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Study of PENTAXIM™ Vaccine Versus TETRAXIM™ Vaccine Given With ACTHIB™ Vaccine in South Korean Infants.
This study has been completed.
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First received: October 1, 2010
Last updated: April 13, 2012
Last verified: April 2012
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This study is designed to assess the immunogenicity and safety of PENTAXIM™ combined vaccine versus TETRAXIM™ vaccine to support registration of PENTAXIM™ in South Korea.
Primary Objective:
To demonstrate the non-inferiority in terms of seroprotection rates (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio types 1, 2 and 3, Polyribosyl Ribitol Phosphate [PRP]) and vaccine response rates to acellular Pertussis antigens of sanofi pasteur's PENTAXIM™ vaccine versus sanofi pasteur's TETRAXIM™ and Act (Haemophilus influenzae type b) HIB™ vaccines, one month after the three-dose primary vaccination.
|Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Poliomyelitis Haemophilus Influenzae Type B
|Biological: PENTAXIM™: DTacP IPV//PRP~T combined vaccine Biological: TETRAXIM™: DTacP IPV combined vaccine and ActHIB™: PRP tetanus conjugate vaccine
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Immunogenicity and Safety of the Sanofi Pasteur's DTacP-IPV//PRP~T Combined Vaccine (PENTAXIM™) Versus Sanofi Pasteur's DTacP-IPV Combined Vaccine (TETRAXIM™) Given Simultaneously at Separate Sites With PRP~T Conjugate Vaccine (ACTHIB™) as a Three-dose Primary Vaccination at 2, 4 and 6 Months of Age in South Korean Infants
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Diphtheria Tetanus
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Poliomyelitis Diphtheria Haemophilus Influenzae Whooping Cough Tetanus MyelitisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Sanofi:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Non-inferiority in terms of seroprotection rates (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio types 1, 2 and 3, Polyribosyl Ribitol Phosphate conjugated to Tetanus protein) of PENTAXIM™ Vaccine to the Tetraxim™ and PRP~T conjugate (Act-HIB™) vaccines. [ Time Frame: 1 month post-dose 3 vaccination ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Information regarding the safety (in terms of solicited injection site and systemic reactions) of PENTAXIM™ vaccine. [ Time Frame: Day 0 up to Day 157 ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Study Group A
Participants will receive a single dose of DTacP-IPV//PRP T combined vaccine (PENTAXIM™) at age 2, 4 and 6 months.
Biological: PENTAXIM™: DTacP IPV//PRP~T combined vaccine
0.5 mL, intramuscular
Other Name: PENTAXIM™
Active Comparator: Study Group B
Participants will receive a dose of DTacP IPV combined vaccine (TETRAXIM™) and PRP-T vaccine (ActHIB™) at 2, 4, and 6 months of age.
Biological: TETRAXIM™: DTacP IPV combined vaccine and ActHIB™: PRP tetanus conjugate vaccine
0.5 mL of each vaccine; intramuscular
Other Names:
Detailed Description:
All participants will receive three primary doses of their assigned study the vaccine, on Days 0, 60, and 120. They will be assessed for immunogenicity on Day 0 before vaccination and Day 150 post-vaccination. Safety will be assessed for all participants throughout the study, up to Day 157.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|56 Days to 70 Days (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 2 months (56 to 70 days) inclusive on the day of inclusion
- Born at full term of pregnancy (≥ 37 weeks) and with a birth weight ≥ 2.5 kg
- Informed consent form signed by the parent(s) or other legal representative
- Able to attend all scheduled visits and to comply with all trial procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participation in another clinical trial in the 4 weeks preceding the trial inclusion
- Planned participation in another clinical trial during the present trial period
- Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, immunosuppressive therapy such as long term systemic corticosteroids therapy
- Systemic hypersensitivity to any of the vaccine components or history of a life threatening reaction to the trial vaccine or a vaccine containing the same substances
- Chronic illness at a stage that could interfere with trial conduct or completion
- Blood or blood derived products received in the past or current or planned administration during the trial (including immunoglobulins).
- Any vaccination in the 3 weeks preceding the first trial vaccination.
- History of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (confirmed either clinically, serologically or microbiologically).
- Clinical or known serological evidence of systemic illness including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and/or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection
- Previous vaccination against the diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis diseases or Haemophilus influenzae type b infection with the trial vaccine or another vaccine.
- Thrombocytopenia or a bleeding disorder contraindicating intramuscular vaccination
- History of/current major neurological diseases or seizures.
- Febrile illness (axillary temperature ≥ 38ºC) or acute illness on the day of inclusion.
- Known family history of congenital or genetic immuno-deficiency.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01214889
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01214889
|Korea, Republic of
|Daejeon, Korea, Republic of, 301723
|Gyeionggi do, Korea, Republic of, 411706
|Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, 420767
|Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, 420818
|Incheon, Korea, Republic of, 400700
|Incheon, Korea, Republic of, 403720
|Incheon, Korea, Republic of, 405760
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 110744
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 130702
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 132703
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 133792
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 135710
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 137701
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 158710
Sponsors and Collaborators
|Study Director:
|Medical Director
|Sanofi Pasteur SA
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Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Sanofi:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Kang JH, Lee HJ, Kim KH, Oh SH, Cha SH, Lee J, Kim NH, Eun BW, Kim CH, Hong YJ, Kim HH, Lee KY, Kim YJ, Cho EY, Kim HS, Guitton F, Ortiz E. The Immunogenicity and Safety of a Combined DTaP-IPV//Hib Vaccine Compared with Individual DTaP-IPV and Hib (PRP~T) Vaccines: a Randomized Clinical Trial in South Korean Infants. J Korean Med Sci. 2016 Sep;31(9):1383-91. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.9.1383.
|Responsible Party:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01214889 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U1111-1115-6381 ( Other Identifier: WHO )
|Study First Received:
|October 1, 2010
|Last Updated:
|April 13, 2012
Keywords provided by Sanofi:
Haemophilus influenzae type B
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Whooping Cough
Bordetella Infections
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Respiratory Tract Infections
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Clostridium Infections
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Corynebacterium Infections
Actinomycetales Infections
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Central Nervous System Infections
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Spinal Cord Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017


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- To present programmes in the classic Arabic language and in line with the Channel Editorial Guidelines and Strategy.
- To contribute to the programme as required by the Senior Producer/Executive Producer to ensure professional presentation, and where appropriate, journalistic standards are maintained.
- To communicate effectively and create a rapport with a children's audience.
- Presenting programmes using the classic Arabic language and critically being able to convey the right tone and style of the programmes in order to create a rapport with the audience and uphold the JCC values.
- Reviewing and contributing to the script and running order with the Senior Producer and/or Director and guests before the show.
- Interacting with participants, contributors and audience when shooting, recording 'As Live' or Live, and ensuring the participants contribute and deliver the appropriate level and tone of interaction for the style of the programme, (includes phone-ins and down-the-line).
- Where relevant work with the Senior Producer to ensure the editorial integrity of the programme is maintained and that it upholds the JCC values
Understands the target audience for the individual JCC channels and is able to play a part in reviewing the success of individual programmes in meeting the needs of those audiences.
- Demonstrate balanced and objective judgement based on a thorough understanding of programme intention and target audience.
- Understands Editorial Guidelines, divisional and Director Programming's objectives.
- Communicates spoken ideas and information clearly. Listens to, understands and interprets correctly information/instructions. Is concise and precise when interviewing and deals with conflicting views effectively and impartially.
- Consistently performs under pressure.
- Understands the process of working in the studio and on location and supports and mentors more junior members of the production team.
- Participate in the Performance Review and Appraisal Process.
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Media / Fine Art or any related major - A thorough understanding and knowledge of the Arabic language.
