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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.98 no.8 Cape Town Ago. 2008
Oral fluid detection of hepatitis B vaccine-induced antibodies can improve vaccination programmes
Rosemary J BurnettI; Omphile E SimaniII; Guido FrançoisIII; André MeheusIV; Herbert R BasetseV; M Jeffrey MphahleleVI
IMPH; HIV and Hepatitis Research Unit, Department of Virology, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria
IIMSc; HIV and Hepatitis Research Unit, Department of Virology, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria
IIIMSc, PhD; Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerpen, Belgium
IVMD, PhD; Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerpen, Belgium
VDTech; National Health Laboratory Service, Dr George Mukhari Tertiary Laboratory, Department of Virology, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus
VIMSc, PhD; HIV and Hepatitis Research Unit and National Health Laboratory Service, Dr George Mukhari Tertiary Laboratory, Department of Virology, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus
To the Editor: About 387 million people (over 5% of the global population) are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV).1 The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to contain the burden of HBV infections by means of universal vaccination programmes for infants and adolescents. The vaccine may be almost universally available to children within the next few years.2 A major drawback of monitoring immunity to the hepatitis B vaccine or HBV infection is the need for a blood specimen to detect hepatitis B surface antibodies (anti-HBs). Collecting blood is by needle, and is often painful and traumatic for babies, children and adults with poor venous access, so non-invasive sampling would be an ideal alternative.
Several oral fluid collection devices exist.3-7 The OraSure (OraSure Technologies Inc., USA), a non-invasive cotton pad impregnated with gelatine, salts (sodium chloride, citric acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, and sodium hydroxide to give pH 6.5) and deionised water is approved for use in humans by the USA's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is licensed for collection of oral mucosal transudate (OMT) for anti-HIV testing.8 As OMT is a serous fluid rich in immunoglubulins (IgG, IgM and IgA), it is possible to test for antibodies induced by infections of public health importance such as hepatitis A virus (HAV), HBV, hepatitis C virus (HCV),7,9,10 human papillomavirus type 1611 and many others.6 Samples can also be used to investigate the presence of hepatitis B surface antigen.12
We aimed to assess the OraSure device for collection of OMT samples; modify a serum-based commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit (Murex anti-HBs ELISA, Murex Biotech Limited) for the detection of anti-HBs from OMT specimens; and evaluate the suitability of OMT as an alternative to blood for detecting anti-HBs induced by the hepatitis B vaccine.
A total of 67 paired serum and OMT specimens were collected from vaccinated health care workers (HCWs) at Dr George Mukhari Hospital, Medunsa complex. In addition, 5 HCWs previously identified as having undetectable anti-HBs despite hepatitis B vaccination were used as negative controls. An OMT sample and <3 ml of blood (using a 5 ml syringe and Vacutainer tubes) were collected after obtaining consent from each HCW. Blood samples were collected, processed and stored as previously described.13 To obtain OMT samples, the OraSure pad was placed for 2 minutes between the lower gum and inner cheek. The osmotic action of the pad draws antibodies from the mucosal tissues. Antibodies move from the capillaries to interstitial fluid and across the mucosa. The collection device is immediately placed into a preservative solution, where it remains stable for up to 21 days when stored at 20 - 37°C, or at room temperature. All serum specimens were tested for anti-HBs with automated AUSAB IMx assay13 and manual Murex anti-HBs ELISA, following manufacturers' instructions. The OMT specimens were tested only with Murex ELISA, after in-house experiments to modify and optimise the assay for detection of antibodies from oral fluid (results not shown).
The AUSAB IMx assay (used as the gold standard) accurately determines anti-HBs to approximately 1 mIU/ml. Using this assay, the sera of 65 (97.0%) of 67 hepatitis B-vaccinated HCWs were found to be anti-HBs positive, and 2 (3.0%) were anti-HBs negative (Table I). None of the 5 controls tested positive for anti-HBs with AUSAB IMx assay. Testing with the AUSAB IMx assay therefore identified 65 seropositive for anti-HBs, and 7 negatives. The 65 anti-HBs positives had anti-HBs titres ranging from 1.2 to >1 000 mIU/ml.
The anti-HBs results from the AUSAB IMx assay were compared with those obtained from the serum samples tested with Murex anti-HBs ELISA (Table IA). The Murex assay detected anti-HBs in 64 (98.5%) of the 65 positive sera, and in none of the 7 negative sera, leading to one false negative (the anti-HBs titre of this sample was 1.2 mIU/ml, which was below the cut-off value (>5 mIU/ml) for the Murex assay). The Murex assay therefore yielded a sensitivity of 98.5% (i.e. 64/65) and specificity of 100% (i.e. 7/7).
The anti-HBs results from the AUSAB IMx assay were compared with the Murex ELISA on OMT samples. All 67 OMT specimens from vaccinated HCWs were reactive for anti-HBs using the Murex assay, including the 2 identified as anti-HBs negative by the AUSAB IMx assay. Therefore, the OMT-based testing resulted in 2 false positives (Table IB). However, all 5 OMT specimens from the control group were non-reactive for anti-HBs. The Murex assay on OMT samples showed a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 71.4%.
In keeping with previous reports,5,10 we demonstrated that anti-HBs can be detected from oral fluid. The quality of sampling is not affected by common oral pathologies, recent food intake, cigarette smoke, dentures, drugs causing dry mouth, or HIV status.14 Although different oral fluid collection devices are commercially available,3-6 a limitation is that most assays for detection of antibodies are optimised and licensed for use with blood or serum samples. Further investigations are needed to optimise the sensitivity and specificity of these assays to accurately detect and quantitatively measure antibodies from oral fluid samples. Oral diagnostic testing of antibodies is particularly attractive for epidemiological and surveillance studies in developing countries, and has been used to determine antibody status for rubella in Ethiopian children15,16 and antibodies to diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) in British children,6 and can monitor hepatitis B immunisation programmes in babies or adolescents, as most developing countries are now introducing hepatitis B vaccine into their national immunisation programmes. Technologies such as oral diagnostic testing can enable developing countries to introduce new and under-utilised vaccines and monitor their impact with ease.
This study was supported in part by grants from the National Research Foundation and the Poliomyelitis Research Foundation (both local).
