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- HI Sarah,
In a message dated 10/1/04 12:22:22 AM, burke43@... writes:
<< Before I found out my cat had heart disease, I feed him Natural
Choice Weight Management food. >>
Typically, "weight management" products contain high amts of carbohydrate
sources and insoluble fiber. They are modeled on diet *theory* for humans (who
are omnivores) and dogs (who are facultative carnivores)...and not on the
nutritional requirements of cats (who are obligate carnivores). And as we are
finding out, these products and this theory are largely inappropriate not only for
humans and dogs, but even more so for cats. Cats have no dietary requirement
for carbohydrate for either energy or nutrients, have limited ability to process
them, and also have no dietary requirement and limited tolerance for plant
fiber. This is understandable considering that they have very little
evolutionary history, over tens of millions of yrs, of eating plants...which generally
constitute about 5% of their diet or less.
<< He has been on a high fiber diet
since he was a 10-month-old cat (veterinarian recommended) because
it was the only food that didn't make his stomach upset. >>
Food intolerance is complex, but basically it means that the body is reacting
negatively (or pathologically) to the ingredients in the product. This takes
into account such factors as how the ingredients were raised and processed and
in what proportions they are combined in the product. Negative reaction to
food can also be attributed to how the food was introduced; ie, digestive upset
is not uncommon in cats whose diet is changed abruptly, rather than introduced
very slowly.
<< After reading labels, I buy him the brands Wellness and
Wysong. >>
Good for you for reading labels!! Wellness is one of only two canned
commercial brands that is grain free; the other is Nature's Variety
(www.naturesvariety.com). Many of Wysong's canned products are meat alone, which is not a
complete and balanced diet for a cat and which therefore require supplementation.
<< he has never been fond of seafood. >>
Cats, who have evolved from desert animals, have no evolutionary history of
eating seafood. One of the consequences of this is that fish is a potential
<< I also give him 1/4 cup Royal Canin Adult 32 dry food >>
All dry foods are high in carbohydrate (ranging from about 20% to 50%
calories from carbohydrate), which is a primary contributing factor to a range of
health conditions, incl diabetes, obesity, chronic urinary/renal issues,
dental/gum disorders, "allergies," and digestive disorders. Royal Canin products
generally contain about 25-35% calories from carbohydrate.
<< mixed with a little of the high fiber dry food. I try to balance
his fiber needs >>
Cats have no dietary requirement for plant fiber and limited ability to
tolerate plant fiber; the "fiber" in most cat foods is from cellulose, which is the
"hard" structural component of plants used in making insulation, textiles,
and paper and which is insoluble. Among the consequences of a feeding a diet
high in insoluble plant fiber are hydration imbalance, digestive disturbance, and
nutrient malabsorption. Some cats may benefit from a small amt of primarily
soluble fiber in the diet.
Several excerpts:
1. From www.vetdigest.com/nip/fibre/default.htm:
"The most obvious side effect of a high fibre diet is increased faecal
output. High fibre diets also tend to be less palatable. It is important to
ensure adequate water intake in animals on high fibre diets, especially while
soluble fibre supplements, to avoid dehydration and constipation.
"High levels of dietary fibre may interfere with normal absorption of
vitamins and minerals from the diet. Zinc, calcium, iron and phosphorus are
commonly bound within the polysaccharide matrix or adsorbed to the surface of
fibre....Addition of insoluble fibre to diets may reduce nutrient
digestibility and
energy utilisation by giving less time for nutrients to be absorbed from the
GIT. However dogs appear to tolerate a diet high in insoluble fibre without
adverse affects on nutrient digestibility. Cats by comparison are thought
to be relatively inefficient in coping with dietary polysaccharides due to
fundamental differences in simple carbohydrate metabolism."
2. From "The carnivore connection to nutrition in cats" by Debra L Zoran,
DVM, PhD, DACVIM in JAVMA, Dec 1, 2002, Vol 221, No. 11:
"Researchers reported that contrary to what is observed in dogs, cats fed
diets containing soluble or insoluble fiber had altered glucose tolerance."
3. From Eliz. Hodgkins DVM at http://rocquoone.com/diet_and_health.htm:
"High fiber diets like w/d and r/d (and their analogs by other companies) DO
NOT WORK, and they do not work because they are loaded with carbohydrate that
continues to dump sugar into the blood stream.... "
<< I might try to find a higher quality dry food. >>
What you feed is entirely your choice. However, there is no such thing as a
"high-quality" dry food. The definition of "quality" in the nutritional sense
is the ability of the food to meet the nutritional requirements of the
consumer...and dry products fail to meet that standard. It may be possible to find a
dry product that is less noxious (ie, that causes less negative biological
response) than another dry product for an individual cat, but the potential
negative consequences of feeding a high-carbohydrate, nutrient-poor, low-moisture,
plant-based diet to an animal that requires a low-carbohydrate, nutrient-dense,
high-moisture, meat-based diet remain the same.
For information on the nutritional requirements of cats and particularly on
the effect of carbohydrate, some sources incl:
1. http://rocquoone.com/diet_and_health.htm
2. http://home.earthlink.net/~jacm2/id1.html
3. www.maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm
4. www.homevet.com/petcare/feedingyourcat.html
5. www.catinfo.org
6. www.speedyvet.com/nutrition
// Rosemary
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I have a consultation in a couple of weeks for Saline breast implants but I recently read an article which said that most women with implants will develop some type of rippling. Is this true? Will this happen right away? I would rather not have implants at all if there is a good chance of rippling. I am a size B now and will be going to a full B/small C. I would rather do Silicone for the feel, but am scared to. Thank you.
Breast Implant Rippling Normal?
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Wrippling is common
Unfortunately, saline implants lead to varying degrees of wrippling. Over the muscle, the number probably approaches 100 % on some part of the breast. Under the muscle which is usually a partial submuscular pocket, you will see wrippling laterally above the crease because there is almost never muscle coverage here. This wrippling is often enhanced especially if you are bending over to get something off of the floor.
Important distinction is visible vs. palpable rippling of saline implants
All saline implants have ripples in their envelopes based on the geometry of the implant, the physiology of a fluid- filled "sack" (which is really what a saline breast implant is), and gravity affecting the position of the implant on the chest wall...it's really just a matter of whether one can "see" or "feel" them.
In order to lessen that to some degree, most of us "overfill" the implant "shell" a bit to try to lessen that; however, they are usually still present but maybe to a lesser degree at certain volumes. In most cases, these ripples are not really a problem if the implants are placed in the submuscular pocket.
One of the many reasons I advocate submuscular placement of the implant is that it provides a "thicker" layer of soft tissue (breast tissue and muscle) to cover over the implant. Since the muscle only covers the top 1/2 to 2/3 of the implant "pocket", at times, there can be some palpable rippling at the bottom near the crease under the breast, but this is rarely bothersome to patients once pointed out since it's not in a really noticable place because with deep palpation (pressing your fingers into the tissue) under the breast you might feel something...but you usually don't see it. .
The kind of rippling that patients find most objectionable is visible rippling of the implant. This is more common with saline implants placed in the subglandular pocket (or over the muscle) and in those placed in very thin patients with very little breast tissue. The solution is often to change the implant to the submuscular pocket and to change from a saline implant to a silicone gel implant.
It is true that silicone gel implants cause much less rippling than saline implants, but they too can even sometimes have palpable ripples. Silicone gel implants are safe and have been FDA approved since 2006. They feel more natural and breast like than saline implants. To allay your fears about possible silicone gel implants, I would recommend you to the website www.breastimplantsafety.org which was created by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons to educate the public about breast implants.
