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THE mother of a murdered schoolgirl has been found guilty of harassing a man she claimed had evidence to catch her daughter's killer.
Sharon Henderson's daughter Nikki Allan was stabbed to death in Sunderland in 1992.
Henderson, 46. was convicted of two charges following a trial at Sunderland Magistrates' Court.
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Henderson, who appeared under her maiden name Prest, launched a series of "abusive and threatening attacks" against the neighbour and his wife.
The court was told how he was said to have visited Henderson and friend Christine Hope at her home, after she earlier confronted his family over claims he had "new evidence" in Nikki's case.
"I wanted to know more," Henderson said. "You can't imagine how I felt."
The trial heard how the mother made repeated visits to his home, sometimes late at night, terrifying his wife and children.
She was also said to have posted his address and a photograph of him on her Facebook page.
Henderson, of Rosslyn Avenue, Sunderland, said she reported the claims of new evidence to police, but officers did not take them further.
Giving evidence, the neighbour's wife said her family had been forced to install a panic alarm at their home and, later, move away from the neighbourhood because of the abuse they suffered.
The neighbour, who denied having any information about the 1992 murder case, said: "Her behaviour made me feel a little bit nervous and scared."
The court was told that a previous case of criminal damage against Henderson was dropped.
Henderson is expected to be sentenced on March 11.


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The soup came to be on a day where I was uninspired for dinner and was rattling off a list of random food for the toddler to choose from. I threw out broccoli soup on a list that included peanut butter sandwich, macaroni and cheese and spaghetti and he picked broccoli soup. I figured I better follow through. Luckily, I had some frozen broccoli on hand. I threw it in a pot with some water and looked in the cupboard for some seasoning inspiration and settled on curry, primarily because my curry hating husband wouldn't be home. Blended everything together and viola! Delicious! And the easiest vegan broccoli soup you ever did see.
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Spain, Ireland Funding Costs Fall
Spanish and Irish funding costs continued to ease at debt auctions Thursday, with investors increasingly confident that both euro-zone countries may be over the worst of their financial problems.
Spain sold its maximum targeted €4.5 billion ($5.98 billion) worth of bonds amid signs that it doesn't currently need financial support offered by the European Central Bank to meet its funding needs.
Ireland sold its planned €500 million of three-month Treasury bills cheaper than at any time since mid-2012, as the success of the country's reform program brings it closer to regaining the full debt-market access it lost after taking an international bailout in 2010.
At Thursday's auction, Spain reopened the existing series of three-, five- and ultralong dated government bonds. The 3.75% October 2015-dated bond was sold at an average yield of 2.713%. The 4.50% January 2018 bond was sold at an average yield of 3.770%. The 4.70% July 2041-dated bond was sold at an average yield of 5.696%.
The auction is part of Spain's bid to meet its increased funding needs for this year. It aims to sell €121.3 billion of bonds in 2013, 7.6% more than in 2012. Spanish debt sales are being helped by investors' renewed willingness to buy assets in riskier euro-zone countries in their quest for higher yields.
"Liquidity is abundant, investors' hunt for yield and market sentiment towards Spain gradually improved during the second half 2012," KBC Bank analysts said.
Spanish treasury chief Íñigo Fernández de Mesa told The Wall Street Journal Wednesday that Spain will "deliver to the markets" on its budget and his country doesn't currently need a financial bailout.
Market sentiment has improved markedly among Europe's weaker economies in the past few weeks. Ireland raised €2.5 billion through a syndicated reopening of its 2017-dated government bond last week.
It was the first such syndicated offer since before the country was forced to strike a bailout deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund in late 2010. The debt was bought by a group of international investors via banks.
Italy this week launched a new syndicated 15-year bond, its first conventional ultralong bond syndication in over two years.
"Spain follows in the foot-steps of Italy and is sending a strong signal to market that they can issue in the 30-year segment at decent rates," said Danske Markets chief analyst Jens Peter Sorensen.
The Irish T-bills offered Thursday were sold at a yield of 0.2%, lower than at all other Irish three-month debt sales since Ireland resumed such tenders in July.
Irish debt chief John Corrigan told reporters on Jan. 9 the country planned to start a regular monthly program of long-term debt auctions through 2013. He said Ireland was also still weighing plans to launch a new benchmark 10-year bond as it prepares to emerge from its bailout at the end of the year.
The Spanish Treasury hasn't auctioned any 10-year bonds this year and some analysts speculate it will soon offer a new line.
"No 10-year bond was offered this month and hence we should see a new 10-year sold in February," said Lloyds Bank analysts.
Plentiful cash in the banking system bolstered demand for French bonds.
France sold €7.98 billion of short- and medium-term conventional government bonds Thursday, with new five-year paper taking up the bulk of the allotment. It also sold €1.69 billion in inflation-linked paper at a second tender.
While France "comfortably" offloaded the bonds at the first auction, "bids [were] not overly impressive," said analysts at 4Castweb, adding that French bonds "remain on the back foot post-auction."
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The Black Keys "Fever"
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LIBERTY, Texas, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Houston-area police have apprehended a man who fled his trial before being convicted of raping an 11-year-old girl.
Eric McGowen, 20, had been accused of participating in the gang rape of a young girl. During his trial in August, McGowen, who was out on bail, ran away during a recess before his accuser was to testify against him. The victim, referred to as Regina, now 13, told jurors McGowen was the man recording her repeated sexual abuse and could be heard in the cellphone video laughing and shouting expletives as another man appeared to have anal sex with her, the Houston Chronicle reported.
The videos of the girl's assault -- she told police she was attacked by as many as 20 men in a 10-hour span -- were spread around her Liberty, Texas, school.
A jury convicted McGowen in abstention and sentenced him to 99 years in prison without parole.
Three other men accused in the gang rape accepted plea deals rather than go to trial. In total, 20 people have been charged in the girl's repeated sexual abuse.


