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A judge is being called on to clarify or withdraw a remark in which he said that he thinks Muslims feel they can "actually beat their wives".
The comment was made by Judge Anthony Halpin in Tallaght District court in Dublin
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It happened during the trial of a Somali man accused of burgling his former wife's home.
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The poster depicts the interests of 4 different constituents stitched together in layers that reveal a lack of transparency surrounding the effectiveness of HIV and AIDS prevention programs in Uganda.
Each layer represents organizations with their own unique identity. Key players filter critical information that distorts the truth to the public. International Organizations are rooted in communities and have an impact at the local level. Often as their programs expand, they are limited because of government policies and bureaucracy.
The Uganda Government, swayed by international donors, emphasizes abstinence and being faithful, diminishing the use of condoms. Hidden beneath the Ugandan President's words to the people is the impact of not using condoms in a polygamous society. US Government influenced by the religious right in America, as the principal funder, discouraged the use of condoms in HIV and AIDS prevention programs. People's voices are layer and stacked on top of each other, creating an almost featureless black mass thus keeping a lid on the unbearable truth hidden away from public.


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Thread: A Prayer
12/29/2012 2:39pm, #371
In terms of immigration, my idea of a perfect level is zero.
My views on "race" and tribalism are not relevant to the conversation, but some find them archaic.
In terms of Statism, the State is something I ignore.
Not sure what else you want to know.
Is that what you were doing in the summer of 1789?
I preffer the voting thing. Ignoring it is dangerous.
Um, because there's no civil war right now?
Your inflamtory rhetoric sound pretty stupid from where I'm sitting.
Ooh, good for you! Would you like a cookie?
The usual suspects look like they're going to try.
You really think they are smart people?
One post you claim that the government is untopable with all their bitching war toys.
The next they are impotent fuddy duddies who couldn't kick down a single door at 4am because it's past their bedtime.
You can;t have it both ways. Wh
Lack of resources has never stopped congress from trying to do anything stupid and costly.
Yup, voted out by bushmaster owners. Who don't want to be made criminals by the whim of an ignorant hypocritical few (who are paid out of our pockets BTW).
Who gets to be the sacrificial lamb in your weird fantasy dude? Just roll the dice and figure chances favor someone else getting to be the legal precedent. Who gets a ride through the justice sytem for no action of their own at all? Who would you throw under the bus for your smug sense of security?
No level of injustice is tollerable in a civilised society. None.
when I purchase a gun I do the paperwork, clear the check and pay the tax.
You do a lot of "black market business" Vieux?
The paperwork for acquiring, owning and traveling with these is vanishingly small and--since service nationale (yes, I'm old enough to have been conscripted) dealt with any boyhood fantasies I might have had about military weapons--I have no interest in acquiring anything else. Whether anyone else does or not is their business.
What point are you trying to make?
People like you are the reason **** gets so bad that when people finally pull their heads out of the sand it's too late and they are already trapped.
The ability to pursue that business is under attack as we speak.
I say I don't want our country to degrade to thrid world status (regarding living standards).
And your reaction was "The Muslims won't move her because they can't tollerate the weather".
Sweet! But you said you keep a 10 guage in Normandy for the bears.
I would love to see wild pigs that big. Can you hunt them?
EDIT: This is getting a bit time-consuming. Imma check other threads for a while. You can take that as "VN realizes he's wrong about everything and runs away" if you like--it's all good. Nice talkin'.
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The need for several rifles and caliber, different size game, amout of distrance for the shot. My AR10 (308 not 223) for fast second if needed. Also for feral hog, their numbers are out of control. With my AR ,I get 2 or 3 aimed rounds before they run off. The meat is then given to a hunters feed the hunrgy progam. The AR for self defense., if the bad is behind cover(something I cannot shoot thru) I can put enough on target so the felon will not shoot me. MY collection is an investment that has a stready growth better than any 401Ks or bonds. I made avery profit Yesterday at a small gun show. Does t5hat answer some of your questions about more than 5 firearms.I have very good and heavy gun safes. I am a Marine Nam Vet and know what bullets can do to a human. A question , if the Feds take our ,are we going to market value for or get ripped off by them? Joe
12/30/2012 8:19am, #373
As for "knowing who I'm (not, actually) dealing with", what we're talking about is business. Commerce. Bottom-line. Everything that those involved do is geared toward maximizing profits.
Work long enough in a city's nightclub scene, and you'll learn what sells what and who wants what. People will walk up to you and--using innocuous terminology ("candy", "tools", "good-times") to avoid legal problems, particularly if they're meeting you for the first time--let you know what's on offer. As well, if you're a bouncer, they might offer you extra money to "solve problems for some friends" or take part in "sporting events". If you're new at any given venue, others who've been there longer will point out the who and the what.
If you immediately run to the nearest plainclothes in the place with any of this, you're likely to be treated with a shrug and a "tell us something we don't know". Cops can keep an eye on things all they want, but smart businessmen are discreet: getting arrested is bad for the bottom line. Whatever initial contacts might be made in a place like a club, actual deals (and any actions related to them, such as "problem-solving") won't be done there. Again, getting caught is bad for the bottom line, and anything overt that happens in a club can cause it to get closed down--meaning the loss of a place where commerce could have been initiated.
Meanwhile, people do NOT get routinely "murdered for their money by those who'd rather keep their merchandise". Specialty markets, involving relatively-small clienteles, rely on repeat business. Not much repeat business can be obtained from a corpse, and any killing entails the risk of a crackdown...again, bad for business.
All this is not deep, dark, terrible knowledge available only to a few. Work in the club scene long enough, you'll see what is common knowledge. Of course, those who (unlike me) actually choose to get involved in **** had better be sure they can pay for what they buy, and had better make sure they do nothing that is seen as a threat to the business. Since those who sell the goods and services in question do not have recourse to the police, they will have their own methods of enforcement.
As for me, a polite "no thanks" has always been my answer to offers of whatever. Those who make the offers don't get all pissed off: who knows, they think, I might someday change my mind. Why kill the possibility of future business by a show of anger?
It's just business. Somebody else's business and, therefore, none of mine.
That's the extent of my "black-market dealings".
Gee wow, huh?
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12/30/2012 4:41pm, #376
Vieux, you have waffled back and forth so many times in this thread it's rediculous.
I didn't even bother to read the entirety of you last rambling wall of self contradiction.
It became evident @ two paragraphs in when you flipped possition on voting for the third time that you are not actually trying to say anything. You just like the smell of your own farts so much that you can't help but **** all over the place.
Have fun getting raped in prison by your "black market connections", blowhard.
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12/30/2012 6:06pm, #377
I didn't even bother to read the entirety of you last rambling wall of self contradiction.
It became evident @ two paragraphs in when you flipped possition on voting for the third time that you are not actually trying to say anything.
You just like the smell of your own farts so much that you can't help but **** all over the place.
Have fun getting raped in prison by your "black market connections", blowhard.