I hope this helps
James F. Boynton, MD, FACS
Having used saline breast implants for many years, I can say this depends upon a few things:
(1) Haw much tissue you have to cover the implants - the more the better as more tissue hides the implants better.
(2) How large an implant model you choose - the larger the implant the more likely the rippling.
Rippling is just one of the signs of implants seen when the soft tissue coverage is on the small side. I have had very few problems with rippling using saline-filled implants when the patients have gone moderate on the sizing.
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Rippling risk and breast implants
There are many factors that can affect the risk of rippling. The most important are the quality and thickness of a patient's skin and tissues, the choice of implant type and size and the technique used by the surgeon. While a patient has no control over the first factor, she can certainly minimize the risk of rippling by choosing a denser cohesive silicone gel implant that is not wider than her natural breast and by having the implant placed beneath the muscle.
While the choice of implants in the U.S. is more limited, in Montreal breast implants that are the least likely to ripple are available. These are the "form stable" or tear drop shaped implants (Natrelle style 410) that have the densest silicone of all and the new Natrelle Inspira round implants, which are slightly less dense. While no implant is "ripple-proof", these latter implants are an excellent choice, especially for thinner patients.
Implant Rippling can be Insignificant
You can have a very attractive and natural result without any significant rippling:
- Silicone implants will have far less rippling than saline
- Implants placed under the muscle have less rippling
- If the width of the implant is less than the width of your natural breast, you are much less likely to have palpable ripples
Almost every woman will have some degree of palpable (not necessarily visible) rippling in the breast crease.
If you know you cannot tolerate rippling you may not be a good candidate for breast augmentation.
Learn more: http://www.drzwiebel.com/denver-breast-augmentation-breast-implants
Information on Breast Implant Rippling
Breast implant rippling is a common occurrence that can happen with either saline or silicone implants. It is more common with saline due to the inherent fluidity of saline in comparison to the cohesiveness of silicone gel.
Rippling is a result of seeing and feeling the natural folds of the implant. Thus, situations where the coverage of the implant is less, rippling becomes more apparent. For example, in women with small breasts and thin tissues, we recommend placement of the implants underneath the muscle. This helps conceal the implant to reduce the incidence of rippling.
Other ways to combat rippling include overfilling the saline implants. This decreases the ability of the shell to fold on itself by increase the volume within the implant. However, overfilling can lead to other unwanted problems such as scalloping (think of this as a ripple that is firm) and an unnatural firmness.
When rippling is a large concern, I usually recommend silicone gel implants. These are safe devices which have undergone extensive study. It is important to understand the science and research behind what the real risks of silicone implants are. You may find that your "fears" are unfounded. Regardless of which device you end up choosing, it is important to consult with a board certified plastic surgeon when discussing your options.
Learn more: http://www.drbogue.com
Most saline implants will have some ripple over time.
Most patients with very minimal breast tissue will notice ripples with a saline implant. We always recommend silicone implants for women with very small breasts or thin skin on the breast. Even if the implant is behind the muscle, ripples can develop. Make sure that your physician overfills the saline implants. You should not be afraid to have silicone implants. The complication rate is no higher than saline implants. The biggest difference is that the incision is slightly larger with a silicone implant and the current FDA recommendation is to have a MRI within 5 years of your surgery to evaluate the implants.
Rippling is common with saline implants and very rare with silicone implants
If you are getting saline implants, you should be prepared to accept some rippling. Rippling, when it happens, is usually only palpable but not visible. Many women are happy with saline implants inspite of some rippling. It can be visible, and this is distressing, specially in the cleavage area.
There are two things which can be done to minimize the risk of rippling. The implants should be overfilled and also avoid textured implants. Use smooth walled implants instead.
With silicone implants (which by the way are really safe), I use moderate plus profile or high profile implants. If you use low profile or moderate profile silicone implants, it is also possible to get rippling, because these implants are relatively underfilled.
Breast Implant Rippling
Rippling from breast implants can occur from both saline or silicone implants. It is more commonly seen in patients who have had excessive release of the pectoral muscles medially and are very thin with little to no breast tissue medially as well as laterally. It really depends on the habitus of the patient, the amount of breast tissue. Ideally, in a patient that has a moderate amount of breast tissue, saline or silicone implants are fine. One can always feel breast implants in the outer lower breast pole with both saline and silicone implants. If a patient has almost no breast tissue, I do recommend patients place implants below the muscle and to consider silicone over saline. FDA approved implants (saline and silicone) have excellent longevity, but they do need to be replaced in 10-15 years.
Most saline implant patients will have ripples if they carefully inspect their implants
Though it doesn't bother most of them enough to switch to gel, most saline patients will have palpable wrinkles and ripples along the outer side of their implants especially if they lean forward. This is true even under the muscle and more so if they are thin and have minimal breast tissue. Modest overfilling of the implants doesn't change this either.
The gels are the way to go if this would bother you. If it wouldn't, stay with the saline. Remember that from 1991 to 2007, there were tens of thousands of happy saline breast augmentations done when the gels were off the market. Extremely few of these people have switched to gel now that they are considered safe by the FDA. So you can be happy with saline, they just don't "feel"quite as natural as the gel.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Alliance News Digest
Week of 26 Novembre 2010
News related to/from the Global Health Workforce Alliance
Biomed Analysis: What about the health workers? - SciDev.Net, UK – (11/19)
Health workers must be heard in high-level health system improvement meetings, says Priya Shetty.
WHO urges all countries to strengthen health financing so more people can use services – WHO – (11/22)
In some countries the proportion of births attended by a skilled worker can be as low as 10%.
International guidelines launched to protect health workers against HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis – UNAIDS – (11/19)
Healthworkers at risk of occupational exposure to HIV and TB often lack adequate access to protection and treatment
Merlin: Inside the campaign trail – Merlin, UK – (11/18)
Merlin's campaign celebrates its two year anniversary
Ghana's Health Schools Assessed for Preservice Education Improvements - Capacity Plus – (11/11)
Preservice education programs are now enrolling the highest number of students in history
Faith-Based Organizations: Serving and Uniting the Health Sector - Capacity Plus – (November 2010)
For countries in sub-Saharan Africa, mission and faith-based health facilities provide approximately 40-70% of health care.
Studies from Uganda Highlight Factors in Retaining Health Workers - Capacity Plus – (11/24)
Report concludes that policy-makers should consider interventions to remedy Uganda's severe shortage of health workers
CapacityPlus Article on Innovative Retention Tool Published in International Hospital Federation Journal - Capacity Plus – (11/22)
The article describes CapacityPlus's work on an innovative retention survey tool that can be used to help health workers
At Last, Lagos Doctors Suspend 14-Week Strike- This Day, Nigeria – (11/21)
Doctors reached agreement with government with effect from January 2011
Chinese Specialist Doctors Arrive – The Herald, Zimbabwe – (11/20)
Visit is expected to see restoration of eyesight for at least 300 Zimbabweans.
There are enough doctors in Zambia-Simbao - Zambian Watchdog – (11/19)
Minister of Health said that there were about 150 doctors on internship and 47 doctors doing masters programme in high learning institutions across the country and abroad respectively.
Saudi Arabia lures Nigerian doctors - Africa News – (11/19)
Doctors who have been on strike might not resume at the hospitals because of better work offers from Saudi Arabia
Government to employ 1,000 doctors - New Vision, Uganda – (11/22)
The recruitment of health workers will be a continuous and consistent process every year.