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2. Kane MA, Brooks A. New immunization initiatives and progress toward the global control of hepatitis B. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2002; 15: 465-469. [ Links ]
3. Parry JV, Perry KR, Mortimer PP. Sensitive assays for viral antibodies in saliva: an alternative to tests on serum. Lancet 1987; 2: 72-75. [ Links ]
4. Connell JA, Parry VJ, Mortimer PP, Duncan J. Novel assay for the detection of immunoglobulin G antihuman immunodeficiency virus in untreated saliva and urine. J Med Virol 1993; 41: 159-164. [ Links ]
5. Allwright S, Bradley S, Long J, Barry J, Thornton L, Parry JV. Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV and risk factors in Irish prisoners: results of a national cross sectional survey. BMJ 2000; 321: 78-82. [ Links ]
6. Vyse AJ, Cohen BJ, Ramsay ME. A comparison of oral fluid collection devices for use in the surveillance of virus diseases in children. Public Health 2001; 115: 201-207. [ Links ]
7. Cameron SO, Carman WF. The use of the OraSure collection device for hepatitis testing in health care settings. J Clin Virol 2005; 34 (Suppl 1): S22-S28. [ Links ]
8. Gallo D, George JR, Fitchen JH, Goldstein AS, Hindahl MS (OraSure HIV Clinical Trials Group). Evaluation of a system using oral mucosal transudate for HIV-1 antibody screening and confirmatory testing. JAMA 1997; 277: 251-258. [ Links ]
9. Sherman KE, Creager RL, O'Brien J, Sargent S, Piacentini S, Thieme T. The use of oral fluid for hepatitis C antibody screening. Am J Gastroenterol 1994; 89: 2025-2027. [ Links ]
10. George JR, Piacentini SC, McGrath BA, Bodin GF, Kenny CA. Diagnosis of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in a high risk population using oral fluid. Presented at the 6th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Chicago, Illinois, 31 Jan - 4 Feb 1999. [ Links ]
11. Marais DJ, Best JM, Rose RC, et al. Oral antibodies to human papillomavirus type 16 in women with cervical neoplasia. J Med Virol 2001; 65: 149-154. [ Links ]
12. Hutse V, Verhaegen E, De Cock L, et al. Oral fluid as a medium for the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen. J Med Virol 2005; 77: 53-56. [ Links ]
13. Tsebe KV, Burnett RJ, Hlungwani NP, Sibara MM, Venter PA, Mphahlele MJ. The first five years of universal hepatitis B vaccination in South Africa: evidence for elimination of HBsAg carriage in under-5-year-olds. Vaccine 2001; 19(28-29): 3919-3926. [ Links ]
14. Ferri RS. Oral mucosal transudate testing for HIV-1 antibodies: a clinical update. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 1998; 9: 68-72. [ Links ]
15. Nokes DJ, Enquselassie F, Vyse A, Nigatu W, Cutts FT, Brown DW. An evaluation of oral-fluid collection devices for the determination of rubella antibody status in a rural Ethiopian community. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1998; 92: 679-685. [ Links ]
16. Nokes DJ, Enquselassie F, Nigatu W, et al. Has oral fluid the potential to replace serum for the evaluation of population immunity levels? A study of measles, rubella and hepatitis B in rural Ethiopia. Bull World Health Organ 2001; 79: 588-595. [ Links ]
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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, Sept. 10
Today's recommended picks
Aaron Hill, 2B, Blue Jays
.467 AVG (7-for-15) lifetime vs. Twins starter Scott Baker
Carlos Lee, OF, Astros
.444 AVG (8-for-18) since '04 vs. Braves starter Derek Lowe
Chase Utley, 2B, Phillies
.391 AVG (9-for-23) since '04 vs. Nationals starter Livan Hernandez
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
When Matt Holliday attempted to beat out a grounder to third in the third inning of yesterday's action, he tripped over first base and suffered a nasty bruise.
However, it's likely the pain he felt paled in comparison to that experienced by the BTS front-runners.
Holliday was pulled a couple of innings later, his day ending with a sacrifice fly and no hits over two plate appearances. Remarkably, that snapped the streaks of each of the Top 5 placeholders in the BTS standings. All five of those fans had compiled streaks of at least 35 games, with the leader, tshalterman, bowing out at 41.
And so, the next round of leaders will look to carry the torch with time running out to topple Joe D.'s magic No. 56. Johnyn and willisbran take over the top spot at 35 games, enronshorttrader and justindoak27 share third place at 32 games and grillmastr rounds out the new Top 5 at 31 games.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Matt Holliday (STL): 13.6%, 0-for-1
2. Derek Jeter (NYY): 6.3%, 3-for-4
3. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 5.6%, 1-for-5
4. Dustin Pedroia (BOS): 5.3%, 2-for-5
5. Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS): 3.8%, 1-for-3
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After Mauer 0-4 this afternoon, only 2 left with a shot at 57.
I don't know if BTS mgmt actually reads these or if the blog ppl forward suggestions upwards, but if they do….
A few weeks back ppl were talking about how to level the playing field when you happened to pick someone that ended up getting 1 AB (at bat) as a pinch hitter. Unfair in everyone's mind I am sure.
This being my 1st year, I too got burned by it and was wondering if there wasn't a relatively easy way that BTS can help prevent such occurrences. Here's my idea. Are you listening BTS programmers?
What if we could change our selection up to the scheduled start time for the game of our picked player. The line ups are posted on MLB gameday at least 1/2 hour before game time. If I picked Jeter and then later found out he is not in the line up, a pinch hitting role may be possible. Well I sure wouldn't have picked him if I knew he wasn't in the line up. But if BTS would allow us to change our picks to another player on the same team, we could opt to stay with our selection hoping he wouldn't bat or choose another in the line up.
The above suggestion wouldn't cover all cases, but it would cover a majority of the cases. For example, if Jeter was scratched a few minutes prior to game time, we wouldn't have that information in time to change our pick. But unless you are privvy to a manager's line up befroe the BTS selection is locked, we fall victim to circumstances that may otherwise be in our control.Thoughts?
With the above being said, keep in mind that Joe D himself, never got less than 2 ABs during his streak. So, BTS, let's level the playing field. What do you say?
Choosing Mauer today in a day game v. a lefty did not seem to make sense to me. Also, Morneau had an 0-fer. Span did have a hit as did Cuddyer(R).
lavolpevb – This game is a huge enterprise. Today for example, it's Thursday and the update we are blogging over is Wednesday, Sept. 9th. No update was posted on Wednesday at all. So when the update was done, the KING failed to skip Wed and move to Thursday. If the powers to be can not get the blog right, there is no way that a very complex process of what you proposed in your message could be done.
Locking the system before the first game of the day is easy to do. To set up to 15 different locking times each day would seem impossible and/or too expensive to do.
What you have to also realize is that this is another way to make winning more remote. Again, the KING wins here.
The chances of winning this game goes like this:
Fill up the mansion of multi-millionaire player, say Manny Ramirez, with white ping-pong balls. Now paint one ping-pong ball red and mix it in with the white balls. Now, you as the player, have one chance to reach into a hole in the roof and if you pick out the red ball you win! Thats about the odds of winning this game.
Analogy: When you see a movie and 3 guys are kicking the crap out of one guy and the guy on the ground gets beaten to a pulp. Now just before the 3 guys walk away, one of them delivers one more kick to the stomach of the guy on the ground. The 3 guys are the king here and we are the guy on the ground.
dragbunt, actually what I proposed is easy to do. I'm a programmer myself. Each of the game starts are known well in advance and can be added to the BTS database if not already there. But, there is one situation that would need special attention: a game starts earlier than scheduled (say due to weather), in which case BTS would have to reset the start time in their database so someone couldn't go in a change their selection to someone that has already batted and got a hit. Rain delays wouldn't apply since the game is starting after the scheduled time.
I know the odds of winning are large else it would have been won in the 1st or 2nd year after BTS started. I am not one to complain that it's "too hard". I actually enjoy the challenge.
Always pick a player from a game within 45 minutes of the first game of the day. Lineups are always posted within about an hour of the start.
Catchers tend to get rested more often than others – don't pick a catcher.
One thing you can't control is injuries or someone getting tossed. I lost a double digit streak last year when Beltran got tossed for arguing balls and strikes. A lot of people got burned when Holliday got hurt yesterday including a guy with a 6 homer streak.
That is an obvious solution to not picking a potential pinch hitter. But you are serioulsy limiting your picks. If the 1st game was Pirates & Reds, hmmm….
And I am also a die-hard Cubbie fan. Many times I wanted to pick Theriot, but Lou plays him anywhere from 1st to 7th batter. Don't generally want to pick a 7th place batter in a home game do we?
Injuries and toss-outs are a wild card, admitted. But with some minor tweaks to the scripts and code the BTS ppl developed, what I suggested is completely do-able.
So who for tomorrow? I have some hesitations about Ichie tomorrow with Millwood pitching. I guess it all depends on how he does tonight. If he 0-fors tonight, he might actually be slumping for the first time season. I know he does not have Weaver's numbers and Weaver pitched very well last night with 11ks but he Ichie had a lot of swing through strikes yesterday.
I guess Tanner will take the consolation prize this year. I think they need to make the second prize a lot more sweeter. 100K instead of 10K with a minimum streak of 45 seems fair. This will make the game more interesting for all of us. Come on, what is extra 90K? That is half day's work for A-roid.
Friday 9/11……..
Hanley Ramirez rates a look v. NATS Martin – HR had a HR v. Martin on 9/6. 1-3 lifetime v. Martin. HR is batting .381 over last 30 days and got 2 hits so far on Thurs. Game in FLA.
Derek Jeter v. O's Tillman looks promising too. Tillman has never faced Jeter but his avg. V. righties is .355. DJ needs on more hit to pass Lou Gehrig and game is at NY.
Ichirio v. Millwood is a tough call.
lavolpevb – If you are a programmer and say it can be done, I say the KING should do this to give us a fighting chance.
