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Toyota Park – Sept. 15, 2012
Chicago Fire Head Coach Frank Klopas
On the 3-1 victory over the Impact:
"It was a very important game and a good win for the team, epecially having the mid week game. I told the guys that it's good that we're playing and that we're in a rhythm, because we played a really good team. It was a good game for both sides. They (Impact) needed this, so this was a big win. Obviously in the first half they scored. They started off the game well, with that long ball, but our team responded well. We believed in ourselves, and we kept playing. We never really panicked. We scored some very good goals, and it was a very good win against a very good team. Now we have an opportunity to regroup, train, and get ready for another tough opponent next week at home.
On new additions to the team and their contributions tonight:
"When you bring new players in, you expect that they'll fit in, and for some guys that transition is faster than others. But now they've been in the team for quite a while. We do a lot of stuff in training so there's a good understanding with the players, but this is what I expect of them. I know they scored tonight, but they have a lot more to give. They'll get a lot better and keep improving as the games come. They're talented players, I expect better and bigger things from them.
On the mentality to the game:
"I don't think we came out flat. I think we had a good mentality to the game. Everyone was ready to go. Everyone knew we were playing against a really good team. We knew there was a lot left to play. They steped up the pressure as the game went on. We talked at halftime. We weren't able to play the first option, because the Impact were pressing higher. It's very difficult, but I think that there was a good belief. We never gave up. The mentality is very good with the group and now we keep going. We are not satisfied. We really haven't achieved anything. This was an important win for us at home.
On the effect of the crowd at Toyota Park:
"Great crowd. Were always excited to be here in front of our fans, and we have a week to prepare for a tough opponent. A lot can happen.
On the next few weeks:
"There's a lot of soccer left. We need to keep working. If we want to reach our goals andexpectations, we need to put the work into it. It gets harder and harder. It's easy to fall off, but to maintain, to keep going, you've got to push more.
On DiVaio:
"Di Vaio, for me, it's his movement off the ball. He is a very clever player. From a tactical standpoint, we brought Logan a little bit deeper because we didn't want Felipe finding those pockets between our backline. When Felipe gets the ball, he combines really well with DiVaio. They play a long ball, and Kamara heads the ball. I think that our shape in the back could be better and DiVaio scored. He is a great forward and scored a fantastic goal. That happens in a game, but it's only one play, and the game is not over. It's not the last mistake were going to make so the important thing to do is to learn from everything, and that's what the guys did.
On where the team is, compared to the last two seasons:
"The last two seasons, it happens with teams. They go through transition periods. Before that we had a team that was very competitive. We were in the conference finals, and we fell short. It becomes very difficult at times to keep some of those players around because of the salary cap. We went through this rebuilding period; and now we need to keep adding pieces.
On the players' goals for the team:
Obviously, were not where we want to be right now and we need to keep going. But if we reach the pretty high goals the players set for themselves, we'll be in the playoffs. But we're not there yet and they know that.
On Arne's neck:
"He wasn't comfortable. We took him off pretty early on because he was having pain in his ability to turn, and he couldn't go. It takes a lot for this guy to come off.
"We will evaluate tomorrow, but the good thing now is that we've got the whole week to get ready. I think he'll be ready. He's having some pain and some difficulty turning, but I think it's something we can take care of over the next week.
Patrick Nyarko, Chicago Fire Midfielder
On earning their 50th point:
"We set 60 points as a goal in pre-season, so we've got 10 more to go. With six more games to go and a potential 18 points we need 10 more – it's very possible and we're going to go for it. We just need to play smart because each game is intense, everyone has a playoff mentality. Every game is important and we need to grab points where ever we can."
On the team's success:
"The main goal is to make the playoffs, but if the top spot is in sight that's great, we want to host a conference final. It would give us a home field advantage, which we thrive on and would give us a better shot to play for a championship.
Last year L.A. won the Supporters' Shield with the same amount of points as we have right now, our success is becoming a reality. Over the course of the season guys are seeing what it takes to get that winning mentality. Last year it might have been difficult to come back from being goals down, we'd get our heads down. It's different this year; our confidence rises up, especially when we're down."
On the result:
"We showed a lot of character coming back from being down, especially with two games in a week – two huge victories in a
week. I think the team is learning what it takes, and it's very good we're hitting this form getting closer to the playoffs."
Alvaro Fernandez, Chicago Fire Midfielder
On how confidence building:
"I've always said that I've been comfortable from the moment I got here, but this was a very good moment for me tonight and I'm just happy that the club picked up three points."
On scoring two goals in two games:
"It was just circumstances of the match, sometimes you have chances to contribute and sometimes you don't. I was fortunate this time to be able to finish."
On communication with his teammates:
"I think as games go on communication has definitely improved. My teammates have gotten to know how I like to do things and I have gotten to know how they like to do things, so definitely as time goes on communication is something we've improved upon."
Alex, Chicago Fire Midfielder
On his confidence level with the team:
"I feel like I'm adapting more and that I should always be there to help the team and the goals will just come naturally."
On playing against Felipe:
"I played for one year in Switzerland with him and he came over here. He came to MLS first and I followed him, but we're pretty good friends so I was happy to be able to take the field against him."