Renew focus on mother-to-child HIV transmission - Daily Monitor, Uganda – (11/19)
Over 27,000 Uganda children continue to acquire HIV from their mothers, which is found unacceptable by the national paediatric conference in Kampala
Sur les 14 mille villages et hameaux du Sénégal : Plus de 75 % ne disposent d'aucune infrastructure de santé - Walf Fadjri, Senegal – (11/23)
Existe encore des populations qui parcourent plusieurs kilomètres et mettent des heures avant d'atteindre la structure sanitaire la plus proche
Employment Minister Blames Globalisation And Capitalism For Shortages Of Nurses In Ghana - Ghana Government – (11/23)
Nurses and other health professionals live their country of origin to destination countries, especially the western world
Heads must roll for absentee health workers - New Vision, Uganda – (11/22)
The country could be losing as much as sh26b through absenteeism of health workers
More Doctors Specializing in Surgery And Pediatrics – Shabait.com, Eritrea – (11/24)
They would work in tackling shortage of specialists, playing vital role in promoting development of the health sector
Retirement age of medical teachers increased to 70 - Bharat Chronicle, India – (11/19)
However, the government is yet to take a call on the proposal to increase the retirement age of medical practitioners
Govt studies flying doctors - The Jakarta Post – (11/20)
To improve health services in remote areas, the Health Ministry is considering to implement a flying doctors program.
Allow for-profit hospitals - The Dong-a Ilbo, Korea – (11/22)
China is building the world's largest medical complex with private capital, hiring doctors from Seoul.
Medical hub plan sparks new fears - Bangkok Post – (11/20)
Opponents point to the 'brain drain' of doctors to private hospitals.
Shortage of doctors hits patients - Times of India – (11/23)
Severe crisis of doctors in villages and taluks.
Australians Suffer as Access Block Resulting in Increased Deaths - Top News, New Zealand – (11/23)
The number of people dying from overcrowding was estimated to be at 1500, statistics revealed
Minister should look at any conflict of interest - The Sidney Morning Herald – (11/21)
The Health Minister should now consider requiring certain doctors to register any share-holdings in health care companies.
Health care's dilemma: Competition or collaboration? - The Washington Post – (11/23)
Health-care industry to move toward accountable care, has already reduced competition and increased market power
Are online doctors the best medicine? - USA Today – (11/20)
Skeptics worry assessments of patients sight unseen, or via video cam, could miss signs of underlying conditions..
As digitized medical records grow, so do privacy concerns - The Tennessean – (11/20)
Doctors and advocacy groups have raised concerns about the risks of exposing detailed personal health information
Deficit-Panel Chiefs Draw Resistance to Health-Spending Proposals - The Wall Street Journal – (11/22)
Deficit-reduction commission have called for broader cuts in medical spending
More N.J. doctors deliver round-the-clock care, for a price - NJ. com, New Jersey – (11/20)
More primary-care physicians nationwide practise "concierge medicine": fewer patients, better treat
Aging population amplifies health care shortages - Star Advertiser, Hawaii – (11/18)
Shortage of health care professionals have grave repercussions given the wave of Hawaii residents expected to retire in the next 10 to 20 years
Le Collège des médecins pointé du doigt - Canoë, CA – (11/24)
Les poursuites envers les radiologistes se multiplient
It's hard to get health care after-hours: Survey - Toronto Sun – (11/19)
Canadians are often forced to turn to emergency departments for care after-hours when their family doctors are unavailable, according to a new survey.
Clinics run by nurse practitioners to take heat off doctors - Winnipeg Free Press, CA – (11/17)
The centres will have extended hours, focus on minor health issues, leaving doctors to deal with more complex medical problems.
Respect and care for the older person (Editorial) - The Lancet, UK – (11/20)
Older patients who have undergone surgery are all too often left isolated, confused, cold, and in pain, says report
Doctors and climate change - The Lancet, UK – (11/18)
Health professionals everywhere have a responsibility, to put health at the heart of climate change negotiations.
Doctors warned to expect unrest over NHS reforms - The Guardian, UK – (11/19)
GPs' leader criticises Lansley's reform plans and predicts that doctors will face demonstrations by angry patients
Stronger national public health institutes for global health - The Lancet, UK – (11/20)
Strengthening public health systems and institutions could save far more lives at lower cost
NHS fares best on free access to healthcare - The Guardian, UK – (11/19)
Britain is the only country in the industrialised world where wealth does not determine access to healthcare, study finds
Health budget to be cut by €1.4bn - Irish Times – (11/24)
The health budget will be cut by €1.4 billion between now and 2014 under the national recovery plan
Student doctors face unemployment with reduction in graduate jobs - Mirror News, UK – (11/24)
Hundreds of potential doctors have been told there will not be enough jobs for them when they qualify
Médecine : des praticiens retraités plutôt qu'étrangers - Le Figaro, France – (11/23)
L'Ordre des médecins recense 5.612 médecins «retraités actifs».
Bulgaria's Doctors Come out On Fresh Protests - Novinite, Bulgaria – (11/19)
Medics are requesting a more consistent government policy in the sector.
Catalunya se encamina a una drástica falta de médicos dentro de 15 años - El Periódico de Catalunya, Spain – (11/21)
El 58% de colegiados en Barcelona en el 2009 nacieron fuera de España, y de 13.000 facultativos en ejercicio, el 38% se jubilarán entre el 2025 y el 2030
Habrá cobertura universal de salud en México - El Financiero, Mexico – (11/23)
La experiencia mexicana servirá de modelo a otros países, afirma José Ángel Córdova Villalobos.
Panamá quiere que sus jóvenes estudien y se especialicen en Cuba - La Estrella, Panamá – (11/18)
El vicepresidente de la República, en visita oficial a Cuba, expresó la posibilidad de que el Gobierno contribuya con la financiación necesaria para este propósito.
La jubilación no es un despido: Ministerio de Salud - El Ciudadano, Ecuador – (11/22)
El Ministerio está cumpliendo estrictamente lo que manda la Ley y no significa, bajo ningún concepto, un sistema de despidos.
Piden especializar a médicos panameños - La Estrella, Panamá – (11/22)
El Presidente de la República insistió en generar incentivos que permita capacitar a más doctores en áreas concretas de la medicina
Médicos huyen del peligro - Diario de Yucatán, Mexico – (11/22)
Ataques del narco los hacen viajar a Estados Unidos
Cuban MDs Decide to Stay in Chile - Havana Times – (11/20)
Cuba, like many underdeveloped nations, loses a number of professionals and athletes each year


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Obama's DOJ Has Secret Group Monitoring Immigration Control Laws Of States, Led By Man Who Ran Taxpayer-Funded Day Laborer Center, & Lied Under Oath To Cover Up Black Panthers
We live in a time where ILLEGAL immigrants' well being and rights are more important to the federal government than legal citizens and states.
The Obama Justice Department has created a secret group within the bloated civil rights division to monitor laws passed by states and local municipalities to control illegal immigration.
So instead of tracking ILLEGAL immigrants and deporting them, Obama's DOJ is using taxpayer money to monitor state's immigration laws.
Because the measures are viewed as discriminatory and anti-immigrant by the administration, the Justice Department is spending valuable taxpayer dollars to track them and legally challenge them as it did in Arizona. The mission is being carried out by an undercover "National Origin Working Group" set up by Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, a renowned illegal immigrant advocate who once ran a taxpayer-funded day laborer center in Maryland.
This week the "National Origin Working Group" will hold a special training session at the agency's Washington D.C. headquarters. Perez, who lied under oath to cover up the Black Panther voter intimidation scandal, will headline the workshop to discuss the division's "monitoring of anti-immigrant laws," according to inside information obtained by a Justice Department whistleblower. Laws prohibiting national origin discrimination will also be addressed at the powwow and so will discrimination against Muslims in the ever-so-hostile, post 9/11 era.