Seriously, the only time I've ever been inside was as a CO. 'Fraid I never got raped. That sort of thing tends to happen to the fresh li'l young 'uns, and it's far less frequent than TV and movies would have you believe.
It's quite entertaining when you get all emotional. You should be a trooper and have more of these little episodes.
12/31/2012 9:20am, #378
Proof is in your last several walls of text.
I stopped reading after two paragrafs containing several contradictions of previous contradictions.
The only person who gives two shits about your convoluted nazi ramblings is you.
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12/31/2012 9:39am, #380
I stopped reading after two paragrafs containing several contradictions of previous contradictions.
The only person who gives two shits about your convoluted nazi ramblings is you.
I'm curious, MM: in my years of working venues, the big people I met tended to be (in general) pretty easy-going in what they said and did.
The talk and such coming from li'l guys, on the other hand, tended to be characterized by fear. Fear of crime, fear of getting raped in prison, fear of official nastiness, fear of foreigners, and so on.
Lives and perspectives pretty much defined by anxiety.
I'm sure you see where I'm going here, MM.
If not, just reread your last few contributions to this fun little thread.
You know, it's okay if you're a little guy. Nothing wrong with being under 200lbs. at all. Look at GSP, Spider and many more. Little guys, but history-making and awesome fighters...and pretty chill despite their light weight. See? Not all dogs below a certain size spend their days in a state of yapping anxiety.
Also, look at the advantages of being pocket-sized, MM. Less wear on the joints, generally greater longevity...and you're tactically better-off in a live-fire situation: you can find more places to hide.
Under a small rock, for instance.


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If you are fanatically meticulous about keeping your phone scratch free, Motorola has provided you with the perfect frustration in the V180. Fly poop could scratch the face of this thing. No multiple numbers for contacts?? Alarm to wake you up every day is there, but it's awkward to find. It's not even under ALARM!!(Samsung still has the best Alarms to let you sleep in on the weekends if you want). I had superior reception with my Nokia 6010. Heck, even with my Samsung. It is a very good phone if none of the above means anything to you. It will get the job done.
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Finally I can breath a sigh of relief. Motorola has finally provided a inexpensive phone that will appeal to everyone. it is great I have only one complaint. Just a small one. Why so few voice dials.
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With some modifications, this could be a very good phone. However, the current shortcomings are major, at least for me. I selected this phone because of the supposedly ability to store multiple numbers for an individual name, the speakerphone and clamshell case, but I'm considering switching to the Nokia 6200 within the 30-day trial period.
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-has speakerphone (however, sound quality could be improved)
-phone numbers on screen easy to see when calling
-attractive blue backlighting of keys
-good price for the features, if they are improved
-cannot store multiple numbers under one name (the same name is repeated for each number; therefore, no way tell if a listed name/# is for home, business, fax or cell without taking more steps; if one name has five numbers, that name fills the entire screen; searching takes longer; Motorola needs to take a lesson from the Nokia 6200 about storing multiple numbers under a name)
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Robert Griffin III Is Must-Start Fantasy Commodity Despite Early-Season IssuesSeptember 28, 2013
Through the first three weeks of the 2013 NFL season, the Washington Redskins are 0-3, and there are plenty of question marks surrounding star quarterback Robert Griffin III. For those who own RG3 in fantasy football, however, the reality of Griffin's situation makes him a fantasy stud moving forward.
After he suffered a severe knee injury in a playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks last season, it was unclear if Griffin would be ready for the start of the 2013 campaign. Griffin rehabbed all offseason and missed the entire preseason, but he was able to heal up in time for Week 1.
Because of that, fantasy owners took a chance on RG3 as they remembered what he did as a rookie last season. Not only did RG3 throw for 3,200 yards and 20 touchdowns, but he also rushed for 815 yards and seven more scores on the ground, which made him the league's preeminent dual-threat quarterback.
Most assumed it would take him some time to get his legs under him this season, but fans and fantasy owners alike have already become frustrated. Griffin has attempted just 15 rushes this season, and he is averaging a tick over 20 yards per game on the ground. He has essentially developed into a pocket passer while he waits for his comfort level and confidence to return.
While that may not be ideal, it's no secret that pocket passers can produce from a fantasy perspective. Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees are just a few examples of that, so it isn't as if Griffin's value has disappeared. In fact, Griffin is sixth in the league in passing yardage with 975, and he is three-for-three when it comes to 300-yard passing efforts.
Detractors will argue that Griffin's yardage has come during garbage time, and while that may be true, statistics are statistics regardless of how they are produced in fantasy football. Griffin obviously isn't himself despite the gaudy passing numbers, though, and there has been some talk that he should be benched in favor of backup Kirk Cousins.
There are a number of reasons why the Redskins are 0-3, and Griffin's play isn't chief among them. Washington's defense is among the worst in the league against the run and the pass, which has put a great deal of pressure on Griffin and the Redskins offense.
NFL Network's Albert Breer is among those who believe that benching Griffin would make little sense.
It's hard to argue with Breer's assessment since sitting RG3 now would be awful for his psyche, and it would create an unnecessary quarterback controversy. There is no doubt Griffin is a different player right now than he was last year, but it's difficult to justify benching a player who is averaging 325 passing yards and nearly two touchdowns per game.
Besides, the 'Skins aren't nearly as bad as they have played thus far. The roster isn't much different than it was last season, and the only real deviation is that the defense has struggled. With that said, Washington has faced three of the league's most-explosive offenses this year in the form of the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions.
A reprieve is finally on the horizon as Washington will take on the Oakland Raiders in Week 4. While the Raiders have made some strides on offense thanks to quarterback Terrelle Pryor and running back Darren McFadden starting strong, the Redskins should be able to hold them in check to some degree.
That means Griffin won't necessarily have to throw the ball 40 times, which is something he has been forced to do in each of the first three contests. Even so, Griffin can put up big numbers as he was among the league's most-efficient passers last season. Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning torched the Raiders last week as he completed an incredible 86.5 percent of his passes, and Griffin will look to do something similar.
RG3 has a great matchup this week, and then he has a bye in Week 5, which he can use to rest up. With the Broncos, San Diego Chargers, Minnesota Vikings and Eagles on the schedule in the second half of the season, there will be plenty of opportunities for Griffin to turn in strong fantasy performances moving forward.
Even if Griffin can't replicate his on-field success in terms of wins and losses from last year, he is an elite fantasy quarterback right now, and that will become even clearer as the season progresses.
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We continually invest in our facilities to ensure RCM students have the very best opportunities. Our impressive performance spaces are matched by top-quality academic and technical provisions, such as our historic library and professional grade studios. The Royal College of Music is proud to offer some of the finest facilities anywhere in the world.
'In developing its already iconic and exceptional facilities, the Royal College of Music has committed to ensuring a world-leading experience for future students and visitors.'
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With two Steinway grand pianos and a capacity of 400, the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall is the primary rehearsal and concert venue for RCM orchestras and large ensembles.
