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Montville - Four retired greyhounds from West Virginia are spending some time in the doghouse otherwise known as the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center.
The former racing dogs from the Tristate Greyhound Park were delivered to the prison on July 27 and have spent the past few weeks being socialized and undergoing basic obedience training in preparation for their adoptions.
And while the greyhounds are being saved after a life on the racetrack, their inmate handlers are also being rescued in a way, as they gain insight into themselves.
"To love something in here, in this environment, has opened up something in my heart that has been closed for so long," said Joseph, an inmate handler whose last name is being withheld per state Department of Correction policy. He and his inmate partner, Eugene, are training a greyhound named Roman.
Eugene said that when Roman came to them, he was standoffish and unable to make eye contact.
"We were able to get him to open up to us and trust us ... and that feels good," Eugene said.
Eight inmates are participating in the newly created Connecticut Greyhound Program. The DOC has partnered with We Adopt Greyhounds Inc., based in Glastonbury.
A former correction officer and volunteer at WAG, Sandie Evans, approached Officer Steve Curran about the possibility of inmates training the greyhounds. Curran got approval from DOC officials. He said the inmates were selected based on their prison status, ticket disciplinary history and criminal offense.
For 10 weeks, the dogs are assigned two inmate handlers and get to live with them and partake in their everyday lives at the prison.
"These guys had no light in their eyes, and now they do," Curran said. "They have confidence, a sense of responsibility and hopefully gain skills that they can use once they get out."
Evans said the race dogs at the track are let out of their cages only four times a day and have to learn the most basic skills, like sitting and climbing stairs.
"They are used to racing, so when that door opens, they are ready to run," Evans said. She said that three of the four dogs already have homes waiting for them.
Johanna Lewis, operations director for WAG, created the training curriculum for the inmates to use to teach the greyhounds. She comes to the prison on Saturdays to teach the curriculum while volunteers from WAG visit daily to work with the dogs and handlers in the prison yard.
"The training has gone so well that we blew through the curriculum in five weeks," Lewis said. "The inmates are taking their job seriously and are even giving suggestions on how to get them ready for life in their new homes."
The inmates are training the dogs to pass the American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen test, which certifies that the pooch has good manners and is obedient. Lewis said the inmates also are doing agility and obstacle course training with their charges.
"They are doing good and giving back to society," Lewis said. "They are the protectors of these dogs."
Lewis said the inmates get to name their dogs. Inmates Dave and George named their dog Scooch, in honor of the correction officer who selected them for the program; inmates John and Matthew named their dog Gracie, a take on the Latin word "gracilis," meaning slender or thin; and inmates Chris and Michael named their dog Vincent, after the first dog their correction officer ever had.
"It's teaching us to be creative and kind," Michael said. "Prison is not the most loving place, and we have all been able to experience love because of this."
Deputy Warden Stephen Bates said the program is going so well that he would love to see it start up again after the 10 weeks end.
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Inmates also participate in other animal rescue programs, including the Second Chance Large Animal Rehabilitation Facility, a collaborative effort between the state Department of Agriculture and the DOC that rescues farm animals that have been taken from their owners.
A dog training program at York Correctional Institution was suspended after the National Education for Assistance Dog Services pulled out of the prison earlier this year. John Moon, director of programs and communication at NEADS, said the prison didn't have enough dogs to sustain the program and it was becoming increasingly inefficient and costly for trainers to travel several hours a day to the prison.
The cost of training the greyhounds is approximately $1,500 per dog and is completely covered by WAG. Anyone who is interested in sponsoring a prison dog can send a tax-deductible donation to: We Adopt Greyhounds Inc., P.O. Box 1114, Glastonbury, CT 06033. Include a note that your donation is to be used for the prison greyhound expenses.
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In the aftermath of the bombshell Deadspin story about star Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend never existing, Notre Dame has released a statement saying Te'o was the victim of the hoax, not the perpetrator of it (full statement below).
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Te'o himself spoke publicly about her repeatedly, claiming that they spoke on the phone at night when she was in the hospital. After a game against Michigan State a week after Kekua's "death," Te'o told ESPN in an on-field interview, "I miss 'em, I miss 'em. I know I'll see them again one day."
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Notre Dame Statement: Manti Te'o
On Dec. 26, Notre Dame coaches were informed by Manti Te'o and his parents that Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia. The University immediately initiated an investigation to assist Manti and his family in discovering the motive for and nature of this hoax. While the proper authorities will continue to investigate this troubling matter, this appears to be, at a minimum, a sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators.
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"To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating.
"It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life.
"I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been.
"In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was.
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2013 and earlier-Honda Accord Prices Paid and Buying Experience
If there is any day of getting 1800 below invoice price it would be today.
The way i look at your target price is... 1800 minus dealerships doc fee's.. Would be the real selling price. Your flex cash is a gift not comming out of the dealerships pocket but thru the honda corp.
I would target the other two dealerships. Your leverage today will help you get at worst 1500 below plus flex cash.
I think if you negotiate and be firm and pit these dealerships against each other you will come out on top.
Have fun
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Your 2014 model EXL-4 Invoice w dest charge is $26,650 at the price that dealer quoted you 26,195 would mean your at 455 below invoice. dealer is lying to you. At that price 26,195 if dest fee is not included 790 that would put your deal at 335 above invoice price totaling 26,985.
Both deals sound very fishy in the nj swamp........... be careful
Use your common sense.......... On 2013 model's dealers in new jersey are selling 1000 to 1300 below with flex cash added to deals. Do you honestly think dealers will sell 455 below invoice on a 2014. Not happening . i dont see any dealer in New Jersey letting a 2014 model go for less than 1k above invoice right now.
If anyone can buy a 2014 model right now for invoice price that is a great deal considering were in Sept 2013. At Invoice to 500 above is where your target pricing should be if your considering buying a 2014 model now.
Supply and demand and your area are key factors in pricing.
High volume dealerships are where you should be looking for a 2014 model..
Post your Accord deals today with dealerships, city, and agreed buying price / not OTd pricing.................... This helps our forum
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kyfdx Posts: 128,328A lot of bank notes include a basic insurance fee ($50-$150). It's sort of like title insurance.... but, it only protects the bank, not you... lol..
Other than that, the loan itself should have nothing else, not even interest, if it is 0% financing..
Did you get a good deal? Be sure to come back and share!