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- Sensitivity to cultural differences and able to draw the best out of people
- Ability to perform under pressure, especially in a live television environment
- Ability to 'connect' with children and understand their hopes, aspirations and spirit
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JCC is a pan-Arab media organization which aims to reach Arab children and young people across the world.
It provides high-quality and innovative programs and content across multiple media platforms. In addition, JCC drives cultural and educational initiatives that preserve and reflect Arab cultural identity and values for young people.
JCC operates as four separate but interconnected audience facing entities that include JeemTV, an advanced media platform for Arab children 7- 12 years old, and Baraem TV, the first preschool channel for children 2- 6 years old. The organization also offers educational and cultural initiatives such as Taalam.tv - the first Video-On-Demand (VOD) educational portal that offers curriculum complementing material to Arab scholars, and Siwar, the JCC childrens choir that provides the opportunity for talented youngsters from 9 to 16 years old to express themselves through singing.


text: Carrots Lifestyle Foods introduces low-calorie salads By Bob Luder May 17, 2011 | 12:19 pm EDT Comments Print A York, Pa. company that started marketing convenient, grab-and-go salads four years ago has added a new line of products. Lifestyle Foods introduced a new line of four side salads, each containing fewer than 150 calories and costing an average of less than $2. âOur niche is healthy, grab-and-go products,â said Jason Bross, company partner and president. âWeâre in production (with the side salads), and itâs been going pretty well. We have a good price point. Weâre unique to the market, but we have common items that people like.â Lifestyle Foods is offering two garden salads â one with low-fat ranch dressing, one with Italian â containing petite carrots and grape tomatoes on a bed of romaine lettuce. A Caeser salad contains a mix of herb-seasoned croutons with a creamy low-fat Caeser dressing. A spring mix salad contains a variety of micro-greens with carrots, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette dressing. A fork is in every package, which Bross said has been made with a focus on environmental sustainability. All containers are made with post-consumer recycled material. âWe just highlight all the information the best we can on the top (of the packaging),â Bross said. Bross said the average cost of the side salads is $1.99. He said Lifestyle is selling the product to supermarket chains, convenience stores, vending machine companies and fitness clubs. He said Lifestyle Foods is focusing on the East Coast for the time being, but eventually would like to take its side salads nationwide. âThatâs definitely in our long-term plans,â Bross said.


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Union paybacks, overreaching mark the start of 2013 legislative session
The Colorado legislative session for 2013 is getting under way, and we are able to get a sense of the broad outlines of what's going to happen. It's unpleasantly madcap.
Now that Democrats have their hands and feet on the legislative rudder in both houses, as well as the governor's mansion, they are approaching the session with the same level of judiciousness as a 5-year-old who just ate half his body weight in sugar cubes approaches his toy box.
One example in support of this is Senate Bill 25, which drags back a hoary bit of big-union payback into the Capitol dome. This bill is another attempt to get statewide legislation to unionize public employees, in this case firefighters. But it's pretty clear this would be the first step toward pushing unionization on everyone who gets a government paycheck.
This should be a familiar topic, since it has been rejected as a concept here in Grand Junction. Just to show what a bad idea it is, a similar bill was passed and actually vetoed by Democrat and union-beholding Gov. Bill Ritter in 2009.
History and local control be darned, as this bill would override the ability of local governments to decide on how they wish to interact with their public safety employees and would apparently even supersede existing agreements on collective bargaining.
The Denver Post even editorialized against the bill, pointing out, "Carefully crafted collective-bargaining agreements that honor local charters could be tossed out the window, to be replaced by broad provisions in SB 25 addressing everything from strikes to dispute resolution." The Post editorial even called such legislation for labor interests "… The first of what we expect to be a steady stream of thank you notes."
The Daily Sentinel has also weighed in against this bit of pro-union tinkering.
But because unions, as the recipients of these aforementioned notes, did much of the heavy hauling for the Democrat's party machine this last election, they will not happily go away without their carrots.
As usual, legislators also feel the need to take action in the name of tragedy, with laws that have little to do with preventing another calamity but a lot to do with political agendas — gun-control legislation falls in that category. It's reminiscent of a scene from the movie "Caddyshack", where a fight breaks out and Chevy Chase's character leaps into action by placing a noncombatant bystander into a headlock.
The silver lining to this activity is that it allows those of us still interested in the Constitution an opportunity to see which of our representatives share the impulse. It's one thing to deliver a pivot kick to the spirit if not to the letter of the Second Amendment when you're from a safe district, but there are a number of legislative seats coming up in 2014 that are not from those safe neighborhoods. A substantial loss in those areas for Democrats could swing the balance of power back to Republicans.
Some may remember that the 1994 loss of the House of Representatives to Republicans by the Democrats was laid at the feet of President Clinton's assault weapons ban, which Democrats supported.
One of the ways progressives have made inroads in Colorado is by splitting moderate Republicans, conservatives and libertarians on issues and candidates. Second Amendment concerns have a strong tendency to bind those groups together and make them quite difficult to splinter.
It's not difficult to see the similarity between overreaching gun-control legislation that seems to be in the wings and the issue of Obamacare, which was a similar glue that held groups together and gave rise to the 2010 wave of conservative victories in Congress and statehouses across the nation.
Legislative paybacks and constitutional overreaching may be just the sorts of things that pull warring voting blocs back together and make a significant change in the Colorado Statehouse in 2014.
Even the governor's mansion is in play if the veto pen is misplaced, Republicans, however, would still need to come up with a first-rate candidate who can make the right arguments and not create an argument among possible supporters. An overbearing Legislature might just make that easier.
Rick Wagner writes more on politics at his blog, The War on Wrong.


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Community pitches in to repair damage caused by tornadoes in Sask.
Watch the video above: Local business reaches out to help rebuild cemetery destroyed by tornado
SASKATOON – Saskatchewan residents are left cleaning up a big mess after two tornadoes ripped through the south-central part of the province Saturday.
Colleen Seklich's family has been in Kenaston for more than a century. The headstones of her great grandparents, grandparents and parents are in the Kenaston cemetery, which was hit by one of the tornadoes.
Seklich said some of her family's stones were damaged.
"I just wanted to see what can be done and some of the older ones that were marble – I was checking with the representatives from Remco – and because the marble shales when it gets old it can't be repaired," she explained.
On Thursday, Remco Memorials sent an installation crew to repair as many of the monuments as possible, free of charge.
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"Kenaston has been a big part of Remco for many years. They're a very large supporter of us, so we figured it would be nice to give back," said Jay Carnall, an operations manager with the company.
Over 40 gravestones were knocked over in the storm and dozens more were destroyed. The front gate to the cemetery was ripped out of the ground and many trees were flattened.
"I've never seen this kind of damage before," said Michael Schlosser, an installer with Remco.
"Some of these stones are over 600 pounds, and for them to just be lifted off like that, it's pretty amazing," he explained.
The other tornado touched down in Outlook, Sask.
Ray Derdall and his son lost everything when it destroyed their farm.
Now Derdall's neighbours have come together to hold a potluck fundraiser and silent auction to help rebuild.
"People have been very generous to give things. Even as generous as donating a load of gravel," explained Justine Lustig, one of the organizers of the fundraisers.
"And another big donation has been $500 worth of installed seamless eavestroughs."
Another company has offered to fix Derdall's pivot, which was twisted by the tornado.
If you would like to make a donation to help fix Derdall's farm, go to www.gofundme.com.


