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SAMeApril 2007
By Tiesha D. Johnson, BSN, RN
In 2004, the FDA mandated that all antidepressants carry a "black box" warning on their labels following the discovery of a heightened risk of suicidal thoughts among children taking the pills.1 In December 2006, following a huge federal analysis of hundreds of clinical trials, FDA regulators for the first time acknowledged that the drugs can trigger suicidal thoughts among patients older than 18.1
Prescription antidepressants have brought relief to millions of people who suffer the debilitating symptoms of depressive disease. However, reports linking these drugs to a heightened risk of potentially dangerous side effects have led scientists to continue to search for natural agents that safely and effectively elevate mood.
One the most advanced mood-elevating therapies available today is S-adenosylmethionine, a natural compound that the Life Extension Foundation introduced to American consumers back in 1996. Long prescribed in Europe to alleviate depression, SAMe has been demonstrated to be as effective as certain pharmaceutical drugs in improving mood and a host of other conditions—without the side effects often associated with such drugs. In addition to relieving depressive symptoms, SAMe has shown efficacy in fighting liver disease, relieving arthritis pain, and even supporting healthy endothelial function.
In this article, we bring readers up to date on research findings attesting to the many diverse health benefits of SAMe.
S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) is a natural compound found in nearly every body tissue and fluid, where it participates in myriad life-sustaining biochemical reactions.2
In fact, scientists have discovered that SAMe has many of the same beneficial effects in the body as drugs prescribed for numerous health disorders.3-5 Not only does SAMe have a 30-year history of effectiveness in treating depression,6 but growing evidence attests to its efficacy in preventing and treating several types of liver disease.7 Moreover, SAMe has been shown to be at least as effective as most nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in treating arthritis.5 Couple these benefits with its outstanding safety profile, and it is easy to see why a growing number of health professionals regard SAMe as a first-line therapy in managing a host of health conditions.
SAMe Boosts Mood, Complements Prescription Antidepressants
Depression is a major public health problem that afflicts adolescents and children as well as adults. Successive generations of antidepressant drugs, such as tricyclic antidepressants and serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), have been hailed as breakthroughs in the treatment of depressive illness.
Tricyclic antidepressants (such as imipramine, amitryptiline, and others) fell out of favor in the early 1990s, after growing evidence that they induced numerous serious side effects and were often poorly tolerated.8 These side effects appeared to be absent in the newer SSRIs that became hugely popular in the 1990s and remain so today. However, recent findings indicating that SSRIs appear to increase the risk of suicidal ideation in some patients have been the source of both concern and controversy.9 In 2004, the FDA placed a "black box" warning on SSRIs, indicating that the drugs may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts in children,10 and the agency has continued to warn about possible side effects in patients of all ages. These developments pose a vexing dilemma for patients as well as their doctors, who wish to successfully manage depression yet avoid the potentially fatal side effects associated with prescription antidepressants.
To safely and effectively manage depression, more people are turning to SAMe. Although SAMe has been used to treat depression for more than a quarter of a century,11,12 it has received relatively little attention in the mainstream medical literature until recently. Today, however, growing evidence suggests that SAMe works as well as certain antidepressants, while demonstrating a superior safety profile.
SAMe influences the metabolism of the brain neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin, both of which help control mood.13 It also crosses the nearly impenetrable barrier between the blood and the brain, an obstacle that prevents many drugs from acting on the central nervous system.14 Naturally occurring levels of SAMe are lower in the spinal fluid of people suffering depression,15 and increasing blood levels of SAMe have been found to produce improvements in depressive symptoms.16 Scientists have also discovered a clear link between SAMe and folic acid, demonstrating that the two nutrients work together to beneficially affect monoamine neurotransmitters, thereby providing support for healthy mood and optimal cognitive and nervous system function.13
In a small open trial in 1984, researchers treated nine depressed inpatients with SAMe, and seven showed improvement in or resolution of their symptoms.17 In another open trial in 20 outpatients, treatment with SAMe completely resolved depressive symptoms in 7 of 11 patients who had no history of poor response to antidepressants, and in 2 of 9 patients who had failed previous treatments with antidepressants.18
Several studies in the late 1980s found SAMe to be as effective as tricyclic antidepressants8 in fighting depression. In one double-blind, controlled trial of patients with major depression,16 nine were given intravenous SAMe and nine took imipramine for 14 days. Improvement was seen in the SAMe group by the end of the first week, and by the end of the trial, 66% of the SAMe group had exhibited significant improvement, compared to only 22% in the imipramine group.
More recently, Italian researchers published the results of two multicenter trials comparing SAMe with oral imipramine.3,19 In the first trial, 143 patients took 1600 mg of SAMe orally each day, while 138 took 150 mg a day of imipramine. In the second trial, 147 patients received 400 mg a day of SAMe by intramuscular injection, and 148 took oral imipramine. Researchers then compared the patients' scores on two standard scales of depression. While the results of treatment were the same for patients receiving SAMe and imipramine, the SAMe patients experienced significantly fewer side effects.
As many as 46% of patients with major depressive illness show either a partial response or no response to antidepressant therapy, highlighting the need for strategies to improve the efficacy of treatment for depression.12 In 2004, researchers studied the complementary effects of SAMe and modern antidepressant drugs.20 Thirty patients who had incomplete responses to SSRIs or venlafaxine (Effexor®) were administered 800-1600 mg per day of SAMe for six weeks. Fifty percent of these treatment-resistant patients improved with the addition of SAMe to their therapy, and 43% experienced remission of symptoms. The authors concluded that augmenting antidepressant therapy with SAMe might well be effective in alleviating treatment-resistant depression.
A quick onset of action is particularly important in therapies to treat depression. While most prescription drugs take up to three weeks to produce significant effects, injections of SAMe (at 400 mg per day) in 195 patients21 reduced depressive symptoms after just seven days, with further improvement by 15 days—nearly a week before improvement might be expected with prescription medications. In depressed patients with HIV/AIDS,22 SAMe treatment also reduced depression symptom scores after just one week of treatment, with steady improvement continuing for all eight weeks of the trial.
SAMe has also been demonstrated to speed the onset of action of standard antidepressants. For example, in a double-blind study of 40 patients beginning treatment with 150 mg a day of oral imipramine,23 injections of SAMe (at 200 mg a day) decreased depressive symptoms faster than imipramine alone.
Fibromyalgia, a crippling condition marked by severe musculoskeletal pain and frequent sleep disturbances, often results in marked mood changes, including depressive symptoms. SAMe at doses of up to 800 mg a day has shown promise in alleviating fibromyalgia symptoms such as depression, fatigue, and morning stiffness—presumably as a result of its anti-inflammatory and mood-elevating properties.24,25


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Here is a collection of some of my favourite colour pictures from and related to Hollywood. The first picture of Katy Perry was taken on set during the filming of her E.T music video and is composed with a combination of lighting and makeup. Only her eyes were coloured blue by the designers. It's my biggest and most well known picture.