The most "transparent" administration in history doesn't want the public to know about this special taskforce so Americans must depend on leaked information. In this case, a special thanks to J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department lawyer who worked on the Black Panther case and denounced the "corrupt nature of the dismissal" by Obama political appointees. Adams has exposed the administration's racial double standard in which DOJ attorneys are instructed to ignore cases that involve black defendants and white victims. READ MORE
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I´ve started making my own granola bars.
I want them to be as healthy as possible.
I bake them in the oven, for storage in room temperature.
My binding mixture consists of egg, peanut butter and maple syrup.
Is it possible to make it more healthy than this? And possibly drop the peanut butter?
Peanut butter is fine, but is there some sort of tasteless alternative? No matter what I put in them now, you can´t avoid the taste of peanuts.
And is there something else you can use instead of eggs?
Remember, healthy is the keyword here. So that means no corn syrup, glycose or sugars.


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I just ordered the Mop Top sampler from Curlmart & then added the pomade (did not come w/ the sampler). Just wondering if anyone has had luck with these products. Hoping the gel has a nice hold without crunch. All are cone & alcohol free which really sold me! I also enjoyed reading the story of the creator of the product line - how she is a curlie who dealt with unruly hair all her life. It's just too bad they only sell this stuff online. At least I do not know where I can buy them here in NY.
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Fan-shot video, seen above and below, has surfaced of a Jimmy Bain tribute by the surviving members of Last in Line. They played the night after Bain died while on board Def Leppard's first Hysteria on the High Seas cruise with replacement bassist Eric Brittingham from Cinderella.
Like fellow Last in Line members Vinny Appice and Vivian Campbell, Bain was a co-founding member of Dio. So little surprise that the tribute set was dotted with Ronnie James Dio-sung favorites, including "Holy Diver," "Man on the Silver Mountain" and "Rainbow in the Dark," the latter of which Bain co-wrote.
Eddie Trunk introduced Last in Line's emotional performance, announcing to everyone that Bain had died aboard the MSC Divina. They'd earlier held a memorial for the bassist, sharing photos, videos and memories.
Trunk also confirmed the circumstances surrounding the discovery of Bain, who was 68. "Jimmy was found in his cabin on the cruise Saturday night – just a few doors down from where I was staying," Trunk shared on Twitter.
The cause of death has not yet been determined, though Bain reportedly had been suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms. Last in Line, who are rounded out by singer Andrew Freeman, are set to release Heavy Crown – their first studio album – on Feb. 19. Earlier this week, they rushed out two new songs in commemoration of their departed bandmate.
Bain was also a former member of Rainbow, where he first collaborated with Dio on 1976's Rising. Over the years, he worked with Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson and frontman Phil Lynott, as well as Gary Moore. Jeff Pilson, also a Dio alum, produced Heavy Crown.
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At their core, football clubs are about people.
And at the heart of the Western Bulldogs 2017 Indigenous Round Guernsey design are stories about past and recent histories, the lands and waters of the Boonwurrunng People, the original inhabitants of the land we now call Footscray and the power of leadership and inspiration.
But its also symbolic of the relationship between the jumpers designer, Kylie Clarke, Club legend John Schultz and Kylies late father Peter, and a phone call Kylie made to the Club in early 2015.
When Peter, a lifelong Bulldogs supporter fell ill, she reached out to the Club to see if his favourite player, the 1961 Brownlow Medallist, might be available to visit him in his final days.
Those that know Schultz wont be surprised about what happened next. Peter greeted the gentile former ruckman like they were old friends when he arrived at the family home.
Johnny Schultz!, he cried. And by the end of the afternoon, thats what they were. The two men talked for hours about all things football, Bulldogs and life.
It was a beautiful moment for Dad, Clarke told westernbulldogs.com.au, this week. "It was the greatest gift I could ever give him."
Peter passed away in April 2015, but Schultz stayed in touch with Kylie, a Gunditjmara, Wotjobaluk & Ngarrindjeri woman who works as a Program Manager for Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) in Geelong.
Shes also creative and paints in her spare time, and after last years Indigenous Round, she was inspired to come up with her own design.
I thought wait a minute, I might have a go at this, I could design an Indigenous jumper with so much heart being a Bulldog fan all my life, and sentiment in memory of Dad."
But Clarke's design is much more than a football jumper.
From the symbolism of the three Boomerangs in flight, to the dots that reference the 1954 and 2016 premierships to the Maribyrnong River and its connection to the Boonwurrung, its in many ways thousands of years in the making, but rooted in the present, inspired by the memory of her late father and her relationship with Schultz.
Ive used symbols that incorporate historical journeys and feats, leadership and guidance, as represented on the front and back, she said
[But] I was particularly inspired by John Schultzs contribution to the club.
Theres a strong sense of history and inspirational figures that shape our club and I wanted to create a jumper that also reflected that, so when the players wore the Guernsey it was something they could relate to and be empowered by.
Clarke laughs a nervous laugh when asked how she might feel when she sees the Bulldogs run out next Saturday afternoon in a jumper she designed.
You get the sense that she genuinely doesnt know what effect it will have on her on the day.
Itll be so surreal. Ill be overwhelmed, she smiled.
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With the 50 years since the Referendum, I think its wonderful that the AFL are respectful of that significant moment in history.
The Indigenous Round has evolved, then acknowledging both past and current players and today celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples and their culture across the nation."
The Western Bulldogs face St.Kilda at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, May 27.


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A Mighty Wind at Festival Hall (Friday, Feb. 21)
A mighty wind is blowing through the Festival Hall. Escape the cold to the warm confines of the Calgary Folk Music Festival's homebase for a screening of Christopher Guest's mockumentary about a folk tribute concert. Find out more about Guest and the flick in Swerve's Poseur's Guide. Tickets are $12 and you can buy them online.
B.Y.O.V. at Cafe Koi (Friday, Feb. 21)
The above, awesome video is only tangentially related to the B.Y.O.V. (Bring Your Own Vinyl) night at Cafe Koi. The song was released on vinyl, but will you actually hear it at Cafe Koi? Only if you're lucky. Sign up starts at 8 p.m. and you can book yourself a 15- to 20-minute set where you can spin your own vinyl. Find out a bit more about the event in Swerve's Cheap Date from Friday's issue.
Curtis Salgado at Engineered Air Theatre, Epcor Centre (Saturday, Feb. 22)
Salgado's claim to fame (besides being a soulful and powerful performer) is that he was the inspiration behind John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's Blues Brothers act. He was playing a gig in Eugene, Oregon, where Belushi was filming Animal House. Belushi dropped by, and Salgado wound up with a line of thanks on the Blues Brothers' album. Find out more about the veteran bluesman in Swerve's Q&A with Salgado. Tickets are $38 on the Epcor Centre's website.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail on 35mm at The Plaza Theatre (Saturday, Feb. 22)
If you haven't met your quota of irreverence after A Mighty Wind, the Fifth Reel is screening the ridiculous Monty Python and the Holy Grail with pre-show music by Outlaws of Ravenhurst. As a licensed event (18-plus), you can have your fill of the beer and mead that will be for sale in the lobby before the show. Tickets are $13 for non-members of the Fifth Reel, here.