Sherjill MacDonald Chicago Fire Forward:
On scoring a goal:
"The win is the most important thing tonight. I'm happy today because it was a good team win against a difficult opponent. When you are a striker who goes home with missed chances you go home with a bad feeling, but I said at halftime I was going to score and put a little pressure on myself, this is how I motivate myself. "
On connecting with his teammates:
"I think form the beginning I had a good connection with Chris [Rolfe]. Sometimes you try and press things to show your ability, but I spoke with the coach and he told me to relax and everything will come, and that gave me a little bit of confidence."
Montreal Impact Head Coach Jesse Marsch
On what happened to the team after the Fire scored the first goal:
"We wouldn't sustain it. They got themselves going after we scored, and we couldn't sustain ourselves. We went through a period in the first half and then we were on our heels, and we looked a little tired, and it winds up resulting [in a goal.] From the bench, we're just hoping we can hang on a little bit and survive the period. We don't, we give up a goal, but still the first half was a pretty even game. Second half we actually have a good start to the half, and we're doing fine. We're on top of them a lot, and we basically give away a goal. Then the game changes. We tried to make some changes to insert some attacking energy, and while we are doing that, we give up the third [goal.] It's frustrating because this was an important match for us. In the second half we feel like we gave it away."
On the frustration of the defensive mistakes leading to goals:
"Yes. All year long we've been trying to figure out how to eliminate the mistakes. And it's not easy, because they come from different areas, and they come in different ways. That part has let us down. That part has been, more often than not, has been the reason why we have lost games."
On the disappointment of Nesta's mental lapse that led to a goal:
"There's nothing much to say about that. In the first half, it was a good game. First half was a good game. It had good pace to it. That's what games are like when you come down the stretch. These are important games. In the beginning of the second half, it was good for us. We don't manage the lead. I do think there were some potential penalties in there that we don't get. But when you go on the road; and this has been the case for us all season. You feel like there has been little things that haven't gone our way. Felt like there could have been some penalties."
On whether he still believes the team can make the playoffs:
"Yes, listen, we're not out of it, we're still alive. Each time we drop a game it makes it that much more difficult. But mathematically, we are certainly still alive. We are going to continue to push this thing all the way. All the way."
On whether he feels the team has to win 4 games to qualify:
"Yes, probably. We've done it once this year, so we are going to have to do it again. It's a big challenge for us."
Montreal Impact Captain and Midfielder Davy Arnaud
On when the team lost control of the match:
"I think when they got the second goal. I thought up to that point we were pretty good. We were pushing the ball, and we created quite a few chances. We didn't give them a ton of clear cut chances. I think the second goal for them hurt us."
On not managing to keep a lead:
"It's disappointing because I felt like we did a good job getting leads and scoring goals on the road. It's not easy. We had another lead tonight. After we gave up the first one, okay, we come into the locker room even at halftime. I thought we started the second half fine and then they get the second goal. From that point, it becomes really tough for us after that."
On whether the second goal knocked the wind out of the team:
"I think it did a little bit. But having said that, we still kept pressing, we had some decent chances and then the third goal comes and obviously it's pretty much over at that point."
On the importance of tonight's game:
"We knew how important this game was for us tonight. I think that's the hardest thing to swallow. It was an extremely important game. And the end of the day, there's still twelve points on the board for us. If we can go out and get twelve points, which we've done, we've rolled out five games in a row this year already. I don't see any reason why this team isn't capable of going on and winning the last four games. It's all we can do and hope that it's going to be enough."
Montreal Impact Goalkeeper Troy Perkins
On needing every point from here on out:
"We needed those three points. It's not a good situation to be in. We still have to go in and fight. We have to take it one game at a time, and see who can do us some favors. "
On how the game changed out of the Impact's favor so quickly:
"I don't think we regrouped very well. Bad giveaway in the middle and we should have probably played back out the other side instead of playing it back in the middle at that point. It cost us. We have to say at that point, there's still close to 25 minutes left in the game, we have to say, fine, we're going to come back and get another one and be happy with that. We have to pick ourselves up better."
On the team's outlook with four games left:
"We will look to get three points at home and then we can reevaluate where everything is. And that's it."
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Alternate Names
Myocardial infarction - discharge; MI - discharge; Coronary event - discharge; Infarct - discharge
When You Were in the Hospital
You were in the hospital because you had a
What to Expect at Home
You may feel sad. You may feel anxious and as though you have to be very careful about what you do. All of these feelings are normal. They go away for most people after 2 or 3 weeks. You may also feel tired when you leave the hospital to go home.
You should know the signs and symptoms of angina.
- You may feel pressure, squeezing, burning, or tightness in your chest. You may also notice these symptoms in your arms, shoulders, neck, jaw, throat, or back.
- Women may feel discomfort in their back, shoulders, and stomach area.
- You may have indigestion or feel sick to your stomach.
- You may feel tired and be short of breath, sweaty, lightheaded, or weak.
- You may have
anginaduring physical activity, such as climbing stairs or walking uphill, lifting, sexual activity, or when you are out in cold weather. It can also happen when you are resting or wake you up when you are sleeping.
Take it easy for the first 4- 6 weeks.
- Avoid heavy lifting. Get some help with household chores if you can.
- Take 30- 60 minutes to rest in the afternoon for first 4- 6 weeks. Try to go to bed early and get plenty of sleep.
