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LOS ANGELES – It still can be found, alive and noisy, just a bit north. Take the 5 Freeway to the 101 to the 110.
About 30 miles away.
Baseball season.
"You're continually trying to get better and make a run," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "I think that's what the L.A.'s are about, right?"
Well, one of the L.A.'s, at least.
While winter has arrived early at Angel Stadium – Christmas in July never sounded more like Bah! Humbug! – they are still playing with a purpose at Dodger Stadium, where the mood is high and the autumn beckoning.
With the Yankees in town, there was plenty of atmosphere Tuesday. With the Dodgers in first place, there was plenty of anticipation, too.
You remember anticipation, don't you, Angels fans? Yeah, it has been awhile. It's the feeling you last experienced on opening day.
And even before the first pitch here Tuesday, the surging and inspiring Dodgers were talking about another victory.
They just scored reliever Brian Wilson, a one-time star who cost them nearly nothing in exchange for the possibility of helping them greatly in September and beyond.
"You're always trying to get better," Mattingly said. "It's a competitive world. … It's not development anymore. You have to go out and do your thing."
For the Dodgers, that means bearing down, readying for a late-season run. For the Angels, that means gearing down, sinking to a place consistent with their overall performance.
So the Dodgers add – to their depth and their fans' expectations – as the Angels subtract.
On Monday, the Angels traded reliever Scott Downs in a deal that – coupled with Albert Pujols' move to the disabled list – was reported to be an unabashed admission that their season is over well before it is finished.
And what, we ask, is so wrong with that? Of course the Angels' season is over. The standings said that without anyone else even having to.
We applaud the front office for conceding to reality as opposed to chasing fantasy. This team – and here's the most amazing fact about the 2013 Angels – has been above .500 exactly once, and 1-0 was a long time ago.
The job done to date by General Manager Jerry Dipoto has yielded forgettable, underachieving results. The Angels are the most disappointing team in baseball this season, and only San Francisco and Toronto are also in the discussion.
But we like this decision, something we couldn't say about Dipoto's signing of Josh Hamilton, for example. There's a time to cling and a time to let go. The Angels needed to let go.
Their fans have every right to feel cheated, but that feeling should come from the 105 largely lousy games this team already has produced, not the 57 now left to be played out like garbage time.
The Angels should be embarrassed about having to surrender this early, but at least they've willing to do so and face the ridicule.
So Tuesday, they traded Alberto Callaspo to Oakland and, frankly, it's refreshing that a team so reluctant to give up on anything in the past, so slow to admit mistakes, finally is willing to quit on a miserably lost cause.
Downs and Callaspo were dealt for younger players, a pair of 25-year-olds. Who knows if Cory Rasmus or Grant Green will be a part of the team's future? But they have better chances of figuring in the Angels' tomorrow than a 37-year-old reliever or a 30-year-old journeyman third baseman.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers continue to pack their giant ballpark, the local fans obviously interested in seeing a dead team walking … and singling and homering and winning. Once with a worse record than the Angels, the Dodgers now have spent more than a month as the best team in baseball.
"It was possible because of the talent we have," Mattingly said. "We have guys who can play. I've been able to put a consistent lineup out there. Even when I mix and match a little bit, I've been able to put a core group together. We're excited about where we're at."
On Sunday, the Dodgers struck out 20 times, didn't have a hit with runners in scoring position and batted .143 as a team … and still won.
On Tuesday, the Angels scored 11 times … and still lost.
The Dodgers opened this two-game series against the Yankees by winning in the bottom of the ninth, 3-2, their 27th victory in their past 33 games. It took them 60 games to win 27 times to start this season.
"We couldn't come out limping," Mattingly said, referring to the Dodgers' maintaining their run after the All-Star break. "We knew every series was big. We knew we had to get going. Now, we've got some momentum going and we have to keep it going."
They'll try to keep it going, as the Angels bring their pursuit to a close. That's what one L.A.'s about this season.
This could be a sad time for Angels fans, an angry time to stew over a lost summer. But what's the point, really, when the entire season has been so sad?
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Thursday, March 5, 2015
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Los Angeles-based Total Beauty Media Group, the beauty products focused site founded by Emrah Kovacoglu, has been acquired by Evolve Media, and will become part of Evolve's TotallyHer division. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The two said that Total Beauty has 3.5 million monthly users. Total Beauty provided online content focused on beauty, including a large database of reviews of beauty products. The company had been founded in 2007, and was venture backed by US Venture Partners and Wallington Investors.

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Tournament loss serves as motivation for Cougars as they prepare for next season
Jack from Ark Hensley, ARMarch 24, 2014 3:23 p.m.
Just to say I am a BYU fan and am happy to see them make the Dance. The fact that they lost in the first round is disappointing but they did make it and there are a bunch of great teams that didn't. Health and timing are so important and we didn't get it this year. Good Work guys and better health and timing next year. GO Cougs
cougar76 Raleigh, NCMarch 23, 2014 1:24 a.m.
For DHinChas, u can't win or lose NCAA tournament games if you don"t play any. And bigirish, don't forget about making more freethrows.
BlueHusky Mission Viejo, CAMarch 22, 2014 12:09 p.m.
32 teams were one and done, including Duke, Ohio State, Oklahoma State ... see, CB, it is not the size of the gym or conference membership.
LA Times had an article on how little RPI means in the actual play. But since it is used for selection, Rose's strategy of playing ranked team OOC is good. Now if we could get some of them in Provo, better.
As for next year, Neilson, from my neck of the woods (I know his family), is very tall but lanky. Not the body mass of Mika. He's been back for a while and has been working out with the team. Maybe he'll be a help.
My first goal would be to win the WCC championship and tournament. Then let the NCAA take care of itself.
Scores Idaho Falls, IDMarch 22, 2014 11:34 a.m.
