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TOULOUSE – Europe's holiday month of August is no time for serious politics. The world and its worries are meant to close down while Europeans repose.
I usually spend the month with my family at our old converted farmhouse in southwestern France. It is the deepest countryside. As I write this under a vine in my vegetable garden, I look west across wooded hills and cannot see another building.
In our hamlet, there is one small working farm, a couple of holiday houses and the ruins of seven or eight other houses. A century ago, this would have been a community of more than 50 people. Today, there are two full-time residents, the farmer and her elderly mother. Otherwise, the inhabitants are vacation visitors.
Progress in France brought a fairly recent migration from country to town. "How is it," a local pig farmer asked me a few a years ago, "that we locals all want to get out of here, and you northern European city dwellers want to buy up our old farmhouses and move in?" It is a part, I suppose, of the urban, middle-class northern European dream – the pursuit of the sun by day and silence by night.


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CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA — Shipments moderate — Movement expected about the same. Trading exports active, domestic fairly active. Prices shippers choice 88s slightly higher, others generally unchanged. 7/10-bushel cartons navel shippers first grade 40-113s mostly $17.80-18.90, 138s $17.80-19.90; shippers choice 40-48s $13.80-14.90, 56s $13.80-15.90, 72s-88s mostly $14.80-15.90, 113-138s $14.80-15.90. Organic 7/10-bushel cartons navel shippers first grade 48-72s $24.30-28.90, 88s mostly $24.30-26.90.
FLORIDA — Shipments (104-110-82, includes export 2-3-2) — Prices not reported.
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS — Shipments (49-49-45) — Movement expected about the same. Trading early active, late fairly active. Prices slightly higher. 7/10-bushel cartons early varieties (mostly marr) U.S. combination 56-138s mostly $13.90-15.25; Texas choice 56-138s mostly $12.90.

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Stan Kyles
Stan Kyles
- Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.
- Born February 26, 1961
Biographical Information[edit]
Pitcher Stan Kyles was drafted in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs. He pitched in the minors from 1979 to 1989, including AAA stops with the Iowa Cubs (1983), Tacoma Tigers (1985-1987), and Albuquerque Dukes (1988).
Kyles became a coach with the independent Bend Bucks in 1991. He then was a minor league coach for the Cubs (1992-1993), Colorado Rockies (1994-1996), and Cubs again (1997-2000).
Kyles joined the Milwaukee Brewers organization with the High Desert Mavericks in 2001 and the Huntsville Stars in 2002-2003. He was with the Indianapolis Indians in 2004 and was with the Nashville Sounds from 2005-2008. Kyles joined the Brewers' major league staff in 2009 and was the team's bullpen coach until the end of the 2012 season.
Kyles joined the Pittsburgh Pirates organization as pitching coach for the Altoona Curve in 2013-2014 and Indianapolis Indians in 2015-2017.
Kyles' son, Marques Kyles, pitched for the AZL Brewers in 2010.
Sources include Nashville Sounds website and various Guides and Almanacs.


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At his Jerusalem residence on September 16, 2008, Israeli Prime Minister
According to Olmert, his plan granted the Palestinians a state with a land area equal to 99.5 per cent of the West Bank and Gaza. Israel would annex 6.3 per cent of Palestinian territory, compensating the Palestinians with Israeli lands equivalent to 5.8 per cent, as well as a corridor that would connect the two regions but remain under Israeli sovereignty.
Jerusalem would be a shared capital; its eastern, Arab, neighbourhoods part of Palestine, its Jewish neighbourhoods in both halves of the city part of Israel, and a roughly two square-kilometre area encompassing Jerusalem's Old City would be under international administration.
Olmert has said to numerous interviewers that he told Abbas it was the best offer any Israeli leader would give in the next 50 years. Abbas asked to take the map to show to his experts. Olmert refused, fearing that Abbas would pocket it and insist that it serve as a new starting point for future talks.
The two agreed that their negotiators would meet the following day. In the years that followed, Olmert frequently asserted that he never heard from Abbas again. "I've been waiting," he recently said, "ever since."
This story, which is widely accepted in Israel and has done much to discredit the idea of a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian settlement, contains a number of inaccuracies.
Problems with that account . . .
First, Olmert and Abbas did negotiate again on more than one occasion, as noted in Tested by Zion, former US deputy national security adviser Elliott Abrams's account of the George W Bush administration's involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Second, Abrams writes that rather than ignoring the proposal, the Palestinians asked for clarifications about it and then claimed it was they who never heard back.
Third, Olmert's descriptions of the offer, which he has not shown to the public or to anyone who could attest to its accuracy, have been inconsistent, adding credibility to Palestinian claims that it was less far-reaching and more vague than he has suggested.
Olmert never provided absolute numbers when describing the amount of territory he proposed to annex. Palestinian negotiators weren't able to ascertain whether his percentages were of a part of the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, or of a much larger territory including Gaza, among other areas.
Still larger than the territorial discrepancies were ones concerning the division of Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees and security arrangements. Israel refused to acknowledge responsibility for the refugee problem, as Abbas insisted it do.
Olmert's diplomatic adviser told Abrams that Israel demanded its armed forces remain in the future Palestinian state, a condition Palestinians rejected. As the lead Palestinian negotiator, Ahmed Qurie, told Abrams and other US officials: "Territory is the easiest issue."
Few of these details are known to the Israeli electorate, and even if better known would likely do little to alter the conclusion most Israelis have drawn: There is no Palestinian partner for peace.
Whatever the Israeli public's misperceptions about the nature of Olmert's proposal and Abbas's calculations, it is right about three key points.
Where Israeli perceptions are correct
First, over the past two decades, Palestinian positions have barely budged. The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has remained fixed in its demand for territory equivalent to all of the West Bank and Gaza; in its view, it has already made the major concession by recognising Israel in 1993 and agreeing in 1988to a state on 22 per cent of mandatory Palestine – less than half the amount granted to Palestinians in the UN partition resolution of November 1947.
Second, Olmert offered far more land than any Israeli leader, continuing a trend of increased Israeli territorial concessions in each successive round of official negotiations. In May 2000, Israel offered the Palestinians 66 per cent of the West Bank, with 17 per cent annexed to Israel, 17 per cent not annexed but under Israeli control, and no swap of Israeli land; the numbers steadily rose until Olmert's 2008 offer of 99.5 per cent, including swaps.
Third, Abbas did not accept the deal. As he explained in 2009: "The gaps were wide." Four years later, they have only widened.
On a recent Friday, Israel's highest-rated television station, Channel 2, showed a news segment asking if the possibility of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was not already dead.
The answer, as presented in the anchor's concluding remarks and by most interviewees – left, right, religious, secular – was that two states had become unattainable.
