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You know, we're going to forgive these guys for referring to the great Sam Neill as "The Guy From 'Jurassic Park'" (have they really never seen 'Omen III: End of Days'????). Because this latest honest trailer from the folks at Screen Junkies is funny. And also because of their extended shot of shirtless 'Jurassic Park'-era Jeff Goldblum posing sexily with his blouse unbuttoned. Yeah, it's a blouse. Look at it.
This popular Honest Trailers series takes popular movies, and make new trailers for them, expressing what people really think (or should be thinking) while watching in the theater. Previous efforts include 'The Notebook,' 'The Dark Knight,' 'The Hunger Games' and more. Which movie should they tackle next? 'The Host,' perhaps? Did anyone see that one? Anyone?
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The next Assassin's Creed game releases on 26 February. Wait, what? Yeah, it's a board game; something called Assassin's Creed: Arena.
The game is made by Cryptozoic Entertainment, who have handled board games for the Adventure Time and The Walking Dead licenses. It's billed as "a strategic game of cat-and-mouse that pits 2-4 players against each other in a race for kills."
Cards air-assassinating one another is not a particularly visceral (the most important word in gaming!) experience, so Cryptozoic had to figure out some ways to make it challenging. Basically, when it's a player's turn, he'll draw an "event card" that sets out the next objective. Often it involves killing someone. From there, a player gets a number of spaces he may move in a turn, plus three options, move, hide or attack. Crossing the line of sight of a guard (his forward facing path) causes a player to sacrifice a card, which serve as health bars.
There's plenty more at the link; Assassin's Creed: Arena is available for $US50 on 26 February.
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It's October and that means farmers markets are returning — a time to put your tiny dog in a stroller, suck on a gourmet caramel and sea salt popsicle and rummage through some artisanal cheeses.
This Saturday, the granddaddy of them all, St. Petersburg's Saturday Morning Market, returns with some 200 vendors rotating each week through 130 spaces in what has become, after 11 years, the largest farmers market in the state.
This market always has live music and a good selection of food perfuming the air, from empanadas to pizzas, fresh baked bread, smoked mullet, baked goods and more. A new addition this year: A vendor will be flying in fresh truffles from Italy. Popular Worden Farm will not be at the market for maybe a couple of weeks, depending on harvest.
The market is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday in the parking lot at Progress Energy Park, First Street at First Avenue SE, the home of Al Lang Field. Visit saturdaymorningmarket.com.
More outdoor markets will open in the next few weeks. Here are some to watch for:
• Corey Fresh Market: Returning this Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on St. Pete Beach's Corey Avenue. This kid-friendly market has the top-hatted Mr. I Got 'Em BBQ, a special appearance by Matthews Wildlife Rescue and live music by Joel & Dakota, a father-son duo from Tarpon Springs.
• Seminole Heights Sunday Morning Market: Opening on Oct. 13 with a Chopped-style "Chef Off," challengers will get a Market Mystery Basket as well as produce and a starch. Chefs will bring their protein and a team of helpers and when the bell rings, cooking will begin. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn will be one of the judges. The market runs 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Hillsborough High School, 5000 N Central Ave., Tampa.
• Hyde Park Village Fresh Market: This outdoor market takes place at the fountain the first Sunday of every month with live music, cooking demos, ready-to-eat food items and art. Friendly dogs on leashes welcome. They also have a market where kids can set up their own booths and sell baked goods, crafts and more. It runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Sunday at 621 W Snow Circle, Tampa.
• Tampa Downtown Market: Returning on Oct. 13, the market moves this year to 601 N Ashley St. across from Curtis Hixon Park. It runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays through May 25.
• Founders Corner Fresh Market: Opening Nov. 1 this open air market will be held every Friday from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. until June 2, with produce, arts and crafts, jewelry, raw honey, live music and other entertainment at 431 Southwest Blvd. N, St. Petersburg.
• Market Day at Park Square: After a summer hiatus, the FishHawk Ranch Market Day at Park Square returns this Sunday with a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables and family fun provided by DJ, Jake Dela Cruz, and Lily the Clown. Activities for the kids will include face-painting and balloon animals. It runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (the clown will be there 10 a.m.-1 p.m.) at Park Square at FishHawk Ranch, 16144 Churchview Drive, Lithia.
• Fresh Friday Night Market: The first Friday of every month, the Greater New Port Richey Main Street hosts a market featuring produce, crafters, live entertainment, food vendors and more. This Friday, the Downtown New Port Richey Art Gallery hosts its first Friday opening reception simultaneously at the gallery on Grand Boulevard. Its street party runs 5 to 9 p.m. at Cavalaire Square, 5733 Missouri Ave., New Port Richey.
• Wiregrass Fresh Market: Every other week, starting this Saturday, the Shops at Wiregrass, 28211 Paseo Drive in Wesley Chapel, host more than 50 vendors in the heart of the shopping center. Expect to find a variety of local, certified organic, hydroponic and conventional produce, Florida plants, herbs and flowers, organic garden supplies, locally made take-home foods such as jams, jellies, salsa, dips, seasonings, sauces and oils, local artists showcasing their creative efforts and eco-friendly products. It runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
• Ybor Saturday Market: This year-round market features produce, baked breads, plants and more and is the home of the Flan Fest every February, when contestants compete for the Top Flan in Tampa Bay title. It's held in Centennial Park, 1800 E Eighth Ave., Tampa, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Gulfport Tuesday Fresh Market: This year-round market also hosts a clothing swap, cooking demonstrations, live music, vegetables and fruit, baked goods and crafts. Held every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Crossroads Farmers Market: This year-round market in Palm Harbor runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays at Pop Stansell Park, 797 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor


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It's that time of year again, when I go into a solid month of trying to write 50,000 words. I have a really fun book idea this time around, so I expect to do well.
I won't give away too much too early, but it's a science fiction novel in the vein of The Ship of the Unforgotten. This one is called Instansit and centers on the difficulties experienced by the crew and inhabitants of a generation ship that faces a voyage that lasts not just centuries, but many millennia.
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Well into his second year in the White House, President Obama would seem to be past the expiration date on getting away with blaming the Bush administration for the nation's current economic troubles.
But in his radio-Internet address Saturday, he did just that – at least indirectly. And in a sure sign that any bipartisanship is long since dead, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R) of Ohio fired back Saturday morning with a partisan blast of his own.
Laying out his administration's policies and programs, Obama insisted that "we are moving forward." And taking a dig at GOP proposals, he added, "What we can't afford right now is to go back to the same ideas that created this mess in the first place."
It was the second week in a row that Obama went after GOP lawmakers. Last week, it was for "stalling tactics" to avoid an up-or-down vote on unemployment insurance and other proposals to boost the economy.
Earlier this month, Boehner and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor sent Obama a letter in which they reiterated the GOP's "no cost jobs plan" first detailed last December, which focuses on business taxes and regulation.