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Man Sues Apple for Siri's Imperfections
Apple iPhone 4S users know that Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant, can be hit or miss. Sometimes she understands you perfectly and reacts with precision, and other times? Well, not so much.
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Breast augmentation surgical procedure involves utilizing breast implants or fat, described as fat transfer breast enhancement, to raise the dimension of your breasts or restore bust volume that has actually been lost after weight reduction or pregnancy.
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Breast enhancement is scientifically referred to as augmentation mammaplasty.
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Breast implants may likewise be made use of for breast restoration after mastectomy or injury.
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Boob job does not correct badly sagging busts. If you desire your breasts to look fuller and also to be lifted due to sagging, a breast lift could be required in conjunction with breast enhancement.
Bust lifting could often be done at the same time as your augmentation or may need a different procedure. Your cosmetic surgeon will help you in making this choice.
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The typical expense of breast augmentation surgery is $3,708, according to 2014 data from the American Culture of Plastic Surgeons.
The typical cost for removal of breast enhancement was $2,330 in 2014.
If you are a breast augmentation prospect, please remember that costs could differ. The typical costs referenced above do not consist of anesthesia, operating space centers or other relevant expenses.
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Many medical insurance strategies will certainly not cover cosmetic boob job costs, associated complications or another surgery to change the appearance of your breasts.
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Boob job is a really personal procedure and you should do it on your own, except another person.
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With revealing anecdotes that take you from the Carter-Kennedy primary contest in 1980 through the Clinton years to the near victories and crushing losses of the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns, this is a fascinating, hilarious, in-your-face look at Congress and Washington, D.C., behind the scenes.
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"What a Party! is a must...for all of us who love politics, believe in public service, and know that laughter is often the best survival strategy." (Bill Clinton)
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Absolutely loved this audiobook. I purchased it with some hesitation not knowing what to expect, but the book provides a rare combination of being both first hand and unpretentious as it reveals the amazing inner world of high-level political players. One of the most enjoyable listens I have had in years.
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In the first paragraph of this book, the authors states not to expect an unbiased look at politics. No statement could be truer.
First the good: this was darn funny and extremely entertaining, and grabs your attention from the first sentence. It flew by and I definitely really enjoyed it. It was a great very raw look at the game of politics, and if you were not cynical before, you soon will be. But you'll be laughing the whole way.
That bad: this is Clinton writing at its worst. There is not a single insightful introspective sentence in the entire work. This is just a constant tirade about how the democrats and the Clintons in particular are perfect, while the Republicans are a bunch of thieves who have nothing to offer the country except lies and scare tactics. Furthermore, all of the Democrats problems are due to persecution at the hands of biased press and Republican witch hunts. In this regard, it reminds me a lot of Clinton's "My Life".
It would be nice if the book could muster some objectivity to analyze the democratic strategy, both strengths and flaws, and add some insight into the author's regrets, thoughts on his achievements, and reflections on the last 20 years. However, he offers nothing in this regard, just a diatribe against anyone who was not in the Clinton's camp. Of course the author is perfect in his loyalty to his friends, and his actions throughout 20 years in politics. The only thing approaching how humerous and entertaining the stories in the book are is the uniformly single sided viewpoints offered. Entertaining, but you are not going to learn anything except how dirty politics is. The audio was excellent.
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A wonderful,smart, personal, and funny account of our recent history through the perspective of an insider who is unabashedly passionate about our country's ideals and institutions, angry at the stupidity and cynicism of the current administration, and accepting of the rules of political battle. His account of the inner workings of campaigns - and of what was the matter with the Kerry machine - is fascinating. Uplifting. McAuliffe does the narration - very well.
"What a Party"
A great listen - really enjoyed it.
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What comes in, also comes out.
Lately, the West Virginia American Water has pumped out 40 million gallons of water each day from its treatment plant in Charleston, officials say. The water kept flowing from the plant, even after an undetermined amount of crude MCHM leaked into the Elk River in early January.
A "do not use" order was issued for nine counties in West Virginia. More than 93,000 customers were affected by the spill. Some people waited more than a week before they could use their water again.
The president of West Virginia American Water, Jeff McIntyre, has said shutting down the system just wasn't an option. Water was needed for fire emergencies and for sanitation purposes.
So the plant has churned on. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Water can move through the plant in approximately two hours.
The water enters the plant through one intake on the Elk River. The water mixes with polymer that sticks to sediment; runs through a clarifying system to remove that sediment; travels through a carbon filter; then is pumped from a clear well to distribution tanks.
Workers also add chlorine at the plant, then at additional sites throughout the system, depending on the line's location. One worker in the laboratory is always testing the water that comes through the plant. These experts tests mainly check for changes in turbidity and PH levels, according to Tod Reedy, a senior maintenance specialist.
The treatment plant sits downstream of Freedom Industries, the place where crude MCHM leaked from its storage container. Water flows into the plant from one intake on the Elk River. Many experts and politicians lamented the idea of a single source in the days and weeks following the spill.
WVAW spokesperson Laura Jordan said the company applied for a second intake more than 40 years ago, two years before the plant went online. The intake would have been located on the Kanawha River, upstream of Belle.
Jordan said the proposal was rejected by the state Bureau of Public Health and the Public Service Commission in 1970.
The plant's 16 carbon filters have also generated buzz. Jordan said the company will wait until spring to switch the filters, unchanged since the chemical leak. Typically filters are changed every four years; every year, employees replace four filters every year.
Changing the filters now could impact how the company gets water to the community during winter, its busiest season, according to Jordan.
"There's 85,000 chemicals listed ..." Jordan said. "We really rely on any upstream potential contaminant sources to provide that information to us and that's the important lesson learned in all this."
Early on the day of the leak, the company thought filters would stop the crude MCHM, Jordan said. On the afternoon of Jan. 9, they realized so much chemical had entered the plant, it had overwhelmed the system.
"I think that amount is to be determined," Jordan said. Officials with the Dept. of Environmental Protection estimate at least 10,000 gallons escaped from a storage tank at Freedom Industries.
Water samples at the intake have shown "non-detectable" levels of MCHM for nearly a month. Jordan indicated the filters' carbon will be tested to see how much MCHM it absorbed.
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Does a homestead exemption mean you don't have to pay property taxes at all? For the year or forever? is it recurring?
Do most people qualify? Is it only for people who can't afford to pay their property taxes? What if parents had a homestead exemption but then they gave the house to their son?
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Does a homestead exemption mean you don't have to pay property taxes at all? For the year or forever? is it recurring?
Hi Cmill,
Homestead exemptions protects part of the value of your home from taxation. The general homestead exemption is $15,000. It means that you don't have to pay any taxes if your home value is within $15,000. To qualify for the exemption, the home owner must use the home as his primary residence. The homeowner may also qualify for the exemption if he is aged 65 years or above. Finally, for the Homestead Exemption you will have to apply at the office of the County Auditor.
Now, if your father gives the house to their son, then he will have to transfer the homestead exemption in his name as he will be getting ownership rights over the property after the transfer.
Hi Mill,
[quote:63e144892e]Does a homestead exemption mean you don't have to pay property taxes at all?[/quote:63e144892e]
No, its does not like that you do not have to pay the property tax at all. Imposing homestead exemption, you get exemption of a fixed amount on total assessed value of property. For example, if in your state fixed exemption amount is $50,000 and the total property value is $150,000, then calculated assessed value is $100,000.
[quote:63e144892e]Do most people qualify?[/quote:63e144892e]
Regarding qualification and even exemption amount get varies with state-to-state. If you can pass on the state where you are living, then it will be easier us to provide you actual eligibility criteria.
I have a townhome worth 181,000. It is and has been my primary residence for 10 years in Lakewood OH. Will I be able to get an exemption and for how much? Thank you.
Hi Juanita,
As far as I know, you can get a homestead exemption on a town-home. You can contact your county property appraiser who can give you the details regarding this.
Hi, I'm A first time buyer, i just bought my home a year ago today.. what kind of paper work do I need to take to the county court house. Also what affect will it have on my Income tax return?? thank you..
You will have to apply for homestead first and see if you can qualify for it. As far as property documents are concerned, you will have to record your property deed at the county recorder's office where the property is located.
My husband passed 2 mths ago and left me the house (my name is on the deed) but he to an equity loan out in his own name. I was paying the loan an automatic deduction from cking. And they closed the acc. said I don't have any access to it. Can they do anything to the house, like add it to the morgage?
Hi Martha,
Did the bank give you any reason as to why they suddenly closed your account? I did not understand what you wanted to say by [quote:360fb1c4b1]Can they do anything to the house, like add it to the mortgage?[/quote:360fb1c4b1] The mortgage has been taken using the property as the collateral.
Welcome Sylvia,
As far as I know, homestead protects a property from forced sale in order to meet the demands of the creditors. It also provides the surviving spouse with a shelter and also provides an exemption from property taxes which are applied to a home. I don't think homestead will protect your property against lawsuits.
You will find a similar discussion regarding homestead in the given link:
I own a house in Hubbard County , Minnesota...my daughter lives there so I get homestead privilege for my taxes...I have a house in Michigan and was wondering if I could homestead that..however my second husband to whom I have been married to for seven years owns a home in Minnesota. I signed a prenuptual agreement that excludes me from inheriting his house...it goes to his children...I am not on the deed whatsoever. ...would I be able to Homestead the house in Michigan. What are the basic requirements for me to homestead house in Ironwood Michigan..thanks
I just sent in a message about homesteading in Ironwood Michigan..I stated that I own a house in Minnesota...my daughter lives there so I get homestead taxes I own a home In Ironwood Michigan and am married for the second time..I am not on my husbands deed ...his children are the ones whom the house will be deeded to on the basis that we had a prenuptual agreement done through a lawyer that I will not inherit the house or get any part of it through divorce or death...My taxes are so high in Michigan because I haven't homesteaded it...I pay oaver $1,000.00 on a house worth on tax statement...$21,000 We spend about half the time and both places..sometimes I am in Michigan more and sometimes he is in Minnesota more..please advise me ...SharoLitfin "email@example.com" Will you please send me info to my email adress Thankyou
Hi sharon,
You will not be able to get homestead benefits on both the properties. It will be available to you for your primary residence. You cannot get a homestead exemption for your second or investment property. If you abandon your primary residence, then you will lose the homestead exemptions. I would suggest you to contact an attorney and take his opinion regarding your situation.
Not all of you qualify for a homestead exemption. To qualify for it, you should use your house as a primary residence. Moreover, you should reside on that house as on 1st January of that tax assessment year.