In the summer of 2013, as Secretary of State
This is not solely because of the long-established reasons often cited for Israeli doubts: former PLO chairman Yasser Arafat's failure to accept what most Israelis viewed as generous offers from Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 2000-2001; the suicide bombings during the second intifada; increased rocket fire from Gaza following Israel's 2005 withdrawal; Hamas's 2006 electoral victory.
None of these can explain how in March 2006 – weeks after Palestinians nominated a Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, as prime minister and months after Israel's retreat from Gaza was met with continued projectile fire – Israelis gave an overwhelming plurality of their votes to the Kadima party, which advocated further negotiations and a unilateral withdrawal from much of the West Bank if those talks were to fail.
The January 2013 election, which brought a new coalition led by
One of them, Danny Danon recently said that the majority of the government would block a peace agreement calling for two states.
Revolutionary ideological turn
In June 2009, prompted by President Obama's Cairo address to the Muslim world, Netanyahu declared his conditional support for a Palestinian state. Israel Harel, a founder of the settler movement, called it "a revolutionary ideological turn equivalent to the shattering of the party's Ten Commandments".
Others were, and still are, sceptical that Netanyahu meant it – not only his liberal critics but also many of his supporters within ikud. Yet Netanyahu's declared support for Palestinian statehood seems to have grown only firmer.
Last May, Netanyahu for the first time used a demographic argument for a Palestinian state – Jews now make up less than half the population of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza – saying that the purpose of an agreement was to prevent the eventuality of a bi-national state.
Israel's new government represents well the rightward shift in mainstream Israeli thought. Like Netanyahu, most Israeli Jews say they would accept a two-state solution, but the terms on which they are willing to do so are hardly realistic.
The right has strengthened as the arguments of the left and centre have been discredited. Promoters of negotiations have failed to convey how high a price a peace agreement would exact.
They have told themselves and the public that the outlines of a peace deal are well known and they have asserted that agreement exists where it does not.
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, a veteran of the Carter and Clinton administrations and co-chairman of the board of the Jewish People Policy Institute, writes in The Future of the Jews that it is "commonly understood that the largest settlement blocks would remain under Israeli control in any final peace agreement". But records of previous negotiations show that this common understanding is shared only by Israelis and their supporters.
Claims of a "peace within grasp" have been as overstated as warnings that the perpetually closing window for a two-state-solution has nearly shut or that Israel's occupation of the West Bank will make it an international pariah.
In the countries in which the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel (BDS) has made the largest gains – South Africa and the United Kingdom – Israeli exports have in fact sharply risen.
Most Israelis are not overly worried that the European Union will go significantly beyond wringing its hands over the way its financial support of the Palestinian Authority effectively underwrites Israel's occupation.
Boycott would not be effective
Even if proposals to boycott Israeli companies based in the West Bank were to gain steam, they would not stop Israel's banks, cable television companies or supermarkets from operating beyond the 1967 borders; nor would they reduce the number of settlers, most of whom work not at factories adjacent to Ariel but west of the Green Line – at places like Google, Intel and the Prime Minister's office.
Years of relative quiet in the West Bank – 2012 was the first year since 1973 that not a single Israeli was killed in an attack there – have undermined the charge that the now 46-year-old military occupation is unsustainable.
Kerry has warned that Israel "will be left to choose between being a Jewish state or a democratic state". But limited Palestinian self-governance, including close security co-operation with Israel, continues to protect Israel from having to make any such choice.
Both Palestinian and Israeli hard-liners have gained supporters by casting doubt on the notion that the conflict could be resolved in an exchange of land for peace. This central axiom of the two-decades-old peace process made sense for Israel's negotiations with Egypt, Jordan and Syria, but never with the Palestinians, who believe that the core of the conflict is Zionist settlement in Palestine and the expulsion of Palestinians during the 1947-1949 war that established the Israeli state.
The belief of American and Israeli negotiators that solving the problems of 1967 will close the door on those of 1948 comes under powerful rebuke in two books from distant points on the Israeli political spectrum: the historian Asher Susser's Israel, Jordan, and Palestine: The Two-State Imperative and the sociologist Yehouda Shenhav's Beyond the Two-State Solution.
Susser documents how the gaps between the two sides have narrowed on issues deriving from the 1967 war – borders, settlements and security arrangements – while "little if any real progress was made in resolving the 1948 question of refugee return".
That issue prominently resurfaced in January, when Abbas said that Israel had refused to allow Palestinian refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict to enter the West Bank and Gaza unless they renounced their right of return to Israel.
The intangible elements of the conflict have grown in importance while the Green Line defined by the 1949 armistice has been all but erased. Jewish nationalist attacks against Palestinian communities in the West Bank have crossed into Israel, taking the form of arson, vandalism and violence against Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Activists expand demographic battle
Jewish activists in the West Bank have expanded their demographic battle to cities in Israel proper, west of the Green Line, buying homes in the Palestinian neighbourhoods of Ramla, Akko and Lod.
Dozens of Israel's municipal chief rabbis signed a ruling forbidding the rental of homes to non-Jews. Many Israelis no longer know where the Green Line lies, mistakenly identifying it with the current West Bank separation barrier and quite unaware that they have crossed it on major roads and highways.
Israel's turn away from the Palestinians has brought an overdue shift in focus from the borders of the state to what lies within them.
Jewish identity was a central issue of the 2013 election; indirectly, so too was the place of minorities in the Jewish state. Jews and non-Jews cannot legally marry.
Current residents of Jerusalem homes that were abandoned during the 1948 war have been evicted to make room for former owners and their descendants – but only when the deed holders are Jews.
The inequality of Jews and non-Jews within Israel's pre-1967 borders – in which Palestinian citizens and residents lived under military rule from 1948 until the end of 1966 – prepared the ground for still more unequal arrangements in the West Bank after the 1967 war.
On what grounds, Shenhav asks, is the idea of Jewish settlement in ruined Palestinian villages within the pre-1967 borders – formerly inhabited, in many cases, by Palestinian citizens internally displaced by war – considered more moral than Jewish settlement on Palestinian agricultural lands of the West Bank? The former, he argues, involved far more human suffering.
The fading importance of the pre-1967 borders means a breaking with illusions and a return to the true nature of the conflict: a struggle between two ethnic groups between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
The peaceful arrangements they have so far discussed have all fallen short of both the full sovereignty Palestinians desire and the hard ethnic separation the Israeli centre and left seek.
As Susser writes, "The Palestinian state that the Israelis were willing to endorse was never a fully sovereign and independent member of the family of nations, but an emasculated, demilitarised and supervised entity, with Israeli control of its airspace and possibly of its borders too, and some element of Israeli and/or foreign military presence".
This was as true for Netanyahu as for Olmert, Barak, Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, who a month before his assassination told the Knesset that the Palestinians would have "less than a state".
Forced Palestinian displacement a documented reality
Israel, Susser argues, almost certainly will not achieve an end of conflict, much less recognition of a Jewish state, without meeting Palestinian demands to admit responsibility for the flight and expulsion of refugees of the 1948 war.