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I still have not located a dealer in NJ willing to sell an Accord CVT sedan for 1000 or more off invoice (not including flex cash) when you include their doc fee. They are just not going to lose money on a deal. To this date I am not aware of any add'l incentives to the dealer from Honda like they had on the 2012 models. All the dealers are coming in with the same prices, around 20,700 to 20,900 including doc fee but excluding flex cash. And most dealers are out of flex cash if withinthe last couple days of the month. So anyone who claims extraordinary deals, well, they are simply not true in my experience or they had a trade or they qualified for some extra discount ie military. I am going to wait till the 2014 models come out and try in October. Because I konw of a dealer in eastern PA (only 50 minutes away) who will sell me one for invoice or a couple hundred less. Last October 2012 this same dealer offered me a 2013 Accord LX CTV sedan for 21000 including a 130 doc fee. I absolutely have to buy by October 2013( end of month), I cant wait any longer.0
cardionp Posts: 21Is there any advantage to waiting until Sunday or Monday? I'm asking because at work all day.0
Are you ready to buy a Lx today!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will help you............... model// color asap
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thrice626 Posts: 8I am crazy to ask for a base model Accord lx in So Cal for $20,000 including all fees, before flex cash and before Tax/Title/License?
So basically, $19,500 with flex cash, before TTL
Best offer so far is 20,100 (with flex cash) before TTL. These dealers are acting like I am crazy for even thinking such a thing.0
ucmd03 Posts: 4Getting same response here in Columbus Ohio to 20k price.0
I will buy today for 20000 less the $500 flex cash. Otherwise I believe I am better off waiting for the 2014 model. Because if I have to pay 20500 less the flex cash its not enuf off, since the 2014's are out or almost out. The color has to be alabaster silver. I just got off the phone with the manager at VIP Honda and his best price inc doc was 20919. New Rochelle wanted 20870. They all laugh when I try to go lower. And the 20000 includes doc fee, excluding reg and NJ tax(7 percent).0
rusty81 Posts: 2That beats the Phoenix deals coming in at over invoice ($21372 and up) exluding TTL. Haven't even addressed the Flex cash issue.0
austin736 Posts: 2Using the tips and advice on this forum I just bought a 2013 Accord Sport from Sport Honda,
Silver Spring Md., for $22,400 out the door. Quick low stress transaction. I e-mailed them and
several other dealers on 8/29. Sports Honda had the lowest quote. Went in this morning and
made one counter offer which was accepted. I focused on the out the door price and was
not interested in cutting and dicing the fees, etc. Car had 4 miles on it. Had to use Honda
financing (it can be paid off with first bill.)
Dealt with Jackie in their internet sales department; professional and proficient, pleasant to deal with.
Price break down: Cost of Car(including freight) $21213
Doc Fee 189
Va tax 868
Title and Tags(for 2 years) 130
Total $224000
Looking to lease a Sport tonight. This is the deal I've been offered including 6% tax.
I am getting an extra $1000 over my trade based on Carmax and other dealer offers.
12 k per year 36 month lease - 0 down, $294 month for 35 months
Looking for advice from the experts...
Sale price started at $21482 plus dealer adds at cost = $22482 all the local dealers add these and none seem to budge on them. Tag, destination and other fees $1500 less flex $500 = $23,509
I tried to reduce the fees, but they said there is no more room....walked out and this is their final deal.
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Money factor .00065 if zero down, .00075 w Money down
The other 2 dealers I spoke to wouldn't go under $327. One other dealer ended up with the same amount, telling me this was over $1k below invoice. They all said I could get better on LX, but not as many Sports
Good deal or way off?
Thanks!!! This forum has been a great help!!0
Here is all i could do for you today running out for dinner plans.
LX cvt $20,100 plus doc fee and taxes. Thats puts you after doc fee's about 1100 below invoice.
My last conversation with manager was i'd have you call him for a selling price of
20,000............... plus doc fee's and taxes.
yes/ no let me know. Invoice= 21,369
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I got you your deal
2013 Lx silver cvt accord sedan
Sale price..............$ 20,000
Plus doc fee
plus nj taxes and dmv charges
1369 below invoice price.... dont be foolish take this deal. Mention my name tell him you are my friend.
Auto sport honda N.J.
Internet mgr................... George
This deal is good thru monday if model/ and color are still on there lot. Otherwise they want a finders fee for your model/color.
Autosport closes at 7 pm tonight.
Good luck ........................Mike 372
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I mentioned that I would buy for 20000 inc the doc fee less the $500 flex cash.
But Autosport price of 20000 plus about 350 doc plus the 500 flex cash( I am assuming the 20000 quote inc the flex cash) brings the total to 20850, which is inline with the other best quotes I received (20,700 to 20,900). If their quote did indeed include the flex cash ( I will call them Monday to find out), is it such a great deal considering I know that I can get a 2014 for invoice including the doc fee and maybe a couple hundred less. I mean, last October25 2012 the dealer in PA offered me an Accord LX CVT sedan for 21000 inc the doc fee. I actually visited the dealer and talked to the mgr and he was a straight forward type of individual. No B.S. The only reason I didnt buy then was I was looking at the posts on Edmunds and people were claiming 1000 to 1500 off invoice so I thought I could do better. He deal was $369 less than invoice. So I put off looking for quotes till last March/April only to find out 1000 to 1500 off invoice was impossible. When I talk about 'off invoice' I am including the doc fee since its pure profit. But thank you for your assistance, very much appreciated.0
Brian, when I said 20000 inc the doc fee less the 500 flex cash I meant an additional 500 off, so it would bring the price of the car to 19,500.0
fxguy Posts: 132Toyota is on a warpath with the Camry. They are doing whatever it takes to be #1 at the end of the year. Loaded 4 cylinder XLE with leather, sunroof AND Navi are going for under $25000 before TTL. This model is comparable to an EX-L with Navi. Even if you have no interest in the Camry, make sure you are telling these Honda dealers that they can do better than what they are offering you. Even threaten to go buy a Camry. It may just help out.0
mits2 Posts: 1Guys,
i am planning to buy Honda accord LX in NJ.
i am little new to area . can any one please suggest me dealer around in NJ. and if some one has already bought 2013 Accord LX..please let me know with their out of the door price.
thanks in advance.0
Mike what your asking dealerships to do in New jersey is unrealistic.
That deal i quote you was $970 dollars better than your best offers.. At 20,000 sale price add his doc fee charge and sales tax for your out the door pricing thats it your done. stop judging better deals elsewhere. N.j. is a different price zone. and here it is below.
New jersey dealerships are not selling any accord for 1836 below invoice with or without flex cash. and on top of that you want auto-sport to remove his $289 doc fee. Mike trust me ive been doing this along time. Not gonna happen . I probably could of got you a straight up deal at new Rochelle for 1575 below invoice plus taxes and dmv fee's... if i had more time there might be a few hundred more to take off the table at Auto-sport but thats it.
i got you at 1369 below invoice price. Monday you negotiate and tell Megan you will buy but she has to remove doc fee' charge for the sale. i leave it in your hands now.
N.J is a tuff market they refuse to sell like other states.
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jacobeeee Posts: 2This is how I ended up with my 2014 Accord ex-l today.