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Pana/Leica Summilux 25/1.4, First Impressions
Got my Summilux today, and as I usually do with new lenses I gave it a quick test to check for problems. I tested it on an Oly OM-D, on a tripod, with IS off, ISO 200, two-second timer. As usual my test subject was some books. You can see a test photo and results from a corner and from the center at all apertures in the attached photos, shown at 100%. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Wide open, the corner showed a good deal of vignetting and was relatively unsharp; f/2.0 helped a lot, and f/2.8 was fine. The center was a bit unsharp (again, this is relative to the test's BEST sharpness) at f/1.4, but from f/2.0 through f/11 it's top-notch. As you'd expect, f/16 shows some loss of contrast/sharpness overall. None of the exposures seemed any lighter or darker than the others.
This is all just as I expected from technical reviews. Optically a fine lens.
Build quality is excellent too. The only control on the lens is the focus ring, which is nicely damped. The hood's a good one, though because it's square it doesn't reverse-mount. Focusing is very quick.
So far so good, but there's a caveat. The first shot I made alarmed me because of the noise the aperture makes, especially when it closes after the exposure. Not only is it loud, it seemed to me to have overtones of grinding or screeching, like a distant fingernail on a blackboard. I figured I was in for a return/exchange, but I carried on and the images, as I've said, were fine. When I tried the lens on my Pana G3 the noise was less distressing. Then I went online and Googled something like "panasonic summilux noisy aperture," and found plenty of complaints about the noise, along with reassurances that it's normal.
Normal it may be, but I don't like it. It's not the lens I'd use at a concert or for sneaky Erich Salomon snaps of diplomats in conference. (Footnote: For concerts I use an Oly XZ-1 with all sound turned off. It's completely silent.) I presume Leica's contribution to the design ended with the optics.
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Check out the sweet loot (including a whole plethora of Love Inspired Harlequins) that I won:
- RWA 2012 tote bag (Can't WAIT to rock this on the Metro with my e-reader)
- Mistaken Bride
- A Home for Hannah (see the cover, then tell me your not creeped out by the baby in the corner)
- And Father Makes Three
- A Love Rekindled
- Winning the Widow's Heart
- Her Small-Town Sheriff
- The Deputy's Duty (Love Inspired SUSPENSE!)
- Sweetheart Reunion
- Lilac Wedding in Dry Creek (This one got REALLY high ratings.)
- A Season for Grace & The Heart of Grace (by Linda Goodnight!)
Muchisimas Gracias to Wendy the Super Librarian!


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Welcome back to another season of the College Football Weekend Preview. You've heard and read plenty about Johnny Manziel in the offseason, but after seven months off for this column, let's get our discussion of Johnny Football out of the way until we're talking about him for what he's doing on the football field.
Unless you live under a rock, you know that Manziel will be suspended for the first half of the season opener of Texas A&M's game against Rice, announced by both A&M and the NCAA. The suspension is an absolute joke and will have no impact on the outcome of Saturday's game. The Aggies will romp Rice with or without Manziel.
It's almost become cliché to say that no player should be suspended for accepting money to sign an autograph, but Manziel knows better and deserves to be suspended for his own ignorance or stupidity.
Times have changed, and the public at large is starting to realize that it's no longer okay to classify amateur athletes like they were decades ago. Athletic departments can't continue to make fistfulls of millions of dollars while the players make nothing and can't capitalize on their own celebrity off the field.
Nobody is arguing that college students deserve millions of dollars like professional athletes, but the archaic, complicated––and seemingly unenforceable––rules have to change, or the NCAA will suffer the consequences.
Change comes slow in college football. Just look at how long it took to institute a playoff in place of the loathed entity that is the BCS. But the next big change is coming slowly but surely, and it appears as if major football institutions may have to make a break from the NCAA.
At some point, the Top 50 or 60 football factories in the nation may have to separate themselves from the so-called mid-majors, and play by their own rules and pay their players. If not, college football as we know it will probably cease to exist.
Just look at the sports of baseball and hockey. The best young players essentially join developmental (minor) leagues coming out of high school, and the NFL could do the same if college football doesn't change.
For now, the system works. The NFL has to be happy that college football basically operates a minor league for them. But the system won't work for long. Years from now we can look back and recognize Manziel as an instrument of change.
Where College GameDay Is At
The hopes of an entire conference rest on the shoulders of Clemson as ESPN's College GameDay will be in town on Saturday for the season opener against Georgia.
If there's ever an opportunity for the ACC to make a statement and stake its claim as a national-title contender, there's no better chance than exists this weekend.
Clemson may have lost some offensive firepower in the offseason with the departures of wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and running back Andre Ellington, but they're riding high after beating SEC powerhouse LSU in last season's Chick-fil-A Bowl.
There's still plenty of offensive weapons to go around in Clemson with a Heisman Trophy candidate at quarterback in Tajh Boyd and a wide receiver that's as dangerous as they come in Sammy Watkins.
And if there was ever a time the Georgia defense might be vulnerable, it would be in Week 1 as they attempt to reload after losing eight starters from that unit in the offseason, including seven who were selected in the NFL draft. On top of that, safety Josh Harvey-Clemons is suspended for the first game of the season.
The bulk of the attention might be on the Clemson offense against the Georgia defense, but the inverse will have an equal impact on the outcome of the game.
A Clemson defense that was average at best last season will be tasked with stopping a Georgia offense that was among the best in the nation, led by quarterback Aaron Murray and the running back tandem of Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall.
Prediction: A shootout will take place in South Carolina on Saturday evening, but the SEC will flex its muscles once again with the Bulldogs besting the Tigers 38-31.
The Wisconsin Connection
The matchup between Wisconsin and FBS patsy UMass may not move the needle nationally, but it is notable in that it represents the beginning of the Gary Andersen era for the Badgers.
Andersen will look to get off to a better start than the Badgers did a season ago when they were seemingly stuck in neutral under former head coach Bret Bielema coming out of the gates.
First the Badgers were given all they could handle by FCS foe Northern Iowa in a closer-than-expected 26-21 victory. They then went out West to Oregon State and could only manage a single touchdown in a 10-7 loss to the Beavers.
It was the third game of the season when Andersen's former team almost pulled off the upset and probably should have had Utah State not missed a field goal with mere seconds remaining, but Wisconsin escaped with a 16-14 win.
The Badgers rebounded to play better in Big Ten play, but still could not beat the teams in the upper echelon of the conference.
For Andersen to win over the Wisconsin fanbase, all he has to do in the first couple weeks of the season is do what's expected, and that means winning comfortably in Games 1 and 2 of the season.
It won't matter if the Badgers don't cover the nearly 45-point spread, but there's no reason they cant win by nearly 30 points against an overmatched UMass squad. The same goes for next week against Tennesee Tech when another blowout is in order.
For as much as the coaching staff created a quarterback competition between Joel Stave and Curt Phillips throughout the offseason, it's hard to believe it was as close as it was made out to be. Based upon last year's performance, Stave is clearly the better downfield passer, which should hold more weight than any other trait used to compare quarterbacks.
Even if Andersen wants to incorporate more spread looks, he's advised to do it with a pocket passer instead of a more mobile quarterback. Stave gives the Badgers the best chance to win.
Prediction: It won't be a replay of last year's season opener. The Badgers roll up the Minutemen, 42-10.
What Happened Before Saturday
Giving credit where credit's due, Rebels running back Jeff Scott was the definite hero in Mississippi's opening night victory on the road at Vanderbilt with a 75-yard touchdown run as time was running out.
But make no mistake, the name to remember from Thursday's game was Vandy wide receiver Jordan Matthews.
If you were tuned into the telecast of the game, you were not only treated to an SEC conference game the first week of the season, you saw a storyline unfold that was compelling and baffling all at the same time.
Early in the third quarter, Matthews had to leave the game because of severe cramping and received intravenous fluids but later returned.
With just three minutes left in the game, Matthews was hit after a completion over the middle and appeared dazed. Replays showed he had hit his head on the turf in whiplash fashion and one play later the Commodore was on his knees vomiting on the field. Video from the incident is at Deadspin.com.
Observers were quick to assume Matthews had suffered a concussion, and perhaps he did. If the wide receiver did suffer a concussion, however, it would appear the Vanderbilt staff was quick to attribute his vomiting to dehydration from earlier in the game.
After exiting for exactly one play, Matthews was back in the game––inexplicably if you believed he had a concussion. And mere plays later Matthews hauled in a 42-yard reception that set up a go-ahead touchdown for Vanderbilt.
As it turned out, Ole Miss made a comeback of their own and won the game 39-35 in highly entertaining fashion.
This won't be the last time you hear Matthews' name as he's rated the No. 1 senior wide receiver in the nation by OptimumScouting.com. Matthews finished the game with 178 yards on 10 receptions, his 11th career 100-yard receiving game.
And speaking of the NFL draft, I wanted to leave you with one last link from TheSidelineView.com, which takes a look at some of the best individual matchups in college football this weekend. We'll try to catch-up with this post each week.
Brian Carriveau is the author of the book "It's Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America," and editor of Cheesehead TV's "Pro Football Draft Preview." To contact Brian, email [email protected].
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Sam Mendes, the directed the most successful Bond film of all time with Skyfall, has officially confirmed to Empire that he will not be behind the camera for Bond 24, having declined an offer from Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
The Oscar-winner explained, saying "It has been a very difficult decision not to accept Michael and Barbara's very generous offer to direct the next Bond movie", Mendes said, explaining "but I have theatre and other commitments, including productions of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and King Lear, that need my complete focus over the next year and beyond".
Daniel Craig is set to return as 007 for the fourth time in Bond 24 which is scheduled for a 2014 release, so a year off pursuing theatre projects would firmly rule Mendes out of the running. Skyfall co-writer John Logan who is contracted to write the next two Bond outings is currently penning a script for the next Bond film.
With a scheduled release date for next year, the priority will have to be getting a director onboard as soon as possible. My top choices would have to be Christopher Nolan, since his just been producing films of late or Ben Affleck!
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AdMob have released their latest statistics for April. AdMob are a worldwide company that has a good read on the pulse of the smartphone OS market. It is important to note that that these are not market estimates of actual sales. Instead, they are a 'snapshot of the month of April 2010 in AdMob's network'. The general consensus is that this network is very large… large enough to give meaningful statistics.
For me, the most interesting statistic is that Android is already outselling the iPhone in key emerging markets such as China. Sure, if you add up all the iPhone OS type devices, including the iPad, the Apple still take the biggest chunk of pie weighing in at 922,138 compared to Android's 882,384. But this is pretty close, and the race has only just begun.
A western summary of the results show that AdMob found 10.6 million iPhones compared to just 8.6 million Android devices. To put it even more bluntly, in the majority of the countries in Western European , the difference is even more striking, whereby iPhones outnumber Android phones at a rate approaching ten to one. Still a ways to go yet, then.


