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September 25, 2005
G154: Red Sox 4, Orioles 3
The Red Sox and Yankees have identical records with eight games remaining.
Five things:
1. Tito used the bullpen just as I would have -- Hansen, Papelbon, Timlin -- so even though Hansen gave up a game-tying home run to Melvin Mora in the seventh, bringing him in was the right move. And it was good to see Francona stay with him after that; the Sox are going to rely on him in the playoffs, so getting him used to the pressure now is essential.
2. On Edgar Renteria's two-run single off BJ Ryan in the ninth, pinch-runner Adam Stern got a fantastic read on the flair to left and was sprinting all the way. From second base, Stern had the play directly in front of him, and he scored what turned out to be the decisive run. Nice to see ER gearing up for a hot post-season, too.
3. Pitching: Matt Clement didn't give up a hit until the fifth inning, but he walked six. I can't completely fault him for that, because the umpiring was incredibly inconsistent. ... Papelbon v. Matos in the eighth. With a man on first and one out in a 2-2 game, this AB took nine pitches and five throws to first before Boston got a K-CS double play.
4. Defense. The Sox made some great plays, including Kevin Millar diving to his right to snare Bernie Castro's grounder in the fifth, then turning and diving to his left to tag the base for the out, Bill Mueller's bare-handed grab-and-gun on Tejada's roller in the ninth, and double plays that ended both the fifth and sixth innings.
5. The last three innings really felt like a playoff game. Knowing the Yankees had lost meant my heart was racing a little more and my hands were a little sweatier. Myers coming in for Hansen with runners on 2nd and 3rd in the seventh and getting a pop-up was huge. Timlin's semi-shaky ninth -- a two-out double to Gibbons which scored Castro, who had walked -- had me worried, but he retired Javy Lopez on a hard fly to the edge of the track in right to end it.
In the last two games, we've seen timely hitting and gutsy pitching. Have the Sox refound their groove? ... This team can go from great to godawful in the space of a day or even a few innings, so who knows? They just have to have a win at the end of the day. It doesn't matter how they get it.
In Toronto, the Jays battered the Yankees for seven runs in two innings. Jaret Wright allowed all seven runs while recording only three outs. Miguel Batista struck out Jason Giambi with the tying runs on base in the 8th, then struck out the side in the 9th, saving a 7-4 win. ... Cleveland romped over the Royals, but we're winning the East, so we'll let New York worry about that.
Wang / Towers at 1:00, then Wells / Maine at 1:35.
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To borrow from the vernacular of the gents down the dial covering the President's Cup matches, we're back to all square in the East with 8 to go.
A (Sort of) Quality Start
With a Yankees' loss in the books before the first pitch was thrown at the Yards, it was a relief to see the pre-All Star break version of Matt Clement instead of his recent, more evil twin, though his incessant nibbling on the outside corners and inconsisent Phil Cuzzi strike zone resulted in too many walks, accompanied by a few flings of my Sox lid around the family room. What a line through 4 2/3 – 0 hits, 0 runs, 6 walks! You kept expecting that Clement's lack of control was eventually going to catch up with him, but some unusually slick fielding (led by none other than Cabin Boy, Millar) kept Clement on the right side of a day spent living on the edge.
Are We There Yet?
The pace of this game was absolutely excruciating even to the most ardent fans among us. Both Clement and Eric Bedard seemed intent on wresting the revered "Human Rain Delay" moniker away from former O's skipper Mike Hargrove, which was bestowed on him during his playing days with the Indians and Rangers. Holy shit, I believe that some of those India-Pakistani cricket matches have been played in less time. HP ump Cuzzi actually clapped his hands a couple of times in an effort to get the two hesitant hurlers to pick up the pace.
Cooperstown on Hold
Welcome to the big leagues, Mr. Hansen. After blowing away Matos to open the 7th, he closed Clement's day by serving up the dinger to Melvin Mora to tie the game. As Remy later pointed out, Hansen's second-pitch slider established neither fear nor respect in Mora, who then sat on a 95 MPH heater and deposited it on the guy sitting in row 2 of the left field bleachers. If anyone can get this kid to trust his full repertoire of stuff to keep the hitters honest, it's Varitek, so let's hope that Tito gives him the ball again. He kept his head high leaving the field, a good sign.
Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind
A quick shot of Trot in the on-deck circle prior to his first AB revealed the number 44 on the right-rear panel of his batting helmet. For those of you who ever wondered how much Gabe Kapler means to this team, you should wonder no more. A class gesture by Nixon.
Billy Ball Game
While this guy's exploits in the clutch are already the stuff of legends, no effort in recent memory beats his bare-hand grab of Tejada's slow roller in the ninth, and the subsequent 5-3 laser to Olerud to get what became a huge second out. He has to be one of the most underrated third baseman in baseball.
As with every one of these remaining 8, today's game looms large. If Boomer's cranky knee can't allow him to throw anything better than that cement mixer breaking ball we saw last week, Tito better have the long guys at the ready.
My wife says unless this thing is wrapped up (for better or worse) before next weekend, she will be leaving to stay with friends...
- September 25, 2005 at 7:40 AM
- Peter N said...
Bye bye to her for a tad. We're playing ball next week!!
- September 25, 2005 at 12:49 PM
- sarah said...
omg, what's with the next great american novel comments, yaz-tex?? keep it concise! i don't want to read a comment longer than allan's post! jeez.
- September 25, 2005 at 1:10 PM
Sarah, duly noted on the length of the last post...I promise that I will toss my words around in future posts as if they were manhole covers...
- September 25, 2005 at 1:50 PM
Fair comment on the last post, Sarah, and you can expect that I will be more concise in future posts, tossing out words as effortlessly as one would toss manhole covers..
- September 25, 2005 at 1:52 PM
- From the Vined Smithy said...
You could also just have your own blog. Having a blog is fun.
- September 25, 2005 at 2:45 PM
- Robin said...
I posted that tie on MY blog... poop.
- September 26, 2005 at 12:33 AM


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It's weird if that sounds natural to you. Trust me on this one.
Just the very idea of adults willingly spending their precious moments of social interaction through a computer is strange in itself.
I wonder what it says about our evolution as a primate. After all, the hugs and cuddles of today are just the left overs of the essential bug combing and in-grown hair picking of yester-eon.
Are we becoming ever more sterilized by self hygiene that actual contact is no longer necessary, or even healthy? I mean, all crammed into cities, illness travels fast. Superbugs are learning to evolve faster than antibiotics. Hell, maybe this IS nature at work.
Think about it. It's been a slippery slope of all sleeping naked together in the cave to wearing furs for protection to ever changing concepts of modesty, huh? The more people we have to live around, the more barriers we physically put up (don't even get me started on emotional space of city goers vs. the physical standing distance deemed acceptable to country folk. *ahem*)
So it's likely that 'hanging out online' is a concept that will be either all-too familiar or sound boring and pathetic.