- Before
starting to exercise, your doctor will do an exercise test and recommend an exercise plan. This may happen before you leave the hospital or soon afterward. Do not change your exercise plan before talking with your health care provider.
You should be able to talk comfortably when you are doing any activity -- such as walking, setting the table, and doing laundry. If you cannot, stop the activity.Ask your doctor about when you can return to work. Expect to be away from work for at least 4- 6 weeks.
Your doctor may refer you to cardiac rehabilitation program. There, you will learn how to slowly increase your exercise and how to take care of your heart disease.
Wait at least 2 weeks before sexual activity. Ask your doctor when it is okay to start again. Do not take Viagra, Levitra, Cialis or any herbal remedy for erection problems without checking with your doctor first.
How long you will have to wait to return to your normal activities will depend on:
- Your physical condition before your heart attack
- The size of your heart attack
- If you had complications
- The overall speed of your recovery
Diet and LifestyleDo not drink any alcohol for at least 2 weeks. Ask your doctor when you may start. Limit how much you drink. Women should have only 1 drink a day, and men should have no more than 2 a day. Try to drink alcohol only when you are eating.
If you smoke, stop. Ask your doctor for help quitting if you need it. Do not let anybody smoke in your home, since second-hand smoke can harm you. Try to stay away from things that are stressful for you. If you are feeling stressed all the time, or if you are feeling very sad, talk with your doctor or nurse. They can refer you to a counselor.
Learn more about what you should eat to make your heart and blood vessels healthier.
- Avoid
- Stay away from
fast foodrestaurants.
Taking Your Heart Medicines
Have your drug prescriptions filled before you go home. It is very important that you take your drugs the way your doctor or nurse told you to. Do not take any other drugs or herbal supplements without asking your doctor first if they are safe for you.
Take your drugs with water. Do NOT take them with grapefruit juice, since it may change how your body absorbs certain medicines. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information about this.
The drugs below are given to most people after they have had a heart attack. Sometimes there is a reason they may not be safe to take, though. These drugs help prevent another heart attack. Talk with your doctor or nurse if you are not already on any of these drugs:
- Antiplatelets drugs (blood thinners), such as
aspirin, clopidogrel(Plavix), warfarin(Coumadin), prasugrel (Efient), or ticagrelor (Brilinta)
- to help keep your blood from clotting
- Beta-blockers and
ACE inhibitormedicines to help protect your heart Statins or other drugs to lower your cholesterol
Do NOT suddenly stop taking these drugs for your heart. Do NOT stop taking drugs for your diabetes, high blood pressure, or any other medical conditions you may have without talking with your doctor first.
If you are taking a blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin), you may need to have extra blood tests on a regular basis to make sure your dose is correct.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor if you feel:
- Pain, pressure, tightness, or heaviness in your chest, arm, neck, or jaw
- Shortness of breath
- Gas pains or indigestion
- Numbness in your arms
- Sweaty, or if you lose color
- Lightheaded
Changes in your angina may mean your heart disease is getting worse. Call your doctor if your angina:
- Becomes stronger
- Happens more often
- Lasts longer
- Occurs when you are not active or when you are resting
- Medicines do not help ease your symptoms as well as they used to
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Colonel David Michael ''Mike" Hume Sibbald, 78, of Dover, Delaware, "flew west" on November 6, 2012. His wife was by his side. Colonel Sibbald was born on October 4, 1934 in Peebles, Scotland to James Hume Sibbald and Ella Mercer Sibbald, of
Innerleithen, Scotland. He completed grade school and high school in Scotland. He immigrated to the United States in October 1953.
Colonel David Michael ''Mike"Hume Sibbald, 78, of Dover, Delaware, "flew west" on November 6, 2012. His wife was by his side. Colonel Sibbald was born on October 4, 1934 in Peebles, Scotland to James Hume Sibbald and Ella Mercer Sibbald, of
Innerleithen, Scotland. He completed grade school and high school in Scotland. He immigrated to the United States in October 1953.
In July 1955 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at Samson Air Force Base, New York. Upon completion of Basic Training he was assigned to Amarillo A.F.B.Texas, as a training instructor in the Military Retraining Squadron. Colonel Sibbald became a Naturalized Citizen of the United States in 1958. In June 1959 he was assigned to the Air Force Officer Candidate School at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Upon graduation from Officer Candidate School as a Distinguished Graduate he was awarded a regular commission as a second lieutenant.
His next assignment was at Bartow Air Base, Florida as a student pilot. Mike completed pilot training in Big Spring, Texas. In July 1961 he went to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma for C 124 Globemaster training. Colonel Sibbald was assigned to the 15th Air Transport Squadron, 1607th Air Transport Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware. He participated in routine and significant air transport operations including the Cold War Airlift, African Republic of Congo Airlift and the worldwide tour of Astronaut John Glenn's Friendship Seven spacecraft. He was the first pilot to become an aircraft commander of the C 124 Globemaster with less than 2,000 flying hours.
As a prolific writer, he submitted several safety articles to the MAC Flyer Magazine. In January 1966 he transferred to Scott Air Force Base, Illinois as Editor of the MAC Flyer. In July 1967 Colonel Sibbald resigned from active duty with the Air Force and joined Trans World Airlines as a flight crew member. In 1968 He joined the Delaware Air National Guard in New Castle, Delaware and continued contributing articles to the MAC Flyer. In 1975 he won First Place in the MAC Flyer Safety Contest and joined the 512th Military Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base.