13 Scholarship players is the limit. BYU has for next season:
Looks to me like one of the above might not be back next year: Worthington could decide for a mission. Halford might transfer. Sharp could spend time in the weight room and get stronger. Austin could focus on shooting open 10-foot shots and score some points. And maybe Coach Rose could realize that a 1-3-1 Zone covers 3-pt shooters better than a 2-3. And just maybe they come back next season a lot more disciplined in their offensive sets and pass the ball to hit the open man....like Oregon did.
wallyball SALT LAKE CITY, UTMarch 22, 2014 10:50 a.m.
I agree with Francisco and Mizzoublue. The need for a tough, aggressive JC big man is critical. His ability to rebound and defend is more important than scoring. The post players haven't improved but have gotten worse over time. Nate Austin is a prime example. A new coach that can teach defense and hold the players accountable is mandatory. BYU's zone defense is the worst that I have seen in any game this year. The scheme and the effort are both pathetic. Sharp, Worthington and Austin are offensive negatives. Encourage Worthington to go on a mission and let Sharp move on. Without an aggressive inside presence and some defensive accountability, BYU will continue to struggle to get to the next level.
DHinChas Charleston, WVMarch 22, 2014 10:06 a.m.
Hello MUSSing...
Hey, dude - my earlier post included the all-time NCAA tourney records of four Utah schools. Why the focus on a comparison between Utah and BYU? And why the focus on the Dave Rose era?
BYUBlue-myopia diminishes the equally significant eras of of Roger Reid, Frank Arnold, Stew Morrill,Rick Majerus, and many others... The stats were all-time ones, and when I looked for the stats I was interested in seeking how close Utah State, Weber State, and BYU were in terms of the prowess in the Big Dance.
I figured Utah was far ahead over the years (54% all time), but the other three aren't that far apart - BYU 33%, Weber State 27%, Utah State 21%.
Though a diehard Weber State fan, its fun to watch the Blue-Red bickering and given your desire to focus on Utah and BYU in the 'here and now' and if people look at all the sports both schools play, dare I suggest you look at the current Duel in the Desert score:
Utah 41 BYU 6...
Looking forward to next year's basketball season where I believe the Cougars and Utes will make the tourney. Hopefully Weber will again too...Go Cats!!
MizzouBlue Carthage, MOMarch 22, 2014 9:05 a.m.
Sorry. Somehow I accidentally submitted my comments without finishing, here's how I wanted to conclude:
Yes. The "potential" is there for us to be better next year. However, we'll need contributions from all 5 players on the floor, not just three; much more commitment to defense; & players to improve in areas where they are currently lacking. By so doing, our potential is very high. Go Cougs!
MizzouBlue Carthage, MOMarch 22, 2014 8:54 a.m.
Do you really think the potential is there for us to be better next season? Perhaps. But if we continue to play the way we played this year we'll get the same results. First, Nate Austin-is less effective on offense now than he was two seasons ago. Plus, Luke Worthington is limited offensively. Net result: like this year, teams concentrate on stopping three players because they don't have to worry about our bigs. Second, we are not very good on defense. Coaches should insist that if players want on the court they not only need to be able to score, but must play solid defense as well. Third, player improvement/development. It seems like too many players go through our program without improving a lot for the next level or to even be more effective currently. Nate Austin's offensive skills is a good example. Nate will be a senior next year & in three years he appears less effective than he was as a sophomore. Jimmer Fredette's poor defensive skills have really hurt him in the NBA.
Yes. The
bigirish OREM, UTMarch 21, 2014 10:50 p.m.
So we have the same guys to look forward to next year, more or less. Can't deny their effort, but why so streaky and inconsistent? I really hate to hear Haws in an interview spouting the party line..."We're playing our best basketball right now", after losing to Gonzaga and almost being beat by SF. Sure didn't show against Oregon when we shot 33%. Every time we bow out in the first game, same kinds of excuses. I think he actually got worse at the end of the season, and that too many of his points comes from free throws and not from consistent shooting. Carlino is so streaky too, still struggling with decision making and charging inside, though he has some great nights. Other guys show up and don't, but no consistent constant dependable pure shooters, Haws the closest thing to it. And I know it's a big deal to get into the NCAA at all. Just always think we'll do better...and sure hope those seniors next year can win the games they're supposed to without silly lapses and fouls, with better D and 3-pt shooting from someone.
Francisco Alpine/Utah, UTMarch 21, 2014 9:51 p.m.
As a Cougar fan, I am having a hard time getting excited about next year. Granted, Haws and Collinsworth will be back but the Cougs will need much more than that. Where is the big man who can score? I don't think it will be Andrus and I know it will not be Worthington. Austin will hustle his guts out but he won't score. Unless Rose can get a big J.C. transfer who can score, nothing much is going to change next year. Realistically, I think BYU is about 3 years away from being a very good team.
flatlander Omaha, NEMarch 21, 2014 6:00 p.m.
Since NCAA only allows 13 scholarships on a team COUGFANINTX has a point. Six seniors back, Bartley, collinswoth, worthington make nine and five new ones. Must assume all the others on the bench are walk ons so someone else is not on scholarship. Gonna be hard for anyone new to get playing time next year.
CougFaninTX Frisco, TXMarch 21, 2014 5:48 p.m.
With five incoming freshman / transfers and only one outgoing player leaving for a mission, something has to give.
It will be interesting to see which current players are impacted.
It will also be interesting to see if Collinsworth is ready to come back at the beginning of the season or if he needs to RS. If Collinsworth is able to come back, I expect next years team to be slightly better than this year, in spite of losing Mika.
MUSSing with U Baltimore, MDMarch 21, 2014 4:58 p.m.
All of which proves diddly since the Utes haven't won an NCAA tournament game in almost a decade.
Big Dance records during the Dave Rose era:
Utah 0-1
DHinChas Charleston, WVMarch 21, 2014 4:19 p.m.
