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BUSAN, South Korea -- Hong Kong-based Edko Films and Irresistible Films unveiled two action projects at the Asian Film Market, Nightfall and Cold War, produced by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon producer Bill Kong.
Starring award-winning actors Nick Cheung and Simon Yam as an ex-con and a detective, respectively, on the trail of a brutal murder, the $7 million Nightfall is the second collaboration of the helmer-writer team Roy Chow and Christine To (Murderer). Now in post-production, the film is scheduled for March 2012.
Cold War, a $9 million police action drama with an undisclosed cast is produced by Kong, Matthew Tang, and Ivy Ho. Set amidst a hostage crisis, the story sees the Hong Kong police force's efforts in stopping a dangerous group of hijackers. Filming will commence later this month.
"Even though the plots are very different, the chase and action aspects of both films are sure to leave audiences breathless. We want to bring the focus back to Hong Kong cinema and to the quintessential elements that people love most," Kong said.
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Tonight's feature: Gravity (poster by Tom Muller)
There is nothing I want on this earth - not love, or sex, or money, not a family, or fulfilling work, or validation, not the voice of God, or the early light in the spring, or the blue dark in the winter - more than I want to go into space. To be an astronaut. In space. SPACE. And there is nothing that fills me with more terror than the worst case scenario of this, my greatest desire: to be lost in space. To be set adrift in the vast and endless cold and emptiness, rapidly losing sight of earth and everything you've ever known, finally suffocating in your pressure-sealed suit, your distance from another human being too obscene to measure.
Read Ray Bradbury's "Kaleidoscope." Maybe cry at that (and let it burrow into you), maybe cry for a significant portion of these 91 minutes. Maybe think about the very small number of people who have walked in space, about Ed White, the first American to do so, who had to be coaxed, ordered, back into the ship and, upon finally relenting, said, "This is the saddest moment of my life."
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on Jan 9, 2014 at 9:12 am
Kind of old news Sandy. Everyone else carried this story three weeks ago on Dec 20th, with a bit more info.
on Jan 9, 2014 at 9:41 am
It ran in an earlier issue of the Almanac's print edition.
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Posted on October 19th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
Kidney transplant surgery was performed Wednesday at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale on Kellie Boff and Mike Newman. Both are doing well. Boff, 43, donated a kidney to Newman, 57. Newman, a retired sergeant, was one of the Bullhead City Police Department's founding members. Prior to receiving his new kidney, he was in the renal failure end stage for both kidneys.
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Posted on October 19th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
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CNN by Amanda Gardner
Posted on October 18th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
Researchers have devised a tool to accurately assess the extent of symptoms in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). The MPN Symptom Assessment Form total symptom score (MPN-SAF TSS) is an efficient, sensitive, and reliable method for symptom assessment in patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET), polycythemia vera (PV), or myelofibrosis, say Ruben Mesa (Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA) and co-authors. "This instrument carries the potential to evaluate response to treatment and track disease progression," they write in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
News Medical by Lynda Williams
Posted on October 18th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
Higher levels of cancer-specific anxiety were associated with poor sexual function and indicators of depression among men who underwent surgery to treat prostate cancer. The researchers hypothesized that cancer-specific anxiety would affect quality of life in men who had prostatectomy. "The 10-year survival for a man undergoing surgery to remove localized prostate cancer is greater than 95%," Alexander Parker, PhD, an associate professor of epidemiology and urology at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., said in a press release. "Given that the majority of men who undergo prostatectomy for prostate cancer will not die from their disease, we are concerned about what life will be like for these patients decades after diagnosis and treatment."
Posted on October 18th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
Older people who load up their plates with carbohydrates have nearly four times the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, a study out Tuesday finds. Sugars also played a role in the development of MCI, often a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, according to the report in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Eating more proteins and fats offer some protection from MCI…Not everyone with MCI goes on to develop Alzheimer's disease, but many do, says lead author Rosebud Roberts, a professor in the department of epidemiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
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USA Today by Janice Lloyd
Posted on October 17th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
If you were to ask people to name a health problem related to obesity, odds are good they'd say "heart disease" or "diabetes." And they'd be right; those two chronic diseases have a very strong relationship to excess weight. They are the safe bets… "Weight plays an important role in joint stress, so when people are very overweight, it puts stress on their joints, especially their weight-bearing joints, like the knees and the hips," says Eric Matteson, MD, chair of the rheumatology division at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Arthritis Today by Andrea Kane
Posted on October 17th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
A Mayo Clinic study has found a link between sugar-rich diets and brain function in seniors. Mayo researchers tracked people over 70 and found that those with diets high in carbohydrates and sugar have nearly four times the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment. "Sugar is good for your brain because you derive your energy from sugar," said lead author Dr. Rosebud Roberts. "Your brain derives its energy from sugar. But too much sugar is bad for your brain."
