVE REMS with the purpose of mitigating the risk of bronchospasm. The
ADASUVE REMS includes a Communication Plan and an "elements to assure safe use" of the
product, including provisions designed to ensure that ADASUVE will only be dispensed in healthcare
settings that are enrolled in the ADASUVE REMS program.
With the ADASUVE NDA approval, Alexza also has several post-approval requirements, including a
large observational clinical trial designed to gather patient safety data based on the real-world use of
ADASUVE, as well as a clinical program addressing the safety and efficacy of ADASUVE in
agitated adolescent patients.
About Agitation Associated with Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder
Agitation is a serious medical problem that can present in a number of psychiatric disorders,
including schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder. Of the estimated 3.2 million patients treated for
schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder in the U.S. 3, about 90% suffer from agitation in their lifetime 4,
due to the natural course of underlying disease or non-compliance with chronic medication.
Patients average 11 to 12 episodes of agitation each year 5.
Agitation episodes may escalate unpredictably and, in some cases, necessitate chemical or
physical restraint to relieve the individual's distress and to protect care providers and others in
close proximity. Rapid, effective and safe intervention is key to returning the agitated person to a
less agitated state.
About Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Alexza is a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and
commercialization of novel, proprietary products for the acute treatment of central nervous
system conditions. Alexza's technology, the Staccato system, vaporizes unformulated drug to
form a condensation aerosol that, when inhaled, is designed for rapid systemic drug delivery
through deep lung inhalation. (Click here to see an animation of how the Staccato system works.)
ADASUVE® (Staccato loxapine) is Alexza's lead therapeutic program. Grupo Ferrer
Internacional, S.A is Alexza's commercial partner for ADASUVE in Europe, Latin America,
Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States countries. Alexza filed its ADASUVE
Marketing Authorization Application with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in October
2011. In December 2012, Alexza received a positive opinion from the EMA's Committee for
Medicinal Products for Human Use recommending the approval of ADASUVE in the European
Union for the rapid control of mild-to-moderate agitation in adult patients with schizophrenia or
bipolar disorder. Patients should receive regular treatment immediately after control of acute
agitation symptoms. The European Commission is now expected to grant marketing
authorization for ADASUVE in all 27 European Union Member States, plus Iceland, Lichtenstein
and Norway. A decision is expected from the European Commission in the first quarter of 2013.
For more information about Alexza, the Staccato system technology or the Company's
development programs, please visit www.alexza.com. For more information about ADASUVE,
please visit www.adasuve.com. ADASUVE® and Staccato® are registered trademarks of Alexza
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve significant risks and
uncertainties. Any statement describing the Company's expectations or beliefs is a forward-
looking statement, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties,
particularly those inherent in the process of developing and commercializing drugs, including the
ability for Alexza to effectively and profitably commercialize ADASUVE in the US, the impact
and risks of the ADASUVE post-marketing studies and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
(REMs) on the commercialization of ADASUVE the adequacy of the Company's capital to
support the Company's operations and the Company's ability to raise additional funds and the
potential terms of such potential financings. The Company's forward-looking statements also
involve assumptions that, if they prove incorrect, would cause its results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning
Alexza's business are described in additional detail in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-
K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the Company's other Periodic and Current Reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements contained in
this announcement are made as of this date, and the Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
1. Lesem MD, Tran-Johnson TK, Riesenberg RA, Feifel D, Allen MH, Fishman R,
Spyker DA, Kehne JH and Cassella JV. Rapid acute treatment of agitation in
individuals with schizophrenia: multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled study of
inhaled loxapine. Br J Psychiatry. 2011 Jan;198(1):51-8.
2. Kwentus J, Riesenberg RA, Marandi M, Manning RA, Allen MH, Fishman RS,
Spyker DA, Kehne JH and Cassella JV. Rapid acute treatment of agitation in patients
with bipolar I disorder: a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial
with inhaled loxapine. Bipolar Disord. 2012 Feb;14(1):31-40.
3. Alexza data on file (Calculation: from NIMH prevalence; Saha 2005; Merikangas K.
Lifetime and 12-month Prevalence of Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in the National
Comorbidity Survey Replication. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007. 64(5):543-552.)
4. Alexza data on file (primary market research among caregivers of patients with
schizophrenia (95% have agitation) and bipolar patients (87% have agitation))
5. Alexza data on file (primary market research among caregivers of patients with
schizophrenia (have an average of 12 agitation episodes per year) and bipolar patients
(have an average of 11 agitation episodes per year))
Thomas B. King
President and CEO
BCC Partners
Karen L. Bergman and Michelle Corral
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Ouch. Ball came down and hit Jermaine in the face.
This space for rent.
Woo 11 straight - nice run!
No Linking to your own site if it sells something.
Love the team handles Toronto this way. And now let's continue to play and contain this win so far!
Jermaine is frustrating me so much! ... Not necessarily for all bad reasons, he's doing EVERYTHING so well, other than on the post.
His D is good both one on one and help, his ball movement is generally good. Just about half the time he gets the ball on that post it's like a black hole and a free rebound for the Toronto big men!
Still i love the respect this team appears to have to each other, the seem to enjoy playing together and want to help eachother. Thats how it should be!
'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Holy cow. Jermaine was all over the court there. Hit the jumper, then chased Calderon into the sideline, got back to deny the ball to Nasto, then swung over to get the charge against Barghani.
I can respect people who want to see some motion in the offense and don't like isos. But how can you do anything but appreciate Jermaine's team defense?
This space for rent.
I believe i could just put QFT!
'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Hmm. My post wasn't directed at you, Hustler. I posted it before I read your post.
I understand where you're coming from... Jermaine is definitely forcing it on O right now. But his defense is masterful.
This space for rent.
That's got to be the best time this year on how we closed out the half. Go Pacers 2 more quarters.
Added to that, i can say whole heartedly that, i would rather see J.O go one on one in the post than a fair few other shots!
'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
No Shawne in the 1st half.
I'm in these bands
The Humans
Dr. Goldfoot
The Bar Brawlers
I'm a big Shawne fan, also got him on my fantasy team, but if the Pacers are winning that doesn't matter. This is a team!!!
Jt and Dun working so well together.
Damn what a nice defence!!!! They can't get a decent shot
I tell ya what for playing 4 on 5 we're kickin their ***.
Interesting calls
That david dunk looked like he got hit on the arm and i couldnt see an offensive on Murphy then!
Still, liking the Defence!
'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
I guess TJ Ford makes a pretty big difference for this team, huh?
Nice pass from Tinsley on Harrison, should be a foul! Keep this up and we should win another +15 point game!
Doesn't look good this, put back on the starting five!
You can tell Rush has his confidence back, he wouldn't have taken that shot before the last game......
Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
Unlike some other guys here, I like Rush. If he gets some minutes he always has the threath from 3.
Man what is with Shawne tonight? doesn't play one whole half and then comes in and racks up fouls at David Harrison-esque pace. I hope he gets better I want to phase murphy out of the lineup as quickly as possible. I can't stand watching him play, I never get so mad at watching the team play as murphy just flat out lets people go right by him and let our bigs rack up the fouls.
Pacers are much better tonight but the Raptors hittin' the glass. And please guard Kapono, he hasn't hit a ball all year, so come on!
night and day on defense with jermaine in and out of the lineup.