Now that all the men's Utah basketball teams are done for the season, from ESPN.com and updated to include this years' efforts…
All-time Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament Records:
Southern Utah University… 0 wins, 1 defeat
Weber State University… 6 wins, 16 defeats
Utah State University… 6 wins, 22 defeats
Brigham Young University…15 wins, 31 defeats
University of Utah… 35 wins, 30 defeats
Arizona Reader Gilbert, AZMarch 21, 2014 4:07 p.m.
If the heading of this article were true, then we should have been using this motivation to get better for 9 of the last 11 tourneys we've been ousted in the first round. I hope things improve and I'll be there to cheer on my Cougars when they do, but as a lifelong fan, this is getting a bit frustrating.
Stop building us for a season and go win a tournament. When was the last time we won the Conference tournament at the end of the year? When was the last time we stepped up like some of these other mid-major teams and knocked off the big boys in the first round? I'll give us credit for the year we had Jimmer and then Davies ruined our title hopes. I'm ready to stop talking about "potential" as a Cougar and get some real results. Lets get it done BYU!!!
Tators Hyrum, UTMarch 21, 2014 2:58 p.m.
Things are looking good by not losing a single starter to graduation next year. In addition, BYU will be bringing in some talented transfers from Wake Forest and UNLV, both great basketball programs.
BYU definitely would've done better in the tournament had they not lost Collinsworth, one of their top starters, in the last game of the season.
Like most programs, BYU did suffer through a few inexplicable upsets. With around 35 games played, there are bound to be a few off-nights. The Utah game hurt, but the Utes proved to be very tough at home this season. However, their next game will be in Provo, which should get the results back to the norm of this past decade.
Gonzaga will be losing more players than BYU next season, which means BYU could very well be the new favorite in the WCC, a competitive conference. We recently found out an average WCC team can beat an average PAC12 team.
There is more parity between conferences than is often realized. Cases in point: Mercer just beat Duke, and North Dakota beat Oklahoma today... proving conference affiliation is often overrated.
Future is looking bright.
Uteanymous Salt Lake City, UtahMarch 21, 2014 2:30 p.m.
With all of its size and athleticism Utah couldn't beat Saint Mary's in the NIT.
And, Weber State, was more competitive versus Arizona than the Utes.
Vladhagen Salt Lake City, UTMarch 21, 2014 2:20 p.m.
I have heard that Jordan Chatman is more around 6'6" now. Can anyone confirm this? I think that Jamal Aytes will also be a really good addition. Let's hope that Chase can add some strength from the arc.
4blade2007 Provo, UtahMarch 21, 2014 2:15 p.m.
For all the Seniors coming back next year, still confident in one, Haws. Carlino is too inconsistent and the BYU big men need to go to summer camp and learn how to set screens, move with out the ball and set their guy-up - WOW!!!!! basic skills, how did they even make the team. When BYU learns to pound the ball inside and make shots then the outside shots will be open
patriot Cedar Hills, UTMarch 21, 2014 2:08 p.m.
the Y isn't big enough or athletic enough.


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Awarded a Pell Grant? Better double-check
(AP)—Potentially tens of thousands of students awarded a Pell Grant or other need-based federal aid for the coming school year could find it taken away because of a mistake in filling out the form.
(AP)—Potentially tens of thousands of students awarded a Pell Grant or other need-based federal aid for the coming school year could find it taken away because of a mistake in filling out the form.
A young startup specializing in Android smartphone lock screens that anticipate what "app" a user might want at any give moment said Monday it has been bought by Twitter.
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Saudi Arabia warned Sunday of "suitable measures" if providers of Internet messenger applications such as WhatsApp fail to comply with its rules, days after the industry said authorities wanted to control such traffic.
The Group of Computer Networks-DISCA of the Universitat Politècnica de València has developed a mobile phone application called DrivingStyles that characterizes our driving style. The system detects bad habits and helps ...
Japan's biggest mobile operator said Monday it will launch a translation service that lets people chat over the telephone in several different languages.
(Phys.org)—Cyber-crime is expanding to the fertile grounds of social networks and University of California, Riverside engineers are fighting it.


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Can you think of a better time than now to get a heavy navy jacket? No? thought so. In all seriousity – yes, we said seriousity – out of season pieces are always better to buy now due to cheaper prices and the like, but we wouldn't blame anyone if they liked their summer purchases a little more, ermm, summery. (Farfetch)
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Talk about the last company still standing on the stock market battlefield. Here's 2008's Gunga Din of area businesses, which kept its share value while those about it were losing much of theirs.
Only one bay area-based company with a stock price of substance (we're skipping the puny-priced stocks) finished 2008 with its share price higher at the end of the year than at the beginning.
In a stock market meltdown with the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq dropping more than a third in value in one savage year, Tampa's Sykes Enterprises squeezed out a positive stock gain in '08. It started last year at $18 a share, fell as low as $12.34 but closed on the last day of 2008 at $19.12.
Who are these guys? What magic piloted them through one of the roughest market years since the Depression?
Good leadership helped. Chuck Sykes, son of company founder John Sykes, has been CEO of the global call center/outsourcing business since 2004 (when the stock traded at less than $5 a share) after nearly 23 years at the company. Now there are maturing signs Chuck Sykes, 45, is starting to mainstream into leadership positions in the Tampa Bay business community.
Tampa Bay Partnership chief Stuart Rogel recently singled out Sykes to me in conversation as a comer in his regional economic development organization (Sykes is currently working on regional education issues). And Sykes is also the sole Hillsborough rep on the 11-member business group known as "A Baseball Community" charged with finding site options for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium.
But what let Sykes Enterprises defy the crashing stock markets of 2008? Cost-cutting corporations turned to Sykes to handle customer service calls, as both Sykes' earnings and revenues rose last year.
Another secret ingredient? Sykes found itself "in an enviable position during this credit crisis with no debt and a cash safety net of $220.1-million," said Zack's research analyst Tracey Ryniec.