Hollywood Dreaming represents months of dedicated observation of the actors who stroll Hollywood Boulevard, dreaming of what success may come. While many think these are paid actors working for a wage, they are actually regular folk, working on the boulevard for tips, in between auditions for 'real' acting jobs.
I spent a lot of time over months documenting this series, looking for something out of the ordinary and different. While the extraordinary may appear obvious in these pictures, these actors mainly stand around all day and pose for tips with tourists. Finding a unique moment was a huge challenge, leaving me waiting up to 8 hours a day, sometimes to only have taken 5-10 pictures, with only 1 or 2 usable.
I'm not going to call myself a fashion photographer, but I'm starting to shoot it a little now and enjoying the process. Here is a mix of fashion related beauty pictures I've put together, showcasing some of the most beautiful people I've photographed all over the world.
Performance is the sport version of shooting professional sports. It requires a similar skill set and is often a great challenge. You never know what may happen and sometimes the lighting can make your job very frustrating. If I had my way, I'd almost make a career out of shooting performances because the experience is like none other. The thrill of seeing the world's greatest performers in their element is thrilling and exhilarating. They can also make for very powerful imagery.
Working as Katy Perry's tour photographer was an absolute honour, and one of my best experiences in Hollywood. I followed Katy between 4 cities in 5 days and was tasked with the job of taking a variety of different photos each night. While it's not difficult capturing Katy looking incredible, coming up with something unique each night was a challenge I took on very happily. Having the freedom to shoot the entire show, from any vantage point, including the stage was a luxury not many photographers experience in modern times, so I feel very fortunate to have had such a great opportunity.
Recently when Beyoncé toured Australia, I was the only photographer given full access to shoot her entire show, and without any shooting restrictions. It was an incredible experience to watch and capture such a great performer and I am honored by the opportunity. Alongside Katy Perry, Beyoncé is truly one of the greatest performers I've ever worked with.
Let me make one thing very clear. Just because I shoot fashion on the 'runway' does not make me a fashion photographer. Don't get me wrong, I take this job very seriously, and been official photographer for L'Oreal Fashion Festival and Mercedes-Benz Fashion weeks in Sydney, New York and Miami, but it's not 'fashion photography'.
A fashion runway is very much like a big advertisement or performance. There's music, excitement and visually appealing show that gets everyone on the edge of their seats. Traditional runway is shot from a riser at the end of the catwalk, and most of the time, the pictures all look the same, so I won't bore you with that here. Instead I've collated a series of alternate views of a runway.
Going backstage at any fashion show can be an exciting experience, but after many years it becomes more and more challenging. Everything starts looking more and more the same each time and you're pushed to come up with pictures that not only tell the story of what's going on, but to capture pictures that don't look like your last.
I also don't always get to do what I want backstage as I'm often shooting for clients with special requests and need to deliver on those as a priority, but that's what being a successful photographer is about. Knowing what you 'need' to do and putting it above what you 'want'.
Just after completing a portrait of Angelina Jolie in Cannes, I was asked to jump on a plane to cover the world exclusive story of a pregnant man in the United States. As you can imagine, I was confused, yet excited at the same time. I really didn't know what to expect as this was new to me, and kind of new to the world.
After arriving and spending some time with The Pregnant Man - Thomas Beatie, I soon learned what a special couple he and his wife Nancy were. It wasn't their circumstances that made them unique, but more so their love and dedication to each other. Their desire to have a child together was as strong as any regular couple, and I hope my pictures communicated that.
I spent approximately 6 hours over 2 days at the Phuwana Muay Thai Kickboxing Camp on October 4, 2008 in the Bangyai District, located one hour out of central Bangkok, Thailand. The Phuwana Camp houses children from disadvantaged backgrounds who seek refuge in the martial art of Muay Thai Kickboxing. The children, aged from 7-18, start each day with a 6 km run, train from 4-7 am, attend school from 8-2pm and train again from 3-6pm, seven days a week. Through the camp the students seek guidance, strength, discipline and honour in their training, hoping to gain the respect of their trainers and peers by becoming champion boxers. Despite the sport being viewed as a poor person's sport in Thailand, by winning their competitions the students earn much needed cash prizes, which profit the students and their trainers and allow them to make a life for themselves, supporting themselves financially and also hopefully achieving fame and respect.
My love of photography began when I took my camera to the streets. Nothing felt more comfortable that recording life's little moments, even if they weren't my own. I became literally obsessed with documenting the lives of strangers I'd pass by on the streets of Melbourne and never imagined taking photography any further.
I wouldn't describe myself as a street photographer, as there are many more dedicated photographers who are more talented and truly dedicated to the art as a profession. Nevertheless, it's my favorite past-time, and today, nearly 20 years later, i find myself on the streets doing the exact same thing, with the same passion and love for genre. My career is always results driven, but yet when I'm on the streets, I find myself taking in the experience and valuing it much more than an result. Long story short, I don't shoot for other people's satisfaction or 'LIKES'. I shoot for me.
My first big break in Editorial came when I was offered the opportunity to freelance for Getty Images shooting news and sport, only after 3 months of starting my freelance professional photography career. I was given many great opportunities and tested on every one of them. Luckily through hard work, determination and assistance from amazing colleagues the result ended in me being offered a full time position on their staff team. It wasn't long before I started to shift over to entertainment and news and sport became a distant, fond memory.
I created these workshops about 10 years ago and have taught them to over 300 students. Low Light photography is one of the most difficult genres to learn and master because of the various complexities associated with working in low and difficult lighting. This workshop aims to address those challenges head on and give students the best understanding of how to come up with striking results in any situation.


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Ask the Doc :: What Is Erectile Dysfunction?
In this edition of Ask the Doc, resident expert Dr. Tavi Doron defines exactly what erectile dysfunction is and why regular erections are actually a really important indicator of a man's health.
He also takes a look at the main differences between popular erectile dysfunction medications like Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra including onset times, side effects, and how they work to shed a little light on the science behind erectile dysfunction.
When Do I Officially Have "Erectile Dysfunction?"
Q: I can only get hard enough for sex about half of the time. Does that mean I have "erectile dysfunction?"
A: There's a common misconception that erectile dysfunction (ED) is an all or nothing type of thing. In other words, you either have ED or you don't. In reality, ED is a spectrum ranging from someone who never has a problem getting and maintaining a "satisfactory" erection to someone who's never able to get and/or maintain an erection. Most people with ED are somewhere in between those two extremes.
Erections are surprisingly complicated. Your brain, nerves, heart, blood vessels, and a whole lot of hormones have to work in perfect harmony or nothing happens. If you miss a single step in the process, you're in for a big letdown.