*** Forecast in the Bronx is very bad through Saturday ***
Anyone like Seth Smith for tomorrow????
Ichie strikes out first 2 at bats. Hmmmm.
"dragbunt, actually what I proposed is easy to do. I'm a programmer myself. Each of the game starts are known well in advance and can be added to the BTS database if not already there. But, there is one situation that would need special attention: a game starts earlier than scheduled (say due to weather), in which case BTS would have to reset the start time in their database so someone couldn't go in a change their selection to someone that has already batted and got a hit. Rain delays wouldn't apply since the game is starting after the scheduled time."
Well, the only time a game starts earlier than expected is if they are trying to squeeze it in before a tropical storm/hurricane arrives.
I remember the Orioles did this one year, where like the entire town was all boarded up and they insisted on playing and moved the start time up from 705 or something to 105. They just barely got in a game, with the final coming after 5 innings.
Playing in that game must have had such a surreal feel though. I wish I could have been there, but would have been upset that it was cancelled early. I am the kind of guy who loves to play through/experience extreme weather.
There has been a glitch before in BTS, but the only one I caught happened at the tail end of the season and I only had a 2-game hit streak at the time, so it made no difference, but I noticed after my game that the "Change Pick" option was still highlighted and I changed my pick to someone who I know got a hit and it worked!
That was back under the old style's setup, so I am thinking it was ~2003-2005.
The setup, even from my point of view who has only limited experience in very amateur programming, would still be very easy. Each player from each team would get assigned a #, say from 1-30. Then, for each day's games, all the players with codes of 2 and 6 for example would lock at time A and all the players with codes of 4 and 26 would lock at time B, etc.
It would really just be adding another subdivision of code for each of the 180-185 days on the schedule each year, but considering they do not even open the contest until the end of March and the schedules last year were unveiled for most teams way back in late September, I am sure there is plenty of time for the programmers to get everything done.
"Always pick a player from a game within 45 minutes of the first game of the day. Lineups are always posted within about an hour of the start."
Yeah, but that is ridiculous. You would be losing Ichiro for like 2/3 of the season and up until this series against the Angels, he had been employing a 90% success rate. I mean, we all know he is going to play, but there are still lots of good options in the 60-80% range, that you might be missing out on.
"That is an obvious solution to not picking a potential pinch hitter. But you are serioulsy limiting your picks. If the 1st game was Pirates & Reds, hmmm….
And I am also a die-hard Cubbie fan. Many times I wanted to pick Theriot, but Lou plays him anywhere from 1st to 7th batter. Don't generally want to pick a 7th place batter in a home game do we?"
For the Pirates I would have picked Freddy Sanchez before he was traded. I actually used him quite a few times during the year. And Andrew McCutchen for a few weeks at a time.
For the Reds I had used Joey Votto a lot in the beginning of the year. I think the last time I used him was when he got tossed for arguing balls and strikes and went 0 for 1 on the last day before the All-Star break, but I am not sure if I ended up going with him or just had him on my list of people to pick.
"And I am also a die-hard Cubbie fan. Many times I wanted to pick Theriot, but Lou plays him anywhere from 1st to 7th batter. Don't generally want to pick a 7th place batter in a home game do we?"
Well I have used/considered Alberto Callaspo and Ryan Sweeney for much of the year and they normally bat in the bottom third of the order. In fact, the Callaspo situation was ridiculous! Every time, his average went up, he got dropped another spot in the order! He went from hitting 5th to hitting 8th in a matter of a few weeks-a month.
Both guys have FINALLY been moved up to third now, but it took until like late August for that to happen.
Rain in NY means – no game, short game, Jeter slips and leaves the game with a muscle strain = stay away. O's Tillman is hittable but too many unknowns loom.
I was looking at Seth Smith and he should get a hit off emergency starter Mujica and SD bullpen. Game at SD.
Smith hitting .264 in away games, .447 in Sept, .373 in last 30 days.
Hanley Ramirez 3 – 6 on Thursday, game in FLA v. NATS Martin has been OK recently, NATS pen is weak.
HR hitting .381 in Sept and .387 in last 30 days.
I'm going with HR.
"Rain in NY means – no game, short game, Jeter slips and leaves the game with a muscle strain = stay away. O's Tillman is hittable but too many unknowns loom."
It is 9-11 in NY. There is NO WAY that game gets rained out. They will delay for 5 hours to get the game in on 9-11 or play through it. The Yankees rain out for the wimpiest of scenarios. I have seen them call a game at 430 PM when it was not even raining yet and it never ended up raining!
Not to mention the 2008 Opening Day where they delayed for 1.5 hours and made us sit in the stands, only to call the game, when it was only drizzling out, when it had been raining way harder as we went to the park AND they made up the game as a night game the next day!
But not for 9-11. They will play through the pouring rain to get the game in, because of the history and appropriate atmosphere and the fact that some type of memorial is probably planned before the game.
Also, the forecasts for NY have improved since last night. It only looks like a normal rainy day now, instead of a washout.
Have to agree with dragbunt on this one….stay away from the Yankee game. champion_88 is right – being that it's 9/11 there will be memorials, etc. But…as a native and lifelong Yankee fan, I would rather see Jeter do this any other day.
dragbunt – you spooked me – will go with Ramirez…also hitting .387 in away games.. 🙂
Ichie 0-fer last night…..
Enronshorttrader is the last one left with a shot at 57.
9/11 in NY has to be a tough day. God Bless!
Pearl Harbor Day was Dec 7, 1941 – on the 8th anniversary of this day it was 1949 and WW 2 was over for 4 years. Now 8 years after 9/11 we are still facing threats from this new "warfare in the shadows enemy."
teampeanut – You switching to HRamirez has put the pressure on me for today. I'm crossing my fingers.
The two leaders took Joe Mauer today. I forgot his info for the day – he was not on my radar screen.
Cubs Derrek Lee got a hit in the afternoon game in Chgo today.
HRamirez HR's in 1st – teampeanut who do you like on Sat?
Report on today's Cub v. Reds game….
I watched on TV:
—Aramis Ramirez of Cubs is hot as is Derrek Lee.
—Joey "The Black Cat" Votto – struck out 3 times in the game. Cub announcer, Bob Brenley, former catcher and guy who managed AZ to a World Series victory a few yrs ago commented each time Votto stuck out that he looks totally out of sinc at the plate. Votto looked like a AL pitcher batting in an interleague game. When I was a kid we used to say: "He's swinging like a rusty gate."
Jeter v. O's lefty Matusz on Sat. Day game, in NY, Jeter kills lefties and Matusz is no CC Sabathia.
HRamirez looks good v. Marco Estrada of NATS & thier bullpen.
Derrek Lee CUBS v. Johnnie Cuteo REDS is tempting too.
Lee is 8 – 22 v. Cueto. Game is in CHGO.
Any other ideas?
I was thinking of Erick Aybar. He's hitting .385 the past week and has decent numbers against Danks. His last outing was good but LAA continues their high hitting games. Has pitched against LAA twice this year and they got 9 hits off him most recently (8/6) – Aybar went 3-for-4 during that game. His record is not horrible at all but I think Aybar can hit off him. Aybar's also coming out a bad slump and hopefully will continue to hit.
Not to sounds cliche but my other choice is Jeter. Just got his second hit of the evening. I'm glad I was wrong. 🙂
I will miss this game during the offseason. Never knew about it until July – my brother got me hooked. 🙂
hay was sup guys havent been here for a while and it seems that we got to wait for next year to see if anybody going ot break this hopefully its me :].good luck to all and whoo ever plays fantasy football at least we got that to look for lol hit me up at @btsron or in my gmail firstname.lastname@example.com .
I like Jeter getting a hit v. O's Lefty Matusz
Jeter batting .417 v. lefties, game in NY
Eyebar looks good but I've never picked a guy who bats 9th.
champion_88, hammann, bts player any ideas?
Hope the guy who updates the blog isn't a victim of MLB employee down sizing?
Good luck to all today…………….
Wow. THREE doubleheaders tomorrow. That fries some good BTS picks. I went through them quickly and it seems Ichie is still the best pick. This is all dependent on whether how he hits tonight though. If he does not hit tonight, he is officially in slump. You know that day game (1) will be given. Night game (2)'s Hunter is easily hittable for a good lefty like Ichie.