Purchase price: 26,095
Doc Fees: 399
Trade in of 2004 Accord: $5000 (2 other dealers offered $4000 and $4800 - with higher car price to start!)
Plus TAx, title and registration
Interest rate 1.9% for 5 years
I made the purchase at Hackettstown Honda in North NJ. I made the original contact hrough the NEA member benefits - I am a teacher. I received 4 different prices via email and followed up with 3 dealers nearby. I also talked with 1 other dealer who wanted to sell me a 2013 for $600 more than I paid for the 2014. Another dealer offered to match the Hackettstown price and when I mentioned that today, they took another $100 off the price.
I was pleasantly surprised to get a discounted 2014 Accord. I was told that mine was the first 2014 ex-l sold by this dealer. I even got the color that I wanted.
Thanks for all of the advice given on this forum, I felt better prepared.0
Got a 2013 EX-L Coupe for $1500 under invoice today, with a protection package thrown in. There were only 3 cars in the entire Cincinnati area that matched my color/trim preference, so my options were limited. The advice here has been awesome!0
optimaodyssey Posts: 4I had a fuzzy offer in email for a bit less than yours ($26.5). When I wanted it in writing, it took them 2 days and I hadn't heard back. When I asked again, they back peddled, and emailed an offer that jumped all the way back to invoice of $28.2 for the EX-L V6, which is where I had been a week earlier with multiple dealers.
I loved my old Accord EX-L V6, and my wife's new Odyssey from last year (thanks to these boards!) is fantastic. But with a car payment already for the Odyssey, and now back to square one, I reluctantly decided to look around for some lower price options.
I was shocked when I test drove the Kia Optima EX. I'm trying to figure out how to say this without you all thinking I'm brain washed. I even thought I was crazy when just sitting in the Optima, I really liked the feel of it. I was ready to hate it. I was worried about noticeable differences in acceleration vs. the V6. I was worried about the reliability vs. Honda and spent hours researching articles on-line for the Optima vs. the Accord. Consumer reports, etc. I finally had to admit that I really liked this car.
Yesterday I went with the Kia Optima EX, and so far I love driving it. I got it for $20.4K plus ttl, following the advice on this board. Invoice is $22,895. Note: This is not apples to apples, since the accord EX-L V6 is a higher trim line. But the Optima EX had all the items I wanted (leather, bluetooth, homelink, 200HP engine), so I didn't need their premium or tech packages (heated seats, rear-view camera, navigation). If you need those, it's probably a harder choice.
I wanted to share in case anyone is having the same debate. I saved $6K-$8K, and am still surprised at how much I love this car. You all saved me thousands on my Odyssey purchase last year, so I wanted to return the favor. I still love Honda, and tell every new dad or mom at my office to check out the Odyssey rather than an SUV. I'd buy an Accord again in a second if the price was right. There's something though about that Optima...0
Update: the dealer was paying extra $ to bring my cap cost to $22,848.
I also got the first two services included, all weather floor mats on top of what already came with the car, the pro pack and a Honda keychain. We live in FL near the beach and need the window tint and floor mats.
Looks like from a previous post there was another $500 they could've moved, but I am not going to worry that, it's an awesome car and we will save a lot more on gas now that we've dumped our gas hog MDX.
Thanks again to all on the forum!!!0
I think new Optima's look fantastic. That sounds a LOT of car for the money. Congratulations on scoring a great deal.0
plagwate Posts: 24Congratulations. The Optima was on my short list as well. They deliver a lot for the money. Unfortunately I felt the color combinations were a little too bland for my taste.0
jplatt2 Posts: 24Hey people, there is nothing wrong with writing about the virtues of an Optima or a Mazda6, Fusion etc, but these posts would be right at home on the Midsize Sedans 2.0 forum.
hmm4 Posts: 4As of Wednesday, had offer of $20,250 cash plus doc fee ($250), taxes, and title in Cinci from 2nd dealer after sharing that 1st dealer wanted $20,300 after flex cash (countering my original 20,250 cash offer). Also said would consider financing by splitting flex cash (i.e. 20,000 after flex cash). They were open to that as well (likely thru Sat if they still had flex cash). Got EX instead though.0
Your new kia Optima was a great choice and a good bang for your buck. Lots of standard features compared to higher priced cars.
What i like about Kia is there warranty 5 yr/60k bumper to bumper. 10 yr powertrain. Kia's are priced to sell your only drawback is Resale Value.
enjoy your new car
2016 BMW X-5 35i, 2012 MB ML3500
isellhondas Issaquah WashingtonPosts: 20,225Thanks again, Brian...I mean it!
No matter what you do, it isn't enough, is it?
Squeeze that penny until Lincoln gags!
Not missing this!0
fdang Posts: 1Folks, Today I bought a Honda Accord 2013 EX CVT at $23000 + $447 (protection package) + alarm protection (375) so my out of the door price was 25830. I got an $500 discount for student and finance for %0.9 for 36 months.
Do you guys think this to be a good deal? I am not that experienced, this is my first car but I negotiated to the core. Please let me know how the deal looks like?0


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(Reuters) - A U.S. humanitarian aid worker who was infected with Ebola in West Africa will be transferred back to the United States and treated in a special high security ward at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, hospital officials said on Thursday.
The aid worker, who was infected while working to help contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, will be moved in the next several days to a special isolation unit it has set up in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The unit is one of only four in the United States.
Emory did not reveal the name of the patient.
Earlier on Thursday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a news briefing that the State Department was working with the CDC facilitate options for potential medical evacuations of American humanitarian aid workers who have contracted Ebola in West Africa, although he did not mention the workers by name.


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October 30th, 2009
The AGO's pastry chef, Christophe Measson, has gone all out this Halloween to make some very scary treats. Visit the AGO Café today and through the weekend – dare to try the spooky rice crispy jack-o-lanterns, gingerbread cats, bats and brooms, spiderweb cookies, or the witch finger shortbreads.
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I'm so glad you asked about pertussis vaccination. Let me share a story. I stood outside the closed door of the hospital room where an adorable 6-week-old baby lay all alone in her crib. As I scrubbed my hands in the sink outside the isolation room, an electronic monitor allowed me to hear her breathing peacefully.
Suddenly the quiet was shattered by a fit of coughing. And she couldn't stop. The coughs came so closely together that she couldn't catch her breath. I grabbed a mask from above the sink and, pressing it over my face, entered her room. The coughing continued. The pulse and oxygen monitor at her bedside complained insistently that her blood-oxygen levels were dropping too. The EKG monitor sounded an alarm that her heart rate was dropping. And she continued to cough. Even before I reached her bedside I could see that her face was turning blue. She began to vomit.
Moments later the peace had returned. Her various monitors beeped tranquilly; the coughing spasm was over. This little girl with pertussis survived, but she had many more weeks of coughing spasms before she could return home to her parents.