By spreading itself globally, Sykes can pick the best from dozens of call center sites employing some 27,000 employees to maximize returns and keep clients happy. Outside the United States, Sykes claims 23 centers or offices in Europe, 11 in Canada, seven in Central and Latin America, five in the Philippines, two in China and one each in India and South Africa.
In this country, in addition to Tampa, Sykes boasts 12 call centers in North Dakota, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Oregon, Oklahoma, Missouri and Colorado.
Sykes says it handles more than 200-million customer contacts, including phone, e-mail, Web and chat.
If there's a wild card, it's the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS, says Sykes, is looking over several years of company finances, though nothing unusual has been reported.
Sykes Enterprises was founded in 1977 in Charlotte, N.C. John Sykes moved his young company here in 1993 — choosing us over St. Louis and Dallas for Tampa's "progressive" business climate. Sykes quickly became a prominent philanthropist. The University of Tampa John H. Sykes College of Business was named for him in 1997 after a $10-million gift, the school's largest at the time.
Now Sykes, the Second Generation, is in full swing and, so far, looking pretty bright in a very dark-lit economy.
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When some co-workers and I decided to try our hand at a lunch-time role-playing campaign, I knew that game prep was going to be critical to making it work. But not the sort of game prep I normally did; this was all about the physical game prep.
We're playing The Day After Ragnarok using the Savage Worlds rules, and thanks to Ken Hite's numerous adventure generation tables, the scenarios practically write themselves. No, the part the essential part of making this campaign work was making sure I knew where my towel was.
Dice. Initiative cards. A battle map. Miniatures. I have all of this stuff in my game room ... but we're not playing there. We're in an under-ventilated, odd-smelling basement conference room whose only virtues are privacy, a table, and a dry erase board.
My solution was to bring my game room with me ... or at least the pieces I needed. I dug out an old Batman lunchbox (which had held plastic HeroQuest miniatures during my Friday group's D&D days). I then gathered everything I'd need for the game:
- Monsters/generic NPCs minis for the adventure
- Character-specific minis for the PCs
- A set of dice, with an extra d6 for the Wild Die
- My Chessex Roman Numeral d12s, which I use as placeholders/counters
- A stack of poker chips for bennies
- Red gaming stones for wound tokens
- Dry erase markers
- My deck of over sized Savage Worlds playing cards
- Index cards
- A small spiral-bound notebook
- Short pencils
- A 3' tape measure
All of the dice, minis, chips and tokens went into ziplock bags, which in turn were packed into the lunchbox. So did the rest of the supplies, making it a dense little package, but one that has almost everything I need to run the game. The other essentials -- my Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition rule book, The Day After Ragnarok campaign guide and a small RPGA battle map -- go into my messenger bag. My game notes are either on the spiral-bound notebook or my laptop; both go in the messenger bag.
I can setup and breakdown the gaming kit in about five minutes, which is essential when you've only got 60 to play with. It's worked out well -- since I leave the kit at work, I never scramble for supplies and always arrive with everything I need. Hell, the hardest part of the game is actually remembering to bring my lunch.
There is some room for improvement. I'd like to add another set of dice to the kit to cover for players who might forget theirs and I want to write-up some index cards with PC stats on them. The battle map is a little awkward -- I have to roll it and then fold it in half to fit it in my messenger bag. I'm thinking of getting one of Paizo's Flip Maps instead, which fold down to a more convenient (and flat) 8x10 rectangle. I'd also like to upgrade the lunch box; Batman's cool, but The Empire Strikes back is so much cooler...
This article is part of the "Preparation - Everything or Nothing?" RPG Blog Carnival topic being hosted by Fame & Fortune.


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I'm interested in an easier way to control the default quality of uploaded images. So far i've been manually editing this line in GD.php:
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The problem is each time I update SS, this is overwritten. Does anyone have a more practical suggestion for this that could be saved in mysite folder or in the database?
Also - it would be really nice to have this option not only in the admin area, but to allow a radiobox to chose between imageMagick and GD (I know this is a lot more work than it sounds). For now, I'm really only interested in a practical fix for controlling this image quality outside of GD.php


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Michael agreed.
"Men need to be aware, be on the lookout for any changes, and go to your doctor, even if you think it's nothing," he said.


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How can things get any worse? Sa refused now private slt report is in(49 Posts)
It says he is the bottom 1% in his private report but the lea refusal says he is making good progress in this area! Well if your the 1% then surely there is no way to get any worse! When would they not be pleased with progress!
I got the refusal letter sat but the private report came in today. I guess there's no point in sending this to the lea as it will only count for tribunal.
This week has really brought things to a head. Ds almost killed the baby via his inability to recognise danger, he gets refused sa because the lea said the school report was very positive. I got the schools report, what it really said was ds is failing in every aspect of learning and life. It painted him very very VERY badly. Then talking to someone last night it seems he really might have asd and dyspraxia but no dx and no assessment from school. Then this report which was the worse ever.
I'm winded, I am at crisis with no help. I hope this a tipping point to a dx. I can't carry on like this. I am fighting so hard. Inside a thick concrete block. All I doing is smashing myself up, I can't get out. I can make myself heard. I really can not cope. When will someone listen?
Try not to be too disheartened, its common for LA's to refuse SA as a matter of course, im sure without even looking at the request. Lodge your appeal and they often back down before Tribunal.
It took me 4 years, 2 SA requests and 1 tribunal. Not the best example of hope, but it is achievable. Don't give up.
Awful situation 2boys, sorry you are having to go through this
I have just requested SA for Dd3 but am fully expecting to be turned down as she is working at above average NC levels.
She is so anxious at school that she is making herself ill but I dont suppose that will matter to the LA
I will appeal and fight as much as I can and will see what happens. You have to keep fighting for your Ds, I hope you can find the strength.
Good luck
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Poor you. Remember, when you are writing your appeal, etc., that progress is not the same as attainment. Bottom 1% on its own means nothing. It could be bottom 1% now, but bottom 0.1% 6 months ago, which would be stunning progress! So, you need to try and pin down how very slow the progress is - that it's not just a low starting point.