Doubleheaders are crazy and I've never picked a player in a doubleheader.
How about Hanley Ramirez v. NATS Lefty Lannan?
Ramirez batting .362 in day games, .309 v. Lefties and .337 at home (game is at FL)
Lannan – .262 v. Righties, ERA of 7.33 over last 30 days, plus game should go to NATS bullpen.
It is a tough picking day.
We have lamented how the KING has advantages over btrs players. Well, here is a way to strike back! If you do not like anyone on Sunday, skip the day by picking a player that is hurt, but not on the DL. Therefore the player's name appears as a potential pick — we know he will not play. You can skip the day by doing this. I'm thinking of one name that qualifies for this distinction but — if I post the name will the King take his name off the player list of that team?
New thought………….
Meaningless game(makes me wonder)
Sunday – Sept 14th KC v. CLEVELAND
Billy Butler KC is hot .444 over last 30 days and over .500 over past week v. Carlos Carrasco(R) in his two starts he has been shelled. ERA 12.38 – righties are hitting .479 v. him. Only negative is Butler is hitting .247 in away games but he got a hit in Cleveland on Friday and Saturday. I've never taken a KC player yet. Sunday could be the day!
I noticed that awhile ago – being able to pick a player who we know won't play but is not on the DL. Hate to be the devil's advocate but that shouldn't be allowed – it's a flaw in the game that allows people to cheat. Why should someone get a free pass when the rest of us are actually playing.
I have Ramirez today and he's having a great day so far. The lone leader has him as well – lives to play another day… 🙂
teampeanut – Remember the world series game when Kirk Gibson was injured and dragged himself up to the plate and hit a game winning HR. Injured players do play when the team feels it must have their bat at the plate or glove in the field. Gibson should not have played but he did.
The KING can not even update th blog on a daily basis let alone determine who is fit to play or not to play each day. That is the determination of each team.
Calling this cheating is strong terminolgy. If I could break into the game make a selection after a game started — that would be cheating big time. Choosing a player who probably won't play is a stratgy that could work or bakfire on you.
In HR Beat the Streak – I'm lobbying for pitchers to be included – I'd love to be able to take Cubs Carlos Zambrano but his name does not appear – is that fair?
On to Monday – teampeanut who do you like?
Monday 9/14……..
Derrek Lee of Cubs looks promising v. Jeff Suppan MIL.
Any other ideas?
I like D Lee as well. On Friday I had him picked for Monday.
i will beat the streak this year !!!!!!! thats wat i been telling myself the past 3 years new years day lol. hopefully it will come thro 2010. this fantasy game truely shows you cant never bet on a baseball game holy cow. the truth is ichiro as your pick 70 80 percent aint going to cut it.picking top of the orders guys doesnt work. picking hot hitter doesnt work. picking against a bum pitcher never will work. i dont know if you guys ever remember but 1 time a leader with i think a high streak 36 37 picks chipper jones vs dan haren . i kno i SMH at the pick to but guess wat first inning hit after i saw taht this si all about LUCK the lucky one will only win this fantasy no stragies no nutin just plain old luck
dragbunt – you do make a valid point but i think that strategy is used to get the free pass. it just gives some bts players an unfair advantage. i realize it's a team decision and that the player can pinch hit even though he is "injured" (if memory serves Ortiz did that this year.) as a result, BTS has no choice other than to include that player as a choice. i get it, just don't like it. 🙂
as for today, i was originally thinking matt holliday but he's only hitting about .273 or so for the past week. am now thinking arod. mondays and thursdays are never easy. i agree that lee looks good but i am often wary of the king's picks regardless of numbers…..
good luck today! that last one keeps hanging on (the enron guy)
p.s. not playing HRbts – can't really comment on that…..
Great baseball book, "Fifth Season" by Donald Honig, that I'm reading has a incredible story about an injured player batting in a world series game.
1947 – Pete Reier (CF) Brooklyn Dodgers broke his ankle sliding into second base during World Series game 3. So now he's on the bench in a cast with his uniform on for game 4. NYYankees v. Brooklyn Dodgers bottom of the 9th, Yankees up 2 – 1, two outs and a man on 2nd for Brooklyn. Pete Resier, in a cast, is sent up to pinch hit. NYY Mgr. Bucky Harris, orders his pitcher, Bill Bevens, to intentionally walk Reiser, going against baseball wisdom as now the winning run is on 1st base. Harris said "I know he can't run but Reiser can hit." As a big side note, Bevens was pitching a no hitter at the time, even though he had walked 10 batters. Naturally there is a pinch runner for Reiser at first base. Dodgers now on 1st and 2nd. Next batter is Cookie Lavagetto who hits a double scoring both runners. Final score Dodgers 3 – NYY 2. I looked it up in the Baseball Encyclopedia and there it was – one hitter for Bevans – final score Brooklyn 2 – NYY 1.
teampeanut – You are correct that players will use the injuried player to pass on a tough day. I would do it if I had a big streak and did not like anybody on a certain day. This would probably only happen in Sept after rosters are expanded as during rest of the season the team would have to play short a player if injured player was not put on DL. Michael Young and Alfonso Soriano are two players who fit this category.
Going with Derrek Lee tonight and CUB game is on TV for me. I also took DLEE in Home Run BTS. tonight.
Good luck to all today.
Will the blog be updated soon?
Final score of that 1947 World Series game was
Brooklyn 3 NYY 2
I should have stayed with Holliday. My latest meaningless streak is in serious jeopardy. dragbunt – still can't disagree with you – if $1.5 mil was on the line I'd be a big fat hypocrite and do the same thing. 🙂
New game idea – BTS Report Streak. We guess how many days will pass before the morons in charge realize that (a) they need to update it and (b) their current day/date is wrong…..streak is currently at 4 – do I hear 5 anyone? anyone?
Tuesday 9/15
Jason Kubel MN v. Fausto Carmona CLEV looks good. Kubel not playing on Monday(?). Kubel 10 -26 v. Carmona, Lefty bat v. Righty pitcher, Carmona is hittable .326 v. lefties and his ERA for last 30 days is 6.85 and 10.29 in Sept.
AJ Pierzynski of WSOX v. Snell looks good too. He is 3 – 6 v. Snell, game in Seattle. Snell 5.23 ERA in Sept but 3.33 in last 30 days. AJ is .320 v. Righties and .326 in away games.
AJ is a gamer from the old school style of play.
teampeanut who did you take on Monday?
blog will be update for April 1, 2010! 🙂
Joe Mauer also looks good v. Carmona(R) CLEV on Tuesday.
Mauer hitting .400 v. righties, .349 in Sept and .324 in last 30 days. Carmona .326 v. Lefties – is Carmona really that bad? ERA is 6.85 over last 30 days. Or is this a sucker pick?
WHY WHY WHY did I pick ARod?!?!?!?!? I like Ichie for Monday. AJ looks like a good pick as well. I know it's meaningless now but I'm playing for practice for next year. What a dumb move. UGH.
For Tuesday I like Ichiro vs. Freddy Garcia
Tues 9/15 Injury Report
Jason Kubel MN – Sore Neck – He was "feeling better" on Monday though per newspaper report.
Justin Morneau – Bad Back
I'm going with Ichirio v. Freddy Rodriguez


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I am very pleased to say that today I will be joined once again by Mike Dammann, Rh negative researcher, blogger on rhesusnegative.net and host of the popular conspiracy-theory website firetown.com . Today we will be talking about the the meaning and possible origins of Rhesus-negative blood and the significance of the high prevalence of Rh- status among politicians and music industry celebs.
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New Jet-Puffed Flavored Marshmallows: A Taste Test And A Question
Taste-test, Aisle 1.
I love marshmallows in most all their shapes, flavors, and forms. I prefer the standard size ones to the minis (more chew, and duh, more mallow) but I appreciate that the wee ones were created to accommodate smaller cocoa cups and allow for easier drinking. This summer I did find an exception to this rule: turns out the new, giant marshmallows aren't my thing—a good effort, but it's impossible to perfectly toast the outer layer and cook the inside before the outside of the marshmallow burns. Nobody wants a half cooked marshmallow, and I don't like charred ones. Also, Chubby Bunny just gets weird.