Israel can point to its acceptance of the UN partition plan that was rejected by Palestinians and Arab nations, which then attacked the new Jewish state.
But the forced displacement of a very large number of Palestinians following the 1947 partition resolution is now a documented reality, one that for most Palestinians supports their claims to return, or to ample compensation for their losses, or to both.
Many Israeli leaders believe that any such acknowledgment of responsibility or acceptance of Palestinian claims to return would shake the very foundations of the state, undermining its international legitimacy and upending decades of Zionist teaching by conceding that Israel was responsible for forcibly dispossessing large numbers of Palestinian civilians from their land and homes at its birth.
Netanyahu understands the size of this obstacle, or once did, yet is moving with Kerry to renew talks based on the foundering 1967 model.
Kerry, like his predecessors, has concentrated on 1967 issues such as borders and security, showing few signs that he has learned from past failures. One hopes that he is not under the mistaken impression that Olmert and Abbas were inches away from a real agreement. Those talks did not come close to resolving even the 1967 issues.
What's more, compared to Olmert, Netanyahu is less desperate, less willing to compromise on 1948 issues, and is making calculations in a region that has become less stable and forgiving of risk.
If renewed talks break down, Israelis may begin asking themselves whether the time has come to abandon hopes of a full peace in order to achieve – perhaps through cease-fires or further unilateral withdrawals – a partial separation. They would thereby create something more than one state but less than two, which is, in fact, all that was ever on offer.
New York Review of Books, New York Review of Books


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Grades of brain and spinal cord cancer
Grading is a way of classifying brain and spinal cord cancer cells based on their appearance and behaviour when viewed under a microscope. To find out the grade of a tumour, the biopsy sample is examined under a microscope. A grade is given based on how the cancer cells look and behave compared with normal cells (differentiation). This can give the healthcare team an idea of how quickly the cancer may be growing and how likely it is to spread.
The World Health Organization (WHO) grading system is used for classifying brain and spinal cord cancer.
- Tumours may contain several grades of cells. The highest, or most malignant grade, determines the grade of the tumour, even if most of the tumour is a lower grade.
- Tumours do not always stay the same. If a tumour undergoes a transformation, the name and grade of the tumour might change.
- A low-grade (benign) tumour might become high-grade (malignant).
- A low-grade tumour might come back (recur) as a high-grade tumour.
|WHO grade
low-grade tumour
cells grow very slowly
cells look almost normal under a microscope
rarely recurs if completely removed
rarely spreads to nearby tissue
least malignant type of brain or spinal cord tumour
low-grade tumour
cells are relatively slow growing
cells look slightly abnormal under a microscope
tumour can grow into surrounding tissues
tumour may recur after being removed
can recur as a higher-grade tumour
high-grade tumour
cells grow at a faster rate
cells look abnormal under a microscope
tumour is growing into surrounding tissues
tumour tends to recur, often at a higher-grade
high-grade tumour
cells grow rapidly
cells look very abnormal under a microscope
tumour grows new blood vessels to maintain rapid growth
tumour grows deeply into the surrounding tissues
areas of dead cells may be present in the centre of the tumour
most aggressive and malignant type of brain or spinal tumour
Grading plays an important part in planning brain and spinal cord cancer treatment and can also be used to help estimate the prognosis (future outcome).
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December 3rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A new border tax which came into effect over the weekend is causing chaos on the Nicaraguan border because Costa Rican immigration workers do not have the necessary devices in place to accept the payments.
Problems began in the evening hours on Sunday, and by yesterday the situation was quickly spiraling out of control, with hundreds of people in line attempting to exit Costa Rica en route to Nicaragua.
The problem appears to be that the devices required for border officials to accept the payments have yet to be installed.
As a result, the new $5 fee must be paid at any Bancrédito branch, but for the moment there is no bank branch in the area, forcing travelers to return to Liberia in order to pay the fee.
The ensuing hassle has crippled the border, as travelers and tourists unaware of the new tax continue to arrive without having paid the fee in Liberia – about an hour's drive south. Meanwhile, busloads of people unaware of the new fee also have nowhere to pay it at the border, forcing travelers to abandon the buses on which they were traveling in order to return to Liberia to pay the tax – and make new transportation arrangements.
The situation has led the Directorate General of Immigration to send a request to the Ministry of Finance to suspend the collection of the tax until the issues are resolved. The Ministry had yet to respond to the request by press time.
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Dah! LMAO
Where to begin? First off what exactly is this new tax? it's already ridiculous how many people are holding out their hand when you go to Nicaragua. Now they want to charge foreigners to leave the country? How is that even legal. What right do they have to detain a foreign national here if he/she doesn't have the money to pay? If they collected it before entry, that's a completely different deal, they can deny entry to whom ever they want, but exit? Stupid illogical legislation like this still drives me up the walls here. Not to mention that they pass the bill for the new tax without any sort of plan for implementing it.
Rant over.
Well, they've been charging an exit tax at the airport for a long time and that seems legal. (Although I did ask once what they did with exiting foreigners who don't have the money to pay and was told that the embassy pays for them.) In the case of the land-based exit tax, it's a fairly transparent way to collect money from the Nicas, who already work for the lowest pay and are rarely protected by Costa Rica's labor laws. What's new about either taxing the poor or sticking it to Nicas?
If I'm not mistaken, the tax at the airport is an airport tax, like a toll in a sense. While I'm not a fan of it either, I think this aught to be charged to the airlines and up to them to get it from their customers, but it still seems to be legal, even ethical. But charging foreigners to make use of the obligatory facilities at the border, seems a bit like extortion.
Maybe, but I don't think this line of reasoning about the exit tax at the airport holds up. First, citizens don't pay it; second, some of the funds are earmarked for things that are unrelated to air transportation; and third, I don't believe you have to pay it for a flight inside the country. It looks to me like a tax slapped on every foreigner and non-citizen legal resident who leaves the country via the airport. The land exit tax looks the same to me, although it primarily targets another demographic.
I was unaware. I can't say I payed much attention to whether or not everyone was paying the tax at the airport. If what you say is true, then I would say it's the same kind of bad legislation. Just, as you say, it's going to hit people who are already relatively poor the hardest.
FYI Costa Ricans pay the exit tax just like everyone else
Interesting. I was wondering this. I was told that they don't at the airport, and specifically asked that question there, but read nothing about this with regard to the land exit tax. If Ticos must pay an exit tax too, this law becomes super questionable, since it's a step on the slippery slope of North Korea- and Cuba-like totalitarianism. At some point, say $10,000, an exit tax clearly functions to prevent citizens who want to leave from doing so. While $5 may not do this, it is in principle the same thing. CR is on very dangerous ground here.