He is under developmental peadiatrics and has a appointment next month but she never talks about a dx. She did tell me three months ago he has dyspraxia but it wasn't mentioned in the report. Ot has written asking for a dx so I think we are close to getting that dx, but he has never been properly assessed. So no tests / assessments of asd / ADHD and I have alway thought it was asd. But he doesn't sit nicely there. Likes people, no verbal tics, no lining up etc but he is impulsive and has No concept of danger and can't apply his knowledge to situations. He doesn't seem to realise when others are upset. But not always
Well it's time to take out your frustration on the Paed. The Paed should either dx or send you to someone who will.
I know that the LA should not be swayed by any particular dx but TBH, it's all the dozers there understand - ah, he has ASD so we need to do x,y,z. .... etc
I am going to the gp tomorrow to change pead.
If ds gets dla is he registered disabled?
Writing my letter back to my case worker for his sa....
She only talked about his speech, ignored all other issues. I want to say 'he is registered disabled and has hyper mobility, SPd, behavioural issues and ot pead report so please explain why none of this was mentioned in your refusal' type thing
There's no such thing as 'registered disabled'.
If you need to refer to the fact that he's disabled you could write 'he has been awarded DLA in recognition of his mild/moderate/severe difficulties due to [list dxs]
However, I wouldn't refer to that at all.
I would put
Dear Fuckwit,
I am disappointed that you have decided not to undertake a statutory assessment. I have lodged my appeal against your decision with SENDIST.
Love and kisses, 2Boys
Or not even bother to talk to them at all - just lodge appeal.
I would think mentioning DLA and SA in the same sentence not a good idea.
Yes, you're right Claw, I don't think mentioning DLA is a good idea. It's irrelevant in respect of the refusal to assess.
You could enclose copy of the private SALT report and invite them to revise their decision (you'll have to give them a copy of it anyway if you do appeal to SENDIST). It might make them change their minds (give them a get out clause - ability to change decision based on new evidence),
I was toying with sending the new evidence but the
fuckers panel might just go back to the nhs and score him as a three year old which is what they did in August to get his scores up
Did they contact they professionals you named?
I would love to say
Dear thicko, I did enjoy your fictional story. However I was in fact referring to my REAL son. Did you read his nhs reports? Please again let me state my son has learning difficulties not me so please do not try to fob me off with your nonsensical ramblings. I do look forward to tribunal where I
would like to shove a lite firework up your area so you know what shit hitting the fan looks like look forward to you enlightening me more on how fantastic my son is and if you think he will do well at Eton
Hmm - I don't know claw. I can ask the ot. Salt hate my guts as I complained so much... My pead only calls me when i am on a verge of a brake down - or complaining to the head of customer care......
I am enjoying writing this letter in the hope they change their mind before tribunal ( fantasty I know ) it's rather therapeutic too. Gets my ideas sorted
I wrote first time around for SA. They did back down and agree to assess.
I am writing to you following your decision to refuse my request for a Statutory Assessment.
I am disappointed that in making that decision you failed to contact the professionals whose reports I provided with my initial request. I consider without their input you have made an uninformed decision.
Those reports identified difficulties that are not currently adequately supported and require specific support.
However, the true extent of those difficulties or the support required will not be known until a full Statutory Assessment is undertaken.
I then went on to give a few examples of 'without adequate help and support in place for x difficulty and the consequence of not receiving it.
The help and support received by ds in school continues to be aimed at academic achievement rather than in response to his social, sensory, emotional or behavioural difficulties. I think this sums up the schools inability to understand ds's complex needs.
Outside agencies have made recommendations which the school are unable to implement due to lack of resources.
As a result, school are failing to identify what the adults responsibility is in ds's care and are unable to identify what help should be given, how often help will be given, who will give the help, or how progress will be monitored or targets set.
This is not acceptable.
I am lodging an appeal with SENDIST at your refusal to assess.
I am requesting that you provide me with the following information as required under the Education (SEN) (provisions of information by LEA's) (England) regulations 2001.
• Details of help you expect local schools to provide for children at school action plus with my childs special needs?
Listed difficulties x, y, z
• Details of the criteria you use to decide when to make a Statutory Assessment of children with my child's special needs?
Yours faithfully
Mrs wellpissedoff
Claw's given you a good example of the sort of letter you need to write 2boys.
You cannot be emotional - much as you'd like to. You have to stick solely to facts. You need to remember that the Tribunal will probably see this letter so you need to keep it firm and business-like.
Thanks that's a good letter! I can see mine needs to be trimmed at bit. Better take the part out about the firework then....
I will email his pead and ot tonight and ask if they gave evidence. I guess there is no rush as i have eight weeks I just want it done so I can enjoy those brief moments where life isn't all about fighting the system :0(
Backing down before tribunal isn't fantasy at all, in fact its probably highly likely. Backing down before you lodge your appeal, is probably very unlikely.
They should have provided you with copies of the evidence they relied on to make their decision?
No I no copies of their evidence. Just the letter, how to appeal fact sheet and a mediation factsheet
Did you ask for them to contact professionals? If so, ask for a copy of the evidence they relied on to make their decision. My LA did provide copies of evidence, with the refusal to assess letter, so I knew they hadn't contacted the professionals.
In fact just knock up a 'im disappointed' letter very quickly, don't waste too much time or energy, same as lodging your appeal, just get it lodged, worry about details after.
They probably wont take too much notice until they see you have lodged an appeal. That's not to say its not worth a try.
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Chronic diarrhea does cause changes in motility of the gut and can lead to reflux andvomiting. It can also lead to bacterial overgrowth in the gut. Probiotics such as Fortiflora or Benebac can help replace appropriate bacteria.
I know that she has had stool samples checked to make sure that parasitesaren't part of her problem in the past but have any been done recently? Have any other diagnostic tests been checked?