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It has been less than five months since I began publishing all the stories of armed self-defense in one place to make them easier to find. It has been less than three months since I established a facebook page to promote these stories using social media. In this short amount of time, we have published over 346 separate instances where the presence of a gun in the hands of a responsibly armed citizen had a direct contribution in stopping 174 burglaries, 127 robberies, 103 assaults, 73 murders, 12 domestic assaults, 9 rapes, 3 auto thefts, and 1 sexual assault (numbers do not add up to 346; some things are double counted, i.e. a burglary sometimes turns into an assault or murder prevention when the intruder is armed and caught by the homeowner).
Obviously, these numbers surprise a lot of people; most of these stories never make it on the national news. They have generated enough interest to attract 40,000 unique views since late December 2012 and attract nearly 400 followers on the facebook page. This is promising and I have no doubt that the number of people actively following these stories will continue to grow exponentially due to social media.
Unfortunately, contrary to popular belief, our laws are not decided on facebook. Starting this month, I will select the most popular story, print that story on a postcard, and send it to each member of the United States Congress, as well as the White House. In a digital age, we often underestimate the power of a piece of snail mail.
I will continue to do this each month, selecting the most popular story from that month and sending that story out as well.
So what do I need from you? Two things:
1.) I need to know what the most popular story truly is for that month. What story will have the most impact on our law-makers in Washington? In order to vote, please "like," "share," or tweet your favorite stories. There is a counter on the side of each story that allows anyone to see which stories have received the most social media interactions.
2.) I will be setting up a paypal donate button to help cover the cost of printing, postage, and website maintenance. This is not a money making opportunity for me. If more money is donated than is needed for a monthly mailing, I will do bi-weekly mailings or add all 50 governors to the distribution list as well. A full accounting of how funds are used will be published monthly.
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LAS VEGAS -- Saying he was honoured to be recognized among the sport's greatest players, Andre Agassi was selected to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Agassi, 40, won 60 titles in a career that spanned two decades and saw him become not just one of the world's most recognizable names in tennis, but in any sport.
The Hall of Fame announcement was made Thursday at Agassi Prep, a charter school in Las Vegas that Agassi founded in 2001. Students surprised him with a pep rally.
"I'm truly honoured to be recognized alongside the greatest players of tennis," Agassi said. "My tennis career afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in other people's lives and it was truly special to share this exciting moment with the students of Agassi Prep."
Agassi was this year's lone selection in the Recent Player category and will be inducted on July 9 in a ceremony at the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport, Rhode Island.
Additional inductees will be announced at a later date, the Hall of Fame said.
Among Agassi's titles were eight Grand Slam wins -- four at the Australian Open, two at the U.S. Open and one apiece at the French Open and Wimbledon.
Regarded as one of tennis' best service returners and a hustling baseline player, Agassi was ranked No. 1 for 101 total weeks and was the oldest person to hold the position at age 33.
Married to Hall of Fame player Steffi Graf since 2001, he was for a long time one of the most marketed athletes in the world.
But his image took a hit when he admitted in his 2009 autobiography that he used crystal meth in the late 1990s and circumvented a positive drug test by lying.
Agassi captured his final grand slam title at the 2003 Australian Open and his last win in Los Angeles in 2005. He retired after losing in the third round of the 2006 U.S. Open.


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A revival of Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman will continue with another actor in the lead role following the death of star Tim Pigott-Smith.
Nicholas Woodeson will take over the role of Willy Loman and the UK tour of the play will carry on as planned.
It will be performed at Oxford Playhouse from July 11 to July 15.
The production was due to open at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton on April 10, before an extensive nationwide tour, but was postponed following Pigott-Smith's death on April 7.
His wife Pamela Miles was initially expected to play Willy's spouse Linda but pulled out of the production weeks earlier after breaking a bone during rehearsals, and was replaced on the bill.
James Dacre, Royal & Derngate's artistic director, and Martin Sutherland, the theatre's chief executive, said: "Following the tragic death of Tim Pigott-Smith OBE on April 7, and after close consultation with the acting company, creative team and our touring partners, we have decided to proceed with our production and tour of Death Of A Salesman.
"Whilst rehearsals resume, all scheduled Northampton performances will be postponed.
"The tour will start at Cambridge Arts Theatre before visiting Bath, Malvern, Exeter, Edinburgh, Truro, Guildford and Oxford and returning to Royal & Derngate, Northampton, in June.
"We are grateful to all our colleagues and partners for their ongoing support and to our audiences for their patience and understanding as the team here has worked hard, under such difficult circumstances, to achieve this outcome."
Pigott-Smith died a month after collecting an OBE for services to drama.
He had already filmed the forthcoming BBC Two drama King Charles III, having successfully played the title role in the theatre production on Broadway and in the West End.
The play and TV drama depicts Charles as monarch after the Queen's death as he refuses to sign a controversial bill into law.