Come on Foster

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I must've missed the "anger" part here. I think this is a PR stunt by the Nets and well NBA for that matter(we had Adam Silver say he wanted the NBA to surpass the NFL) and this is at least one area they can say they did.
I also don't think he's a good enough player to warrant the attention of a PC for signing a 10 day contract. The focal point is on his sexual orientation not his actual skills which Trader Joe aptly pointed out are rather lacking. However that isn't the focal point his orientation is which was expected.
If the media purports wanting Jason Collins to be treated like everyone else they should treat him like everyone else who signs a 10 day contract trying to get a spot on the team.


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The search for yield and the weak U.S. dollar have prompted individual investors to set their sights abroad, and to consider investing in foreign bond mutual funds. International bond mutual funds, however, have their own unique set of risks. And these risks are magnified by the often rapid ebb and flow of international currency markets.
Yields may be higher in other countries and the dollar may be swooning, but a careful look at international bond mutual funds is in order before you let your money travel overseas.
The two primary risks of investing in foreign fixed-income securities are:
curities are denominated will change in value relative to the U.S. dollar.
There is also a more subtle risk for individual investors: understanding the sometimes arcane portfolio holdings of these funds, which may include futures, options, repurchase agreements, loan participations and asset-backed debt such as collateralized mortgage obligations.
And in terms of holdings, it can be surprising to what degree some of these international bond funds are actually invested in U.S. securities—contrary to the purpose driving most individual investors to international bond mutual funds in the first place.
Table 1 lists international bond mutual funds that can be also found in the "Individual Investor's Guide to the Top Mutual Funds" and in the extended listings of mutual funds on AAII.com.
There are three distinct types of international bond funds in Table 1:
Within each section, the funds are listed based on the amount of their investments that are in U.S.-dollar-denominated securities; the funds with the lowest percentages in U.S.-dollar-denominated securities are at the top of the list in each section.
Traditional Funds
Traditional international bond funds usually hold bonds issued or guaranteed by foreign governments of developed countries—for example, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Canada. They may also hold the debt of organizations such as the World Bank and the European Economic Community, as well as the debt of foreign banks and corporations.
Bonds issued by developed countries (both governments and corporations) also represent distinct currencies—for example, bonds issued by the U.K., German and Canadian governments represent the British pound, the euro, and the Canadian dollar.
For that reason, one issue to keep an eye on when examining a traditional foreign bond fund concerns foreign currency exposure and hedging, particularly since one of the investment incentives to invest in international bond funds is foreign currency diversification—holding securities denominated in an array of currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
International bond mutual funds often have the ability to hedge against currency changes as part of their investment policies and practices. There are two types of hedges: cross and direct.
Cross hedges may be instituted by an international bond fund when one foreign currency is expected to weaken in comparison to another represented by the securities in the portfolio. If forecast and applied appropriately, the cross hedge can enhance return for a U.S. investor.
The direct hedge—when a foreign currency is hedged directly against the U.S. dollar—defeats the purpose of investing in an international bond mutual fund to counteract the weakening dollar in the first place.
Individual investors seeking to hedge against the weakening U.S. dollar should avoid international bond funds that employ direct hedges or do not hedge out of the currency risk of any holdings of securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars.
However, if your concern is a weak U.S. dollar, then an appropriate international bond mutual fund is one that has the objective of little net exposure to the U.S. dollar no matter what hedging the fund does.
Emerging Market Funds
Emerging market international bond funds have structures that are similar to those of the traditional international bond funds. However, the international securities they invest in are issued by governments and corporations in developing nations.
For example, where the traditional American Century International Bond fund is invested primarily in the securities of the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, the emerging markets Payden Emerging Markets Bond fund is primarily invested in securities from Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines.
Currency Funds
The three international bond funds reported separately at the bottom of Table 1 are currency funds.
How do these work? The approaches vary.
The Rydex Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy fund has an investment objective of twice the inverse performance of the U.S. dollar index (the U.S. dollar index measures the dollar against a basket of foreign currencies). That means that if the U.S. dollar index were to weaken 10%, the fund's goal is to provide a 20% gain, and conversely if the U.S. dollar index strengthens by 15%, the fund would experience a 30% loss. To achieve this goal, the Rydex fund employs derivatives such as swaps, options and futures contracts.
The Merk Hard Currency fund takes a much different tack, investing in a basket of currencies by buying primarily short-term Treasury bills and notes of countries with, in their opinion, "sound" monetary policy. These countries include Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Sweden and the U.K. The fund also holds gold-related investments that tend to inversely track the U.S. dollar. Of the three currency bond funds, the Merk Hard Currency fund generates above-average yields while the Rydex Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy fund produces no meaningful yield.
Table 1 reports the returns, risk and other pertinent investment characteristics for this group of foreign bond funds.
Over the last five years, the highest average annual returns have been generated mostly by the emerging markets international bond funds. The T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond fund returned an average of 13.2% annually over the last five years, followed by the DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income fund at 12.8% and the Fidelity New Markets Income fund at 12.4%.
Most recently, for the full-year 2007, the pure inverse dollar currency play funds clearly performed the best, as the dollar significantly weakened in 2007.
Traditional international bond funds posted relatively lower returns than the emerging market international bond funds over five years, with the T. Rowe Price International Bond fund returning 8.5% on average, and the American Century International Bond fund returning 9.1%.
By comparison, the average U.S. government intermediate maturity bond fund returned 4.5% annually on average over the same five years.
Category and Total Risk
In the first group of funds in Table 1 the category risk numbers generally decline as the percentage invested in U.S. securities rises.
The highest category risks (where 1.0 indicates the average risk for the category and risk measures the volatility of returns) belong to the emerging market bond funds, and the traditional international bond funds that have little or no U.S. securities (those toward the top of the list).
The currency funds, at the bottom of Table 1, all have relatively high category risk, with the Rydex Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy fund exhibiting over twice the category risk with an index figure of 2.33.
The total risk index compares a fund to all other mutual funds—bond, stock, domestic and international alike. All these funds, with the exception of the Rydex Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy have total risk index numbers below average—less than 1.0. Once again, the more invested in the U.S., the less the total risk.
Expense Ratios
Expense ratios are particularly important for bond funds because expenses eat yield. The higher the expense ratio, the lower the yield for an individual fund.
U.S. government bond funds should be expected to have expense ratios below 0.75%. International investments are more expensive to manage, and international stock funds have higher expense ratios than their domestic counterparts.
For these international bond funds, expense ratios above 1.00% should be considered high—the 1.15% expense ratio for DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income fund, for example.
All the currency funds have exceptionally high expense ratios due to their extremely active management style and the use of complex derivatives such as options and futures. (The T. Rowe Price Spectrum Income fund reports a 0.00% expense ratio because it is a fund of funds and does not charge expenses in addition to the individual funds' expense ratios.)
Generally, longer maturities create greater risk as longer-term bonds are more volatile than shorter-term bonds when interest rates change.
The average maturity for the fixed-income securities held in the portfolios of these foreign bond funds varies from a short-term of 2.7 years (for the Payden Global Short Bond fund) to 14.9 years (for the DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income fund).