I go nuts over homemade mallows, marshmallow in candy, and yes, marshmallow fluff. So when I saw that Jet-Puffed had flavored marshmallows in the candy aisle, I was pretty stoked. Plus they came in fall flavors. Marshmallow upgrade for the off season!
Of the three flavors available in my supermarket (Toasted Coconut, Pumpkin Spice, and Cinnamon Bun) only Cinnamon Bun is actually a new product. Still, I clearly had to try all of them because they were new to me.
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First try was a strike out—I didn't care for the Toasted Coconut at all. Maybe they were a little stale, candy aisle-hangers on that didn't realize the beach party was over. But stale or not, I found the toasted coconut outside to be gritty and the flavor, though not the worst fake coconut offender I've encountered, to be pretty lackluster. But the bigger question is what would you use these for? Wouldn't the coconut layer burn when you roasted them? Even if you put it on a s'more without toasting it, the gritty, fake tasting coconut combined with melted chocolate seems like a recipe for disaster. And I don't really want any shedding in my cup of hot cocoa.
Cinnamon Bun, the newest addition to the line, fared little better. These mallows taste exactly like a cinnamon Yankee Candle smells—a powerful fake spice taste that seems like it will overpower anything they are paired with. For those folks who really enjoy fake cinnamon (it's OK, I know you're out there) these could, I suppose, find their way into a cup of cocoa. The problem then becomes that, muddy brown-grey and wrinkly as they are, it will look like rhinoceros toes are floating in your drink. Aesthetics aren't nothing, after all.
Pumpkin Spice was last and, OK, these I can get behind. Yes, they still taste artificial, but they're definitely less intense than the Cinnamon Bun mallows, and really, what pumpkin flavored treat ever tastes like actual, straight from the vine pumpkin? It tastes more like its full name, "pumpkin spice", a flavor which fans of Starbucks' seasonal pumpkin drinks will appreciate.
They still left me wondering, "when" and "what for?" Their pumpkin shape is pretty adorable, but I just don't see the flavor melding with chocolate. Maybe I'll make some Halloween themed Rice Krispy treats? So that's the nagging question, friends—or maybe make that two—do you like these flavored marshmallows and what do you do with them?
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- House legislators divided along partisan lines during a hearing examining whether to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.
U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, said last week that tapping into hydrocarbon resources on less than 3 percent of the 20 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska could provide a boost to the U.S. economy.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates there are at least 5.7 billion barrels of technically recoverable crude oil and natural gas liquids within the so-called 1002 Area of ANWR.
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass, testified that energy companies hold more offshore oil reserves than "we could ever get" from ANWR. But Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said oil from his state "could help meet U.S. demand for the next 25 years or longer."
Conservationists, however, said some members of Congress have touted ANWR drilling as the solution to everything from health benefits for coal workers to unemployment, the latest concern on Capitol Hill.
"I am disappointed to say that today we are engaged in nothing more than political theater," Gene Karpinski, chairman of the League of Conservation Voters, said in prepared remarks."Drilling in the Arctic Refuge is and always will be a political hot potato that has been voted on 20 times in the past 30 years, in the House of Representatives alone."
The U.S. Energy Information Agency says total production from ANWR would represent, at most, around 1 percent of the total world oil consumption.


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A Pagan Christmas in a Yuletide Way
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By Peg Aloi, Being Blog
When I was little, and like many kids before me, Christmas was special for many reasons that had very little to do with the birthday of baby Jesus. I loved the twinkling lights, decorating cookies, eating the savory dishes my Italian grandparents served on Christmas Eve, cutting down our tree in the forest, and singing Christmas carols accompanied by Mom on her Hammond organ. I was raised Catholic, but my parents weren't terribly strict, and so for me Christmas was always a fairly secular experience.
Many years later, when I decided I wanted to be a witch and that Paganism was closer to my heart than Catholicism, I realized I wouldn't really have to give up what I loved about the Yuletide season. The solstice celebrates the return of the sun; the rebirth of the sun is not far removed from the birth of the son, is it? Christ is a solar god, honored with gifts sacred to solar gods throughout history: gold, frankincense, myrrh. To some, he's the light of the world, and so welcoming the return of longer, warmer days is a way to honor the Christian mythology and acknowledge our celestial connection to the cosmos. Many Pagans celebrate aspects of Christmas from their childhood or family traditions, combining them with an observance of Yule as the solar solstice festival.
My father was an avid hunter, and deer hunting was a favorite pastime from Thanksgiving onward in upstate New York. One year, instead of stringing Christmas lights up on our porch, Dad decided to take a mounted deer head, an eight-point buck he had named "Percy," and tie a huge red and white striped bow interspersed with pine boughs around his neck and hang him on the front porch. I was mortified: what teenager wouldn't be? Normal people hang lights, not taxidermy!
But I now understand Dad was a true pagan at heart, and his humor and love of nature are two personality traits I'm glad to have inherited. I now have Percy hanging on the wall in my living room, and he has holly boughs hanging in his antlers. I always cut fresh greenery from my yard or the woods for this time of year: holly, juniper, cedar, pine, spruce. The image of deer in the snow is my favorite visual theme for the holidays, and I celebrate it by choosing cards with this image, and making dioramas with toy deer and evergreen trees. When performing Yule rituals that tell the story of the Holly King and the Oak King, vying for dominance, until the Holly King finally surrenders to the Oak King until the summer solstice, I like to think my Dad would appreciate the woodsy, manly imagery.
Since becoming a Pagan, I've celebrated Yule in many memorable and beautiful ways. One year, I stayed with friends in the Berskshires, and we stayed up all night as a vigil. Those who eventually wanted to sleep would light a candle to keep their vigil, while the rest of us sang songs, read poems or stories, or played games. In the morning, before breakfast, we brought a bowl of home-made wassail outside to "toast" (this expression comes from the slices of bread floating in the wassail) and bless the apple trees in their orchard.
I've attended Yule rites with bonfires reflecting their golden flames on the snow. I've rolled in the snow after climbing out of an outdoor hot dub, beneath a solstice full moon. One year I was house-sitting in a remote village in England, and spent the day alone, walking to a Neolithic site in the fading daylight, and cooking banger stew for my holiday meal. In other years I've performed with Pagan musical groups, staging the Abbots Bromley horn dance, singing songs in Gaelic and Welsh, and chanting about fire, trees, and snow. There is a rich tradition of music full of rustic nature imagery that lends a wonderful spirit to the traditional canon of Christmas carols and popular songs.
My Boston-based coven celebrates Yule as a ritual ending the old year and beginning the new. In 2001 I decorated the temple for our Yule rite and decided I wanted the western altar to be a festival of light: no statues of gods or goddesses, just dozens of candles of all shapes and sizes in colored glass holders. It wasn't until we were halfway through the rite that I realized the altar resembled one of the impromptu street memorials that appeared in many neighborhoods after 9/11.
In our Yule ritual, the author (our coven founder, who died in 1997) includes a poem by Charles Mackay which is spoken three times through as everyone, singly or with a chosen partner, walks beneath a holly bough suspended from the ceiling in the center of the circle. It is a renewal of the trust and strength of our relationships with others, a reminder to forgive others, to stop dwelling on misfortune and move forward with hope. It seems more and more pertinent with every year that passes.
Ye who have scorn'd each other
Or injured friend or brother,
In this fast fading year;
Ye who, by word or deed,
Hath made a kind heart bleed,
Come gather here.
Let sinn'd against and sinning,
Forget their strife's beginning;
Be links no longer broken,
Be sweet forgiveness spoken,
Under the holly bough.
Ye who have lov'd each other,
Sister and friend and brother,
In this fast fading year:
Mother, and sire, and child,
Young man and maiden mild,
Come gather here;
And let your hearts grow fonder,
As memory shall ponder
Each past unbroken vow.
Old loves and younger wooing,
Are sweet in the renewing,
Under the holly bough.