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Restoration of the Centaurs from Hadrian's Villa
Restoration of the Centaurs from Hadrian's Villa
Visitors to the Capitoline Museums will be able to follow at first hand restoration work currently being carried out on the Centaurs from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, two sculptures of enormous historical and archaeological value.
The two sculptures are both being restored in the exhibition hall itself, the Great Hall of the Capitoline Museum, by the C.C.A. - the Archaeological Conservation Centre in Rome.
The work will take place between the 21st September 2001 and the 28th February 2002.
Alongside the restoration workshop it will be possible to go on guided tours for both schools and the general public.
An essay-writing competition has also been created entitled "Over to the Centaurs", in addition to a design and photographic competition entitled "The Centaur: as I see him", aimed at primary, middle and secondary school pupils.
- Restauro dello "Stendardo di San Giorgio"
- Restauro del "Monumento onorario di papa Urbano VIII Barberini" di Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Restoration of the sculptures in the Hall of Palazzo Nuovo
- Restoration of the Bust of Medusa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Restauro del "San Giovanni Battista" di Caravaggio
- Restauro del "Ritrovamento di Romolo e Remo" di Rubens
- Restauro del "Marforio"
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The Folkstone and Hythe Conservative Association today sensationally announced that their candidate,the little known Michael Howard, is 'fit for MP'. This comes as newspaper speculation mounts about Mr Howards lack of policies and political credibilty, having served in the 92-97 Folkestone Council unsucessfully.
Michael Howard, who has chosen a Mr Crosby as his campaign manager, today said 'I have every confidence that Mr Howard will retain his huge majority in this close battle which is mainly against UKIP' - 'The problem with UKIP is that most of our supporters actually support them. Come to that, so does Mr Howard. And me.'
Mr Howard was born in Wales, educated at Cambridge and represents a seat in Kent, so it is only natural that he supports Liverpool football club.
We have manged to get hold of his policy scrapbook - and we can reveal a certain amount of it today.
1) Increase MP's pay and allowances.
2) Cut number of MPs in parliament (but only Labour seats)
3) Merge with UKIP and Veritas
4) Make Kilroy minister for Culture.
5) Accept all Romanian asylum seekers
6) Put on more gala dinners at the Carlton Club
7) Propose legislation to prevent David DAvis becoming leader
8) Propose legistlation to get David Cameron as leader.
Ah yes - said Mr Howard - Mr Blair has only taken a stand once during the last eight years - and that was a lie. And as for the European Constitution I am certain we can we because,lets face it, the kind of person who votes labour definately doesnt know what a constitution is, and probably cant even read.
From my humble education at Cambridge University I learnt how life can be a struggle for some people. That is why we propose more drug rehabilitaion centres - to get people off the street. If you are homelessm , then get stoned and we'll give you 6 months in a clinic. Nothing unaccountable about that!
I have every confidence that Mr Letwin, my petty-cash counter, will put these monies to a suitable use. Like free House of Commons whiskey!
So there you have it - Vote Conservative in Folkestone and Hythe. Please?


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A genetic perspective of human history in Europe was derived from 22 binary markers of the nonrecombining Y chromosome (NRY). Ten lineages account for >95% of the 1007 European Y chromosomes studied. Geographic distribution and age estimates of alleles are compatible with two Paleolithic and one Neolithic migratory episode that have contributed to the modern European gene pool. A significant correlation between the NRY haplotype data and principal components based on 95 protein markers was observed, indicating the effectiveness of NRY binary polymorphisms in the characterization of human population composition and history.


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SAN DIEGO -- Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington was knocked out of Sunday's game against the Chargers with an injury to his right shoulder.
The Dolphins didn't know the extent of the injury and Pennington will be examined on Monday.
Pennington was hit by linebacker Kevin Burnett after throwing an incomplete pass on third-and-7 from the Dolphins 40. He was slow to get up, then once he got to the sideline, took off his helmet and shoulder pads and had a bag of ice on his shoulder.
While with the New York Jets, Pennington missed three games with a shoulder injury in 2004, had offseason surgery, then injured the shoulder again in the third game in 2005, missing the remainder of the year.
"I've worked extremely hard and overcome a lot of adversity and been able to play when people said I couldn't play anymore," Pennington said. "To fathom that I've been through two surgeries and been able to play and play at a high level, I think it's quite an accomplishment.
"I am hoping for the best and preparing for the worst," he added. "It's not my first rodeo with injuries and experiencing things like this."
Meanwhile, San Diego Chargers outside linebacker Shawne Merriman also left Sunday's game because of a groin injury.
Merriman tried to play with the injury, which he sustained a week earlier in a loss to Baltimore, but was forced out by early in the third quarter. Merriman didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday but did on Friday, and was listed as questionable on the injury report.
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Sky News can reveal that Virgin Group has appointed the US-based corporate advisory firm Allen & Co to oversee the development of a cruise operation that would eventually aim to compete with industry giants including Carnival Corporation.
Virgin has been working with Allen & Co on a range of potential opportunities across the wider leisure sector, including an investment in a four-star city centre concept called Virgin Hotels.
The development of Virgin Cruises, which is expected to be the name of the new venture, is at an early stage, people close to the project cautioned on Friday.
However, Virgin executives and their advisers have already held detailed talks with banks about raising an estimated $1bn (£598m) of debt to finance the acquisition of the company's first vessels.
They also want to raise in the region of $700m (£418m) of equity by selling stakes in Virgin Cruises to outside investors.
Sir Richard and Josh Bayliss, chief executive of Virgin Management, are understood to believe the global cruises sector possesses many of the same characteristics which have led Virgin to build a significant presence in sectors such as aviation, rail and mobile telecoms.
The cruise market is dominated by fewer than a handful of companies, such as the FTSE-100 group Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian. Between them, the three companies have a global market share of approximately 80%.
"Cruises is a classic Virgin market, dominated by two or three players and where the product needs to be refreshed," an insider said.
The industry is forecast by Cruise Market Watch, an industry research group, to grow from 21.5 million passengers this year to 22.2 million passengers carried worldwide in 2015.
Virgin Cruises is expected to be headquartered in the US, reflecting North America's status as the world's biggest cruise market, the source said.
Globally, the industry is likely to generate revenue of $37.1bn (£22.2bn) this year, a 2.3% increase on 2013.
The plans for the launch of Virgin Cruises emerge as Sir Richard targets a flotation of his domestic US airline, Virgin America.
The carrier, which recently undertook a debt restructuring covering roughly $300m (£179.8bn) of borrowing obligations, has hired investment banks to prepare the listing.
A successful flotation of Virgin America would echo the model used several times by Sir Richard to take some of his business ventures, such as Virgin Mobile, to the public markets.
He has also frequently sold stakes in his companies to outside investors, including the sale of shares in Virgin Money, his banking operation, to an entity in Abu Dhabi and Wilbur Ross, a prominent US investor.
Other plans involving Virgin companies this year include the opening of the first City Centre hotel in Chicago in the autumn, with other venues expected in US cities served by the group's airlines.
The plan to break into the cruises market comes weeks after the publication of a new biography of Sir Richard by the author Tom Bower.
Mr Bower claimed the company's maiden flight of its space tourism venture was facing further delays, while Virgin insists it is on track to take off this year.
A Virgin spokesman declined to comment.
:: Watch Sky News live on television, on Sky channel 501, Virgin Media channel 602, Freeview channel 82 and Freesat channel 202.