Although the tone of Boehner's and Cantor's letter was polite and they said "Republicans stand ready to work with you and your administration," Obama is having none of it – particularly the push to keep the Bush tax cuts in place and repeal health insurance reform. Boehner also has endorsed a one-year moratorium on all new government regulations.
"These are not new ideas." Obama said Saturday. "They are the same policies that led us into this recession. They will not create jobs, they will kill them. They will not reduce our deficit, they will add $1 trillion to our deficit. They will take us backward at a time when we need to keep America moving forward."
Boehner was quick to fire back. In a statement he said:
"Out-of-touch and unable to sell his agenda in the face of near-double-digit unemployment, President Obama is resorting to partisan attacks, rather than working with Republicans to help the American people, who are asking, 'where are the jobs?' The fact is that Washington Democrats' policies have created uncertainty that has undermined our economy, shaken the confidence of the nation, and cost millions of American jobs. Our nation needs leadership – not excuses. Republicans are offering better solutions to stop the Democrats' tax hikes, end their massive spending spree, repeal and replace ObamaCare, and get America's economy back on track."
As the November elections approach, this kind of partisan rhetorical sniping can be expected to escalate, especially on issues related to the economy.
The White House reported Friday that unemployment is likely to stay above 9 percent until 2012. And according to the mid-season review released by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Friday, the US deficit is headed toward a record $1.47 trillion.
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The war on weed
Prohibition costs Illinois big bucks
As marijuana traffickers go, Jason Alan Spyres was far from the best.
He was just 19 when police in Woodford County found a bag of pot in Spyres' car and arrested him for possession. Less than a year later, he was arrested again and charged with cannabis trafficking in Macon County – his mother had shipped 38 pounds of pot to him from California via United Parcel Service, with police intercepting the package. While out on bond, he was caught again, this time during a raid that also netted a meth dealer, and received a second trafficking charge.
"I was not thinking very clearly – I was in the height of my addiction," explains Linda Spyres, a recovering addict who was using methamphetamine when she shipped the box to her son.
After six months in a California jail, Linda Spyres was sentenced to three years of probation. Her felony drug conviction has been set aside, and she now works as a counselor in the same treatment program that helped her kick drugs. She expects to receive a master's degree in social work this spring.
"My life is definitely turned around," she says.
The meth dealer arrested along with Jason Spyres pleaded guilty and received a 12-year sentence. He was released from prison years ago.
Jason Spyres, who had no prior record, is not so fortunate.
Three cannabis charges within 18 months netted Spyres a 30-year sentence, 20 years of it for the same marijuana that got probation for his mother, his supplier. After nearly 10 years in prison, he has a projected parole date of June 11, 2018. By the time Spyres, 30, gets out, he will have spent nearly half of his life behind bars. He is incarcerated at Taylorville Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison where it costs $20,034 a year to keep an inmate locked up.
"I was a very arrogant and stupid young kid who didn't realize how much of his life he was jeopardizing," Spyres says. "I made a conscious act that was in violation of our laws. That deserves punishment. … You don't get to prison by making good choices. I'm here for selling marijuana."
Assuming Spyres is paroled on schedule, taxpayers who have already spent six figures arresting, prosecuting and incarcerating him will spend another $120,000 keeping society safe. And make no mistake: In the eyes of the Illinois criminal justice system, Spyres is a menace to society. Cannabis trafficking is a Class X offense, the most serious category of felony on the books. Someone convicted of second-degree murder is considered a less dangerous criminal and can pay their debt to society via probation, without ever seeing the inside of a state prison.
Although he has earned an associates degree via correspondence school, there is no real incentive for Spyres to do anything but watch television, sleep and read. Unlike other categories of criminals, Class X felons don't get time off their sentences if they enroll in drug treatment, educational or work programs.
Spyres is not alone.
As of Dec. 31, 777 people were locked up in Illinois prisons for cannabis offenses, according to the state Department of Corrections. It is not a lucky number for taxpayers. At an average annual cost of $21,911 per inmate, according to the prison department's most recent figures, the public is paying more than $17 million per year to keep pot peddlers and users behind bars.
In Sangamon County, 21 people were locked up in the county jail for cannabis offenses as of three weeks ago. That's more than $1,000 a day in incarceration costs based on the $53 per diem the county charges for housing federal prisoners.
It's money well spent, according to Jack Campbell, chief deputy of the Sangamon County sheriff's office. Legalizing pot, he says, isn't a good idea.
"They're still going to commit crimes to go out and get their drugs," Campbell says.
Legalization advocates scoff.
"People don't rob liquor stores at gunpoint to get money to buy pot," says Jon Gettman, former head of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) who now teaches criminal justice courses at Shenandoah University in Virginia. "It's not smoking pot that leads to kids snorting cocaine. It's the people they buy pot from that leads to cocaine."
"It's just such a political issue"
The prosecutor who sent Spyres to prison says that he is exactly where he belongs. Although he wasn't convicted of selling meth, Spyres was nonetheless trafficking in methamphetamine, says Jay Scott, first assistant state's attorney for Macon County (Spyres says he passed a police polygraph regarding meth involvement). Beyond that, Scott noted that Spyres caught additional cannabis charges after his first arrest.
"In my opinion, that's a person who's just kind of thumbing his nose at the system," says Scott, who testified against Spyres during a clemency hearing last year before the state Prisoner Review Board.
Scott, who is running for state's attorney in Macon County, says that marijuana should remain illegal.
"So many times, it's a gateway drug to harder drugs," Scott says. "The arguments to the contrary, I don't accept them after being involved in prosecution for 25 years. It gets kids into that culture and drug use. I think the laws are fine the way they are."
But George Atterberry, a retired Illinois prison guard who spent nearly a quarter-century watching over inmates including Spyres, says that it's time to overhaul marijuana laws.
"As far as I can tell, it should be legal," says Atterberry, who once guarded Spyres and testified in favor of clemency for him. "I've had people in my family arrested. I've seen what it's done in the prison system. I've just seen the lack of logic on the issue. ... The bottom line is, tobacco and alcohol kill almost a half-million people a year each year, and we don't bat an eye – it's sold in the grocery stores. It's just such a political issue."
Outright legalization has a shot this year in Colorado, where an initiative is on the ballot, and the state of Washington, where the issue is before the legislature and will go to voters if lawmakers fail to act.
Legalization has been a mixed bag in a nation where 16 states and the District of Columbia allow medical use of marijuana. Voters in California, where marijuana for medical purposes was approved in 1996, rejected a legalization proposal in 2010. Colorado voters did likewise in 2006. In Illinois, a medical marijuana measure passed the Senate in 2009 and last year came within seven votes of passing in the House.
Dangers exaggerated
The push to ease marijuana restrictions comes as anti-pot arguments have crumbled.