Some men may struggle to get an erection sometimes. Others may be able to get an erection all the time, but have difficulty maintaining it. Still other men may have some combination of the two. These are all examples of erectile dysfunction, and each of these men will benefit from ED medication.
Why Are Erections So Important?
Q: Why is erectile dysfunction such a big deal? Aren't there more pressing health issues for men to worry about than erections?
A: Regular erections are actually a really important indicator of men's overall health. No, seriously. Erections matter.
Erectile dysfunction is one of your body's first warning signs that serious problems like hypertension, nerve damage, cardiovascular disease, hormone problems, clinical depression, or a host of other conditions may impacting your regular bodily functions. That's why we like to call erectile dysfunction your "check engine light."
The blood vessels in the penis are smaller than other parts of your body, which means that problems-like cardiovascular disease-are likely to show up as erectile dysfunction before they manifest as a heart attack or stroke in the larger blood vessels leading to your heart or brain.
The interesting thing (and silver lining) about erectile dysfunction is that ED symptoms often occur years before stroke or heart attack, making ED a great diagnostic tool for investigating your risk factors for other conditions. Take your erections (or lack of erections) seriously, because they're great indicators of a healthy manhood.
How Do ED Meds Work?
Q. How do erectile dysfunction medications even work? Do different medications work for different types of ED?
A: Viagra and Cialis both belong to a class of medications called phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE 5 inhibitors for short). There are two other drugs in this category like Levitra and a lesser known one called Stendra, but all of these drugs essentially work the same way.
PDE 5 inhibitors increase a chemical called cyclic GMP (cGMP), which allows certain muscles to relax and blood to flow into the penis causing an erection. That said, there are slight differences between the individual medications.
What are the Main Differences Between Viagra and Cialis?
Q: What are the main differences between Viagra and Cialis, and is one better than the other?
A: Sildenafil (the active ingredient in Viagra) typically works in about 30 minutes and last for 6-8 hours. Tadalafil (the active ingredient in Cialis) takes about 2 hours to start working (although it's faster in some people) and works for 24-36 hours.
While both medications are very effective-approximately 85% of patients will achieve a satisfactory erection with either-Cialis will be in your system for more than a full day. That can be a big pro or major con depending on your history, risk factors, and lifestyle.
You might not need 36 hours of "effectiveness." Also common side effects, like nasal congestion or flushing, will fade more rapidly as the medication leaves the bloodstream if you opt for Viagra over Cialis. Then again, this extra long effective half-life can benefit couples who aren't sure when they're likely to have sex and want to build in a little spontaneity. It all depends on your needs.
ED meds also interact with fatty foods differently. Viagra and Levitra can both be affected by a high fat meal, whereas Cialis isn't affected by food intake. Translation: A heavy meal can make Viagra and Levitra less effective, which is something to consider.
Lastly, Cialis has the option of low dose daily dosing or as needed dosing, while Viagra and Levitra are both taken only as needed.
Choosing "the right" medication for you depends on your health, risk factors, and how you and your partner plan to use the medication.
? Do you want rapid onset or prolonged duration?
? How do you react to the drug in terms of side effects?
? What's your medical history, and what other medications are you taking?
? What does it mean to achieve a "satisfying erection?"
Aside from the immediate benefits, ED medications also help men be more confident. Medication takes a lot of uncertainty out of whether men will get an erection when they want one, especially if they work with their partner and doctor to get the dosage and medication that works best for their lifestyle, no matter where they fall on the erectile dysfunction spectrum.
Dr. Tzvi Doron is board certified family doctor and the Clinical Director of Roman. He's a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
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It's been famously said that no one knows anything in Hollywood, which helps TV executives unveiling new schedules — as various networks just did at their annual upfront extravaganzas — send new pawns into battle with high hopes, each one resembling a potential knight in shining armor.
Returning programs, however, offer less room for such unbridled optimism, and in several cases the networks' redeployment of those pieces — dispatching them on what look like suicide missions — reflects some of the waste for which the industry often earns hostility (albeit usually via anonymous comments) from even its own denizens.
In particular, the networks' new-found fascination with sitcoms would appear to represent an over-correction for the form's decline in earlier years, before hits like "Modern Family" and "The Big Bang Theory" renewed faith in the genre.
As with so many things, though, showbiz folk have likely overdone it, seemingly lulled into a false sense of security by modest signs of life and the knowledge that advertisers — through the years, seemingly an easily bedazzled lot — covet the younger audiences associated with these programs.
Among the major head-scratchers in this year's schedule-setting derby, perhaps inevitably, are the returning programs being shifted to Fridays, a night where lower TV usage has made gaining traction a challenge. It's hard to imagine fresh viewers finding NBC's comedies "Community" and "Whitney," or Fox's Kiefer Sutherland vehicle "Touch" in their new slots. Much more likely, a portion of those who had supported the shows — especially among prized young adults, who become more elusive heading into weekends — will simply melt away.
Similar misgivings surround ABC's move to Tuesdays of "Happy Endings" and "The B in Apartment No. 23" — two shows that, despite vocal admirers, didn't exactly flourish ratings-wise with the advantage of a "Modern Family" lead-in. And NBC News' "Rock Center," a low-rated newsmagazine seems an odd fit for the hallowed Thursday hour NBC once dominated with "ER" and "L.A. Law."
Of course, there's traditionally a bait-and-switch element to all of this — an elaborate shell game, where networks schedule an abundance of scripted fare to woo media buyers and boost the upfront harvest, then quickly replace the failures with reality shows.
Still, that gets us back to the whole waste issue, and whether it really makes more sense to throw a second season of something like "Whitney" to the wolves — complete with promotion and production costs — only to possibly signal for the bullpen after a few episodes. Why not skip straight to the main event, if that's the plan, minus all the fuss and pretense?
In this context, it's no wonder CBS' spiel emphasized the benefits of stability that come with being the most-watched network, undertaking carefully calculated risks. Indeed, the fall's savviest scheduling gambles involve relocating first-year shows with growth potential to more prominent berths, with the Eye migrating "2 Broke Girls" into the 9 p.m. slot anchoring its Monday comedy block, mirroring what ABC has done by asking "Revenge" to replace "Desperate Housewives" Sundays.
"We own the best environment on television to launch new shows," CBS Entertainment prez Nina Tassler crowed with considerable justification, calling the blessing of established lead-ins for its newly developed hatchlings "a luxury the other guys simply don't have."
By contrast, for a rebuilding network like NBC, the dearth of strong lead-ins obviously limits scheduling options, although that's hardly reason to embrace strategies with little precedent for success.
If any of these presumed sacrificial lambs work — heck, if they're still around much past Christmas — I will happily and freely eat these words. And to be fair, the past is littered with unexpected surprises that even the networks behind them didn't remotely anticipate: for instance, two breakout hits introduced Fridays, "The X-Files" and "CSI."