In 1982 as a Lt/Colonel and an aircraft commander in the C5 B he was assigned Commander of the 326th Airlift Squadron. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel and served as the Vice Commander of the 512th Military Airlift Wing. He retired from the Air Force Reserve in 1988. In 1992 Colonel Sibbald retired as a Captain at Trans World Airlines. He accumulated over 20,000 flying hours during his career with the Air Force and Trans World Airlines.
Colonel Sibbald earned a Bachelors Degree from Edison State College and completed numerous Air Force schools and courses. He continued his aviation career as an instructor at Flight Safety in Wilmington, Delaware.
For several years Colonel Sibbald volunteered at the Retiree Office at Dover Air Force Base. Colonel Sibbald was a proud member of the American Legion Post One, Paris, France for 28 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents Mr. and Mrs. James H. Sibbald, his sister Isabel Minkiewicz and his grandson Michael Sibbald Williamson.
He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Janice Elaine Sibbald; daughters Deborah S. Crothers (Richard), Kate S. Kelly (Mark) and Lindy A. Wydeven (Terry); granddaughters Heather and Kimberly Kelly; grandsons Christopher J. Williamson (Lisa), Christian and Noah Wydeven; brother George Sibbald (Julie) and sister Margaret Heath (Tom); along with nieces and nephews and "adopted" daughters Sheryl M. Long and Holly L. Setzler.
Family will receive friends for visitation from 6-8 pm Monday, November 12, 2012 in the Pippin Funeral Home, 119 W. Camden-Wyoming Ave., Wyoming.
Funeral services will be held 12 noon Tuesday, November 13, 2012 in the Carpenter Chapel, DAFB Housing Side, Dover. Burial will follow in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Millsboro.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the Air Mobility Command Museum, DAFB, The Pat Summitt Foundation (Alzheimers) or a charity of your choice.
Letters of condolences can be sent via www.pippinfuneralhome.com.


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Spink Award celebrates Elliott's writing prowess
Elliott, with more than three decades of inside info and incisive copy to his credit, is the first Canadian writer to be honored at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and he said Saturday that the game has given him so much more than he could ever hope to give back in this lifetime.
"Right now, my heart is coming out of my chest," he said during his acceptance speech. "My job has been like winning the lottery. I could not play baseball. I did lead my high school in 'Does not apply himself' comments. I did not go to university, but I was fortunate to grow up in a sporting family."
Indeed, Elliott's grandfather is Chaucer Elliott, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, giving him an insider's perspective from the first days of his life. And Elliott, who has worked for the Toronto Sun since 1987, found a way to turn his initial privilege into a career based on earning people's trust.
Elliott is famous in Toronto for often disappearing during the first few innings of a game to contact his sources, and he's equally famous for filling his daily reports with exclusive information. But he wasn't always that keyed in, and he said his teachers would be shocked to learn of his success.
Elliott, in fact, recalled one teacher in particular -- a guidance counselor named Mr. Newman -- who tried to discourage the young man from pursuing his nascent dreams of becoming a writer.
"I said that I'd like to work at a newspaper. He's laughing, and he's looking at my marks," said Elliott, recalling an incident that took place more than four decades ago. "He said, 'You got a 61 in English composition and you got a 63 in English. You've got no chance.' I said, 'Sir, I've been working there for three years on weekends,' but he said, 'You can never work there full time.
"He said, 'Maybe you can get a job at the Napanee Beaver.' That's a bi-weekly [newspaper]. It's where Avril Lavigne is from, and it's like 20 miles away [from where I lived]. He would be shocked today. I went back to the reunion after 20 years, but I couldn't find him. Not that I was looking for him."
That story -- self-deprecating and vindictive -- is vintage Elliott, who delivers most of his asides in a laconic growl. Elliott even teased a few of his celebrated peers Saturday, taking shots at MLB.com's Marty Noble and Baseball America's Tracy Ringolsby during his question-and-answer session.
But his most interesting comments were reserved for what it meant to be a Canadian receiving one of the highest honors in America's National Pastime. Elliott, a long-time booster of Canadian baseball, said he finally realized the impact of his achievement from his nation's reaction to it.
Just a few days ago, Elliott received an e-mail from broadcast journalist Peter Mansbridge, whom he described as "Canada's Tom Brokaw." And months before that, he received a call from an even more prestigious man, validating a joke made by peer Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
"I can remember at our meeting in Dallas, my phone went off and Marc Topkin yelled, 'It's the Prime Minister.' Everybody laughed," said Elliott. "A month later, I got a phone call. 'Yes, this is the Prime Minister's office. Could you please come down to the Royal York on Friday at 4:20?' I said, 'Who is this?' But I continued to talk to them, deduced that it wasn't a gag. And I was there at 3:30."
Elliott, a man and a symbol of national pride, is an unabashed patriot who wrote The Northern Game: Baseball The Canadian Way and has helped develop a website -- Canadian Baseball Network -- devoted to tracking the achievements of his baseball-playing countrymen.
But perhaps more importantly, he's been both an active inspiration and a guiding force in the lives of countless Canadian sportswriters who have sought his tutelage. Elliott has done things in his own iconoclastic way, but at root, he identifies as a Canadian and as a stranger in a strange land.