Ye who have nourished sadness,
Estranged from hope and gladness,
In this fast fading year.
Ye with o'er-burdened mind
Made aliens from your kind,
Come gather here.
Let not the useless sorrow
Pursue you night and morrow,
If e'er you hoped—hope now—
Take heart: uncloud your faces,
And join in our embraces
Under the holly bough.
This year, the full moon brings not only a blue moon, but a full lunar eclipse, a rare event at winter solstice. The prospects for magic, for a culmination of focus, energy and intention, have rarely been as strong as they are tonight.
At this time, one so layered with traditions and memories, I enjoy thinking of Yuletides past, honoring and reinventing my family traditions. I spent the day baking, writing, and walking in the chilly sun. This evening, we've lit candles throughout the house. Tomorrow I'll fill the house with music, and light a fire in our fire dish out in the backyard. And in between, in the wee hours of the morning, I will hope to glimpse a rose-colored moon through the clouds, bright, then dark, then bright again.
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Peg Aloi is an adjunct professor at The College of Saint Rose and film critic living in Albany, New York. She's a practicing witch who regularly writes on media for The Witching Hour and Orchards Forever.
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An Urban Anarchist
The Economy of Cities
In the past twenty-five years American cities have become an enigma to the people who plan them. It is by now common wisdom that, as poor blacks and Puerto Ricans have moved into cities while more prosperous whites have moved away, the city has become the setting where unresolved national conflicts between the races and classes are being fought out. The question then arises: what relation does the city as a distinctive kind of human settlement have to those forces tearing it apart? People speak glibly of "urban violence," but what is there about the conflicts between blacks and whites, or students and police, that is traceable to the peculiar arrangements of city life?
Questions like these have baffled the people who are supposed to be experts on the city. Academic researchers understand little more about them than do architects, city planners, or educational administrators. The questions, however, have a practical urgency. If racial tensions originate in ways that have little to do with the assumptions or methods of city bureaucracies, there may be very little that can be done by the institutions of the city to control or change these conflicts.
The "crisis" of planning cities—and here that overworked word has some meaning—is whether city planning can really improve the social life in cities. This has been a specially perplexing problem for the large number of planners, now mostly middle-aged, whose models for social planning come from the New Deal. They see social reform as the product of deals made in a central forum among diverse pressure groups. The play of "countervailing forces" in the city would, they believe, create an equilibrium among group leaders, who are continually adjusting their needs and demands to each other.
Yet if the conflicts between groups in the cities are generated by economic or social forces which are national, this conception of equilibrium may be meaningless. The fact that city councils, school boards, or planning commissions exist where "leaders" can fight for the interests of various groups in the city may not solve anything. Indeed, there may be many who are not even formally represented by these leaders; and those that are may not be able to follow their bidding because they are driven by other, outside forces.
The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association in New York, for example, recently arrived at an agreement with the city on ways to improve community-police relations, only to find most policemen so driven by hatred or fear of blacks that they could not participate in the programs created by their own leaders. In questions of race, labor policy, and education, centralized urban forums are increasingly proving themselves useless.
Thus the liberal majority among city planners have lately defined planning as the act of getting the cities "back under control." By this they mean organizing the social life of the modern city into a single unit so that conflicts can be handled centrally. Control seems to them the primary problem: once the cities are made susceptible to central planning…
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"We visited the Church of Agape in Samsun last Sunday. We met with church official and spoke about how the coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), whom we love more than life itself, is imminent. We gave him copies of the books "Christians Must Listen to the Prophet Jesus" and "The Glad Tidings of the Messiah". We also asked whether they had any requests or needs. The church official said: "I would like to make one request of your Hodja. We can see your conception of love from looking at you, but we do not see the same conception in other Muslims." He then asked us to issue statements related to this topic and to talk to other Muslims on the subject.
What kind of mentality and way of thinking is that? So there are a few Christians in Samsun. The great majority of our brothers there are good natured. The people of the Black Sea are loving and hospitable.
Let us send messages of support and love from all over, to our Christian brothers there so their hearts can be at ease. They should not be troubled. The people of the Black Sea are really sweet natured. They are in a safe place and they can relax. Insha'Allah.
There are a handful of Christians there. There are only a handful of followers of the Prophet Jesus. They have been devoted to him for 2000 years. They have lived under the worst conditions. They have been martyred, beaten and sworn at, but have remained true to their beliefs. It is a fine thing that they are devout and believe in the prophets. They believe in the Hereafter, the existence of God and the oneness of God. We must show them deep love and affection. Anything else would be wrong.
Some fools constantly incite enmity toward Christians and Jews and constantly spread propaganda of hatred. They depict this as required by the faith. Yet they are acting in complete contravention of Islam. Islam wants us to show Jews and Christians love and affection.
Some people fail to understand the verse. Almighty God says "You can marry them." What does marriage mean? She is your beloved and confidante. "This is how close I want you to be," says God. They pretend not to understand. "You will find the people most affectionate to those who have faith are those who say, ´We are Christians.´" says God.
What do you want from these immaculate people? When you see these people in the market you must show them respect and affection. When they come to the coffee house you must ask them in and invite them home. When you have prepared food and the table is looking nice, you should say, "Let us invite the priest for dinner." Then you can pray and talk about the existence and oneness of God, of heaven and hell.
Our brothers have therefore done very well, but they must have a little patience. They will soon see Jesus the Messiah (pbuh) in bodily form. In physical form, as Bediüzzaman puts it. They are going through painful times, but that will increase their merit many times over. The Gospels describe at length how they will suffer. They will earn much merit from that. There will always be utterly foolish people, but the people of the Black Sea, the people of Samsun, are immaculate. By far the great majority are very good and virtuous. But flawed people can appear anywhere in the world. They must have patience. But we are with them at all times, insha'Allah. The entire nation is with them, always, insha'Allah."
Adnan Oktar: "of course they are very dear to us. It is great they have been followers and disciples of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) for 2000 years. They may be few in number, but they passionately express their submission to God and love of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). They strive on the way of God from morning to night. They have dedicated their lives to God.
Of course one must feel love and affection for such people. God says something very important about Christians: "You will find the people most affectionate to those who have faith are those who say, ´We are Christians.´" He says, "That is because some of them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant." [Surat al-Ma'idah; 82]But their main feature is that they are humble and innocent, He says." (Adnan Oktar, 29 October 2013, A9 TV)2013-11-03 21:21:52


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Karl Anthony Towns had just finished working out when his father broke the news. At first he didn't believe it, and that's understandable. It's not every day a freshman in high school gets a chance to be an Olympian.
But that's what happened Tuesday when the 6-foot-11 basketball phenom at St. Joseph-Metuchen was named to the Dominican Republic's national team as it prepares to qualify for this summer's London Olympic Games.
"I felt like a little kid in a candy store," Karl said. "This is something you dream about but you never actually think it's going to happen. That dream has all of a sudden come true."
Towns, a Piscataway resident who averaged 12 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks per game this past winter to help the Falcons post a 29-2 record and win the program's first NJSIAA Non-Public A title, is eligible for the Dominican team because his mother Jacqueline was born there.
He spent part of last summer on an international tour with the Dominican Republic's Under-17 national team and did well enough to earn a tryout for the U-19 team in New York two weeks ago. He aced that, too, and turned some important heads in the process.
"To be selected out of so many people, it's a great feat not only for him but for St. Joes," said his dad, Karl Towns Sr. "There's a lot more left in the process, but the fact that he'll be down there practicing and working out with pros, and that he has the possibility of fulfilling a dream that people spend their whole lives working for, it's an exciting moment for myself and my wife and our family."
The London Games are still one step away. The Dominican Republic has not yet qualified. The final three spots in the 12-team Olympic field will be filled at the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament July 2-8 in Venezuela.
Known for his advanced offensive game—particularly his 3-point shooting ability—Towns is regarded by scouting services as one of the best freshmen in the United States. He also possesses the maturity and work ethic of an older player, which is evident in his reaction to the selection.
"I can use this not just to play on an Olympic team, but I can get better playing against the best competition in the world," he said. "I'm really happy about it, but you still have to go into it with energy and work hard. Now I have to prove I belong there."