You be the judge.
That said, for all my fellow nerds out there, give me a shout out to your own personal haunts.
Here are mine:
www.thedailybeast.com (though only through their facebook page)
www.rebreatherworld.com (though I very rarely actually post anything there. I lurk pretty religiously.)
www.cracked.com (A beer or four and a read through the site is the only way to relax after a stressful day. I sometimes even leave comments!)
and of course home sweet home, TA. This is where I spend about 75% of my time online.
Ok. How about you?
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ive have a lot of hobbies, so when im online i visit
sherdog.com(for all my news and discussions on mma/kickboxing/boxing)
mlgpro.com(because i love competitive fps video games)
petrucciforum.com(where i can have intelligent discussions on music, guitar playing, and gear)
thinkatheist.com(lots of smart and interesting people here, always cool blogs and videos to watch)
those are the main 5 sites that i visit most often, there's a few others i check in with once in a while but not on a daily basis
Funny you mention personal hygeine -
Just finished having a disccussion about hand washing with a chef - he's all for it as am I- many of our chefs, prep cooks and so on from "some" countries say it's a cultural thing- washing of hands is optional in many places- germ theory is still not known apparently- you make food- WASH YOUR HANDS- no culture is germ, bacteria free- no man or woman that goes to the bathroom is germ and bacteria free- WASH YOUR HANDS- I don't know if I can eat tomorrow- germs and bacteria are not mentioned in the bible- WASH YOUR F'n hands- wherever your from- I try not to even shake hands with people - I don't know where your hands have been- so gross- that should be a law-
sorry it was a long discussion with a chef that does wash and I did not want to know this information- so gross- please- particularly if you prepare my food- WASH YOUR HANDS
That does it. I'm never eating in a restaurant again.
Though I consider myself to be a person that doesn't mind social intermingling, I've always had issues with physical mingling, so the internet for me is awesome.
Facebook (because anyone with a facebook knows how addicting that crap is)
LiveJournal (especially the childfree and atheist communities)
Offbeat Bride (I'm planning my wedding, and OBB has a lot of great secular information)
youtube (lots of great atheist/skeptical videos. I also like to keep on top of the arguments of the religious, and those are abundant on YT as well.)
Cracked (Yes! I work really long night shifts, and that site helps the time fly by while also keeping me laughing.)
TalkOrigins (This site is a great reference tool, especially for those who aren't well acquainted with evolution. It is presented primarily to show the debate between creationism and evolution.)
Greta Christina (An atheist blog, the first atheist blog I ever read while I was deconverting. She's an excellent writer- funny, direct, candid and honest.)
I just joined TA a few minutes ago, but I'm pretty sure it will be on my list soon.
Thinkatheist (at the top of the list, of course lol)
Hyperboleandahalf (humorous)
prodoggroomingsupplies.com/dog-forums/forumdisplay.php?f=6 (I love the general dog chat dog forums)
Scangwinnett (very funny and informative goings on in my local community)
I'm going to try Cracked because I saw someone list it and I love good humorus websites.
I'm new to TA and other atheist forums, but I have recently joined:
Why Won't God Heal Amputees? Forum (Quietus)
The Atheist Thinktank Forum (Quietus)
Atheism: About.com (QuietusRock)
Other Forums I am somewhat active on:
KnifeDogs Custom Knives
Jerzeedevil "The Only Forum" (Mean bastards talking shit about knives, each other, & everything else)
ISCA Forum International Society of Caricature Artists
I spend a good bit of time designing and working on web sites and graphics as well as facebook.
I have several blogs including The Daily Agnostic.

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A man who once served as a youth pastor and worked as a teacher pleaded guilty to a sex offense against a child.
A man who once served as a youth pastor and worked as a teacher pleaded guilty to a sex offense against a child.
Brandon James Carter accepted a plea arrangement Wednesday, admitting to taking indecent liberties with a child and kidnapping.
Carter was arrested in March 2012. At the time he was serving as youth and music minister at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Cherryville. The allegations against Carter were separate from the church, but he was asked to resign after his arrest.
�He did a good job while he served our church. We never had any reason to question him until the accusations came about,� said Wayne Key, pastor at the church.
The offense happened at a Lincoln County residence on Aug. 2, 2004.
The girl was 13 at the time. According to the teen, she was asleep on the couch and woke up to Carter fondling her. When Carter realized the girl was awake and in pain, he stopped and walked out of the room, Assistant District Attorney Mica Sanderson told the court.
The girl documented the incident in her journal and left it out for her mother to see.
The family attempted to deal with the problem without reporting Carter to the police.
Now married and 21-years-old, the woman said she had to come forward.
She tearfully told Superior Court Judge Forrest Bridges that she wanted to protect other teens.
�He�s not got help, truly. He still puts himself in situations like music director and youth director,� she said tearfully. �I just want him to get help.�
Carter did not look at the woman as she spoke before the Lincoln County court.
Prior to his position at the church, Carter taught at East Lincoln Middle and East Lincoln High schools.
Sanderson said no one else has come forward with accusations against Carter, and the 34-year-old man had no prior convictions.
Key said Carter was still a member of the church, but he�s had no official position with the church since March.
Key said the church was saddened by the matter.
Carter was originally charged with statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with a child.
He was offered a plea agreement that dismissed the statutory rape offense but added kidnapping. According to Sanderson, if a child is held against her will even for a brief time, it constitutes kidnapping when a parent has not given consent.
Carter came to Lincoln County Court with family and friends. He left in handcuffs.
He was sentenced to less than two years in prison. Once released, Carver will be on probation for nearly three years and be added to the Sex Offender Registry for 30 years.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Interpol's chief says Singaporean police notified authorities in Italy of suspected football match-fixer Admir Suljic's flight to Milan ahead of his arrest Thursday.
Ronald Noble, Interpol secretary general, said the man is wanted in Italy because he is allegedly working for Singaporean businessman Tan Seet Eng — known as Dan Tan — for whom Italian authorities have issued an arrest warrant.
Noble did not identify Suljic while speaking at a match-fixing conference in Malaysia earlier, saying only that Singaporean police passed the travel information to Interpol to relay to Italian police for possible action.
Italian police later said Suljic of Slovenia was taken into custody after landing at Milan's Malpensa airport on a flight from Singapore.
Suljic is wanted by judicial authorities in the city of Cremona investigating a massive match-fixing case that has already brought the arrests of more than 50 people, with more than 150 placed under investigation.
Noble said the arrest is "important because the world believes that law enforcement can't do anything to take down this criminal organization, the world believes that (Tan) and his associates can't be touched, that they are above the law," Noble said.
Tan is accused of heading a crime syndicate that made millions of dollars betting on rigged Italian football matches. Italian officials have been unable to take Tan into custody as the arrest warrant cannot be served while he's in Asia.