"I think as a nation we're as patriotic as you guys are, but we don't show it," said Elliott of his homeland. "Lester Pearson, the prime minister, used to say we had this inferiority complex. If you look at us too long, we get worried. And if you don't look at us enough, we get even more worried."
Now, Elliott is the heir to a legacy epitomized by the brilliance of Grantland Rice, Ring Lardner and Red Smith, fitting for a man who has done virtually everything in the game. Elliott began at the Ottawa Journal in the late '70s and he's thrived in this industry during changing times and changing expectations.
The veteran said that Andre Dawson and Robby Alomar were the best players he covered on a daily basis, and he used part of his speech to stump for a few players he deemed underrated.
Elliott lauded Jack Morris, Tim Raines and Larry Walker as deserving of enshrinement, and he said that the most memorable moment of his career was watching a team of unheralded Canadians defeat an especially star-studded edition of Team USA in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
And that's all the icing on the cake of a career that almost never happened. Elliott said his mother was aghast when he first considered a full-time journalism career, but his father intervened.
"I had to meet two conditions: Graduate and never become like that writer who kept Ted Williams off his MVP ballot," he said of earning his father's acceptance. "The Expos had not even been born [and] the Blue Jays were not even a gleam in Paul Beeston's eye. No problem."
The 63-year-old -- a native of Kingston, Ontario, Canada's first capital -- began his acceptance speech in French on Saturday, and he said that this experience has brought his life full circle. Elliott can recall writing players and asking for autographs, and fellow 2012 inductee Ron Santo once replied.
Fast forward a few decades, and Elliott is still checking the mail and finding good news. The mustachioed veteran said Saturday that he has received congratulatory letters from iconic baseball men like Johnny Bench and Tommy Lasorda, a fate he never could have anticipated as a youngster.
It's all part of the Canadian dream for Elliott, but he's happy to share it with America. Elliott's big moment came Saturday, but the Hall will reconvene Sunday to induct Santo and Barry Larkin. Live coverage of the induction ceremonies on MLB Network and simulcast on MLB.com begin at 12:30 p.m. ET.
"I am a proud Canadian, but the thing is that my grandmother is from Madison, Wisconsin. I've never been to Madison," said Elliott. "But I've added up the days I've spent in America. I've now been in the U.S. for 8.5 years. If I'm here for another 34 years covering the game, then I can vote."


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- Why did you decide to come to Alliant?My field of study is strategy. Igor Ansoff, who is considered as the 'Father of Strategic Management' and coined the very term 'strategic management', taught at Alliant for 17 years, precisely on the San Diego campus. It was very inspiring for me to study in this environment, so I chose Alliant.
- What have you been up to during your time here at Alliant? What have you accomplished? I have learned a lot about the American culture and other cultures. I have also discovered the American education system, which is quite different to the UK/British system that I was used to. I am passionate about my studies, so I became Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) Club president. I organize events for business students to share ideas, stresses and exchange friendship. I am also president of the new International Businesswomen's Club. Our plan is to invite local businesswomen to join, once we have set the right bases. The plan is to even go international. Furthermore, I am public relations officer of the International Student Association. One of the highlights of my role has been organizing a parade of nations on United Nations Day, which is something I definitely want to replicate in my country. I volunteer on the IVAT [Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma] team, working on a national campaign to eliminate child abuse in the U.S. by 2015. In the spring, I taught a statistics class to my fellow students. Last but not least, I discovered the virtues of yoga on campus and it's a discipline I now practice regularly.
- Can you tell us something unique about yourself or something that you are especially proud of?I am an engineer who took on an accounting career and qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant. I worked for one of the Big4 accounting firms worldwide and am now a Fulbright Scholar studying towards my doctorate degree in strategic management.I think that believing in oneself is the best way to go forward and no mountain is too high to climb. I've visited four continents.
- In your opinion, what does Alliant do right? What could it do better?Alliant is committed to being multi-cultural and diverse and that is one of its many strengths. I believe that it should continue to grow and establish its name and reputation as one of the best schools of the country.
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Perez puts Rangers back in driver's seat
OAKLAND -- On a cool Bay Area evening in the heat of a tightly contested division race, rookie left-hander Martin Perez pitched the Rangers back into first place.
On a pitching staff that has allowed five runs or fewer in 31 straight games -- the longest such streak in the American League since 1972 -- Perez continues to show tremendous poise, especially in a game the Rangers really needed to win.View Full Game Coverage
OAKLAND -- On a cool Bay Area evening in the heat of a tightly contested division race, rookie left-hander Martin Perez pitched the Rangers back into first place.
On a pitching staff that has allowed five runs or fewer in 31 straight games -- the longest such streak in the American League since 1972 -- Perez continues to show tremendous poise, especially in a game the Rangers really needed to win.View Full Game Coverage
Perez allowed one run in seven innings and the Rangers regained sole possession of first place in the American League West with a 5-1 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night at the O.co Coliseum. Perez beat Athletics ace Bartolo Colon, and the Rangers have a one-game lead over the Athletics with 24 left to play.
"He's a pitcher," manager Ron Washington said. "He's certainly showing he can pitch. He kept it down in the zone, moved the ball around. ... The thing I liked is I looked up and he's in the seventh inning with 70-something pitches. He's growing up in front of our eyes. He realizes he can pitch up here, and he's going out and pitching."