St. Joseph coach Dave Turco has no doubt that will happen. On the U-17 team last summer, Towns practiced and worked out with national team members and held his own.
"Last year the experience he had gave him a drive to be selected for the team this year," Turco said. "He's already ahead of the game as far as what's about to happen."
That includes the accompanying hoopla.
"It's an unbelievable accomplishment, obviously, but he's not a kid who gets caught up in all the glamour," Turco said. "For him it's going to be about seeing what he can do against some of the best basketball players in the world and getting feedback on what he needs to work on moving forward."
It's worth noting that the Dominican Republic coach is John Calipari, who is recruiting Towns to the University of Kentucky.
Towns Sr., who is the boys coach at Piscataway Vo-Tech, said reaction to his son's selection has been overwhelming.
"It's unbelievable how many people are so happy for this kid," he said. "It's a local kid doing something that . . . I don't know who else has done it."


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The web-based management console makes it easy for businesses to configure and manage a set of Chromebooks across their organization. Manage 10s, 100s, even 1000s of Chromebooks with ease. The web-based management console makes it easy to deploy and control users, devices and apps across a fleet of Chromebooks.
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Assign devices to specific students and faculty and get configuration and usage reports.
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Control who uses your Chrome devices: prevent outside users from logging in, disable Guest Mode, or designate specific types of users for your devices.
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Zotor, Francis B. and Amuna, Paul (2009) Application of the Food Multimix concept in nutritional support for HIV/AIDS patients' new strategies in HIV/AIDS management in developing countries. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 55 (S1). p. 523. ISSN 0250-6807 (Print), 1421-9697 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1159/000248544)
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We'll be happy to notify you when Erica carnea 'Vivelli' becomes available.
A retail and mail-order plant nursery specializing in unusual and hard-to-find perennials, ornamental grasses, shrubs, trees, and vines.
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Donning either frosty white, cobalt blue or steel-blue tones, the stunning floral orbs are perched atop straight sturdy stems with handsome jagged-edged foliage. These undemanding European natives prefer sunny well-drained niches, but can tolerate poor, sandy or rock-strewn sites. Cherished by pollinators, floral designers and plant connoisseurs alike, Echinops lend a statuesque presence to formal borders, cottage gardens, meadow-style plantings or cut arrangements.
with blooms that promise to buoy your spirits plus entice a plethora of pollinators, including moths, butterflies, hummingbirds and other beneficial insects.
Most of are aware of the alarming decline in our bee and and butterfly populations. Recent studies indicate that planting a garden of any size, whether it's a substantial meadow or even a container, can attract and nourish pollinators. A network of pollinator gardens in neighborhoods, cities and rural areas throughout our country could provide enough habitat to maintain healthy communities of pollinators and other beneficial insects.
We can make a difference by including numerous plants that benefit pollinators in our landscapes. We hope this selection of pollinator-friendly plants will inspire you to dig some into your garden.
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For milk, water, or a fresh bouquet of wild flowers. Skagerak's Nordic collection is the quintessence of raw minimalism. It is crafted from pure and white porcelain with a glazed inside and matte outside. The jug is oven, microwave and dishwasher-proof.
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Weight: 0,35 kg
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Proper usage and maintenance is vital for getting the most out of the valuable resources we have. Our designs are made to last for generations, but just like everything else, they need a little care to get there.
Porcelain is an elegant yet hard material which offers great resistance toward scratches and heat. This ensures a high food safety and beautiful servings. On top of that, porcelain is easy to clean and oven-proof.
Cleaning and maintenance
Use hot water and a mild dish soap. The porcelain is also dishwasher-safe.
Cool down the porcelain slowly after having used it in the oven. Porcelain might crack if you put it directly under cold water or in the refrigerator when still heated from the oven. The porcelain should not go into the freezer.
About the designer / VE2
The design duo VE2 is two creative individuals: Hugo Dines Schmidt and Morten Lauritzen. In the interface between form and space, the ambition is to create cohesion via characteristic and aesthetic designs with a clear functional justification. They find their inspiration in everyday life, the people in it, and their drive to make it better. Separately and together they weigh up the good in life in general and the design studio in particular. And they are on the move and yet very much present in the now at one and the same time. They unwind and enjoy life.


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It may be used to provide further support for particular tasks identified through the Exam Results Analysis facility.
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Please visit the OER website to learn more.
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This facility allows teachers to compare the performance of individual students and the centre's entry as a whole with that of all WJEC candidates for a particular qualification. The data may also be exported into other applications for further analysis and reporting purposes. It is a useful means for teachers to discover where students have performed well and to identify which areas may need further support.
Access to ERA for specific centres is via the WJEC secure website, and is restricted to that centre's staff only. It is labelled as 'Item Level Data' and can be found under the Results tab.
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Sportsmanship StatementThe member institutions of the Big 12 Conference are committed to competition in an arena where sportsmanship and the sense of fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, within the community or in the classroom, those who make up the Big 12--its administrators, coaches, game officials, and student-athletes--support the highest ideals in sportsmanship.
At the heart of sportsmanship is the commitment of the institutions towards respect for the opposition and those officiating contests in the 23 sports sponsored by the Big 12. It is with a sense of fair play that a true sporting demeanor in the spirit of intercollegiate competition can be created and maintained with a total regard for the welfare of student-athletes, coaches, support personnel and spectators.
Sportsmanship on the field of play is governed by Conference rules and guidelines, as well as those established under the NCAA and amateur organizations. It is the responsibility of game officials and administrators to see to strict adherence to these guidelines. The behavior of spectators is managed by event personnel, who are encouraged to deal with interference or abuse of appropriate sporting behavior in the strictest of methods.
The Big 12 Conference and its member institutions appreciate the support of the majority of fans who wish to create an atmosphere of competition that allows the participants to showcase the game and their respective skills.


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eat (one's) salt
To stay at someone's house. I feel bad eating Jim's salt for a week, but his house is closer to the meeting site than any hotel.
eat someone's salt
Rur. to be someone's guest. The least you can do when you're eating someone's salt is to help them out around the house. That good-for-nothing Jim was flirting with Bill's wife at the same time he was eating Bill's salt.


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by Barbara Sherf
On Tuesday morning, more than 150 Quakers, area art leaders, city officials and Congressman Chaka Fattah gathered in the 80-year-old Chestnut Hill Friends Meetinghouse to listen to speakers before venturing out into the pouring rain to break ground for a new Friends meetinghouse to open in early 2013.
Jon Laudau, co-chair of the New Meetinghouse Campaign Committee, opened the program by pointing out the need for more space.
"Welcome – I guess you can all see why we need a new meetinghouse," Landau quipped before turning to the numbers the committee has reached after four years of fundraising. "We are nearly at our goal for this $6.3 million project, and it should be noted that two thirds of the funding came from within the Quaker meeting.
"But what is really amazing and extraordinary is that $2 million came from outside of the meeting. Because of that support we are within $100,000 of completing the project. Funding for solar and landscaping is still being sought, but we are able to forge ahead."
The meetinghouse will be comprised of a simple, two-story L-shaped building featuring a Skyspace by light artist James Turrell that will be open to the public year-round.
Gary Steur, Philadelphia's chief cultural officer, spoke about the significance of the donated art installation by Turrell, a Quaker and world-renowned artist.
"Having a James Turrell in Philadelphia is a very big deal," Steur said. "The creation of this Skyspace is part of a larger arts and culture story – the story of Philadelphia taking its rightful place on the world stage. It's not a coincidence that we are breaking ground this week with the Barnes Museum opening. It is a tipping point, and these things become an opportunity for citizens to recognize what they have here in Northwest Philadelphia and the city as a whole."
Chestnut Hill resident Gail Harrity, president of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, noted that Turrell is a recipient of the Guggenheim and MacArthur "Genius" fellowships, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters – the highest formal recognition of artistic merit in the United States.
Harrity spoke of her moving experience visiting Turrell's "Minamidera" or "Backside of the Moon" work in Naoshima, a small island located in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan.