A few funds, such as Fidelity New Markets Income fund, do not report average maturity for their portfolios. And for the currency funds, maturity is irrelevant.
The range in yield for these funds is wide—from a high of 7.8% for the T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond fund to effectively 0.0% for the Rydex Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy fund.
Surprisingly, a traditional international bond fund, T. Rowe Price International Bond fund, offers one of the lowest yields, at 3.3%. By comparison, the average U.S. government bond fund has a yield of 4.2%.
Top Country Holdings
Finally, and rather telling, Table 1 provides the top three country holdings for each fund, with the exception of the currency funds, along with the percentage of the total portfolio invested in the securities of each country.
While all of the traditional and emerging markets international bond funds invest globally, a surprising number of these funds have significant investment in the U.S. For the Payden Global Short Bond fund with 76.5% invested in the U.S., the fund may not be as global as an investor might expect.
If you are an investor seeking higher yields internationally or trying to offset a declining U.S. dollar, or both, proceed with caution when considering an international bond fund. The yields can be higher internationally, but so are the risks.
If you are looking for a foreign currency haven among the traditional international bond funds, many of these funds have such high proportions of their portfolios invested in the U.S. that the implicit currency hedge of investing internationally can be significantly nullified.
And if you are seeking a pure currency hedge, the currency international bond funds are high risk as well as one-dimensional, and while the dollar seems unable to muster much strength recently, a turnaround by the U.S. dollar would turn the currency funds into high negative return investment machines.
Another gamble is that many of these funds employ complex strategies that are sometimes mystifying to the individual investor, and that cross many borders. Investing in different countries brings into play other sets of political, social and economic risks that may or may not be compensated sufficiently with additional returns.
All in all, unless you thoroughly understand the strategies and risks of these international bond funds—and the yield, total return potential, dollar protection and diversification benefits appear to be proportionate to the additional risk compared to investing in U.S. bond funds—then don't place such a high bet for your fixed-income investments.
John from CA posted over 6 years ago:
Very good overview, but the fund data are now dated. Would be nice to have an update listing current funds and recent performance.
Annette from IL posted over 6 years ago:
2007 Data; Please post current .
Gajinder from NY posted over 6 years ago:
What is the point of putting this table, if you are out of date by four years. One expects better information from AAII.
Rick from KS posted over 6 years ago:
Agree, that since data is so dated (sorry), the article becomes less meaningful in regards to the current US dollar value situation. With the US at risk for losing the oil-dollar link,it is even more important, not to mention inflation and a falling dollar vs (some) other currencies. Still, a helpful reminder of risks!
Barry from TX posted over 6 years ago:
Not sure why the table data is 4 years behind the times, but opens the question: What actual period is the YTD ("year-to-date") performance referring too?
Mark from MI posted over 6 years ago:
I do not think there is any value to AAII members to having links posted to old articles in the updatge emails where the article is so heavily depenndent on the article's data unless someone had taken the time to update the article's data tables.
John from CA posted over 6 years ago:
The discussion portion of this article has validity worth considering . . . but like most of the rest of you, I have no use for data that's 4 years-plus old.
Phillip from IN posted over 6 years ago:
Sure! Nothing like being locked into a sinking dollar. Doesn't have a think to do with the rising price of gold and silver.
Randy from VA posted over 6 years ago:
This article is about international funds. Is the advice the same, or would it be different, for investing directly in international bonds?
Kim from NJ posted over 6 years ago:
I concur with the chart limitations and in addition the article neglected the whole opportunity with ETF's. With the dollar falling and bond yields higher in developing countries, shouldn't we be considering ETF's in sovereign debt in their currency? The yields would be higher and there would be a gain in the currency exchange. The ETF
has avoided the PIIGS, with maturities around 4-5 years, and a current yield around 4.4% YTD. This is new but wouldn't it be an ideal vehicle if you are willing to accept the risks?
Russell from Texas posted over 6 years ago:
Thanks to AAII the article is dated at the top of the page. It is a reprint of an article from the June, 2008 issue of the AAII Journal.
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BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has been impressed by the burgeoning strike partnership between Jordan Rhodes and Rudy Gestede – even if he could break it up for tonight's FA Cup third round replay at Manchester City.
The front two combined on Saturday when top scorer Rhodes sent over an inch-perfect cross for new boy Gestede to score the only goal of the game against Doncaster.
Yet Bowyer may adopt a 4-5-1 formation for tonight's trip to Manchester.
Saturday was only the third match that the strikers have started together since Gestede signed – initially on loan – from Cardiff City.
But in those three games they have managed to score three times between them.
However it is not only their prowess in front of goal that has pleased their manager.
Bowyer said: "They're looking very good. In the first half on Saturday they were a handful.
"Their movement was good and the way they linked up with each other was good.
"The goal itself was a fantastic cross from Jordan – and the desire and determination to get on the end of it by the big man was magnificent.
"The pair of them worked their socks off.
"It's not just the defenders and midfielders that do the defending.
"Those two really worked very hard from the front and they start everything off in terms of the defending for us.
"They chased lost causes and the goal was an example of what can happen when you do that."
Bowyer, whose side head to City's Etihad Stadium tonight for the third-round replay, said of Gestede: "He's going to get better and better, the big man.
"He's settled in very well, very quickly and had a massive effect in the last three games that's for sure.
"But he's going to get better as he gets fitter and stronger and be a real handful."
Bowyer was also delighted with the impact made by midfielders Ben Marshall and Tom Cairney and believes both will continue to improve with the pair set to feature at City tonight.
The Rovers boss added: "I thought Ben was outstanding in the first half on Saturday.
"He was a real threat and he's just got better and better as the games have gone on – long may that continue.
"He's just desperate for a goal now, he's getting closer and closer to getting it, as is Tom Cairney."


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Pa. panel plans to look into issues of poverty
A GOP state lawmaker says the next big focus of one House panel will be how poverty affects people across Pennsylvania and what can be done to improve the situation.
Rep. Dave Reed of Indiana County, who chairs the House Majority Policy Committee, said Monday he hopes his initiative is eye-opening to legislators on both sides of the aisle.
"Folks from the Republican perspective traditionally sometimes do not like to admit that poverty exists and I think from the Democratic perspective folks are afraid to question whether we're spending money appropriately to combat poverty in Pennsylvania," he said.
"It gives us an opportunity to educate them on the additional barriers, or additional circumstances, that sometimes they might not always be aware of," said Joe Ostrander, a spokesman for the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania, which is partnering with a House GOP panel on the project. "As we all know, every issue is more complicated than it seems to be on the surface."
The announcement came the same day the House approved one last budget-related bill.
The unusual voting session was required after the Senate stripped out a provision that suggested Republican leaders in both chambers favored legalization of payday loans.
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ARLINGTON -- Rangers left-hander Derek Holland was scratched from Sunday's rehab start with Triple-A Round Rock with back spasms.
He has missed all season while recovering from left knee surgery and was scheduled to fly to Las Vegas on Saturday before experiencing back spasms during the Rangers' 6-3 loss to the Royals on Friday night. Holland wasn't feeling any better Saturday and will stay in Arlington to get treatment.
"We'll see how long it takes," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "If the doctor gives him clearance, he'll still be able to get a start. If not, he's going to have to adjust. But we'll just go day to day and see."