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Posted on October 17th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
A statewide pilot program aimed at getting more people to document their wishes for end-of-life medical care is modeled in part on a successful La Crosse program that has been touted as a national example…Advocates consider the POLST, or Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, an important tool that gives chronically and terminally ill patients greater control of their care in the final moments of their lives…"POLSTs lock into place orders that in the moment might not be appropriate and might be dangerous," said Stephen Pavela, an internist with the Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare, in La Crosse, which has used the POLST since 1997.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by Annysa Johnson
Posted on October 17th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
Minnesota Department of Health says 129 clinics in Minnesota got drug supplies from a pharmaceutical distributor that has been at the center of national concern about noninfectious meningitis cases. "It is not known at this time how many patients in Minnesota are affected," the state agency said in a Tuesday afternoon alert…Mayo Clinic spokesman Bryan Anderson said no Mayo sites "purchased any of the products (methylprednisolone, triamcinolone acetate injection, and cardioplegia solution) from New England Compounding Center that were specifically mentioned in FDA alerts." He noted, though, that "some Mayo Clinic sites have purchased a limited number of other products from NECC, but all of these products were removed from the shelves on Oct. 5."
Post-Bulletin by Jeff Hansel
Posted on October 17th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've been hearing a lot about regenerative medicine lately. What is it exactly, and what can it be used for? ANSWER: Regenerative medicine is an emerging discipline in medicine and surgery focused on finding ways to boost the body's ability to heal itself. It examines new therapies and advances new ways to manage diseases that go beyond current medical treatment. Regenerative medicine is poised to revolutionize disease management, offering potential solutions throughout a person's life for a spectrum of diseases.
Chicago Tribune by Andre Terzic, M.D., Ph.D.,
Posted on October 15th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
Flu season is here. The first case in Olmsted County was reported last week. But new Monday, a study done by the University of Minnesota found vaccines for the flu could be improved…Dr. Gregory Poland of Mayo Clinic says the study is less for individuals and more for government and policy makers. "What the authors are saying is that they're fearful that there is complacency in the system and that people think that the efficacy of the vaccine is higher than it is, therefore they're not motivated to invest, and this will be billions, to invest the billions we need to get the vaccines," he said.
KAAL by Brittany Lewis
Posted on October 15th, 2012 by Kelley Luckstein
Doctors are seeking better ways to help patients suffering from artery blockages that obstruct blood flow to the legs—an area of treatment that has been lacking despite well-established methods for preventing and treating the same disease when it occurs in the heart…"Most patients with peripheral artery disease can be managed conservatively," said Verghese Mathew, a cardiologist who treats both heart and PAD patients at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Still, except for patients with a severe form of the disease, there is little consensus among doctors about whether to treat symptomatic patients aggressively with balloons and other devices or to rely first on medication and exercise programs, said Dr. Mathew, who wasn't involved with the NIH study.
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Sorry three strikes and you are out. Can't watch another uncomfortable episode. With exception of a couple of lines from Jake on episode 3) the whole thing is awkward, uncomfortable,unbelievable and not funny. Annoying voice overs, pointless weird scenes (cjec out allan and walden naked in same chair on episode 2) and slapstick food fight in restaurant and allans ex hitting on Walden? I dont want to see Ashton replay his 70's show charactor in Two and a Half Men guys. Whats up with writers and producers? Brain freeze? Not blaming Ashton. Just bad lines and scripts - looks like writers are winging it and confused what direction show and Walden character will take. Not likely to see another season if it continues. No longer smart, fast moving, witty OR entertaining.
Without Charlie I see only one way save this thing.