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The XX is playing TWO shows at the Granada Theater.
One is tonight, and the other's tomorrow night.
If you're not familiar, they play all kinds of sexy music that is PERFECT for Valentine's Day!
The only problem is, BOTH of these shows have been sold-out since about five minutes after they went on sale…
Luckily, we found some tickets on Craig's List!
But, remember your Craig's List safety rules.
Meet them somewhere safe, and do NOT get into the trunk of their car…
We don't care HOW roomy it looks.
Click on that player below to see Julie do her sexy "I-found-it-on-Craig's List" dance:
Follow Jack on Facebook or Twitter @JACKFMDFW for JACKTIVITIES updates!


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dapple is a DAAP library for Perl. DAAP is the protocol built
on top of HTTP that Apple's iTunes 4 uses to share music. Most
responses to DAAP requests contain a binary DMAP structure.
WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-DAAP-Client/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/audio/p5-Net-DAAP-Client/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install p5-Net-DAAP-Client
cd /usr/ports/audio/p5-Net-DAAP-Client/ && make install clean
pkg install p5-Net-DAAP-Client
PKGNAME: p5-Net-DAAP-Client
SHA256 (Net-DAAP-Client-0.42.tar.gz) = 5dc689704a35b81fa00344061a6406b061d88863ae1613cbe0387f477d1e541d
SIZE (Net-DAAP-Client-0.42.tar.gz) = 12158
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
This port is required by:
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 18
Moving maintainership burden onto broader shoulders
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, Mk and categories a, b, and c.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Change the way Perl modules are installed, update the default Perl to 5.18.
Before, we had:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18
site_perl/perl_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18/mach
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/5.18/man/man3
Now we have:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl
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Periarticular Multimodal Drug Injections in Total Knee Arthroplasty
This study has been completed.
Seoul National University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: May 14, 2009
Last Update Posted: January 25, 2013
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Tae Kyun Kim, Seoul National University Hospital
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- Study Results
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- How to Read a Study Record
Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether periarticular multimodal drug injection (PMDI) would provide additional benefits in patients after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for whom contemporary pain control protocols using the continuous femoral nerve block, intra-venous patient controlled analgesia (IV-PCA)and preemptive oral medications. We hypothesized that PMDI would reduce pain level and consumption of PCA and acute pain rescuer and would provide better functional recovery and patient satisfaction. We also hypothesized that the incidence of side effects and complications of the PMDI would be similar to the No-PMDI.
|Osteoarthritis, Knee
|Drug: ropivacaine Drug: morphine sulfate Drug: ketorolac Drug: epinephrine Drug: cefuroxime
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Efficacy and Safety of Periarticular Multimodal Drug Injections in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: osteoarthritis
MedlinePlus related topics: Knee ReplacementU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Tae Kyun Kim, Seoul National University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Pain( Visual Analog Scale ) [ Time Frame: the night after surgery ]An independent investigator who was blinded to randomization assessed pain level using 0 to 10 visual analog scale (VAS) that ranged from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain)at the night after operation.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Intravenous Patient Controlled Analgesia(PCA) Consumption During 24 Hours After Surgery [ Time Frame: 24 hours postoperative ]Fentanyl based PCA consumption via PCA pump (microgram)
- Participant Number of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting During 24 Hours After Surgery [ Time Frame: 24 hours after surgery ]An independent investigator assessed participant number of postoperative nausea and vomiting during 24 hours after surgery. Nausea was defined as a subjective unpleasant sensation associated with awareness of the urge to vomit; and vomiting, as the forceful expulsion of gastric contents from the mouth.
- the Proportion of Patients Who Were Satisfied With the Pain Management [ Time Frame: postoperative 7 day ]
- The Proportion of Patients Who Could Raise Leg With Replaced Knee Extended [ Time Frame: 24 hours postoperative ]
- Maximal Flexion Angle Degree on Postoperative 7 Day [ Time Frame: postoperative 7 day ]An independent investigator measured the maximal flexion angle (degree) of replaced knee with 28 centimeter armed goniometer on postoperative 7 day
|Study Start Date:
|April 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Periarticular Injection group
Periarticular injection with ropivacaine, morphine, ketorolac, epinephrine, cefuroxime
Drug: ropivacaine
300mg (0.75%, 40cc) intraoperative periarticular injectionDrug: morphine sulfate
10mg intraoperative periarticular injectionDrug: ketorolac
30 mg intraoperative periarticular injectionDrug: epinephrine
300 microgram (1:1000) intraoperative periarticular injectionDrug: cefuroxime
750mg intraoperative periarticular injection
No Intervention: No Injection group
usual postoperative care without periarticular injection
Detailed Description:
The preemptive multimodal approaches are regarded as a current standard pain management protocol. Recently, periarticular multimodal drug injection (PMDI) has been considered to be one of the most effective and important component in multimodal approaches. Because the contemporary pain management protocol using the regional anesthesia, continuous femoral nerve block (FNB) and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) has been proved significantly improved analgesic effects itself, little information whether the PMDI would provide additional pain relief under this pain management protocol is available. Also, because the safety of the high dose local anesthetics and narcotics has not been clarified, a selective application should be considered to patients who were expected to show better analgesia if there were certain patient related factors to predict the additional pain relief effect of the PMDI. Thus, this prospective double-blind randomized study was conducted to determine whether PMDI would provide additional benefits in patients after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for whom contemporary pain control protocols using the continuous femoral nerve block, IV-PCA and preemptive oral medications in terms of pain relief, consumption of PCA and acute pain rescuer, patients satisfaction, functional recovery, side effects and complications.
Information from the National Library of Medicine
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, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 81 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of primary osteoarthritis
- Scheduled for elective total knee arthroplasty
- Signed written informed consent
- Spinal anesthesia
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients refusing consents
- inability to use the outcome assessment tools
- Contraindications to regional anesthesia
- severe cardiovascular disease
- allergy or contraindication to drugs used in this study
- pre-existing neurologic disease including psychiatric disorder
- drug abuser
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00901628
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00901628
|Korea, Republic of
|Joint Reconstruction Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
|Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, 463-707
Sponsors and Collaborators
Seoul National University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Tae Kyun Kim, MD, PhD
|Joint Recontruction Center, Seoul National University Bundang hospital
More Information
Keywords provided by Tae Kyun Kim, Seoul National University Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
|Responsible Party:
|Tae Kyun Kim, Joint reconstruction center, Dept. of orthopaedic surgery, Seoul National University Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00901628 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|May 13, 2009
|First Posted:
|May 14, 2009
|Results First Submitted:
|May 15, 2009
|Results First Posted:
|January 25, 2013
|Last Update Posted:
|January 25, 2013
|Last Verified:
|December 2012
Keywords provided by Tae Kyun Kim, Seoul National University Hospital:
periarticular multimodal drug injection
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Ketorolac Tromethamine
Epinephryl borate
Cefuroxime axetil
Analgesics, Opioid
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Anesthetics, Local
Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Adrenergic beta-Agonists