Pertussis, or whooping cough, which once ravaged children around the world, is again on the rise. Worldwide, about 300,000 people die from pertussis each year. Global travel can result in outbreaks anywhere. Earlier this month, all pediatricians in my area received a public health alert about a sudden, dangerous increase in pertussis cases.
On the other end of the pertussis spectrum, I saw a healthy 12-year-old boy in my office this week. He had had a nagging cough for the last month. Sometimes he hacked up mucus with his cough. Sometimes the cough came in fits. Once or twice he had coughed until he vomited. Otherwise he felt pretty well — he just couldn't seem to shake the cough.
Pertussis is caused by bacteria that attach themselves to the cilia (little hairs) that line the respiratory tract. These bacteria produce a potent toxin that inflames the respiratory tract and that prevents the cilia from functioning properly. The disease can be serious or fatal in infants and unimmunized children. It is much milder in teens, adults, and in immunized children – but still can be a real nuisance. As you might guess, it can be far worse in people with asthma or with immune deficiencies.
People with pertussis go through four stages:
- Incubation. For 5 to 21 days after exposure (usually 7 to 10 days) there are no symptoms at all while the bacteria multiply.
- Prodrome. For the next 1 to 2 weeks, pertussis is not unlike a cold. People have runny noses, sneezing, and perhaps a low-grade fever. A mild cough begins that gradually worsens.
- Paroxysms. The worst part of the illness lasts from 1 to 6 weeks. Spasms or attacks of coughing may come up to 15 times per day. Sometimes, especially in children, the cough is followed by a "whoop" noise as they breathe in rapidly, attempting to get air. Even so, young infants will often turn blue with the spells from lack of oxygen. The mucus is often thick and sticky. Gagging, choking, and vomiting are common. Sometimes young infants will stop breathing for varying lengths of time. This stage of pertussis is much milder in adults, teens, older children, and immunized children.
- Convalescence. As if this disease were not already long enough, the cough continues for another 2 to 4 weeks, but gradually becomes less severe and less frequent. Even after the cough seems finally over, the spasms often recur briefly for the next several months – especially during colds and during exertion.
Current lab tests to detect pertussis are either slow, cumbersome, not readily available, or often fail to pick up the disease. For this reason many physicians rely on the working definition of pertussis. Also for this reason, the number of proven cases reported to the health department vastly underestimates the number of cases in the community.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people are considered to have pertussis if they have a cough lasting for at least 14 days (with no other confirmed cause) and any one of the following symptoms (even if they have been immunized):
- Coughing spasms or fits (coughs comes in clusters)
- A whooping noise while breathing in.
- Vomiting caused by the cough.
The case is called confirmed pertussis if there is a positive lab test or if there has been exposure to someone with a positive lab test.
During a pertussis outbreak, anyone who has a cough lasting at least 14 days (with no other known cause) probably has pertussis, even in the absence of other specific symptoms.
Pertussis is treated with an antibiotic (Biaxin, erythromycin, Septra, or Zithromax). The antibiotic doesn't much affect the length of the illness, but is very effective at stopping its spread. People with pertussis are highly contagious for up to 5 days after starting the antibiotic.
You or your child have been exposed if you spend a total of 5 hours in the same room with someone with the disease (over a week), or if you sit next to someone with pertussis for any length of time, or if you have any contact at all with infected mucus or saliva. Between 70 and 100 percent of susceptible people will catch pertussis if they are exposed.
Currently, most adults and teens are susceptible because the protective effect of their childhood pertussis immunizations has waned. To address this problem, it is now recommended that all teens receive a booster vaccine at 11-18 years of age (preferably between 11-12 years).
Between 60 and 80 percent of infants are protected after the first 3 doses of vaccine, but this protection begins to disappear when they are toddlers. After the 4th immunization at 18 months old, 80 percent are protected for the next 3 to 4 years. The 5th dose, at kindergarten entry, protects them for another few years. A booster dose is recommended during the teen years to bolster immunity to pertussis.
People who have been exposed to probable or confirmed pertussis should either receive a course of preventative antibiotics (and I say this as someone strongly opposed to the overuse of antibiotics), or be kept home from daycare, school, or work for at least 3 weeks. If the exposed individual develops symptoms, they should receive antibiotics to prevent further spread of pertussis to others.
Children under age 7 who have been exposed should receive a pertussis vaccine, unless they have already had 4 doses of pertussis vaccine (and the last dose within 3 years), or unless there is a compelling reason not to immunize them. Exposed teens 11-18 years old who have not already received a booster vaccine should receive one.
Your children, Maureen, are beyond the age of greatest risk from the illness. Even so, they would likely benefit from getting the vaccine now. Their previous reactions to the vaccine fall into the mild or moderate category. Please discuss their unique situations with their doctor to help you reach a decision. You will be glad to know that the pertussis vaccine used today is gentler and safer than that used years ago.
The pertussis vaccine, even with its side effects and problems, has saved many lives by stopping the wildfire spread of pertussis epidemics. The recent pertussis deaths in California, though, are a haunting reminder that this disease is still lying in wait.


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INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Indiana state Senate on Tuesday approved Republican-backed legislation to require women seeking to end pregnancies through use of the so-called abortion pill to have an ultrasound examination.
If it becomes law, the proposal would make Indiana the ninth state to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.
Senators voted 33 to 16 to approve the measure, advancing it for consideration by the state House of Representatives, which like the Senate is controlled by a Republican super-majority.
Republican Governor Mike Pence, a former U.S. congressman who strongly opposes abortion and championed federal attempts to cut off funding for abortion provider Planned Parenthood, is expected to sign the bill into law if it reaches his desk.
The bill, as first introduced by Republican state Senator Travis Holdman, would have required two ultrasounds before a woman could obtain a prescription for the abortion pill, officially known as RU486. It was amended to allow the doctor providing the drug to decide if a second exam was needed.
"It is a matter of the mother's health," said Holdman. It is dangerous to administer RU486 in some cases, such as if the fertilized egg implants outside the womb of the woman.
The bill as passed also would require clinics where RU486 medication is dispensed to meet the same standards as a facility that performs surgical abortions, a provision opponents said could force an Indiana clinic to close.
The two-pill abortion medication called RU486 has been legally available in the United States since 2000. By 2008 it accounted for about one-fourth of U.S. abortions performed before nine weeks of gestation, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
As approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the two drugs - mifepristone and misoprostol - are dispensed by prescription directly from a physician. They are not available in pharmacies. The medication is generally prescribed for ending pregnancies of less than eight weeks.
Opponents of the bill said it would effectively require women seeking an RU486 prescription to undergo an invasive transvaginal ultrasound probe, because that is the only exam capable of providing the information mandated by the bill during early stages of pregnancy.