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March 29, 2011 BY John Kim
The Nike Air Python was one of the few Nike Basketball sneakers that added a bit of lux flair. Most of the shoes of that era featured bulky construction that fell in line with the 'Force' and slimmer, jet-like motifs with 'Flight'. The Air Python was in a category of its own, with an ultra-sexy snake-skin upper paired with the smooth white leather. Sneaker News last showed you an original pair of the Nike Air Python in July of 2010, and while many of our readers weren't familiar with the shoe, they were certainly surprised that a sneaker like this was ever created. It shares a lot of design elements with the Air Jordan II, but it was named 'Python' for a reason; the snakeskin upper is definitely like no other in the Nike Basketball catalog, and with Nike boosting it's wildlife awareness, we probably won't see a shoe like this in a very long time, if at all. SKIT, a sneaker shop out in Japan, dug these out of the closet and put them up for sale, so take a look at this vintage item below and let us know what you think.
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Letcher man pleads guilty in high-speed chase
ALEXANDRIA -- A Letcher man pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated eluding for leading law enforcement on a chase that reached speeds of 150 mph.
Bruce Pueppke, 61, faces a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $4,000 fine. He is scheduled to be sentenced in May.
Pueppke was arrested in October after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase on Interstate 90 in Hanson and Davison counties. The chase ended peacefully, just north of Mitchell.
In exchange for Pueppke's guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to dismiss other lesser charges.


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For months, Captain Mark Aguirre of Houston's South Central Patrol Division carried around a videotape of late-night drag racing along Westheimer that made his blood boil. It starts with shots of racing cars taken from inside one of the vehicles. Occasionally, there's a glimpse of the camera operator in the side-view mirror, a nine-year-old boy riding shotgun in his brother's car going 109 miles per hour.
Then the video compilation moves to surveillance tapes a little farther down Westheimer outside a supermarket where a huge crowd has gathered. It looks like a nighttime festival, with puffs of gray smoke going up every now and then, signifying a burning off.
Aguirre, a no-nonsense kind of tough guy, promised to do something about this. It spoke to who and what he is: an action figure who takes no guff, whose parents probably should have given him the first name "Controversial." On August 17, Mark Aguirre did what he does. He let the chips fall where they may.
It has become the stuff of legend. And the chips have hit the fan.
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The plan was to stop the street racing and arrest drag racers. But when the police arrived en masse about 1:15 a.m. at the Kmart and Sonic in the 8400 block of Westheimer to execute Operation ERACER (Eliminate and Remove Autos Causing Environmental Ravagement), there was no drag racing going on. So they improvised. The area was cordoned off, the exits sealed. Bystanders -- some 273 of them -- were arrested, nearly all for the class C misdemeanor offense of criminal trespass.
There was no warning. Onlookers were not given the option to immediately leave the scene, as departmental policy states. Rather than issuing citations -- the usual way trespassing charges are handled by HPD -- officers loaded up the folks into vans and cars and took the 231 adults and 42 juveniles into custody, finishing up about 4:30 in the morning. The night before, on Saturday, 25 people had been similarly arrested at James Coney Island at 5745 Westheimer. Most spent at least one night in jail. Some pleaded guilty just to get out, they said.
With a blowout this big, there was no way to keep this out of the media. But instead of the usual congratulatory news reports when law enforcement cracks down on crime, coverage was critical. This was the way to keep the streets safe? It seemed Houston had become a police state where the phrase "zero tolerance" had garbled itself into zero common sense.
One teen told the Houston Chronicle she'd gone into Kmart to get a hair accessory and still ended up jailed. The pathos of the scrunchie defense summed up the meaninglessness of the entire enterprise.
A Chronicle photograph showed two girls the morning after their overnight, looking sad and shaken. They could be anyone's kids. Good kids, now with trouble to work through. Adding to the painful loss of time and money, arrested onlookers found that many of their cars had been towed.
Parents screamed. Residents called police and City Hall. Police Chief C.O. Bradford ordered an investigation. Some officers talking to the Chronicle anonymously criticized Aguirre, who was in charge. They said the arrests weren't warranted, but that an out-of-control Aguirre ordered them made, in complete disregard for the law.
Aguirre got himself a lawyer. Supporters said he'd done a tremendous service to the community in his prior crime-fighting efforts. They said he was being singled out as a scapegoat after a recent written reprimand from Bradford alleging Aguirre used foul and threatening language to subordinates. In return, Aguirre filed a complaint with the Harris County district attorney's office alleging the chief committed perjury when he testified he has never used profanity to his subordinates -- a claim contradicted by an assistant chief.
Five internal affairs division officers visited Aguirre at his home on August 24 to tell him he was relieved of duty and placed on paid leave. Twelve other officers were relieved of duty. The total came in at two captains, two lieutenants and nine sergeants. Some officers alleged that Aguirre had tried to "coerce and influence" them about the statements they were making to IAD, which has interviewed 71 of the 78 officers believed involved.
Attorney Terry W. Yates's attempt to get a temporary restraining order removing the investigation from Bradford's supervision was turned down by state District Judge John Donovan.
Then Chief Bradford appeared before City Council August 28 in a morning grilling that lasted more than two hours.
In an extraordinary public misstep, Bradford told councilmembers he didn't know about the raids until he saw a report on what had happened on Fox News at Nine that Sunday night. Bradford made this assertion despite a May 13 internal memo to Bradford from Aguirre about Westheimer drag racing in which Aguirre outlined a zero-tolerance policy that called for arrests rather than citations. A subsequent August 13 memo from Aguirre was titled "Anticipated Mass Arrests from Operation ERACER." Bradford said he never got the memo; it stopped at Executive Assistant Chief J.L. Breshears. So much for chain of command. So much for scuttlebutt.
Obviously shooting for exoneration, Bradford instead looked inept, a chief who has no idea what his department was doing.
Bradford said the officers on the scene should have refused to obey any unlawful orders. Outside in a hallway, Houston Police Officers Association president Hans Marticiuc said officers didn't know they weren't doing the right thing. But Marticiuc did think mistakes were made and that people ought to start looking at Aguirre and his superiors if they want to find the culprits.
So basically what we have here is this scenario:
People got thrown in jail because they picked the wrong night and place to do their shopping and get a burger. (Some were probably there hoping to watch a little racing, although technically this isn't a crime.)
Despite years of legal training and fieldwork, the officers who arrested all those people didn't know they might be stepping all over probable cause.
One captain may have single-handedly commanded the biggest mass violation of human rights in terms of one night's arrests this city has ever seen.
The police chief of the fourth-largest city in the country steps out for a week of special training and apparently is so alienated from his department that no one tells him what's going on and he learns about it on TV.
Bradford misses any heads-up even though word of the raid is broadcast over every police scanner in town that night. And even though there were 25 people arrested the night before.
Dysfunctional, yes. Believable? In a pig's eye (if you'll pardon the expression).
It was hammer time when C.O. Bradford appeared before City Council. Only Shelley Sekula-Gibbs and Michael Berry defended the mass arrests. In fact, Berry had been along on the James Coney Island raid and didn't question anything at the time. He knew ahead of time that Kmart was next. He told the Chronicle he didn't speak up during or immediately after the raid because he didn't know what the correct police procedure should be and all the officers seemed comfortable with what they were doing.
Bradford expressed his own disappointment and embarrassment over what had happened, laying the blame rather squarely at the feet of those in charge at the scene, which of course would be Aguirre.
Houston police had a "street racing initiative," Bradford said. But when there was no drag racing, something else transpired, and that something else had not been approved, the chief said.
The plan called for mass arrests, Bradford conceded, but insisted that in police terms that means any arrests above the number seven. He never anticipated that 200 to 300 people would be arrested, he said. He never wanted spectators arrested, he said.
Bradford did say he knew after the fact that two parts of Aguirre's original plan were not approved and the plan was changed but he couldn't say how. Eleven days after the incident, he said, he still had not had a chance to check on that.
Basically, Bradford said, City of Houston policy is that people who are on private property must be told they aren't wanted and given the chance to leave immediately, before any action is taken. "Just being on private property is not a violation of any law," Bradford said. The violation occurs when someone is told to leave and does not, he said.