"We will follow the rule of law," Noble said. "The hope is that (the suspect) will co-operate with law enforcement and tell us all he knows."
Acknowledging that Singapore has come under criticism for not detaining Tan, Noble said authorities there were restrained because they had to follow their own laws and could only take action when there was enough evidence.
However, Noble added that investigators worldwide have been slow to catch up with match-fixers because they were so far "not properly prepared to work together" and share enough information with their international counterparts.
FIFA head of security Ralf Mutschke said earlier this week at the Malaysian conference he hopes Tan will be brought to face court with the help of Singaporean authorities.
Singapore's police have said they are reviewing information submitted by the Italian authorities in Tan's case before deciding what action to take.
Tan's former associate, Wilson Raj Perumal, has alleged to Italian investigators that Tan placed syndicate wagers on fixed games using Asia-based online betting sites via intermediaries in China.
A report by the European Union's police agency earlier this month said organized crime gangs, including ones in Asia, have fixed or tried to fix hundreds of football matches around the world.
The Singapore Police Force announced Thursday that four senior officers from the SPF and Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau will be heading to the INTERPOL Headquarters in Lyon, France, to join the Global Anti-Match-fixing Taskforce.
Europol said its 18-month review found 380 suspicious matches in Europe and another 300 questionable games outside the continent, mainly in Africa, Asia and South and Central America.


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PD.com: We'll make you an offer you can't understand.
So all of you fuckers are wrong, or at least not entirely correct.
So this all boils down to the (false) dichotomy that I am a meat machine, as you say, or I am not, as Kipling and Hemmingway say. The third option is that I am in fact a meat machine, but that one of the attributes of that meat machine is consciousness. The entire question is silly, because it's an observable fact that we are meat machines, but the fact that we question consciousness is an iron-clad proof of consciousness.So all of you fuckers are wrong, or at least not entirely correct.
But those are just a few of the methods. I am exploring a fourth way.
When discussing these topics I feel like the first challenge is to avoid presenting it as an us vs. them kind of approach where those who are further along the path of self reflection preach to the cabbages or meat machines.
I don't think you can push someone into this idea of 'consciousness' if they aren't willing to entertain it. Maybe this is where Buddhism for example goes right because it stresses that the act of self reflection is beneficial to everyone and the path is an incremental one rather than a great flash of consciousness.Edit: Is it a path or is it an on/off switch?
This is a topic which I also think ties in very closely with the ideas that the PD sect of Discordianism has been developing over the years - when you boil it down it always comes down to "Think for yourself, Schmuck!" Only thing is that you have to make sure you are actually thinking and not just surfing along on a wave of biases and past experience. Further edit: This act of self-questioning is one that I carry out (almost) to the point of detriment - which is one of the reasons I post so rarely here. It's hard to express one's thoughts when you are constantly second-guessing yourself. Once you can show people that there is another way is it possible to light the path so they don't get so lost? Critical thinking skills are not encouraged.
Cut the words and see how they fall.
Some random thoughts.When you are mindful of your thoughts you invoke a minder. One who minds. This is consciousness or, more correctly, this is the seat of consciousness. The font from which consciousness pours. I'm of the opinion that when most people talk about consciousness they are simultaneously aware of this phenomenon but blind to what they are aware of, given that it permeates every facet of mind but is not mind.
I also have a sneaking suspicion that cavemen looking for their own consciousness is how all that god and soul bullshit got started
Ok, so I really like the mindfulness technique of becoming aware of your own breathing. Often when I try to be mindful, I am just reminded of my chronic pain. @_@.
It's kind of a new insight that I don't want to do things because my body hurts. Kind of. *takes an advil*
Quote from: doudou on March 21, 2017, 11:32:44 pmOk, so I really like the mindfulness technique of becoming aware of your own breathing. Often when I try to be mindful, I am just reminded of my chronic pain. @_@. That's really interesting - you're the second person I've talked to today who's mentioned how mindfulness isn't necessarily pleasant for them. I was unaware until today that many people intentionally avoid it! But I can see how pain or anxiety or depression would make you not want to be here/now. QuoteIt's kind of a new insight that I don't want to do things because my body hurts. Kind of. *takes an advil*That sounds really crappy, I'm sorry.Recognizing that your body's needs play such a strong role in your behavior / awareness, does that change anything?If you recognize that fact at the moment of decision, do you think you'd make a different decision?


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Stem Cell Therapy for Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Failing Alternate Approved Therapy- A Randomized Study
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00273364
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : January 9, 2006
Last Update Posted : April 8, 2019
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- Results Submitted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|Multiple Sclerosis
|Procedure: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy Drug: Standard treatment with a conventional drug
|Phase 2
To assess the efficacy of autologous PBSCT versus FDA approved standard of care ( i.e. interferon, glatiramer acetate, mitoxantrone, natalizumab, fingolimod, or tecfidera) for inflammatory multiple sclerosis (MS) failing failing alternate approved therapy. The endpoints to be considered in this study are:
2.1 Primary Endpoint:
Disease progression, defined as a 1 point increase in the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) on consecutive evaluations at least 6 months apart and not due to a non-MS disease process. Patients will be followed for 5 years after randomization.
2.2 Secondary Endpoints:
- Number of relapses, defined as acute neurologic deterioration occurring after engraftment and lasting more than 24 hours, accompanied by objective worsening on neurological examination that are documented by a blinded neurologist and not explained by fever, infection, stress or heat related pseudo-exacerbation. Supportive confirmation by enhancement on MRI is preferred but not mandatory.
- Ambulation index
- Twenty-five foot timed walk
- Nine hole peg test
- PASAT- 3 second and PASAT - 2 second
- Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC)
- MRI enhancing lesions and T1 and T2 burden of disease per MRI-AC MRI protocol
- 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)
- Scripps Neurological Rating Scale (NRS)
- Survival
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|110 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy for Patients With Inflammatory Multiple Sclerosis Failing Alternate Approved Therapy: A Randomized Study
|Actual Study Start Date :
|November 16, 2005
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|September 2023
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|September 2024
Experimental: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy will be performed as follows: Autologous stem cells will be infused after conditioning with Cyclophosphamide and rATG
Procedure: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy
After mobilization and harvest of stem cells, stem cells will be infused following conditioning regimen
Other Name: stem cell infusion
Active Comparator: Standard therapy for MS
Standard treatment with a conventional drug is the treatment with one of the following drugs: Avonex (interferon beta 1a), Betaseron (interferon beta 1b), Copaxone (glatiramer acetate), Aubagio (teriflunomide), Tysabri (natalizumab), Gilenya (fingolimod) or Dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera or BG-12)
Drug: Standard treatment with a conventional drug
Standard treatment with a conventional drug is the treatment with one of the following drugs: Avonex (interferon beta 1a), Betaseron (interferon beta 1b), Copaxone (glatiramer acetate), Aubagio (teriflunomide), Tysabri (natalizumab), or Gilenya (fingolimod)
Other Name: standard of care
- Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) Improvement [ Time Frame: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years ]The EDSS scale ranges from 0 to 10 in 0.5 increments that represent higher levels of disability. Improvement in EDSS is defined by both a 0.5 or 1.0 points sustained for more than 6 months
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between18-55, inclusive.