Some researchers have found that performance on driving simulators actually improves after cannabis use, and there is no evidence that a plethora of medical marijuana dispensaries in California and elsewhere that began cropping up more than a decade ago has resulted in any increase in accidents or DUI arrests.
Although the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration says that it isn't safe to smoke pot and drive, a 1993 study funded by NHTSA determined that marijuana's effects on driving were "relatively small." A 1992 NHTSA study in which researchers analyzed the blood of more than 1,800 drivers killed in accidents found that drivers under the influence of marijuana were no more likely to die in crashes than sober drivers.
In December, government-funded researchers published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association showing that marijuana smoke isn't nearly as harmful as cigarette smoke. Billed as the most comprehensive study ever on pulmonary health and pot, the study tracked 5,000 smokers over 20 years and found no decline in lung function in people who had smoked a joint a day for seven years. However, researchers found that lung function did decline after a decade of daily pot smoking.
"They were going to show that it was pretty harmful," says Dan Linn, executive director of Illinois NORML, who noticed in high school that pot smokers on his school's track team ran just as well, if not better, than teetotalers. "It showed the opposite."
But Linn has no illusions.
"I don't think this is something that's the final nail in the coffin of cannabis prohibition," he says. "These kinds of studies have been coming out for almost as long as cannabis prohibition has been around."
When a representative from the American Medical Association testified against a federal law against marijuana enacted in 1937, proponents of a ban countered with a pharmacology professor who said that pot provoked violence and caused brain damage. The professor subsequently testified as a defense expert in murder trials when pot-smoking defendants claimed insanity, once telling a jury that he had smoked weed himself and had been transformed.
"I thought I had wings," the professor was quoted as testifying in a story on a murder trial published in the New York Post. "Great big blue wings – and I was flying all around the world."
"Nothing has shocked me when it comes to the history of cannabis prohibition," Linn says. "Men growing breasts. Ax-murdering children."
When it comes to banning reefer, Illinois beat the feds to the punch, making pot illegal in 1931, a half-dozen years before a national law was passed. And the Land of Lincoln remains tough on pot smokers.
Illinois ranked sixth in the nation in per-capita marijuana arrest rates, according to a 2009 paper published by Gettman, who studied 2007 arrest statistics and found that 58 percent of all drug arrests in Illinois were for marijuana offenses. Statewide, marijuana arrests grew from 47,754 in 2003 to 54,756 in 2007, Gettman reported, an annual increase of nearly 3 percent. The Springfield Police Department had the 36th highest marijuana arrest rate of all Illinois police agencies with at least 62 marijuana arrests; the Sangamon County sheriff's office had the 61st highest rate.
The logic behind some enforcement efforts is questionable.
Cook County has, by far, the highest marijuana arrest rate in the state, according to Gettman's study, but in Chicago, 97 percent of charges involving 2.5 grams or less were dismissed between 2006 and 2010, according to a December story in the Chicago Sun-Times. During the same time period, 84 percent of cases involving between 2.5 and 10 grams were dismissed and 57 percent of cases involving up to 30 grams were thrown out. One defendant had 14 of his 16 possession charges since 1998 dismissed and received court supervision for the other two, the paper found.
In New York, the number of arrests for small amounts of marijuana has risen each year for the past seven years despite a law that allows arrests for small amounts only if the drug is displayed in public. Police critics say that arrests are rising due to a police tactic known as stop-and-frisk in which officers briefly detain people and order them to empty their pockets, ostensibly to keep guns off the streets, according to the New York Times. When someone pulls out pot, they get arrested, the newspaper reported, and people of color are disproportionately busted because the tactic is most commonly applied in minority neighborhoods. A sociologist who analyzed the data estimated that the low-level pot arrests cost taxpayers $75 million.
The Springfield arrest rate has dropped in recent years since the city council in 2009 passed an ordinance that made possession of 2.5 grams or less (there are 28 grams in an ounce) an ordinance violation – essentially a traffic ticket. Previously, possession was a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a permanent mark on one's criminal record.
Officers have discretion: They can still arrest someone under state law. But in 2011, most marijuana violations were handled in a kinder, gentler way, with 111 people arrested under state law and 348 citations issued, each carrying a $300 fine. It works out to $104,400 in city coffers.
"That's nothing to sneeze at," says Ward 2 Ald. Gail Simpson, who sponsored the ordinance that decriminalized possession of small amounts of pot.
Money wasn't the primary motivator, Simpson says.
"I did it [sponsored the ordinance] primarily because so many young people use marijuana and they don't think about the long-term consequences if they get caught, based on the laws that are currently on the books," Simpson said. "My desire with regard to the ordinance I sponsored was to help youth and to help the city. I think it served those purposes, dually."
Simpson said she heard from no constituents who opposed her push to decriminalize pot. She doesn't answer yes or no when asked if she favors outright legalization.
"Being a child of the late 60s and early 70s, hey," she says. "There are worse things that people could do other than smoke marijuana. Do I partake? No. Do I want my daughter to? No. Look: I don't know that anybody has come up with any long-term negative effects. … I think a lot of communities and cities are looking at legalizing marijuana. I don't know that it would be any worse than alcohol."
Economic consequences
Linn of Illinois NORML says that there is propaganda on both sides of the marijuana debate, as there is in any war.
Some folks overindulge and smoke pot all day when they should be doing more productive things, he says.
"It can be abused," Linn says.
And some legalization proponents go too far when they say that America's addiction to foreign oil could be solved if pot were legal and farmers grew proverbial amber waves of hemp that could be converted into bio-diesel fuels, Linn allows. Economic benefits are nuanced, he says.
"If we were, tomorrow, to end cannabis prohibition, there'd be a lot of jobs created, but there'd also be a lot of jobs taken away," he says.
Legalization could take away jobs from the drug-testing industry, police departments, probation departments and prisons, Linn said, but, on balance, he said that he believes there would be a net job gain.
Some of those jobs might have nothing to do with pot.
Being a black-market commodity, marijuana costs more than it should, Gettman said. If pot were legal, the price would go down and users would have more money to spend on restaurants, electronics and all sorts of other things, he said. Meanwhile, profits would be invested in legitimate economic activity, he added.
As for how much tax revenue could be gained if pot were legal, Gettman says that no one can say.
"The problem is, we just don't have all the data we need," Gettman says.
In California, taxes on the sale of medical marijuana total between $58 million and $105 million a year, according to the California Board of Equalization, which collects taxes and estimates annual sales as high as $1.3 billion.
According to a 2005 study by Jeffrey Miron, a Harvard economics professor, taxes on marijuana, if it were legalized, would total $2.4 billion a year nationwide if the weed were taxed like other goods and $6.2 billion if it were taxed at rates comparable to tobacco and alcohol. Meanwhile, state and local governments would save $5.3 billion on enforcement costs and the federal government would save another $2.4 billion, according to Miron's study, which factored in revenue currently generated by fines and forfeitures.