Has she had a fecal culture to check for abnormal bacteria such as clostridia?
Is she losing weight?
It is quite possible that she has a food allergy/sensitivity or inflammatory boweldisease and that she needs a different low residue, easy to digest food or ahypoallergenic food to be able to properly digest and absorb her food and not have loose stools. I highly recommend a trial of either Hills i/d or Purina Veterinary Diets EN. No treats, table food or edible chewies while she is on her food trial. If she does well she can eat these foods for life as they are balanced. Having had 2 dogs with inflammatory bowel disease I have a personal preference for Purina Veterinary Diets EN. Dogs with food allergies can benefit from Hills z/d or Purina Veterinary Diets HA.
Dogs with inflammatory bowel disease will worsen with stressful situations. Theremay be times when she will need medications too, such as metronidazole or evensteroids if that is her problem, but I have found that a consistent, easy to digest diet is very helpful for long term control.
There are other possibilities too.
Addison's disease, which is a poorly functioning adrenal gland, can lead to chronicdiarrhea and vomiting. These dogs cannot handle stress at all because their adrenal gland doesn't produce cortisone when stressed and their electrolytes can be off too if their adrenal gland isn't controlling that normally either.We see vomiting, diarrhea and sometimes physical collapse in severely affected dogs. Testing is an ACTH response test to check adrenal gland function and checking electrolyte levels. Treatment is steroid replacement therapy and electrolyte replacement.
Pancreatic insufficiency is another possibility. These dogs have a pancreas that produces a decreased amount of digestive enzymes, and the amount produced can wax and wane in some cases, especially early in the disease process. Testing is byrunning a blood test called a TLI which checks for digestive enzymes. Treatment is replacement of digestive enzymes at each meal. An easier to digest food would be expected to create less problems with digestion and as such less diarrhea.
Kidney and liver disease can cause diarrhea too, but I because her blood tests were normal I doubt either of these would be the problem.
Because this has been a chronic problem for Omi then more diagnostics need to be done. They can be as simple as fecal checks and cultures, or they can be more invasive such as biopsies of her gastrointestinal tract to look for inflammatory bowel disease (which would be likely) or infiltrative cancers such as lymphoma (not likely at her age).
To try and settle her stomach today you can try either:1) Pepcid-ac (famotidine) at one 10mg tablet per 20 to 40 pounds of body weightevery 12 hours.OR 2) Prilosec (omeprazole) at one 10mg tablet per 20 to 40 pounds of body weightevery 24 hours.These will reduce stomach acid and should help if this is related to simple nausea and gastrointestinal irritation.I would not feed her any food for 24 hours after the acid reducers are started. This should help stop gut spasms and restore normal gut motility. Small amounts of water or ice cubes given frequently are fine as he needs fluids after all that she has lost with diarrhea. You can give her pedialyte to replace electrolytes too but Gatorade is much too high in sugar which can make her intestinal irritation worse.
Today even with the fast you can start Kao-pectate at 1ml per pound or 1 tablespoon per 15 pounds of body weight every 6 to 8 hours. This is quite safe and will coat her irritated gi tract as well as absorbing bacterial toxins. You can use it for several days until her stools look normal. You can find kao-pectate at the drug store.If she has a tense painful abdomen, continues to have diarrhea after being on kao pectate for 24 to 48 hours, becomes very lethargic, begins vomiting or runs a fever greater than 103.5F then she really must be seen by a veterinarian as soon as possible. Make sure to take a fresh stool sample with you when you go.After her food fast start a bland diet of 1/3 boiled, lean hamburger (or white skinless chicken), all fats and juices drained off mixed with 2/3 boiled, plain white rice. Feed several small meals a day. You might wish to add 1 to 2 tablespoon(s) of canned pumpkin to each meal if you are seeing mucous in her stool as fiber helps soothe an irritated colon.Once she feels better (no diarrhea for 48 hours) start mixing in what will be herregular dog food very slowly, less bland more regular with each day. It should take a week or so to convert her back.
If Omi starts vomiting and feeling poorly though it would be best that she see a veterinarian now as anything you give her orally will just come back up worsening her dehydration.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Hello Dr.Kara
Thank you for the rapid reply and very detailed. I do have a few additional questions that I hope to find the answers from you though.
Her first loose stool last night was a large bowl. After the first one, her stool became very watery-jelly like with mucous and small bowel afterwards, but no vomiting.
She is not losing weight. She jumped from 43 to 50lbs last time I weighted her. She is 7 months old female, is that a normal weight?
I fed her Hill's I/D for a very long time (she's being having diarrhea since I got her 8 weeks old) but vet told me I/D is not a long term solution since she is a growing puppy and need a lot of nutritions.
I just wondering what is the reason she start to eat less and slow thought? Some said it's because the weather, but I don't know. If she was doing good on science diet + fresh pumpkin, should I keep this diet? The reason I changed her diet was because she doesn't eat much, and puppy at her age should be eating like crazy isn't it?
I gave her some Kaopectate this morning, and I think the diarrhea have stopped. She is sleeping right now. The good new is that she just ate a little bit of her food sciences diet too. I still have a few cans of I/D. Should I switch back to I/D? or half I/D half sciences diet + pumpkin?
Last but not least, I know you have mentioned in your answer that she maybe has some inflammatory chronic bowel disease. I really want to know whether it's the disease or the food allergies cause her diarrhea or the both. What tests should I take her to run in order to find out?
Thank you for answering my questions.
Thank you for the additional questions. I'll answer them in order.
It sounds like she has a combination of what started as large bowel diarrhea (mucous) and small bowel diarrhea (watery) which happens when we have generalized bowel inflammation.
Although she isn't vomiting the fact that she isn't eating tells me that she has stomach irritation and upset as well.
It's difficult to say whether he weight is normal or not without looking at her but if she has a waist (tucked in behind her rib cage) and you can feel her ribs easily but not see them she is likely a good weight. 50 pounds sounds right for a 7 month Golden.