It is one of the busiest venues in London, and has played host to many great names, including Richard Strauss, Jean Sibelius, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Nicola Benedetti, Bernard Haitink and Vladimir Ashkenazy.
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The Britten Theatre is one of London's best-loved opera venues. Its responsive acoustics and intimate auditorium are appreciated by performers and audiences alike.
With excellent technical facilities, the theatre is in regular use as the focus of the RCM's thriving International Opera School, but also hosts a variety of instrumental performances, including a chamber music series and concerts by the RCM Big Band. It benefits from an orchestra pit for 80 musicians, a Steinway grand piano, four dressing rooms, a seating capacity of 400, as well as its own bar and foyer.
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Our 100-seat Recital Hall provides an alternative performance space to the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall. Used for smaller events and less formal occasions, it features two Steinway grand pianos, a harpsichord, projector and dropdown screen.
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The Parry Rooms, which have unparalleled views of the Royal Albert Hall, are named after former Director of the RCM, Sir Hubert Parry.
The suite of three intimate spaces, nestled in the breathtaking eaves of the Blomfield Building, boast excellent acoustics, a grand piano, a harpsichord and an organ. The Parry rooms are frequently used for chamber music and solo recitals, lectures and masterclasses.
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Our extensive teaching and practice facilities are designed to offer all students an atmosphere conducive to developing their talents.
As well as practice rooms and space for one-to-one and group teaching, the RCM contains dedicated opera rehearsal spaces, 11 Amadeus Music Pods and organ rooms. We have over 140 pianos, including 60 grand pianos and 20 early keyboards, instrument storage with special facilities for harps and double basses, plus in-house instrument workshops.
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Our ICT Service provides a broad range of essential technology services to aid and enhance life at the RCM, including Wi-Fi, up-to-date student computers, access to standard and specialist software (including Microsoft Office 365, Sibelius and Audacity), mobile printing plus a computerised self-service system for booking practice rooms.
Through their RCM login students can access online technology training, virtual learning resources and online assignment submission.
RCM Studios is a top commercial-grade facility, equipped with the latest audio, video and composition technologies, supporting the RCM's recording needs and enabling live broadcast of performances around the world.
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The RCM Library contains more than 400,000 items of printed music, 9,000 CD recordings, extensive music literature, more than 400 music journals, plus an internationally renowned collection of original manuscripts (including examples from Mozart and Elgar) and early printed editions.
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- 7.08 g package dry active yeast
- 14.79 ml sugar
- 709.77 ml flour
- 236.59 ml water
- 2.46 ml salt
- 29.58 ml oil
- 1 egg white, slightly beaten
- coarse salt
- butter
- Place ingredients in bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
- Select White Bread setting, Manual and then press Start.
- After the machine has completed the second rising cycle, it will beep.
- Remove the dough onto a very lightly floured surface.
- Divide into 4 parts.
- Divide each fourth into 3 pieces.
- Roll each piece into an 18 inch rope.
- Shape rope into a circle, overlapping about 4 inches; from each end, leaving ends free.
- Take one end in each hand and twist at the point where dough overlaps.
- Carefully lift ends across to the opposite edge of circle.
- Tuck ends under edge to make a pretzel shape; moisten and press ends to seal.
- Place on greased cookie sheet.
- Let rise, uncovered, until puffy, about 20 minutes.
- In a 3-quart saucepan, combine 2 quarts of water and 1/3 cup baking soda; bring to a boil.
- Lower 1 or 2 pretzels into the saucepan; simmer for 10 seconds on each side.
- Lift from water with a slotted spoon.
- Return to greased cookie sheet.
- Let dry briefly.
- Brush with 1 egg white slightly beaten.
- Sprinkle with course salt or sesame seeds or leave plain.
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April 25, 2008
Dinosaurs Closely Related to Chickens
Dinosaurs may have been more closely related to chickens than reptiles, according to a report released on Thursday.
Researchers John Asara and colleagues at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston sought to fill in the gaps of the dinosaurs' family tree.
Molecular analysis, or genetic sequencing, of a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex protein from the dinosaur's femur confirms that T. rex shares a common ancestry with chickens, ostriches, and to a lesser extent, alligators, scientists said.
"Last year we just made a very loose connection based on (protein) sequence identification and we had no reptiles," Asara said. "And now with very high probability we can make the connection of T. rex to birds."
The protein was in the form of collagen taken from the fossilized leg of a T. rex that was discovered between Wyoming and Montana in 2003 by paleontologist John Horner of the Museum of the Rockies.
"These results match predictions made from skeletal anatomy, providing the first molecular evidence for the evolutionary relationships of a non-avian dinosaur," co-author Chris Organ, a researcher at Harvard University, said. "Even though we only had six peptides--just 89 amino acids--from T. rex, we were able to establish these relationships."
They weren't able to recover dinosaur DNA, instead they were able to study DNA codes for the proteins.
Before 2005, being able to extract soft tissue from bone was an unobtainable dream, until Mary Schweitzer of North Carolina State University proved it could be done.
She was able to take protein out of a younger mastodon bone.
Scientists said their method of testing ancient preserved proteins can be used in other areas to answer key evolutionary questions, but it also shows that classical methods, based on studying an animal's bones and other physical structures, are accurate.
"Most of the collagen sequence was obtained from protein and genome databases, but we also needed to sequence some critical organisms, including modern alligator and modern ostrich, by mass spectrometry," said Asara.
"We determined that T. rex, in fact, grouped with birds--ostrich and chicken--better than any other organism that we studied," he said. "We also showed that it groups better with birds than modern reptiles, such as alligators and green anole lizards."
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June 21, 2008
By Todd R. Brown, The Argus, Fremont, Calif.
Jun. 21--NEWARK -- Pointing to new state standards for sex education, local school officials are strengthening their case for teaching fifth-graders about the urge to merge."We need to provide information to students early and quickly," said Katherine Keleher, coordinator of education services for Newark schools. "We do have a relatively high teen pregnancy rate in our district."
Keleher gave the school board an update last week on what curricula the district can choose from in order to provide accurate and age-appropriate sex education.
In the spring, the state Department of Education adopted hotly awaited guidelines on when and how to enlighten students on sex, recommending that sexual health classes begin in fifth grade and recur in grades seven and eight and during high school.
Keleher said district staff found that the Focus on Kids course now being used for fifth- and sixth-graders in Newark is effectively the only "research-validated" option on the state's list of programs, meaning it has been shown to improve behavior.
The course, approved for a wide age spread across grades four through 10, includes lessons on HIV and condom use, defines values and helps youths set goals. It also encourages students to ask their parents about health and sexuality.
A program designed in the early '90s for special education students was the only other possibility for fifth-graders, but fell far short of the state standards and was
sometimes medically inaccurate, Keleher said.
A new report compiled for Newark trustees included statistics on why students should learn about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, long before high school, and how to make confident decisions regardless of peer pressure.
This past school year's California Healthy Kids Survey showed that 20 percent of freshmen in the state had had sexual intercourse, about 8 percent before they turned 13.
