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London, United Kingdom, 2012/06/19 - Brasserie Zedel and The Delaunay, the latest ventures from Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, opened their doors with the MICROS Restaurant Enterprise Solution supporting a multi-faceted offering (NASDAQ: MCRS) - MICROS.com. NASDAQ: MCRS
MICROS Systems, Inc., a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Rex Restaurant Associates (RexRA) selected the MICROS Restaurant Enterprise Solution (RES) for its latest two ventures to open in Central London, The Delaunay and Brasserie Zedel which is scheduled to open in June 2012.
The Delaunay, an all-day café-restaurant inspired by the grand cafés of Europe, is located on the corner of historic Drury Lane and The Aldwych. It is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week, and also serves morning and afternoon tea, with a take-out option also on offer. Brasserie Zedel is a large, bustling Parisian brasserie transported to the heart of London. Open throughout the day, offering great value with remarkably low prices, its glorious, historic Art Deco interiors also play host to a Bar Américain and The Crazy Coqs, a live music and cabaret venue. Owning company, Rex Restaurant Associates (RexRA) was established by Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, the respected restaurateurs behind The Wolseley and previous owners of Le Caprice, J Sheekey and The Ivy.
MICROS was selected as the technology partner to support the new ventures. The MICROS RES solution, together with the latest MICROS workstations and handheld terminals, allows staff in both restaurants to provide smooth, high quality service to customers even at the busiest times of day. They are also taking advantage of MICROSs integrated Chip & PIN capabilities, which provide fast, secure payment processing as well as powerful reporting capability within mymicros.net to help monitor performance.
Commented Alex Pitchford, Project Manager at RexRA,Having MICROS as our technology partner provides us that extra level of confidence that every customer, whether enjoying a leisurely afternoon tea or grabbing some lunch, will experience exceptional quality of service.
We are very pleased to be working with Rex Restaurant Associates, said Matthew Parker, Director of Sales at MICROS-Fidelio UK. The team at RexRA has an impressive track record of hugely successful restaurants and we are extremely proud to have been selected for its latest ventures.
About Rex Restaurant Associates
Rex Restaurant Associates was set up by Chris Corbin and Jeremy King in 2003, when they introduced the highly popular all-day dining European Grand Café concept to London with The Wolseley restaurant on Piccadilly, achieving one of the highest turnovers of any individual restaurant in the UK. In December 2011, The Delaunay, a Grand Café with a mittel-European slant, opened on the corner of Aldwych and Drury Lane to high critical acclaim. It has been the most successful of Corbin and Kings openings to date in terms of revenue. Brasserie Zedel is due to open at the end of June 2012, just off Piccadilly Circus, and Colbert will open on Sloane Square in early autumn 2012. In 2006 they opened St Alban on Regent Street, selling the lease in 2009. That same year, they were involved in the opening of New Yorks Monkey Bar. Prior to launching Rex Restaurant Associates, Corbin and King owned and managed some of Londons most famous restaurants, including Le Caprice (1981), The Ivy (1990) and J Sheekey 1997), under the umbrella of Caprice Holdings, which they sold in 1998, staying on as directors until 2002.
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MICROS Systems, Inc. (micros.com) provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 330,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 180 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 26,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point-of-sale, loss prevention, and cross-channel functionality through its MICROS-Retail division for more than 100,000 retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.
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|November 19, 2013, 11:31 AM
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If regular handgun ammo was simply not available and I had to opt for something like this, I would go the route of the Winchester PDX1 ammo.
My in-laws keep this in a S&W Governor in their bedroom for home defense. My personal experience shooting it at the range, the disks easily hold close enough together that nothing will miss a body-sized target when aiming at center mass.
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|November 19, 2013, 11:32 AM
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Sorry, but some of the claims are just bogus wishful thinking. The fragments are designed to revector to do maximum damage without over penetrating? What if they just revector out of the body?
This stuff makes extreme shock look good.
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|November 19, 2013, 11:57 AM
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I'm all for collecting odd ball rounds for the sake of collecting, but this product is just silly in its concept and purpose.
Tests on actual flesh and gel will probably give enough evidence to that this product fails to meet HD/SD requirements. Sure, it'll punch through a paper at 7 yds...but so will a rock if you throw it hard enough.
|November 19, 2013, 12:21 PM
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If you want wide shot dispersion so you can be fairly certain of a hit (leaving aside the idea of it being an effective hit, for now), why not just shoot a Judge?
I've seen strung shot, tailed shot, buck & ball, and a number of other things, some of them actually make a limited amount of sense, in a shotgun. They are more than a little foolish, and less effective, out of a handgun round.
I'm a longtime fan of the .410/.45 Colt combination barrel in a Contender, or other suitable handgun. The .410 shell is a very useful and potent small game shot, under certain conditions. Varmint/predator control being the most useful.
Any gun is useful for selfdefense, even the .410, and the right ammo allows it to be the most effective possible, but not every combination is as useful and effective as every other.
Shotguns, (and here we're looking at 20ga and up..) have a reputation for being very effective for self defense. But too many people only focus on the "multiple hits" aspect as what makes them so effective, and completely discount, or do not consciously take into account, the fact that what makes the shotgun so effective isn't the multiple hits, its is the mass of the projectiles that gets the job done.
Many discount the use of birdshot for defense, and, compared to larger projectiles, they have a point, small shot doesn't penetrate much, and is unlikely to be a good "stopper", from the point of view of being able to reach vital organs deep in the body.
Taking a standard pistol round, where the weight(mass) of the projectile is reduced by using multiple shot, and fastening them together, is only going to decrease the available penetration capability of the round in question.
Horrific surface wounds can stop a fight, and often do. But they cannot be counted on to physically stop an attack. From a self defense standpoint, anything that stops the attack, including anything that makes the attacker change their mind and break off is a success.
I'm not saying the "chain shot" won't work, a face full of birdshot has a pretty high "discourage" factor at across the room range, too. But, again, the birdshot is "bigger" mass when it hits than any common pistol round, too.
I do have to wonder about how trauma surgeons would view the use of "chain shot". OR the prosecutor....
All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.
|November 19, 2013, 07:34 PM
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reinvented civil war era Buck n Ball
|November 19, 2013, 07:42 PM
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makes the man with a revolver loaded with 22 shorts feel like god.
|November 23, 2013, 02:38 PM
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They just posted a follow up video today showcasing the 12 gauge. In this video, they do actually show a bit of penetration testing on plywood with somewhat decent results. They also mention that "another big youtube channel" that does a lot of ballistics testing will be testing it soon with ballistics gel. I'm going to assume he means TNOutdoors9. His opinion I would actually be interested in hearing.
|November 23, 2013, 02:46 PM
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I think the big difference between the stuff and Civil War era buck and ball is that buck and ball actually worked. We know that to be a fact from the historical record. This stuff? Who knows.
Another big difference is that buck and ball would have been relatively cheap, while this stuff is frighteningly expensive.
The biggest drawback to buck and ball is its limited range compared to a rifled musket.
But, as the Irish Brigade proved at the Sunken Road at Antietam, if they could get into effective range, buck and ball was absolutely devastating.
In fact, buck and ball features prominently on the monument to the 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg. http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/NJ/12NJ.php
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|November 23, 2013, 03:59 PM
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I'm not going to buy it, but I think it's an interesting idea.
Anyone know what they're made of?
If it's heavy enough, and if it's moving fast enough sdo that it gets decent penetration, it might actually be useful.
If the cable actually stays attached, it could potentially be a pretty devastating round against soft tissue.
But that's a whole lot of "ifs".
I'll definitely keep an eye out for gel tests.