Bryan Adams: Exposed at Glenbow Museum (Opening Sunday, Feb. 23)
I'm not sure where he got his first real camera, but given the quality of his photos at his exhibition at the Glenbow, it was probably from a nicer store than a five-and-dime. Hot on the heels of Schmancy 2014 (the Glenbow's annual gala fundraiser on Saturday night; tickets are sold out), the Glenbow showcases Adams' photos of celebrities (Lindsay Lohan), rock stars (Mick Jagger, Amy Winehouse) and British soldiers wounded in action. Quite a contrast. The museum's open noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
Bonus Series of Tweets for the Last Weekend of the Winter Games: David Malki (@malki)
better olympic narratives • the last practitioner of a dying sport • in the olympics by mistake • possibly replaced by a bear in a costume
— David Malki ! (@malki) February 13, 2014
better olympic narratives • needs pure gold from medal to save dying spouse • in curling contest for immortal soul • skis are actually feet
— David Malki ! (@malki) February 13, 2014
better olympic narratives • actually snowboarding to save community center from developers • little white lie on first date has gone too far
— David Malki ! (@malki) February 13, 2014
better olympic narratives • bionic sequined tutu has mind of its own • every 4 years we must cavort to thrill the icedemon • make-a-wish kid
— David Malki ! (@malki) February 13, 2014
Malki's an illustrator who has a great web comic related to those tweets here. —Jon Roe


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In a decision with wide-ranging implications for people who might check their email on an iPhone while stopped at a traffic light, the California Court of Appeal ruled Monday that it was a crime to use a phone at any time behind the wheel of a stationary or moving vehicle.
Three days after Christmas in 2009, a motorcycle cop in Richmond pulled up to a red light and noticed Carl Nelson, driver of the stopped car next to him, appeared to be making a cell phone call. Nelson put down the phone as soon as he saw the officer. Nelson said he was just checking his email while waiting for the light to turn green. The Golden State banned the use of handheld cell phones while driving in July 2008.
"A person shall not drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving," the law states.
A subsequent update to the statute made it also illegal to read or write an email while driving. Nelson was fined $103, and he challenged the fine by arguing that he was not "driving" when he used the phone. He added that if the prosecutors were correct, drivers stuck in dead-stop traffic for hours behind a major accident would not be allowed to make a call while the road is cleared.
"One can [use] a cell phone while stopped at a red light (because it is safe to do so) without having used it while moving the vehicle to the red light and without using it when one resumes one's voyage after the traffic light turns green," Nelson argued. "Thus, the fact that one is using a cellular phone while stationary simply cannot give rise to a reasonable inference that one was using the phone before or after the period that one was stopped at a red light."
The three-judge appellate panel was not persuaded. It argued that the word "drive" applies even when the vehicle is stopped at a traffic light, citing a number of cases interpreting search and seizure and drunk driving laws.
"Any mom or dad driving kids to school can expect to stop while parents in cars in front of them are unloading their kids," Justice James A. Richman wrote in a concurring opinion. "A shopper driving to a store near Lake Merritt in Oakland may have to stop while a gaggle of geese crosses the street. A couple going for a Sunday drive in West Marin County may have to stop for a cattle crossing. And, of course, all of us are expected to stop for red lights, stop signs, crossing trains, and funeral processions. In short, all drivers may, and sometimes must, stop. But they do so while 'driving.' Just like defendant."
The court majority went on to argue that allowing cell phone use in motionless vehicles would create a safety hazard.
"Were we to adopt defendant's interpretation, we would open the door to millions of people across our state repeatedly picking up their phones and devices to place phone calls and check voicemail (or text-based messages) every day while driving whenever they are paused momentarily in traffic, their car in gear and held still only by their foot on the brake, however short the pause in the vehicle's movement," Justice James Lambden wrote. "This could include fleeting pauses in stop-and-go traffic, at traffic lights and stop signs, as pedestrians cross, as vehicles ahead navigate around a double-parked vehicle, and many other circumstances… Drivers paused in the midst of traffic moving all around them (behind them, in adjacent lanes, in the roadway in front of them) would likely create hazards to themselves and public safety by their distracted use of their hands on their phones and devices."
A copy of the decision is available in a 220k PDF file at the source link below.
Source: California v. Nelson (Court of Appeal, State of California, 11/14/2011)
[Courtesy: Thenewspaper.com]
Tagged as California, Cell Phone, Crime & Punishment, distracted driving, Government, Hands-Free, Law, Traffic
38 Comments on "California Court Criminalizes Using Cell Phone While Stopped..."
240SX_KATNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Just change the wording of the law from ""A person shall not drive a motor vehicle…" to "A person shall not operate a motor vehicle…" No more ambiguity. I guess critical thought is no longer represented in government.
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dismalscientistNovember 17th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Natch. "Operating" could be interpreted as sitting in a parked car and fiddling with the radio. Ticketing someone for doing that, while on a cell phone, is obviously ludicrous.
"Driving" is fine, it's this Nelson fellow who is an idiot for thinking that being at the wheel at a red light does not constitute "driving."
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redavNovember 18th, 2011 at 10:08 am
Another flaw in his argument is that when sitting at a red light, he must be aware of when the light turns green so as not to be a hindrance to other vehicles around him. Therefore, his attention must remain on the road and traffic control devices even when his vehicle is not in motion.
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JimalNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:18 am
Typical spin by The Newspaper. At most this is a clarification of what is a pretty simple law (that I happen to disagree with). I agree that "operating" would remove all ambiguity from the wording of the law, to say you are not driving because the car is stationary is splitting hairs.
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steeringwithmykneesNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:27 am
so true about critical thought no longer required. And not just the government, either.
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GS650GNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:33 am
If the car isn't moving please demonstrate HTF this is dangerous? If you pull over are you still driving? According to DUI rules you still are. And of course hefty fines are part of the payoff, this being CA and all.
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psarhjinianNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:42 am
The theory is that you're not aware of what's going on around you when you start moving again, and might key into the movement of traffic and/or the light change and/or someone honking at you without paying attention to surroundings.
Anecdotally, I'd say it's valid. I know I've almost rushed into traffic in error under those circumstances (stopped at light, checking phone, saw traffic in the other lane moving, wasn't aware it was an advance-green)
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fvfvsixNovember 17th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
I've seen people do that without having a phone anywhere in sight. Sorry, but correlation is not causality.
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November 17th, 2011 at 1:59 pm
Agree completely. I would add that people are so addicted to their smart fones that they are likely not to put them down when they start driving again. I'm with California on this.
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redavNovember 18th, 2011 at 10:17 am
fvfvsix, arguing causality is irrelevant.
People can drive poorly without drinking, but law prescribes that one shall not drink and drive. In CA, the law prescribes that one shall not use a cell phone while driving–like drinking, the fact that one may be distracted without a cell phone is immaterial to the law.
Causality is an argument for whether the law is well-conceived, not about the enforcement of the law. Data does prove cell phone use and drinking harm driving, so it's unlikely the law to be struck on those grounds, either.
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GS650GNovember 17th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Sorry, I'm not buying it. Car not moving, no harm. But since I don't live there I'm not concerned about their laws.
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JellodyneNovember 17th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
The problem is that the whole argument of 'I was just doing it at a stoplight' was bs. If you're behind the wheel with the engine running and the car in gear, at a stoplight, you're operating the car. Duh, of course. Anyone who says differently is probably this guy's lawyer.
If you oppose the law, fine. But here's a guy who was breaking it, caught, and unable to weasel out of it. Not a problem, and certainly not an extension or a new wrinkle in an existing law.
Incidentally, a crappy reason to oppose the law is because you think you have the freedom to endanger other motorists slightly more than you would if you were not yaking to someone while driving. A stupid reason is the gubermint-grabbin-power-Obama-bad-activist-judges-Glen-Beck-said-so. A good reason would be the studies which show the problem with talking on the phone and driving isn't the extra mechanical difficulties of holding the handset while you drive. The real problem is the distraction cause by your conversation, which is just as bad with a hands-free device as it is with a phone held up to your ear. So basically this law doesn't address the problem and penalizes those who don't have a bluetooth system for no actual good.