"There must be ample notice," Bradford said, adding that he can find no documentation that Kmart ever filed an affidavit saying it didn't want people on its lot at night. To the contrary, Bradford said, the fact that it is open 24 hours implies that Kmart wants people to come by at all hours of the day and night.
Councilman Gordon Quan said it disturbed him that there were so many officers, police cars and tow trucks involved in such an operation but word of it never got to the department's command staff.
Wrecker drivers were told ahead of time to keep their rigs off the lot and out of the way of police officers that night. The city jail was alerted that it could expect an influx of prisoners. "Everyone knew that people were going to be transported to jail," Councilwoman Ada Edwards said, adding pointedly: "I'm very concerned that wrecker drivers know more about what's going on in our police department than our police chief."
Retail stores and services love teenagers and young adults. They target advertising to them. They put on special sales for them. They want every bit of that discretionary income coupled with poor impulse control to make its way into their pockets.
They love their money. But they don't love them.
A lot of teenagers and young adults don't just march into a store or fast food joint, do their business, plunk down their money and leave. They tend to congregate and hang. Sometimes the law calls this loitering. This makes some older adults nervous, and truth be known, it is uncomfortable to walk through large crowds of teens who might be laughing at you, might be saying words you don't like and shouldn't have to hear.
But to equate youth with "bad" is discrimination no better than any other prejudice. And when law enforcement anywhere, not just in Houston, makes it a practice to hassle and arrest younger people, because they can, and prosecutors make it a habit to strong-arm them through the system to punishment, then that's being a bully and that's an abuse of power.
It is understandable that residents around Westheimer don't want to contend with drag racers. So arrest the racers. It's understandable that businesses don't want potential customers scared off by large crowds uninterested in shopping. But please don't insist that hordes of good, wholesome citizens are lining up to shop at two in the morning and are being run off by untrustworthy youths.
Just because you can arrest someone doesn't mean you should.
Some suggestions:
Kmart: If you don't want folks around in the wee morning hours, then stop being a 24-hour shop, and Sonic could close before 2 a.m.
Houstonians: Why in the world are you shopping and eating at places that are going to get you thrown in jail? Take your business elsewhere. It's a big city.
Chief Bradford: For God's sake, find a friend in the department who can tell you what's going on. Take somebody to lunch, turn on that scanner.
Michael Berry: Well, you're dang entertaining, but how about practicing to be a city councilman before you practice being a cop? Maybe work through that before you run for mayor.
Captain Mark Aguirre: Houston and its problems aren't challenging enough for you. Head on over to Iraq and straighten that place out. It's not big on civil rights either.
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Nov. 24, 2007
MOSCOW, Idaho - For the first time since 2003, Utah State won back-to-back games after the Aggies were victorious over the Vandals of Idaho, 24-19, Saturday at UI's Kibbie Dome. It was USU's first consecutive road wins since 1999 as the Aggies end their season with a 2-10 record. Senior WR/KR Kevin Robinson set the NCAA career all-purpose yards per play record in the game as well.
Robinson also became the USU career receptions record holder with his 178th career catch, passing Kevin Curtis' record of 174 from 2000-01. For the game, Robinson had seven catches for 86 yards and a 6-yard TD catch, diving just inside the pylon. Robinson's TD catch was his 21st career TD reception, moving to a tie for 3rd on USU's career TD receptions list, tying Aaron Jones (1997-2000).
Senior QB/P Leon Jackson III broke his own school record for rushing yards by a QB (328 in his sophomore season of 2005 that he shared with Jerod Walker, also in 2005) on a 2-yard rush on USU's opening drive and ends the season with 338.
Jackson also had two rushing TD's for the Aggies, his fifth and sixth rushing TD's this season. Those are the most rushing TD's for a USU QB since Matt Sauk had six in 1997. The six rushing TD's are the most for a USU individual since David Fiefia's seven rushing TD's in 2003.
He also set a school record for single-season completion percentage (65.4 - 151-of-231), topping the previous mark of 60.2 by Eric Hipple in 1979.
Utah State hung on from a 24-10 lead early in the third quarter. After having a 10:04 - 4:56 time of possession advantage in the third quarter, the Aggies were out-possessed 11:35 - 3:25 in the fouth, as Idaho scored 10 points, the last on a TD with 5:42 to play. The USU defense survived a fourth-and-seven attempt from its own 24 as Idaho QB Nathan Enderle's pass was incomplete, turning the ball over to the Aggies with 1:39 on the clock.
Jackson ended the game 11-of-15 for 118 yards and one TD passing, as well as 14 rushes for 11 yards and two TD's.
Freshman TB Derrvin Speight had 57 rushing yards on 15 carries, while fellow freshman TB Curtis Marsh had eight carries for 42 yards, including a new career-long of 26.
Senior FB/TE Jimmy Bohm, who entered the game with 13 career yards on seven career carries, more than tripled his career yardage with 41 yards on six carries, including career longs of 13 and 14 yards.
USU was out-gained by Idaho, 428 to 272 in total offense, as the Aggies had 154 yards rushing and 118 passing. Idaho had 237 yards rushing and 191 passing.
Saturday was the final game for 15 USU seniors, RB Josh Anderson, TE/FB Jimmy Bohm, DE Ben Childs, TE Will Fausel, RB Chris Forbes, QB/P Leon Jackson III, OG Pace Jorgensen, RB Aaron Lesue, DE Frank Maile, OG Shawn Murphy, CB Drew Pearson, WR Tarell Richards, WR/KR Kevin Robinson, WR Preston Robinson and DE Carl Singleton.
--Utah State won back-to-back games for the first time in the WAC and the first time overall since 2003.
--The Aggies won consecutive games on the road for the first time since 1999.
--USU tied the all-time series with Idaho at 16-16-2, snapping a three-game losing streak at Moscow as the Aggies are now 8-9-1 on the Vandals' turf.
--Utah State improves to 10-7 in its last 17 season-finales and 43-64-3 all-time in the final game of the season.
--Senior WR/KR Kevin Robinson had his 400th career play with a 6-yard catch in the second quarter, making him the NCAA's Career All-Purpose Yards Per Play Record Holder... Robinson now has a 16.16 average, topping the previous record of 15.8 by Troy Edwards of Louisiana Tech (1996-98).
--Robinson tied the USU school record for career receptions with his 174th catch on a 10-yard catch on the Aggies' opening drive... Robinson then broke the record with his 10-yard catch on USU's second drive... The previous record was held by Kevin Curtis (2000-01), currently with the Philadelphia Eagles... Robinson ends his career with 178.
--Senior LG Shawn Murphy and junior C Ryan Tonnemacher made their team-leading 24th straight starts while sophomore LB Paul Igboeli made his 20th consecutive start... Senior RG Pace Jorgensen made his team-leading 38th career start while Robinson made his 33rd career start.
--Senior QB/P Leon Jackson III broke his own school record for rushing yards by a QB (328 in his sophomore season of 2005 that he shared with Jerod Walker, also in 2005) on a 2-yard rush on USU's opening drive.
--The 14-play scoring drive on the Aggies' opening score was the second-longest drive this season behind an 18-play drive vs. San Jose State (Sept. 22).
--Sophomore LB Paul Igboeli's fumble recovery in the first quarter was the sixth recovered fumble of the season for the USU defense.
--Jackson's two rushing TD's were the fifth and sixth rushing TD's this season... Those are the most rushing TD's for a USU QB since Matt Sauk had six in 1997.
--The six rushing TD's are the most for a USU individual since David Fiefia's seven rushing TD's in 2003.
--With senior DE Carl Singleton's sacks in the second and third quarters, he now has USU's last five sacks and six of the last eight... Singleton leads the team with 6.5 sacks on the season.