Holland's first rehab start came July 30 in Frisco, when the 30-day period allowed for pitchers rehabbing in the Minors began. That period ends Aug. 28, although the Rangers could also call him up when the big league roster expands to 40 players Sept. 1.
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Topic: Update on Ben
It's been a while since I've posted - and luckily my last few posts have been in the "good news" section, but unfortunately this post isn't there.
Just for some background, my partner of 16 years - Ben was diagnosed with Stage IV Intrahepatic CC with mets to the omentum and surrounding lymph nodes in August 2010. He made it through the Gem/CIS chemo quite well and finished up all 8 rounds in April. He had about a 50-60% reduction in his primary tumor and has been feeling quite well all summer. His last scan was at the end of August and showed everything was still "stable" with no new activity detected.
In mid-October he began having a feeling of heartburn (which he has had for several years). He had been off his ant-acids - Prilosec for quite some time and both his Oncologist and GI doctor thought it might be that and ordered him back on Prilosec.
That seemed to improve his condition, and we headed out on a two week vacation to Europe to see friends on October 20th. Unfortunately, once we landed he found that anything he ate made him feel extremely full (even though he was barely eating) and he started self-inducing vomiting to help improve how he felt.
We called our GI doctor and he told him to go on fluids only and head back home (which we did). On October 28th he went in for an outpatient endoscopy to see what might be lurking, but unfortunately his stomach was so full of fluid they had to abort the procedure and drain his stomach.
The next day they did the procedure again and they couldn't find any blockages internal from the esophogus through the stomach but they have noted that the end of the stomach is mis-shapen so something could be pressing on it - or it could be a problem further down in his intestines. They also ordered a CAT scan but the results were inconclusive (partly because he was starting to vomit during the procedure from the IV contrast and it was a bit shaky), but they said they saw enough to lead to the next step.
Tomorrow they are doing an Upper GI where they will fill him with Barium and watch through an x-ray so they can determine where they blockage is. Not really a Happy Halloween!!
So, here I sit in the hospital room, once again researching here on the boards (I know I've been away, but sometimes it became too painful to read too much here, so I just tried to post major events). As always, the board provides good research information and background to allow me to ask the doctors better questions, and in some cases give them examples from real patients since so few doctors have experience in this cancer.
I will say - it is a little depressing, from what I am reading these blockages are somewhat "common" and usually from tumors lurking and growing here and there, but I will wait until the doctors assessment - and meanwhile I will hope for the best!
While I'm not thrilled to be here researching again, I'm incredibly thankful for this board, my friends here and the invaluable information it provides when you need it.


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Initial Admission to the Program: To enter this program, a student must submit (no later than January 5th of the second year at Georgetown College) an application to the Director of Oxford Programs, (a copy must be sent to the Academic Policy Committee as well). After a brief interview with the Director of Oxford Programs, religion faculty representative(s), and possibly others selected by the Oxford Programs Advisory Board, the student will receive written notification of acceptance or rejection within a week. Students must also be approved by the Academic Policy Committee. Minimum college GPA of 3.3 is required. If application is made prior to the freshmen year, an ACT score of 28 or higher on the English section is strongly recommended.
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- Complete a minor, second major, or 15 hours of upper level electives in place of a minor.
- Take no more than six hours in religion above the General Education Curriculum Requirements and REL 360.
- Complete no less than 9 elective hours (unless the student is completing a double major).
- Complete a tutorial course no later than the spring semester of the second year with a grade of B or higher.
- Complete all BTh degree requirements at Regent's Park College in the University of Oxford.
Up to 32 hours of the work completed at Regent's Park College will transfer as religion credit to complete the major in religion at Georgetown College. If a student chooses not to complete a full three years (or its hourly equivalent) at Regent's Park College in the University of Oxford, the balance of the required hours for the religion major and overall graduation hours could be completed at Georgetown College (such students would not be required to complete 30 of their last 36 hours at Georgetown College).


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The complete second BBC Radio 4 series written and presented by Sir David Attenborough, featuring all 20 episodes about some of the strangest insects and creatures from around the world. One of the nation's most popular presenters examines 20 marvels of the natural world from his extraordinary and pioneering experiences. How did Sir David track down a giant earthworm? Why does he respect rats? What was the first bribe in nature? Why do well known foods often have two names?
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short stories all delivering perfect tidbits of natural history and read by one of the most wonderful voices in the world
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What a fabulous career, loved the book/listen was also great to have been narrated by David Attenborough. Any one who is interested in natural history I would strongly recommend this, although if you have listen to a life on air there is quite a lot of overlap although a more condensed version, but still loved it
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Anyone with an interest in Natural History, has to pay homage to
the Grand Master of our times. An excellent insight into the world of our very own naturalist.
I listen to audiobooks before I sleep and quite often whilst I'm asleep too!
I love Attenborough's literally style- it's all about the animals. Often coming from a time that is long gone, almost 1960s new presenter. Each story has a moral to it inevitably that relates to himself, yourself or the world in general.
A simple pleasure in a world of complicated ones!
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I could listen to David Attenborough all day. His life has been fascinating and the stories he tells are always interesting and insightful.
"All you need to know about cuckoos"
Sir David always has plenty of intriguing stuff to tell us from fireflies to dinosaurs this time with cuckoos in between. Fascinating!
"As you would expect from Attenborough, Brilliant"
Have listened to it several times already, every story is interesting and his narrative takes you on a journey to the places he describes and you get such a clear image of what he is talking about.
His life is so interesting and his narration is heartfelt. An absolute gem of a book .
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I can never tire of listening to Sir David Attenborough's natural history experiences. The story of the migrating humming birds in USA is particularly charming. Enjoy.
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Jason Aldean concert scheduled for Saturday, July 19
Multi-Platinum entertainer Jason Aldean announced his 50 city 2014 BURN IT DOWN TOUR recently which will include select baseball stadiums across the country. On Saturday, July 19 Aldean will take the stage for the first country concert ever performed at Cincinnati's own Great American Ball Park. Making the event a grand slam is the announcement of country superstar Miranda Lambert's addition to the lineup which already included red-hot duo Florida Georgia Line and breakthrough artist Tyler Farr.
Tickets for the Cincinnati show, $114.00 Club Seats (includes food and non-alcoholic beverages); $89.00 Field Seats and Lower Bowl, $69.00 Mezzanine and $29.00 Upper Bowl (plus applicable fees), go on sale to the public beginning at 10 am EST on Friday, February 7 at www.Livenation.com, www.Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. Charge by phone at 800.745.3000.
"We are excited to have Jason Aldean's Burn It Down Tour play at Great American Ball Park, especially because Reds season ticket holders can purchase tickets in advance of the public," said Phil Castellini, Reds Chief Operating Officer. "This will be the first country concert at the ballpark and we're looking forward to Jason, Miranda Lambert, Florida Georgia Line and Tyler Farr putting on a great show for our fans."
In the wake of shattered attendance records and more than 1.5 million tickets sold on his last tour, Aldean's 2014 BURN IT DOWN TOUR follows sellouts at some of the nation's most legendary venues including University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium, Wrigley Field, a two-night stand at Fenway Park, Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl.


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After talking about the True Grit remake for 2 posts, I realized, I didn't watch the original till like a month before the remake came out.