Your veterinarian is right in that i/d isn't ideal for growing puppies, they need more concentrated nutrition because they are growing, but if the pup is having severe diarrhea they aren't digesting and absorbing what they are taking in anyway so i/d is better at that point.
There can be several reasons that she began to eat less. One is by 7 months or so they are growing less rapidly and need less calories. Another may be that she may have become sensitive to a protein or carbohydrate in her food which led to stomach upset. If she wasn't having diarrhea and was maintaining weight on Science Diet then that may be the food for her.
At this point I would recommend i/d until her stools look normal and then gradually reintroducing Science diet and pumpkin, feeding a little less i/d and a little more Science diet at each meal. Done properly it should take a week or so to reintroduce her food. If however she is eating less, lethargic and starts losing weight and has diarrhea when on Science diet then I would switch to a different diet.
The only way to definitively diagnose inflammatory bowel disease is with biopsies of her bowel. The only way to diagnose food allergies is to get her on a hypoallergenic diet, clear symptoms and then introduce a food and look for a reaction. Both food allergies and IBD can cause diarrhea, vomiting, inflammation of the intestinal tract and weight loss. Food allergies can be a trigger that leads to IBD. By taking away triggers we can manage IBD better.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
Hello Dr Kara,
Omi is doing much better. After I gave her Kaopectate twice yesterday, her stool is back to the normal form, which is really good. I did what you said gave her I/D + old food + fresh pumpkin, and it works great.
Tho, she still doesn't eat much. She would eat a little bit and then go to sleep for a while and get up and eat some more, and just keep repeating it until all her "morning" food is gone, and then it's almost time for dinner.
She seems sleep a lot at home, but she is fine (by fine I meant she seems have good level energy) when outside. Outside is really hot tho, it's about 95 degree and inside it about 80.
I don't know if she doesn't eat has anything to do with the weather or something. But a friend also said she is in heat, I need to bring her to spayed quickly.
I do wish she can eat more and quicker, I'm worried because she is still growing.
Thank you for the update on Omi. I am glad to hear that she is getting better but I
understand your continued concern for her.
It's not uncommon for even sick dogs to get excited about being outdoors with all the exciting smells and sights, but I am glad to hear that she will play and gets energetic outside. That is certainly a positive sign. If you told me she was lethargic even outdoors I would be much more concerned.
With the higher temperatures where you are most dogs will be somewhat lethargic so that may be playing a part in her behavior too.
Is she maintaining her weight? If so then don't be too worried. Most of their rapid growth occurs in the first 6 months. Between 6 months and 2 years of age their growth rate slows down dramatically and thus so does their appetite. It is also true that heat cycles interfere with their appetite so that may be playing a part as well.
If she finishes her heat cycle, the temperatures go down and her appetite remains poor or she is losing weight then discuss using a more restrictive hypoallergenic diet (such as Hills z/d or Purina Veterinary Diets HA) with her veterinarian.
Of course intestinal biopsies would help to definitely diagnose her condition and thus help with a more comprehensive treatment plan because we would have a definitive diagnosis.
I know that you are worried but it sounds like she is feeling better. Let's give her a little more time and see how she does.


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Olympic high jump champion out of Euros
Russia's team coach says Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova will miss next month's European championships in Zurich because of an injury.
Chicherova jumped a world-leading 2.01 meters (6 feet, 7 inches) to win the Diamond League meet in Eugene, Oregon in May, but only managed 1.75 (5 feet, 9 inches) in Glasgow earlier this month.
Coach Valentin Maslakov tells the R-Sport agency that Chicherova will miss the August 12-17 European championships because "an injury is not giving her peace" and "she needs to heal."
Maslakov did not specify the nature of the injury, although Chicherova has previously said it is not a repeat of the right ankle injury that required her to undergo an operation last year.
Chicherova did not compete at last week's Russian nationals, won by world indoor champion Maria Kuchina with a jump of 1.92 (6 feet, 3 ½ inches).
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Three-D printers are coming to a desktop near you. Should designers and factories be worried?
Three-dimensional printing is pretty wacky sounding. Imagine hitting "print" on your home computer and instantly manufacturing any number of plastic, titanium, clay, or silicone objects -- a pair of earrings, say, or a new toy for your kid.
Corporations already use 3-D printers to make product prototypes before embarking on mass manufacturing. Now a handful of technology companies, including HP (hpq) and Google (goog), are looking for ways to bring 3-D printing to consumers and small businesses -- a trend that could have profound implications for manufacturing and design. Here's why: The blueprints or files for 3-D printing are digital and, as a result, can potentially be edited by anyone -- if the designer permits.<!-- more -->
Enthusiasts believe that such intense user input will lead to improved, more consumer-friendly products. A vibrant "crowdsource" community of designers already has formed around do-it-yourself 3-D printing -- echoing the make-your-own-computer scene from the late 1970s that popularized the PC.
Brooklyn-based MakerBot Industries sells $1,300 3-D printer kits, and through its Thingiverse website lets would-be Ertés and Eameses share files of their designs. Google SketchUp, a free 3-D modeling program, also gives people the ability to design objects and share blueprints.
Of course, many artists might not appreciate tweaks and revisions to their designs by total strangers. And manufacturers fret about the potential for counterfeiting and intellectual-property theft that could accompany a proliferation of 3-D printers. In the very distant future, 3-D printers might make assembly lines obsolete for some objects (big, complex items, such as automobiles and televisions, not so much), but it could also allow an entrepreneur to sell goods without incurring upfront factory costs -- he could simply send instructions to a customer's 3-D machine.
Some designers welcome the ongoing feedback that the web can offer. "It is without question a blessing: Crowdsourcing simply makes better designs," says Bathsheba Grossman, a Santa Cruz, Calif., sculptor who employs 3-D printing tools and has used audience feedback to modify her designs. "I live in Crowd World; it's been the making of me." Indeed, the noncommercial printable objects movement today is largely limited to toys and tchotchkes. Thingiverse's gallery of popular designs is a hodgepodge of robots, small appliances, and offbeat art.