Alameda County research on teen birth rates from 2002 to 2004 showed that Newark had nearly twice the teen pregnancy rate as Fremont and was on par with the overall county rate.
"Folks are starting to wake up from a health standpoint and say, 'We have to do something,'" Keleher said Thursday. "Many of the STDs that are going around are causing sterility or worse."
By contrast, she said, pregnancy and STD rates in Europe -- where some educators call for sex ed to begin in kindergarten -- are half or less than those in the United States.
"They talk about this stuff," she said. "It's just not the hidden topic that we make it to be."
In the Netherlands, where students start sex education at age 12, contraception use among youths is highest in the world, and the teen birth rate is the lowest in Europe. The average age when youths first have intercourse is 17.7, according to U.N. research.
In the United States, about 7 percent of children reported having had sex before age 13, according to a 2007 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The figure was almost 12 percent for Hispanic males.
The most recent Census data from 2000 showed that nearly 29 percent of Newark residents were Latino, while Fremont's population was about 19 percent Latino.
Along with the district report, Newark's curriculum council recommended that the board uphold the 2005 edition of Focus on Kids for fifth-grade sex education and that teachers get mentoring on how to discuss the touchy subject.
Responding to complaints from some parents about not being adequately informed of the content of the sex education class, the board suggested at a meeting Tuesday that the coursework be available on the district's Web site instead of at the district office.
"We had a very poor showing of parents to come and view the curriculum," trustee Nancy Thomas said.
The board plans to consider the curriculum again in August, after free comprehensive sexuality education trainings take place July 23 and 29 at the Alameda County Office of Education in Hayward.
Newark parent Jody Montgomery, who led opposition to Focus on Kids over the past school year among a small group of residents, said she just doesn't buy that the course is the right choice, given that administrators have rearranged and edited the content.
"That right there tells me this isn't age-appropriate," she said of the program, originally designed for at-risk, inner-city black teens. "It's a great program, but not to be used at the fifth-grade level when kids are not sexually active."
Despite the district's data, Montgomery said she is following her own opinion on sex education but added that she hopes to see a study done on pregnancy and STD rates among Newark fifth-graders to settle the matter.
In the meantime, she said she had pulled her children out of the district and will send them in the fall to Sunol Glen School. She has a daughter entering sixth grade and a son entering fifth, she said.
"My kids hopefully will come back," she said. "It's important that (we) make sure we're really trusting our authority figures."
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"E-cigarettes" are now being widely promoted as a way for people to quit smoking.
E-cigarettes were invented in China by a company called Ruyan in 2003 and first introduced to the U.S. market in 2007, and it's gaining both friends and foes across the world. But what's the deal? Can they really help you quit smoking? Proponents of e-cigarettes say yes and think they're better than smoking tobacco cigarettes — both for their health and for their wallets. But the FDA and other health agencies aren't so sure. They want to know more about the side effects of the electronic cigarette, and some are calling for tight regulations. Currently e-cigs aren't subject to U.S. tobacco laws because they don't contain tobacco, which makes them hard to regulate — and keep out of the hands of minors.
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes for short, are battery-powered devices filled with liquid nicotine (a highly addictive chemical) that is dissolved in a solution of water and propylene glycol.
Nicotine is a colorless, poisonous chemical, derived from the tobacco plant. Nicotine is highly addictive. When a person inhales cigarette smoke, the nicotine in the smoke is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and starts affecting the brain within 10 seconds. This results in a number of chemical reactions that involve hormones and neurotransmitters such as adrenaline, dopamine and insulin.
So, are e-cigarettes safe?
A top concern is the nicotine delivery rate. With nicotine patches and gum, the nicotine delivery is regulated, with small amounts of nicotine released slowly into the bloodstream. But with traditional cigarettes and now e-cigarettes, heat creates a freebase form of nicotine that is more addictive – or what smokers would call more satisfying. The nicotine goes right into the lungs, where it is quickly channeled into the heart and then pumped into the brain.
Nicotine is Extremely Poisonous. One drop of pure nicotine is enough to kill a person. Smokers receive much smaller doses than that in tobacco products, however. For instance, a cigarette contains approximately 10 milligrams of nicotine, but only one or two milligrams is inhaled directly by the smoker.
Electronic or e-cigarettes are devices designed to mimic cigarettes. The metal tubes are designed to look like real cigarettes and contain a cartridge filled with a nicotine-laced liquid that is vaporized by a battery-powered heating element. Smokers inhale the nicotine vapor when they draw on the device, as they would a regular cigarette. Most e-cigarettes claim to contain nicotine, and some claim to also sell nicotine-free cartridges.
Unlike tobacco products, there are no current laws in effect prohibiting the use of e-cigarettes in public places, so concern about "second-hand smoke" continues to be real.
You already know smoking causes lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease, but you're still lighting up. Over the years of working with people and their health issues, rarely have I encountered a more difficult issue than smoking. Most smokers really want to quit, but it seems the urge and addictive nature of the habit always wins. If only it wasn't for nicotine! Nicotine has been said to be even more addictive than alcohol, heroin and cocaine, and it can take as few as four cigarettes to develop a lifelong addiction.
The body responds immediately to the chemical nicotine in the smoke when an individual is smoking a cigarette. There is an immediate increase in blood pressure, increase in heart rate and in the flow of blood from the heart. The arteries begin to narrow. There is carbon monoxide present in smoke which reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. This creates an imbalance between the demand for oxygen by the cells and the amount of oxygen the blood can supply the cells.
Nicotine also produces physical and mood-altering effects in the brain that are both pleasing and calming for many individuals. This calming, pleasant effect reinforces the continued use of nicotine and then the ensuing dependence. The dependence on nicotine is based on both psychological and physical factors. For instance, the smoker develops certain typical behaviors associated with smoking. Usually, a cigarette is smoked after eating, while drinking a cup of coffee or alcohol, in stressful situations or when another smoker is smoking.
The ingredients of e-cigarettes certainly have very little in common with tobacco cigarettes. Nicotine, the only ingredient found in both products, is mainly used to wean smokers off traditional cigarettes and is not one of the harm-inducing ingredients associated with lung cancer in smokers. The other ingredients in the "e-juice" at the core of e-cigarettes are propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, and food flavorings – all of which are used in other food products.
E-cigarettes may one day turn out to be a useful tool to help people quit smoking. But until the FDA regulates them and more research is conducted, users won't know for sure what they're inhaling or how much nicotine they're getting.
How you choose to quit smoking is a matter of personal choice. The best method is the one that works for you. With this in mind, doing whatever it takes to be successful – and safe – is how many people ultimately approach it.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice.
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Short answer: Yes … but the agency did have to settle a lawsuit last year for overly aggressive vehicle stops.
The only official statement coming out of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) main office in Seattle is …
CBP's enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged. In enacting the Controlled Substances Act, Congress determined that marijuana is a schedule I controlled substance.