I've never really watched any of his movies. I do remember watching The Sons of Katie Elder with my dad when I was a littler kid, but I don't remember much about it except it had Dean Martin and most of them died.
My dad was a huge Wayne fan, so I got a ton of his movies here. I got some super deluxe box set of The Searchers, and I think I'm going to watch, but mostly because how I heard it influenced the ending of Breaking Bad.
Anyways, post your suggestions here for movies to look out for, or just general thoughts on John Wayne.
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Early Saturday afternoon, optimism hit NHL labor talks. After that, as with any sugar high, came the crash. By the evening of Day 112 of the NHL lockout, as the sides continued face-to-face meetings that began around 1 p.m., the mood had evened, and the buzzphrases had returned.
Cautious optimism. Slow progress. And, in a perfect world, a new CBA in the next few days. But, close counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, not labor negotiations.
The sides continue to argue about several issues, and the space between them, in some reported cases, is minimal, but it's not that easy.
"Slow progress is being made. We hope to continue meeting to resolve as many open issues as we possibly can in pursuit of an agreement," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told the Minnesota Star Tribune.
Daly added in an email to the St. Louis Post Dispatch that the "dialogue has been good and there has been a healthy give and take. We resolved some open issues but still have a number to go."
A wave of positive reports hit Twitter around the time the meeting started, but they were tempered—quickly—by counterweights on the players' side saying that a deal wasn't quite as imminent as it seemed, however briefly. By 8 p.m. ET or so, just how close—or far—the sides were on the various outstanding issues started to reveal itself.
Remember, they agree on the big stuff: a 50/50 revenue split and $300 million in payments meant to help players recoup money they'd lose on contracts they'd already signed.
Other issues have had their time in the limelight—player pensions and contract variance are two, and they're not yet finished. Same goes for contract limits. They have agreed on how long the theoretical CBA can last: 10 years with an eight-year opt out, according to Tom Gulitti of the Bergen Record. Players had previously been looking for a seven-year opt out.
The latest capital-letter Big Issue is Year 2 of the salary cap. And while the sides are close—obnoxiously so, really—things could derail at any point if one of them digs in. And that's these negotiations in a nutshell.
In this case, what it boils down to, is that they're arguing over $54 million. That may sound like a lot, and in most realms it is, but gross revenues in 2011-12 were $3.3 billion. $54 million is 1.6 percent of $3.3 billion. The league likely won't hit $3.3 million again because of the damage it's done to itself, but the point stands.
Those numbers are based on the proposed salary cap for 2013-14 from each side. The players, according to multiple reports and first reported by TSN.ca's Aaron Ward, are at $64.3 million. That's down from $65 million, which was down from $67 million. The league, according to Sportnet's Nick Kypreos, have moved from $60 million to $62.5. That's $1.8 million per team, multiplied by 30 teams, which amounts to $54 million.
As of 8:45 ET on Saturday night, the sides were still meeting with federal mediators/Twitter folk hero Scot Beckenbaugh, who'd spent much of the last two days walking the four city blocks between separate internal negotiations. It's not that far, but to Beckenbaugh it had to seem like more.
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SAUSALITO ARCHITECT Allan Nichol and former San Anselmo Councilman Peter Breen would like to take Marin County back to the future by constructing an electric trolley system that would run from Fairfax through San Anselmo all the way to San Rafael.
With the help of Mary O'Mara, executive director of Marin Link, Nichol and Breen have formed Marin Trolleys, a nonprofit advocacy organization, and convinced the Transportation Authority of Marin to spend $100,000 to study the feasibility of such a plan.
"You have to remember," Nichol said. "That the communities in Marin were developed along train lines. There was a whole electric trolley and steam engine system throughout the whole North Bay. There were electric street cars that went from Sausalito all the way to Ross and San Rafael."
That system, however, had vanished by the 1940s, replaced by the automobile.
Dianne Steinhauser, TAM's executive director, said the feasibility study will be done sometime this year, Breen said it could begin as early as May.
The city councils of all four municipalities that the trolley would pass through have endorsed pursuing the idea, and 40 businesses located on San Rafael's Fourth Street have signed a petition stating their support.
Perhaps the biggest motivator for Nichol is the desire to do something to reduce the greenhouse gases that are triggering global warming.
"We're creating more cars than babies here in Marin," Nichol said. "We spend over $2 billion a year on the automobile, and 60 percent of our greenhouse gases come out of the tailpipe. The trolley is a real interesting way to get people out of their cars."
Kiki La Porta, president of Sustainable Marin and a co-founder and board member of Sustainable San Rafael, said the county's network of sustainability organizations are big advocates of public transportation.
"While SMART (the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District train and path) is going to provide a main artery, we still have to get to it," La Porta said. "It is insane for all of us to be taking single-person, personal transportation to get from Point A to Point B, even if Point B is public transit. We'd love to see a method of moving people, flowing people toward public transit."
Steinhauser said a chunk of the federal money that will be used for the feasibility study is available because some of the areas that would be linked by the trolley meet the criteria for California's Sustainable Communities Strategy.
"The Sustainable Communities Strategy is a regional effort to link transportation funding and transportation improvements to those locations that are willing to consider higher-density housing near transit," Steinhauser said. "San Rafael is obviously one of those locations. They've done quite a bit of work around the SMART station site downtown to look at options for higher-density housing."
Whistlestop, a San Rafael nonprofit that serves senior citizens, plans to convert its downtown property into a five-story affordable senior housing and services center by 2017. The new facility will house 50, one-bedroom affordable housing units for seniors, plus an active aging center and a large activity hall on the building's top floor.
Joe O'Hehir, Whistlestop's CEO, said a trolley would be a more convenient and less expensive way to transport seniors in Fairfax and San Anselmo to the Whistlestop facility. Currently, he said Whistlestop has to send a van out to pick up some of these seniors.
"Transportation is the No. 1 issue that older adults face in Marin County," O'Hehir said.
One of the big questions facing trolley proponents, however, is whether enough people would climb out of their cars and onto the trolley.
Before hatching the idea of a Ross Valley trolley, Nichol championed the development of a trolley for the Sausalito to Mill Valley corridor. A feasibility study conducted on that idea in 2009, indicated the potential ridership was too small to make trolleys financially viable.
Nichol said the study on the Sausalito to Mill Valley trolley was badly flawed. And he says, "Ross Valley is a much better route."
Breen said he jumped aboard the trolley bandwagon after Allen shifted his focus to a Ross Valley route because the county's public transit system lacks a "strong east-west arm."
Breen said if the trolley extended as far west as White's Hill, just west of Fairfax, then students at the fast-growing White Hill Middle School could ride it to school. He said currently parents of the students add substantially to the congestion on Sir Francisco Drake Boulevard. Breen, a former member of the SMART board, said ideally the trolley could also extend into San Rafael's densely populated Canal neighborhood, where some residents can't afford a car.
The trolley will not impede traffic on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Nichol said. That is because the current plan is to route it along Center Boulevard, down a short patch of the Miracle Mile and then onto Fourth Street stopping at Monteceito Shopping Center. And Nichol said overhead wires would not be needed to power the trolleys because they would utilize lithium batteries and fuel cells.