1. Ashton reconciles with his wife and moves out, (off the show), and leaves the house to Alan for his kindness.
2. Herb and Judith split up and Herb moves in with Alan.
Herb and Alan already have an interesting chemistry and lets face it, Ryan Stiles is far better fit in the beach house than Ashton will ever be.
What do ya think?
I usually set the set-top-box to view the show one week in advance since this was my favourite show and for the first time I did not since there was absolutely no desire. I share the sentiments as other reviewers, it is no longer funny and I continue to just watch the reruns. I think the target audience has now shifted as my family and friends have also stopped watching what was once a great show. Monday night football can now get my full attention, the viewership must be declining each week, does anybody have the stats?
Disappointed Jamaican.
Chuckie, you really screwed up. The show sucks and it won't get any better without Charlie. I couldn't wait for Monday nights to watch the show. I never called it Two and A Half Men, I said "it's time for Charlie".I agree with all the others, stop with the knocks against Charlie, you only make yourself look petty, and Charlie deserves better than that. I've watched 3 episodes and that's enough unless Charlie comes back. No one is the same,no chemistry.Kutcher's character plays stupid and even if that were changed, he just doesn't cut it.
Something isn't right. Berta seems differant. Alan is not as funny without Charlie. Waldon isn't funny just stupid. It just seems like it's not clicking. I'm hopping that Waldon is differant. I really want to like the show but the reruns make me laugh my butt off. I understand that waldon can't be like Charlie but it just isn't funny and there are so many comercials. Just saying!
This was the worst episode yet! I committed to watch for one more week as I was a serious fan who watched all the re-runs from all the seasons at least 3x each, but the new show is not funny anymore- and in fact- it is stupid.
Mr. Lorre, please stop the insults about Charlie during the show. they are insulting to the characters who have to recite them. You would think Allen would show some sympathy on his late brother`s demise- He lived in his house for 8 years-The lines are insulting to your viewers.
The writing stinks without Charlie!!! There is no chemistry between Ashton and Allen. MR LORRE-PLEASE BRING BACK CHARLIE OR CANCEL THE SHOW -CHARLIE WAS THE SHOW!!!!!!!


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3.74/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Enjoyed out of a brown 330 mL brown bottle with the La Trappe embossing on the neck of the bottle. The only information to mark when this might have been bottled is a production code for which I do not have the decoder, so I have no idea how old this beer is. Given the style, it likely doesn't matter as long as it's under a couple years old. Poured into a large brandy snifter.
Appearance - This has to be the darkest looking Belgian Strong Pale Ale I've ever seen. Rather than tones of yellow, gold, orange and amber, this one is coppery, cinnamon-stick brown with some faint orange highlights where the light manages to penetrate the liquid and massive head. Speaking of which, atop the mostly brown/burnt umber body is a towering and effervescent looking head, about three-to-four fingers thick. Mostly microbubbles save for a few medium sized bubbles that begin to burst, giving the impression of swiss cheese. Head is the color of creme and leaves visible, but faint lacing as it slowly begins to dissipate.
Smell - As I wrote when I first took a whiff of this, it's almost a banana bomb. The fruity phenols dominate the aroma, but they are one note, giving the strong impression of banana and banana bread. A little bit buttery as well, which is odd considering this is not the oak-aged version of the beer. Some sweeter notes of caramel malt come through as well, but in a supplementary role to the phenols.
Taste - Not quite as heavy on the banana-like phenols, but they are still quite dominant. Luckily now there are some other fruit elements as well--but of the dried variety: dates, figs and perhaps prunes. A little bit of bakery spice and toasted caramel come through as well along with some faint esters from the high alcohol.
Mouthfeel - Creamy and medium-bodied, with ample carbonation and an effervescent feel, almost like if champagne had more heft to it. Aftertaste is mostly sweet.
Overall, an alright beer. Not one I'm likely to rush out to buy again, but I might have it again depending on the other options I had available to me. I can see this one being appealing to those who like Dubbels or other Belgian Dark Ales, as it seems to skirt the line between styles a little bit to me. Not as much on the dark fruits, but the overall profile is definitely different from many of the top-notch BSPAs I've sampled.
Serving type: bottle
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3.71/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Random find at a liquor store on the way home from work. Stamp of "12:40 K24H12." Cool little 11.2 oz bottle poured into an Achel Trappist glass. Served slightly chilled.