The bill language does not specify the type of ultrasound required, and Holdman said a normal ultrasound would suffice.
Planned Parenthood of Indiana President Betty Cockrum said the new licensing requirements could force a Lafayette, Indiana, clinic that provides non-surgical abortion services to close.
"It's politics, pure and simple," Cockrum said, adding that requiring the clinic to meet surgical standards would not improve patient safety.
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The OSCE Guidebook on "The Role of Civil Society in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: A focus on South-Eastern Europe" is the first in a series of resources produced by the Transnational Threat Department/ Action against Terrorism Unit. This volume provides practical guidance and helpful background for both policy makers and practitioners who are working to advance civil-society-led P/CVERLT initiatives in the South-Eastern European region.


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According to Hunger Free Vermont, 14 percent of the state's households are food-insecure—meaning that due to low financial resources, they lack access to enough food to fully meet basic needs at all times.
Vikram Patel, a Schweitzer Fellow and Vermont Law School (VLS) student, has mobilized his peers to do something about it. Partnering with the Red Door Thrift Shop and local community leaders, Patel expanded the scope of the VLS food and culture club he had previously founded—adding a new focus on addressing hunger and health in the South Royalton, Vermont community. Patel's Schweitzer project has built bridges between law students and the surrounding community—and provided food-insecure individuals and families with over 2,000 meals via community dinners, a community garden, and a food pantry.
Why did you decide to develop your particular project?
While we often hear about a myriad of serious health challenges in other countries, there are many unmet health needs here at home in the United States. 14.6% of our population cannot consistently afford adequate food—and Vermont is ranked 9th hungriest in the nation despite three federally supported nutritional programs.
While the problem is enormous, I am continually motivated by the belief that the actions of a few individuals within a community can make an important difference. For my Schweitzer project, I expanded on a food and culture club that I founded at VLS—working to develop relationships with local community leaders and other law students in order to help provide free weekly dinners to between 60 and 70 low income individuals in our community.
We have been able to do this now for the last nine months, and we conservatively estimate that to date, over 2,000 meals have been served to some of the most in need within our community.
What do you hope will be the lasting impact of your project on the community it serves?
As part of my project, we are setting up a community food pantry and teaching basic principles of healthy eating. We continue to establish partnerships with local farmers, and we hope the pantry will become an ongoing community social responsibility. Our town has a small community garden that is currently being used to grow crops for the pantry and members of my club are managing all aspects of our garden plot. A local church provides the facility and support for the community dinners, as well as the pantry. It is my hope that all of these community actions will become part of our community's ongoing social pact.
What do you think is the most pressing health-related issue of our time, and how do you think it should be addressed?
I think that the aging of baby boomers will soon make chronic diseases one of the most pressing issues of our time in the United States. Many of these diseases are closely related to personal behaviors like diet and exercise. A significant change in focus must be made towards keeping people healthy, rather than the current focus on managing illness.
Epidemiologists consistently advocate that small improvements in the health of large populations lead to more improvement in the overall health of the population than large improvements in a small number of people with severe disease. We need to change our focus from sickness management to small but meaningful improvements in wellness management.
What has been the most surprising element of your experience as a Schweitzer Fellow?
I am amazed at how many people have come forward to lend their support and help as the project has evolved. It seems that there are many people who want to help, but don't know where or how to start. This project has provided focus and, with every success, a tangible way for people to contribute. Because other VLS students have become involved, I also feel that the overall relationship between the law school and the local community, while already strong, may have been enhanced further.
What does being a Schweitzer Fellow (and, ultimately, Fellow for Life) mean to you?
Being an Albert Schweitzer Fellow has helped me to further develop what has been a life-long habit of active community participation. It has shown me that an interdisciplinary approach to problems can create solutions.
For example, the most recent floods in Vermont led to an outpouring of volunteer help that included other Schweitzer Fellows from Vermont and New Hampshire. This demonstrated a social commitment and social conscience that continues to evolve. To me, this is the crux of what it means to be a Schweitzer Fellow.
Vikram Patel is a New Hampshire-Vermont Schweitzer Fellow. Click here to read more about the New Hampshire-Vermont Schweitzer Fellows Program and the Fellows like Patel it supports in creating and carrying out yearlong direct service projects—and developing into lifelong leaders in the process. To make a gift to The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship in honor of Patel, click here.
Each week, Beyond Boulders delivers a new installment of "Five Questions for a Fellow" – an interview series with Schweitzer Fellows across the country and in Gabon, Africa who are leading the movement to eliminate health disparities. For an archive of previous "Five Questions for a Fellow" interviews, click here.


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Hi i I bought a 2001 z24 in august and i'm already having some problems with it. First my passenger side window no longer works and its stuck at half way down position. I'd assume this is the motor for the power windows? For a while it would let you put it up a little or down a little at a time but now it doesn't work at all. Secondly whenever I got to stop rapidly I get a knocking noise and the car lurches forward on occasions. I also hear the same knocking noise when I make some of my turns. What could be causing this and how expensive will it be to fix?
I bought a 2005 cavalier LS sedan back in november and the driver side power window just stopped working. i know that the car is a little over a year, but should the window do that?????? :confuse: could it be a manufacturer defect??????? a girl i work with has the same exact car and had the same exact thing happen......coincidence....i think not. this doesn't sound normal, not to mention the fact that there are no known recalls or defects for that year. scary. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!
a concerned cavalier owner :sick: :mad:0
halsca Posts: 15I wouldn't call it normal, just what failed the motor, or the cable used to raise and lower the window? I had the same thing happen with a Toyota Camery TWICE! In both cases it was the cable.0
I will tell you the truth, I have owned 4 Cavaliers, the last one 2000. It was a disappointment, made more cheaply than my 94 I traded.
I used to visit another forum, the problems were all listed, the cool part is, if you want to call it cool, is you knew what problems you were going to have before you had them. The good part you already know the fix and cost and instructions on the repair. The window motors were a #1 failure item. The parts put in the cavalier are to put it nicely low grade, you have to move up to get better parts. The fact that GM is going down the tube has something to do with it, but through there stupidity they are making it worse, would you buy another GM product.0
my cavalier is fully loaded.....has the best of everything...except no alloy wheels or sunroof which is fine by me....would a car that has pretty much everything on it still have a crappy motor.....my car has premium stereo sound, radio that tells station and song playing (and colts score when game is on radio), traction control, cruise control, premium interior, remote with trunk release both inside and on the remote, anti theft, power locks and windows, reading lights on right and left of dome light, sunglasses compartment above the middle console, the list goes on and on....it just seems weird that a fully loaded car could have a crappy window motor or cable or whatever it is. please help0
You said the magic word, Cavalier. My 1994 I went 120K and no window motor failure, but I rarely put the window down, wind noise.