The Rangers are now 22-9 in this 31 game stretch of consistent pitching with an overall ERA of 2.99. But nobody on the staff has been better lately than Perez, who is 6-0 with a 2.54 ERA in his last six starts and 9-3 with a 3.41 ERA on the season. He is the first Rangers pitcher to win six straight starts since Kenny Rogers won eight straight in 2005.
"I'm just throwing strikes," Perez said. "I don't have any pressure and I don't have much experience, but I have a lot of veterans here helping me and that's good. I'm just throwing strikes and attacking the zone."
The Rangers, trailing 1-0 in the first inning, had to overcome some early offensive frustrations and they were still just 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position. But a big defensive play by Jurickson Profar shifted the momentum in the third inning and so did a game-tying home run by Mitch Moreland in the fourth. The Rangers then took advantage of Colon's inability to field his position to manufacture three runs in the fifth and take the lead for good.
Perez did the rest.
"He's pitching with a lot more confidence," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "He's got quite a run going as far as how their team's playing behind him. I would say he's probably one of their better starters at this point. He was a pretty heralded guy as far as prospects go. More of a spot starter in relief last year and this year he's settled into a starting role and doing pretty well right now."
The Athletics took a 1-0 lead in the first as Coco Crisp doubled and came home on fly balls by Josh Donaldson and Jed Lowrie. They had another opportunity in the third after Donaldson doubled with one out. After Lowrie flied to right, Yoenis Cespedes hit a grounder to the left-side hole.
Shortstop Profar made a diving stop and had no play at first. But Donaldson rounded too far off third and just kept running for home. Profar's throw was weak but in time, as catcher A.J. Pierzynski held on to the ball while Donaldson crashed into him.
"I saw him catch it, but I once I hit third I started breaking it down a little bit," Donaldson said. "And then for some reason I thought I heard go. I know it wasn't [third-base coach Mike] Gallego because once I took two steps he was sayingm 'Stay here. Stay here,' and it just kind of ended up being a really bad play for us and for myself."
"It was a great play by Profar just to get to the ball," Pierzynski said. "I wish he would have gotten it to me sooner. I know their third-base coach was trying to stop him. It looked like that play gave us some energy."
The play did seem to wake up the Rangers. So did Moreland's fifth home run at the Coliseum this season, the most a visiting player has hit at the ballpark since 1968.
After Perez kept the momentum by retiring the Athletics in order in the bottom of the inning on just nine pitches, the Rangers took charge in the fifth. David Murphy flied out before Craig Gentry hit a one-hop grounder back to the mound that clanked off Colon's glove for an error. Gentry was safe at first and then came around to score the go-ahead run as Profar doubled off the right-field wall.
"I pitched the ball well," Colon said. "The one play that made the difference was the ball they hit to me that I dropped."
Ian Kinsler followed with a hard grounder back to the mound that deflected off Colon's bare hand. This one went for an infield single, putting runners at the corners until Kinsler stole second with Adrian Beltre at the plate. Beltre brought home Profar with a ground out and Pierzynski's broken bat single to center made it 4-1. Alex Rios added an eighth-inning home run for good measure.
"We didn't need any dramatic hits," Washington said. "Just put the ball in play and good things will happen."
Especially when their rookie left-hander is dealing again.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.


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The 800-pound gorilla of the solar system huddles close to the Moon before dawn tomorrow. It looks like a brilliant star a little to the Moon's lower right.
Jupiter is the solar system's largest planet. It's more massive than all the other planets and moons combined.
Because of its great mass, Jupiter has a strong gravitational field. And that gives it a strong influence over the rest of the solar system.
As the planets were taking shape, Jupiter hurled many of the building blocks for planets completely out of the solar system. That pushed Jupiter itself a little closer to the Sun.
Jupiter also swept up many of those building blocks. That not only made Jupiter itself bigger, it also protected Earth and the other planets from impacts by many of the giant balls of ice and rock. In fact, Jupiter still performs that role today. Over the last couple of decades, it's pulled apart at least a couple of comets and been hit by their remains.
And Jupiter's gravity kept a belt of debris that was closer to the Sun from coalescing to form another planet. Today, that debris forms the asteroid belt -- a broad ring between Jupiter and Mars.
Jupiter's gravity also herded a few asteroids into two clumps -- one that leads Jupiter around the Sun, and another that follows.
So as you watch Jupiter tomorrow, keep in mind that it's the big guy on the block -- a world that helps keep the rest of the solar system in line.
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Wednesday nightNeven Subotic has lavished praise on the coaching methods of Jurgen Klopp following Borussia Dortmund's 4-1 Champions League semi-final victory over Real Madrid, suggesting the coach speaks "the word of God".
The recently-dethroned Bundesliga champions reigned supreme at Signal Iduna Park on Wednesday - headed by the exploits of four-goal hero Robert Lewandowski - but the Serbian defender believes their boss was ultimately the catalyst behind the triumph.
"He has a game plan and it works. We're all behind his game plan. Whatever he says is God's word and we believe in him and he believes in us," the defender told Sky Sports.
"That's how this team was formed and that's how this team has become successful."
Subotic then commended his team-mates for showing great willingness to win back possession and putting the Blancos under constant siege, but accused clubs in La Liga of showing too much respect to their European opponents.