--Sophomore SS James Brindley's interception in the second quarter and junior S Roy Hurst's INT in the fourth quarter are now tied for the team lead with three each on the season... The three INT's is the most for a USU individual since Cornelius Lamb had three in 2004.
--Brindley's pick, sophomore CB Geno Odong's first career INT at the end of the first half, and Hurst's INT now give the USU defense 15 oskies this season, the most since 19 in 1994.
--USU's defense now has at least one INT in nine of the 12 games this season, the most since at least 1992.
--Senior FB/TE Jimmy Bohm's 13-yard rush in the second quarter was a career-long and matched his previous career total of 13 yards rushing on seven carries.
--Robinson's TD catch in the second quarter was his 21st career TD reception, moving to a tie for 3rd on USU's career TD receptions list, tying Aaron Jones (1997-2000)... It was his 29th career TD overall, moving him to sole possession of No. 5 on the USU career TD list, pulling away from a tie with Kendal Smith (1985-88) with 28.
--Robinson's 86 yards receiving give him 2,485 for his career, moving to No. 3 on USU's career receiving yards, passing both Rod Moore (1988-91) with 2,422 and Nakia Jenkins (1996-97) with 2,483.
--Jackson's TD pass to Robinson in the second quarter was Jackson's ninth of the season, also a single-season personal best, topping the eight TD passes from his sophomore season of 2005 and the most TD passes for a USU QB since Travis Cox had 10 TD passes in 2004.
--Freshman K Pete Caldwell's FG at the end of the first half was his second half-ending FG of the season (UNLV on Aug. 30) and was the fourth time this season that a USU game has had a FG as the last play of the half (by Oklahoma on Sept. 15, by Utah on Sept. 29).
--Freshman TB Curtis Marsh's 26-yard rush in the third quarter was a career-long, topping his previous long of 15 set last week at New Mexico State.
--Utah State led after three quarters for the second game in a row and the fourth time this season, the Aggies are 1-2 in their previous leads to start the fourth quarter.
--Jackson set a school record for single-season completion percentage (65.4 - 151-of-231), topping the previous mark of 60.2 by Eric Hipple in 1979.
--Jackson also moved into No. 7 on USU's career passing list with 4,221 yards, moving past Ron Lopez's 4,182 yards (1990-91).
--Jackson ends his career with 5,035 yards of total offense, becoming the seventh player in USU history to reach the 5,000-yard milestone.
--The four turnovers by Idaho is a single-game season-high for the USU defense.
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Yoga is such a calming, rejuvenating experience; it is often nice to practice in silence. You can focus on breathing, hearing the air enter and leave your body. You can quiet your mind, allowing your thoughts to come in, then go out with the breath. When you are practicing Yoga by yourself, it is feasible to do it in silence. When you are teaching a group, however, the verbal cues you give are an integral part of a Yoga class. Experienced students may not need any prompting or advice on flowing through a series of poses, but others need those cues in order to practice the postures correctly and safely. To some Yoga students, your words create a picture within their minds.
To demonstrate the importance of verbal guidance in Yoga, picture Mountain pose. To most novices, it looks as though you are standing there, arms at your sides, looking straight ahead. Yet, any Yoga instructor knows there is so much more going on within the body than simply standing there. The shoulders are pressed down, with the shoulder blades pressing back, the feet are planted firmly, weight is distributed evenly, the spine is as straight as possible, and your gaze rests in one spot. In order to correctly perform Mountain pose, there is a lot that needs to be said. The same is true for the other postures.
Yoga instructors should try to be concise when giving verbal cues. This comes with practice, and by imitating what more experienced instructors say. Try not to falter with your words; give short, clear explanations that lead your students into each pose. When you demonstrate a pose, students can learn a lot by looking at your body. However, some things are hard to see, such as the act of straightening your spine, lowering your shoulders, and expanding or contracting your abdomen.
Remember to speak in terms that the entire group of students will understand. It's fine to use the Sanskrit names, but teach the students as you go, by giving reminders. There is no need to speak elaborately. Students, who are taking Yoga sessions, in order to relax and unwind at the end of a long day, will appreciate few words that are spoken concisely.
The words you speak, as well as the way you say them, will set the tone for the class. Speak softly, and use "soft" phrases when reminding students to breathe, or go deeper into an asana. For example, "Take a deep breath." or "Reach a little farther." sound a bit like commands. However, "Breathing deeply," or "Reaching farther," have a softer delivery. Like so many other aspects of becoming a great Yoga teacher, your verbal guidance will improve as you do.
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The best thing in the entire game so far has happened. After finally getting off of the alien spaceship, I took a bit of a detour through the Scrapyard and found Dogmeat! Yay! He is so cute and oh so very helpful too, fetching food and ammo, and especially taking down super mutants, raiders, feral ghouls, and anything else that gets in our way. Dogmeat is probably my favorite character in the entire Fallout series. He was a loyal companion back in Fallout (can't remember whether it was 1 or 2), and I think I literally cried when he had an accident with a force field that I couldn't get him through. I had to choose to leave him and move on. There were lots of forum posts that I saw later where people were coming up with all sorts of convoluted solutions to get Dogmeat through that force field, and I do know there was at least one solution that actually worked. By the time I'd read about it though, I'd already finished the game.
And now in Fallout 3, a descendant of the original Dogmeat lives on. I am so happy to have him! And also happy that, unlike the earlier Fallouts, my companions don't bite, scratch, hit, and shoot me in the back when we get put into a combat situation. There may be a few things about the original Fallout games that I miss, but the super-slow, turn-based, friendly-fire combat is not one of them.
After getting Dogmeat as a companion, I decided it was time to get back to the main quest for a while. I hadn't gotten very far into it before I deviated into a few side quests as well as doing some of the downloaded content packs that came with my Game of the Year version of the game. I'm not quite sure why I did them first. I think maybe because I was tired of seeing all those undone entries clogging up my quest journal and just needed to complete them.
I suppose I should say something about the character I'm currently playing in Fallout 3. His name is Daen and he specializes in small guns and energy weapons, and is learning a good deal about explosives. He's also very good at the stealthy skills of sneak, lockpick, and hacking into computer terminals.He's not bad at fixing up a few wounds either. I have an extremely difficult time playing mean characters, so he's a paragon of virtue in power armor, always willing to help anyone in need that he meets. I'll have to play a meaner character in my second game in order to get the Paradise Falls achievement (as Daen ended up just killing all of the raiders), but I have a feeling I won't play that character for very long past that point unless there's another achievement later on that I end up missing. I'll be with Daen for the long haul, and I know that he'll take very good care of Dogmeat.
Now Dogmeat and Daen are in the process of helping some people through a tunnel, and have already run into some nasty things. Dogmeat being there makes being in the tunnel a whole lot nicer though! Good doggie!
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- Sacred (PC): Bring peace to Faeries Crossing
- Fallout 3 (Xbox 360): Discover all locations in Point Lookout
- Guild Wars 2 (PC): Get Chef and Artificer to 75
- SWTOR (PC): Valor level 60 for Sabine (currently 51)
- SWTOR (PC): Gain enough ranked comms for war hero stalker's generator (have 565/need 3475)
- SWTOR (PC): Complete Alderaan main quest with Jai'zhi.
- Torchlight (Xbox 360): Get max level of 100/55 with Sabine (currently 80/55)


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Progress towards development targets is mixed, UN finds
Secretary-General Says Political Leaders Must Honour Commitments
UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA, 2 July 2007 – Halfway to a 2015 deadline, there has been clear progress towards implementing the Millennium Development Goals, a set of global commitments to lift millions of people out of extreme poverty. But their overall success is still far from assured, a progress report by the United Nations has found.
"The results presented in this report suggest that there have been some gains and that success is still possible in most parts of the world," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declares in the foreword to the Millennium Development Goals Report 2007, which was launched here today. "But they also point to how much remains to be done."