Seems to me the real problems started with the new model starting 1995, complete redesign. The issues were with strut bearings, wheel bearings, blower motor resistor, head gasket leaks, not your EcoTech, window motors, CD stops working. The fix for that is pull the radio fuse for a few seconds, works on all GM radios, I found that out on the web.
Look at the bright side maybe they are making them better in 2005. From what I read the Cobalt is not much of a car either. Good Luck0
woobegone Posts: 18This sounds like the same problem I had last year with my '96 Pontiac Sunfire (same car, same parts). When the thermal regulator on the window motor begins to fail, the window will stop; wait a few minutes, it cools enough to go a little more, etc. But at that point, it's pretty much toast, so you need to get a new motor. I tried a remanufactured one from NAPA Auto Parts to save some $$ but it didn't last. Best to bite the bullet and get a GM-Delco reman. unit. I agree it shouldn't happen on so new a car as a 2005, but what can you do? Now, I'm concerned about my son's 2005 Cav he bought last Sept. -- hope he has better luck.0
ozy Posts: 1Just been to my dealer to have an oil pan leak checked after noticing the oil patch on the ground this morning. Had the opportunity to look at it, looks like there are some scratches underneath about 4 inches deep in 2 places. The technician said I might have hit a sharp object( I am very careful and I don't remember hearing/ feeling a bump). Also some noise coming from the front left wheel. The diagnostics say the wheel hub bearing needs replacing. the total quotation is CAN$1200 for both jobs. Is this realistic? After reading some posts here I feel I have started a similar route of money down the drain. It's a 2003 cav on a lease, with 57000km, warranty expired on 08/05/06. What's the best way forward. Please help0
Get an estimate from and independent shop, dealers are always notoriously high, lots of overhead.0
zoramehta Posts: 1On my 96 Cavalier I am having window issues. They are powered. About 10 yrs ago the driver side window went out and I had it fixed. Then about 2yrs ago it would lower half way and take forever to raise. Now it doesnt work at all. Just a yr ago my passenger side did the same thing. Now one of my back windows wont go down from the driver side switch. Now I have 3 windows that dont work!
Want to get this fixed. And will fix it with my dad, but would like some insite on what it may be before I go changing all the motors and that not be it. And will not get rid of the car so some logical help would be appreciated. Thanks0
95 and on were notorious for motors going out, not a bad job if you have done one. I would recommend you google motor replacement, lots of information out there.0
georgecavalier Posts: 54I also have a 2001 Z24 and from what I've heard the window motors aren't that reliable on the Cavaliers. It could be the motor but it could be a wiring issue. Either do it yourself or have a mechanic look at it.0
I think you are a little late, January post.0
chancem1 Posts: 1can anybody give me any help with my sunroof , was working fine now it will not close , it will go back , but it is stuck open half way , hit the switch it closes half way and stops ?? motor stops also ??0
kid12482 Posts: 1I am intalling the power windows into my 2002 cavalier, and i am looking for the parts that plug into the switchs and the part that plugs into the motors, that have the wires connected. I was woundering if anyone had the part numbers for those two parts0
anniemac Posts: 1Hi,
I'm don't know how to fix the power windows on my cav, I wish I did because this is the second cav that I've had window problems with, the first one cost me $600 and now the new car is doing the same thing, I'll never buy another Chevy, they are crap! Thanks for letting me rant, Ann0
Your right, you need to be a DIY to own a Cavalier.0
jamn69 Posts: 5I have a '92 Z24 with stock aluminum alloy rims with a clear coat finish but they are tarnished. Does anyone know how to bring their shine back & maybe how to re-clear coat them ? Are there any items I should know good or bad about my 3.1 L/V6 with an auto trans ?0
I purchased this car new and over the last 5 years, both windows failed. At first, they would get stuck and I could drive a bit and eventually, get window back up. But after awhile they finally, failed and had to be replaced by dealer under extended warranty.
Is anyone aware of any issue with voltage regulator, alternator or weak battery that may be cause these failures ?
Just low grade motors, every Cavalier since 1995 have had this problem.0
Thanks, It appears to be the consensus. How much extra would the vehicle cost to use a slightly better product ? You don't have answer this, just talking out loud. My dealership indicated when I had the first one replaced 2 years ago that there were no known issues. lol0
goodguy482 Posts: 1I have a 1993 Cavalier convertible with the left rear window sluggish. I tried to remove it to lubricate the mechanism but was unsuccessful. There is a bolt on the bottom of the window with the nut on the inside of the panel. I am afraid if I remove the nut to get the window out I will not be able to get the bolt back through the hole in the side panel. Can someone tell me if this bolt is fixed in the window mechanism so it will not fall out. Also to remove the backrest of the back seat I need a special tool that looks like a spline wrench... What is the size.
Thanks for the help0
Well when you pay all the retires health and pension payments, workers not working, there is not much left to make a good car. The ironic thing is, it is a entry level car, after all your car troubles they think you will buy the next class up, not.0
mattattack1234 Posts: 1I have an 2003 cavalier 4dr ; I had vent visor shades on it and recently took them off because they were not sticking well and falling off. Now i have a problem. The vent visor after time pulled on the vertical black molding on the door and seems to leak in air when i drive i was wondering does anyone know how to make that molding tighter cause i dont see any screws or how its attached. Thanks0
I was wondering how to know, on my 2004 Cavalier, if my power window switch is bad. It is easy to replace but at least $55.00 to replace buying online or 87.00 from a local Chevy dealer. I am guessing it might be the switch by the way it acted when I disconnected the switch from the wiring and then the driver's side would not down. First it was just the passenger side and then when I removed the switch and reconnected it, driver's side would not go down. Maybe the circuit board is damaged from spilling liquid on the switch.0
I presume you mean the master switch on the driver's door?
I guess the only way for you to diagnose this for CERTAIN would be to have a wiring diagram of the switch and a test light, and then you would test the switch one position at a time and see if current is going in and coming out at the appropriate points. You can bypass the switch by connecting the wires but without a wiring diagram I wouldn't want you doing that. If you touch two live leads together you'll blow a fuse.