Yet assuming it's actually possible to know something about Hollywood — or that history can offer any guide to the future — one needn't be Sherlock Holmes to deduce where the fall's early vacancies might be. Because even in a digital, DVR age, in evaluating the prospects of primetime real estate, there's still plenty to be said for having the right location.


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I'm makeing a program that users will be able to have run on start up. In this program I need to create temporary files in their My Pictures folder. Unfortunatly sometimes this folder does not exist or user's profile has changed and the Evironment.user is no longer accurate. So what I would like to do is have the program check to see if the My Pictures folder exsists. If it does... wonderful. If it doesn't I have the user choose a directory where the temporary files can be created. My question is, is there a way that I can take the users chosen directory and be able to use it again next time the program starts up? I would like to do this without creating another file in which I would store the information (i.e. create a text file with the directory path in it). The reason is because the people that use this program don't have privlages to write anywhere. So I would like have the chosen directory be stored in the program if it is possible.
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1. When reviewing challenges to jury instructions, an appellate court is required to consider all the instructions together, read as a whole. and not to isolate any one instruction. If the instructions properly and fairly state the law as applied to the facts of the case, and a jury could not reasonably have been misled by them, the instructions do not constitute reversible error even if they are in some way erroneous.
2. The use of Pattern Instructions for Kansas (PIK) by trial courts is strongly recommended.
3. The language of PIK Crim. 3d 68.12 which instructs the jury that "[l]ike all cases, it [the case] must be decided sometime" is disapproved as an inaccurate statement of the law. However, the use of this language in a jury instruction was not reversible error in this case.
4. In this case, an instruction informing the jury that a defendant is presumed innocent until the contrary is proved was not reversible error.
5. In this case, the defendant's claim that the trial court failed to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 22-4513(b) before imposing administrative fees and attorney fees will not be considered for the first time on appeal.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; REBECCA L. PILSHAW, judge. Opinion filed July 15, 2005. Affirmed.
Shawn E. Minihan, assistant appellate defender, for appellant.
Kristi L. Barton, assistant district attorney, Nola Tedesco Foulston, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellee.
Before MALONE, P.J., GREEN and BUSER, JJ.
MALONE, J.: Eugene C. Turner appeals his conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine, no drug tax stamp, and misdemeanor theft. Turner claims the trial court erred in instructing the jury. Specifically, he complains about language included by the trial court in the deadlocked jury instruction and the presumption of innocence instruction. He further claims the trial court erred in requiring him to reimburse the State Board of Indigents' Defense Services (BIDS) for administrative fees and attorney fees. We affirm.
The facts are straightforward. On February 11, 2003, Turner was stopped by the police on suspicion of leaving a Quick Trip without paying for gasoline. The police officer testified that as he activated his emergency lights, Turner pitched a baggie out the car window. The contents of the baggie were later determined to be crack cocaine. Turner was arrested and charged with one count each of possession of cocaine, no drug tax stamp, and misdemeanor theft. He received appointed counsel.
A jury convicted Turner as charged. Turner was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment and was granted probation. He was assessed a $50 BIDS administrative fee and $1,405 in attorney fees. Turner timely appeals. Additional facts will be discussed in addressing the issues.
Deadlocked jury instruction
Turner first claims the trial court erred in giving a deadlocked jury instruction, or Allen instruction, to the jury. See Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492, 41 L. Ed. 528, 17 S. Ct. 154 (1896). Over Turner's objection, the trial court gave Instruction No. 11 before the jury retired to begin deliberations. Instruction No. 11 stated:
"This is an important case. If you should fail to reach a decision, this case is left open and undecided. Like all cases, it must be decided sometime. Another trial would be a heavy burden on both sides.
"There is no reason to believe that the case can be tried again any better or more exhaustively than it has been. There is no reason to believe that more evidence or clearer evidence would be produced on behalf of either side.
"Also, there is no reason to believe that the case would ever be submitted to twelve people more intelligent or more impartial or more reasonable than you. Any future jury must be selected in the same manner that you were.
"This does not mean that those favoring any particular position should surrender their honest convictions as to the weight or effect of any evidence solely because of the opinion of other jurors or because of the importance of arriving at a decision.
"This does mean that you should give respectful consideration to each other's views and talk over any differences of opinion in a spirit of fairness and candor. If at all possible, you should resolve any differences and come to a common conclusion so that this case may be completed.
"You may be as leisurely in your deliberations as the occasion may require and take all the time you feel necessary." (Emphasis added.)
On appeal, Turner specifically takes issue with the third sentence of the instruction which states: "Like all cases, it must be decided sometime." Turner argues this is an incorrect statement of the law which prejudiced the jury against Turner by forcing it to make a decision.
When a defendant objects to a jury instruction, the standard of review is as follows:
"When reviewing challenges to jury instructions, this court must consider the instructions as a whole and not isolate any one instruction. '"If the instructions properly and fairly state the law as applied to the facts of the case, and a jury could not reasonably have been misled by them, the instructions do not constitute reversible error even if they are in some way erroneous. [Citations omitted.]"'" State v. Mays, 277 Kan. 359, 378-79, 85 P.3d 1208 (2004).
The instruction given by the trial court was drawn directly from Pattern Instructions for Kansas--Criminal 3d 68.12 (PIK Crim. 3d 68.12). The use of PIK instructions is strongly recommended, albeit not mandatory, as the pattern instructions have been developed by a knowledgeable committee. However, if particular facts in a given case require modification of the applicable pattern instruction, or the addition of some instruction not included in PIK, a trial court should not hesitate to make such modification or addition. Absent such need, PIK instructions and recommendations should be followed. State v. Franklin, 264 Kan. 496, 505, 958 P.2d 611 (1998).
The common objection to an Allen instruction is that it forces the jury to reach a verdict when there may be honest disagreement among the jurors. However, the potential coercive effect of an Allen instruction depends largely on when the instruction is given to the jury. In State v. Makthepharak, 276 Kan. 563, 569, 78 P.3d 412 (2003), the Kansas Supreme Court held that disapproval of Allen-type instructions "has been limited to situations in which such an instruction was given to a jury after deliberations were in progress." The court also stated that "[i]n contrast, we have held that it is not error to give this type of an instruction before a jury retires to begin deliberations. [Citations omitted.]" 276 Kan. at 569; see PIK Crim. 3d 68.12, Notes on Use (instruction can be given with other instructions at the conclusion of the case).
Here, the trial court gave the Allen instruction with the other instructions before the jury retired to begin deliberations. Although the Kansas Supreme Court has approved the use of PIK Crim. 3d 68.12 by trial courts in this situation, this is the first Kansas case where a defendant has challenged specific language of the instruction.