The commitments, made by virtually every country on Earth at the UN-sponsored Millennium Summit in 2000, are organised around the eight targeted Goals.
The Goals call for quantified, time-bound progress in eradicating extreme poverty and hunger; achieving universal primary education; promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women; reducing child mortality; improving maternal health; combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; ensuring environmental sustainability; and developing a global partnership for development.
There has been significant progress toward the target of halving extreme poverty by 2015, the report found, noting that the proportion of people worldwide living on the equivalent of a dollar a day has dropped from 32 per cent (1.25 billion in 1990) to 19 per cent (980 million in 2004).
If that trend continues, the report estimates, "the MDG poverty reduction target will be met for the world as a whole and for most regions."
It added that it found reason for hope in the fact that some progress is being made "even in those regions where the challenges are greatest."
For example, in sub-Saharan Africa, the number of desperately poor people has "leveled off," and the region's poverty rate has fallen by nearly six percentage points since 2000.
At the same time, the report says, a number of African countries are demonstrating that rapid, wide-scale progress towards the MDGs is possible when strong government leadership, sound policies and practical strategies for promoting public investments are combined with adequate financial and technical support from the international community.
There is also positive news from Asia, where rapid economic growth has put the region comfortably on track to achieve the MDG poverty target.
The report also cites these other signs of progress:
But there is another side to the statistics cited in the report, and they paint a far less encouraging picture.
The report found that the most impressive reductions in extreme poverty were in Southern, Southeastern and Eastern Asia. But in Western Asia, the poverty rate more than doubled during the same period. And despite the gains in sub-Saharan Africa, that region's poverty gap remains the highest in the world.
Other severe problems also remain, according to the report. Over half a million women die annually of preventable and treatable complications in pregnancy and childbirth; there has been little progress in halving the proportion of underweight children; and AIDS deaths worldwide rose to 2.9 million last year from 2.2 million in 2001, while more than 15 million children have lost one or both parents to the disease.
Moreover, half the population of the developing world still has no access to basic sanitation, and the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change are already being felt.
Among the reasons for the lack of progress is that the benefits of economic growth are not being equally shared, the Secretary-General writes. Also in some countries, efforts to meet the MDGs are being undermined by insecurity and instability caused by such factors as armed conflict and HIV/AIDS.
The UN chief also pointed to the failure of most developed countries to live up to their commitments to provide "adequate financing within the global partnership for development and its framework for mutual accountability."
"In particular," the Secretary-General says in the report's foreword, "the lack of any significant increase in Official Development Assistance since 2004 makes it impossible, even for well-governed countries, to meet the MDGs." The leading industrial nations pledged to double aid to Africa by 2010 at their meeting in Gleneagles in 2005, but total official aid declined in real terms by 5.1 per cent between 2005 and 2006. Only five donor countries have reached or exceeded the United Nations target of allocating 0.7 per cent of their Gross National Income for aid.
"There is a clear need for political leaders to take urgent and concerted action," the UN chief writes.
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, José Antonio Ocampo, described the report as the most comprehensive global MDG assessment to date. It is based, he said, on a set of data prepared by over 20 organisations both within and outside the United Nations System, including the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
For more information and media contacts, please see www.un.org/millenniumgoals
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I've been looking for the alphabet and number cookie cutters and I have found them but not the size I need, can you guys help me? I even found some on amazon but they only describe the size of the tin can they come in, not the actual cutter.
The size I need is 2 inches tall for every letter or number
Thank you guys
do you have any cake stores around you??? that's where I got mine at. Actually have you checked michael's or hobby lobby. They might have them too
Do they have to be exactly 2 inches? These are 3" but only letters:
My letter cutters that I use are actually Jello Jiggler cutters. They are about 2". I like the style and shape of the letters. Look into other types of cutters that might seem out of the ordinary too.
hello again and thanx for the help, but yes, I have the 1 inch and also the 3 inches, i will keep looking, thanx


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4 bedroom house for saleCarlyle Road, Croydon, CR0
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- Four bedroom 1930's style detached house
- Two reception rooms
- UPVC double glazing
- Gas central heating system
- Front and rear gardens
- Garage to rear
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8 Carlyle Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 7HN
We advise that an offer has been made for the above property in the sum of £458,000. Any persons wishing to increase on this offer should notify the agents of their best offer prior to exchange of contracts.
Northwoods Residential 5 High Street, South Norwood, London, SE25 6EP 0208653 3377.
'Addiscombe' location of Croydon. Convenient to transport and Tram Links Services.FOUR BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSE WITH GARAGE AND PARKING FOR MULTIPLE VEHICLES.
ENTRANCE PORCH : Hard wood front door.
ENTRANCE HALL : Leaded window to front. Two radiators. Under stairs cupboard.
CLOAKROOM : Window to rear. Low level wc. Wall mounted wash hand basin.
RECEPTION ONE : 16'1" x 15'3" (4.90m x 4.65m) , UPVC double glazed bay window to front. Radiator. Door to kitchen/diner.
RECEPTION TWO : 18'3" x 13'2" (5.56m x 4.01m) , UPVC double glazed window to rear. UPVC double glazed doors to garden. Two radiators. Coved ceiling.
KITCHEN/DINER : 24'0" x 10'2" (7.32m x 3.10m) , UPVC double glazed window to rear. Range of wall and base units with work surfaces over. Stainless steel single drainer sink unit. Space for washing machine and fridge/freezer. UPVC double glazed door to garden.
LANDING : Access to loft. UPVC double glazed windows to side. Coved ceiling.
BEDROOM ONE : 15'8" x 14'5" (4.78m x 4.39m) , UPVC double glazed bay window to front. Radiator. Built-in cupboard. Coved ceiling.
BEDROOM TWO : 15'0" x 13'2" (4.57m x 4.01m) , UPVC double glazed window to rear. Fitted wardrobes. Built-in cupboad. Radiator. Coved ceiling.
BEDROOM THREE : 10'0" x 9'0" (3.05m x 2.74m) , UPVC double glazed window to rear. Built-in cupboard. Radiator. Coved ceiling.
BEDROOM FOUR : 11'8" x 9'2" (3.56m x 2.79m) , UPVC double glazed bay window to front. Radiator. Built-in cupboard.
BATHROOM : UPVC double glazed window to rear. Panelled bath. Vanity wash hand basin. Radiator.
SEPARATE WC : UPVC double glazed windows to rear. High flush wc. Radiator. Partial tiled walls.
GARDEN : Front and rear gardens. Laid to lawn. Shrubs and bushes.
PARKING : Garage to rear.
TENURE : "We are advised by the vendor(s) that the tenure is Freehold" (Awaiting verification).
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Roma's hot start leaves Michael Bradley behind; MLS expansion takes shape
Some insider nuggets from the soccer world:
• The hottest team in Europe is 8-0 Roma, the only team in any of Europe's top leagues that still has a perfect record. Roma is owned by American James Pallotta, and I've learned Roma is currently trying to use its hot start to raise $150 million from a group of select U.S. investors in part to help build a new stadium for the team. In return, those investors would get a voice on the Roma board. Roma is trying to follow the Arsenal model by building a stadium to increase revenues and set a new example in Italy for sustainable growth.
• Speaking of Roma, U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley has returned from injury, but Roma's success and the purchase of Kevin Strootman have put Bradley in a reserve role this season. There have been questions regarding whether Bradley should pursue a January move to a different club to get playing time ahead of the World Cup, but as of right now I'm told: 1) Roma does not want to sell Bradley, and 2) Bradley does not want to move in January. He wants to fight and get a spot back in the starting lineup.