It might not be nearly as useful as a new JHP design, but - whether it surprises with success, or amuses with dismal failure - it should certainly be more fun to watch than yet another picture of ~14" of penetration, and ~1.5x expansion.
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|November 26, 2013, 04:25 PM
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Tim from the MilitaryArms Channel and TheBangSwitch just posted a write up on this ammo.
It can be read here:
|November 27, 2013, 11:08 AM
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I think I'll buy a box and just stash it away. You know how oddball crap like this seems to go up in price as time passes and it becomes discontinued.
|November 27, 2013, 01:00 PM
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Can't speak to human targets. However, as a bird hunter having shot many hundreds of birds on shooting operations and in the wild. I can vouch for the real world FACT that multiple pellets striking a bird AT THE SAME TIME tremendously increases lethality. That's why the 16 ga. and the 28 ga. are so lethal in comparison to other gauge shotguns.
As they have the shortest "shot strings" and the pellets strike at essentially the same instant. Other gauges take a few micro seconds to put the same number of shot on target.
Somewhere around my house I have a scientific paper which "proves" that it takes at least 1/4 oz. more shot in a 12 ga. to equal a 16. ga. with the same shot. Of course liars can prove any thing. But my experience has made me a believer that there is validity to "short shot strings" kill better, faster, on birds.
A 16 gauge kills more birds "dead right there" as does the 28 ga. Little wounding, no flopping, just "bang" and the dog retrieves.
|November 27, 2013, 01:11 PM
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That seems to be more non leathal ammo. You would just **** some one off if you shot them. You would be better of with a baseball bat or just throw your gun at them. lol
|November 28, 2013, 02:12 PM
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THIS WAS NEW.....back about fifty years ago or so.
|November 30, 2013, 08:53 AM
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A quantum leap in bullet technology.
Approved by the ATF.
Incredible animated video.
The triple defense!!!!!
I don't see why all of you are so down about this, with the description above it has to work!
I am going to buy several boxes, that way if I ever get attacked by a paper target I'll be safe.
I think the next version will have the bullets designed so that as it rotates it will act like a helicopter rotor, that way it will take the lift and propel it faster be able to go twice as far.
I also heard that Ronco is looking at it for their new and improved cheese cutter.
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|January 7, 2014, 11:04 PM
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Wow, that guy is annoying! I know other's have mentioned it already, but I'm real interested in it's penetration capabilities?
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|January 8, 2014, 03:08 AM
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I must be getting old. This is nonsense to me. Not to mention the video is horrible.
|January 8, 2014, 10:26 AM
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Semi-lethal? What?
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|January 8, 2014, 02:05 PM
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What a joke. I'm sure plenty of people will buy the product because plenty of people have more money than brains.
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|January 8, 2014, 03:59 PM
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Different types of multi-ball ammo show up occasionally. Remington had a multi-ball 45acp round for bank guards ,They stopped production in about 1918.
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|January 8, 2014, 04:33 PM
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If the cables stay attached you wouldn't need a ton of penetration. It would be more of a "slashing" round than a "stabbing" one.
I still really want to see a gel test.
Sadly, I'm guessing they haven't posted one because they're unimpressive.
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|January 8, 2014, 09:19 PM
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Others have said it:
Three 40 gr. fluttering pieces of metal alloy held together by a piece of string. The pieces strike side on. Likely it would hurt some but there would be a lack of penetration. Penetration is important.
Would you trust this against a fellow in heavy winter clothing?
In the video they maintain that there is no danger of penetrating through a person.
Would you trust this to take a deer at 20 yards? Or 10?
Might work on a rabbit or raccoon.
Weapons Education is an odd fellow. I think it was at the 2012 or 2013 Shot Show that Les Baer (maybe Ed Brown) would not grant him an unscheduled on camera interview for his on line show. Weapons Education threatened tried to force Brown to give him an interview by threatening to denounce him to the "millions" of internet gun people who watched his show.
This is nothing like chain shot. That was fired from a cannon.
This is handgun velocities.
|January 8, 2014, 10:36 PM
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LOL . . . I've actually enjoyed reading all of these posts more than I did watching the idiotic video . . . you guys all sound like a bunch of old farts sitting around the village coffee table . . . "humph . . a horseless carriage! It will never catch on!"
You have to admit . . . it's an interesting concept . . . BUT . . . it's not a cure all solution for someone who either doesn't or won't take the time to practice and then practice some more. Realistically, nobody knows how they will react if put in to a situation where they have to defer themselves. As I watched this video, I was thinking about the other day when I was sitting in the grocery store coffee area waiting while my wife shopped. I say this rather large and overweight young fellow come in (no offense to anyone) and what ran through my mind was a scenario with a perp that size and IF you could put someone down that size if you needed to as they were shooting at you. Looking at this round, I really question the "put down power" - they don't show penetration shots but I really have to doubt it.
I worked ambulance, fire and rescue and I've seen more than my share of gunshot victims. If it is one thing that I learned, it's about shot placement and never say "just what" will or will not put a person down and keep 'em there. Every situation is different just as the people involved. I guess I'd rather put my confidence in a proven round and hope that I can keep my wits about me enough to hit central mass than I would in a "flying saucer". That's why I shoot as often as I can on a continuing basis to keep in practice and even though I'm 61, I continue to take training and learn as much as I can when the opportunity presents itself.
As far as a "non lethal round" . . or whatever they referred to it as . . . that is contrary to everything I have been taught over the years. I was shot at many years ago and I can still remember the extreme fear, confusion and what seemed like slowing of time - but which was actually only a few seconds. I wasn't armed. I don't know how I would react if placed in that type of situation again . . but if I am in fear of my life or that of my family . . enough to draw a weapon and defend myself if someone is going to shoot me . . . I have always been taught that you shoot to put them down and don't stop until they are . . because they are trying to do the same to you.
This "new round" to me is just a bunch of "hype" - there is no short cut for practice and training . . . however, I suppose it may have possibilities for pheasant hunting up close?
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|January 8, 2014, 10:48 PM
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You don't have to go back to buck-and-ball for that kind of thing. There was 7,62mm NATO M198 duplex load, which had two 84 grain bullets in the case; the rear one had an angled base so it would fly off at an angle. The idea was to disperse the fire from machineguns. (FWIW, the bipod was moved from the foreend to the barrel on the BAR for the same reason; the BAR would put all its bullets in an enemy's third coat button at 100 yards if there was nothing to spread the blessings around.)
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|January 9, 2014, 12:36 AM
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Remington made 357Mag police ammo with two 000buckshot loaded on top of each other.
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Baudoux, Suzanne J., St. Charles, MI, Formerly of Grand Marais, Michigan
Went home to the Lord on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, at Cartwright Care Center at the age of 81 years. Sue was born September 24, 1931, in Saginaw to the late Julius and Mabel (Eddy) Schmidt. She married Leo Baudoux on August 6, 1955, and he predeceased her July 25, 2009. She was a former member of Second Presbyterian, Grand Marais United Methodist Church, and a member of St. Lukes Ev. Lutheran Church. She enjoyed being a wife, mother and grandmother, cooking, quilting, sewing, and her Shelties. She is survived by her children, Laura (Ken) Piwowarski, Jean (Dr. Justin) Dey, Mary (Steven Proctor) Yoos, Bill (Lois) Baudoux, and Ed (Tammy) Baudoux; 13 grandchildren; her sisters, Beverly Bledsoe and Rachel (Zan) Hilton; and many nieces, nephews, and friends in Grand Marais. She was predeceased by a baby brother and a brother-in-law, Murray Bledsoe. Funeral services will take place on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Lukes Ev. Lutheran Church, 5501 Gratiot. Rev. Mark Lindloff will officiate with burial to follow in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit with the family at church from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Lukes, Grand Marais United Methodist Church, or to Second Presbyterian. www.casefuneralhome.com