I know this because my wife is Costa Rican. And from the SJO site:"Debe cancelar el impuesto de salida del país, por un monto de $29. Aplica para nacionales y extranjeros, niños y adultos." I have read in the spanish language news that the land exit tax also applies to all (nacionales y extranjeros) who exit. This is supposedly earmarked for border crossing facility improvements.
I just checked the site myself and sure enough you are correct. I was misinformed by the person I asked. (I asked right after I acquired residency and was surprised to still have to pay the exit tax. The clerk told me that I needed to have a Costa Rica passport to avoid the tax. Clearly the clerk was wrong.)
This is – of course – a heap of absolute nonsense. What does an exit tax levied by Costa Rica have to do with – of all places – North Korea and Cuba? You seem to be living in Lalaland.
One of the defining features of totalitarian regimes is that they forbid their subjects to emigrate. The USSR did this, as also do Cuba and North Korea. By contrast, so-called democratic countries permit anyone who wants to leave to leave.
The nonsense question I ask from Lalaland is at what point an exit tax becomes an effective obstacle to emigration. Certainly $5 isn't, but I suspect $10,000 would be. At issue is therefore the principle of a government levying any fee at all on merely leaving the country. To be sure, if the fee is earmarked for facilities necessary for boarder crossings, then it would not seem to be an arbitrary obstacle to emigration any more than the cost of a bus ticket is. However, a tax levied on merely exiting violates the norms adhered to by all so-called free countries.
Or, you can look at it this way: Most slave systems have permitted slaves to buy their freedom. Since few slaves could afford to do that, they remained slaves. Is slavery a just system when it allows slaves a buyout provision?
I suspect that as a matter of constitutional principle, forcing Ticos to pay the airport exit tax is not constitutional. I also suspect it violates various international covenants. Since I believe the $5 land exit tax is earmarked for border improvements, it probably is constitutional, although in practice it looks pretty slimy.
Those of is in Lalaland pay attention to principle. You might want to yourself.
It's a bloody USD29 departure tax levied by Costa Rica for anybody leaving the country by air. I don't see any problem with that whatsoever. The USD5 exit tax levied by Nicaragua is completely differente and – poorly implemented.
Marcel, just one correction. The $5 exit tax on the Nica border is being levied by Costa Rica, not Nicaragua.
However because of the problems there, they have now temporarily suspended the requirement to prove that you have paid it until they resolve the problems. We will be publishing a follow up to that tomorrow (the fact that it is temporarily suspended at the Nica border).
Toolaman, are you a legal resident or just another border run rat? if you aren't a legal resident, please STFU and go home. Please pay your exit tax first you cheap SOB.
Racist much?
It is precisely this attitude that screams for a big hug … Around the neck … With a rope.
I see this term in other forums "buried".
Hydrangea: you were just buried!!!
Hello Hydrangea, if it actually interests you, I'm in a similar situation as Jimmy Kirk above. I currently run a business here in Costa Rica, pay my taxes, insurance for my employees and do my best to support my neighbors. So all in all I think I do my fair share to improve the community I live in. That's part of why the nonsense like in the article above bothers me. When you want to see CR advance, and then you see the people running it pull a stupid stunt like crippling the border crossing for lack of foresight, I think getting a little angry about it is justified.Thanks for taking the time to share your insights though.
From now on, i'll let any illegal person in Costa Rica that they can't leave without paying an exit visa. If they don't have the money to leave, they will be deemed 'legal'! LOL
This surprises me. I thought Costa Rica had their things together. How did they manage their development?
"I thought Costa Rica had their things together."
I'm guessing you don't live here?
No. I live in Canada.
It's just that it appears Costa Rica's government is a master at public relations. Everything always seems to be "working" just fine all the time.
In the last few months or years, it just seems it's losing a bit of its luster with the famous border road with Nicaragua, lack of political will to sit for a chat with Nicaragua, passing laws and collecting money at the border…yet not being ready for it; road repair does not seem to be happening. It just seems too third world.
I expect third world from Nicaragua. I expected more from Costa Rica.
"Lack of politicial will to sit for a chat with Nicaragua"? You truly haven't got a clue.
I may not know everything. But your comment is a "fountain of knowledge".
The facts are that Chinchilla has refused all talks with Nicaragua; and is even encouraging her successor not to talk to Nicaragua.
All she does is complain to international instances. Her strategy has not worked. Even Juan Manuel Santos, her "ally", didnt even support her at the UN.
If she had talks with Nicaragua and they failed, she would have a little bit more credibility. Right now, she is just tarnishing Costa Rica's good reputation and miraculously making Daniel Ortega look good.
Personally, I think this would have been over a long time ago had Oscar Arias or any other president been in power.
What's there to discuss? Nicaragua has occupied Isla Calero illegally. Nicaragua is having border issues with Jamaica, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica. If you think Daniel Ortega is "looking good" you either need new glasses or new binoculars.
Who knew Inside Costa Rica was trolled by Canadians who've never been here? Weird.
Hi Jonathan
I've been there. I just don't live there (yet).
It is a very nice place. I would probably enjoy life alot in Costa Rica.
Actually, Jamaica and Panama have no issues with Nicaragua. It was settled after bilateral discussions. The only issues left are between Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Colombia – states who don't want to talk.
Wrong again. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES. September 13, 2013: Panama joins Colombia, Costa Rica and jamaica in the Regional Fight with Nicaragua over Regional Waters. GLOBAL VOICES: Russian Warships in Nicaragua Rekindle Territorial Disputes.
Dear Marcel, I'm not sure why it appears you see red when Nicaragua is mentionned. Here is a note from September 25 from the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs where they reached an agreement and the issue is no longer after having a chat. As you can see, talking works.
Here is an article of Sept 20th from El Espectador, a Colombian newspaper, that says that Jamaica did not endorse politically the Colombian, Costa Rican and Panamanian position.
Again, talking works. Whining doesnt.
Get your facts Straight, after that publication, Jamaica withdrew from the complaint, and the UN general assembly had an official agreement with Nicaragua and Panama. Colombia did not even bring up the issue as Chinchilla did, and probably does so because she is such an incompetent leader. The General assembly was AFTER the 13th of September. Not very smart there, so you might want to try again. And the ICJ ruled FOR Nicaragua in the Colombia dispute for the waters. Even the US is respecting this. Colombia is just pist b/c of the drug money and other income from the Caribbean.
I can tell you from first hand experience it is not an easy chore to become a resident here. I have had the necessary paperwork on three different occasions to file but there always seems to be a problem. First time I was in the hospital after taking a spill on a motorbike due to the crappy roads here. Second time I had to wait for a new set of papers to arrive from the US to file and half of them got lost in the Costa Rica postal system, both of which caused the 6 month rule to apply to those two times. In case you are not familiar with this rule, it states that a birth certificate and background check must be obtained from your place of birth and residence, respectively, and they must be no older than six months. Once I did get everything in order, the lawyer that I was using mysteriously dissapeared so all the previous paperwork was gone also.