- Diagnosis of MS using revised McDonald criteria of clinically definite MS (Appendix I).
- An EDSS score of 2.0 to 6.0 (Appendix II).
Inflammatory disease despite treatment with standard disease modifying therapy including at least 6 months of interferon or copaxone. Inflammatory disease is defined based on both MRI (gadolinium enhancing lesions) and clinical activity (acute relapses *treated with IV or oral high dose corticosteroids and prescribed by a neurologist). Minimum disease activity required for failure is defined as: a) two or more *steroid treated clinical relapses with documented new objective signs on neurological examination documented by a neurologist within the year prior to the study, or b) one *steroid treated clinical relapse within the year prior to study and evidence on MRI of active inflammation (i.e., gadolinium enhancement) within the last 12 months on an occasion separate from the clinical relapse (3 months before or after the clinical relapse).
- A steroid treated relapse will include a relapse that was severe enough to justify treatment but due to patient intolerance of steroids, or a history of non-response to steroids, they were offered but not used.
Exclusion Criteria**
- Any illness that in the opinion of the investigators would jeopardize the ability of the patient to tolerate aggressive chemotherapy.
- Prior history of malignancy except localized basal cell, squamous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix. Other malignancies for which the patient is judged to be cured, such as head and neck cancer, or breast cancer will be considered on an individual basis.
- Positive pregnancy test
- Inability or unwillingness to pursue effective means of birth control from the time of evaluation for eligibility until 6 months posttransplant (if on transplant) or until appropriate for non-transplant treatment (if on control arm). Effective birth control is defined as 1) abstinence defined as refraining from all acts of vaginal intercourse; 2) consistent use of birth control pills; 3) injectable birth control methods (Depo-provera, Norplant); 4) tubal sterilization or male partner who has undergone vasectomy; 5) placement of an intrauterine device (IUD); or 6) use, with every act of intercourse, of diaphragm with contraceptive jelly and/or condoms with contraceptive foam.
- Failure to willingly accept or comprehend irreversible sterility as a side effect of therapy
- Forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1) / forced vital capacity (FVC) < 60% of predicted after bronchodilator therapy (if necessary)
- Diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) < 50% of predicted (for the transplant arm)
- Resting left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50 %
- Bilirubin > 2.0 mg/dl
- Serum creatinine > 2.0 mg/dl
- Known hypersensitivity to mouse, rabbit, or E. Coli derived proteins, or to iron compounds/medications
- Presence of metallic objects implanted in the body that would preclude the ability of the patient to safely have MRI exams
- Diagnosis of primary progressive MS
- Diagnosis of secondary progressive MS
- Platelet count < 100,000/ul, white blood cell count (WBC) < 1,500 cells/mm3
- Psychiatric illness, mental deficiency or cognitive dysfunction making compliance with treatment or informed consent impossible
- Active infection except asymptomatic bacteriuria
- Use of natalizumab (Tysabri) within the previous 6 months
- Use of fingolimod (Gilenya) within the previous 3 months
- Use of teriflunomide (Aubagio) within the previous 2 years unless cleared from the body (plasma concentration < 0.02mcg/ml) following elimination from the body with cholestyramine 8g three times a day for 11 days
- Prior treatment with CAMPATH (alemtuzumab)
- Prior treatment with mitoxantrone
- Any hereditary neurological disease such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) or Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) are contraindications
Use of tecfidera within the previous 3 months
- For patients who clearly have inflammatory disease, an exception can be made if agreed upon by study PI and at least two study neurologists.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00273364
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|Principal Investigator:
|Richard Burt, MD
|Northwestern University
|Responsible Party:
|Richard Burt, MD, MD, Northwestern University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
DI MS.Randomized2004
|First Posted:
|January 9, 2006 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 8, 2019
|Last Verified:
|April 2019
stem cell, autoimmune disease, multiple sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis
Pathologic Processes
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Demyelinating Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases


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Friday, June 13, 2008
An Organizer Opens Her Purse
I just bought a new purse - shown above with one of my cats, the 20+ pound Moonshadow. It was super-easy to move the contents from my prior purse to this one, because I've minimized what I carry, and because I use containers to organize things in my purse.
You can sort of see the containers when I open the zipper.
But here are my purse contents laid out so you can really see them.
1. Two mesh sacs carrying medical/first-aid types of things: bandages, Advil, eyeglass cleaner, lip balm, allergy meds, etc.
2. One plastic bag with three Luna bars - a Luna bar being my staple meal-on-the-run for those every-three-hour meals that pop up at inconvenient times.
3. One small plastic bag with fabric samples in my colors - because if I stumble on something while I'm out and about, I want to check and make sure it's a match.
4. A Levenger pocket briefcase, for taking notes.
5. My wallet
6. A comb
7. My camera - that's the case for it; the camera was in my hands!
8. A small external hard drive, one of my computer back-ups.
9. A printout of the next two months of my calendar (maintained in iCal on my Mac).
10. A business card holder with cards of wonderful people I often recommend.
Not shown in this picture are the pens and Kleenex carried in an internal pocket, and the business card holder with my own cards carried in an external side pocket. Oh, and my cell phone - sometimes in the other external side pocket, right now in the car where I was recharging it.
While simple containers (mesh sacs and plastic bags) work for me, here are two other products others have recommended for organizing your purse:
1. The purseket purse organizer.
2. The Butler Bag with its built-in compartments, highly recommended by organizer Monica Ricci.
14 comments:
- Michele said...
I just love peeking into other people's spaces! I'm off to go clean my purse now - thanks!
- June 14, 2008 at 12:36:00 PM PDT
- SueBK said...
I've found the key to an organised purse (or as we call it a handbag; a purse being a ladies' wallet) is to start with something small. If its small you think twice about what goes in it! My handbags are usually no bigger than 6 x 10 inches.
My handbag has a very small wallet (cash, one bank card, one drivers licence, a bandaid (sticking plaster), and 1/2 an emery board); a pen and the smallest notepad I could find, my PDA; my mobile (cell) phone; a small packet of tissues and my keys.
Once upon a time I used to carry sewing kits and a mini medicine chest and who knows what else. Reality - I rarely (if ever) need such items. These days, instead of carting things with me all the time I keep them in the glovebox of my car and/or in a drawer at work. I mean, really, how often am I going to sew on a button sitting on the train or shopping for groceries? And since a packet of Panadol goes out of date before it gets used in our house, how likely am I to desperately need one RIGHT NOW while out?