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Missouri announces program to train veterinarians for large-animal work
St. Joseph, Mo. — -- A pilot program to train veterinarians and veterinary technicians to fill the expected gap in the large-animal workforce has received a $500,000 grant, a thumbs-up from Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, and a joint effort by the Missouri Department of Agriculture and USDA Rural Development.
Nixon announced the program at Missouri Western State University as a way to combat the estimated shortage of large-animal veterinarians and veterinary technicians nationwide. The program may include the establishment of a national food-animal veterinary institute in the multi-state Kansas City Animal Health Corridor of veterinary colleges, agricultural interests, and private animal health companies.
The grant will go toward a business plan and pilot program for the anticipated institute.


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Only a slight chance for showers exists today and that is only until 10 a.m.www.erh.noaa.gov/cle/
The day's high is forecast to be around 72 degrees with an overnight low of 56 degrees.
Winds will be moderate at 9 to 13 mph and from the south.
For Thursday, sunny skies will rule with a high of around 74 degrees and moderate winds of 9 to 14 mph. By nightfall an increasing chance for rain showers will begin and which will increase into Friday along with cooler day-time temperatures and stronger winds.
Lake Erie will remain calm enough over the next 24 hours to allow many recreational boaters an opportunity to fish for yellow perch. Winds will begin to increase over the lake Thursday night and will build to at least four feet. Lake Erie's water temperature off Fairport Harbor inched up by one degree to 64 degrees.www.wunderground.com/MAR/LE/149.html
Following an expected cool and potentially wet weekend a return to more mild weather is in short. However, that forecast is also expected to be short-lived as the seasonal move to cooler and wetter weather marches on, says AccuWeather.www.accuweather.com/
AccuWeather is also projecting that the lower Great Lakes region will experience a near average winter in terms of snowfall, including the lake-effect areas of Northeast Ohio.www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/winter-forecast-snow-northeast-nyc/80787
Today's average high temperature is 67 degrees while the average low temperature is 49 degrees. This date's record high temperature is the 89 degrees that was set in 1953 while the record low is the 29 degrees that was set in 1975. Today is the first date in which the record low temperature has slipped below the freezing mark.www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/index.php
Though Tropical Nadine continues to churn in the mid-Atlantic the storm is slowly losing strength as it moves north-northeast. Nadine will likely fall below tropical cyclone status late Thursday or Friday. The large tropical depression mentioned Tuesday is gaining strength and is located about 1,000 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands. It has a 90-percent chance of becoming a named tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours.www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Sports weather:
* Cleveland Indians verses Chicago, 7:05 p.m., Progressive Field, Cleveland (Last game of the season) - Partly sunny skies with a game-start temperature of around 67 degrees and a felt temperature of about 62 degrees, south-southwest winds of 7 mph, moderate to high humidity levels.
* High School Football (general), Friday, 7 p.m. - Showers likely with a game-start temperature in the mid- to upper 50s and a felt temperature in the low 50s, west winds of around 12 mph, very high humidity levels.
* Lake Erie College at Notre Dame College, South Euclid, 7 p.m., Saturday - A game-start temperature in the low to mid-40s, mostly cloudy skies, high humidity levels.
* Ohio State verses Nebraska, Ohio State Stadium, Columbus, 8 p.m. - A game-start temperature in the mid-40s with mostly cloudy skies, west-northwest winds of around 6 mph, high humidity levels.
* Cleveland Browns are away this Sunday.
* Leaf color forecast - General leaf color change is now running in excess of 50 percent in some locations. Buckeye trees and many vine plants are turning while various maple varieties are changing early because of stress from this year's drought and are undergoing the process to conserve resources.www.ohiodnr.com/home_page/NewsReleases/tabid/18276/EntryId/3012/Fall-Color-Beginning-to-Appear-Acro


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- A prospective therapeutic comparison of simple suture repairs to massive cuff stitch repairs for treatment of small- and medium-sized rotator cuff tearsSang Hun Ko
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea
Arthroscopy 25:583-9, 589.e1-4. 2009..The purpose of this study was to compare the massive cuff stitch (MCS) with the simple stitch in terms of integrity at 2 years after surgery when used to repair small-sized to medium-sized full-thickness rotator cuff tears...
- Arthroscopic single-row supraspinatus tendon repair with a modified mattress locking stitch: a prospective, randomized controlled comparison with a simple stitchSang Hun Ko
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ulsan, and College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, South Korea
Arthroscopy 24:1005-12. 2008..Our purpose was to compare the clinical results and failure rates of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair by use of a modified mattress locking stitch (MMLS) repair versus a simple stitch repair...
- The Influence of Arthroscopic Remplissage for Engaging Hill-Sachs Lesions Combined with Bankart Repair on Redislocation and Shoulder Function Compared with Bankart Repair AloneSang Hun Ko
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
Clin Orthop Surg 8:428-436. 2016..Our hypothesis is that remplissage is more effective to prevent recurrence of glenohumeral instability without a severe motion deficit...
- Ultrasonography- or electrophysiology-guided suprascapular nerve block in arthroscopic acromioplasty: a prospective, double-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled study of efficacySang Hun Ko
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
Arthroscopy 29:794-801. 2013..To evaluate the efficacy of ultrasonography-guided (UG) and electrophysiology-guided (EG) suprascapular nerve block (SNB) for arthroscopic acromioplasty with regard to pain relief...
- Post-traumatic Lumbar Epidural Hematoma with Neurology: Report of 1 CaseJae Ryong Cha
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
Asian Spine J 5:130-2. 2011..Post-traumatic lumbar spinal epidural hematoma with abnormal neurologic findings is an uncommon condition that may present belatedly after trauma with significant neurologic compromise...