Reckoning a $100 billion retail market, Gettman thinks that Miron's tax estimates are low, but he cautions that there are any number of variables.
"There's some things we just don't know," Gettman said. "We don't know if marijuana use is going to go up if we legalize. We also don't know about the elasticity of marijuana consumption, will people smoke more or less."
Like Linn, Gettman says that pot isn't necessarily harmless.
"There are people who have addictive and dependency problems with marijuana," Gettman says. "Marijuana does produce social costs. Right now, those costs are being borne by the non-marijuana-using public. Whatever the costs are, they should be borne by the people who use marijuana and profit from marijuana sales."
Despite nearly 75 years of prohibition at the federal level, Gettman points out that millions of Americans still smoke marijuana and studies indicate that use is rising despite increasing arrests.
"Arrests are not a control mechanism, they're just a response," Gettman says. "The fact that we go out and arrest people, it doesn't prevent marijuana use. It's just something we spend money on to make it look like we're doing something about a problem. The genie's not going back in the bottle. They can hold this thing off for awhile, but come on: What do they have to point to?"
From behind prison walls, Jason Spyres says that marijuana is here to stay, and legalization is better than prohibition. After all, he says, Anheuser-Busch doesn't shoot up rival breweries, but gangsters involved in the marijuana trade are killing people in Mexico. Sooner or later, he says, reason will prevail.
"As far as the state of Illinois goes, we will eventually have taxation and regulation of marijuana," Spyres predicts. "I will be long out of prison by then."
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BERLIN, GERMANY, August 31, 2007 -SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today launched the SanDisk Multi Card ExpressCard™ Adapter, offering fast transfer speeds from memory cards to notebook computers without the need to carry cables or external card readers. The announcement was made at IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics show, where SanDisk is exhibiting at Booth 130, in Hall 15.1 of Messe Berlin, through Sept. 5.
The new adapter fits into the ExpressCard slot now found in most new notebook computers, and accepts six card formats: SD™, SDHC™, MultiMediaCard™, MMCplus™, Memory Stick Duo™, Memory Stick PRO Duo™ and Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™. Many competing ExpressCard adapters only accept the full size Memory Stick format, running counter to the swing in market momentum toward the smaller Duo form factor.
"With the SanDisk Multi Card ExpressCard Adapter, we're supporting the rise of the ExpressCard slot in notebook computers," said Matthijs Hutten, Senior Product Marketing Manager at SanDisk. "We expect ExpressCard to completely replace the PC Card standard in the near future, so offering an ExpressCard adapter which integrates many popular card formats is a natural move for SanDisk."
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Even for notebook computers with embedded memory card slots, the SanDisk Multi Card ExpressCard Adapter can be useful. Embedded slots today don't always support the new SD High Capacity (SDHC) format or the Memory Stick PRO Duo form factor, requiring users to carry an external reader. SanDisk's new adapter offers native SDHC and Memory Stick PRO Duo support.
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Sean Lien (連勝文), one of former vice president Lien Chan's (連戰) sons, was shot last night as he was campaigning for a Sinbei councilor candidate in Yonghe (永和), Taipei County. He was hit in the face and was rushed to National Taiwan University Hospital.
Yonghe police precinct said a 29-year-old man was also shot at the rally, but died on the way to a hospital.
In a press briefing at 10:05pm, the hospital said Sean Lien, was still undergoing surgery, but was not in a life-threatening situation. He was conscious when he arrived at the hospital, officials said.
Witnesses said a man burst onto the stage at Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) councilor candidate Chen Hung-yuan's (陳鴻源) rally and fired a shot at Sean Lien shortly after he took the stage and as he was about to address the crowd. The bullet hit the left side of his face, eyewitnesses said.
A man named Lin Cheng-wei (林正偉) was quickly apprehended by police. The motive for the shooting is under investigation.
Pan-green politicans condemned the shooting, while KMT politicians condemned it as "election violence."
Lien Chan joined Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin's (郝龍斌) rally after visiting his son at the hospital. Choking back tears as he discussed his son, Lien Chan urged supporters to support Hau and the KMT's other mayoral candidates.
"My son is in the hospital right now and the condition is unknown. I will say no more. May God bless Taiwan and the public," he said.
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), who doubles as KMT chairman, later walked onto the stage amid cheers from the crowd. Ma pledged to fight against such an "unforgettable example of violence."
Late last night, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei mayoral candidate Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) held a press conference to condemn violence, "at any time and any place."
"We are praying for the victims," he said. "We understand that the police have already arrested a suspect and ask them to release the truth about the incident immediately."
However, he said political parties should avoid trying to take advantage out of the shootings, adding that he hoped "society can return to normal as soon as possible."
DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), a mayoral candidate for Sinbei City, also denounced the shootings, saying she "condemned all forms of violence" and urging supporters to remain calm and rational for today's elections.
Labeling the shootings gang-related, Tsai said they were a "tremendous shock to everyone."
She wished Sean Lien a fast recovery and offered her condolences to the Lien family and the family of the other victim.
The Taipei Times has learned that immediately following the shootings, government agencies began to deliver bullet-proof vests to the mayoral candidates, but it was not clear as of press time whether the candidates for councilor and borough chief posts were also getting vests.
Sean Lien is deputy director of Taipei City's Economic Development Commission, and member of the KMT's Central Committee.
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Today I am pulling up the rear of our wonderful Holiday Yum blog series. Please extend a bazillion thanks to our uberlicious hostess, the ever-fabulous Kathy Owen who initiated, organized and ran a splendidly fun blog series. I hope you've all enjoyed it.
New Year's Eve is around the corner and I thought what better time to do a post on some responsible holiday "hostess with the mostess" practices followed by some uberlicious mocktail suggestions.
Being a Responsible Host
Being a good host means protecting your guests, yourself and others, as well as having a good time. You wouldn't want to wake up the next morning to find out one of your guest's got nailed for impaired driving or worse, injured or killed someone.
If you are going to host a party and serve alcohol (or have people bring their own booze), it's smart to think about how you can help ensure your guests don't drive impaired.
- Make sure you have food available.
- Have non-alcohol and low-alcohol beverage options available (see ideas below).
- If you are providing the alcohol, serve the drinks rather than offering a self-service bar. Self-service may encourage heavy consumption and make it more difficult for you to keep track of your guests' drinking.
- Don't serve alcohol to anyone who is or may be intoxicated.
- Don't encourage intoxication by serving extra-strong drinks, double shots or high alcohol content beer.
- Have numbers available for taxi companies and be prepared to have intoxicated guests spend the night.
- Stop serving alcohol long before you expect the party to break up. It's not smart to serve people alcohol immediately before they drive or otherwise try to get home.
- Watch your own consumption. The more you drink, the more difficult it will be for you to anticipate problems, supervise the event and intervene to avoid potential problems.
- Have a couple of volunteer designated drivers who are willing to chauffeur people home.