End result I hired a new lawyer, got all the paperwork sent via Aerocasillas in order to be sure it got here and went to make application, but I still have to leave the country every three months if I want to drive the car that I bought here. Another of the wrinkles the new laws have created, a non cedula holder cannot obtain a legal drivers license now.
I have been to both borders and the process is non uniform as to what is required when. The main problem with this last wrinkle is not the amount of money, but the lack of facility to pay this fee before putting it into play. Hopefully my residency will be approved soon and I can stop this nightmare of border crap. I own property here, am married to a local and have children, but do not want to take the risk of being deported for 10 years either.
I made the choice to live here and the processes of doing business here are much different than in the US, the legal system is so slow that I could die before anything is resolved. Had a little problem with the registro over my son's birth records, they had used my middle name as my last name which made his documents invalid, so it only took six months to get a clerical error corrected.
With all the taxes and fees that are charged by the government, there should be a very smooth operation, but each time there is always a "problem with paperwork" and amazingly enough, $20.00 fixes the problem.
Yes, there are many hands out at the borders and every other place a government office is.
OK, off my soap box for now
How long have you been here? Your statement that "With all the taxes and fees that are charged by the government, there should be a very smooth operation" would suggest that you're just off the banana boat. "Should be a smooth operation" is a clause that never applies to interaction with Costa Rican government.
By the way, I went through document nightmares when trying for residency, too. In my case, on my second try, documents mysteriously from registered mail posted by a friend after he personally obtained my documents from the secretary of state's office, and delivered (an empty envelope only) by Aerocasillas. Either the US mail or Aerocasillas screwed up (or stole my documents), so don't be so quick to blame the CR correos.
If you ever get residency, be sure to open an account with one of the national banks and change your money there at the counter, if that is a condition of your type of residency. I found out the hard way that documentation other than an official statement from a national bank doesn't fly.
The surname thing is a nuisance (some of my medical records are in my middle name), but we do the same thing in the US to Hispanic names, listing people in official records by their mother's names.
Some things you just have to get accustomed to when changing cultures.
Been living here for three years now, so yes, I have become accustomed to the way things are done. I was relating a summation of the major things over the last three years. My residency is filed and hope to have it approved soon so I do not have to do the border shuffle anymore.
Overall, I rate the lifestyle here very good after visiting Mexico, Panama and Nicaragua, I chose Costa Rica as my new home for many good reasons. I do help with support of my new family of relatives here as well as many neighbors that are in need. This is a place that the taxes collected should be used instead of lining the pockets of the political powers. With much of the people here living in poverty, it is shameful to see how they are treated, so I do what I can to be helpful even to the point of buying a lot of crap I do not need because that sale may feed a family of 6 or more for a week.
Even though there are many things I would like to see changed within the infrastructure, the quality of life is great and most people are basically honest here.
I did already obtain a bank account here and no problem with that part, so I have tried to anticipate and resolve any and all known issues beforehand. It is just the ones that change without notice that are irritating, such as the land exit fee, which I read was repealed until machines can be installed at the borders.
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Based on the reaction to the news that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins federal trademark registrations, I expect to encounter a sea of pop-up stands selling Redskins merchandise on my commute home. Who wouldn't want to make a quick buck now that hawking T-shirts, hats and banners with the controversial team name is "legal"? Let's get rich, y'all.
So, who wants to start making knockoff Redskins merchandise with me?
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So I guess this means I can start making my own Redskins merchandise and make some money.
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Threat to Redskins losing trademarks: If anyone can make Redskins logo merchandise, royalties could be compromised.
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You can now sell Redskins merchandise with no trade mark consequences, all you have to do is find someone who wants Redskins merchandise. :/
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People are now free to produce Redskins merchandise without compensating the team or the NFL. Question is, who'd want it? #Giants
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Soo the Redskins patent on merchandise was canceled. Who wants to make and sell shirts!
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Get to work, designers and marketers! First person to sell bootleg @Redskins merchandise now that it's trademark-free and legal wins!
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Since they lost their trademark I'll be selling Redskins merchandise on my spreadshirt account lmao
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Bout to make a TONNNNN of bootleg RedSkins gear now that they lost the Trademark lol pic.twitter.com/lllRmf7jwa
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The government just made all bootleg Redskins gear totally legal, so get out there and steal some of Daniel Snyder's money! #ThanksObama
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I'm about to capitalize on this Redskins patent revocation & start making bootleg jerseys.
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Think I'm gonna open a redskins merchandise shop
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Even Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) seems to think that anyone can sell merchandise without potential legal consequences, but that's not quite right. The Redskins, who may appeal the decision, retain their federal trademark registrations until all appeals have been exhausted. That process could take years, as it did after the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board canceled the team's trademark registrations in 1999.
The registrations will be canceled only if the team exhausts all of its appeals and loses on appeal. At that point, the team could continue to use Redskins name and still take legal action against anyone selling Redskins merchandise by exercising its common law rights to the name and logo. In other words, you should think twice about launching that Redskins merchandise business.
Not exactly, Mr. Leader. Redskins retain common law rights to name. MT @hillhulse: Sen Reid says… anyone can now sell team merchandise.
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDCNN) June 18, 2014
Here's a good explanation from the trademark board:
Trademark board explains what revoked #Redskins patent means: Team can still use name, but loses legal ownership. pic.twitter.com/T2PxolDwyz
— jennifer bendery (@jbendery) June 18, 2014
(Thanks to Lindsay — my fiancee and go-to expert on all things trademark law.)
More on the Redskins trademarks:
U.S. Patent Office revokes the Redskins' trademarks, says name is disparaging
Here are the movie clips used in Redskins trademarks case
What does revoking the trademarks mean for the Redskins?
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The 6th Annual Spike TV Guys Choice Awards were last night, but that's not important right now. What is important is that Mila Kunis, Julianne Hough and Malin Akerman showed up looking amazing last night even though two of them were there to promote a film adaptation of a Broadway show (Because guys love those.) and the other one is actively putting on weight for a role. Then again, Brooke Hogan (Not pictured. You're welcome.) was also on the red carpet so apologies if these are all actually photos of Mickey Rourke. You can see how that might've happened.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Tampa-based radio disc jockey wants a new trial in his defamation case against radio rival Bubba the Love Sponge Clem.
Todd "MJ" Schnitt's lawyers filed court motions on Monday. Documents filed say Schnitt and his wife did not get a fair trial last month because the opposing counsel orchestrated the DUI arrest of one of the Schnitts' attorneys Jan. 23 and hid the fact they had that lawyer's trial bag for about 18 hours.
A jury found that Clem didn't defame Schnitt. Schnitt claimed that Clem and his Bubba Radio Network defamed the Schnitts and incited Clem's fans, known as "Bubba's Army," to harass the family.
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HIS jersey ws soaked, he was out of breath and sweated dripped from his forehead often during a seven-minute media scrum.