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CBO: Recession imminent if 'fiscal cliff' not averted
The United States economy will fall into recession if Congress doesn't act to avoid a series of tax increases and budget cuts due in January, said the Washington Post. The Congressional Budget Office is saying that the so-called "fiscal cliff" will have even more dire consequences than it previously thought. Read more at the Washington …
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Three-star 2007 prospect Malcolm Delaney is having a solid year leading Towson Catholic High School in Baltimore, Md. The 6-foot-3, 170-pound combo guard has picked up some offers and is listing three schools as his leaders.
"My top three are Virginia, Maryland and Wake Forest," said Delaney. "I'm also still looking at Virginia Tech, Clemson and Georgia."
Claiming offers from Maryland, Clemson and Georgia, Delaney had these comments on his three leaders.
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"I really like the Virginia coaching staff," he said. "They seem real straight forward. The school is known for good academics, and I think the basketball program is an up and coming program.
"Maryland is close to home, and the coaching staff has shown me a lot of love. Also Maryland has a great college atmosphere.
"Wake Forest is probably where I'm most comfortable right now. The first thing Coach Prosser told me is that I'll graduate, and that is my main goal. I also like their fast style of play."
Delaney, who is averaging 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, recently took an unofficial visit to Wake Forest to catch their game with Virginia Tech.
A tough guard with an all around game, Delaney excels at making the players around him better. With a good head on his shoulders, he realizes there are areas of his game that could improve.
"I definitely need to get stronger," he said. "Also, the ACC is a 94-foot league. I need to work on my full court defense."
With a 3.3 GPA, Delaney will take the SAT this spring.


text: There sure are a lot folks in here that would fit in in Philly. Has this team broken our hearts before, yeah like all the time, but what the hell it's week three and we just played an elite team tough as hell. Were there mistakes, uh yeh, I'm pretty sure NO didn't play flawlessly though. We lost to NO, the game could have gone either way that's better than last year. I'll take the 2011 Texans over the 2010 Texans any day. As for never beating elite teams, would you rather lose to the bungles or some other crappy team. I can't take this board now. I just don't get some of those in here, if you want to hate the team win, lose, or draw then stop following the team. I'm not saying some criticism isn't warranted, but if you cant admit that that was a hell of a game then to hell with you. Peace out, see you in a week.


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A while back, Paul Bellefeuille let us borrow a few of his copies of Ford Times, Ford's in-house monthly magazine that ran from 1908 to 1996, and after some perusing, we came across somebody who should be familiar to faithful Hemmings Blog readers, Ray Russell, he of the Gadabout and the hydr ... Read more
Well now this is interesting. Since discussing the plywood cars and hydraulic drive systems of Raymond Russell, we've been in contact with Russell's son, Raymond Benjamin Russell, who sent us a much better photograph of the Gadabout than we could find earlier. The gadabout is a remarkab ... Read more
Henry Ford was many things to many people, but the thing I most admire about him (besides his great baseball swing, apparently) was his straightforwardness. Would you see anything like the picture above today? Would you ever see Tom LaSorda or Rick Wagoner taking an axe to their products to demonst ... Read more


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The above photograph shows Dr Ursula Ngwu, consultant paediatrician at King's Mill Hospital, left, receiving a £1,000 cheque for the Children's Diabetes Service.
Also pictured are Tammy Jarvis and Sue Wright, second and third left, of the Ladybrook pub, who along with other staff and customers, helped raise the cash.
The gift was a thank you to the team at King's Mill for their care and treatment of a five-year-old boy who has Type 1 Diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes affects the body's glucose levels.


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Deformations of G2-structures with torsion
We consider non-infinitesimal deformations of G2-structures on 7-dimensional
manifolds and derive a closed expression for the torsion of the deformed
G2-structure. We then specialize to the case where the deformation lies in
the seven-dimensional representation of G2 and is hence defined by a vector
v. In this case, we explicitly derive the expressions for the different
torsion components of the new G2-structure in terms of the old torsion
components and derivatives of v. In particular this gives a set of
differential equations for the vector v which have to be satisfied for a
transition between G2-structures with particular torsions. For some specific
torsion classes we then explore the solutions of these equations.


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Issue No. 05 - September/October (1991 vol. 8)
pp: 29-39
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/52.84214

ParaGraph, a software tool that provides a detailed, dynamic, graphical animation of the behavior of message-passing parallel programs and graphical summaries of their performance, is presented. ParaGraph animates trace information from actual runs to depict behavior and obtain the performance summaries. It provides twenty-five perspectives on the same data, lending insight that might otherwise be missed. ParaGraph's features are described, its use is explained, its software design is briefly discussed, and its displays are examined in some detail. Future work on ParaGraph is indicated.

performance visualization; dynamic animation; ParaGraph; software tool; graphical animation; message-passing parallel programs; graphical summaries; trace information; performance summaries; software design; computer animation; parallel programming; performance evaluation; program testing; software tools
Michael T. Heath, Jennifer A. Etheridge, "Visualizing the Performance of Parallel Programs", IEEE Software, vol. 8, no. , pp. 29-39, September/October 1991, doi:10.1109/52.84214


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5 years later and his presence still lives on.
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the passing of Sean Taylor, Washington Redskin Safety. Taylor was murdered in his Florida home while out on injury.
Many former teammates, fans and other players who looked up to him are taking to twitter to express their loss.
Watch one of the best Sean Taylor (#21) moments in the Pro Bowl:
Below is a tribute ESPN has posted a video dedicated to Sean Taylor:


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CHEEKTOWAGA, NY - The Independence Day parade which went down Harlem Road on Friday was led by a group of individuals who know, perhaps more than most, the depth of sacrifice made to keep our nation free.
They were Gold Star Mothers, a distinction one only gets when they lose a son or daughter in service to our nation.
NY State Senator Tim Kennedy, when selected to serve as Grand Marshall of the Cheektowaga parade, decided to share that honor with them.
"It's a great honor," said Cathleen MacFarlane of Lockport, whose son Albert was killed in Iraq in 2009 when a suicide bomber drove into his humvee. "Not a lot of community members know what a gold star mom is, and this is another way to show the community who we are."
"I march for the ones that didn't make it and the ones that are here," said Marleen Janiseski, whose son Phillip died in Afghanistan in 2004, when the gun he and another soldier were attempting to mount on a vehicle accidentally fired. "They're all my kids now. That's why I march for them -- to all be remembered."
It has been 25 years since Georgian Davis lost her son, Nathaniel Jones Jr., in the turret explosion which occurred aboard the U.S.S Iowa off the coast of Cuba. That disaster claimed the lives of 47 sailors. "I said to myself, I'm going to continue that oath my child took to serve," Davis told WGRZ-TV.
An improvised explosive device in Iraq killed Holly Baker's son, Brian, during his second tour of duty there on November 7, 2004. "When the day comes that God calls me to heaven and I see him and my son again, I want him to be as proud of me, as I am of him," she said.
Watch the story from 2 On Your Side Reporter Dave McKinley and Photojournalist Bill Boyer in the video player above.
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In user space, the trace information will show up under /debug/root/name, where debug is the debugfs mount point, and root and name are the directory names passed to trace_setup(). The file state can be read to get the current tracing state; an application can write start or stop to this file to turn tracing on or off. The file trace0 is the relay channel where tracing data can be read; on SMP systems with per-CPU channels there will be additional files (trace1...) for additional processors. The file dropped can be read to see how many trace records (if any) have been dropped due to buffer-full conditions.
All told, it is not a particularly complicated bit of code. Perhaps the most significant feature of this patch is that it is part of the infrastructure created and used by the SystemTap project. Getting this code into the mainline will make it that much easier for distributors to provide well-supported tracing facilities to their users. And that, in turn, should make users happy and give analysts one less thing to complain about.


text: I have bought a couple of five 1 yard cut bundles and am looking for a pattern to make use of the coordinating fabrics. My LQS had a birthday sale and I just couldn't resist some of this yummy fabric. Now what do I do with it? I know these bundles are popular at quilt shows with vendors and I'm wondering if there is a pattern that is available. Any help?


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Russell Wilson was out of a protective boot and walking around the Seattle Seahawks practice facility by Monday afternoon.
The concerns about whether Wilson would be able to play in Week 2 against Los Angeles seem to be at rest for now.
"He's practicing on Wednesday. He's planning on playing," Coach Pete Carroll said.
Wilson sprained his right ankle during Sunday's 12-10 season-opening victory over Miami. Since becoming the starter at the beginning of the 2012 season, Wilson has not missed a game due to injury.
"You can hardly tell anything's wrong with him," Carroll said. "We'll help him in practice...