What do you do if your drunk friend/family member insists on driving?
Insist they don't drive. Obviously you don't want to physically tackle them but if you can calmly and reasonably take the keys from them, do so. Then call them a cab or have someone insist on driving them home.
In a worse case situation, if someone leaves your house and you know they are driving impaired, you can call 911. I can imagine that this would be a tough decision to make but remember you need to put that person's own personal safety and the safety of those on the road first.
As a responsible host, one of the best things you can do for your guests is to provide some non-alcoholic beverage options. In August, I wrote about how I was a douchebag host for years offering my guests pop and water as a non-alcoholic option and…I mean…it's better than nothing but good lord people…we can do better for our DDs!
Today there are so many amazing options out there to have FUN with. Options that will give you a hostess with the mostess reputation. Everyone will want to come to your parties and be the DD. You'll be the talk of the town. Even the biggest boozers will want to convert just to enjoy some of your mocktail madness.
MADD Virgin Drinks
First…there's my ultimate favorite: MADD Virgin Drinks! OMG can you say delicious?! Hubby and I had the opportunity to try a few of their mocktail options at MADD Canada's Leadership Conference in September (and they sent us home with samples…squeee) and I can't say enough about them. The champagne, brut, mojitos and margaritas are to DIE FOR. A.MAZ.ING! And they are 100% alcohol free.
Not to mention, 10% of net sales goes to MADD Canada.
Let's see…serve your guests amazing mocktail drinks…support MADD Canada…win hostess of the year! WIN WIN WIN!
Check out their Canadian Store Locator (most Shoppers Drug Mart carry them) or their US Store Locator to find a retailer near you. You can also order online at their Canadian online store and USA online store. They offer trade and volume discounts. Love that!
Here are some other ideas of fun mocktails you can make at home yourself…
Mock Champagne
Recipe makes 24 servings
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 2 cups cranberry juice
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 4 cups 7UP or Sprite
- Combine all ingredients.
- Serve in champagne flutes.
- Add strawberries or raspberries in each glass to give it a little extra pizazz.
Tornado Twists
Recipe makes 2 servings
- 12 fluid ounces cranberry-raspberry juice
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
- In a pitcher, mix cranberry-raspberry juice with lemon-lime soda.
- Pour over ice and serve.
Alcohol-Free Pina Colada
Recipe makes 2 servings
- 1 cup ice
- 1 1/4 cups pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- In an electric blender, blend ice, pineapple juice, milk, cream, and sugar.
- Blend until smooth.
- Serve in glass garnished with pineapple wedge or little umbrella.
Sparkling Punch
Recipe makes 20 servings
- 2 lemons
- 3 large oranges
- 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate
- 1 liter club soda
- 2 (750 millilitre) bottles sparkling apple cider
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 2 trays ice cubes
- Thinly slice the lemons and the oranges and place in a large punch bowl.
- Pour in the thawed lemonade.
- Gently stir in the club soda and the sparkling apple cider.
- Add sugar to taste.
- Add ice.
- Serve in margaritas glasses.
For other fabulous mocktail ideas, check out HGTV's suggestions. Or Google mocktails for oodles of options.
What are some of your favorite mocktails to serve and enjoy? Be sure to include recipes for all the readers to enjoy.
On August 1, 2009, my beautiful mother-in-law's life was cut tragically short by an impaired driver and my stepson's life changed forever. In honor of Donna and Jordan Kennie, please don't drink and drive. Impaired driving is 100% preventable. Think about it.
Support MADD Canada and follow them on Facebook, Twitter (@maddcanada), YouTube, and on the Web.
Text MADD to 45678 to donate $5 today. Report impaired drivers – CALL 911.
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For the month of November and December, I have been proud to be taking part in the Holiday Yum Blog Hop where a group of uber bloggers will regale you with recipes and funny cooking stories.
This week's highlights:
- December 23: Jess Witkins enticed us with Pumpkin-Curry Chicken and Blue Cheese Bread
- December 26: Kathy Owen came through with Roast Beef with Gravy
- December 28: Today is all about fabulous Mocktail options
Already Posted:
- November 17: Jenny Hansen's Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Meal – talk about an extravaganza!
- November 19: Kathy Owen's Spiced Pecans – OMG I so want to try these.
- November 26: Ellen M. Gregg's Chocolatiest Chocolate Cake Evah (and lemonade) – how will I EVER follow a diet now?
- November 28: Jenny Hansen's Almond Roca…I hear it's to DIE for!
- December 2: Estee Lavitt's Latke L'Latke L'Hop in the Pan – Holiday Yum Chanukah Baked Latke Recipe!
- December 5: Yours truly with French Lace Cookies
- December 10: Kathy Owen's Butter Spritz Cookies (OMG I want some…especially those Hershey filled ones)
- December 14: Ellen M. Gregg's Old-fashioned Buttermilk Sugar Cookies (with Christmas punch)
- December 17: Cheesecake travesties with yours truly
- December 19: Jenny Hansen's Holly Candy (OMG looks soooo good!)
Be sure to check out our ever uberlicious host, Kathy Owen's Holiday Yum page and leave her some blog hop luv!


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SWIFTWATER, Pa. and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi Pasteur will bring its Fluzone® Intradermal Vaccine Coop de Quill VacciNation Tour to San Francisco this Saturday, Oct. 6, as part of its cross-country efforts to raise awareness about the seriousness of influenza and the various vaccine options that are available for adults 18 through 64 years of age this flu season.
In an effort to help improve flu immunization rates, Sanofi Pasteur's Fluzone Intradermal Vaccine Coop de Quill VacciNation Tour will visit the Walgreens at 1333 Castro St. in San Francisco for a flu clinic event. The event intends to educate adults about available vaccine options and encourage annual influenza immunization.
"The one thing we know about flu season is that it's unpredictable, and the single most important thing people can do to help prevent getting or spreading the flu is to get their annual flu vaccination," said Melanie Malee, Walgreens market pharmacy director. "These events are an opportunity to talk with customers and others in the community about influenza and which vaccine option may be right for them. Helping protect more people from the flu is one of the ways we aim to help customers get, stay and live well."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), everyone six months of age and older should receive an annual influenza vaccination, yet only 30 percent of adults in California 18 through 64 years of age were immunized during the 2010-2011 flu season, leaving far too many unprotected and at risk for spreading the virus to those at high-risk like young children and older adults.
Results from a recent national telephone survey of 663 adults revealed these low rates highlight a disconnect between fear and action, as two out of every three (67 percent) adults 18 through 64 years of age said if they had influenza, they fear spreading the virus to their loved ones, yet three in five (61 percent) adults said they are not vaccinated annually.
The survey also showed that 53 percent of adults 18 through 64 years of age who were vaccinated annually reported that their vaccination experience would be better if the needle was much smaller, and 65 percent said their experience would be better if access to the flu shot was more convenient.