"With arms outstretched, I reached blindly in the void to find a rail, a wall, something solid to give ballast," she recalled. "Very slowly, over a period of several minutes, which felt like several hours, a soft blue light began to emerge. And then slowly, the dim blue light began to brighten and eventually transformed the space with its azure blue glow. The experience is quiet, but powerful. It calls for reflection and can be transformative, changing with the times of day and year. Turrell's work here will be a stunningly beautiful, meditative place and work of art that will speak to the souls of people of all faiths and backgrounds."
Harrity went on to talk about the Roden Crater, a dormant volcano at the end of the Painted Desert in Arizona that, she said, "Turrell has shaped into a monumental experience of light and celestial phenomena."
"People go all over the world to see his work, and they will come right here to do the same," she added.
Congressman Chaka Fattah spoke of the impact Quakers have had on him and his family.
"Going back to 1972 and the "No Gang War" campaign at 4th and Arch Streets, Quakers helped my family and other young people to find ways to resolve conflict other than by using violence," Fattah noted. "For those around the world looking for a moral compass, Quakers have been the standard bearers throughout history.
"There will be art lovers who will come to see the Skyspace and that is appropriate. But there are others who will see the remarkable and inspiring work you've done over the years for causes that never get headlines but are in fact critical issues that face our country."
Irene McHenry, executive director of the Friends Council on Education, noted that the Friends Council, Mt. Airy Learning Tree, Northwest Interfaith Hospitality Network and a host of community organizations use the current location at 20 E. Mermaid Lane.
"This new Meetinghouse will do much more in and for the community in terms of carrying William Penn's vision forward," McHenry said. "I am so happy to finally see this deliberate and intentional move in breaking ground. We know it will be a beacon of light for Quakerism in the City of Philadelphia."
Maura McCarthy, executive director of Friends of the Wissahickon, talked about the land and the respect that the Quakers have had for it.
"When I think about this project, I see how the moral leadership has permeated every aspect of it right down to the landscaping that will draw people into an underutilized portion of the park," McCarthy noted. "This group has shown great sensitivity to the watershed and the impact of the landscape on the watershed."
Erdenheim resident Zeta Cross said she was drawn to the groundbreaking by the Turrell Skyspace installation.
"I saw an exhibit of his in Los Angeles in the '80s, and I've never been the same," Cross said. "It's about spirituality and light. It was truly an amazing experience."
After the remarks, Congressman Fattah and four children from the Quaker meeting symbolically launched the building project by putting shovels in the ground on a wooded 1.8 acre-lot below the current meetinghouse.
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Investors Urged to Carefully Monitor Online Trading Accounts
WASHINGTON (October 26, 2006) – The North American Securities Administrators Association today warned investors to carefully monitor their online trading accounts in the wake of "hack attacks" in which predators have broken into customer accounts at online brokerages in the United States and Canada and made unauthorized trades worth millions of dollars.
"The number of these attacks on investors continues to rise as identity thieves increasingly target the securities industry," said Joseph P. Borg, NASAA President and Director of the Alabama Securities Commission. "Investors need to carefully guard their financial information and continuously monitor their online brokerage records to ensure that they are not subject to this type of fraud."
Federal and industry authorities are investigating recent cases in which hackers gained access to customer accounts at several large online brokers and used the customers' funds to buy certain thinly traded microcap securities, also known as penny stocks. The hackers appeared to be running a "pump and dump" scheme, trying to drive up share prices so they could sell the stocks at a profit.
These scams typically begin with a hacker obtaining customer passwords and user names, then liquefying that person's existing stock holding and using the proceeds to buy share in the microcap. They then wire the money to either an offshore account or through a series of straw men or dummy corporations.
"As investors become increasingly comfortable with the ease and sophistication of services offered by online brokerages, we want to make sure that they remember not to let their guard down when they boot up their computers," Borg said. "If you believe that funds have been transferred out of your account, notify your financial professional, preferably in writing and notify your state or provincial securities regulator."
In order to help consumers guard their online financial information from predators, NASAA recommends that they follow these tips:
Tips To Protect Yourself Online
>> Ask your online brokerage to always confirm all transfers and transactions.
>> Never use unprotected computers, whether at an airport, library or an office, for use when accessing your financial accounts or records.
>> Keep the security features of your computer software up-to-date. This includes your Web browser, virus scan software and firewall. Email attachments and links within email can contain viruses and infect your computer without your knowledge.
>> Never provide your online account information when requested by email – your online broker would already have this information! Don't respond to unsolicited emails from companies that you do business with requesting that you revalidate your personal information or that provide a link to web sites that require you to revalidate your account information. These links often lead to bogus web sites that look legitimate in order to fool you into providing secure information.
>> Before entering personal information on any web site, look for the "locked padlock" icon on the browser frame, or "https" at the beginning of the web address to ensure that the site is secure.
>> Change passwords regularly.
>> Log off the web site after you have submitted an application or concluded a secure online session.
>> When your computer is not in use, shut it down or disconnect it from the Internet.
>> If you think you may have fallen victim to an online scam, change your passwords, contact your online brokerage immediately, and monitor your account activity closely.
>> If you see any inaccuracies concerning your account, contact your online brokerage immediately.
For more information about online investing and how to protect yourself from fraud, visit the Investing Online Resource Center at http://www.investingonline.org, a project of NASAA, the oldest international organization devoted to investor protection. NASAA's membership consists of the securities administrators in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the provinces and territories of Canada, and Mexico.
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Buying a franchise is a huge step and one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. With such a wide range of franchise opportunities available, how do you ensure that you're taking the right steps towards a successful future? Here's Auditel top tips for considering, not just their franchise opportunity, but for any franchise opportunity.
1. Does the franchise fit with your existing skillset or interests?
When looking into any business opportunity, you must ensure that the franchise opportunity fits with your skills and interests. Think about the skills gained from your previous career, is there anything that you excel in? Choose a business that you will enjoy and can be enthusiastic about. To make sure your business is a success, you should be happy with the commitment you are making and understand that it is a long-term investment and not something you may lose interest in a few months down the line. This is one of the first steps you should take to help you narrow down your search and decide which type of franchise you would like to start.
Auditel provide all the ongoing training, mentoring and support you need to tap into their franchise opportunity but they also encourage you to put your existing skills and experience to good use. You will become part of a network that comprises of over 200 like-minded professionals with whom you can combine your skills to upsell services to prospective clients.
2. Can you afford the franchise opportunity?
When you're looking into franchise opportunities you will find that there are a range of different investment levels. Consider what you can realistically afford and remember that you will also need to cover your living costs for at least six months after starting the franchise. Will the franchise opportunity provide you and your family with the lifestyle you're looking for?
The Auditel franchise opportunity allows you to build a business that suits your lifestyle and needs. An Auditel franchise can be run from home in order to keep overheads, office and staff costs low and provide you with a better work-life balance. Should you wish, you can build the business and rent office space, once the opportunity arises. The variety of the business means that Auditel suits a range of investment levels and you can build the franchise opportunity to suit you.
3. Research the franchise opportunity
Complete your due diligence to make your chosen franchise opportunity is everything it seems. When starting a franchise, you will probably look at a range of opportunities before you decide on the one that's right for you. Research the market and your local area to make sure there's sufficient demand for the product or service you want to sell. Avoid crowded or fad markets when starting a franchise as this will greatly increase your chances of success and means that you won't have a huge amount of competition.
Speak to as many people involved with the franchise opportunity as you can to find out whether or not the business will provide you with everything you're looking for. Does the franchise match up to everything you've been told? Thorough research of the franchise opportunity will allow you to make a measured and informed decision about whether or not you wish to start the franchise.
My advice to anyone looking to buy a franchise would be to talk to franchisees. Talk to a good selection including those who have not been supplied by the franchisor. We talked to quite a few franchisees in order to find out about both the pros and cons of the business, it just made me feel more positive about the business opportunity,"
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As our early stage companies move into springtime 2012, it's time to take an honest look at our status as entrepreneurial, revolutionary companies and make some decisions about how we're going to move through what remains of this crusty recession. In so many ways, 2011 was a year of renewal for many early stage companies. […]
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