- June 14, 2008 at 7:47:00 PM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Michele, I think many of us like peeking into other people's spaces!
SueBK, I've moved to smaller handbags over time, as I've learned to carry less - but I'm not down to your size yet. (I really do use the very mini medicine cabinet I carry in there.) But I constantly re-evaluate, to make sure I'm carrying as little as possible.
- June 15, 2008 at 8:49:00 AM PDT
- Banshee Creative said...
I think the container store (the one that was featured on oprah) has a "purse organiser" too!
- June 15, 2008 at 10:37:00 PM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Angelia, you're right. The Container Store sells the purseket.
- June 15, 2008 at 10:45:00 PM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Here's another purse organizer that someone just pointed out to me: the PurseIn.
- June 22, 2008 at 6:53:00 AM PDT
- LisaK said...
I can't believe all the purse organizers out there. I just purchased this, www.pouchee.com , one. I love it.
- June 22, 2008 at 8:30:00 PM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
LisaK, thank you for the pointer to Pouchee.com. I didn't know there were so many purse organizers, either!
- June 23, 2008 at 9:58:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
I really love the Buxton Organizer! I got mine at HarrietCarter.com .
- December 17, 2008 at 12:23:00 PM PST
- Unknown said...
I'm still using the pursekit you introduced. Altho they sent a larger size it's working well in my backpack purse.
- May 7, 2009 at 4:54:00 PM PDT
- Cynthia Friedlob said...
Belated welcome back, Jeri! I'm catching up on your blog.
This was a timely post. I just bought three small clear plastic zippered bags to add to the one small black one I carry when I use my tote bag. Whoever invented tote bags was a sadist! All the stuff falls into a clump in the bottom and you can never get to your cel phone before it stops ringing!
I use a tote when I'm teaching so that I can easily carry what I need, but it has been annoying to lose track of little items. I think these clear bags will do the trick for me and will make moving the contents to another bag much simpler.
- May 7, 2009 at 5:14:00 PM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Gwen, I'm glad the purseket is working for you.
Cynthia, tote bags certainly have their limitations. Sounds like you've got a good work-around.
- May 11, 2009 at 5:03:00 PM PDT
- SyedMuddassar said...
Cards holder is important for all human but you shear in your blog big cards holder or bags of cards so i think its important only for a cards printing company or organization.
Plastic card holder.
- March 22, 2011 at 12:58:00 AM PDT
- Star said...
I'm a new mom (even though he's 10 months old now!) and still have not found a way to keep our diaper bag organized! I've limited my purse to a small Buxton so I don't have to carry a medium to large bag and the diaper bag. Can anyone give me ideas on how to organize this mess? I have the diapers and wipes in a ziplock bag, but everything else seems to float around.
- February 13, 2012 at 7:53:00 PM PST


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China, Russia and other countries with poor records on freedom of expression have withdrawn proposals at the 2012 World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) that would have given them greater control over the Internet, according to a report from TechWeek Europe.
A leaked document from WCIT had indicated a number of nations, also including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, wanted to have more power over the Web's laws and infrastructure….. A spokesperson from the ITU confirmed to TechWeekEurope the proposals were now "off the table". They were at a loss as to why the nation states, who handed their proposals to the ITU on Friday, had pulled out. According to a source at the conference, the ITU is saying the document was never officially put forward.
The WCIT is being held in Dubai to revisit the rules governing the Internet across the globe. The proposals — some 900 so far — are put forth by governments, and, to many's dismay, not non-profit organizations or groups that have less of a vested interest in final control over the world wide web.
Many countries have indicated that they want to control the way IP addresses are assigned and managed. Today, Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an American body, is responsible for managing most of the Internet's organization, most especially the Domain Name System (DNS), the technical name for website addresses.
Russia and China, along with others like Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Egypt, have and still do indicate that they want more control over how their citizens interact with the rest of the world on the web. China already has its "Great Firewall" — a sprawling collection of censorship tools; gaining access to how web addresses are assigned would give it more control over how it's citizens access digital information.
The meetings have raised concerns from web giants like Google that have launched campaigns arguing that "a free and open world depends on a free and open web." Google has famously fought with foreign governments, most especially China, over what information can and can't be accessed through its services. Google even mysteriously found all of its services unavailable in China for a day — the search giant noting there were no technical problems on its end — as the Communist Party met to appoint new government officials.
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Notice the thrusting action of the one shown to the left. Women who love realistic vibes love to go for a dildo that goes in and out, or thrusting. The particular model shown to the left is called "the Purring Thrusting Panther".
Obviously, women love these because it simulates the act of real sex! You can also get a good idea of how they work in general. See the clitoral stimulator attached to the base shaft? In this case, it is a "panther", but this model of vibrator is actually called a "rabbit". The reason for that is the original models made had two bunny ears that wiggled instead of (as the case here) panther paws that are vibrating.
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Some people have asked me what's the difference between a complex ending and an ambiguous ending.
An ambiguous ending doesn't commit. It's the worst. It says nothing, means nothing. It's a refusal to engage.
The usual endings you find in movies do commit; they end on a particular note.
A complex ending ends on a chord. You do hear one tone more then another, but there are other tones mixed in, a complexity that attempts to replicate the complexity of real-life emotions and events.
The above gallery revisits some of the movies talked about Friday and adds some more. All have complex endings, and they're all movies worth seeing.
It's fair to say that there may be some argument as to what is complex and what is ambiguous. For example, I think a lot of critics would descrive MULHOLLAND DRIVE as having a complex ending and THE GREAT DICTATOR as having an ending that's too much "on the nose." But I think of MULHOLLAND DRIVE as ambiguous, uncommitted (frustratingly so), while I see THE GREAT DICTATOR's ending as one with strange and painful nuances.
But that's OK. It's not all about agreeing. It's about thinking about these things.


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This article demonstrates the simplest cases regarding autoserialization and deserialization to the database of objects in PGObject. It also demonstrates a minimal subset of the problems that three valued logic introduces and the most general solutions to those problems. The next article in this series will address more specific solutions and more complex scenarios.
The Problems
Often times we want to have database fields automatically turned into object types which are useful to an application. The example here turns SQL numeric fields into Perl Math::Bigfloat objects. However the transformation isn't perfect and if not carefully done can be lossy. Most applications types don't support database nulls properly and therefore a NULL making a round trip may end up with an unexpected value if we aren't careful. Therefore we have to create our type in a way which can make round trips in a proper, lossless way.
NULLs introduce another subtle problem with such mappings, in that object methods are usually not prepared to handle them properly. One solution here is to try to follow the basic functional programming approach and copy on write. This prevents a lot of problems. Most Math::BigFloat operations do not mutate the objects so we are relatively safe there, but we still have to be careful.