A local survey of 401 adults in San Francisco revealed similar results as nearly three out of every four (73 percent) of adults 18 through 64 years of age said if they had influenza, they fear spreading the virus to their loved ones, yet over half (55 percent) of adults said they are not vaccinated annually.
Flu clinic attendees will have the opportunity to have one-on-one discussions with a Walgreens pharmacist to better understand the importance of annual influenza vaccination, how to help protect themselves and their loved ones, and the various vaccine options that are available for adults 18 through 64 years of age this flu season. Attendees can also get immunized with Fluzone Intradermal vaccine. Age and health-related restrictions may apply.
The Coop de Quill vehicle, which features a supersized rooftop 3D structure of the Fluzone Intradermal vaccine, will be on-site for attendees to interact with.
For adults unable to attend the flu clinic event on Saturday, immunization options, including Fluzone Intradermal vaccine, are available at Walgreens pharmacies in San Francisco throughout the season.
Fluzone Intradermal vaccine is the only FDA-approved intradermal flu vaccine for adults 18 through 64 years of age in the United States. The device features an ultra-thin, 90 percent smaller needle that works just under the skin to help provide adults with the flu protection they need.
To find out where Fluzone Intradermal vaccine is available in your area, or to learn more about Fluzone Intradermal vaccine, visit www.Fluzone.com.
After the event in San Francisco, the Coop de Quill vehicle will be making stops in two additional tour cities: Raleigh and Baltimore throughout the flu season.
About Fluzone Intradermal Vaccine Coop de Quill VacciNation Tour
The Fluzone Intradermal Vaccine Coop de Quill VacciNation Tour is a national initiative that aims to raise awareness about the seriousness of influenza and the various vaccine options that are available for adults this flu season. Sanofi Pasteur and Actor Chris O'Donnell are teaming up to educate adults, a sometimes overlooked population, that the single most important thing they can do to help prevent getting or spreading the flu is to get their annual vaccination. Chris will share his personal flu vaccination experience and help to educate about this potentially deadly disease and vaccine options through various media activities this flu season.
Additionally, the Coop de Quill VacciNation Tour is joining forces with various retailers, including Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid, to bring Fluzone Intradermal vaccine to cities across the nation. The Coop de Quill vehicle will be making a stop in five tour cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Raleigh, San Francisco, and Seattle. At each stop attendees will have the opportunity to have one-on-one discussions with clinic pharmacists to better understand the importance of annual influenza vaccination and the various vaccine options available to them. Attendees can also get immunized with Fluzone Intradermal vaccine.
The Fluzone Intradermal Coop de Quill VacciNation Tour is a program of Sanofi Pasteur, makers of Fluzone Intradermal vaccine.
About Influenza
Influenza is a serious respiratory illness that is easily spread and can lead to severe complications, even death. Each year in the U.S., 1 in 5 people, or up to 20 percent of the population gets the flu, and on average, influenza and its related complications result in approximately 226,000 hospitalizations. Influenza seasons are unpredictable and can be severe. Depending on virus severity during the influenza season, annual deaths can range from a low of 3,000 to a high of about 49,000 people. Combined with pneumonia, influenza is the nation's ninth leading cause of death. Vaccination is safe and effective and the best way to help prevent influenza and its complications.
About Fluzone Intradermal Vaccine
Fluzone Intradermal vaccine, the only FDA-approved intradermal flu vaccine in the United States, is an inactivated influenza virus vaccine given to people 18 through 64 years of age for active immunization against influenza disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and type B contained in the vaccine.
The Fluzone Intradermal vaccine needle is an ultra-thin microneedle that is 90 percent smaller and only goes as deep as the skin's surface to help protect against the flu. Smaller than a grain of rice, the microneedle is only 1.5mm long, which is about the same as the thickness of a U.S. penny.
To find out where Fluzone Intradermal vaccine is available in your area, or to learn more about Fluzone Intradermal vaccine, visit www.Fluzone.com.
Safety Information
Redness, firmness, swelling, and itching at the injection site occur more frequently with Fluzone Intradermal vaccine than with Fluzone vaccine. Other common side effects to Fluzone Intradermal vaccine include pain at the injection site, headache, fatigue, and muscle aches. Side effects other than those listed above may occur. Fluzone Intradermal vaccine should not be administered to anyone with a severe allergic reaction to any vaccine component, including eggs, egg products, or to a previous dose of any influenza vaccine. Tell the doctor if you have ever experienced Guillain-Barré syndrome (severe muscle weakness) after a previous dose of influenza vaccine. If you notice any other problems or symptoms following vaccination, please contact your health care professional immediately. Vaccination with Fluzone Intradermal vaccine may not protect all individuals.
For more information about Fluzone Intradermal vaccine, talk to your health care professional and see complete Patient Information.
About The Survey
The national survey results are from GfK Roper's weekly telephone omnibus service, OmniTel. Interviewing was conducted from June 1-3, 2012. A total of 1005 interviews with adults aged 18+ were completed, with 663 among the target subgroup of adults aged 18 through 64. The margin of error for this study is +/- 3 percentage points for total sample and is higher for subgroups.
The localized survey results are from GfK Roper's weekly telephone omnibus service, OmniTel. Interviewing was conducted from August 29 - September 3, 2012. A total of approximately 400 interviews with adults 18 through 64 years of age were completed in five cities, Baltimore, Chicago, Raleigh, San Francisco and Seattle, for a total of approximately 2000 interviews. The margin of error for this study is +/- 4 percentage points for each city sample of approximately 400 and is higher for subgroups.
All above surveys were sponsored by Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi.
About Sanofi
Sanofi, a global and diversified health care leader, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patients' needs. Sanofi has core strengths in the field of health care with seven growth platforms: diabetes solutions, human vaccines, innovative drugs, consumer health care, emerging markets, animal health and the new Genzyme. Sanofi is listed in Paris (EURONEXT: SAN) and in New York (NYSE: SNY).
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, provides more than 1 billion doses of vaccine each year, making it possible to immunize more than 500 million people across the globe. A world leader in the vaccine industry, Sanofi Pasteur offers the broadest range of vaccines protecting against 20 infectious diseases. The company's heritage, to create vaccines that protect life, dates back more than a century. Sanofi Pasteur is the largest company entirely dedicated to vaccines. Every day, the company invests more than EUR 1 million in research and development. For more information, please visit: www.sanofipasteur.com or www.sanofipasteur.us.
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Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts says that the Black Guerrilla Family gang is spurring much of the recent violence in the city as it tries to expand its reach.
Batts, who recently took over as commissioner after working 30 years on the West Coast, asked his commanders to draw up "conflict diagrams" so he could better understand the web of connections driving crime in Baltimore.
He said those diagrams showed that the Black Guerrilla Family, a prison-based gang that has been growing on the streets, is behind much of the violence.