Appearance: Pours a huge off white head which quickly fizzles away. Eventually only some wisps and a ring remained. Reddish brown body with lots of carbonation action.
Aroma: Candi sugar, dried cherries, prunes and sweet caramel malts. A bit of carbonation 'bite'.
Taste: Dried cherries and prunes up front followed by candi sugars. Ends on a very pleasant malty note not unlike a fresh loaf of bread. Floral alcohol throughout.
Mouthfeel: Medium mouthfeel with lots of carbonation and rosy alcohol. Definitely a warming beer.
Overall: A very sweet beer with lots of dried cherry/fruit notes, toasty caramel and brown sugarish malts. Very carbonated and warming. Nothing to really go out of your way for but I wouldn't mind trying the oak aged version of this.
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03-14-2014 02:48:54 | More by CowsandBeer
3.9/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
330ml bottle. La Trappe Tasting Goblet. Cooper color, orangish amber to the light & cloudy appearance. Intense caramel malt & Belgian yeast aromas, orange hues, as well as biscuit, herbal, flowery & phenolic notes. Sweet mild toasted flavor & spiced touch at first sip. Medium to full body. Moderate to soft carbonation. Oily texture & kind warming & well integrated ABV. In the middle, fruity, delicate & low bitterness rounded by gentle notes of wood resolve in a very subtle citric zest astringency. Sweet/bitter finish. Fruity aftertaste & spicy hints. Refreshing, flavorful & suggested for a paused drink !!
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03-09-2014 17:09:54 | More by GONZALOYANNA
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3.71/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Trappist beer lite. Suitable for introducing the style to someone you think might be scared off by the sturdier stuff. Works best if its served up room/cellar temperature instead of cold so that all the flavours and aromas have a chance to work.
Lots of caramel and sugar. Very sweet, but not tooth jarring. A bit of dark fruit. Lots of spice and yeast. Comes across as reminiscent of a weiss. Fairly easy drinking.
Serving type: bottle
03-04-2014 01:05:38 | More by TerryW
3.88/5 rDev -3%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Has a very unattractive pond water brown color with a fizzy head of bigger bubbles that sounds away to some scuzzy foam trappings.
Semi-sweet apple aromas with a delectable juiciness that comes adorned with fleshy notes and assorted bruised fruits. Pear and fresh fig factor in, also, with appealing esters that don't come off as muddled or contrived. Vibrant with pale and dark fruits. Light toast character melds well with nectary Belgian malts and low phenol levels. Musty grape and slight perfume notes are other layers in the aroma. Complex.
Spicy start on the palate that is quite short of brutal, although a decent stack of alcohol gives you a good jolt. Massively fruity, still, showcasing more apple and pear and grape than anything else. Some apricot and hints of cherry also come out. It gets a little sweeter as it warms up, but the candi sugar notes are secondary. Yeast has become quite formidable, as I'm noticing a nutshell flavor stirred in with the sweetness of the caramel malt.
A good body with a wetness that fills out the mouthfeel without coming off as too oily or textured. Smooth, as there's a contained level of carbonation that doesn't seem to want to isolate itself. It does show up late, the most. Gas is ideal, in these ways.
A lot of heftiness and flavor coming at you, however, without being bold. A sturdy Belgian golden ale with a darker side.
Serving type: bottle
02-18-2014 17:00:59 | More by thecheapies
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If ESPN showed the whole thing on replay, they'd go to super slo-mo at the end and some jock announcer would say, "Boom! Right there! Watch the head fake — skadoosh! Someone go pick up Obama's jockstrap!"
Let's recap: The 44th president gets his undies all in a wad after someone fires off some chemical weapons in Syria and kills 1,400 — never mind that 100,000 have died in the
2½-year-long civil war there, BO was up in Martha's Vineyard on the golf course when the gas hit, so that really ruined his game and wrecked his fun beach time. Someone must pay!
So the president announced he was going to fight a Democrat-style war, you know, lob a few bombs in, reduce an aspirin factory to rubble, but just for a few days, not so long it would push back next weekend's tee time. Boots on the ground? Hell no. Maybe no boots in the air, either: Just some drones, bombing some rocks in the desert, enough to make us all feel good at next weekend's cocktail party that someone somewhere was paying a hefty price for using those chemical weapons. For the children, darn it!