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MrGreenManNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:43 am
People always say The Newspaper is biased or takes things out of context. It's hard to find what context that paragraph from the decision would have been in context and OK. If you're stopped at a red light, traffic isn't moving all around you — it's stopped in your lane and it's moving in some cross direction. It is a busybody concern what you do when your vehicle is stopped.
The same legal system is always going to find you at fault if you hit a vehicle that is not moving. If you roll off the brake while using your phone, you are no longer stationary. It seems like a simple matter of finding of fact — was the vehicle stationary? — which the revenue enforcement officer admitted per the story.
As a technical point, the brakes on certain Saturn Auras apparently do a better job at holding it still than the transmission in park…and manual transmissions rely on a brake instead of a transmission interlock to keep a vehicle in position…and often you'll shift into neutral at that stoplight… so the judge's attempt at humor "their car in gear and held still only by their foot on the brake" creates a nice window for future technical litigation. Everybody wants to be Judge Judy with the zinger in the decision.
This reminds me of one of the more interesting decisions a few years back, wherein a court found a man guilty of drunk driving because, although he was in a parked car in the parking lot, he had turned the heater on, and so the key was in the ignition, which was tantamount to "driving" for that paragon of mastery of the English language. That judge was wrong, too.
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EEGeekNovember 17th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Certainly the headline is prejudicial (don't want to say the "b" word around here, right?) As Pch101 points out, the legislature criminalized using a cell phone while driving, and the court ruled (rightly, I think) that this case is covered by the law. But the headline essentially says to me that the court did this by whim.
The real problem that The Newspaper has is with the statute, and would be more honest to put a TTAC spin on the headline. Something like "CA yack drivers screwed. Again. Still." But the headline used probably gets more clicks, and that's the name of the game, right?
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Pch101November 17th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
But the headline essentially says to me that the court did this by whim.
I've gotten to the point that I just assume that The Newspaper will get the facts wrong. An article from The Newspaper that doesn't contain some sort of factual error is unusual.
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jmoNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:54 am
I think it's a very bad idea to pass a law that will be ignored by upwards of 80% of the population. It breeds contempt for the law.
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JimalNovember 17th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Which is why I'm against this law. You cannot and will never legislate common sense.
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dismalscientistNovember 17th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
25% of South African men have admitted to committing rape ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8107039.stm ). Is that grounds for repealing laws against rape? Or maybe rape laws should be repealed just for the rapists (of whom 100% – that is, upwards of 80% – have committed rape, of course)?
The law is in place because driving while on a cellphone impairs one's driving, and raises the odds of one maiming or killing an innocent motorist or pedestrian.
The "contempt for the law" argument might make sense with say, a widely evaded tax, where there are alternative means of levying a tax, but not with an action that's inherently destructive.
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GS650GNovember 17th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Are you really equating rape with cell phone use?
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JellodyneNovember 17th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Yeah, I'm pretty sure what he was trying to say was "rape is exactly the same as making a phone call." Certainly he wasn't using an extreme example to demonstrate that just because a large number of people are going to break a law, doesn't mean the law shouldn't exist. Because that would just make too much sense.
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dismalscientistNovember 17th, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Not equating rape with cell phone use. jmo and jimal stated a principle without qualification. The application of that principle here is unsound. Contempt for the law should not always be met with a repeal of the law.
And several studies suggest that driving while on a cellphone is as threatening as driving drunk. If there were some locale where drunk driving reached as high as cellphone use during driving, should DUI laws be repealed too?
Drawing a parallel =/= Equating.
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JellodyneNovember 17th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Incidentally, driving drunk used to practically be a national pastime. Driving home from bar was considered normal behavior, and when drunk driving laws were first passed, an awful lot of people ignored them.
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Pch101November 17th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
The law is in place because driving while on a cellphone impairs one's driving, and raises the odds of one maiming or killing an innocent motorist or pedestrian.
That's a great argument, except that there isn't much to support it.
The court made the right decision with respect to this law; there wasn't another reasonable way to interpret it. But the law itself doesn't really work.
Phones have become this year's version of the 55 mph speed limit: a law championed in the name of safety, but with only dubious claims to support it. These laws aren't effective, and the relationship between conversations on phones and crash rates would suggest that it may be the opposite of what you think that it is.
Fatality rates among phone users are actually lower than they are for other drivers. The same thing cannot be said about comparisons of drunk drivers to sober ones. The comparisons between phone usage and DUI make for great headlines, but they don't hold up under scrutiny.
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JimalNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
I don't think dismalscientist is trying to equate cell phone use with rape; but I also think his analogy is flawed. I don't want to get into the nitty gritty of explaining why because it is way too easy to sound like I'm trying to justify the unjustifiable.
The better analogy for cell phone laws is Prohibition. When you criminalize something by statute that most reasonable people do not consider to be criminal those people tend to ignore the law. Add to it the selective enforcement of anti cell phone laws and the fact that police officers are constantly driving around with a phone to their ear (when I asked about this hypocrisy I was told that police officers are exempt because they have special training. I've found no evidence of "special training" of this sort.)
Here in Connecticut they've had these distracted driving laws on the books for a few years now. I still see people driving and talking on their cell phones.
Stupid laws do nothing but create a society of scofflaws.
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Pch101November 17th, 2011 at 11:56 am
the California Court of Appeal ruled Monday that it was a crime to use a phone at any time behind the wheel of a stationary or moving vehicle.
In this case, it would be the California legislature that made that decision. The court didn't make the law, it interpreted it.
he challenged the fine by arguing that he was not "driving" when he used the phone.
And that was a really lousy argument. The court would have to be hopelessly harebrained to believe that every car that is stopped at a traffic light is not being "driven" until the light turns green. His argument both defies common sense and doesn't conform with the existing statute. Why he even bothered to take this angle, I don't know.
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GS650GNovember 17th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
The court "decided" he momentarily paused his driving, then decided what the CA legislature meant. Both are opinions not legislative decisions.
Dark tinted windows would be a good idea in CA. The cop can check his look in the mirrored glass as you snap his picture for facebook and text it out.
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Pch101November 17th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
The court "decided" he momentarily paused his driving, then decided what the CA legislature meant.
You apparently didn't bother to actually read the case.
The defendant tried to argue that he wasn't driving. The lower court heard that argument, but rejected it and convicted him. The appellate ruling, which is discussed here, upheld the conviction.
The "I'm not driving when I'm stopped at a light" argument is pure nonsense. The courts rejected that argument, based upon a reasonable interpretation of the law. Per Section 305 of the California Vehicle Code:
305. A "driver" is a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. The term "driver" does not include the tillerman or other person who, in an auxiliary capacity, assists the driver in the steering or operation of any articulated firefighting apparatus.
The court in California has previously ruled that a guy asleep behind the wheel of a parked car was not driving. The defendant in this case tried to extend that argument to a person who wasn't asleep and who was operating the vehicle in traffic. His argument failed.
Given the statute above, the argument made in this case was beyond weak. It should be obvious that someone who is stopped at a light waiting for it to change is "driving" his car for the purposes of the statute.
Only an activist court with no regard for existing law could have interpreted it differently than what happened here. And I get the feeling that you're the kind of guy who normally gripes about "activist judges."
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redavNovember 18th, 2011 at 10:29 am
In an automatic that is in gear, a driver must actively depress the brake pedal to control the car such that it remains at a stop.