Turner's argument about the language of PIK Crim. 3d 68.12 has merit. The third sentence of the instruction states: "Like all cases, it must be decided sometime." This is an inaccurate statement of the law. For instance, if there is a hung jury in a case the prosecutor might choose not to retry the defendant, in which instance the case is dismissed without prejudice and never really decided.
Turner cites four cases from other states involving the use of Allen instructions to support his complaint about the language of PIK Crim. 3d 68.12. A significant distinguishing fact in each case is that the Allen instruction was given after the jury had already commenced deliberations. Nevertheless, the cases are instructive because they address the specific language about which Turner now complains. In People v. Gainer, 19 Cal. 3d 835, 851-52, 139 Cal. Rptr. 861, 566 P.2d 997 (1977), the California Supreme Court disapproved language in an Allen instruction which stated that the case "must at sometime be decided," and noted that the statement was legally inaccurate. The court reversed the defendant's conviction due to the Allen instruction, but the opinion primarily focused on other language of the instruction which pressured dissenting jurors to concede to the will of the majority. 19 Cal. 3d at 847-52. Regarding the language that the case "must at sometime be decided," the court held a per se rule of reversal was not required, but the facts of each case should be examined for prejudice. 19 Cal. 3d at 855.
In State v. Campbell, 294 N.W.2d 803, 808, 811 (Iowa 1980), the Iowa Supreme Court disapproved language in an Allen instruction which stated that the case "must be decided by some jury," and noted that the statement was legally inaccurate. However, the court also found that the statement was not likely to be prejudicial to a defendant. The court affirmed the defendant's conviction but provided guidance to the trial bench that a different instruction be used in the future. 294 N.W.2d at 812.
In Burchette v. State, 278 Ga. 1, 2, 596 S.E.2d 162 (2004), the Georgia Supreme Court also concluded that an Allen instruction which stated that the case "must be decided by some jury" was inaccurate. However, because the language constituted a small portion of an otherwise balanced and fair instruction, the court found the instruction was not impermissibly coercive. The court advised trial courts to no longer use the inaccurate language. 278 Ga. at 3.
Finally, in Commonwealth v. Rodriguez, 364 Mass. 87, 98-99, 300 N.E.2d 192 (1973), the Massachusetts Supreme Court noted that the statement in an Allen instruction that "the case must at some time be decided" was a misstatement, even if a slight one, and had a tendency toward coercion. The court did not find prejudice but recommended a change in the future for "the better administration of criminal justice." 364 Mass. at 98.
We agree with the analysis and approach taken on this issue by courts in other states. The language of PIK Crim. 3d 68.12 which instructs the jury that "[l]ike all cases, it [the case] must be decided sometime" is disapproved as an inaccurate statement of the law. However, our disapproval of this specific language does not require reversal of Turner's conviction.
As previously noted, when reviewing challenges to jury instructions, we must consider the instructions as a whole and not isolate any one instruction. If the instructions properly and fairly state the law as applied to the facts of the case, and a jury could not reasonably have been misled by them, the instructions do not constitute reversible error even if they are in some way erroneous. Mays, 277 Kan. at 378-79. In Turner's case, the fact that the trial court gave the Allen instruction prior to the jury retiring for deliberations is still important in assessing the potential coercive effect of the instruction. There is nothing in the record to support Turner's claim that his jury was pressured to reach a verdict. We conclude that the trial court's instructions as a whole properly and fairly stated the law as applied to the facts of Turner's case. The jury could not reasonably have been misled by the instructions.
Presumption of innocence instruction
Turner next claims the trial court failed to properly instruct the jury on the presumption of innocence. The trial court gave Instruction No. 4 to the jury, which stated:
"The State has the burden to prove the defendant is guilty. The defendant is not required to prove he is not guilty. You must presume that he is not guilty until you are convinced from the evidence that he is guilty.
"The test you must use in determining whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty is this: If you have a reasonable doubt as to the truth of any of the claims required to be proved by the State, you must find the defendant not guilty. If you have no reasonable doubt as to the truth of any of the claims required to be proved by the State, you should find the defendant guilty." (Emphasis added.)
On appeal, Turner argues the phrase "until you are convinced" misled the jury into believing that at some point it was expected to be convinced of Turner's guilt. Turner asserts that the phrase "unless you are convinced" would have been a better instruction on presumption of innocence.
Because Turner did not object to the instruction as given, review is under a clearly erroneous standard. See State v. Daniels, 278 Kan. 53, 57, 91 P.3d 1147, cert. denied 125 S. Ct. 485 (2004). "Instructions are clearly erroneous only if the reviewing court is firmly convinced there is a real possibility that the jury would have rendered a different verdict if the error had not occurred." State v. Davis, 275 Kan. 107, 115, 61 P.3d 701 (2003).
The jury instruction given in this case was drawn directly from PIK Crim. 3d 52.02. As already noted, the PIK instructions are strongly recommended for use by Kansas trial courts. Makthepharak, 276 Kan. at 569.
The statutory source of PIK Crim. 3d 52.02 is K.S.A. 21-3109, which provides: "A defendant is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved." (Emphasis added.) Thus, the instruction given to the jury in Turner's case was drawn directly from the recommended PIK instruction which also mirrored the statutory language on presumption of innocence.
Moreover, the Kansas Supreme Court has previously held that "the provisions of PIK Crim. 3d 52.02 accurately reflect the law of this State and properly advise the jury in a criminal case of the burden of proof, the presumption of innocence, and reasonable doubt." State v. Clark, 261 Kan. 460, 475, 931 P.2d 664 (1997); State v. Pierce, 260 Kan. 859, 870, 927 P.2d 929 (1969).
The Kansas Supreme Court squarely addressed the use of the word "until" in PIK Crim. 3d 52.02 in State v. Wilkerson, 278 Kan. 147, 158, 91 P.3d 1181 (2004). Although the court found PIK Crim. 3d 52.02 "would have been improved by the substitution of the word 'unless' for the word 'until,'" the court did not believe the instruction as written required reversal. 278 Kan. at 158. The court concluded that the instructions taken as a whole accurately stated the law and could not have misled the jury. The Wilkerson court did not address the language of K.S.A. 21-3109 in its analysis.
Turner asserts the trial court's instruction could have misled the jury into convicting him by encouraging the jury to abandon the presumption of innocence. However, by focusing on one word, Turner ignores the remaining text of the instruction which stated: "If you have a reasonable doubt as to the truth of any of the claims required to be proved by the State, you must find the defendant not guilty." This language directly rebuts Turner's argument that the jury could have been misled.
The distinction between the words "until" and "unless" is subtle, given the natural usage of the words in common language. State v. Beck, 32 Kan. App. 2d 784, 787, 88 P.3d 1233 (2004). As used in this context and reading the instructions as a whole, we conclude the jury could not reasonably have been misled regarding the presumption of Turner's innocence. Moreover, there is nothing in the record to suggest a real possibility that the jury would have rendered a different verdict if the word "unless" had been substituted for "until." Accordingly, applying Wilkerson, we conclude the trial court's instruction on presumption of innocence was not reversible error.