And throughout the whole thing Zach Bogosian couldn't -- and wouldn't -- wipe the size-large grin from his face. Little wonder -- the last time the 22-year-old defenceman was actually on the ice with his teammates was in April 2012 and his return to practice Thursday morning was a huge step in his recovery from off-season wrist surgery.
"I've missed this. I'm a pretty competitive guy," said Bogosian. "Any time you see a tight game or you see guys battling, blocking shots and the right things to win you want to be down there being the guy that's actually doing it.
"I'm the type of guy that wants to do anything to win. I do miss the battles, I do miss the competitiveness and getting prepared for games. Today felt good because it kind of felt like a game day for me as far as coming in at the correct time with the other guys and being back in a routine."
Bogosian spent most of the lockout getting treatment with Jets medical staff -- in essence isolated from the rest of his teammates while they trained at the MTS Iceplex. And, admittedly, he struggled with the ups and downs that come with every post-surgery rehab.
"I tell you one thing, I have a lot more appreciation for people who actually do get surgery. That was my first one," Bogosian said. "It's a mental battle. You have your ups and downs. There's good weeks, bad weeks, good days, bad days. Once you get over that hump mentally it goes forward from there. It's tough sitting at home... you don't realize how much you use your hand until you can't really use it. It feels good that it's getting back to where it's supposed to be."
No set time has been determined for Bogosian's return, although he will accompany the team to Ottawa for Saturday's game against the Senators. It's likely he'll get the green light once the wrist holds up to more tests in practice.
Meanwhile, head coach Claude Noel confirmed that Dustin Byfuglien -- who did not dress Thursday and has now missed the last four games with an undisclosed injury -- was back on the ice in the morning working with Lee Stubbs, the team's strength and conditioning coach, as well as Antti Miettinen, who is out with an upper-body injury.
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Welcome to Dragon Cave! Dragon Cave is an online adoptables game. Collect eggs, raise them to adulthood, and then breed them to create interesting lineages. New types of dragons are added regularly!
Copper Dragons are masters of stealth, slipping silently and swiftly through the forests and jungles where they live. Often hunting in groups, their prey rarely know they are being stalked until the dragon's at their throat. In the air they are agile and skilled. Copper Dragons prize family groups, spending large amounts of time teaching their young skills. So great is their love of life and family that they will sometimes adopt orphaned dragons of other breeds to raise.
Dragons are creatures with nearly unlimited life spans. They can survive for long periods of time, and no one has found a dragon that has died of old age. Adolescence is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling's wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. Once they hit adolescence, hatchlings change quickly, maturing to their full forms in only 2 years.
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Dealing with the death of a relative can include all sorts of troubles, but one it shouldn't include is paying off the deceased's credit card debt.
Paying off such bills can seem like a moral obligation to survivors, but in general it isn't a legal one.
There are a few times when the credit card debt of deceased relative will have to be paid — such as a wife who has a joint credit card with her husband who died after he rung up a lot of charges on the credit card. But for the most part, the credit card debt of a dead person goes to the grave with them and doesn't have to be paid by their heirs.
The estate is responsible
A credit card company can make a claim for unpaid bills to the estate of the deceased, though it's likely to be at the bottom of the list of creditors to be paid if there's any money in the estate.
The debts of the deceased are the responsibility of the deceased, and are deducted before any money left in the estate is paid to the heirs.
If the estate goes into probate — a legal proceeding for the administration of the estate — then the court will decide which creditors get paid. Other expenses besides credit card debt will likely be paid first, including taxes, mortgages, Medicaid, administration and funeral expenses.
Some inheritance money is paid directly to heirs, such as from an insurance policy, and isn't part of the estate.
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Relatives are protected from creditors by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal law with severe penalties for violators.
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Using a deceased person's credit card after they've died, such as for funeral expenses, could lead to being responsible for at least paying that part of the bill.
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Everyone knows that Dick Grayson was a bit of a dim bulb, otherwise how could Bruce Wayne have ever talked him into going out in public dressed like that? Especially to confront thugs? So this cartoon merely illustrates one of the many problems Batman likely had with Robin in the early days.
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ROANOKE – Larry Neal Jones Jr. of Roanoke passed away Sunday, Dec. 09, 2012.
Born in Pulaski Nov. 29, 1961, he was preceded in death by his grandparents, Elmer E. Sutphin and Pearl D. Sutphin and James F. Jones and Helen I. Jones; aunts, Janice J. Rose and Sandra J. Wright, and uncles, Harold Jones and Robert W. Jones, Edward E. Sutphin and Jimmie A. Sutphin.
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Getting ThereThe group is located into the "Dolomiti di Zoldo" region. For who came from "Pianura Padana", the fastest way is reach the village of "Longarone". Not far from the city of "Belluno".
The Sforniòi is placed in the north part of the group. It overhangs the valleys "Bosconero", "Campestrin" and the "passo Cibiana" 1530.
The first is reachable from the village of "Zoldo". The second is reachable from the village of "Ospitale di Cadore". Both places aren't far from "Longarone".
From Turin or Milan or Venice: motorway A4 - Mestre - motorway A27.
Otherwise, reach the village of "Zoldo". It isn't the easiest way but very panoramic.
From "Feltre" or "Belluno": road n.203 – Agordo – Passo Duran – Zoldo.
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The nearest international airports are "Treviso", used for many low-cost flights, and "Venice" "Marco Polo".
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With cold and flu season in full swing, health officials are issuing warnings to prevent those with symptoms from accidentally overdosing on acetaminophen.
"It's important for people to understand where acetaminophen is found, and to not take too much of it," said nurse practitioner Dr. Angela Golden, co-president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. "Because acetaminophen is in so many over-the-counter and prescription drugs, that includes many of the cough, cold and flu formulations."
More than 600 over-the-counter and prescription medications contain acetaminophen.
"When it's taken appropriately, acetaminophen is very safe and very effective," said Golden. "It is a wonderful medication for pain relief and fever reduction."
The liver breaks down acetaminophen to get it out of the body, forming compounds that are toxic to the liver. Problems can occur, however, when there is too much acetaminophen in the body and the liver cannot break it down fast enough.
"It can cause damage, which could mean you can't take certain medications or you may have to take medication to help your liver," said Golden.
Some damage can even be severe enough to warrant a liver transplant.
Golden recommends that people follow four rules for acetaminophen safety:
- Always read and follow the medicine label.
- Know if medicines contain acetaminophen, which is in bold type or highlighted in the "active ingredients" section of over-the-counter medicine labels and sometimes listed as "APAP" or "acetam" on prescription labels.
- Never take two medicines that contain acetaminophen at the same time.
- Ask a health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions about dosing instructions or medicines that contain acetaminophen.
"Know your symptoms, and try to match the medicine with the symptoms you have," said Golden. "So if you have a cough, get a cough medicine, not one that combines with acetaminophen. If you have a runny nose, get something that will treat that.