"Our fighting [was our biggest strength]. The second balls were decisive. As soon as we lost the ball, we got it back I think [Madrid] are not used to that in the Spanish league," the ex-Mainz man added.
"They are shown so much respect and get as much time as they want. But today, we just limited their time. We were superb and I don't think that anybody really expected it to be the way it was.
"I think we dominated and played the way we wanted. Madrid also had a good game but we didn't let them get to our goal.
"I think they were definitely planning on making more chances up top, but for a long period of time, the game was dominated by us."
The 24-year-old also urged Dortmund to approach the return fixture in the Spanish capital with caution and refused to comment on Bayern Munich's similar success over Barcelona in the other Champions League semi-final.
"We're professionals, it's half-time [in the tie] right now, we can lose everyhing in the second leg, so we have to stay focused," Subotic explained.
"Also with the result today - and with the way we played - I'm confident that if we play the same way again in Madrid, we're going to get a draw and progress to the finals.
"We didn't get anything from [Bayern's performance against Barca] . They could have lost 4-0, I think it was 4-0, right?, and it wouldn't have changed anything for us."


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Apoptosis/Cell Death, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Diabetes, Fibrosis, Genomics, Growth Factors and Receptors, Kidney, Knockout Mice, Signal Transduction
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MD, Friedrich-Alexander Universitat School of Medicine, Erlangen-Nurember
Early pathomechanisms in diabetic nephropathy and non-diabetic kidney diseases
Millions of Americans are affected with chronic diabetic and non-diabetic kidney diseases that cause kidney failure (end stage renal disease). When kidneys fail, the average life expectancy is just over two years and survival depends on costly and disabling dialysis or transplantation treatments.
State-of-the-art genomics and bioinformatics approaches are used to discover and characterize new molecular targets and pathways associated with apoptosis, transdifferentiation, and fibrogenesis in specialized renal cells exposed to diabetic and other stresses. TGF-beta signaling pathways and targets are a major theme because TGF-beta is a key mediator of these processes.
Model systems used include renal cell culture and mouse models of diabetic and non-diabetic progressive renal disease. A new genomic medicine program aims at identification and validation of molecular biomarkers that predict progressive kidney disease in humans.
Wang W, Wyckoff JB, Frohlich VC, Oleynikov Y, Huttelmaier S, Zavadil J, Cermak L, Bottinger EP, Singer RH, White J, Segall J, Condeelis JS. Single cell behavior in metastatic primary mammary tumors correlated with gene expression patterns revealed by molecular profiling. Cancer Res 2002; 62: 6278-6288.
Yang YC, Piek E, Zavadil J, Xie D, Liang D, Heyer J, Pavlidis P, Kucherlapati R, Roberts AB, Bottinger EP. Hierarchical Model of Gene Regulation by TGF-B. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003; 100(18): 10269-10274.
Nicolaou F, Teodoridis JM, Park H, Georgakis A, Farokhzad OC, Bottinger EP, Da Silva N, Rousselot P, Chomienne C, Ferenczi K, Arnaout MA, Shelley CS. CDllc gene expression in hairy cell leukemia is dependent upon activation of the proto-oncogenes ras andjunD. Blood 2003 May 15; 101(10): 4033-4041.
Wang W, Wyckoff JB, Wang Y, Bottinger EP, Segall JE, Condeelis JS. Gene expression analysis on small numbers of invasive cells collected by chemotaxis from primary mammary tumors of the mouse. BMC Biotechnol 2003 Aug 12; 3(1): 13.
Liu X, Wen FQ, Kobayashi T, Abe S, Fang Q, Piek E, Bottinger EP, Roberts AB, Rennard SI. Smad3 mediates the TGF-beta-induced contraction of type I collagen gels by mouse embryo ibroblasts. Cell Motil Cvtoskeleton 2003 Mar; 54(3): 248-253.
Yoo J, Ghiassi M, Jirmanova L, Balliet AG, Hoffman B, Fomace Jr AJ, Liebermann DA, Bottinger EP, Roberts AB. TGF-beta-induced apoptosis is mediated by Smad-dependent expression of GADD45B through p38 activation. J Biol Chem 2003 Oct 31; 278: 43001-43007.
Goswami S, Sheets NL, Zavadil J, Chauhan BK, Bottinger EP, Reddy VN, Kantorow M, Cvekl A. The spectrum and range of oxidative stress responses of human lens epithelial cells to H202 insult: a cDNA microarray study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003; 44(5): 2084-2093.
Susztak K, Bottinger EP, Novetsky A, Liang D, Zhu Y, Ciccone E, Wu D, McCue P, Sharma K. Molecular Profiling of Diabetic Mouse Kidneys Reveals Novel Genes Linked toGlomerular Disease. Diabetes 2004; 53(3): 784-794.
Petkov PM, Zavadil J, Goetz D, Chu T, Carver R, Rogler CE, Bottinger EP, Shafritz DA, Dabeva MD. Gene expression pattern in hepatic stem/progenitor cells during rat fetal development using cDNA microarrays. Hepatology 2004 Mar; 39(3): 617-627.
Zavadil J, Cermak L, Soto-Nieves N, Bottinger EP. TGF-B /Smad3 co-activate HEY1 and Jagged 1/Notch 1 in Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition. EMBO J 2004 Mar 10; 23(5): 1155-1165.