Which reminds me, have you checked all the fuses? On some cars, not all the windows work off the same fuse.0
Checked the fuses and just checked for juice to the lead into the connector in the door and there is juice in there, so I would think its the window motor, although some have said it could be the regulator, but it appears I will have to go to a shop. Thnaks for the reply. The master switch is in between the seats on this model. :sick:0
You could pop off the door panel and peel back the moisture barrier and test for voltage right at the motor. By "regulator" do you mean the power window relay?0
dibson Posts: 2Hi, i have a 96 RH drive Cavalier and was told by an auto electrician that the problem i was having with intermittent window raise and lower could be a faulty circuit breaker and that he wasnt sure if the actual motors had seperate circuit brakers or if there was one that controlled all the windows, the front passenger window does not operate at all, the drivers window is intermittent as is the RHR passenger window where as the LHR passenger window works fine, can any one shed any light on where i might find the circuit breaker as i would like to try and bypass it completely to see if it helps, if not aftermarket motors are supposed to be better than the original although costly. :confuse: <img src="0
sweetpea_mars Posts: 1I've seen a lot of comments on here about the power windows and at least one comment about the breaks lurching. I have a 2004 Cavalier that I bought in 2005 from Carmax. Thankfully, my car is still under the extended warranty. I have the same problem with the breaks - when I try to stop suddenly or if I hit a bump or pothole while breaking, the breaks make a grinding sort of noise and lurches forward. I've been told by one mechanic that this is due to the rotors, which are supposedly a known problem for the Cavalier, and that they're about $300 per wheel to replace and fix. Also, six months after I bought the car, the driver side window suddenly stopped working and was stuck half rolled down. Every once in a while I could get it to go up a little. Literally a fraction of an inch. It took about two weeks for it to eventually roll all the way back up. According to the Carmax mechanic that worked on it in 2005, the motor was burned out. The sun roof and passenger windows have been working with no problems, though. Just about six months ago the same window started having the same problem. I took my car in to get an oil change and I neglected to tell them NOT to roll down the driver side window. Now it's stuck half rolled down and won't go up. Freaking car!!! In addition, at least five of my coworkers have Cavaliers and they all have the same issues with the windows and the breaks.0
scubadiverbob Posts: 3My car has all four window motors now defective. Is this a manufacturer defect? They all failed about the same time and in the summer. Are they made in china? I've been told you can get kits to make the windows roll up and down using a handle instead of a motor; is that true?0


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BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union's executive arm is certain to upset several of its 27 member states as it is seeking 11.2 billion euros ($14.4 billion) in additional funding, mainly to pay outstanding bills from last year.
Britain, France, Italy, and others will have to find more than a billion euros each at a time when they are trying to trim high deficits through spending cuts or tax raises and their economies are struggling.
The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, said Wednesday that, in addition to its 2013 budget of 133 billion euros ($170 billion), it needs 9 billion euros to meet obligations funding projects in Europe's less developed economic areas. It needs another 2.2 billion euros for other expenses, excluding administrative costs, which are set to stay flat.
The EU's members must approve the budget by qualified majority. They pay a share of the budget according to their economic strength. If the amended budget is passed, Germany will face an additional bill of 2.2 billion euros, France 1.7 billion euros, Britain 1.6 billion euros, and Italy 1.3 billion euros.
The financial burden might ultimately be somewhat lower because most of the additional EU funds will pay or co-finance projects in the member states. But the money often goes to local entities there, with the central government on the hook to pay Brussels' budget.
The European Commission and the European Parliament are adamant about the need for the additional financing, insisting it's not about expanding the EU's coffers but about honoring the bloc's payments for previously approved projects.
"You order a meal in a restaurant knowing its price, you eat it, then you complain when the bill arrives?" the EU Budget Commissioner's spokesman, Patrizio Fiorilli, wrote in a post on Twitter.
By law, the EU is not allowed to run a deficit. The initial budget shortfall of 2012 was estimated to total 16 billion euros but shifting funds between budget years brought the figure down to about 11 billion euros, according to the latest estimates. The extra funds would just barely put it back in the black.
The EU Parliament is threatening to hold up the bloc's entire 960 billion euros ($1.3 trillion) budget for the years 2014-2020 unless member states accept to pay the outstanding bills.
"At a time when the EU is suffering from a credibility deficit, no one would take us seriously if we were to decide on the budget for the next seven years without being able to pay the bills for the current year," said Alain Lamassoure, Chairman of the European Parliament's Budget Committee of the center-right majority caucus.
The EU's multi-annual budget was hammered out in a round-the-clock summit of the EU's 27 leaders. It foresees the first spending cuts in the bloc' history. The European Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected the proposal and said it wouldn't start negotiations before last year's bills will be paid for.


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How to Use the Images Drawing 1
Drawing 1
Originally constructed in 1754, the Bethlehem Waterworks is likely the first municiple pumping system ever built in the United States. The limestone building houses an 18-foot waterwheel designed to capture water from the Monocacy Creek. In colonial times, the waterworks pumped fresh water through 94 feet of pipe to a water tower located on a nearby hill. Gravity then pulled the water from the tower to cisterns located in the town of Bethlehem, below. The waterworks building was restored in the early 1970s.
Questions for Photo 3
1. Locate the waterworks on Drawing 1. Which buildings in Bethlehem existed before the waterworks was constructed? Why do you think the waterworks was built later than these other buildings?
2. How do you think the people of Bethlehem got fresh water to their homes and businesses before the waterworks was built? Why might a water pumping system be preferable to earlier methods?
2. Compare the waterworks with the Single Brethern House (Photo 2). What features do you see on either that might help you distinguish one as a residence and one as a non-residential building?
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I worry that the Jews will get sucked into believeing the Anti-Christ is their long-awaited Messiah....
I worry that the Jews will get sucked into believeing the Anti-Christ is their long-awaited Messiah....
Unfortunately that is precisely what will happen.
Daniel 9:27 (KJV)
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
The covenant elsewhere in Daniel refers to the holy covenant (at the time the Law of Moses). Then he reneges on his confirmation after the Christian refuseniks are annihilated and then the Jews become the refuseniks the Christians had been. This is to get them into the Armageddon scenario to cry out to Jesus at long last since nothing else will work.
Hosanna (hosha nah) means save now... YeHOSHua HaMoshiakh.
This is what the tribulation / great tribulation period will be for.
The Bible is its own best commentary.
Prophecy is the word of Godwhich sometimes speaks of future... sometimes of the present... sometimes of the past.
A prophet is the tool God uses.
It's not about the prophet, but about the God who uses the prophet to speak his word...


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Astros' Castro favors eliminating plate collisions
HOUSTON -- Jason Castro took a one-hop throw from teammate Carlos Lee, who had corralled a popup in foul territory down the right-field line, and turned to apply the tag at the plate on charging Brewers infielder Mat Gamel, who barreled into the catcher and flipped him back.
A dazed Castro held onto the ball for the out and stayed in the game after trainers checked him out, but he wound up missing a couple of games with a sore shoulder. The worst collision of Castro's Major League career will likely be his last.
HOUSTON -- Jason Castro took a one-hop throw from teammate Carlos Lee, who had corralled a popup in foul territory down the right-field line, and turned to apply the tag at the plate on charging Brewers infielder Mat Gamel, who barreled into the catcher and flipped him back.
A dazed Castro held onto the ball for the out and stayed in the game after trainers checked him out, but he wound up missing a couple of games with a sore shoulder. The worst collision of Castro's Major League career will likely be his last.