"I was told that what they're doing is expanding and taxing other gangs, basically franchising out," Batts said. "If [those gangs] don't want to franchise out, it leads to conflict, and that's been part of the problem in areas that are spiking."
Cops have told me in passing that though the Bloods and Crips get the name recognition, BGF is the city's gang that concerns authorities the most. Rarely though do police and prosecutors here discuss gangs openly, and it's been some time since I came across a charging document in a shooting or homicide where BGF was described as being a factor. But that may be because detectives have generally been increasingly scaling back the amount of information they list in charging documents, or because investigators haven't been able to bring formal charges in cases involving the BGF.
The BGF gang was created in the 1960s in California, and was thrust into the spotlight in Maryland in 2009, when two dozen alleged members were indicted in federal court. The case highlighted flaws in the state prison system, which the state's top corrections official said were unlike any he had faced in his career in other states.
The seven-month investigation led to the indictment on drug and weapons charges of 24 people - including four state prison officers - who authorities believe are leaders or associates of the gang. Search warrants outlined how gang members were able to obtain heroin, direct hits on enemies through so-called "Death Angels" and conduct cell phone conference calls to arrange business with inmates around the state. The leader dined on shrimp and Grey Goose from his prison cell, the indictment alleged.
Gang associates established a publishing company and have been selling a handbook written by the gang's leader in Maryland, Brown, court documents allege. Titled "The Black Book: Empowering Black Families," authorities say the handbook was designed to help new members learn about the gang.
A member of the gang gave an interview to the City Paper recently. "We were getting ready to take it to a whole different level," the member said. "We were ready to come on the street and really try and put that Black Book to work and be able to make money and make some changes in the way s--t was going."
Three members of the Black Guerilla Family gang were also sentenced to life in prison in January of this year for the 2009 robbery, kidnapping and murder of Qonta Waddell, a convicted drug dealer who was hogtied and removed, screaming, from his mother's home in Southwest Baltimore as she watched.


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Attention Dealers,
We have recently set up a section on the board for dealers wanting to do business, advertise, promote and sell their products. This forum may be called "utv-chat" but we welcome the promotion of your entire inventory on the forum board.
Benefits of Advertising on UTV-Chat.com
- Your own thread in the "Sponsors Section" where you can advertise your dealership, post specials and sales, notify the community of any events you may be going to and etc.
- Exposure to a die hard off road community that has over 44k users and GROWING!
- A rotating 390x50 banner at the very top of the forum board that will link users directly to your website.
For any questions you may have please send us an email at admin(at)utv-chat.com with your questions, please include your phone number as we would like to be able to answer your questions immediately.
NO ONE Except Sponsored Dealers are permitted to do business on UTV-CHAT this includes using business name as username, linking to any website, offer units or products for sale, implying that you have sold units or include a business contact information or business avatar unless they are a Sponsored Dealer and or have contributed to the forum.
If you would like to become a sponsored dealer and advertise on utv-chat.com follow the link below and contact us with your business information and we will get you set up.
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While the cars are the focus of the auto show, the models behind the scenes have a much harder job.
They need to stand near the cars answering a number of questions, most of which are some variant of "do you come with the car?" Plus, they have to wear what appear to be very uncomfortable clothes and smile for hours at a time.
It really is a tough gig.
We want to send a big thank you out to all the models that were gracious enough to be in one our photos.


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The woman who reportedly wandered around the lobby of New York's famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel this weekend wearing her panties over her pants, muttering to herself and carrying a gun has prompted medical experts to revisit the question of whether Lyme disease can have psychiatric manifestations.
After police charged Marilyn Michose of Danbury, Conn., with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the 46-year-old's mother told newspapers that her daughter has Lyme disease and medication she takes makes her "manic."
It was unclear whether Michose's mother was referring to medication for Lyme disease or for some other condition. Michose was taken to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation after the incident.
Lyme disease is caused by the bite of an infected deer tick. It commonly causes a skin rash, fever, headache and fatigue. Whether the disease can have psychiatric manifestations has long been a controversy in the medical community.
While they can only speculate without knowing more about Michose's case, some experts believe a percentage of patients with Lyme disease go on to develop serious problems that might affect the brain, heart, eyes and other organs.
Skeptical experts, on the other hand, say there's little scientific evidence to back up the notion that long-term psychiatric problems can develop. They say chronic Lyme disease, which can resist treatment and cause a litany of problems for many years, simply doesn't exist.
"With Lyme disease, you can develop some significant psychiatric problems," said Dr. Brian Fallon, director of Columbia University Medical Center's Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center in New York. "Lyme disease is an infection that can spread throughout the body and when it spreads to the central nervous system, it can cause a wide variety of manifestations, such as memory problems, verbal fluency problems and sometimes in the more acute phases of brain infection, it can cause encephalitis, which is characterized by severe confusion or personality changes."
Fallon went on to say that about 15 percent of patients infected by Lyme disease who are not treated will develop neurologic problems. Symptoms usually appear in the first few weeks after the tick bite.
Such problems, however, tend to go away after treatment but Fallon said sometimes, people get worse before they get better.
But others say cases of people who develop psychiatric problems are extremely rare.
"It's not clear that there are any kind of long-term psychiatric problems associated with Lyme disease at all," said Dr. Eugene Shapiro, professor of pediatrics, epidemiology and investigative medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. "There are cases where people get meningitis and that can cause mania, but meningitis is quickly recognized and treated.
Phillip Baker, executive director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation in Lyme, Conn., said, "Although this person [Marilyn Michose] obviously has some sort of mental or behavioral problem, I don't believe it is due to Lyme disease. Reports attributing such behavior to Lyme disease -- or justifying such extreme behavior as being due to Lyme disease -- are few, exaggerated, and unsubstantiated."
Treatment Unlikely to Cause Psychiatric Issues, Say Some Experts
Lyme disease is treated with antibiotics. Experts say there is debate about whether to treat patients with just a short-term course of antibiotics or continue the medication for several weeks or months. The Infectious Disease Society of America and other health organizations say long-term treatment with antibiotics is ill-advised because of the risk of complications. They advocate treatment for about a month.
If Michose were taking antibiotics for Lyme disease, doctors say, the drugs likely did not cause her erratic behavior.
"Conventional antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease should not have psychiatric manifestations," said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease physician at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn. "These are well-known antibiotics that are not exceptionally strong or toxic."
The side effects of the medications might include nausea, diarrhea and, if given intravenously, complications at the intravenous site.
If the disease is caught early enough, treatment can be as short as two weeks, and complications from the disease or from the medication will probably not develop.
"When properly diagnosed and treated early," Baker of the American Lyme Disease Foundation said, "Lyme disease is easily cured by a short course of oral antibiotics that do not alter normal behavior."


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When I went away to college, my parents told me to "make a budget". When I graduated from college, my parents told me to "make a budget. When I was planning my wedding, my parents told me to "make a budget." When we were looking to buy our first home, my parents told me to… you guessed it, "make a budget."