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Google Stops Scanning Student Gmail Accounts for Ads
Google said Wednesday that it stopped scanning student Gmail accounts for advertising purposes after the practice was scrutinized during a recent court case.
Google Apps for Education, a free service used by more than 30 million students, teachers and administrators, offers Gmail email accounts, as well as calendars, cloud storage and document creation.
Google didn't place ads inside the apps, which it offered to educational institutions since 2006. However, the company continued to scan the contents of students' Gmail accounts., gathering information that could potentially have been used to target ads to those students elsewhere online. Google said it never used the information to target ads anywhere.
Google's move marked the second time in as many weeks that privacy concerns prompted changes at a maker of education software. InBloom, a nonprofit that managed and stored data about school students, said last week it was shutting down over concerns about the way it collected and shared data. InBloom was partly financed by Microsoft co-Founder Bill Gates' charity the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Students and other Gmail users sued Google last year in California, claiming the email scanning violated wiretap laws.
During the litigation, Google said that it scanned emails sent and received by students who attend schools that use Apps for Education. Education Week magazine reportedthat such activity may violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a law that protects educational records. Google said it complied with the law.
Bram Bout, director of Google for Education, said the company will no longer scan Gmail in Apps for Education, and won't collect or use student data from Apps for Education for advertising purposes.
Google is making similar changes to its Apps services for businesses and government users, Bout said.
Google competes against Microsoft and others in the $8 billion market for software for elementary and secondary schools, according to the Software & Information Industry Association.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb track and field squads concluded the final day of competition at TSU's Boston Moon Classic and Tennessee's Sea Ray Relays with mixed results.
"It was a mixed day really," said Bill Taylor, director of track and field. "Some really good and some not so good."
Highlighting the positive results from the day was the addition of two more NCAA Division I preliminary round qualifiers for Lipscomb.
"Tucker Peabody's 20.76 in the 200 meters and Gemikal Prude's 7-foot, 3-inch leap in the high jump should easily qualify," Taylor said. "That likely means we have four who will get in so far, which is a Lipscomb best."
School records continue to fall after the track and field team officially added two more records to the books.
"Two more school records were set," Taylor said. "Gemikal's high jump and the men's distance medley relay of Christian Freeman, Colin Dempster, Andrew Bosket, and Juan Gonzalez took more than 28 seconds off the previous school record. We like to break records!"
The previous record was set in 2009 with a time of 10:28.17. The DMR team broke this record Saturday after finishing the event in 9:59.85.
The Bisons posted several event wins at TSU including Kaitlyn Collier who placed first in the javelin throw (33.79 meters) and Alex Tate who blasted the competition in the 800 meters (2:20.41).
Del McSpadden finished second in the shot put with a throw of 10.74 meters while April Terry placed second in the women's shot put with a launch of 13.19 meters.
"We also struggled in some areas, some surprising areas," Taylor said. "So we have some work to do still. I am really hopeful that those athletes will get things figured out very soon."
The women's team, notorious for their work in the 3000-meter steeplechase, struggled to pick up a victory in the event at the Tennessee Relays.
Madi Talbert placed third in the race in 10:38.66 while Kaitlyn Llewellyn finished in 11:20.45 and Tessa Hoefle crossed the line in 11:24.96.
The groups will be divided again Thursday through Saturday as they travel to the Mt. Sac Relays in California and the Kentucky Relays in Lexington.


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"There are the ones that value technology and see it as a strategic advantage in their environment, and they'll invest heavily in it. There are the ones that know they need it and they're willing to invest where they need to," says Rick Norberg, president of Atrion Networking SMB, an IT service provider. "And then there are the ones that just see it as the cost of doing business. And those are the ones that tend to be unprotected, unmanaged and dedicate inadequate staff resources in order to plan through security."
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Build Backward from Mandates
According to Norberg, before designing your network it's important to take a step back and think about a couple of critical variables, including:
- What vertical you operate in;
- What compliance mandates you answer to;
- Where you want technology to take the company in the next three years.
Then design back from there, he suggests. When taken into consideration early in the design process, these elements should have significant bearing on the choices you make in infrastructure and deployment options.
"Sometimes, people will just buy cheap switches, network gear, firewalls and things like that because they're inexpensive. And they throw them in," says Norberg. "Then when they have a breach, they realize they just paid a zillion dollars to the government or to a credit card company or something like that in order to remediate it. And then they have to go buy the more expensive gear anyway. Taking an 'it can't happen to me' approach is probably not the best way to design a system."
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One of the biggest weaknesses of many organizations is the lack of visibility into where exactly important data sits on the network.
Scott Laliberte, managing director at global business consulting and auditing firm Protiviti, says, "Among the things that clients we are working with are spending more time on is not only data leakage prevention--making sure it doesn't go out on the front end--but also what I call 'data discovery,' which is being more confident and clear on where the data for sensitive information really does reside and then organizing it in such a way that you can manage it in a segmented way."
According to a Protiviti survey earlier this year, organizations still struggle with data discovery and classification--just 50% of respondents said they have a specific plan in place to categorize data. And according to Laliberte, when he engages with clients to do data discovery on their network for the first time, surprises are common.
"In almost every instance there is a surprise found by the client as to where some of the sensitive data is," he says.
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