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NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has accused the prime minister of playing the race card over 457 visas, sparking a parliamentary row which led to the state's opposition leader being ejected from the house.
Julia Gillard used a mini-election campaign in western Sydney last week to raise the issue of employers misusing temporary foreign worker visas.
She announced a clampdown on the 457 program to address abuses and ensure Australians get first preference for jobs.
In question time on Wednesday, Mr O'Farrell said it was clear a federal election campaign was under way.
"And once again Julia Gillard has sought to play the race card in that election and to do so, in all places, multi-cultural western Sydney," he told the lower house.
"In attacking 457 visas she attacks legal immigration at a time she can't control or stop illegal immigration ... she took the low road and played the race card."
Mr O'Farrell also accused Ms Gillard of using a speech in western Sydney in 2010 to blame immigrants for traffic congestion.
"The prime minister has become an expert at dog whistles," he said.
His remarks prompted outrage from the other side of the house, which accused Mr O'Farrell of being "highly offensive".
Opposition Leader John Robertson said the Liberal Party had "an appalling record".
"If you want to talk about racism, we'll start talking about boats ... talking about Tampa, talking about children overboard.
"You are a disgrace."
Mr Robertson's outburst led to Parliamentary Speaker Shelley Hancock ejecting him from the house for the remainder of question time.
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American Theatre Wing Honors the Redgrave Family Tonight, 9/24
The American Theatre Wing previously announced that its annual Gala, to be held tonight, September 24 at 6:30 PM at The Plaza Hotel (Fifth Avenue at Central Park South), will honor the Redgrave family's six generations of outstanding work and invaluable contributions to the theatrical community. Vanessa Redgrave, along with other family members, will be in attendance to share in the celebration.
This year's Gala will also pay tribute to Theodore S. Chapin, Executive Director of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, for his exceptional service as Chair of the American Theatre Wing.
All proceeds from the evening will benefit the education and outreach programs of the American Theatre Wing, which include SpringboardNYC, the Theatre Intern Group, the National Theatre Company Grants and the Jonathan Larson Grants, and will also support free access for students, aspiring professionals, and the general public to programming on AmericanTheatreWing.org, including "Working in the Theatre," "Downstage Center," and "In the Wings."
The evening includes cocktails, dinner and performances. For more information, or to purchase tickets or a table, please contact Nicole Mitzel (212) 765-0606, ext. 302.
The Redgrave family has been on the forefront of the creative arts for more than a century. Six generations of Redgraves and their spouses have included such celebrated artists as actors Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Corin Redgrave, Natasha Richardson, Liam Neeson, Franco Nero, Joely Richardson, Jemma Redgrave, director Carlo Nero, and photographer Annabel Clark. Collectively, their talents have garnered an astonishing twelve Tony® Award nominations (including two wins) and ten Academy Award nominations (including one win).


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Peggy's Cove loop
Eight hours is a few too many, that's my day today: Day 1 in Halifax — the ultimate cure for jet lag — a 65 mile loop fully loaded.
Days here are long; I was shocked when I finally reached my hotel — I didn't believe it at first — all that time on the bike. Half of it in a fierce headwind, the second half blissfully with the wind at my back. I'll mention the winds to my local friends, but I can hear them now, "That's nothing…"
I only planned to do about 30 miles. Why not spend the night in picturesque Peggy's Cove? But when I got there at 3:30pm I knew I had to keep going because I had great weather; wind, yes, but it could rain in the morning and I have an 11am car trip to Moncton, NB arranged. The great weather compelled me to keep going. And I'm glad I did.
Once I made up my mind to press on, it was as if the bike gods answered my prayers — headwinds turned into tailwinds and I was flying north along lovely St. Margaret's Bay.
Just like last September's Erie Canal ride, I felt great pressure to keep going. Any thoughts of a leisurely pedal out to the coast and an overnight stay, well it seems kinda ridiculous. There are always too many miles to cover.
One favorite moment: there are so many times each day when I think I'll pull over and take a drink and rest my bones. One time was very important — I'd just made it off the peninsula and back to Route 3, maybe 25 miles from Halifax. I was beat, but I knew I had the route nailed. I see a driveway ahead on the right; I think I'll pull in and take a drink, relax. It turns out it's a EMT station, and I assume they're sitting in there thinking I'm coming in to report a heart attack. But as I chill for a moment and look around, I see two bicyclists across the street, they're in the woods, off-road on the rails-to-trails path I'd read about. Gotta try it, because I'm tired of all the hours riding the fog line. Then I spot it, only 100 ft away, an access path onto the trail. In a minute I'm on this sublime trail and I'll ride it all the way to Halifax as I enjoy peace and quiet and relief from the close shaves of rush hour traffic.
It's a ritual that started with my Erie Canal companion Kent: a martini before dinner because nothing else salves the pain as quickly. Getting up out of the chair after dinner is a raucous affair with lots of groans and a limp as I take the first few steps back to the hotel.
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Going down Hill on a Bicycle
by Henry Charles Beeching, 1859–1919.
(as slightly amended for my friend, Frank Peters)
WITH lifted feet, hands still,
Frank is poised, and down the hill
Dart, with heedful mind;
The air goes by in a wind.
Swifter and yet more swift, 5
Till the heart with a mighty lift
Makes the lungs laugh, the throat cry:—
'O bird, see; see, bird, Frank flies.
'Is this, is this your joy?
O bird, then Frank, though a boy 10
For a golden moment share
Your feathery life in air!'
Say, heart, is there aught like this
In a world that is full of bliss?
'Tis more than skating, bound 15
Steel-shod to the level ground.
Speed slackens now, Frank floats
Awhile in his airy boat;
Till, when the wheels scarce crawl,
His feet to the treadles fall. 20
Alas, that the longest hill
Must end in a vale; but still,
Who climbs with toil, wheresoe'er,
Shall find wings waiting there.


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1883 – Science & Art Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin
A premiated design from the competition to design a Museum for the Royal Dublin Society on Kildare St.
A premiated design from the competition to design a Museum for the Royal Dublin Society on Kildare St.
Quaint little early 18th century building facing towards the Chateau Frontenac, also with Chateau-esque detailing in the corner turret and steep rooflines.
Built in 1992, the "Éperon" building, designed by architect Dan S. Hanganu, is reminiscent of the Victorian structure that formerly stood on this spot,
Perspective View & Floor Plans published in The Building News, February 17th 1888.
The Lake of the Woods Museum houses a collection of over 15,000 articles, which reflect the area's unique history and character.
Imposing house close to the Cathedral which has been converted to house the Musée de Beaux-Arts. Formerly the Bishop's Palace for the neighbouring cathedral.
Old granary building converted into a local museum. A new annex has been constructed (1998) to act as entrance-way and reception for the building,
The Custom House was designed by Italian architect Daviso de Arcort better known as Davis Ducart.
The original facade of what was to become the Victoria and Albert Museum. Now part of the quadrangle behind Aston Webb's new building completed in 1909.