What that means is Border Patrol agents can pull you over many miles from an established border crossing (sea/airport or a land crossing) if you appear to be breaking immigration law, drug trafficking, driving fast toward the Canadian border on an isolated dirt road … something falling into the category of "reasonable suspicion."
And if the agents find marijuana, they will, at the very least, take it, several conversations have made clear.
If they find a lot of it and/or other indications of trafficking, they can turn you over to the U.S. Attorney's office for prosecution.
But, if they find a "personal use" amount, their options are limited. For one, it's not clear a Washington-based U.S. Attorney will take a simple possession case. Here's the response we got from the U.S. Attorney's Western District office in Seattle, which is headed by Jenny Durkan:
"As we have repeatedly pointed out," wrote the office's spokeswoman, Emily Langlie, "any amount of marijuana remains illegal under federal law and enforcement continues at federal facilities and on federal lands such as courthouses, National Parks and military bases. Similarly, as DOJ has made clear, the interstate or international transportation of any drug will implicate a federal interest. Any attempt to transport any illegal drug across state or national borders may be subject to enforcement, whether by air, land or sea."
She provided these three recent marijuana prosecutions as a guide to their thinking:
- http://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/2014/April/johnson.html
- http://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/2014/April/slaughter.html
- http://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/2014/March/castillo.html
Langlie also recommended we reread Durkan's response to the Department of Justice announcement it would not sue to stop the state's experiment.
However, understanding those statements are little like Biblical exegesis … the wording says a lot about general issues but doesn't give solid answers or insights for particular questions or situations. Such as, Will you prosecute me if I get pulled over by the Border Patrol and have several grams of pot?
You know, I'm not asking if it's illegal on the federal level … I'm asking if you will prosecute.
If the U.S. Attorney's office doesn't want to take up the case and with the passage of I-502, border agents can't shop you around to local law enforcement agencies for prosecution as they once did. State, county and city police and prosecutors can't charge you with a crime for having a legal amount of marijuana — less than an ounce of dried buds, for example.
Aggressive Border Patrol stops
A few years ago, the Border Patrol was running a series of "roving checkpoints" around Washington, dozens of miles from the border. The agents were stopping cars, seizing pot and turning charges over to the U.S. Attorney's office. In 2008, then-regional U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan dismissed possession charges filed against five people caught with marijuana.
Sullivan said at the time, according to our story then:
… I informed the Border Patrol that all future small possession cases may be referred to state or local law enforcement, but will not be pursued by the U.S. Attorney's Office due to a lack of federal interest in the prosecution.
One of the folks charged with a misdemeanor and his marijuana confiscated was a disabled veteran who used medical marijuana with a doctor's approval.
The Border Patrol chief in charge of the Northwest at that time said in response:
"These are immigration checkpoints. However, if we encounter other violations of law, we are not going to turn our back on them."
So the Border Patrol will take the cases to local police to see if they want to file charges, he said.
"If not, then we'll seize the narcotics and let the individual go while retaining the option to present the evidence to the local prosecutor."
Other than no longer seeking local prosecution for the legal amount under I-502, nabbing the cannabis and sending you on your way is still how the patrol operates, we've learned. However, the CBP hasn't run checkpoints since then.
"There have been no checkpoints under U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan," Langlie wrote us. Durkan was appointed in 2009.
In 2013, Border Patrol chief John Bates was removed from his position.
Lawsuit forces Border Patrol changes
However, border agents have continued to stop vehicles. And, their aggressive tactics on the Olympic Peninsula landed them in a lawsuit, which settled last year.
The ACLU stated in its news release on the settlement in September:
The three plaintiffs represented in this case experienced unwarranted stops and interrogations in a variety of settings, all while going about their daily lives. Some stops appeared to be based on nothing but the plaintiffs' perceived ethnicity or skin color. Agents provided flimsy pretexts or no reason at all for the stops. The lawsuit asserted that the Border Patrol's suspicionless stops violated the Fourth Amendment and exceeded the agency's legal powers.
Under the terms of the settlement, the Border Patrol will affirm its continued commitment to constitutional policing through a letter sent to the ACLU of Washington and the NWIRP. Additionally, within the next year, Border Patrol agents stationed at the Port Angeles Station will receive refresher training on traffic stops that require "reasonable suspicion" under the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. …
The federal government denies that the Border Patrol has a practice of unlawfully stopping vehicles on the Olympic Peninsula and denies wrongdoing with respect to any of the stops involved in the litigation.
One thing we can learn for sure is that Border Patrol agents can in fact pull you over, but they, like law enforcement federal or otherwise, are supposed to have clear probable cause to do so.
Once you've been pulled over and your stash is found, however, it appears you'll lose it … and we haven't heard of any recourse to getting it back.
Jake Ellison can be reached at 206-448-8334 or email@example.com. Follow Jake on Twitter at twitter.com/Jake_News. Also, swing by and *LIKE* his page on Facebook.
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When Taylor Swift's "1989 World Tour" tickets went on sale, I argued with my San Diego based friends for a long time - saying that we should get tickets for one of Taylor's tour dates at the Staples Center in LA. Bioy was I wrong, the San Diego stop of the "1989 World Tour" gave me something I never knew I needed. We already had a surprise guest performer in the form of OMI, which was my guess anyways - because homeboy has been #1 on the American Top 40 for almost 4 weeks, how has she NOT had him perform yet?
About 30 minutes before the show was over, Taylor did the whole "you're the best crowd yet!" bit and said we deserved another guest performance. When she was describing who it was, she went on and on about how this young singer-songwriter never expected their career to take off like it did, and how they started in their teens - and I honestly thought she was going to be like, "SIKE. TALKIN' 'BOUT MYSELF." But, right when she said. "Here to perform 'Complicated'" - before she even got to saying Avril Lavigne's name, everyone over 18's faces were already melting off their body. You've never seen more confused tweens and children, and more excited full grown adults in your life.
Of course, this all came after various outlets tried to start an "Avril VS Taylor" Twitter feud, after someone compared photos from the two artists' meet and greets with their fans. No feud was had on Twitter, but Avril did respond asking not to compare artists to each other, saying that they all love their fans. I assume this incident is what got Taylor to contact Avril in the first place, and my 9 year old self could not have been happier.
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It's a success that lives up to its name: K-State Proud.
K-Staters contributed a total of $117,618 to the fifth annual K-State Proud campaign, Feb. 14-18.
K-State Proud is a nationally recognized, student-led campaign that raises money for student opportunity awards. The campaign goal of $100,000 was surpassed through a variety of campaign activities developed by K-State Proud student leaders.
The campaign features a K-State Proud T-shirt that contributors receive for a minimum $10 donation. Students, faculty, staff and alumni are encouraged to wear the T-shirt to express their K-State pride, especially at a men's basketball game where the campaign total is announced each year. This year's announcement came Feb. 19, when the black K-State Proud T-shirts were worn to black out Bramlage Coliseum.