Analysts predict that the 3-D printing phenomenon will soon move well beyond artists and tinkerers. Wohlers Associates, a Colorado research firm, predicts sales of 3-D equipment, materials, and services will grow from about $1.2 billion last year to $5.2 billion in 2020. HP, in partnership with Stratasys (ssys), an established maker of 3-D machines, recently started selling a desktop version for architects. "Three-D printing is already a game changer for professionals," says Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk (adsk), which makes 3-D design software. "It will become a game changer for consumers." And if the collaborative spirit of the web prevails, it may change the game for many manufacturers and designers too.
Objects of the future: A slideshow of prototypes made by Autodesk on Stratasys three-dimensional printers.
--Johnny Ryan is the author of A History of the Internet and the Digital Future.


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Pretoria - 'He stole a dead person's money," a North Gauteng High Court judge told the counsel of a man accused of first killing his eight-months' pregnant girlfriend, before twice drawing money using her bank card.
Johannes Tshepo Nkomo, 34, denied that he killed and then robbed Baleseng Onicca Motshwane, 32, in her Brakpan flat.
Her badly decomposed body was discovered on February 5 last year, three days after she was killed.
Nkomo told Judge George Webster he visited her that weekend - but left on the Sunday morning of February 2 - and when he did so she was in good health.
A few months before her death, he loaned her R6 000, he said. Before he left that Sunday, she gave him her bank card and said there was enough money for him to draw and buy whatever he wanted to. He made the first withdrawal the next day, not knowing she was dead, he said.
He was told of her death on February 6, he said, and drew more money two days after hearing about it. This was, Nkomo testified, because he had to pay for spares for his car.
He admitted he never gave her bank card back to her family after her death, as he had lost it. He also did not contact her family to pay his respects, claiming it was contrary to his culture to do so.
Nkomo claimed he phoned his girlfriend on February 5 from a payphone to her landline, but she never answered. He could not explain why he did not call her on her cellphone.
Judge Webster asked Nkomo why he, after hearing of her death, never gave her bank card back to her family. The judge said the family did not strike him as being rich and they would have needed the money for funeral arrangements.
Nkomo denied statements by the prosecution that when he left Motshwane on the morning of February 2, he knew she would not question him drawing money with her card, as she was already dead.
The State asked the court to convict Nkomo of murder and robbery, arguing that there was only circumstantial evidence, but all fingers pointed at him as being the killer.
A doctor who did the post-mortem confirmed she was already dead for a few days before her body was discovered by her worried colleagues who went to her home. One of them said that when he looked through the keyhole into her flat, he smelled "something which resembled rotten meat". She had a stab wound to her chest and a pillow and blanket covered her head.
The defence insisted Nkomo knew nothing of the murder and nobody witnessed him killing his girlfriend. But Judge Webster several times asked why he would think of drawing money for spares after his loved one had died and why he never gave her bank card back to her family after he heard she was dead, labelling it strange behaviour. Judgment will be delivered on Thursday.
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[JURIST] Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] urged China Monday to "repeal restrictions on lawyers handling collective disputes and representing protesters." In a new report [text; press release], HRW slammed rules adopted by the government-controlled All China Lawyers Association [group website, in Chinese; English backgrounder] in March, which place restrictions on lawyers representing plaintiffs in cases brought by 10 or more people. The Guiding Opinions on Lawyers Handling Mass Cases [text] require lawyers to "accept guidance" from the government. HRW said: "The new restrictions signal an end to a potentially promising era of legal reform and may even exacerbate widespread social unrest as citizens are denied meaningful legal avenues to solve disputes often caused by local officials abuses of power."
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An independent legal profession is critical to the ability of ordinary people to exercise their fundamental rightssuch as freedom of expression, association, assembly, and petitionunder Chinese law, the Chinese constitution, and international law. Constraining the ability of lawyers to litigate on their behalf is tantamount to constraining those rights. Even though many of the provisions of the Guiding Opinions are aimed at the "rights protection lawyers," in reality they fundamentally harm the entire profession by limiting its independence and legitimizing the interference of local governments in professional processes. Even less politically sensitive initiatives that have been endorsed by the government, such as public interest litigation in consumer rights and environmental protection areas, could find themselves in jeopardy under the new Guiding Opinions.AP has more.
Along with recent attacks on and the detention or arrest of prominent lawyers, and in a context where the government views the activism of lawyers as glimmerings of a legal opposition, the promulgation of the Guiding Opinions may presage even more restrictions on the activities of lawyers. The Chinese government should be aware that restricting access to legal avenues for solving disputes may deepen the sense of futility of the public in the legal system. Perversely, these restrictions may actually lead to more protests, further fuelling unrest across the country. Putting a lid on the activities of lawyers may remove a vital pressure release valve for the one-party system.
Human Rights Watch urges the ACLA and the Chinese government to repeal the Guiding Opinions and its local variants. It is not the role of lawyers to protect social and political stability. Their duty is to represent their clients in an ethical and professional manner. Instead of enacting regressive regulations, the government should enact statutes that guarantee full independence of the Chinese Bar as a preliminary step to providing effective protection to lawyers discharging their duty as required by international standards on lawyers and the judiciary.


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TEL AVIV (Jun. 24)
A public opinion poll published in Maariv Monday showed that the ultranationalist rightwing Tehiya Party would become the third largest in the Knesset if elections were held now.
According to the poll, conducted by the Modi in Ezrachi Research Institute, Tehiya would take votes from Rabbi Meir Kahane's extremist Kach Party. Kach presently has a single seat in the 120-member Knesset, won by Kahane in the 1984 elections. A poll taken last March indicated it would marshall sufficient votes for four seats were elections held then. The poll showed two seats from Kach going to Tehiya, raising its Knesset delegation from seven to nine.


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