Therefore, the person behind the wheel is controlling the car even when it is not in motion (by preventing it from being in motion). As the court said, such activities are an inherent part of 'driving,' which is a viewpoint supported by the legal definition.
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DenverMikeNovember 17th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Mine is Velco'd to steering wheel and I'll talk, text and surf the webs while I'm driving around so california and have yet to have problem. May not be the safest or legallest (?) but keeps my eyes partly on the road. I just sent this in stop-n-go traffic. California can ki$$it!
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Dukeboy01November 17th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
It's going to be totally awesome to find out how far your airbag embeds your phone into your face if you're ever in an accident.
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DenverMikeNovember 17th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Not unless the airbag takes the cover with it. If it did, lots of accident victims would have a Chevy bowtie embossed on their forehead.
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alex159569November 17th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Your second comment is comically lame. Are you really saying that the Velcro will hold your phone to the cover even if the bag blows? The badges weigh probably 1/50th of your phone's weight, and are held in with long metal clips or "plasti-melted" on and extremely difficult to remove. There is no comparison to a Velcro-attached phone here, unless you source yours from Spiderman or something.
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DenverMikeNovember 17th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
OK, where would it go? The cover swings down on an F-550 & F-150.
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Pch101November 17th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
OK, where would it go?
A representative of the Darwin Award nominating committee will be contacting you shortly.
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daveainchinaNovember 17th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Can we get this law passed around the world? Some things just shouldn't be done at the same time.
Especially as smartphones require much more attention than a simple phone.
Anyway I'd love to see this law passed all around the USA. This to me is a safety issue and a no-brainer. Sadly people are very bad about safety regardless of where they are.
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wsnNovember 17th, 2011 at 9:21 pm
If I were the cop, when he claimed that he was not driving, I would simply fine him for illegal parking in a busy street and idling the engine.
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John HornerNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
The court got this one right. Now if only my fellow drivers here in California would bother to obey this law and the other traffic laws.
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JimalNovember 17th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
driving = operating
The rest of this is just silliness. Seriously, the act of operating a motor vehicle as designed is called "driving".
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We recently received a release about s hairdresser with a unisex name (I'll leave off the real name to protect the guilty — let's just say it's "Pat"). The release goes on to extol "his" great designs, and suggest we might want to interview "him." One of our editors replied, "If [Pat] is gay, bi or trans, we'd be happy to consider an interview." Then came the response from the publicist: "I just found out that [Pat] is a female, not a male, and not gay, bisexual or trans."
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The charger is nothing special though, it's just a typical power brick + cable.
The inclusion of a mouse, and a Bluetooth one to boot, is quite a neat idea. The cable tie is an unusual but otherwise cheap addition. Missing however is a user manual which non-power users may need, hopefully ASUS will include one with the retail package.
Looks like ASUS worked hard to make the S6Fm look good – The design is clean and gives quite a nice impression overall. The embossed leather covers the whole of the top panel save for the ASUS nameplate and the strip at the back which connects to the hinge.
The front is completely devoid of ports. ASUS has put most of the ports on the sides of the S6Fm where they are more easily accessible.
The right side houses the DVD writer and one USB port. The built-in card reader accepts Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick formats and their variants. The PCMCIA slot has been abandoned in favour of a ExpressCard slot, and this one supports both the smaller ExpressCard/34 and the larger ExpressCard/54. The Firewire port, less likely to be used, has been relegated to the rear, just next to the battery pack.
Residing on the left side are the VGA out, wireless hardware switch, and what looks like a little drawer. The wireless switch is a hardware one, meaning that the Bluetooth and Wifi might appear enabled in software but not actually work because this switch is in the off position. Below the switch is the air exhaust vent.
Presumably to preserve style, ASUS has also left out the two screw holes which are used to secure the VGA cable to the port. That shouldn't be a major problem though. At the far end, closest to the user, is the front panel audio output. The power adapter plug is on the rear right edge, next to the battery pack, on the opposite end from the Firewire port mentioned earlier.
Opening the little 'drawer' reveals the remainder of the ports – 2 USB, Ethernet and modem, and the microphone jack. ASUS has cleverly placed the two USB ports on opposite sides of the recess to prevent thicker USB devices from colliding with one another. The microphone jack, presumably less frequently used, is also placed here. The cover is kept shut by a simple magnetic lock.
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BUFFALO -- American forward Emerson Etem apologized Tuesday morning for his remarks calling Buffalo a "ghost town" and "the worst city ever" in a Tweet posted on his account on Monday afternoon.
The entry was deleted later, but not before causing a furor in the local media.
"My point to get across was not to put down a great host city like this – I know a lot of people put in time and effort to make this [tournament] possible," the 18-year-old Anaheim Ducks prospect said. "For me it's the middle of winter and people aren't out. It's really cold outside so, like I said, the point for me was not to put down Buffalo."
Etem answered questions about the Tweet from a handful of media after U.S. practice on Tuesday morning, before a team official shouted that he would only be taking "hockey questions."
In fewer than 140 characters, the winger who plays with the Western Hockey League's Medicine Hat Tigers said Buffalo made the Alberta town of 61,000 look like a "paradise" in comparison.
"It was a poorly written Tweet by me, I meant bad conditions," explained Etem, who hails from Long Beach, Calif. "I came from Medicine Hat… it was warm out and then I come here and not a lot of people are out and it's expected – it's the middle of winter."
But Etem isn't the only one to have harsh words for the Western New York city. In a blog post on hockeysverige.se Swedish journalist Uffe Bodin compared Buffalo to falling into a scene from the horror movie '28 Day Later', "minus all the zombies." The headline of the piece – a quote from a Finnish journalist – "The city is a [crap] hole" was even less flattering.
Etem said he had been to Buffalo previously – in the spring – three years ago for a national midget tournament in Amherst and said he'd enjoyed his stay. Between Monday at 5 p.m., roughly when the comments were posted and Tuesday afternoon, Etem had gained more than 250 followers. It also spurred the hash-tag, #EmersonEtemProblems, a takeoff on the popular #DanEllisProblems which was prompted by comments made by Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Dan Ellis complaining about NHLers losing money to escrow. Many followers on Twitter turned on Ellis and he eventually closed down his account citing the distraction the story was becoming to the team.
Team USA head coach Keith Allain, backed Etem, chalking the comments up to the folly of youth.
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"I love Buffalo," he said. "My wife and family have come, they've enjoyed it tremendously, they've gone to see Niagara Falls and I think we'd like to come back in the summer time."
It's unclear whether Etem would continue Tweeting, or shutdown his account, but he was definitely contrite in his words to the media gathered after U.S. practice on Tuesday.
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I have a VAX 7740 (4 cpu) running VMS V7.1 there are now two user processes that have the following condition pipe show user/full | sear sys$input psccljr PSCCLJR PSCCLJR 00001A69 NTY907: (disconnected) the proces PSCCLJR is running at about 98% cpu usage but cannot be removed from the system. the user is not logged on and this process has no open files the command show process /id=1A69 returns %SYSTEM-F-SUSPENDED, process is suspended even though the process is in state COM Can the process be removed without rebooting the VAX? Thanks in advance Tony Barker
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By Philip Kennicott
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
PHILADELPHIA -- Archaeologist Jed Levin keeps a hand-held click counter at the ready, even while answering a busy cellphone and addressing the curious crowds that have gathered at the site he is excavating. Since March, when he began digging for historical remains in a small, square pit in this city's historic district, the onlookers have come in steadily increasing numbers. On a good day, his little clicker registers some 4,000 to 5,000 visitors.