The simplest way to address this is to build into one's approach a basic sensitivity into three value logic. However, this poses a number of problems, in that one can accidentally assign a value which can have other values which can impact things elsewhere.
A key principle on all our types is that they should handle a null round trip properly for the data type, i.e. a null from the db should be turned into a null on database insert. We generally allow programmers to check the types for nulls, but don't explicitly handle them with three value logic in the application (that's the programmer's job).
The Example Module and Repository
This article follows the code of PGObject::Type::BigFloat.. The code is licensed under the two-clause BSD license as is the rest of the PGObject framework. You can read the code to see the boilerplate. I won't be including it in here. I will though note that this extends the Math::BigFloat library which provides arbitrary precision arithmetic for PostgreSQL and is a good match for LedgerSMB's numeric types.
NULL handling
To solve the problem of null inputs we extend the hashref slightly with a key _pgobject_undef and allow this to be set or checked by applications with a function "is_undef." This is fairly trivial:
sub is_undef {
my ($self, $set) = @_;
$self->{_pgobject_undef} = $set if defined $set;
return $self->{_pgobject_undef};
How PGObject Serializes
When a stored procedure is called, the mapper class calls PGObject::call_procedure with an enumerated set of arguments. A query is generated to call the procedure, and each argument is checked for a "to_db" method. That method, if it exists, is called and the output used instead of the argument provided. This allows an object to specify how it is serialized.
The to_db method may return either a literal value or a hashref with two keys, type and value. If the latter, the value is used as the value literal and the type is the cast type (i.e. it generates ?::type for the placeholder and binds the value to it). This hash approach is automatically used when bytea arguments are found.
The code used by PGObject::Type::BigFloat is simple:
sub to_db {
my $self = shift @_;
return undef if $self->is_undef;
return $self->bstr;
Any type of course can specify a to_db method for serialization purposes.
How and When PGObject Deserializes
Unlike serialization, deserialization from the database can't happen automatically without the developer specifying which database types correspond to which application classes, because multiple types could serialize into the same application classes. We might even want different portions of an application (for example in a database migration tool) to handle these differently.
For this reason, PGObject has what is called a "type registry" which specifies which types are deserialized and as what. The type registry is optionally segmented into several "registries" but most uses will in fact simply use the default registry and assume the whole application wants to use the same mappings. If a registry is not specified the default subregistry is used and that is consistent throughout the framework.
Registering a type is fairly straight forward but mostly amounts to boilerplate code in both the type handler and using scripts. For this type handler:
sub register{
my $self = shift @_;
croak "Can't pass reference to register \n".
"Hint: use the class instead of the object" if ref $self;
my %args = @_;
my $registry = $args{registry};
$registry ||= 'default';
my $types = $args{types};
$types = ['float4', 'float8', 'numeric'] unless defined $types and @$types;
for my $type (@$types){
my $ret =
PGObject->register_type(registry => $registry, pg_type => $type,
perl_class => $self);
return $ret unless $ret;
return 1;
Then we can just call this in another script as:
Or we can specify a subset of types or different types, or the like.
The deserialization logic is handled by a method called 'from_db' which takes in the database literal and returns the blessed object. In this case:
sub from_db {
my ($self, $value) = @_;
my $obj = "$self"->new($value);
$obj->is_undef(1) if ! defined $value;
return $obj;
Use Cases
This module is used as the database interface for numeric types in the LedgerSMB 1.5 codebase. We subclass this module and add support for localized input and output (with different decimal and thousands separators). This gives us a data type which can present itself to the user as one format and to the database as another. The module could be further subclassed to make nulls contageous (which in this module they are not) and the like.
PGObject::Type::BigFloat does not currently handle making the null handling contageous and this module as such probably never will, as this is part of our philosophy of handing control to the programmer. Those who do want contageous nulls can override additional methods from Math::BigFloat to provide such in subclasses.
A single null can go from the db into the application and return to the db and be serialized as a null, but a running total of nulls will be saved in the db as a 0. To this point, that behavior is probably correct. More specific handling of nulls in the application, however, is passed to the developer which can check the is_undef method.
Next In Series: Advanced Serialization and Deserialization: Dates, Times, and JSON


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Pitt87 wrote:Rylan wrote:Steve Dave wrote:Question: since the puck came out of the crease prior to the goal, what is the rule for an opposing team's player being in the crease, not allowing the goalie to attempt a save?
I think with the amount of Penguins players in the crease, there would be no case for goalie interference as long as a Flyer didn't take out Vokoun. But say Vokoun came out and only a Flyer was in the crease and he hindered Vokoun's chance at making a save it would be No Goal.
Ultimately, its Ref's discretion how they call it... they could say that there is no way he could have exited the crease, or could have said that an extra orange sweater in the crease actually makes it harder to score, not easier.
Its the Pens own stupid fault for defending the net and puck instead of man or sticks. Take the 2 minute penalty to grab the puck and throw it out of the crease and at least give your guys a chance to prevent a goal.
Thats not a 2 minute penalty, its a penalty shot, but it may have been a better option.


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The Richness of Dessert:
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Behind the Prize [1]
Perugia Press [2] announced last week that Jennifer K. Sweeney of Kalamazoo, Michigan, won the Perugia Press Prize [3] for her second poetry collection, How to Live on Bread and Music. She received $1,000, and her book will be published in a print-run of one thousand copies in September. The award is given for a first or second collection by a woman poet.
Sweeney's manuscript was 1 of 478 manuscripts submitted last November to the prize, which charged a $22 entry fee. The judging process involved several stages: Entries were first stripped of all identifying materials and then sent to a dozen screeners who winnowed the pool down to sixteen. Those semi-finalists were sent to eight judges, who gathered for a full day of reading and discussion, at the end of which two finalists were chosen. According to Kan, Sweeney's manuscript stood out for the author's "confidence with language, her willingness to let her intelligence become apparent slowly."
The two finalists were sent to three final judges, but while the manuscripts were being read, one of them was withdrawn because it was taken by another press.
"This has never happened at Perugia Press before," says Kan. "It took the wind out of our sails for a day, but ultimately, knowing that both books will be published is a win-win situation and confirms that our selection process is sound."
Perugia plans to promote the book through its mailing list and by sending out galleys to review publications. "We strongly encourage our poets to plan as many readings as possible," says Kan. "That's the best way to share the work and sell books." Sweeney's book will be available on Perugia's Web site [2], through Amazon.com [4], and in independent bookstores [5] across the country.


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Hey there,
I see that you're local to Maryland. Be sure to check out the Heroes' Guild on Maryland at Heroes' Guild of Maryland. We're a community of gamers in the greater-Baltimore area and we hose regular events including Pathfinder Society and our D&D 4th ed. sandbox campaign, the Eastern Expanse. Check our forums for full event details and registration.