Reimbursement of BIDS fees
Finally, Turner claims the trial court erred in ordering him to pay a BIDS administrative fee of $50 and attorney fees of $1,405. Turner argues the trial court failed to consider his financial resources before imposing the fees, as required by K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 22-4513(b).
At Turner's sentencing, the trial court stated: "I will make a finding that attorney's fees in this case are in the amount of $1,405 plus the 50-dollar administrative fee." The fees imposed by the trial court were consistent with the BIDS reimbursement tables as authorized by K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 22-4522(e)(2). Turner was present at sentencing when the trial court imposed the fees. He neither objected nor raised any concern to the trial court about his ability to pay the fees.
Turner failed to raise this issue at the trial court level. Issues not raised before the trial court cannot be raised on appeal. State v. Williams, 275 Kan. 284, 288, 64 P.3d 353 (2003). Exceptions to this general rule are made where: (1) the newly asserted theory involves only a question of law arising on proved or admitted facts and which is finally determinative of the case; (2) consideration of the theory is necessary to serve the ends of justice or to prevent denial of fundamental rights; and (3) the judgment of the trial court may be upheld on appeal although that court may have relied upon the wrong ground or assigned a wrong reason for its decision. State v. Wiegand, 275 Kan. 841, 844-45, 69 P.3d 627 (2003). Turner's claim does not fit within any of these recognized exceptions. Accordingly, we decline to address the merits of Turner's arguments concerning reimbursement of BIDS fees.


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- For ShizzleDecember 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM
107 attempts, eh? Now that's a good weekend. Hangover earned, my friend. Hangover earned.ReplyDelete
The only thing left to ask Charles Woodson to do out on the field is to play quarterback or kick field goals. I'm certain he could do both in a pinch. Since he returned punts and also played wide receiver at Michigan I think we should let him have a go at it if Crosby misses one more time from inside 40yds. I'm sure if he was to play quarterback he could defend himself in the pocket.ReplyDelete
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Shizzle, it was a week-long, cumulative effort of happy hours, holiday parties, bar-hopping, football viewing, and...breakfast.ReplyDelete
Monday came way too fast.
- pashawwDecember 15, 2009 at 8:42 AM
For Shizzle, (if that even is your real name), you don't know what you're talking about. 107 attempts is a slow tuesday considering the fun-sized sips F.H. takes. Plus, I bet he was drinking some girly micro-brew and not a manly beer like ICE HOUSE!ReplyDelete
Jonathan, (like that's your real name), The 24 site is only 2/5ths operational. I demand a site be at least 50% operational before I am sent there. Please, keep that in mind to avoid upsetting me in the future.
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I love that Cutler pic. I'm pretty sure his Emo outfits are in storage until January. Big Emo scene down der in Chicago. He'll fit right in.ReplyDelete
Terrific. What did you guys do with John Johnson? Its a good time to be a Packer Fan.ReplyDelete
John Johnson has a standing invite to contribute his Company-line views anytime. ANYTIME!ReplyDelete
Robert emo = gay right??ReplyDelete
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I know that the problem of evil has been beaten to death...
BUT how do you respond to theistic argument that God does not guarantee that evil and suffering will not occur. To me, this is a fatal flaw in the existence of a benevolent god. This gets enmeshed with free will in Christian theology as either a test or a fact of human existence, apparently designed by a god. Another alternative is that this benevolent god is not omnipotent.
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Another alternative is to throw it all in the trash can; gods, devils, evil ,theology, omnipotence, fatal flaws and all.
Sorry to just be cutting and pasting my argument from another discussion here, but as I just wrote it and the discussion seems to be multiplying, then I suppose so shall my responses! Here it was:
It's all so ridiculous. According to them, he made us with free will so we could choose to be good or bad, including to believe in him or not. But he is also omniscient, so he knew when he made us exactly what we would do. So he would have made us good or bad, and then rewarded or punished us for something that he is responsible for!
Look, either god is completely responsible for his own creations, or else he is not omnipotent or he is not omniscient. And if he is responsible, then he is the one responsible for anything which falls from his ultimate perfection in any way. Unless he is not perfect either. So if anything is not perfect, it is because he didn't feel like making it perfect, so that was ultimately his choice, and nobody else's. And if he is perfect, and everything he created is perfect and just the way the perfect designer intended it to be, then (among other things) he thinks it is good to send people to hell, that evil exists, that suffering exists, etc., PLUS then why does he get angry with us, why did he destroy everyone in Noah's flood for example, etc.! WHY? Ridiculous.
Agreed Pho-Wanderer. It is hard to argue a point where the other side can simply make things up. Bad things happen because nature and evolution are messy processes.
Yeah it just utterly collapses upon itself. I had discussions where the theist would say that we have free will because god wants to either test us or educate us. Well how fucked up is that! Here is what I wrote previously:
Apparently (the problem of evil) is not a problem because anything that we might take for evil might really just be a test of some kind, or an educational experience. DOUBLE WHAT??? The Jews in the Holocaust, they were just being tested and/or taught a lesson?? People who are raped, or senselessly murdered, or killed as infants, or tortured, or kept inside a basement and raped for years on end by their own father's and having multiple children by him who were also kept in his dungeon of ultimate horror, oh, its just one of those mysterious ways in which god works? Anger boils up inside me at the mere suggestion. But if you can believe in a god, you can believe in just about anything I suppose.
So we agree that we agree on this but how to respond to theists on evil? I do not know that. Here is an answer that is not bad.
The fact is that most people don't need the lure of eternal paradise or the threat of eternal torture to motivate them to help those who are suffering. We help those who are suffering because we can help those who are suffering. Human compassion is the atheist solution to the problem of evil. http://www.examiner.com/article/atheism-101-the-problem-of-evil
I'm afraid that you are tilting with windmills by trying to argue with a theist. I don't think the problem with evil can be summed up more succinctly than Epicurus'es statement. If you have the patients to corner a theist about their belief, they will escape out of the corner that they have painted them selves in by stating "I believe because I know it is true in my heart".
After I finish this post, I think I'll go throw up. I have encountered that last statement or some dismal equivalent too many times.
I think I'll start by disavowing that this is a satisfactory answer to your question; but . . .
First, I like to quote Archibald MacLeish's play J.B. (based on the biblical Book of Job): "If God is God, God is not good. If God is good, God is not God."
Second, I like to point out that if God were omnipotent or (probably better) if God intervened in human affairs, churches would not get struck by lightning. After all, why would God not protect His house?