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text: US & CanadaCanada concerned about 'homegrown' fighters Involvement of two Canadians in Algeria gas-plant attack sparks debate over actions of fellow citizens. 17 Apr 2013 03:57 GMT | US & Canada, Algeria, Canada Police in Canada are investigating the involvement of two young men in an attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria. The men, who died when Algerian troops counter-attacked, were part of an al-Qaeda-linked group that held dozens of hostages at the facility in January. The incident has led to a debate on what the country calls "homegrown fighters." Al Jazeera's Daniel Lak reports from London, Ontario.Source: Al Jazeera


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Faculty Members at Idaho State U. Vote No Confidence in Provost
Nearly 70 percent of Idaho State University faculty members who participated in an advisory vote last week expressed no confidence in their provost, Gary A. Olson, the Idaho State Journal reported. The vote has no binding effect. Mr. Olson, who has been at Idaho State for less than a year, has led efforts to develop a sweeping reorganization plan that is intended to save up to $1-million. But some faculty critics say the plan would create excessive administrative oversight, while others doubt the savings it would generate. Mr. Olson, a regular contributor of advice columns to The Chronicle, could not be reached for comment in the Idaho State Journal's article.Return to Top


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Wishing She Were Somehow Here Again
OK, here's what all the Sarah Brightman talk is about
The former Mrs. Andrew Lloyd Webber is going to be a guest on one of our 100 channels here at XM Satellite Radio. She will be in the building at the same time as my daily live show. I thought it would be nice if she could take a few moments to pop into the studio and let her musical theater fans know how she's doing, what she's up to and where her career has taken her post-ALW.
I wrote to the fella who will be interviewing her on the other channel and he forwarded my request to her handlers. We got this response
I'm sorry to say I don't think this is going to work out. And while Broadway Bill probably has an amazing show we are going in a direction that is breaking away from Broadway, for that reason only we will have to pass on Broadway station.
Hmm. Breaking Away From Broadway. Are her memories of the marriage THAT horrible???? Well. Despite the condescending tone of the reply (and yes, my show IS amazing!), I decided to write to the individual myself.
I was just wondering if I might ask you to reconsider. I understand (Sarah) is moving into a totally new direction, but the fact is we have thousands of listeners to our Broadway channel who will always remember her fondly as "The Angel of Music" -- and they would LOVE to hear about her new exploits! We continue to play her music on a daily basis and would love to have 10 to 15 minutes of her time on our daily live show to chat with her if possible.
Well, I sat eagerly by my inbox waiting for a reply. I got one in about 10 minutes.
Hi Bill.
Thank you so much for your note. Unfortunately this matter is out of my hands, the decision to pass came directly from Sarah's record label. I fully understand that Sarah has a diverse group of fans, and in no way would we want to alienate them. In fact, it's because of these lovely people that she is a Global Diva. But, I'm sorry to say that we will not be able to do the show.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
So I wrote back
Well, that is a shame. Seems somewhat short-sighted and quite difficult to understand since oft-times folks who say they'll never do Broadway again end up treading the boards at a later date, but if it's a final decision then so be it.
I know (the other channel) will do a wonderful interview and perhaps he might even share segments with me at a later date. I will direct my listeners to the interview on his channel, and will share your explanation when they wonder why she wasn't able to spend a few minutes on my show.
Best wishes.
By the way, Sarah's new album "Harem" is out. I'm told that most of the cuts are pretty good, except for the ones that sound all disco-like. They say she sounds like Kate Bush. I guess she's a Global Diva too!
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The new chairman of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission was at the State Capitol Wednesday to talk about the Metrodome with members of the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee.
Ted Mondale told lawmakers he does not yet know when the collapsed roof will be repaired.
As for a possible new Vikings stadium, Mondale reiterated Gov. Mark Dayton's support for a stadium. After the hearing, Mondale told reporters Dayton wants state lawmakers to decide soon whether to pursue a stadium plan or drop the idea.
"It's a non-election year. This is the year that we need to get it done," Mondale said. "He doesn't want 'til after the budget debate and have it come up as the last thing like last session. He wants to see the Legislature move something quickly. If they can't move a bill, if it's impossible, he doesn't want to spend the time on it."
Mondale said he hoped lawmakers would be able to come up with a plan in within the next two months.


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Although deVere v Opinion Corp has received little attention beyond some US law journals in the days immediately after that ruling, it was considered a key case by some in the ongoing war between websites like PissedConsumer, and the thousands of companies that are finding their reputations coming under increasing attack by the anonymous postings of individuals on such sites.
As noted yesterday in Part One of this special report, the case in question – initially brought by deVere in July 2011 against New York-based Opinion Corp, which does business online as PissedConsumer.com – highlights the difficulties and expense that even very large companies like deVere can incur when they attempt to silence such online criticism.
Among the reasons District Judge Frederick Block cited for his decision in the deVere/Opinion Corp case was that there was "no likelihood that a consumer visiting PissedConsumer.com would mistakenly believe that deVere sponsored or approved the contents of that website".
As a result, he found that deVere failed in its attempt to prove that Opinion Corp's use of deVere's name violated a key section of the Lanham Act, the main US law that protects businesses against trademark infringement and false advertising.
"The term 'pissed' in the website name is clearly negative, as is the commentary on the website about deVere's services," District Judge Federal Block noted, in explaining why consumers would be unlikely to be confused into thinking the website was a deVere entity.
Other judges in similar cases in recent months and years have come to much the same conclusion, in the US at least, where freedom of speech concerns routinely trump allegations of trademark and copyright infringement and dilution.
This doesn't stop companies that feel their reputation is being unfairly maligned from turning to the courts, however, at least initially.
'In the lawsuit business'
The result, says a lawyer who regularly represents gripe sites in court, is – as he says he often explains to his clients – "that they [the companies behind the sites] are essentially in the lawsuit business, or are partners with me in the lawsuit business, because they are essentially in the business of being sued, or being threatened with being sued".
One of the oldest and still-running gripe sites, RoyalDutchShellplc.com, is still active, in spite of the oil giant's efforts to silence it, dating back years. Published reports have noted that although the creators of RoyalDutchShellplc.com are based in the UK, the site is incorporated in the US because it is thought to be less vulnerable to being closed down there.
Some other sites that continue to use the names of companies they exist to pursue, in spite of efforts to silence them, include GoldmanSachs666.com, ihateDell.net, and www.mcspotlight.org.
'Future is not in sending out lawyers'
Ronald D Coleman, a lawyer who was part of the team that represented the website in question and a blogger on the subject of internet copyright and trademark issues, said the deVere case was the latest in a series of legal rulings that have shown that "in the US at least, the future is not in sending out lawyers at $600 an hour to chase [website companies] around".
Instead, companies that are targets of consumer complaints are finding that the way forward is to "engage with them in the forum that the consumers choose – for example, on the websites that post the consumers' comments", Coleman, who is a partner in the New York law firm Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP, added.
Meanwhile, Coleman noted that although the deVere v Opinion Corp case may be viewed as potentially precedent-setting in the US, it is of little relevance to courts elsewhere, as it "was based on several peculiarities of US law".
Do consumers benefit?
As most executives whose companies have been criticised by anonymous commentators on gripe sites will tell you, such postings invariably do harm to their business and reputation.
Less obvious, though, is whether consumers ultimately benefit.
Some say that because larger, better-known advisory firms are more likely to be targeted by gripe sites, consumers may be scared away from companies that actually might be able to provide a better service, with greater resources and protection, than some smaller, unknown "cowboy" operators that may not have existed long enough to have developed a gripe site presence.
Those who think gripe sites have the potential, at least, to be a force for good typically point to the case of ipaidabribe.com, an Indian consumer action website that is said to have begun to change India's tenaciously bribe-greased culture for the better.
Ipaidabribe.com was launched in 2010 by two Bangalore residents who had spent time in the US and UK, and who reportedly were dismayed to rediscover how widespread the use of bribes was back home in India, as compared with other countries.
In June, a similar website, Korupedia.com, was launched in Indonesia, receiving two million hits in its first week, according to a story on the Voice of America's website, which noted that corruption scandals are currently commonplace in Indonesia.
Andrew Drummond, a British investigative journalist who is based in Thailand and who occasionally blogs from there about dodgy offshore financial services businesses – mainly, he says, because he believes it is important that people are warned off of such enterprises – thinks consumers probably do benefit on some level from the existence of gripe sites.
"But I'm in two minds about them," he added.
"What I don't agree with is anonymous complaints. If PissedConsumer.com said people had to identify themselves, and to give their real names and cite specific examples, it would make their postings into formal complaints that would have some value.
"Instead, if you look at some of these internet forums, it's absolutely disgusting what some people are saying, and the way they behave.
"That said, in the old days, certainly in the UK, fly-by-night [businesses] would get exposed by newspapers, which would have consumer columns and investigative journalists and so on, but these have all gone by the board now; newspapers don't want to spend the money, they just want to re-write the net, and they are constrained by advertising considerations. Some big organisations invest a lot in lawyers who trawl looking the internet looking for potential libels.
"Yet people are being ripped off, on a global scale at the moment, and it seems there's not much that anyone can do about that."
The future: end of anonymity?
Drummond is among a number of observers of the gripe site/online commentary phenomenon who believe that if online criticism is to maintain any credibility, the anonymity of those posting comments must eventually give way to some form of accountability.
"Probably one of these websites of the PissedConsumer.com type will ultimately survive, and establish itself as 'the' place to go to post a complaint, and it will probably be the survivor because it is just a bit more careful than the others about the way it does things, rather than simply posting every wild allegation that people write," Drummond said.
"And if it actually is a bit more selective, with an editor in charge who has a bit of knowledge about the business, it could end up actually providing people with a real service."


