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aristocrat

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  1. quick google of dominic bolden shows he was killed so it would seem chris johnson will skate by as the main witness...shooter is dead.
  2. nobody said our schedule was creampuff going into last year. it's the same thing every year.
  3. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/09/report-court-records-accuse-chris-johnson-of-involvement-in-murder-for-hire-plot/ The incident traces back to March 2015, when Johnson was shot in the shoulder in what allegedly was a gang-related effort to kill him. In two separate incidents in 2016, the two men who were believed to be the shooters in March 2015 were shot and killed by Dominic Bolden, who as the apparent argument goes committed the crimes at Johnson ‘s behest.
  4. yes, players on top defenses and winning teams generally get recognition.
  5. he's got tre as the 45th best cb in the league there? is that right? mother of god
  6. sorry guys i didnt think i saw him and hadnt crossed him off the list. raiders select troy pride cb university of notre dame
  7. The Raiders are looking to get depth in their secondary. The will be taking Noah Igbinoghene cb, Auburn tigers. @H2o is up
  8. The Las Vegas Raiders have notified the commisioners office that they have accepted GunnerBill's apology. No forthcoming suspension from TBD is expected.
  9. yup i picked aj dillon and malik harrison.
  10. The Raiders thank the tech geeks for putting on this draft via facetime. The Raiders will be addressing the RB position with AJ Dillon rb, Boston college to back up Josh Jacobs and take some of the load off his back. With the 81st selection of the draft the Raiders will be addressing the lb position again with Malik harrison OLB Ohio state. The raiders spent big money bringing Correy Littleton but now with Murray in round one, and Harrison here in round 3 we will have great depth at lb. @GunnerBill and Canada's team the Cowboys are on the clock
  11. the pats have zero cap space. you can always make some space but these guys would need to come cheap
  12. should be pick for atl?
  13. take at 53. please repick
  14. will be interesting post draft to see what free agents who have verbal agreements but haven't passed physicals end up getting released? gonna be a complicated situation
  15. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/02/826105278/ventilators-are-no-panacea-for-critically-ill-covid-19-patients Hapless what are your thoughts on this? What are my thoughts on this? I saw this a couple days ago and it took me a bit to unsnarl my thoughts to give a more-or-less reasoned response. Ventilators for patients in the throes of viral infection have always been a bit of a hail-Mary pass. In an acute injury or post-surgery, they provide time for healing; with a bacterial infection they provide time for antibiotics to take hold. For a viral infection, if there's an effective antiviral, Same, but otherwise it's a race against time. Does the patient recover faster than they develop complications from the effects of the ventilation or secondary infections? As I understand it, overall in China their experience was people who wound up in ICU on ventilators were 50-50 if they recovered or not. If they did recover, it took a long time - 2 to 4 weeks. I think the referenced initial study from Wuhan was early on, and they improved outcomes as the outbreak went on. So I'm not sure about the statistics there. Here is a study from UK where so far they are running 1/3 wean and leave, 2/3 fatalities for ventilated patients (but many not yet resolved, still in ICU): https://ricochet.com/742120/covid-19-data-survival-rates-for-patients-on-ventilators/ Factors: 1) The saturated health care system in NYC currently. They are only hospitalizing the most severely ill patients and sending the others home with instructions to return if they meet certain critera. By the time those sent home meet the criteria and return, they may already be in such respiratory distress as to require immediate ventilator treatment. Several therapeutic windows that might keep them from needing ventilation are already lost - windows to try a clinical trial for an antiviral medication, or immune plasma, windows to see if improved oxygenation and hydration will improve outcome, and a window to test for and treat/manage cytokine storm (There is a simple, inexpensive blood test for this, ferritin, and if any of you have a seriously ill family member be sure to ask the results of this test. But do not ask for the test before they are showing respiratory symptoms, false negative may occur). If the patient comes in with lungs already severely damaged from covid-19 or already in the throes of cytokine storm, there is little to do but support them and wait. Either they will heal or they won't. They can be treated to contain cytokine storm or treat sepsis, but if damage exists, it won't be reversed, it must wait to heal itself or not. 2) How is the ventilator being used? The current standard of care is to treat as acute respiratory distress syndrome. There is some evidence suggesting that covid-19 damaged lungs are sensitive and require lower pressure settings than are standard. I do not know how clear this evidence is or how widespread use of lower pressure settings are becoming, but obviously if the ventilator is being split between patients, controlling pressure carefully (and controlling secondary infections) becomes more of an issue. 3) Is the patient being monitored and treated for complicating conditions such as cytokine storm or sepsis? Are there clear clinical guidelines for these treatments? Do the staff have time to order the appropriate laboratory tests and keep up with the findings? Are the medications in good supply? Bottom line is this: as long as there is no cure, prevention is essential - both to avoid overstressing the health care system and to give the patients who do require it their best chance. A metric like "I haven't heard of ventilators being unavailable" simply doesn't begin to capture the effects of health care system overload.
  16. Raiders are ready to go put me in coach
  17. so petey on the right was adopted out to our cousin up in kenmore. my son named the dog and now our cousin has decided to rename the dog...Augie. I'm a little pissed about that. This is our old girl Bella. The rescue was playing with her and she tore her ccl. Crate bound for the next 10 days and limited activiy for the next two months after that.
  18. i thought it was strange they didn't make a move on frank jr. they are smart enough to know they need to protect their girl.
  19. yea, i guess i should say they should change the rules on it cause i'd rather see some successful teams on there
  20. if the chargers get cam or a rookie qb maybe i'm into it. rams ehh. gimme the chiefs
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