Then, seriously, the president went to play golf. Right after his urgent announcement. Urgency schmurgency.
Congress, meanwhile, wondered what all the urgent rhetoric was about.
Wait, it gets so much better. Then, days later, the president said, don't worry: It's not like, BOMBING bombing. It's a limited action — we don't want to, say, topple the guy responsible for gassing 500 children, we want to hit the three D's: Degrade, Deter, Drive It 300 Yards: Wait, just two D's.
The president said he had the mojo to go, but, just to be a total bro, he was gonna get the "all good" from his peeps in Congress. Unless they no go-ed. Then would he go? Wouldn't say. So just be cool and get on board, eh?
But Congress balked (maybe it was the phone calls running 100-1 against going to war in, where again, Syria?). And while the mainstream media busied itself bashing the GOP for suddenly hating war, it was the Cocktail Party Left (CPL) that really didn't want to muss its hair in Syria. Or ruin the weekend.
So, to the rescue, a warrior: swift boat cap'n John F. Kerry. During 1,259 hours of Senate hearings (over two days), the Vietnam vet who hated war (and, really, the American military as well, and, frankly, himself) said, no no, wait, whoa: This attack on Syria will be a pinprick, "unbelievably small."
Meanwhile, the president was in Sweden. Why? Who knows. "I didn't set a red line, the world set a red line," he said about the red line he set when he set the red line on Syrian chemical weapons. The next day, he was heading to Russia, but he wouldn't be meeting with that ol' meanie face Putin. That guy was being nice to an American who divulged an expansive U.S. program that, like the old USSR days, spies on all homeland citizens. Phooey to him.
So, despite the big "reset" of relations with Russia, Mr. Obama snubbed its president in his own country, called him a slouching schoolboy, then showed up late for dinner, miffing the host. Too soon, playtime in St. Petersburg was over and the president came home to D.C. and returned to — work, you're thinking? No, the golf course.
Back to the rescue came Secretary of State Kerry. Asked whether Syrian President Bashar Assad could do anything to avert the coming pinprick, Lurch said: "Sure, he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week." Boom, another red line. But the State Department quickly said, "no red, no red." Instead, their high school spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Mr. Kerry was merely making a "rhetorical argument."
Too late. Mr. Putin jumped in and offered to help broker the deal. In fact, he'd lead the whole thing — and take credit for it, too. But the White House said, wait, it was really our idea from the get-go, and when we had a secret meeting in Russia with Pooty Poot, we brought it up — first!
In the end, Congress bailed (don't expect a Syria vote), Mr. Obama and Mr. Kerry embarrassed themselves again, and Mr. Putin ended up lecturing America — in The New York Times, no less — about the misguided notion of American exceptionalism. Oh, and then the Russian president headed to Iran for some talks on helping the rogue nation get its nuclear program up and running.
Still, who could've seen such a development? Um, Mitt Romney. "Russia is, without question, our No. 1 geopolitical foe. They fight every cause for the world's worst actors," the Republican presidential candidate said six months before the 2012 election.
And how did Mr. Obama respond: "The 1980s," he said in a debate, "are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War's been over for 20 years."
Hardcore pwned.
• Joseph Curl covered the White House and politics for a decade for The Washington Times and is now editor of the Drudge Report. He can be reached at email@example.com and on Twitter @josephcurl.
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A new military occupational specialty: Cryptologic Network Warfare Specialist (35Q) opened last month.
"About 500 to 600 Soldiers are needed initially," said Lt. Col. Kurt Connell, Military Intelligence Enlisted Branch chief, "but as we fully develop the career path, we'll probably identify additional authorizations, none of which involve force structure changes."
Soldiers from any MOS may apply as long as their current MOS will release them to reclassify into this new field, he said, adding that for now, Soldiers in the grades of E-3 to E-6, serving in the active force are eligible.
"A 35 Quebec supervises and conducts full-spectrum military cryptologic digital operations to enable actions in all domains, NIPRNet as well as SIPRNet, to ensure friendly freedom of action in cyberspace and deny adversaries the same," said Sgt. 1st Class Dan Gutierrez, 35Q CNW senior enlisted advisor.