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See the latest issue and full details about IJEEE (including how to submit a paper via our online system.)
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The International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education (IJEEE) was founded in Manchester in 1948 as the Bulletin of Electrical Engineering Education, and has appeared in its current format since 1963. Previously published by Manchester University Press, IJEEE is now published online and in print by SAGE as a 96-page, peer-reviewed quarterly. IJEEE is edited at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering by
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On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote: > Hi, > > This patch adds a connection toolbar to the frmStatus window. It allows one to > change the connection used byt the various reports. It is mostly important for > the locks report because it's the only way to get the name of locked > relations. > > One thing that bugs me is the log report. It needs to keep the connection to > the maintenance database because it's the only database where we require to > have the adminpack functions. Should we keep two connections (one on the > maintenance database and the one selected in the combobox)? or should we allow > the change of connection for the locks report only? I think we should use the maintenance DB as much as possible, and just use the user-selectable connection where needed. BTW - it looks like the patch as-is doesn't prevent the user from selecting an entirely different server. If the user does that (which doesn't seem entirely unreasonable), we need to switch the maintenance DB to the new server too. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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Treasury Nixes Trillion-Dollar Coin Idea
The Treasury Department announced that it would not mint a trillion-dollar platinum coin and that the Federal Reserve would not accept it anyway.
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The Treasury Department will not mint a trillion-dollar platinum coin to get around the debt ceiling. If they did, the Federal Reserve would not accept it.
That's the bottom line of the statement that Anthony Coley, a spokesman for the Treasury Department, gave me today. "Neither the Treasury Department nor the Federal Reserve believes that the law can or should be used to facilitate the production of platinum coins for the purpose of avoiding an increase in the debt limit," he said.
The inclusion of the Federal Reserve is significant. For the platinum coin idea to work, the Federal Reserve would have to treat it as a legal way for the Treasury Department to create currency. If they don't believe it's legal and would not credit the Treasury Department's deposit, the platinum coin would be worthless.
This doesn't mean that all cockamamie ideas about how to short-circuit congressional authorization for raising the debt limit are to be abandoned. But the coin option appeared to have the most support -- and now that it's dead, we can move on to the real showdown.
The administration's position is that raising the debt limit is Congress's responsibility until the day that Congress votes to make it the White House's responsibility, which is a resolution the Obama administration would happily accept. Until then, White House officials say, they will not negotiate over the debt ceiling, and if congressional Republicans attempt to use it as leverage, then the consequences will be theirs to bear.
In other words, a gigantic game of chicken is now about to be played out with the enemy of economic growth -- monumental uncertainty -- as a sweetener. I don't know which side is right about the effects of default. Neither does anyone else, and anyone who says they have the answer should be immediately suspected of rank partisanship. Since it's never happened before, all we can do is guess at the consequences.
What makes Obama's position especially egregious is that he is abandoning his own responsibilities in favor of a cheap political ploy -- cast blame for any untoward consequences of default on his political opponents. He calculates that the voters will side with him in his fight with congressional Republicans -- despite his refusal to deal with the budget deficit.
So if Obama won't negotiate and congressional Republicans won't raise the debt ceiling without the president helping to address our massive, unsustainable deficits, we seem to be headed for default. It may save the republic. It may destroy the Republican Party. For good, for bad, for worst, unless one side or the other gives in, we will experience in real life the old curse of unknown provenance:
"May you live in interesting times."