By this time in my life I should probably be an expert on budgeting, but I am not. Like most people, I occasionally fail to see the big picture and give in to impulse buys or spend too much money on a pair of jeans, or eat out too many times per week. But, that does not mean I should throw in the towel and just spend money all "willy nilly".
Occasionally I hear my father's voice reminding me to "tighten the purse strings" and that "money doesn't grow on trees". This is my conscience reminding me to sit down to redo our loathsome, yet necessary household budget. I am after all, a reasonably responsible adult with a child who will be going away to college in less than 8 years.
There are many factors that play a role when creating a budget from scratch, especially if it is your first time. The task may seem overwhelming, but there are a few very basic tips to follow.
- List all "fixed" expenses. These are expenses that do not change month to month. These may include rent/ mortgage, car payment, insurances, utilities, loans, credit card bills etc.
- List all "variable" expenses. These offer some flexibility such as groceries, entertainment, travel, eating out and general "fun money".
- Know all sources of monthly income.
- Do the math… subtract fixed expenses from income. Then factor in variable expenses.
- Don't forget to factor in all of your savings/ retirement plans!
That's it! You now have a very basic household budget to work off of. Once you have a budget created, whether you choose to use any of the many software options available, or if you prefer to create your own spreadsheet, keep it handy. Look at it often. Remember to reevaluate and adjust your budget over time as things in your life change and evolve, as they will naturally.
Remind yourself of your long-term goals. This will help strengthen your will power and make it easier to walk away from those $100 jeans or that $6.00 cup of coffee. Personally, I hope to be able to retire and live comfortably when the time comes. I want to be able to travel some and spend plenty of time on some beach. That dream, along with my parents voices saying "make a budget" help keep me on track.
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Anxious Patriarchs?
I hate to reach for an overused, ever-present, explains-absolutely-nothing feminist historians' trope, but…. tell me, is there any other way to explain the move from The effort and quality of parenting are what really...
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I hate to reach for an overused, ever-present, explains-absolutely-nothing feminist historians' trope, but…. tell me, is there any other way to explain the move from The effort and quality of parenting are what really...
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Two Soviet-born donors to a pro-Trump fundraising committee who helped Rudy Giuliani's efforts to investigate Democrat Joe Biden were arrested late Wednesday on criminal charges stemming from their alleged efforts to funnel foreign money into U.S. elections and influence U.S. politics on behalf of at least one Ukrainian politician.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two Florida businessmen, made a brief appearance in federal court in Virginia Thursday, dressed in T-shirts. Both men are U.S. citizens born in former Soviet republics. They were arrested at Dulles Airport on Wednesday while awaiting an international flight with one-way tickets, according to people familiar with the matter, a day before one of them was scheduled to testify before House committees.
Mr. Giuliani said in an interview Thursday that Messrs. Parnas and Fruman were headed to Vienna on Wednesday evening for reasons related to their business. He declined to elaborate on those reasons. He said the two men had also left the country about two weeks ago and had traveled to Vienna between three and six times in the last two months. He said he had been scheduled to meet with the two when they returned to Washington within days.
A federal prosecutor told a judge the government remains concerned that the men will flee. Attorneys on both sides said they would reach an agreement about the conditions of their bail and would return to the judge later Thursday or Friday.
In a 21-page indictment unsealed Thursday, federal prosecutors in Manhattan alleged Messrs. Parnas and Fruman were engaged in political activities in the U.S. on behalf of one or more Ukrainian government officials—including a lobbying campaign, targeted at a Republican congressman, to remove the U.S. ambassador in Kyiv. President Trump ordered the ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, removed from her post in May, the Journal has reported.
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In the White House's letter to congressional Democrats, President Donald Trump's lawyers say the President and his administration won't cooperate in an ongoing impeachment inquiry, arguing the proceedings amount to an illegitimate effort to overturn the 2016 election results.
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A jury has found Amber Guyger guilty of the murder of Botham Jean. Last year, Guyger had entered Jean's apartment after allegedly confusing it for her own. She then shot Jean to death after believing him to be an intruder. This would have been an open-and-shut case in almost every imaginable scenario with one very notable exception: Guyger was an officer with the Dallas Police Department.
At every turn, she enjoyed a measure of extended decency rarely if ever offered to other murder suspects. This included initial police concern for Guyger's well-being, a subsequent footdrag to arrest Guyger for Jean's killing, an investigation that seemed more focused on scapegoating Jean than it did proving Guyger's guilt, and police testimony that Guyger was justified in having killed Jean.
Despite this, as well as a pitched defense that claimed Jean's murder was nothing more than a "series of horrible mistakes," the jury convicted Guyger of the most serious charge levied against her. Guyger faces 5 to 99 years in prison.
It is exceedingly rare that police officers are punished for their conduct, no matter how egregious. This is a very good start.Comment →
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made a statement about starting an "Official Impeachment Inquiry:"
PELOSI calls Trump strongarming Ukraine into investigating Biden "a breach of his constitutional responsibilities," says moves to block release of whistleblower report are "a violation of law."
"I'm announcing the House is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry." pic.twitter.com/ItAMrl4Yhn
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 24, 2019
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After months of expressing caution on a push for impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump Tuesday.
"The president must be held accountable," Pelosi said. "No one is above the law."
The landmark move comes after controversy over a phone call Trump had with the newly elected Ukranian leader in July and reporting that the president pressured him to investigate political rival, Joe Biden.
"The actions of the Trump presidency revealed the dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections," Pelosi said. "Therefore, today, I am announcing the House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. I am directing our six committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry."
Trump earlier Tuesday called the allegations against him "ridiculous" and a "witch hunt." He contended he did nothing wrong and is promising to release a transcript of the call Wednesday.
The murder trial has begun for Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who entered Botham Jean's apartment and shot him dead.
Guyger, charged with murder, claims she mistakenly thought Jean's apartment was hers and that Jean was an intruder. She says she shot him in self-defense as he advanced on her. But prosecutors say Guyger missed several indicators that she was in the wrong place.
The fourth floor of the garage where she parked after her 13.5-hour shift was open air, unlike her parking area on the third floor, Jason Hermus, a prosecutor with the district attorney's office, told jurors.
She failed to notice a skylight, a neighbor's decorative planter, Jean's red doormat and differences in the hallways, Hermus said.
The defense is expected to present evidence that other residents of the complex have also gone to the wrong apartment. It is anticipated Guyger will testify in her own defense.
Prosecutors reject Guyger's claim of self defense, saying trajectory evidence shows Jean was hit either while getting up from a seated position or while on his knees.
Jurors have been sequestered for the trial, which is expected to take two weeks.Comment →
Too Much Faith Following the Wrong Leader
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If I had to guess... are the richest parts of the state experiencing blackouts or just the, ahem, middle class parts?
It doesn't matter, I suppose.