The NIPRNet is the unclassified but sensitive portion of the Defense Department's Internet network and the SIPRNet is the secret portion. Gutierrez was not authorized to elaborate on actions taken to "deny adversaries," due to the classified nature of the work, but he said that when appropriate, a 35Q would "take the fight to our adversaries" to deny them the cyberspace privileges that pose threats to national security.
Although the MOS is new, Soldiers have been doing that intelligence work while in related intelligence MOSs for a number of years in various locations.
"We identified those Soldiers who were doing this type of work for a significant amount of time," Gutierrez said. The MOS was created to "keep them in this field so their skills don't atrophy over time.
"If you have a 35N (Signals Intelligence Analyst), for example, a traditional signals analyst doing what Quebecs are doing now, there was no way to track them and ensure their skills remained relevant as times change in field," he continued. "If a 35N went on to another assignment (outside of what a 35Q now does), we could lose those highly perishable skills. So the new MOS was created to ensure those Soldiers stay proficient and on top of their game."
Gutierrez said recruiters already identified candidates for 35Q back in June and they started school in October at the 24-week Joint Cyber Analysis Course in Pensacola, Fla.
"About 80 percent of new 35Qs are new accessions coming off the street and 20 percent are from reclassifying Soldiers," Connell said, adding that moves into the MOS are voluntary.
Connell thinks there will be no problem continuing to get and retain 35Q volunteers because it's a "highly sought after skill set and a highly sought after field so we don't anticipate shortfalls."
He emphasized the importance of interested Soldiers talking to their career counselors right away to determine if they qualify and then take the necessary steps to initiate the process.
One requirement is that a score of 109 is needed on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery for those who took the test prior to Jan. 2, 2002, and 105 or better after that date. Also, the two pertinent documents on the new MOS can be found in Military Personnel messages 12-173 and 12-187.
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Tuesday, August 31
Chase Field
Attendance: 16,250
Game Leaders
L: Correia
(10-10) 5.52 era
W: Kennedy
(9-9) 4.20 era
S: Gutierrez
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Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Ian Kennedy pitched seven solid innings and the Diamondbacks used a balanced offensive attack to defeat the reeling San Diego Padres, 7-4, in the second of three games at Chase Field.
Kennedy (9-9) allowed three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts for the Diamondbacks, who have won two straight and five of their last six games overall. Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer while Miguel Montero and Gerardo Parra both finished with two RBI in the victory.
Starting pitcher Kevin Correia suffered the loss for the Padres, who have dropped six straight games and saw their lead atop the NL West fall to four games over San Francisco. The Giants beat the Rockies on Tuesday night.
Correia (10-10) was charged with six runs on six hits to go along with six strikeouts and three walks in 4 1/3 frames. Nick Hundley contributed two runs batted in for San Diego.
Trailing by one run, the Diamondbacks moved ahead for good with five runs in the bottom of the fifth. Kennedy drew a leadoff walk and moved to second when Stephen Drew singled. A groundout moved both runners up one base and a walk to Kelly Johnson loaded the bases.
A single by Chris Young scored Kennedy, chasing Correia, and, with the bags still loaded, a ground-rule double off the bat of Montero gave Arizona a 5-3 lead. Reynolds was then intentionally walked, which again filled the bases, and Parra's two-run single into center field allowed Young and Montero to cross the plate and capped the uprising.
Kennedy got three straight groundouts in the top of the sixth and worked out of trouble in the seventh. With runners on the corners and one out, Kennedy fanned Miguel Tejada and got Adrian Gonzalez to fly out.
After Blaine Boyer pitched an easy eighth inning for Arizona, Sam Demel found trouble to start the top of the ninth. Demel yielded a leadoff walk to Everth Cabrera, who then scored when Hundley doubled to the gap in left-center.
That brought Juan Gutierrez onto the mound. The right-hander struck out Scott Hairston and induced consecutive groundouts by David Eckstein and Tejada.
Gutierrez notched his fifth save.
The Padres scored twice in the top of the first inning. With Tejada on first base and one out, Gonzalez doubled to left field and Tejada scored. The next batter was Ryan Ludwick, whose single plated Gonzalez.
A two-run blast by Reynolds, his 32nd home run of the season, tied the score in the bottom of the second. Montero singled leading off and trotted home when Reynolds drilled a fastball over the wall in right-center field.
Hundley's RBI double in the fourth gave the visitors a 3-2 advantage.
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