-Chris Pullen, Heroes' Guild of Maryland
Are you currently running anything? My husband and I just moved to Columbia and I'm looking for a group.
3.5 D&D In Elkridge-
Dont know if you would be interested but our gaming group is looking for a player to replace one. Our group currently consists of 5 guys all in late 20's/ early 30's.
4 of us rotate the DMing every 4-6 months. We meet on Friday nights and play from 7pm-midnight.
We alternate worlds with each GM change and are currently playing in Dragonlance. Looking for someone with some 3.5 experience and the understanding that we don't intend to go to 4.0.
We are a fairly social group and stop to take breaks from role-playing to hangout occasionally during the gaming session. Each DM has a different style but we all tend toward a 50/50 roleplay to combat ratio.
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Saturday 28th April will see the Newport RFC end of season diner held at Rodney Parade in the new Bisley Business Lounge. The event starts at 1800 for 1830.
A three course meal will be provided and there will be entertainment during the evening. A highlights compilation DVD will also be shown of this seasons action on the pitch.
The highlight will be the annual club awards presentations, including the new Tommy Vile FoNR Player of the Year.
Tickets are very reasonable priced at only £20 or tables of 10 for £200 and are available from Kev Jarvis (FoNR), Mike Sage (NRFC) or the Rodney Parade ticket office – 01633 674990.
More details of the entertainment will be added closer to the date.
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Federal Reserve chiefs are reversing course on America's economy as the country's trade deficit widens with foreign nations. In May, the trade balance deficit rose 9.9% to $41.1 billion, far above expectations as exports fell and imports rose. Total imports were up 1.6% from the prior month, indicating America's continued dependence on foreign production to meet domestic demand.
The increasing trade deficit runs counter to government policy, as President Barack Obama's recent aggressive pushes for more free trade pacts and deals with Asian, North American, and European counterparts have been sold to American workers as a way to boost foreign demand for American goods and services.
That foreign demand has failed to materialize, with economists warning that declining global growth and weakness in emerging markets due to low commodity prices will hinder the growth of foreign middle classes, who are the biggest consumers of American products outside of the U.S.
Several official economic policies continue to push large trade agreements. The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) followed several bilateral deals with Asian nations executed in the 2000s and early 2010s, such as a free trade agreement between America and South Korea.
That agreement, known as KORUS FTA, passed the U.S. Senate in 2011 as policymakers heralded it as a major win for American manufacturers. Since then, however, America's trade deficit with South Korea has widened as Americans continue to buy significantly more Korean products per capita on a dollar cost basis than their South Korean counterparts.
While the expansive TPP promises to not make the same mistakes of KORUS FTA, growing dissent with FTAs has given rise to political discussions of more protectionist economic policies, helping fuel the rise of presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, who have both argued for more aggressive protection of American workers vis-a-vis their foreign counterparts.
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Federal Reserve heads have thrown in the towel, abandoning earlier confident pronouncements of a resurgent U.S. economy. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), comprised of Fed chiefs, admitted in their June meeting that America's labor market is in trouble. "Almost all participants judged that the surprisingly weak May employment report increased their uncertainty about the outlook for the labor market," the FOMC said.
At the same time, the Fed noted GDP growth is accelerating significantly after a sluggish first quarter. "The information reviewed for the June 14–15 meeting indicated that the pace of improvement in labor market conditions slowed in April and May but that real gross domestic product (GDP) appeared to be rising faster than in the first quarter," the FOMC said in its meeting.
The Fed failed to explain the disconnect between labor markets and broad GDP growth, but emphasized that it will not be looking at a rate hike until the market has improved.
Most crucially for the Fed, several labor data points suggest that workers' bargaining power in the labor market has declined as employers fail to hire more aggressively and provide better working conditions for Americans. "Over the first two months of the second quarter, both the labor force participation rate and the employment-to-population ratio moved down on net.
The share of workers employed part time for economic reasons rose noticeably in May. Although the rate of private-sector job openings remained elevated, the rate of hires declined in both March and April and the rate of quits was unchanged," the FOMC said.
A weak labor market has been the focus of several fringe economists. They argue that America's income inequality gap is creating an economy in which growth comes not as a rising tide for all Americans, but at the expense of workers who are increasingly squeezed by globalization, automation, and a fiscal policy that fails to distribute economic gains to displaced workers.


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BOSTON — On the way from my hotel to Fenway Park, you go right passed this fine little establishment, the Hotel Buckminster.
As a Chicagoan, I should've known the sigificance of this place (beyond the Pizzeria Uno located at the bottom, which is fitting, as it turns out), but it took Rangers beat writer T.R. Sullivan to remind me of its history. This is where, in 1919, the White Sox met and decided to throw the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
Down Huntington Ave., which isn't too far away from the Buckminster, is the spot where the first World Series was played in 1903. Now, though, a building stands on the spot with just a plaque to honor the site. One hundred and four years later, the World Series just might be back in Boston again.
I don't see this Indians-Red Sox series ending in a sweep like three of the four first-round matchups. I think this ALCS is going to go at least six games, and seven doesn't seem unlikely. Both clubs have solid lineups and good pitching staffs, led by Cy Young contenders. I like Cleveland's rotation over Boston's, but I like the BoSox bullpen better than the Tribe's.
It's a toss up, but since I originally posted somewhere on here that I think it's going to be a Cleveland-Colorado World Series, I'll stick to my guns. So, I pick the Indians to win in six. I think the Rox will win in five. We'll see what happens.
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Anyway, Diaz and some of the umps went in there and the Foley's owner presented them with a can of bug spray, honoring the Bug Game aka Game 2 of the ALDS in Cleveland. The umps autographed the can and it will be displayed in Foley's for good. That's quality.


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Kim Kardashian 'tests positive' for lupus
Kim Kardashian has tested positive for the autoimmune disease lupus following a preliminary examination.
On Sunday's season premiere of her family reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, the star was shown visiting the doctors as her wrists were aching, a pain she felt "in her bones".
Kim was left in tears when her doctor, Daniel Wallace, told her the bad news that she had tested positive for the disease, which affects the joints, skin and other organs.
"Your antibodies are positive for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis," Wallace told her, before adding the positive did not conclusively mean she had developed the disease, adding: "Sometimes you can get false positives in these screenings."
The reality star told her family she was "freaking out" over the diagnosis, which came before she and husband Kanye West became parents for the fourth time, to four-month-old Psalm, via a surrogate.
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With Edson Buddle handling the brunt of the scoring load for the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2010, it would seem as though "a second forward" would be emblazoned at the top of the team's offseason shopping list.
But according to head coach Bruce Arena, there is already a player on the roster who could slide into the position.
"Landon Donovan can play there as well," Arena told MLSsoccer.com on Monday. "We'll likely look to play Landon in that position next year."