"Watch very carefully that you are not getting combination medications; that's where people get into trouble," said Golden. "That's why it's so important to double-check labels and avoid doubling up on acetaminophen."
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BOXING is in Jerome Samuels' blood and he's looking to emulate the success of his father Paul as he turns professional this month.
Samuels junior makes his pro debut against Cardiff's Lance Verallo in front of his home town crowd on the Inner Core Promotions bill at the Newport Centre on Saturday, May 19.
He is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his father, the 39-year-old former Welsh and IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight champion, who himself returns to the ring against Ryan Aston in Nottingham on May 26.
"I'm training with Steve Sims at Alway and he is a tough trainer," said 18-year-old Jerome.
"He'll make sure that, no matter what, his boys will come out with a win because they'll just be too much for their opponent.
"I've had a lot of sparring and training has been going well so I'm raring to go on May 19."
The youngster is returning to boxing after a break following the end of his amateur career.
"I was Welsh champion two years running and I boxed in the British final and got a silver medal so I've got a bit of pedigree behind me," he said.
"I had a break for a year or two and went off the rails a bit but boxing has been a route out of that for me and I'm looking for sponsors to help me progress.
"Hopefully this time next year I will be Welsh champion, emulating what my dad did," he added "That was his first ever title and it would be brilliant for me to follow in his footsteps.
"People have said if I can be half as good as my dad I will make it so that is the aim."
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IRIS unveils AED 5 billion investment plan for 2008
IRIS, one of the leading property developers in the region announced that they will launch approximately 1,000,000 sq.ft commercial and residential units from across its diverse portfolio of projects during 2008.
The year 2008 will witness another milestone for IRIS in adding 270 apartments to its residential portfolio and 300 commercial units to its portfolio in Business Bay, Dubai Marina, Culture Village and Maritime City.
Unveiling its strategic growth vision in the context of the continuing dynamism in the real estate and property market of the UAE and the region in general, Ashwin Sheth, CEO of IRIS and Managing Director of Sheth Group said, "We at IRIS are keen to contribute to the existing and emerging investment potential around us. Our projects are structured to offer a healthy return on investment to our investors giving us an enviable reputation in the industry."
"We are looked upon as a cutting-edge and quality developer of an array of landmark projects in India and with the launch of the IRIS brand in the UAE we have been able to extend our reach rapidly across the broad spectrum of real estate and property developments in the UAE," added Sheth.
IRIS has an eclectic portfolio of projects in the UAE including IRIS Bay, a unique commercial development in Business Bay, IRIS Blue a luxury residential project in Dubai Marina and the recently launched IRIS Amber, another luxury residential development located in Culture Village. Following its success in 2007, IRIS is adding to its already impressive portfolio by unveiling the plans for three new developments in the first two quarters of 2008.
The first project that will be launched is an upcoming AED 100 million residential project in Culture Village at an approximate Gross Leasable Area (GLA) of 47,000 square feet which will be officially unveiled at the upcoming SIMA 2008 Property Exhibition in 7th April 2008.
IRIS will follow this luxurious development with a AED 600 million commercial project will be strategically located in Business Bay and will cover approximately 278,000 square feet of Gross Leasable Area.
The development company's third ambitious project to be added to its portfolio will be a AED 2 billion residential project in Maritime city which will be developed on an estimated area of 800,000 square feet of Gross Leasable Area.
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- IRIS unveils AED 2.5 billion residential development in Maritime City
- Sweet Homes to invest AED 2 billion into booming Middle East real estate sector in 2008
- Emaar Properties records net operating profit of AED 5.573 billion in first nine months of 2008; an increase of 15% from 2007
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The black 8x42 BX-2 Acadia Binocular from Leupold combines weather-sealed construction and an immersive view to create a general purpose optic for hunters and nature enthusiasts alike. For the BX-2 Acadia series, Leupold employs their Multicoat 4 anti-reflective lens coating to maximize light transmission and enhance image contrast. Complementing the lens system are phase-corrected BAK4 prisms that render lifelike colors and impressive sharpness across the 60° apparent viewing angle.
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Study Of Men With Mild To Moderate Erectile Dysfunction To Evaluate The Efficacy Of Viagra 8 Hours Post-Dose
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Safety/Efficacy of 100mg Viagra at 8 hours post dose in men with mild to moderate erectile dysfunction
|Drug: Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate) 100 mg
|Phase 4
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|Multicenter Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Fixed-Dose Parallel Study Of Men With Mild To Moderate Erectile Dysfunction To Evaluate The Efficacy Of Viagra 8 Hours Post-Dose - II
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- To determine the proportion of sexual intercourses that are successful in men with mild to moderate ED 8 hrs after a dose of Viagra.
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Erectile Dysfunction
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
Genital Diseases, Male
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Mental Disorders
Sildenafil Citrate
Vasodilator Agents
Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
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TAMPA -- There's always some kind of obstacle that dates back years for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who have erased two others this season.
They won in Green Bay for the first time since 1989. They snapped a five-game losing streak against the Carolina Panthers.
Today in the first New Year's Day game in Tampa Bay history, the Bucs will take aim at another streak. Tampa Bay head coach Jon Gruden has not beaten the Saints in Raymond James Stadium since taking over the Buccaneers in 2002. He is 0-3 against New Orleans at home.
But Gruden doesn't want to beat the Saints for that reason alone.
Heading into the finale of a season before which Tampa Bay was predicted to go 6-10 or maybe 7-9, the Bucs (10-5) can clinch the NFC South Division championship for a second time in four years under Gruden.
If that happens, they would complete a reversal of last year's 5-11 season with a 11-5 record. They would go from last place to first in the division, something that only one other team, the Chicago Bears, has accomplished this year.
"(We) still have a lot to accomplish. That's something to think about when the season is over," said Bucs linebacker Derrick Brooks.
All they have to do is beat New Orleans (3-12), a team that has lost 10 of its last 11 games, reeling all year from the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
"This is what we've worked all summer for," said defensive lineman Ellis Wyms. "It's just one step closer to getting to the Super Bowl. So we definitely want to do that, put ourselves in a better position in the playoffs, get a home game and go from there."
Even if the Bucs lose, they could clinch the division title, providing that Carolina (10-5) loses to the Falcons in Atlanta.
If the Bucs lose and the Panthers win, then Carolina would win the division. Tampa Bay would be thrown into the wildcard hopper. The Bucs may have already clinched a playoff berth, if the New York Giants beat the Oakland Raiders Saturday night.
If not, then all the Bucs would need today is for either Dallas or Washington to lose.
But settling for a wild-card berth and going on the road next weekend could foreshadow elimination. A loss to New Orleans may be a sign that the Bucs have fizzled out after all.
"I think everybody realizes what happens if you win and what happens if you lose," Gruden said.