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Although Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez couldn't be more different in terms of style and ring temperament, they share a monumental achievement -- a victory over onetime pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. But even their biggest win provides a stark contrast, for Bradley's was a hotly disputed split decision while Marquez's couldn't have been more definitive: A one-punch KO that left the Filipino icon unconscious on his face.
Because neither man is afraid of a challenge their paths have brought them here, against each other. Can Marquez, a slight 6-5 favorite, continue to amaze at age 40 or will he be swallowed up by Bradley's "Desert Storm?" Statistical factors that may determine the outcome include:
Marquez's Hidden Concerns: One major truth about sensational single-shot knockouts is that they overshadow everything that preceded it, and in Marquez's case it obscured the fact he was being badly beaten statistically. The final numbers last December revealed that not only had Pacquiao out-landed Marquez 94-52 overall, 26-11 in jabs and 68-41 in power shots, he had scored his own knockdown of Marquez in round five and was the far more accurate puncher (37%-21% overall, 24%-11% jabs and 46%-27% power).
Pacquiao's 46% accuracy on his power shots is a particularly troubling sign for a fighter who, in his prime, was a defensively-oriented ring scientist. That said, his supporters can say that his troubles on defense may be due more to Pacquiao's greatness than any erosion on Marquez's part, for while Pacquiao also landed 43% of his power shots in their third fight, Sergiy Fedchenko (24%), Likar Ramos (0%), Michael Katsidis (32%) and Juan Diaz in their rematch (30%) didn't enjoy the same success. After what his younger brother Rafael recently experienced against Efrain Esquivias, one must keep a close eye on the 40-year-old future Hall of Famer's defensive numbers against the still-undefeated Bradley, who is 10 years Marquez's junior.
While Marquez's defensive performances can be debated, his growing inaccuracy on offense may be a sign of slowing reflexes. Once known as a supreme sharp-shooter and still known as a superior counter-puncher, Marquez landed just 28% of his total punches and 35% of his power shots against Fedchenko and in blowing out Ramos in 106 seconds he connected on 27% overall and 31% of his power shots. In his two most recent fights with Pacquiao, Marquez landed 32% overall and 39% power, then 21% and 27%. The average welterweight lands 32.1% overall and 38.7% power. Is Marquez's triggering mechanism slowing to the point that he can no longer consistently catch younger men? That question may well be answered against Bradley.
But if anyone can cope with high-level competition, it is Marquez. It can be argued that no fighter on earth has faced a tougher slate of opponents than "Dinamita" over the past 11 years, one that includes 10 titlists and opponents whose combined records were 818-76-17, or a .898 winning percentage. Since meeting Robbie Peden in March 2002, Marquez has gone 18-4-1 but one can argue that the record should be 22-1, for only Floyd Mayweather had comprehensively beaten him. Will Bradley?
A Stormy Time: On the surface, Bradley's numbers against Provodnikov are excellent. Averaging 83.3 punches per round (well above the 58.2 welterweight average), Bradley prevailed 347-218 in total connects, 129-32 in landed jabs and 218-186 in connected power punches, was the more precise fighter (35%-32% overall, 26%-20% jabs, 43%-36% power) and his jab was particularly effective as his 40.8 jabs and 10.8 connects per round were far more than the division averages of 24.5 and 5.6.
The optics, however, were bad. In an effort to quiet the critics who labeled him a "boring" fighter, Bradley went toe-to-toe with the Russian windmill and paid a heavy physical price. Not only did he survive a hellacious beating in the first two rounds, one in which he suffered an unofficial knockdown, he also was officially decked in the fight's final 15 seconds and admitted to suffering a concussion whose symptoms persisted for several weeks.
Bradley's fortitude against Provodnikov shouldn't be surprising given his courageous showing against Pacquiao in which he fought with a fractured left foot since round two and a injured right ankle since round five. Bradley might have won the Pacquiao fight based on sheer activity as he out-threw Pacquiao 839-751 overall and 493-390 in power shots. But Pacquiao out-landed Bradley 253-159 overall, 63-51 jabs and 190-108 power and was more accurate (34%-19% total, 24%-11% jabs, 39%-28% power).
When Bradley is at his best, he throws a torrent of punches that far out-strip his opponents. During his no-contest with Nate Campbell Bradley averaged 90.7 punches per round while Campbell threw 55.7. In stopping Joel Casamayor Bradley out-threw "Cepillo" 480-290 and out-landed him 192-41 (total) and 177-33 (power). The pattern held against Edner Cherry (790-514 thrown, 265-149 total and 185-103 power), Kendall Holt (744-415 thrown, 245-145 total and 179-91 power) and fellow volume-puncher Lamont Peterson (1,063-765 thrown, 360-237 total and 275-202 power).
But if an opponent manages to slow Bradley's attack, Bradley struggles. Luis Abregu's quirky style limited Bradley to 44.2 per round but his 43% power accuracy enabled him to win the decision. Against left-hander Devon Alexander -- who nobody looks good against -- Bradley threw 41.9 per round, landed 35% of his power shots and was out-landed 129-128 overall. Marquez's experience and savvy could well have that effect on Bradley as well.
Prediction: If Bradley is to win, volume is the key. If he generates it, he wins. If he lets Marquez's science and experience intimidate him into inaction like Mayweather and Hopkins do with their opponents, he won't. Marquez remains a skillful and wily fighter but his defensive skills are not what they used to be, nor is his triggering mechanism. If he chooses to push the pace, Bradley's volume, grit and youth will be enough to win a 12 round decision.


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David Cameron has pledged to help Belgium tackle "bigotry across Europe" after a gunman killed four people in a shooting spree at the Brussels Jewish Museum.
The Prime Minister wrote to his counterpart, Elio Di Rupo, to express the UK's shock and send condolences as a manhunt continued for the "well-prepared and well-armed" lone suspect.
Officials said the killings, which came on the eve of national and European elections, bore all the hallmarks of an anti-Semitic attack.
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Jewish sites in the country have been put under increased protection following the shootings, for which no-one has yet claimed responsibility.
"I was appalled to hear of the shootings at the Jewish Museum yesterday," Mr Cameron wrote. "We join you in condemning this dreadful attack and will work with you to confront such bigotry across Europe.
"Our thoughts are with the families of the victims."
An Israeli tourist couple, a French national and a Belgian museum volunteer were the victims.
Foreign Secretary William Hague also expressed shock and sadness in a letter to his Belgian counterpart, Didier Reynders.
"Tragic events like these only strengthen our resolve to work to eliminate such shocking, extremist behaviour," he said.


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HAYWARD — A Fremont man was convicted Friday of first-degree murder for the brutal stabbing death of a popular Newark high school football player nearly three years ago, a prosecutor said Friday afternoon.
Daniel Howard, 31, of Fremont, was convicted of killing 17-year-old Justice Afoa in December 2010, said Prosecutor Eamon O'Connor.
Prosecutors last December also charged Daniela Guzman, 19, and her stepbrother, Rafael Tovar, 32, both of Newark, with Afoa's murder, as well as conspiracy to commit murder and committing a crime to benefit a gang. They are awaiting trial.
A fourth person, Anthony Bernal, 23, was arrested in December on suspicion of assaulting Afoa and a friend at an October 2010 house party; prosecutors said that the murder of Afoa was retaliation for that fight, which also involved Tovar. Bernal is scheduled to appear for arraignment next week.
Prosecutors said on Dec. 15, 2010, Tovar and Howard hid behind a wall on Cedar Boulevard at Birch Street, about a quarter-mile from Newark Memorial High School, waited for Afoa to walk by, then jumped out and confronted him. Afoa ran, but Tovar caught up and stabbed him five times with a kitchen knife. Howard also reportedly stabbed Afoa at least five times with an unidentified weapon.
Afoa's close friend and Newark football teammate, Osana Futi, was himself stabbed to death in April 2012, about 16 months after Afoa was killed. On Friday, a judge sentenced a 19-year-old alleged Fremont gang member, Abraham Hade, to 16 years to life in prison for that crime, three months after Hade was convicted of second-degree murder.
Howard was already in custody on charges he tried to hang his pregnant girlfriend, Alma Rosalez, from a tree at a Fremont home in the 41500 block of Beatrice Street on Nov. 25, 2012.
The two cases were combined. For the attack on Rosalez, Howard was convicted of attempted murder, premeditated attempted murder of a fetus, kidnapping and criminal terrorist threats, O'Connor said. His sentencing is scheduled for June 27 at the Hayward Hall of Justice.
Reach Kristin J. Bender at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter.com/kjbender.