With Major League Baseball taking steps to outlaw collisions at the plate, Castro applauded the move and said the safety of the players should be the top priority.
"I think it will end up being a good thing for baseball," he said. "I mean, it's been a part of the game for a long time, but I feel that it will really serve to protect the players, and I don't think it will really impact games like the opponents of changing the rule would think.
"I think it will actually do the reverse and keep guys on the field and only help improve the team's performance over the long run. The last thing that anyone wants on a play at the plate for one run is to have a guy get hurt and miss significant playing time. I think that's the one thing that will really benefit from the change in the rules."
Castro has missed significant time in his brief career, the result of a major knee injury suffered while stepping awkwardly on first base in Spring Training in 2010. He's had a couple of knee procedures since, but he's never been seriously injured in a home-plate collision like San Francisco's Buster Posey was later that year.
The Giants' All-Star catcher's season ended when he suffered a broken bone in his lower left leg and three torn ligaments in his ankle as the result of home-plate collision with Florida's Scott Cousins. If the rule change passes, catchers would have to settle for tagging a runner as he approaches the plate instead of trying to block the plate.
The decision to eliminate collisions didn't become a serious topic of conversation until last month at the General Managers Meetings, but the idea quickly caught fire. Managers Mike Matheny of the Cardinals and Bruce Bochy of the Giants, both former catchers, led the push.
The exact language of the new rule has not been written. The final draft will be approved by the Rules Committee and then submitted for a vote at the next quarterly Owners Meetings in January. Finally, it must be approved by the Major League Baseball Players Association.
"It will be interesting to see if that's part of the rule, that you have to allow the runner some opportunity to score," said Castro, who's the Astros' representative to the MLBPA. "Otherwise, you can literally sit right in front of the plate and block the whole thing. Just like you can't completely block any of the bases other than home -- you can't take away the runners' opportunity to advance if he has it."
Castro says what he's been taught is to show the runner that he's got a path to the plate so he goes in intending to slide and not take out the catcher, and as soon as Castro has the ball, collapse on that lane and take it away.
He says the threat of a collision tends to make catchers focus on the relay throw to the plate and puts a priority on throwing to another base to get an out, depending on the situation. Now, he says, there's more incentive to sit at home plate and wait for the ball.
"You can hang out at the plate no matter where the runner may be, and you feel a little more comfortable back there," he said. "It will definitely allow guys to kind of stay in on bad hops and try to make a play. I think for the most part, guys, catchers, allow somewhat of a lane for the runner to take to try to score, and we'll see how that develops, if that starts to go away and guys feel that now that collisions aren't allowed, catchers start to take away the whole plate, and how that plays out, and what the runner is entitled to."
While the nuances of the rule, including the penalties for initiating a collision, still have to be worked out, Castro takes comfort in knowing he'll never have another encounter with a runner like he did with Gamel in Milwaukee in 2012.
"I feel like I got pretty lucky," he said. "I watched the replay on that one in particular, and my body kind of got out of its own way, luckily, or else it could have been a lot worse. Obviously, everyone is familiar with the Posey incident. That's kind of the reason why I think the rule needs to be changed, is instances like that."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter.


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Lee Slattery, Pelle Edberg, Magnus Carlsson and Raymond Russell shared the first round lead in the Rolex Trophy after sparkling with seven under par 65s at the Golf Club de Genève in Switzerland.
The quartet lead Italian teenager Matteo Manassero, home hope Julien Clément and David Vanegas by one shot after a day of low scoring, with three players – Charlie Ford, Alexandre Kaleka and Marius Thorp - another shot back at five under.
All four leading players had strong back nines, particularly Slattery who, having reached the turn three under, had four consecutive birdies from the 13th to propel up the leaderboard. The Englishman admitted he was feeling refreshed and re-energised after a holiday last week.
"I started slowly and missed a short putt on the first for birdie and another one at the second for par," said Slattery, who is chasing his second Challenge Tour win of the season following his victory in the Telenet Trophy. "I was starting to think it was not going to be my day but, as with a lot of rounds, you start badly and progressively got much better.
"Towards the end I felt like I could have kept going all day. It was great. I think the key to this week is having a week off last week. I went on holiday to Croatia and came back feeling like a different person, like I was ready to play again. I put in a few days of hard work before this tournament and it's starting to feel good again.
"It feels like a long time ago that I won in Belgium even though it's only a couple of months. I'm like most golfers in that we're never happy and even when you win a tournament you're trying to change things and improve."
Swedes Edberg and Carlsson both birdied the par four 18th to grab a share of the lead, and the latter attributed his fine score to a good day on the greens.
"I putted fantastically," said Carlsson. "Sixty-five is a great start to the week. I had some good birdies and some nice par saves so all in all I'm very happy."
Edberg added: "It was pretty good, very solid. I think I hit all the fairways and all the greens and made a few putts.
"If you keep hitting the ball close, sooner or later you'll hole the putts. It's my first time here and I'm enjoying it – I like the course. Obviously it's a pretty easy course but you still have to make the putts. But if you play decent you have opportunities here."
Manassero, 17, was delighted to be in contention early on and welcomed the change in format this week. In the first round, each professional played with a junior golfer, and for the other three rounds, the groups comprise a professional and three amateurs.
"I started quite badly but things got a lot better and I was very happy with that score," said Manassero. "I played very well from tee to green. It was nice and relaxed and I liked playing with the juniors. I think they enjoyed it a lot too, which is very good."
Current Challenge Tour Rankings leader Robert Dinwiddie, the 2007 Rolex Trophy champion, birdied the 18th for a four under par 68.
"It's the kind of course where you can get a score going if you're accurate off the tee," said Dinwiddie. "There are still some tough holes out there and luckily I managed to avoid any disasters. I've got great memories of winning here in 2007 and it would be great to do it again. There's a long way to go yet but this is a good start."
|Player Name
|TULLO, Mark
|MANASSERO, Matteo
|KALEKA, Alexandre
|MURRAY, George
|VELASCO, Alvaro
|CARLSSON, Magnus A


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And This Concludes The Festival of Slights
In the mad rush to get custom Hanukkah treats out, sometimes mistakes happen.
You might misspell something:
(Ooh! That's a new one!)
Or get a little carried away with your store's "Hanukkah House" display:
Or maybe - juuust maybe - you might put several dozen upside-down Halloween temporary tattoos on all your store's Hanukkah cupcakes, thinking they were dreidels. Or maybe Stars of David. But definitely something Jewish.
Still better than snowflakes.
My wreckporter-who-wishes-to-remain-anonymous tells me this baker had to hand-cut dozens and dozens of these, and never once noticed that they all say Happy Halloween. Or that they're big spiderwebs. With a dangling spider. That looks like this:
Thanks to Marlo D., Shoshana F., & Anony M. for an especially chappy chanukah.