STRAUS: American Pallota out to turn AS Roma into a 21st-century empire
• MLS has already announced that it will add four new teams beyond New York City FC in 2015, and one MLS owner tells me it's extremely likely that three of those four cities will be Orlando, Atlanta and Miami. Just today, MLS president Mark Abbott said MLS will add Orlando if a local stadium vote passes this week. Meanwhile, Atlanta would be able to use a new soccer-friendly NFL stadium like Seattle does.
STRAUS: MLS expansion team likely heading Atlanta's way
As for Miami, the expectations are that David Beckham is still preparing to use his option to own an MLS team in a city that fits his brand. The only question is which potential investors Beckham will pair with: Bolivian billionaire Marcelo Claure, Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross or possibly the Qataris who own PSG.
• The U.S.'s Graham Zusi scored the goal that saved Mexico's World Cup hopes last week in stoppage time against Panama, and Zusi told me it was one of the best and strangest weeks of his career. When he returned to Kansas City, a Spanish-language TV channel gave him a Saint Zusi portrait and dressed him up in a sombrero and Mexican gear. Zusi told me he's gotten thousands of tweets from Mexican fans thanking him for scoring the goal.
"For a team that's our biggest rival, it's kind of surreal," he said. But Zusi also made it clear that the U.S. was playing for itself and nobody else. They weren't trying to do Mexico a favor.STRAUS: Emotional end to CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers in images, videos and words


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'"Right now I want to use those seven guys," Ruff said. "That isn't an easy decision. It's tough for Hank. We may look at trying to get a little bit of a rotation, but I think the fact that Butler has played so well, he's got to go back in. If we're going to keep him here, he's got to play. At the same time, I can't lose the other guys in the process."'
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I was searching for mmorpg engines recently and found this site:
Since I play Planeshift for years I started reading about CS abilities. There is nice engine revision but I noticed the date of the last update: Sat, 8 Oct 2005. I think that is good idea to update the CS engine description a bit. It can't take much time to do it (I think 20 mins would be enough). I would do it myself but I don't know CS at all.
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"I have your back. Don't close the door." You are not alone.
Courage and awareness while living your daily life, joy and cheerfulness to keep the heart healthy.
Sometimes you open doors that some others see as closed, either by choice or by chance, either by will or by destiny. The conversation with the self keeps on chatting as the questions of life, the universe, relationship and death keep popping up in the spectrum of your reality.
Sometimes you feel angry, other times you feel sad, confusion sets camp, questioning, not accepting what is, because it hurts, because is scary, because it takes too much effort or commitment, or because is simply not what you want to go through. You rebel against everything and everyone, you rebel against God, and find your strength in the denying of divinity. Decide you are alone and set energies in motion to keep your sand castle together, with you lock up in it.
Sometimes you create chaos, out of insecurity, jealousy, control, power, doubt, hurt. You feel hurt and you hurt others. You create your own chaos and produce scenarios that keep feeding the illusory fake strength you are habitually addicted to as a door to escape, to win, to dominate.
And sometimes, somebody else opens a door that you always kept closed. Out of choice or chance, out of will or destiny. Leaving you with no other choice but to cross the door as well, how can you not? It is open. You go through out of choice or chance, out of will or destiny.
When that door opens, a door it was thought as a door that was meant to be closed, but now is open, you suddenly are in the other side. Your chaos, your suffering, your doubt, your insecurity, your jealousy, your control, your power, your hurt, they all fade away, because you find others on the same side, their chaos, their suffering, their doubt, their insecurity, their jealousy, their control, their power, their hurt…all is there, on the same side.
Suddenly you see all reflections of your self, like a limbo where the character of humankind shapes. And you feel stupid and silly for wasting your time thinking all that is is yourself. Realizing that all that is is all and the same, kept broken in pieces behind doors.
But today you crossed that door, The Door. And the basic understanding of life becomes clear to you. Courage and awareness while living your daily life, joy and cheerfulness to keep the heart healthy.
And an astral voice tells you: "Don't close the Door. I have your back."
In a moment of heavenly glory, with trumpets and angels and everything, with a unifying vibration through the spine, you accept yourself as you are.
You are not alone.
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We cannot demonstrate that there is not some other physics, applied to some other cosmology, that equally well agrees with the cosmological tests. The same applies to the whole enterprise of physical science, of course. Parts of physics are so densely checked as to be quite convincing approximations to the way the world really is. The web of tests is much less dense in cosmology, but, we have tried to demonstrate, by no means negligible, and growing tighter.
A decade ago there was not much discussion of how to test general relativity theory on the scales of cosmology. That was in part because the theory seems so logically compelling, and certainly in part also because there was not much evidence to work with. The empirical situation is much better now. We mentioned two tests, of the relativistic active gravitational mass density and of the gravitational inverse square law. The consistency of constraints on M0 from dynamics and the redshift-magnitude relation adds a test of the effect of space curvature on the expansion rate. These tests are developing; they will be greatly improved by work in progress. There certainly may be surprises in the gravity physics of cosmology at redshifts z 1010, but it already is clear that if so the surprises are subtly hidden.
A decade ago it was not at all clear which direction the theory of large-scale structure formation would take. Now the simple CDM model has proved to be successful enough that there is good reason to expect the standard model ten years from now will resemble CDM. We have listed challenges to this structure formation model. Some may well be only apparent, a result of the complications of interpreting the theory and observations. Others may prove to be real and drive adjustments of the model. Fixes certainly will include one element from the ideas of structure formation that were under debate a decade ago: explosions that rearrange matter in ways that are difficult to compute. Fixes may also include primeval isocurvature departures from homogeneity, as in spacetime curvature fluctuations frozen in during inflation, and maybe in new cosmic fields. It would not be surprising if cosmic field defects, that have such a good pedigree from particle physics, also find a role in structure formation. And a central point to bear in mind is that fixes, which do not seem unlikely, could affect the cosmological tests.
A decade ago we had significant results from the cosmological tests. For example, estimates of the product H0 t0 suggested we might need positive , though the precision was not quite adequate for a convincing case. That still is so; the community will be watching for further advances. We had pretty good constraints on B0 from the theory of the origin of the light elements. The abundance measurements are improving; an important recent development is the detection of deuterium in gas clouds at redshifts z ~ 3. Ten years ago we had useful estimates of masses from peculiar motions on relatively small scales, but more mixed messages from larger scales. The story seems more coherent now, but there still is room for improved consistency. We had a case for nonbaryonic dark matter, from the constraint on B0 and from the CDM model for structure formation. The case is tighter now, most notably due to the successful fit of the CDM model prediction to the measurements of the power spectrum of the anisotropy of the 3 K cosmic microwave background radiation. In 1990 there were believable observations of galaxies identified as radio sources at z ~ 3. Now the distributions of galaxies and the intergalactic medium at z ~ 3 are mapped out in impressive detail, and we are seeing the development of a semi-empirical picture of galaxy formation and evolution. Perhaps that will lead us back to the old dream of using galaxies as markers for the cosmological tests.
Until recently it made sense to consider the constraints on one or two of the parameters of the cosmology while holding all the rest at "reasonable" values. That helps us understand what the measurements are probing; it is the path we have followed in Sec. IV.B. But the modern and very sensible trend is to consider joint fits of large numbers of parameters to the full suite of observations. 107 This includes a measure of the biasing or antibiasing of the distribution of galaxies relative to mass, rather than our qualitative argument that one usefully approximates the other. In a fully satisfactory cosmological test the parameter set will also include parametrized departures from standard physics extrapolated to the scales of cosmology.