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Booksellers attending Wednesday's Children's Book and Author Breakfast at 8 a.m. will break bread with a quartet of authors hailing from as far away as England and as close by as Manhattan. Sharing the stage with master of ceremonies Sarah, duchess of York, are fellow London resident Cory Doctorow, Boston's Mitali Perkins, and New Yorker Richard Peck.
Attending BEA for the first time, Sarah, duchess of York, looks forward to talking to booksellers about her new series from Sterling, Helping Hand Books, debuting in August with four titles. She explains that her goal in writing the series, which addresses such common childhood challenges as starting school and dealing with bullies, is "to help children, by means of little stories, overcome their fears and gain the confidence to talk about them, encouraging them to respond positively to new experiences presented to them."
Illustrated by Ian Cunliffe, each of the books concludes with 10 "helpful hints" written by Dr. Richard Woolfson, a child psychologist who worked with the author on the series. Emphasizing the importance of communication, the duchess remarks, "I hope that both parents and children will be encouraged to talk about the issues raised in the series. Readers should take away the notion that problems can be resolved, particularly when we talk them through and help children feel secure and confident."
Ferguson says she is anxious to meet booksellers, publishers, and other authors during the convention. "This will be a terrific opportunity for me to discuss with booksellers how the Helping Hand series might be received, and to find out the current trends in children's books," she says..
Cory Doctorow arrives at BEA fresh off a seven-city tour for For the Win, released this month by Tor Teen. This is his second YA novel, after the New York Times bestseller Little Brother, an adventure that addressed government security and privacy in post–September 11 times. Doctorow's new book also deals with a pressing contemporary issue—the volatility of the global economy—and introduces an international cast that includes Third World workers who collect virtual treasure from online gaming to sell for real money to rich First World gamers, labor union leaders, and financial analysts.
Doctorow says that, like Little Brother, his latest novel "is an adventure story that uses action and storytelling to expose serious technical and social subjects. One of my ideas was to use the metaphor of game playing to explain how quantitative economics works and how it can go disastrously wrong. I'm also hoping to help kids understand behavioral economics, social justice, free markets, labor politics, and other subjects of note in the post–economiccollapse world."
Co-editor of tech blog Boing Boing and author of numerous novels for adults, Doctorow has warmed to his relatively new role of YA author. "If anything, I find it more exciting," he observes. "You can deal with things that adults take for granted and may think are humdrum, but for young adults these subjects can be fraught with peril—things like telling your first lie of consequence. It's an enormous moral moment, kind of a loss of virginity. When I write for young people, I feel as though the books more or less write themselves, which makes them all the fresher."
Asked what he expects to talk about at the breakfast, Doctorow answers with characteristic candor. "I'm not sure yet. BEA takes place after my book tour, and a tour really sharpens my thoughts about a book, since it gets rubbed up against so many rough surfaces in the form of the readers I meet. By the time I finish a tour, I'm thinking and talking about different things than when I started the tour."
As she has in several earlier novels, Mitali Perkins sets her latest fiction, Bamboo People, in another culture. Due from Charlesbridge in July, the novel centers on two boys living on the Thai-Burmese border. Unlikely friends, the two have very different lives: one is a bookish teen who is forced to join the Burmese army and is injured on a mission; the other is a Karenni refugee whose family's home and bamboo fields have been destroyed by Burmese soldiers.
Perkins's inspiration for the novel came from several sources. Before her birth, her family was forced to leave their native Bangladesh during the partition and lost their home and jute farm. Perkins, who was born in India and raised in the U.S., lived in Thailand as an adult for three years and visited refugee camps there. "I met many destitute yet incredibly resilient people," she says. "What is happening now in Burma is really a forgotten genocide. It's not in the news, but the Burmese government is among the most repressive on the planet, systematically trying to eliminate ethnic groups. While I was there, I had my eye on the kids at the camps and saw how much they have in common with teens all over the world. That was part of what inspired me to write this novel."
Another part was her own twin teenage sons, whom she watches making choices every day—even as they play video games. "Life is all about making choices, and I find that fascinating," she notes. "Even the smallest choices can lead to different paths in life, which is something I explore in Bamboo People."
A first-time attendee at BEA, Perkins notes that being asked to speak at the breakfast "is a huge honor—in fact, it's breathtaking to me." She confesses to being a bit nervous at the prospect of taking the podium, but has a coping strategy lined up. "I will tell myself that the reason I'm there is because of the book I wrote, and I will keep the Karenni people in my mind," she says. "I'll also think about my father, because he is a great speaker. I plan to talk a bit about books as windows and mirrors. I will speak from my heart."
Author of more than 30 novels— among them a Newbery winner and a Newbery Honor book—Richard Peck has written what he calls "my first novel set in the 21st century." An October release from Dial, Three Quarters Dead tells the story of Kerry, a younger teen who is taken in by seniors who belong to the coolest clique in school. After three of those girls die in a car acci-dent, Kerry receives a text message from one of them, asking her to come meet them.
The idea for the novel came from newspaper headlines and from a sad truth Peck has encountered on school visits. "So often when I visit schools and libraries, I find communities mourning the death of a teen who died as a result of texting while driving," he explains. "We're losing teens through texting two ways: texting from the back of the classroom and from behind the wheel of a speeding car. This is a perfect example of how real life is too extreme for fiction—that's why I had to dress up this story with the supernatural."
Peck says that an underlying theme of Three Quarters Dead is "one of the old-time themes of my novels that predates texting: the immense power of the peer group." That power is stronger than ever today, he observes, given teens' around-the-clock texting and computer use. "Blogs and chat rooms glow hot into the night long after parents are fast asleep," he says. "Many teens have never been alone and it's difficult for them to discover who they are and how they can move on independently. Kerry never questioned why the popular older girls took her in, and now she's facing very scary questions: why are they reaching back from the grave and what use do they have for her now?"
The author, who has attended only one previous BEA, notes that he is "very pleased" to have the chance to speak at the breakfast. "I am always delighted to meet booksellers, and this is a wonderful opportunity to introduce a new book that is such a departure for me."


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When local historian Bruce Coons was invited to a home in Pacific Beach Sunday to look at an old cannon before owners sent it to recycling, he hardly expected he'd soon be announcing "a find of historic proportions!"
While initially not overly impressed with the stubby 300-pound yard artifact, something about it triggered his photographic memory. Engraving on the cast iron cannon said, "1776 — San Diego — 1876." A little digging through historic files confirmed that this was the cannon cast by the San Diego Foundry to celebrate our nation's first centennial anniversary at Horton Plaza.
"The timing of this historic find just two days before the 4th of July is truly astounding," said Coons, who heads San Diego's Save Our Heritage Organisation.
When it was cast, San Diego had only 900 homes, but its 2,500 residents had big celebration plans that were recalled in a 1974 Journal of San Diego History article that quoted the July 6, 1876 San Diego Union:
"At five o'clock the Silver Cornet Band announced the dawn of the Centennial Fourth by a medley of national airs from the cupola of the Horton House, while the sharp-voiced little gun which City Father Begole has recently had made, boomed away briskly with a national salute. Everybody was soon stirring and for the next two hours there was a carnival of noise—cannon, small arms and every description of fire cracker and Chinese bomb."
The "city father" referred to was William Augustus Begole, a tinsmith and active Masonic lodge leader. There are additional historic references to the cannon's voice being heard at other significant occasions. One was voter approval of a new state constitution in 1879. It was still visible on its wagon mount on the western side of Horton Plaza in a 1942 Horton Plaza picture, but disappeared after the plaza underwent a postwar renovation in 1945.
No one knows where it went or how it got in the Pacific Beach yard of Leonard Earl Zink, who worked for the California highway department and recently died. His daughter, Barbara Rowland, said he loved to collect memorabilia.
Even SOHO had second thoughts about accepting the weighty donation because the cannon wasn't aesthetically charming. In fact, it was so short and plain that Coons remarked, "I think I have seen this ugly mug before… It clicked all at once for me, this may just be the Horton Plaza cannon."
He calls it a great find because "there are so few significant artifacts from the 1870s San Diego. We had no idea what we were digging up."
What's in the cannon's future? "We want to restore it (and recreate its carriage mount)," said Coons. "We hope it plays a part in future celebrations all over town."