Another big question, however, is how the system would be paid for. Breen said trolley proponents don't envision proposing any new taxes to cover the costs — even though its anticipated that a trolley line would boost the property values of homes located near it by 20 percent. He said money for continuing operations could be a particularly difficult issue.
"We have plans to set up a public/private partnership," Breen said. "But the difficulty with transit is everybody likes to build it; but nobody wants to pay to run it."
Nichol said ultimately it may come down to how much Ross Valley residents want a trolley system.
"If it is going to be successful," Nichol said, "they're going to have support it both politically and financially."
In January, Breen presented the idea to the San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce.
Connie Rodgers, the chamber's president and CEO, said, "We are definitely intrigued by the trolley possibility."
Rodgers said the chamber expressed its support for exploring the possibility further but stopped short of endorsing the project. She said the chamber is hopeful that a trolley might reduce congestion on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
Rodgers said one question the chamber has is: "Who is going to be left holding the financial responsibility if it is not cost effective."
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Harrison got away with travelling twice, but I'll take it.
JT.. threading the needle!
Harrison is playing well. And I hope it's not just because it's a contract year. I never thought I would ever see him draw an offensive foul
That's as close as it can get Murph
Stigmata... nice Avatar
Nasty roll of the rim for Rush. Good cut
JO looks like doo doo. Diener shouldn't shoot
In the "oh by the way" category... Granger ranked 23rd Dunleavy 26th in Yahoo stats.
"He wanted to get to that money time. Time when the hardware was on the table. That's when Roger was going to show up. So all we needed to do was stay close"
Darnell Hillman (Speaking of former teammate Roger Brown)
JO doesn't box out and leads to a Durant 3
Murphy, Rush have been useless.
Diener is getting there, he's already clanked one.
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JO doesnt look good out there..
If the Pacers could hit their open jumpshots, the Pacers would have a little lead right now.
Rush apparently has a hard time hitting layups...And are we sure JO's close to 100%? It looks to me like he should sit a few more games.
I am about to pony up and buy.
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This space for rent.
Jermaine looked pretty good there. Like I said, he's best in quick moves.
This space for rent.
Ok, Kareem Rush really, really, really, really, really sucks and that is putting it nicely.
How many ****ing lay ups are we going to blow tonight?
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If this team misses another layup I am going to snap. If I were Tins I would have lost it long ago.
We need to hit that layup drill really hard after halftime. WOW!
Man, it's like they've got a glass pane over the rim... everything is in and out. We'll blow them out if our shots start falling.
Nice hustle by Jermaine there.
And a nice hoop! Again on the quick move!
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JO with 3 straight makes. Good!
Jermaine heating up. Three buckets in a row, plus has drawn 2 fouls on their big men.
This space for rent.
Those two last scores from JO look promising. Or do I mean three?
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Hi People
hope everyone is good!!!
I am working with a new client and he wants me to develop his site using iframes for the main foundation of the website but i have never used any kind of iframes in the past as I dont like it!!!
SEO is bad, hard to use and broswer problems.
I normally use include files in php which i thinks works really well!!
so can you guys please please help me give him some good reason why NOT to use iframes or give reason why i should use iframes?????
I done some research and it tells me NOT to use iframes but still not 100% sure.
Also the site will be database driven and have a blog linked to it.
Thanks in advance guys as the forum has always helped me in the past.
You most certainly should not be using iframes on any kind of "main foundation" on the site - there are accessibility and usability problems galore.
If he intends to just have an <iframe> on the page that calls in an external document that then stays there, it is much better to do that with server-side includes or PHP.
If he intends to have one single page with an <iframe>, loading successive pages of body content into that frame, he might as well shoot himself now :eek: If he wants to make it in all practical terms impossible for people to bookmark, link to or print pages from his website, he is going about it the right way. If he wants to make his website easy and rewarding for people to use, he needs to forget about iframes altogether.
The only time when iframes can be useful (and even then, there are problems) is when you want to be able to swap content within one page, without the hassle or restrictiveness of relying on Javascript or Ajax - see example of where I've used them. It isn't ideal, but it is the simplest way to achieve what I wanted to achieve.
Of course the standards say you should use the <object> tag for that purpose but IE6 requires slightly different attributes from the other browsers meaning that you'd need two object tags. Once IE6 is dead the single object tag will be a simpler (and standard) alternative to the proprietary iframe (and embed) tags.
1504, I haven't seen Colorbox before. Nice link, thanks.
oh no problem black max!
I havent worked on this since october 2009, but you may be interested in some alterations i made to the colour box css here
Regards, Team 1504
hello skeej, im glad that you find the css forum helpful
My recommendation would be not to use iFrames all by themself, but only in the case of a pop up box like the [lightbox or for Apple fans [URL="http://fancybox.net/"]fancybox or my favourite-- [URL="http://colorpowered.com/colorbox/"]colourbox](http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/)btw, these do involve javascript. So if you are someone who loathes js then this may not be the solution for you. However, it has been known to nice as it looks professional.
Anywho, Im not there spokesperson and that is what i think.
Best of luck in design and Regards, Team 1504
hey this is what i am thinking thanks!!
Your making me feel better already as I have a meeting tomorrow with my client and need to convince them not too use iframes. Also just to mention they want to use it for the menu driven content which i dont want to do!!
If anyone has any more or even different thoughts on this matter please let me know as it would help me loads tommorow!!
The answer is they were the spawn of some evil corporation, and somehow managed to get them into a Transitional HTML document. They are a complete accessibility nightmare. They have security concerns associated with them, people mistrust them and in general they have about zero credibility.
If you can use PHP you should use that. Why faff about with idiotic iframes, which as you already know have several fatal flaws, navigation and usability issues, with the frames themselves, etc.
Who is the coder you or the client? Yes you have to make some compromises but would you allow them to commit commercial suicide by using iframes just because they like the look of them?
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Forgo that Big Mac and prepare for an afternoon of more interesting eats. Food Tour New Mexico offers a filling, diverse and educational journey through Santa Fe's culinary landscape that accommodates tourists and lifelong locals alike.
Monday through Saturday, attendees pay a single price to sample food at a total of six restaurants, all the while learning about local lore, food and otherwise.
For Food Tour New Mexico owner, founder and tour guide and La Junta front man Nick Peña, the tour's main goal is to show attendees an eclectic mix of Santa Fe cuisine.
"I knew I didn't want to be extremely traditional or stuffy," Peña says. "I decided to pick a variety instead of just sticking to New Mexico-based cuisine, so tourists could see a wide perspective and not just the tourist spots."
As of now, the tour's first three stops are all on or near the Santa Fe Plaza. On a recent sunny Friday, approximately eight people, including this reporter, gathered at the northwest corner of the Plaza at 10:45 am.
On the first leg of the tour, we tried an unusually filling spinach chicken salad at San Francisco Street Bar and Grill, pleasantly spicy posole at The Ore House on the Plaza and a variety of olive oils and balsamic vinaigrettes at Santa Fe Olive Oil Company.
After a more vigorous walk over to Guadalupe Street, we filled up on Santa Fe sushi rolls, which include green chile and shrimp tempura, at Kohnami Japanese Restaurant. We followed up sushi with an unlikely complement: chicken pesto pizza at Upper Crust Pizza (my personal favorite, although I'm not much of a foodie). The tour wraps up with a dessert of chocolate treats at Señor Murphy Candymaker, leaving participants sweetly sated and close to where the tour began.