The god of the Old Testament is definitely not a benevolent god, and the god of a certain strain of Christianity (to label it with broad brushstrokes, "fire and brimstone" theology) is not a benevolent god, either. Christians might say that Christ is a god of mercy and compassion (etc., etc.) but God the Father is a fierce and retributive god (presumably to be identified with the Old Testament Jehovah).
Have a half-sister that I never met, only spoke to a few times on the phone and through email, and friended her on facebook. The other day her status was "Such a beautiful day today. God is great!" I'm like wow, yeah, allahu akbar! Christians really say that too? And what if the weather was crappy outside? "Shitty day today, God is such a motherfucker"? Lol, man these fucking people are so stupid.
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The Happy Mondays were the court jesters of Madchester, infusing the unfettered carnival spirit of rave culture into their own craftily disheveled music, lyrics, and sleeve designs, while simultaneously leading the sweating masses into a new and vibrant artistic renaissance.
Recalling the "peak" of the counter-culture "wave" in San Francisco during the mid-'60s, Hunter S. Thompson mused, "it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash" (Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. New York: Vintage, 1971, p.67). Twenty years later, on the other side of the Atlantic, a similar wave swept across the UK. In this instance, Manchester served as the subcultural ground zero rather than San Francisco; techno house was the rallying music rather than psychedelic rock; ecstasy was the communal drug of choice rather than LSD; and the Happy Mondays served—like the Grateful Dead once had—as the flagship band around which the myriad energies of a new generation coalesced.
Just as the US counter-culture had its zeitgeist moment in 1967, so the UK enjoyed its own "Summer of Love" in 1988. Like its predecessor, the UK youth uprising was a total experience, its cultural character drawn from manifestations in music, attitude, style, language, dance, and art. As in 1967, too, each of these expressions carried a common aesthetic stamp and distinctive shaping humor. Simon Frith and Howard Horne have highlighted the "ironic hedonism" and "commitment to the weird" that typified the '60s counter-culture in San Francisco (Frith, Simon, and Howard Horne. Art into Pop. New York: Methuen, 1987. p.58), while Dave Haslam has noted the "fanciful dope talk" and "mad ideas bristling with energy" that emanated from late-'80s "Madchester" (Haslam, Dave. Manchester, England. London: Fourth Estate, 2000. p.177). Imaginative, childlike, spontaneous, nonsensical, irreverent, and shocking, the whimsical wit that distinguished both counter-cultures was as ancient and universal as Medieval court jesters and carnivals, yet as modern and local as the respective times and places that hosted these insurgent phenomena.
If the Happy Mondays were the court jesters of Madchester, it was their audiences that made the scene carnivalesque. As Mikhail Bakhtin has historicized through his writings on François Rabelais, the carnival is western culture's most enduring spectacle of communal subversive humor. Through dance, costume, music, and collective presence, carnival practitioners have used this occasion as a perennial outlet of relief, expressing opposition to social norms of morality and control by (symbolically) inverting those norms.
Defiant and deviant, at the carnival the body trumps the mind and observation yields to participation. Often grotesque, sometimes obscene, it is traditionally a site of excess and disrespect, where the socially alienated are given permission to temporarily laugh in the face of the forces that subordinate them. Such was the scenario in the counter-culture carnivals of the '60s and the '80s, where festivals and raves served as the settings where social restraints were suspended and hedonistic laughter was unleashed. In the UK, whether at an illegal rave or at a Happy Mondays gig, a new world of art was out on public display, as participants—amped up on ecstasy and/or dressed up in B.A.F. ("baggy as fuck") color-splashed clothes—hurled themselves into a collective Dionysian dance frenzy while the music pulsed through their very pores.
Off the dance floor, too, the communal spirit proceeded unabated, as the Happy Mondays assumed the role of pied pipers, infusing the unfettered carnival spirit of rave culture into their own craftily disheveled music, lyrics, and sleeve designs, while simultaneously leading the sweating masses into a new and vibrant artistic renaissance.
Manchester in the early-'80s was a markedly different cultural habitat from what it became by the close of the decade. Like most British cities reliant upon traditional industries, Manchester was hard-hit by downsizing, technological rationalism, recession, and Thatcherite monetary policies. Coupled with a decaying infrastructure, Manchester's high unemployment made for an environment that reflected long-standing stereotypes of the city as black-skied and grey-spirited. The multi-colored, hedonistic bombast and carvivalesque humor that the Happy Mondays would soon introduce to the city could neither have been foreseen nor imagined in the down and dour years prior. An antithetical reaction to the recession of the early eighties, Madchester actually drew its foundational and characteristic inspiration from an earlier era.
Prompted by the emergence of punk rock and the Sex Pistols' infamous visit to Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall, the city's youth underground responded to this upstart genre, to its sardonic humor, to its independent do-it-yourself spirit, and to its irreverent postures. Paving the way, The Buzzcocks and The Fall introduced a distinctively Mancunian accent and attitude to punk, while local journalist-turned-impresario Tony Wilson pooled his resources with a couple of colleagues to form Factory Records; this label would soon bring about transformations, not only in the nature of alternative rock, but in the nation's art and design aesthetics, too.
For Factory, record sleeves became more than just packaging; they became art works and portals into intimate communication between producers, artists, and consumers. Some, like ZG's Alan Joyce, regarded such strategies of interaction as subversive gestures. He explained: "Each Factory product is in some way attempting to shake the consumers' "passive" relationship with the object of consumption by creating a situation within the actual moment of consumption in which the consumer comes to question the nature of the product itself; and through this initial "awakening" to eventually question his place within the cycles of consumption/production work/leisure, that form his everyday life in the spectacular world" (Joyce, Alan. "Factory Records", ZG 1. p.15).
Wilson envisaged his company as providing an umbrella under which many artistic forces could be instrumental in constructing the final product. Instead of dividing and demarcating its departments, Factory put its designers and record producers on an equal footing with the musicians, highlighting their contributions to the common project. To that end, little expense was spared in the designs for Factory record sleeves, and the designers were given free reign—usually in tandem with the bands—to let their creativity flourish. The result was a broad catalogue of some of most beautifully striking and provocative designs in the history of rock music. "Does the Catholic Church pour its wine into moldy earthenware pots? I think not," Wilson once quipped (Qtd. in Robertson, Matthew. Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2007. p.9).
The label's premier designer, Peter Saville, was as responsible as anyone for making Factory a design center. His minimalist but iconic designs for Joy Division and New Order were a revelation in the early years. Glossy, high quality, and artistically provocative, Saville brought a mystique to Factory bands and an aura of mystery through which consumers could participate with their own imaginations and interpretations. Thanks to Saville, Factory record buying became a cerebral exercise, the whole rock consumption experience much richer and more inviting than it had been before. Not since the psychedelic sleeves of the late-'60s had buyers been so actively engaged and intrigued, nor felt so initiated and included in the subcultural in-crowd.