If the Bucs lose to a Saints team that cannot wait for its season to end, quarterbacked by eight-year veteran backup Todd Bouman, they might as well pack it in.
Bouman is making his third start for the Saints, since replacing Aaron Brooks, who is apparently on his way out of New Orleans.
The Bucs had to hold off a late drive by the Saints to come away with a 10-3 victory last month in Baton Rouge, when Ronde Barber's third interception sealed the game.
Having such a close game with the Saints still fresh in memory should help the Bucs keep perspective today.
The only way Tampa Bay would lose is if they have a letdown against the Saints.
"I hope not. If there's a letdown this week then we'll pay for it," Gruden said. "I don't expect that to happen. New Orleans is a very good, talented team. Their won-loss record isn't what I think they expected it to be but they've given us some really difficult tasks in recent years and we have a lot of respect for them."
In fact, since the Saints and Bucs became division rivals in 2002, all seven games they've played against each other have been decided by a touchdown or less.
Car nell Williams, who set the team rookie rushing record at 1,097 yards last week, needs 103 yards to become the team's first 1,200-yard rusher since Errict Rhett (1,207 yards) in 1995.
The Bucs could win the fifth division title in team history. Gruden would become the first head coach in team history to win two division titles in his first four seasons.
A Bucs win today would also tie for the second-best home record (6-2) in team history.
Tampa Bay's defense, ranked No. 2 in the NFL, is about to finish ranked in the top 10 for the ninth straight year. The Bucs were fifth the last two years after finishing first in 2002.
The Saints are 3-1 at Tampa Bay under Haslett, who is 4-4 against Gruden.
New Orleans is 2-5 on the road with victories at Carolina (23-20) in the season-opener and later against the Jets at the Meadowlands.
Chris Simms is 4-1 against NFC South opponents this season.
The Bucs have made a plus 13 improvement in their turnover ratio, going from minus 9 in 2004 to plus 4 in 2005, third among NFC teams (Chicago and Dallas both made plus 14 improvements.).
WR Joey Galloway needs one more touchdown catch to move into a tie for 10th place in team history with 14.
Galloway needs just one reception to tie Michael Clayton for fifth in team history with 80 receptions in a season.
FB Mike Alstott needs 85 rushing yards to become the second player in team history with 5,00 career rushing yards, behind James Wilder (5,957 yards).
A loss for the Saints would wrap up their third 13-loss season in the last 10 seasons and first since 1999.
T Kenyatta Walker (ankle), TE Anthony Becht (ankle), S Jermaine Phillips (foot) and PR Mark Jones (foot) are questionable.
Gruden said that WR Ike Hilliard would return punts if Jones cannot play.
Pieces in place for title
TAMPA -- There's always some kind of obstacle that dates back years for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who have erased two others this season.


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Everybody's working for the weekend, and it's well worth it.
It'll be mainly sunny today with a high of 24 C and a UV index of 7 or high. This afternoon, expect a wind from the northwest of 30 km/h.
Just a few clouds overnight will bring a low of 10 C.
Saturday will have a high of 19 C with a mix of sun and cloud. Things will heat up for Sunday with a high of 25 C.
Environment Canada's forecast continues to be lovely for early in the new week with sunny skies and high temperatures in the low 20s.


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When Donato DiCamillo first picked up a camera he knew he would have a hard time putting it down. It became a reason for him to step out from a dark place, which he had struggled with for some time. The dark world in which he knew so well would soon come to light after being released from prison in 2011. His inspiration derived from many great documentary photographers, such as Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Helen Levitt, Garry Winogrand, and William Klein, just to name a few, but it was Bruce Gilden and Klein's street photography that made Donato realize that he could scream through his images. His work is a constant search that's forged out of his own curiosities. They're derived from his own interpretation of people, as well as deep rooted moments in the physiological confines of his mind. "I love the amazing differences in people and how beautifully unique we all are. Good bad or indifferent; People never cease to amaze me, they often answer many of my own questions. The littlest detail, maybe in the eyes or the way someone walks can be the difference of making a photograph". Resources: Donato DiCamillo http://donatodicamillo.com Elias Williams http://www.eliaswilliams.com Nina Robinson http://www.ninarobinsonphotography.com Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for iOS. Click here to download for Android Click here to download for Windows Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting patreon.com/thecandidframe or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button.
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A RECRUITMENT drive to ensure patients receive the care they need on Swindon's hospital wards is gathering pace with 264 nurses hired and scores more expected to join the Great Western Hospital over the next few months.
The latest round of candidates, both student and qualified nurses, were interviewed by managers and trainers yesterday as the GWH NHS Trust seeks to hire a further 100 employees.
Last April, faced with staff shortages, GWH invested £1.1m in a large recruitment campaign as well as £250,000 in training and development.
So far 264 nurses and 45 midwives have joined the trust, increasing the number of nursing and midwifery staff on the wards and in the community by 129, compared to the previous year. Although progress in hiring new employees has been made, 100 more nurses are needed.
The drive aims not only to fill vacancies but ensure nurses are allowed more time with each patient and are able to provide personalised care.
Oonagh Fitzgerald, director of workforce and education at GWH, said: "Many more local nurses have chosen to join us and we've recruited some really experienced nurses from abroad. We're putting a significant amount of time into getting more staff onto our wards and into the community.
"However, recruiting nurses in particular is a challenge, due to a national shortage of qualified and experienced nurses. We will continue our efforts to recruit nurses with the qualities we value – kindness, compassion and professionalism – until we have all of the nurses we need.
"With around 5,500 staff we are one of the biggest employers in the South West and there are few places to work as rewarding."
Pictured above, left to right, are Gabrielle Tilley, community education manager, Daisy Stojanovic and Alex Edwards, student nurses, and Shelly Knight, student placement manager.
The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is trying to recruit nurses both at GWH and its community hospitals and healthcare services across Wiltshire.
The trust has looked much further afield, including Portugal, Spain and Ireland, for new recruits over the past few months. Although from very different backgrounds, the nurses have proved a welcome addition to their teams, according to Rachael Evans, clinical supervision coordinator.
"Nurses in Portugal and Spain are more clinically skilled and we find that they bring different skills to the teams," she said.
"Every country has nurses and that's the benefit of being a nurse, you can go anywhere you want to work. So why shouldn't Portuguese or Spanish nurses move to England?"
She added: "I think it's important to have new blood, and for the teams to keep up their knowledge."


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Would a venous reflux test show a popliteal artery aneurysm? I keep having this sporatic pulsating pain that started at the back of my knee and has since change to the back of my lower thigh. Sometimes after I have one of those pains I get a bruise.
This sounds like venous reflux or problems with the valves in the veins. Ultrasound is used to check the valves. If your ultrasound included a look at the vessels behind the knee then the popliteal artery and vein would have been visualized and any abnormalities, including popliteal aneurysms, would have been seen. Best of luck!
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