Community responses to advances in empirical evidence are not always close to linear. The popularity of the Einstein-de Sitter model continued longer into the 1990s than seems logical to us, and the switch to the now standard CDM cosmological model -- with flat space sections, nonbaryonic cold dark matter, and dark energy -- arguably is more abrupt than warranted by the advances in the evidence. Our review leads us to conclude that there is now a good scientific case that the matter density parameter is M0 ~ 0.25, and a pretty good case that about three quarters of that is not baryonic. The cases for dark energy and for the CDM model are significant, too, though beclouded by observational issues of whether we have an adequate picture of structure formation. But we expect the rapid advances in the observations of structure formation will soon dissipate these clouds, and, considering the record, likely reveal new clouds on the standard model for cosmology a decade from now.
A decade ago the high energy physics community had a well-defined challenge: show why the dark energy density vanishes. Now there seems to be a new challenge and clue: show why the dark energy density is exceedingly small but not zero. The present state of ideas can be compared to the state of research on structure formation a decade ago: in both situations there are many lines of thought but not a clear picture of which is the best direction to take. The big difference is that a decade ago we could be reasonably sure that observations in progress would guide us to a better understanding of how structure formed. Untangling the physics of dark matter and dark energy and their role in gravity physics is a much more subtle challenge, but, we may hope, will also be guided by advances in the exploration of the phenomenology. Perhaps in another ten years that will include detection of evolution of the dark energy, and maybe detection of the gravitational response of the dark energy distribution to the large-scale mass distribution. There may be three unrelated phenomena to deal with: dark energy, dark matter, and a vanishing sum of zero-point energies and whatever goes with them. Or the phenomena may be related. Because our only evidence of dark matter and dark energy is from their gravity it is a natural and efficient first step to suppose their properties are as simple as allowed by the phenomenology. But it makes sense to watch for hints of more complex physics within the dark sector.
The past eight decades have seen steady advances in the technology of application of the cosmological tests, from telescopes to computers; advances in the theoretical concepts underlying the tests; and progress through the learning curves on how to apply the concepts and technology. We see the results: the basis for cosmology is much firmer than a decade ago. And the basis surely will be a lot more solid a decade from now.
Einstein's cosmological constant, and the modern variant, dark energy, have figured in a broad range of topics in physics and astronomy that have been under discussion, in at least some circles, much of the time for the past eight decades. Many of these issues undoubtedly have been discovered more than once. But in our experience such ideas tend to persist for a long time at low visibility and sometimes low fidelity. Thus the community has been very well prepared for the present evidence for detection of dark energy. And for the same reason we believe that dark energy, whether constant, or rolling toward zero, or maybe even increasing, still will be an active topic of research, in at least some circles, a decade from now, whatever the outcome of the present work on the cosmological tests. Though this much is clear, we see no basis for a prediction of whether the standard cosmology a decade from now will be a straightforward elaboration of CDM, or whether there will be more substantial changes of direction.
We are indebted to Pia Mukherjee, Michael Peskin, and Larry Weaver for detailed comments on drafts of this review. We thank Uwe Thumm for help in translating and discussing papers written in German. We have also benefited from discussions with Neta Bahcall, Robert Caldwell, Gang Chen, Andrea Cimatti, Mark Dickinson, Michael Dine, Masataka Fukugita, Salman Habib, David Hogg, Avi Loeb, Stacy McGaugh, Paul Schechter, Chris Smeenk, Gary Steigman, Ed Turner, Michael Turner, Jean-Philippe Uzan, David Weinberg, and Simon White. BR acknowledges support from NSF CAREER grant AST-9875031, and PJEP acknowledges support in part by the NSF.
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Page 283 of the12th Report of the Inspectors of Prisons {Southern & Western District: Monmouthshire}, on Usk County House of Correction (1847/8, Vol XXXV) contains a table showing the Officers at the Gaol.
Thirteen people are listed.
William Dinham, a Warder aged 22, was the youngest, and the newest recruit, having joined in September 1846.
His salary as a Warder was £52 per annum. Most of the other male staff, including a Schoolmaster, a Cook and a Porter also received the same salary of £52. The exceptions were:
John Merrett, Governor, £115
James Boulton, Surgeon, £80
Keynon Homfray, Chaplain, £200
Both the female members of staff (one of whom, Mary Merrett, was the Governor's wife) received £30.
John Merrett, aged 48, was the eldest, and he and his wife were the longest serving, having been appointed in 1829, ten years earlier than any other member of staff.
To modern eyes, it is surprising to see that the Chaplain was paid so much more than any of the other staff of the Gaol.
Usk Prison, which is in Maryport Street, remains in use. According to the official prison service web site, it was opened as a House of Correction in 1844, and was expanded to become the County Gaol for Monmouthshire in 1870. It was closed between 1922 and 1939, when it became a Borstal. It then continued as a centre for young offenders until 1990, when it was converted into an Adult Category C establishment for vulnerable prisoners, with a capacity of 242.
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Councillor Ana Bailão wiped away tears at a City Hall press conference Monday afternoon as she announced she had pleaded guilty to drunk driving.
The first-term councillor from Ward 18, Davenport was arrested on October 16, 2012 and faced two charges: impaired driving and "over 80," or driving with a blood alcohol level greater than 80 mg/100 ml.
She told reporters Monday that she had appeared in court earlier in the day and pled guilty to the over 80 charge. The second charge was dropped. Under a sentence agreed to by the Crown, she will be prohibited from driving for 12 months, and will pay a $1,000 fine.
"I made a bad choice. I take full responsibility for that. And I accept the consequences,' she said.
At one point, the councillor, overcome with emotion, took a lengthy pause from reading her prepared statement in order to compose herself. She broke out in tears several times.
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Shortly after her arrest last fall, Bailão said she intended to plead not guilty, provoking criticism from anti-drunk driving advocates. On Monday she said that she had taken time over the Christmas holidays to "reconnect with myself" and concluded that she should plead guilty instead.
"Immediately after [the arrest] I was having difficulty accepting what happened," she said. "The media pressure was unrelenting and I was getting advice from dozens of people about what I should do. I listened to that advice, instead of listening to my heart. That's why initially I was going to plead guilty. I made a bad choice. In my heart I've always known that."
She said that she never considered resigning her council seat over her arrest, and plans to run for re-election in 2014.
The night of her arrest, Bailão had attended the Mayor's Ball for the Arts, and then gone to the Thompson Hotel, reportedly with a group that included lobbyists from Sussex Strategy Group, a firm hired by casino giant MGM to petition the city on building a casino.
Shortly before 2 a.m. she was stopped driving north on Bathurst near Harbord when a police officer noticed her lights were off.
On Monday, Bailão would not confirm who she was with at Thompson Hotel, but did say casino lobbyists were among her group. She insisted that no lobbying activity took place at the Thompson - if it had, it could have been a violation of city bylaws that govern contact between councillors and lobbyists.
She also revealed that although she "felt in control" when she got behind the wheel, at the time of her arrest her blood alcohol level was 130 mg/100 ml, well over the legal limit of 80 mg/100 ml. She would not answer questions about how many drinks she had.
Asked why she didn't plead guilty in the first place, Bailão told the phalanx of reporters in front of her, "Try to be on this side. It's not easy. You're a new politician... you just have 1,000 things coming at you. And I didn't listen to my heart, and I should have."
At a press conference one day after her arrest last fall, Bailão was joined by several councillors including Doug Ford, Pam McConnell, Mike Layton, and Josh Colle. They were condemned by critics who said that supporting Bailão's intention to plead not guilty could be perceived as condoning drunk driving.
On Monday Bailão appeared before the cameras alone. She acknowledged however that the mayor's office had assisted with her communications on the issue.
Shortly after her announcement, Rob Ford's office released a statement.
"Councillor Ana Bailao did something wrong and she's taken full responsibility for her actions," Mayor Ford was quoted as saying. "I have faith in the justice system and the Court's decision regarding the appropriate consequences. Ana is a good local Councillor, she works hard and represents her residents well at City Hall. I look forward to continuing to work with her on Council."