In his tour narration along the roughly two-mile route, Peña goes in depth about chapels, buildings, artwork and the Santa Fe River, as well as the food itself. (While eating posole, we learned about the evolution of modern corn.)
Although Food Tour New Mexico has only just kicked off, Peña already has ideas mapped out for its future.
"As soon as it's within the company's means to expand, I'd definitely like to do at least one more tour," Peña says. "Maybe one in Old Town, Albuquerque and maybe even one in Taos."
But for the time being, foodies will have to make due with local (and not so local) fare.
Food Tour New Mexico
11 am-2 pm
Mondays through Saturdays
Santa Fe Plaza, northwest corner
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Business Network International: 7-8:30 a.m. at Hof Brau, 109 Table Mountain Blvd. Attend two times as a guest without being a member. 533-3351.
Strut: 9 a.m. at YMCA, 1684 Robinson St., 533-9622. Weekly. Also Thursdays.
Temporary Restraining Order Clinic: 9 a.m., Greater Oroville Family Resource Center, 1720 Daryl Porter Way; 343-7711. Free. For victims of domestic violence. Sponsored by Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. 800-895-8476. Weekly.
Oroville Widow and Widowers: 9 a.m., Cornucopia Restaurant, 515 Montgomery St. Weekly.
Bolt Antique Tool Museum: 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Unique museum with close to 10,000 tools collected by Carl "Bud" Bolt. Located at 1650 Broderick, one block from Chinese Temple. $3; under 12, free entrance; AAA members or groups of 15 or more, $2.50 per person. Group tours by appointment. 538-2528; Museum, 538-2406. Monday through Saturday; Sunday, 11:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
Muscle Strengthening class: 10 a.m. at YMCA. Also Thursdays.
Bingo and Games: Sales start noon and end at 12:45 p.m. with play starting at 1 p.m. at Feather River Senior Center, 1335 Myers St. Small pack $4, large pack $8, three daily specials $1 each; hot ball 50 cents. 533-8370. Weekly. Also Thursday.
Paradise Temporary Restraining Order Clinic: 11 a.m. 6249 Skyway, Paradise; 532-6427. Call to confirm attendance. Free. For victims of domestic violence. Sponsored by Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. 800-895-8476. Weekly.
Artists of River Town Gallery and Gifts: noon-4 p.m. Tuesday—Saturday; noon-7 p.m. first Fridays. Moved to Centennial Cultural Center, 1931 Arlin Rhine Dr. Display changes monthly. Receptions on first saturday each month during regular hours. Call 534-3227.
Chinese Temple: Noon-4 p.m., 1500 Broderick St. $3. Group tours by appointment. 538-2406. Temple: 538-2496. Daily.
Oroville Library: 3-4:30 p.m. Berkeley Olive Grove; "From Olive to Oil, with tasting, at 1820 Mitchell Ave.
Dance-n-cise: 5:30 p.m. at YMCA. Call for fees. 533-9622. Weekly. Also Thursdays.
Zumba Drop in Class; 6-7 p.m. at Feather River Senior Citizen's Association. $5. Weekly.
Oroville City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall. First, third Tuesdays.
Exchange Club of Oroville:?noon, Search For Talent planning. Meetings at Hof Brau, 106 Table Mountain Blvd. Contact Charley Hurley, PO Box 1046, Oroville, Ca, 95965. Weekly.
The Women of the Wyandotte Grange: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 4910 Foothill Blvd. Bring sack lunch and ideas for craft room. All invited. 589-3194. Weekly.
Blazing Needles Quilters: 1 p.m., First Congregational Church, corner of Bird and Oak streets. New friends welcome. Weekly.
Easy Writers: 7 p.m., Oroville Library, 1820 Mitchell Ave. Essays, short stories, novel or life story. No dues. New members welcome. 282-7966. First, third Tuesdays.
Health, emotional support
Early Bird Fellowship, Alcoholics Anonymous: Open meetings, 6:30-7:30 a.m., Oroville Family Resource Center, 2085 Baldwin St. Weekly.
New Beginnings AA: 6:30-7:30 a.m., Alano Club, 2471 Bird St. Open meeting. 534-9960. Weekdays.
Body Fusion Circuit Training: 8:30 a.m. at YMCA. 533-9622. Weekly.
Public Health Clinic: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Confidential reproductive health services for men and women. 78 Table Mountain Blvd. 538-7341. Weekly.
Narcotics Anonymous: noon and 6 p.m., 2688 Meyers St. Clean and Serene Group of NA. Everyone welcome. Call, 1-877-669-1669.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Lake Oroville Fellowship: Noon and 8 p.m.; women meet 5 p.m., 2471 Bird St. All welcome. 538-8180. Weekly.
Narcotics Anonymous: 3:30 p.m., Burlington Ave and Wyandotte Ave., (Martin Luther King Park. Southside Hole in the Wall Group of NA. Daily. Call, 1-877-669-1669.
Victims of Domestic Violence Support Group: 5:30 p.m. Family Resource Center, 6249 Skyway, Paradise. 343-7711. Sponsored by Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. 876-0397. 24-hour crisis line 800-895-8476. Weekly.
NAMI Family Support: 6:30-8 p.m. seminar/support group for people grieving the death of someone close; learn information to help in difficult times. at Congregational Church of Chico, 1190 E. First Ave., Chico. Nancy Oriol, 895-8933. First Tuesday.
Recovery AA meeting: 7 p.m. Whispering Pines Chapel, 60 Whispering Chapel Lane, Berry Creek. Casual, coffee during meeting, food afterwards. Weekly.
Alcoholics Anonymous (women only): 5:30-6:30 p.m., Alano Club, 2471 Bird St. Coffee served. Weekly. Temporary change of location and time.
Narcotics Anonymous: 7 p.m. "Back To Basics," 1684 Robinson St. Weekly.
Forbestown Fellowship AA: 7 p.m. Primary Purpose Book Study at 201 Old Forbestown Rd., Forbestown. Weekly.
To submit an item for "Oroville Calendar," please email the pertinent information to firstname.lastname@example.com, fax it to 342-3617 or mail it to: Oroville Community Calendar, P.O. Box 9, Chico, CA 95927. Please include your name and telephone number on all correspondence.


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Sherri has some spicy recipe ideas for her weekly blog
Eating food for weight loss does not mean bland and boring. In fact, adding some spice to your menu not only adds flavor, it can also give your metabolism an extra boost for maximum burn.
So this Fourth of July as you fire up that grill, throw on your favorite protein and whip up your world famous side dishes, throw on a little heat and burn baby burn...
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BAD AXE, Mich. (AP) — A couple who own a dairy farm in Michigan's Thumb region pleaded guilty Tuesday to hiring illegal immigrants and agreed to pay a $2.7 million penalty.
Johannes and Anthonia Verhaar acknowledged they had employed about 80 illegal immigrants from 2000 through much of 2007. The government said the Verhaars ignored warnings that some employees were not authorized to work in the U.S. They made the plea in U.S. District Court in Bay City.
"Criminal charges and fines are among the government's most effective tools to ensure employers maintain a legal work force," Brian Moskowitz, head of Michigan investigations at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in a prepared statement.