Saville's often gloomy, European art-inspired images soon became synonymous with the comparably bleak musical output of Joy Division and early New Order, defining a notably house style for the label. Other designers soon adopted or adapted to this style, as Wilson united each with like-minded bands on the label, aware that design could forge an identity for an act as much as the music could. However, the pervasive severity and cheerlessness of the overall mood of both the music and art soon elicited a backlash, as Factory were seen by some as cold and pretentious, or worse, as insensitively exploiting the city's real industrial decay by romanticizing such imagery. Even Morrissey, the city's most renowned miserable-ist, found Factory's grim demeanor to be overly self-indulgent; he (ironically) attempted to usher in a counter-mood by strewing the stages of his concerts with showers of brightly colored flowers.
Just as it appeared that Factory was inevitably bound for a cul-de-sac of its own making, a new band and posse of designers arrived to usher in a new revolution in British rock music and musical art. As the Happy Mondays emerged as the sound of Madchester, their sleeve designers, Central Station Design (CSD), provided the scene's visual correlative.
Both the Carroll and Ryder brothers were drawn to the carnivalesque hedonism of this environment, such that they were on the same page and dancing to the same beat when it came to artistically representing the next Manchester dance generation. From their first release, Forty Five E.P. (1985), to their last (subsequent thwarted reunions aside), Sunshine and Love (1992), CSD designed all of the Happy Mondays' record covers, while always closely following the germination of each release from infancy to completion in order to fully engage themselves with the artistic impulses and spirit of each song.


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Friday, 6 January 2012
An argument against treadmill pettiness
The next night, I went to yoga-lates, where you have the extreme challenge of drinking a latte with your yoga. I found myself in a class with two yoga instructors and the instructor herself. And I am thinking to myself - it says on the door "yoga is non-judgemental". Okay, well, I'm not judging anyone, but no one will out cobra me. That is until I am down in the push-up position and I fall clutching my sternum in pain, having momentarily forgotten about my sternal injury from falling down the basement stairs.
Will I ever grow up?
Probably not. Today I was out running again pain free; the hamstring injury seemed to be simply induced by the treadmill. As long as I stick to my minimalist shoes outdoors, I think I am in the clear. That is a relief since we are heading to Mammoth tomorrow and as there is not much snow, it looks like we'll be doing more trail running than skiing.
But a little on La Crosse, WI
Tonight I was listening to Steve Carlyon, director of La Crosse Parks and Rec say about the proposal to develop some of the Hixon Park Land as real estate:
"I have lived in many places all over the world and there is no place like La Crosse. Young professionals are moving back. They were educated here, saw the bluffs, and they can't forget them. The glaciers have never been here. It is geologically unique..."
I got tears in my eyes. You have to see it to believe it. More info on that bad development idea here:http://www.facebook.com/#!/SaveUpperHixonForest?sk=info
And this is how you will know you are in La Crossse: (I heard all of these recently)
"Hawkey" is a game you play on ice with a puck.
When you hear a joke, you don't laugh, you just say "that is SO FUNNY" and you have to say the last two words louder. Otherwise people might think what they said wasn't funny.
Finally, and this one I actually heard in Milwaukee and is a new verb since we left in 2008: to fellowship (v): ie, "the meeting is a great chance for people to fellowship."
Good times. I promise pics next post from Cali.
Running song of the day
Miss K by Deer Tick (thanks, Steve Q. I do like it despite the Wilco sound)
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My mom always said that fellowship is the Christian word for gossip.
Midwesterner, botn and bred :)
- 6 January 2012 at 04:01
- Diana said...
Man, I hate it when attempts to show how awesome one is just end up biting one in the ass. I get a little (or maybe more than a little) competitive, and I'm a much slower runner than you are. Maybe it's a good thing that I'm still dealing with some pregnancy-related running issues. It has made me even slower than before. Now, even the slow people pass me in the park. Such a humbling experience...I totally hate it. Someday I will pass all of them again at something close to warp speed. Bwah ha ha ha ha.
Secondly, La Crosse is gorgeous. Boo the real estate development idea.
@Anonymous--Hilarious comment and so very true.
- 6 January 2012 at 08:00
- DDitlev said...
'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder', No disrespect meant but I remember you as both easy on the eyes (even without makeup), smelling nice and you also looked pretty clean! Since she is labled EX-wife it is clear to me that you have already won THAT battle. Other than that I think the booty showing off was a sweet idea :)
Can I ask one question that baffles me .. why are you loosing weight at the moment? I remember an earlier post you made where you were rather confident that that wasn't a path you wanted to go down ..
- 6 January 2012 at 13:29
- Jacqueline said...
Oh my god, that is SO FUNNY about the so funny thing. And so, so very true.
I hear you on the competitive treadmilling. I always speed up when I see other runners outside. It's an annoying habit.
My in-laws are in LaCrosse. Maybe next time we are out there, we can go for a run. ;-)
PS: I totally hear you on the weights posts -- we have similar hangups. And I think C's daily diet sounds good -- my son ate nothing but applesauce for like a year straight. I swear to god.
- 6 January 2012 at 16:19
- SteveQ said...
You can't stop growing older, but you never have to grow up (though you then have to live with things like your children rolling their eyes at what you do and say). On my run yesterday, I ran a stick across a wrought iron fence to make noise and then stomped in a puddle; everyone around me smiled, though whether it was appreciation of childlike joy or knowing condescension, I can't say.
My musical guilty pleasure lately has been Dessa. I hate her particular type of music, but she's listenable.
- 6 January 2012 at 17:19
- PiccolaPineCone said...
Ah... another joyously honest post from SLG in which she tells us about things we ALL do to some extent but would never admit. I love the way you tell it girl!
SteveQ - I think one's children rolling their eyes at what one says and does happens irregardless of whether one ever grows up. Also I refute that puddle stomping and noise making are signs that one has not grown up. They are signs that one is reveling in the world around them - completely independent from one's maturity... so says I.
SLG - no rush for the baby clothes at all. I think you have a ton on your plate already. If they never make it back, that's fine too. Or, if you want a cheaper way of sending them I can give you the address of some of our American friends who are coming after baby is born and you can mail them domestically.
- 7 January 2012 at 15:19
- SteveQ said...
How did I forget "Saw You First" by Givers? You're going to love it (though it does fall apart right at the end).
- 8 January 2012 at 19:13
- Stefanie Schocke said...
You crack me up!!!
You're heading to Mammoth when all the awesome runners there are heading to Houston!
- 9 January 2012 at 01:53
- Helen said...
Welcome back!! I am getting caught up. I don't have 2 kids but still need another 3 hours in the day to get caught up on my own and others blogs... Enjoy Mammoth - even without the snow it will be pretty and some awesome trail running. Funny - we were there in July and there was tons of snow!
Loved reading all your recent posts. The honesty is refreshing.
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