Donovan was one of four Galaxy players on the MLS Best XI for 2010. With seven goals and 16 assists, his offensive contributions are as strong as ever, despite splitting nearly equal time at midfield and forward throughout the year. At times, he'd start in midfield and move to forward during the match; in other games, he'd play up top at the start.
But there is one caveat to a potential full-time move to forward for the US international, Arena said: "Landon needs to be more goal-dangerous next year if we decide to do that."
Buddle led the team in goals with 17. Together, Buddle and Donovan combined for 24 of the Galaxy's 42 goals. The club's third-leading scorer was veteran Jovan Kirovski, who had four goals on the season.
Just after the season ended, Donovan said that a second forward was one of the team's biggest needs.
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Goldendale Campout & Star Party, 5/30 - 6/1/14
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This year it will be the weekend of May 30 - June 1, a full week earlier than last year. We're gambling slightly worse odds on the weather in exchange for guarantied longer hours of darkness. As always, don't feel restricted to those three days. You'll be welcome to arrive earlier or stay later. The Honey Bucket should be delivered and snatched the Wednesdays before and after, unless the vendor has changed its schedule.
Directions to the Property
The two main routes to the property are (1) over Snoqualmie Pass then south; and (2) up the lazy River from the Portland area, then north. From Seattle/Tacoma, Snoqualmie is somewhat faster, assuming no problem with the road. On the other hand, if it's warm and dry then a guy going east along the Columbia will probably get a helpful push from strong tail winds. Take your pick, name your tune.
Also, those going from Seattle/Tacoma LP-opolis should note: It's my habit when going to G/dale from home to check for traffic snafus. I once avoided a 3 hour backup over Snoqualmie with a last-minute check.
First the Snoqualmie directions.
• From Snoqualmie go through Ellensburg, then south through Yakima on I-82, then watch for signs to Hwy. 97 South and to Goldendale. You can leave I-82 in two places: around Union Gap and a bit farther south, going through Toppenish. Follow Hwy. 97 south over Satus Pass.
• Turn right (west) as you get to G/dale, on to West Broadway St. ("SR 142" – and Dairy Queen on corner). In a few blocks notice a grocery store on your left, for future supplies. They have good seafood (oysters!) on Saturdays. Travel exactly one mile from the highway, then turn left on South COLUMBUS Ave.
• Travel south on South Columbus Ave. exactly .41 miles, then turn right on West Railroad St.
• *** Turn left at the stop sign after 1/4 mi. or so.
• You will soon come to a "Y". Stay to the Left; this is where your road becomes Horseshoe Bend Road.
• There are a couple more "Y"s in the road. Always stay on Horseshoe Bend Road, which will mean keeping Right at the "Y"s.
• Notice a prominent and lonely stand of trees ahead of you and on the left of the road. Just after you crest a hill, just past the trees, turn left onto Pinto Drive. The turn is .5 - .6 mi. after the intersection with Erickson Rd. As you go through the gate look to your right across the swale and you'll see camping activity, your destination. Pinto soon makes a 90* bend to the right and becomes Apaloosa Court. Just after the road crosses the drainage and starts up a hill, turn a hard right onto an "offroad" graded but unimproved drive, and follow it to the camping area.
And from the Portland area:
• Follow I-84 East from Portland, then go North on Hwy. 97 at the Biggs Junction, which is east of The Dalles. Follow signs to Goldendale.
• Turn left onto East Simcoe Drive as you approach Goldendale.
• Follow E. Simcoe Dr. to the T-intersection and turn right onto So. Columbus Ave.
• Go 4 or 5 blocks, passing a gas station on your right (usually cheapest gas in town,) then turn Left onto West Railroad St.
• Follow directions beginning at the *** above.
The coordinates (at mouth of Pinto Drive) are:
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There are a couple of motels in G/dale for non-campers. History indicates about a 50/50 ratio of astronomers to people just out to enjoy a camping weekend with friends. There's much to see & do in the area, as subsequent discussion in this thread may illuminate.
We'll be on the cusp of May changing to June. In May, Ave. Hi/Low temps are 75*/49*; in June they're 81*/55*. Record Hi/Lo in May are 99*/32*; in June they're 108*/41*. Average total precipitation for May is 1.0", with 23 sunny days; the June average is .83", with 26 sunny days. Please pack for cold nights. When we first did this several years ago it fell on the 1st or 2nd weekend in May; a friend's dog water dish froze all the way to the bottom and a couple of people shivered all night.
Pack for a significant wind chill if the wind decides to blow, and believe me, the wind can really whip up! Plan your tents/awnings setups to survive in and provide shelter from the wind. Pre-treat your dogs for ticks.
Shopping and water in Goldendale, 15 min. away.
Plan for a Potluck Saturday, and doubtless there will be other group dining.
There is no water at the property, so carry in your own water. Please plan to pitch in something for the Honey Bucket; $5/person would be about right. Please, no open fires or charcoal BBQ's (gas all right.) A neighbor sells what may be Washington's best eggs.
Non-astronomers will be warmly welcomed, but remember, the focus of nighttime activities will be astronomy. Please be prepared to use only red or red-covered lights, flashlights and headlamps after dark, inside and outside tents. Dark is the Night Queen. (If you don't have a red flashlight, pick up a roll of tail light repair tape at an auto parts store to cover your white light in several layers.)
If you plan to use a generator (other than wind or solar) please camp in the area near the observing pads 150 yd. away at the top of the hill.
I'd welcome posting of photos from prior events!
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And Saturn will be in the sky too...
Oh how interesting -- Memorial Day weekend is actually the previous weekend? I always thought Memorial Day was at the very end of May. But that's good -- less traffic to worry about. Maybe i'll just request the whole 4-day week off at work.
What are the bugs & mosquitoes like at that time of year?
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It'll be nice to see you, Cliff.
My oh my. This is becoming the Woodstock of astro get togethers.
Jackie, I'm appointing you Transport Czar, in charge of arranging chopper service for getting the bands in and out.
Thanks for the pix, Emery & Robert! It hadn't occurred to me to work around Memorial Day weekend, so I'm glad we're avoiding it, by good luck alone.
Flying pests are nearly non-existent. Ticks can be a problem, so if you walk through brush be sure to inspect your socks & under your pants legs.
What are the bugs & mosquitoes like at that time of year?
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Seriously, glad to have this on the calendar!
For those that don't want to camp, I've stayed twice at this hotel, about 15 min from the observing site. It's nice, super convenient with a Mini mart & McDonald's next door, but a little spendy.
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Steve, best arrange acoustic bands.
And I want to acknowledge a moral and inspirational life that ended yesterday at the age of 94: Pete Seeger's. Thanks for everything, Pete.
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Shots from June '13
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Tom, I'm delighted you'll be making it. You too, Stacy.
And thanks for the pix, guys!
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