"The K-State Proud T-shirt is a great way for the K-State community to show its pride, but K-State Proud is much more than a T-shirt," said Frank Tracz, director of bands and this year's honorary co-chair of K-State Proud. "All contributions to K-State Proud fund two types of student opportunity awards, the K-State Proud Award and the K-State Hero Award. In the fall 2010, 35 student opportunity awards were given. The average award amount was $1,500, and the average awarded per week was $4,000. The essence of K-State Proud is students helping students."
Campaign week activities included an information table at the K-State Student Union each day and an information table on the Salina campus. Student volunteers were on hand to provide information about student opportunity awards, take contributions and distribute T-shirts.
Student campaign volunteers also visited Greek houses, campus clubs and organizations, and sponsored a cereal party to welcome students back to the residence halls at the beginning of the spring 2011 semester. In addition to banners, posters, table tents and news releases, Facebook and Twitter were used to spread the word about campaign week activities. A campaign video posted on K-State's YouTube channel received more than 2,800 views.
"We're starting to see several grassroots efforts by students to support K-State Proud," said Ryan Wilkerson, senior in accounting and finance, president of the K-State Student Foundation and member of the K-State Proud Advisory Board. "We had a student who ran the Chicago Marathon and solicited donations for the campaign. Farmhouse fraternity hosted a pancake feed, and we took contributions there. In its first five years K-State Proud has built a solid foundation to continue to grow the culture of student philanthropy at K-State.
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Golf changes criteria, voting for Hall of Fame
ORLANDO, Fla. — The World Golf Hall of Fame is changing the criteria, voting process and timing of player inductions.
No one has been elected this year while the criteria went through an overhaul. The next induction will be May 2015.
Officials have eliminated the PGA Tour and International ballots for men. Instead, the four categories will be for men, women, veterans and lifetime achievement. Active players must have 15 wins on major tours or two majors.
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RYE residents will have the opportunity to quiz town councillors and raise any concerns when the Annual Town Meeting takes place on Wednesday March 5.
It is being held at Rye College at 6.30pm and is open to all on the Rye electoral role.
Ian Nunn, from the Environment Agency, will be giving a presentation on protecting Rye from flooding, while Anthony Kimber will give an update on the work of Rye emergency group REACT.
Colonel Kimber will also talk about the Rye Neighbourhood Plan and how far it has progressed.
Rye Mayor Shaun Rogers will present a brief overview of the past year while Rye Heritage Centre manager Peter Cosstick will review the past 12 months and future plans for the centre.
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This may seem odd, since happiness is a higher good than health. We want to be healthy only so that we can do all the other things that make life worthwhile, whereas, as Aristotle observed, happiness is always chosen "for itself and never for any other reason".
True, pleasure and happiness are not the same thing, but they are close relations. Indeed, if Epicurus is to be believed, "Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily." And John Stuart Mill believed that "Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only things desirable as ends."
But before we raise a glass and a spliff to philosophy's endorsement of indulgence, we need to remember the sobering qualifications that come attached. First, both Aristotle and Epicurus argued that for pleasure to be good we must not be its slave. The trouble with drugs is that when we take them, we give up sovereignty over our experiences and let the chemicals rule us. You might think that is the point, but don't expect the wisdom of the ancients to back you up.
Second, philosophers such as Mill distinguish between pleasures of the mind and pleasures of the flesh. We need both, but the former are superior and a life with too many of the latter is not commensurate with human dignity. If we give in wholly to bodily pleasures, we live the lives not of humans but of feral animals (which, again, you might think is the point).
Third, there is the difference between authentic and inauthentic living. There is something to be said for facing reality, even if that makes us less happy. Thinkers such as Sartre have argued that if the price of happiness is self-deception and delusion, it is not worth paying. But yet again, you might think the so-called great minds of history have again missed the bleeding obvious: no one ever got drunk in order to remember the pain of everyday life.
So there are reasons for not smoking dope, but they are nothing to do with it simply being pleasurable. Its main drawbacks seem to be that it shortens your life and turns you into a bore. But then so does spending all your life sitting on your arse reading philosophy.


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Diary of a Bad, Bad Bookkeeper (Day 14) – The Carnage Begins
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Today was the day… the FIRST day that I stole from the company. Today, I forged my first check with the owner's signature. I would have done it a couple days ago – as soon as I found out the owner doesn't open the bank statements, and in fact expects me to do it – but the owner suddenly changed his pattern. Instead of staying out of the office, like he had done every … Read More


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y pet's name is Snoopy she is a female hamster. She is very playful and thinks she is a dog. I enjoy having her because she is not like other hamsters, whenever I have her out she runs around and rolls over. Snoopy is an albino hamster, and the most stubborn hamster I have ever seen. She won't eat the food I give her unless it is sunflower seeds. Snoopy can swim, bark and roll over. She has a ball and I put her helmet on her and she rolls around. She crashes into a lot of things, but she always finds her way back to me.
Almost all Snoopy ever wants to do is sleep, but I make her come out to take a bath or to run around, though sometimes I just let her sleep because she looks tired. Snoopy has a lookout tower on her cage and my big sister teases her sometimes. Snoopy has a little playpen that she plays in. My family has a dog named Sparky. Snoopy likes to ride on Sparky's back if it is ok with Sparky! Even if she is spoiled,
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A report pointing out that the new private finance model for NHS hospitals will cause even more debt than the existing system should sound loud warning bells, said UKIP Health spokesman Louise Bours MEP.
"We all know the NHS is in dire financial straits and staggers from one dubious decision to another in terms of strategy and budget cuts.
"This report by the independent think tank Centre for Health and the Public Interest makes worrying reading and must not be brushed under the carpet," said Ms Bours, North West MEP.
It says that the higher cost of borrowing means that the move will ultimately be more expensive for NHS Trusts – but meanwhile private investors can expect a 15 per cent higher rate of return than under the old system at current market conditions.
The new private finance projects (PF2) must be structured on a basis of 20-25 per cent equity and 75-80 per cent debt, compared to the 10 per cent equity and 90 per cent debt that was the norm for PFI hospitals. Of that equity investment, the Government will hold between 25-49 per cent making it a minority investor and taking on the both the risk and profit of its new PF2 role.
"NHS Trusts are already financially crippled by PFI's and this new model is said to be worse for them and leave the finances of the health service exposed to greater risk.
"The Department of Health has admitted previous PFI schemes were 'overambitious, expensive and did not deliver for patients' and I am very concerned that the new model is going to make matters worse not better," said Ms Bours.


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Hi, I wonder if you could clear something up for me, my 2 and a half year old golden retriever has torn her back cruciate ligament. The vets want to do a TPLO on her at a cost of £1.200 - £1.500. She did it approx. 10 days ago and was x-rayed 4 days after the injury. Initially she was not putting the back leg down at all but as this week is going on, without surgery, she is starting to put the foot down and walk on all four legs again. I have not given the surgery my answer as to whether i want her to be operated on or not, but what i am wondering is can she self heal with a lot of careful help from myself. She's only having a 10-15 min walk twice a day , on lead, at the moment. I've reduced her Tramadol to 2 tabs twice a day, please can you help??