"An important component of immigration enforcement is prosecuting those who employ undocumented workers," said U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade.
The farm, called Aquila Farms, also entered a guilty plea. Messages seeking comment were left with Verhaars' attorneys.
An article in The Bay City Times says the farm has about 2,500 head of cattle.
The couple face up to six months in prison when they're sentenced on Oct. 5. The farm is in Huron County's Colfax Township. It's just west of Bad Axe and about 110 miles north of Detroit.
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Celebrate Fair Trade Month at a Whole Foods Market Near You!
Nearly 100 Whole Foods locations are hosting events this month to help you Make Every Purchase Matter.
October is Fair Trade Month and companies, consumers, and grassroots supporters are coming together to raise awareness of Fair Trade to help make every purchase matter.
This October, close to 100 Whole Foods Markets throughout Northern California, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Pacific Northwest, will be celebrating Whole Foods' commitment to Fair Trade by hosting Fair Trade events featuring these fabulous Fair Trade companies:
- Alter Eco chocolate (NorCal only)
- Angell Bar Organic Candy Bars (select NorCal stores)
- Green & Black's chocolate
- Larabar
- Rishi Tea
- TCHO chocolate (NorCal only)
Whole Foods Market offers nearly 1,000 Fair Trade Certified™ products, more than any other national retailer in the country! With so many Fair Trade products in the aisles, it's a great place to start using the Fair Trade Finder application to find, tag and search for your favorite fair products. The app is easy and fun to use and is available for Facebook, iPhone and Android.
Fair Trade Month is a great time to celebrate this growing movement and to remember that Every Purchase Matters. Find out if there are events happening at a Whole Foods' near you!


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'Ruff first informed The Buffalo News of the diagnosis in a story published Sunday. He said he is awaiting further tests on his daughter Madeleine after the mass, about the size of a quarter, was discovered Friday during tests at Buffalo Women and Children's Hospital.'
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In the Press: Chicagoist
Our fearless leader, Eric Michaud, talked to Chicago's own Chicagoist about hackerspaces and Geek Prom on their podcast, check it out here; Eric jumps in around 22:50.
Chicagoist's podcast is available on iTunes and through RSS. Huge thanks to Karl Klockars for letting us come on the show!
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Black one is soooo coooool !!!! :3 :3
These are amazing! Any idea on price?
similar to PRS but i like these way better. not that in to PRS body style.
Looks similar to a PRS and they look beautiful.
Awesome! They're going to release the Amorous in the US!!! Now I don't have to throw down $7,000 to get one from Japan.


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Arts In The Village Gallery presents "Dynamic Vision", an exhibit of artwork by this month's Featured Artists Amy Dyckovsky and Heather Mansfield. For photographer Amy Dyckovsky, color, contrast and composition are just the starting points for her images of flora, fauna and other interesting "bits and pieces" that she prints on aluminum, metallic paper, canvas and other non-traditional surfaces. Heather's fused glass art ranges from practical to fanciful. Using diverse designs, she creates food-safe tableware, decorative bowls and tiles, as well as earrings and pendants. Most often her work reflects her love of wildlife and horses.
Event begins at 10:00AM
Presented by: Arts in the Village Gallery
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Is that the senior's new role?
Consider how well it worked in Thursday night's 99-45 win over out-gunned Sam Houston State in the second round of the Legends Classic. Watford had 23 points (he was 3-for-3 from three-point range, 10-for-10 from the line), six rebounds, two assists and two steals in 23 All-Big Ten-caliber minutes. He also had a team-leading 13 defensive deflections.
Impressive? You bet. But it came with a Tom Crean message — play hard and well, or somebody else will play. Watford didn't start for just the second time in his career. Instead, Will Sheehey did. Watford came in after the first media timeout and in three minutes had seven points and two rebounds.
In other words, message delivered and received.
"Yeah, it was (extra motivation)," Watford said. "It was Coach Crean's decision It doesn't matter who was playing or starting. I'm bigger than that. I want this team to be successful."
As far as it being just his second game to come off the bench, Watford said,
"Yeah, it was odd.
"Once he told me (I wasn't starting), there's nothing you can do about it. Just go out and get ready to play. I wasn't too worried about it. Just give 100 percent on both ends of the court and everything will take care of itself."
Three days earlier, an uninspired Watford had sleep-walked his way to six points and four rebounds in an 87-61 victory over North Dakota State. Crean needs more from him than that against the competition the Hoosiers will start to face, starting next week in Brooklyn with Georgia and UCLA or Georgetown looming.
"We wanted to make a little energy change," Crean said. "Christian played with as much energy as anybody on the court. It showed up in his numbers. I've got to believe he feels good about the way he played. Those deflections were huge.
"We've got a chance to keep improving. It means energy, toughness and passion have to be the forefront of the program. When everybody plays that way, good things happen."
Crean said he has seven starters, but can only start five. Sheehey's high-energy performance was the perfect boost for a team that had started sluggishly in its first two games.
Sluggishness gave way to ferocity Thursday night against an opponent that had pushed Arkansas hard on the road last week in a five-point loss. IU's 54-point margin of victory was the fourth biggest in school history.
Sheehey finished with 18 points and five rebounds.
"He keeps playing the way he's playing," Crean said, "there will be days he gets endorsement deals. Not yet, though."
Crean took a late timeout to acknowledge senior guard Jordan Hulls, who scored 10 points to finish with 1,000 for his career. He's the 44th Hoosier to reach that mark.
"It's a cool club to be a part of," Hulls said, "but I couldn't have done it without my teammates."
Added Crean: "That kid epitomizes what we're doing. He epitomizes what Indiana basketball is all about in so many ways.
"People from the past can identify with him. People in the future can see what can happen when you play in this program and grow up loving this program, but most important is that he impacts our present."
IU's attack-the-rim present generated 44 free throw attempts. It made 30 of them. It also had 24 assists on 30 baskets against nine turnovers. The Hoosiers (3-0) have won every game by at least 25 points, the first time that's happened since the 1979-80 season.
"When energy, toughness, passion are all there together," Crean said, "you have a chance to be really good."
Sam Houston State (1-2) had no answer at either end of the court. It shot just 30.2 percent from the field, had 19 turnovers against five assists and committed 31 fouls.
"I apologize for our performance," Sam Houston State coach Jason Hooten said. "We are better than that. I am embarrassed by that. Not taking anything away from Indiana. They have a great team and had a lot to do with our performance, but we didn't do the things we've been taught. That's disappointing."
IU was all over Sam Houston State from the opening tip, swarming with defense, pushing with offense. Point guard Yogi Ferrell's speed and ballhandling set up Hulls and Victor Oladipo for wide-open threes, which they hit. That was part of a 12-2 opening five minutes that set a tone.
The Hoosiers forced seven turnovers in the first eight minutes and pushed ahead 24-8, then 32-10, then 38-14. By halftime they led 52-25 behind Watford's 11 points and Sheehey's 10.
The second half was more of the same. The Hoosiers showed no letup, even with Crean rotating players at a pace that matched their play.
"We had a lot of fun," Sheehey said. "Practice isn't so fun, but we get to show it in games. We work hard to have fun like tonight. We all enjoy it."