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05-09-02, 01:21 #1Registered User
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Unanswered: select current_timestamp returns invalid column name error
Hi all,
I'm pretty much a newbie with Oracle, and I've got a question that a guru would probably laugh at, but I can't resolve!
When running the query SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP FROM DUAL; I'm getting the error ORA-00904: invalid column name.
Could anyone please advise why this is happening to me (apart from my bad karma) and what I can do to make the select work?
Any answer much appreciated
05-09-02, 13:06 #2Registered User
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Hello Megan, sounds like you normally work with DB2.
Try 'select sysdate from dual'
to convert to different time/date formats you can either alter your session or use the to_char function to convert to a time/date string.
alter session set nls_date_format = 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MIS';
select to_char(sysdate, 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MIS') from dual;
Oracle only has one date/time data type (DATE). It combines date and time/milliseconds). DB2 (as you probably know) has time, date and timestamp data types.
Hope this helps!
05-09-02, 13:21 #3Registered User
Originally posted by nekelly
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Hello Megan, sounds like you normally work with DB2.
SQL*Plus: Release 188.8.131.52.1 - Production on Thu May 9 09:14:53 2002
(c) Copyright 2001 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 188.8.131.52.1 - Production
JServer Release 220.127.116.11.1 - Production
SQL> select current_timestamp from dual;
Check the latest Oracle DBA forums at:
Hope that helps,
05-09-02, 20:32 #4Registered User
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Hi Noel and clio_usa,
Thanks very much for your responses.
We're using 8.1.7, and I've discovered that the CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function is a new feature in 9i. The error was raised by an outside party who has obviously done some training with 9i and was trying to run the select on an 8i version and wanted to know why he was getting an error.
I've never used the function (of course!) and wasn't sure why it wouldn't work either, when I could see the syntax and function was valid from searching the net. However, none of the sites I went to seemed to specify that it's new with 9i....
Noel, the to_char option works like a charm in returning date and time in 8i.
Once again, thanks for responding so quickly!


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Self-cleaning filters eliminate problems without downtime'Heat exchangers, molds, pipes, tubing, sensors, monitors and other parts become fouled when dirt particles in the water settle out on warm surfaces.' 'Installing self-cleaning filters in three lines in the plant eliminated buildup and the need to shut down equipment for maintenance.' By Gideon Brunn
Filtration Alternatives
Example: Corn Wet MillingGrain Processing Corp. (GPC), for example, is one of the country's largest corn wet milling companies. Founded in 1943, it manufactures and markets corn-based products worldwide for the food and beverage, industrial, pharmaceutical and other industries. While its primary corn materials are simple, the array of products it produces would make George Washington Carver the agricultural chemist who found more than 300 uses for peanuts proud. GPC makes corn starches for food additives, grain alcohol for beverages and industrial applications, ingredients for pharmaceutical and beauty products, animal feed, super absorbent polymers for aqueous solutions and de-icing products. Recently, it even launched its own line of cat litter. Its headquarters, R&D and main production facility are in Iowa. It also owns a secondary production facility in Indiana, which makes grain alcohol, corn starch and feed byproducts. Unfortunately, solids in the process water were clogging heat exchangers and nozzles. These heat exchangers helped the plant cut its power costs but only as long as the water could move freely through them. Yet GPC measured this particulate running as high as 12 percent. As the solids built up, the equipment would have to be pulled offline every two to four months for cleaning. This task would take a maintenance crew several days to complete. GPC had tried some cartridge filters, but they needed frequent cleaning. As a result, it decided to experiment with self-cleaning filters. Installing self-cleaning filters in three lines in the plant eliminated buildup and the need to shut down equipment for maintenance. It also reduced maintenance manpower costs, cut maintenance materials costs, extended useful life of materials and boosted energy efficiency. "We use self-cleaning filters in the feed and milling area where we bring the corn in and do all the separation," says Derrick Biggs, the maintenance supervisor who works at the Indiana facility. "Our main goal is to get the corn starch out, convert the starch to sugar and the sugar to alcohol." These filters incorporate an automatic cleaning mechanism that allows an uninterrupted flow of filtered water even while the cleaning takes place. The procedure uses a fraction of the water that normal back-flushing requires. The filters also use stainless steel as the standard rather than a special order option in order to provide a longer lasting filter. In this design, the dirty water flows in around the outside of a coarse filter that removes the larger particles. This pre-filtered water then flows to the other end of the filter housing where it passes from the inside to the outside of the final filter and then through the outlet. Over time, as the filter removes particles from the water, those particles clog the filter, reducing water flow and water pressure. At the outlet is an adjustable pressure differential switch, typically set at five to seven pounds. When that threshold is crossed, it opens the small flush valve, which initiates the cleaning procedure.
Example: Cooling Tower PollutionAnother application of this technology to the process field concerns the subject of cooling tower pollution in the chemical industry. Even if a chemical plant starts out with the world's purest process water, the water won't remain that way for long. It may manage to stay relatively clean on its first trip through the plant's plumbing but won't once it passes through the cooling tower. "Cooling towers make good air washers," explains Lee Munday, senior mechanical engineer at one of Milliken & Co.'s chemical plants in Blacksburg, SC. "They'll pull all sorts of stuff out of the air." In addition to its chemical and textile factories, the company also maintains its own textile research center, considered the world's largest, and holds more than 1,800 patents. Out of that research came a product Milliken Chemical and its Industrial Specialties Division markets under the name Millad 3988. It's a sorbitol-based clarifying agent for polypropylene plastics. Polypropylene normally forms into crystals that are larger than the wavelength of visible light, causing it to refract the light and giving the plastic a hazy appearance. Millad causes the formation of smaller polypropylene crystals, resulting in as little as one-seventh the normal amount of haziness. In 2000, Milliken built a new plant in Blacksburg to produce Millad. Although it was the world's largest facility of its type, it still wasn't enough to meet growing demand. As a result, Milliken installed a new continuous batch manufacturing line in 2004 for Millad and other specialty chemicals used by the plastics industry. To ensure an uninterrupted supply of high-quality process water for this new line and prevent unnecessary shutdowns, Milliken needed to install filters on the cooling towers. "The plant has a high requirement for uptime so we didn't want to spend any more time than necessary to clean cooling towers," says Munday. "Shutdowns are expensive so we endeavored to have as clean of water as we can get within reason." He says the chemical plant uses surface water that it gets via the filtration plant located at another Milliken facility in Blacksburg. Although the water was of adequate quality to begin with, he knew that it wouldn't necessarily stay that way once it was put to use. The cooling towers were a particular problem. As mentioned earlier, cooling tower water is often contaminated by airborne dust, sand, pollen, algae and pipe scales as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. Therefore, Milliken wanted to install water filters on both of the towers to keep contaminants out. And, since downtime was such a costly issue, it didn't want to have to shut down the water supply in order to replace filter cartridges or put the filter through a backwash cycle. Selecting self-cleaning filters eliminated that problem because they don't interrupt the flow of clean process water during the cleaning.
ConclusionEnsuring a steady supply of clean water is essential for reducing equipment maintenance costs, eliminating unplanned shutdowns and upgrading product quality. As the experience of GPC and Milliken show, improving water quality doesn't have to be an expensive or arduous undertaking. In fact, it cuts costs and frees up staff time for other essential maintenance activities. The key is selecting self-cleaning filters made of the right materials that do not interrupt the water flow during the cleaning process. Gideon Brunn is the application engineer for Automatic Filters, Inc., 2672 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034, which manufactures automatic self-cleaning water filters. He has been in the water filtration industry for more than 30 years. More information is available by calling 310-839-2828 or visiting www.tekleen.com.
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Self-cleaning filters eliminate problems without downtime 'Heat exchangers, molds, pipes, tubing, sensors, monitors and other parts become fouled when dirt particles in the water settle out on warm surfaces.
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