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I understand your concerns. Please clarify if "back" cruciate ligament refers to the caudal cruciate ligament. The majority of dogs with caudal cruciate ligament tears return to full function with medical therapy alone. For cranial cruciate ligament tears, however, it's important to recognize that ~50% of small (<15 kg) dogs and most cats, but only ~20% of larger dogs such as Bella return to full function with conservative (nonsurgical) therapy. By contrast, all of the surgical treatments listed below have a reported success rate of ~85% for patients of all sizes. Arthritis arises within days of injury and an unstable stifle (knee) will quickly become osteoarthritic necessitating a lifetime of nonsteroidal antiiflammatory drugs and neutraceuticals. The expensive TPLO is not essential but does appear to return my patient to full function more quickly than less expensive prosthetic techniques. Here's a full synopsis of cruciate injury for you taken from Clinical Veterinary Advisor, 3rd Ed., Cote', 2015... Partial or complete tearing of the cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL), causing stifle instability; a very common condition in dogs and an uncommon condition in cats. Isolated caudal cruciate ligament tears are rare. Multiple ligamentous disruptions of the stifle are uncommon traumatic injuries of both dogs and cats.SynonymsAnterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptureFor multiple ligamentous disruption: stifle derangement, stifle luxationEpidemiologySpecies, Age, SexSeen in dogs, and less frequently in cats, of all agesGenetics and Breed PredispositionDogs: more common in large breeds, especially rottweilers, Labrador retrievers, Newfoundlands, Staffordshire terriers. Genetic predisposition has been demonstrated in Newfoundlands and boxersCats: not known to be a heritable problemRisk FactorsUnderlying systemic disease: hyperadrenocorticism, autoimmune disease, cutaneous astheniaOverweight conditionOvariohysterectomyAssociated DisordersPatellar instabilityMeniscal injuryOsteoarthritisImmune-mediated arthritisClinical PresentationDisease Forms/SubtypesTraumatic CrCL tearsDegenerative CrCL tearsAvulsion of the insertion of the CrCL: usually in immature dogsInjury to the medial meniscus: often accompanies CrCL ruptureIsolated caudal cruciate tears (rare)Multiple ligamentous injuryHistory, Chief ComplaintVariable lameness of one or both hindlimbs; onset acute or progressiveAffected hindlimb may be held up or off-weighted when animal is standing.Lameness may worsen with exercise and improve with rest.Physical Exam FindingsUnilateral or bilateral hindlimb lameness; affected limb may be held up in acute injuries, will be weight-bearing with more chronic afflictionAffected stifles are externally rotated and more flexed than normal when walking Stifle joint effusion and thickening of joint capsule, often most pronounced over medial aspect of proximal tibia (medial buttress formation)Asymmetrical sitting position with one stifle abductedCranial drawer sign, cranial tibial thrust may or may not be elicited.Meniscal clicking may be present during joint manipulation.With caudal cruciate rupture, the tibia can be caudally displaced relative to the femur (caudal drawer sign).With multiple ligamentous injury, both cranial and caudal drawer sign as well as mediolateral instability can be elicited; stifle may be obviously luxated.Etiology and PathophysiologyBiomechanical instability of the stifle joint results from an imbalance of forces necessary to control the cranial tibial thrust, excessive internal rotation, and hyperextension of the stifle usually limited by an intact cranial cruciate ligament.In dogs, CrCL rupture is usually due to degeneration rather than direct trauma. The cause of this degeneration is unknown: conformation problems, collagen abnormalities, immune disease, and low-grade bacterial infection may play a role.In cats, and in both species with multiple ligamentous injury, direct trauma is usually the cause. DiagnosisDiagnostic OverviewDiagnosis is usually based on presence of the characteristic hindlimb lameness combined with evidence of stifle effusion on physical examination and radiographs. Absence of pain on manipulation, of cranial drawer sign, or of cranial tibial thrust doesnot rule out cranial cruciate rupture as the source of the lameness.Differential DiagnosisPatellar luxationLumbosacral diseaseHip dysplasia or osteoarthritisIliopsoas strainBone/joint neoplasiaOsteochondrosis of the lateral femoral condyleInflammatory arthritisCaudal cruciate or collateral ligament injury (uncommon)Long digital extensor tendon avulsion (uncommon)Isolated meniscal injury (boxers almost exclusively)Initial DatabaseRickettsial and/or fungal titers (based on geography)Palpation of stifle joints for instability; this may require sedation:Cranial drawer sign: manual cranial displacement of tibia relative to femurTibial compression test: cranial tibial translation or thrust (cranial movement of tibial tuberosity as hock is flexed)Lateral and craniocaudal stifle radiographsMedium to large dogs: joint effusion almost always is present; degenerative changes evident after 3 weeksSmall dogs, and cats: joint effusion may be minimal; tibia often cranially displaced relative to femur ("static drawer")Measurements such as tibial plateau slope angle are made for planning when an osteotomy technique is chosen for repair.Caudal cruciate rupture: there may be an avulsed fragment over the caudal tibial plateau; tibia may be caudally displaced relative to femurMultiple ligamentous injuries: stifle often luxated or abnormally positionedAdvanced or Confirmatory TestingArthrocentesis (to eliminate inflammatory arthritides as causes): see p. 1100Arthroscopy or arthrotomy (the most common way to confirm diagnosis)Magnetic resonance imagingTreatment Overview≈50% of small (<15 kg) dogs and most cats, but only ≈20% of larger dogs, return to full function with conservative (nonsurgical) therapy. By contrast, all of the surgical treatments listed below have a reported success rate of ≈85% for patients of all sizes.Surgical management usually involves inspection (and debridement or release if necessary) of menisci, combined with a stabilization technique. Stabilization techniques involve either creation of a structure ("prosthetic ligament") to mimic the function of the CrCL, or osteotomy to change the geometry of the stifle so there is minimal cranial tibial translation when the limb is bearing weight.Success rates are similar for prosthetic ligament and osteotomy (TPLO, TTA, TTO) repairs. Return to full weight bearing is usually faster with osteotomy techniques. Cats and small dogs are most commonly treated with prosthetic ligament techniques.Acute General TreatmentMedical management:Physical rehabilitationControlled leash walksSit-to-stand exercisesSwimming, water treadmill workNonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs):Carprofen 2 mg/kg PO q 12h; orEtodolac 10-15 mg/kg PO q 24h; orDeracoxib 1-2 mg/kg PO q 24h (may use 3-4 mg/kg PO q 24h for first 7 days only); orMeloxicam 0.1 mg/kg PO q 24h; orTepoxalin 10 mg/kg PO q 24hSurgical stabilization of the stifle (CrCL tear):Intra-articular fascia lata, patellar tendon, or hamstring autogenous graft: aims to replace missing CrCL's functionExtracapsular suture stabilization (femoral condyle or fabella to tibia): limits cranial motion and internal rotation. There are a number of variations on this theme.Fibular head transposition: advances the insertion of the lateral collateral ligament so it can limit cranial drawer and internal rotation (less commonly used these days)Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO): neutralizes cranial tibial thrust by changing tibial plateau angle and transferring stress from the absent CrCL to the intact caudal cruciate ligamentTibial tuberosity advancement (TTA): neutralizes cranial tibial thrust by making the pull of the patellar tendon perpendicular to the