Given how little there is to see, those are impressive numbers -- and a striking lesson about how history is told in this country. The site Levin is excavating once contained a structure many consider the first real White House, the presidential mansion where George Washington and John Adams lived while Philadelphia served as the capital of the United States in the 1790s. Plans to build a memorial marker over the site have kindled a broader interest not just in the house but in the people, including slaves, who lived there.
At the same time, spontaneous public curiosity about the dig (done in preparation for building the memorial over the house's remains) has shown how poorly Philadelphia, and the nation, has been served by efforts to generate tourist interest at all costs at Independence National Historical Park, where the site is located. All around this muddy little hole, private tour buses clog the streets, new and undistinguished buildings have risen, and the latest in interactive history with all the bells and whistles has been marketed to visitors. Yet in a low pit on a street corner near the Liberty Bell, a few archaeologists are carefully excavating some very minimal foundation walls, uncovering old wells and privies and sifting dirt for shards of crockery. And they're stealing the show.
"In this house, Washington and Adams worked out what a president in a democracy would be," Levin said to a small crowd one afternoon last week. Levin is bearded and avuncular, a scruffy-clean sort of guy who embodies the mind's image of an ideal park ranger. He moves effortlessly between the two poles of curiosity that bring people to the dig: What did the presidential mansion look like, and what can it tell us about the slaves Washington kept there?
Levin points to a faint white remnant of a bay window that Washington added to the house. He draws attention to little flags that mark the foundation walls of the original structure, the one built in the 18th century, demolished and built over in the 19th, and unearthed in the 21st. And he tells the crowds about Hercules, the cook and slave who fled from Washington's possession during a move back to Mount Vernon, and Ona Judge, Martha's personal servant who escaped in 1796.
The site has become a phenomenon -- tracked with a live Web cam-- in a city where history is the basic coin of the tourist trade. It sits on National Park Service land, next to a new pavilion that houses the Liberty Bell. The entryway to that pavilion was built over the site where Washington ordered an addition to the house -- to create quarters for his slaves and servants.
Scholar Edward Lawler Jr., who has diligently traced the history of the house, called that "an extraordinary juxtaposition," in a major paper devoted to the design and history of the mansion published in 2002. It was a fact so pregnant with perverse historical resonance that shortly after Lawler's paper was published, local African American leaders suggested that some kind of memorial to the house's unwilling inhabitants be built.
"As you enter the heaven of liberty you literally have to cross the hell of slavery," says Michael Coard, founding member of the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition, a group formed to lobby for proper treatment of the historical and memorialization issues in what he calls the "first White House."
"That was for the National Park Service a public relations nightmare," says Coard.
"We actually appreciate the fact that people spoke up," says Jane Cowley, a public affairs officer at Independence National Historical Park.
Coard says it took about 2 1/2 years of speaking up, plus a management change at the park, before his group made headway. A contest to design the President's House memorial, which would include substantial recognition of the slaves kept there, was held. An overly literal and not very inspiring design was chosen: It looks a bit like half-finished framing of the original house, using brick and an outline of the old windows on a small corner plot. With a design chosen, the preliminary architectural dig began.
And then, among other things, they discovered "the tunnel." Levin, the archaeologist, points out a muddy patch to the crowd, but it requires imagination to see it. Most likely it was a passageway used by servants and slaves to move about without being seen. This wasn't just a matter of hiding slaves and servants from view, but also part of standard practice in the 18th-century operation of a household.
"One side of it is simply practical," says Levin. "It's not that different from service hallways in a modern hotel or resort."
But tunnels have a fascination that transcends their pragmatic explanations. For historians and archaeologists, the discovery of the tunnel was an interesting new bit of knowledge about the house, and a reminder that Washington kept slaves while he lived there in the 1790s. For others, it seemed to suggest that a man whose name is synonymous with probity was trying to deceive both his neighbors and history about his deep involvement with the peculiar institution of slavery.
"People jumped to the conclusion that Washington was hiding slaves," says Levin. "But he couldn't." He couldn't because they cooked his meals, cleaned his stables, tended his carriage and managed just about every mundane detail of life. But he wasn't advertising their extended presence in Philadelphia either. Pennsylvania had a law that required slaves to be freed after six months of residence. So Washington was forced to shuttle his slaves back and forth between Philadelphia and Mount Vernon to evade the residency clause -- which he hoped in vain could be done without his slaves realizing the reason.
"I wish to have it accomplished under pretext that may deceive both them and the Public," he wrote to his secretary, an act that author and Washington biographer Henry Wiencek called "perhaps the only documented incident of George Washington's telling a lie." Perhaps even more disturbing than Washington's lie was his very vigorous pursuit of slaves who escaped his service. When Ona Judge, a slave who tended primarily to Martha Washington, carefully planned and successfully executed an escape to New Hampshire, Washington was furious and attempted to use his prestige to pressure a federal official to help recapture her.
"Everything about this was illegal," wrote Wiencek in "An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America."
Agitation for a memorial that included discussion of Washington's slaves and women such as Judge, who lived with Washington at the President's House, was fueled by a sense that the Park Service was hiding this history. With discovery of the foundations of the original house and evidence of the tunnel, it seemed as if the city of Philadelphia had discovered a bombshell bit of new history: that the father of the country kept slaves in the first executive mansion. But this was well known. The archaeological dig merely brought forth visible, tangible evidence of a house that, like so many houses at the time, was what a later president would call "divided against itself."
The success of the dig may help build momentum to reconsider the design of the memorial, by Philadelphia-based Kelly/Maiello architects. There's already discussion about revising it to include some view down into the dig site. More important, it may also force Philadelphia and the Park Service to think about the sad state of affairs at Independence National Historical Park, which includes the President's House, the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.
Just about every mistake that a city can make has been made here -- and the consequences are increasingly apparent. In the 1950s, in a sadly misguided effort at urban renewal, Philadelphia created a long, green mall of open space, tearing down old buildings and whole neighborhoods in the process, to give a parklike feel in front of Independence Hall. The larger historical and urban context of the city's Colonial center was severely damaged, and despite the gain of some green space, the elegant Colonial proportions of Independence Hall are now jarringly at odds with block-busting and brutal office towers.
After tearing down history to put in some sod, they are now filling in the very open space they created. At one end of the Mall is an unfortunate (too big and derivative) building designed by the architecture firm of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. The 160,000-square-foot National Constitution Center, which opened in 2003, includes a busy din of interactive exhibits and an embarrassingly overheated theatrical spectacle devoted to the history of the Constitution. The private nonprofit organization was chartered by Congress, but the real momentum came from Philadelphia civic boosters who wanted to put some tourist pizazz on the Mall.
The 1998 master plan also included a new home for the Liberty Bell, and worse, a shoddy new visitor center teeming with touts for private tour companies. The Park Service maintains a desk there, but it is almost overwhelmed by the din of private commerce.
The sad result is that one of the golden brands in American public life -- the National Park Service, with its doughty and earnest rangers -- has been diluted and tarnished. The infusion of private interests into the experience has resulted not in vitality, but in chaos and vulgarity. Even the glitzy show at the Constitution Center leaves you with a creepy feeling, the realization that it's not so much selling history as marketing patriotism.
All of which makes the crowds at the small dirt patch of the President's House the more poignant. Here is history unprocessed and unhyped, without 101 Strings on the soundtrack, and nothing more interactive than a Park Service archaeologist talking to curious onlookers. Washington, who would free his slaves in his will, is fleshed out as a man of his times, diligent in the protection of his property, which happened to include human beings. Architects and civic planners and exhibit designers and tourist companies are struggling all around this little patch of earth to make people feel something about history; and here, for now, people are gathering, spontaneously, to look in and think about it.
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