tibial plateau when the knee is bearing weightTriple tibial osteotomy (TTO): simultaneously reduces tibial plateau slope and slightly advances the tibial tuberosity, making it something like a hybrid of TPLO and TTAPinning or wiring of avulsion injuries to reattach ligament origin or insertion can be done in young dogs with large avulsion fragments.Treatment of meniscal injury:Medial meniscectomy (partial or complete)Medial meniscal release (has an effect similar to meniscectomy, sometimes done prophylactically)Treatment of caudal cruciate injury:In almost all cases, conservative therapy suffices for return to full function.Suture or fascial imbrication can be used in persistently lame dogs.Treatment of multiple ligamentous injury:Debride torn menisci.Extracapsular sutures to replace function of caudal cruciate, medial (occasionally lateral) collateral, and cranial cruciate ligamentsIn cats, a transarticular pin can be used to stabilize the stifle for 10-21 days, after which the pin is removed and fibrosis holds things in place.Chronic TreatmentManagement includes the same treatments as in acute cases, but more long-term medical management of osteoarthritis may be required. Success rates are similar for surgical treatment of acute and chronic cranial cruciate injuries.NSAIDs as listed previouslyPhysical rehabilitationDisease-modifying osteoarthritis agents may be helpful, including:Polysulfated glycosaminoglycan 5 mg/kg IM once weekly × 4-6 weeks; orPentosan polysulfate 3 mg/kg SQ once weekly; orOral formulations (glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, avocado soy unsaponifiables): according to formulation/labeled instructionsFor animals with end-stage osteoarthritis (rare with cruciate disease), total stifle replacement can be considered.Nutrition/DietWeight control helps alleviate lameness due to osteoarthritis.Behavior/ExerciseMost dogs and cats can return to full function after recovery from surgical treatment of cruciate disease.Possible ComplicationsMedical management:Gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, or other systemic reactions from NSAID therapyContinued lameness; progression of degenerative joint diseaseSurgical management:Suture breakage, stretch, or slippageFracture or implant failureProgression of degenerative joint diseasePostoperative meniscal injury:Damage not recognized at surgeryShear forces not neutralizedInfectionRecommended MonitoringBasic laboratory monitoring of patients on NSAID therapyWeight loss, exercise levels (rehabilitation), and clinical signs as dictated by the patientRadiographic monitoring of healing of osteotomies (usually at 6 and 10 weeks after surgery), and of any repair if clinical signs worsen Prognosis & OutcomeLong-term function for patients that have undergone a reconstructive procedure is good. Published assessments of most techniques in the past 25 years describe improvement in 80%-90% of dogs after surgery, regardless of methodology.Prognosis after surgery is not affected by whether or not meniscectomy has been necessary, or by degree of osteoarthritis evident on preoperative radiographs.The majority of dogs with caudal cruciate ligament tears return to full function with medical therapy.Prognosis for surgically treated multiple ligamentous injury is similarly good: about 80% of animals return to previous level of performance.Postoperative rehabilitation is critical for full recovery. Pearls & ConsiderationsCommentsBilateral lameness may be difficult to recognize and is often confused with neurologic disease.Injury of the contralateral cranial cruciate ligament occurs in 40%-50% of canine patients. No measures have yet been identified to prevent this from occurring.In one arthroscopic study of partial CrCL injury, TPLO stopped the progression of further ligament rupture in six of seven dogs.Editor's note: Practitioners should consider consultation and referral with an orthopedic surgeon; selection of the "best" procedure continues to be controversial among specialists.PreventionNo reliable preventive measures have yet been identified. As several recent studies have implicated ovariohysterectomy as a risk factor for CrCL rupture, this might be a point to discuss with owners of puppies intended for high-performance work.Maintaining lean body weight may be beneficial.
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But Landers, now 24, has been found alive and well in Minnesota, the Indiana State Police say.
In 2006, when he turned 18, he legally changed his name to Michael Jeff Landers. Six years later, authorities found him in the small central Minnesota town of Browerville, the Todd County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
Sheriff Peter Mikkelson said the investigation is ongoing and the case will be forwarded to federal authorities for possible charges.
It's unclear what Landers knew about his history, but authorities said he had lived with his grandparents since birth.
According to court records, he applied for the name change in November 2006, a couple weeks after he turned 18. The application doesn't say why he requested the change, and it wasn't immediately clear how long he had used the name Michael.
A home phone number for Landers could not be found, and he and his wife didn't respond to multiple messages sent through social networking sites.
But a posting from his Facebook account appeared Friday night on the Minneapolis television station KARE's Facebook page, saying: "For you people who jump to conclusions you should find out the whole story. I was where I needed to be. My 'grandparents' were in the right I don't care what anyone else thinks."
Landers didn't respond to a followup message from the Associated Press seeking confirmation it was his statement. The AP believes the Facebook account to be Landers' based on multiple links between it and confirmed friends and relatives.
His grandparents fled during a custody dispute with Landers' mother in July 1994 from Wolcottville, Ind., about 50 miles southeast of South Bend.
The mother and stepfather were unemployed and lived in a car, recalled John Russell, who spent several months investigating the disappearance with the LaGrange County Sheriff's Department in Indiana.
"These people (the grandparents) were nice people. It was wrong for them to do it, but I can understand why," Russell said. "But I also didn't think the child would be in any danger at all with them."
But an attorney for Landers' mother refuted claims that she was homeless at the time. Attorney Richard Muntz said Landers' mother, Lisa Harter, spent only three days living in a car and it was with Landers' biological father.
She had divorced Landers' father by the time the grandparents obtained custody after Harter, who has mild developmental disabilities, moved into a group home that could not accommodate children, Muntz said.
After a while, she moved into an apartment and gained custody of her son on weekends, and she filed a petition to expand her custody rights when she remarried. "The judge gave her custody on a trial basis, and before she could get him, that's when they left," Muntz said Friday.
He said the grandparents withdrew $5,000 out of a home equity line, went out for breakfast and left town.
"The trail on this case went cold the day they disappeared. There was no trace of them after they left the restaurant," he said.
The grandparents were charged with misdemeanor interference with custody, which was bumped up to a felony in 1999. But the charge was dismissed in 2008 after the case went cold.
Investigators reopened the case in September after a conversation between Richard Harter, Lisa Harter's husband, and an Indiana State Police detective who attended the same church prompted another search of Landers' Social Security number after others over the years yielded no sign of him, Muntz said.
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"My grandson called last night and said, 'Long Prairie made the news again,' " Wall said.
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