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Posted Apr 16, 2008 6:52 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Documents unearthed in lawsuits against the painkiller Vioxx show the drug's maker, Merck, wrote article drafts about the drug's performance but found outside physicians to be listed as authors.
Two studies published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association show the company apparently manipulated dozens of publications to promote the drug, according to an accompanying editorial. It charges that ghostwriting is not confined to Merck.
The studies provide "a rare, detailed look in the industry practice of ghostwriting medical research studies that are then published in academic journals," according to the New York Times. The Washington Post goes further, saying the studies "in effect accuse one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical makers of various forms of scientific fraud."
The ghostwriting article (PDF posted by the New York Times) tells of one draft Merck paper that had the byline listed as "External author?" Later, two researchers' names were filled in as the primary authors.
A second article said Merck failed to completely account for deaths in a trial of Vioxx in people with mild dementia, although the company eventually gave all of its data to the Food and Drug Administration. The early report to the FDA included the number of people who died while taking the drug or soon after they stopped, but did not include deaths of those who stopped taking the drug months earlier.
Vioxx has since been withdrawn from the market because of concerns it causes heart problems. The company has agreed to a $4.85 billion settlement with Vioxx plaintiffs.
A Merck spokesman told the Post that the authors of the JAMA studies are "people in the pay of trial lawyers." Authors of supposedly ghostwritten Vioxx articles contacted by the Post and New York Times said they had done substantial work on the studies and had contributed to the articles.
The Wall Street Journal reports that five of the JAMA articles' six authors were paid consultants to Vioxx lawyers.
Merck research chief Peter Kim told the Wall Street Journal, "We are disappointed that such false and misleading statements about Merck from trial lawyers have made their way into a medical journal."
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning earlier this month that travelers should be careful using Internet connections in hotels. Some travelers had inadvertently downloaded malicious software onto their computers when they accepted fake security updates.
Reportedly, hackers had compromised hotel networks (mainly outside of the United States) so that when travelers tried to log on they would see a pop-up window indicating they needed to update their computer in order to get Internet access. The updates were actually malicious software designed to gain control of your computer and steal your personal information.
We recommend that you turn on automatic updating and visit Microsoft Update before you travel to help ensure that your computer is up to date. You can also increase your safety by connecting to the Internet in hotels through a cable instead of using a wireless connection.
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Thank you for this great notice. I have some friends that are travelling this summer and I will let them know about this serious and informative message. Especially regarding that the FBI has issued it. Thank you for a great newsletter
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Fresh from Danny O'Neil's twitter feed, the Seahawks have once again come upon the services of one Jeff Robinson, fabled Long Snapper extraordinaire, as an emergency replacement for injured Snapper Kevin Hauser. Undoubtedly, Tim Ruskell's greatest failure was never settling on the franchise Long Snapper our team needs. Not bragging, mind you, but reporting the freshest Jeff Robinson Long Snapping news has been a long time hobby of mine.


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The last oil boom to hit the area was in the 1980's, and the current boom has brought an influx of thousands of energy employees to Minot alone.
But how do these transplants get into the industry and do they compare literal and figurative notes?
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Young Professionals in Energy is a non profit that crosses professional and geographic borders around the world.
North Dakota native Adam Landstrom founded the Minot group, who holds regular mixers.
Landstrom says that you don't have to be young in age to be young in the oil field and that more experienced professionals are welcome to come and share their knowledge.
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Skipper out as running back coach for the Titans.
It sure sounds like Reinfeldt was cut loose yesterday for not getting Peyton Manning in the two-toned blue.
Wyatt reports that Bud Adams will bring Mike Munchak back but fire Mike Reinfeldt.
Wyatt reports that Locker will have surgery on his non-throwing shoulder. The procedure will sideline him for "several months."
The Tennessee Titans officially ended Colin McCarthy's season today by placing him on IR.
In one of the more depressing stories I have read in months, Don Banks says he expects Mike Munchak to be the Titans coach in 2013.
There was some doubt about paying Chris Johnson the money early in the year, but he has proven over the course of the season that he is worth every penny.
CJ wrote the names of all of the Sandy Hook victims on his shoes for Monday Night Football.
Munhcak's deal runs through 2014, not 2013 as originally reported.
Titans DC Jerry Gray in the mix at Texas Tech.
Mike Munchak announced today that Jared Cook will miss the rest of the season with a torn rotator cuff.
It is a tough time to be an offensive lineman for the Titans.
RoJo has been placed on IR and will have surgery today.
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall to hear what got Wash fired.
Just another day in the life of the Tennessee Titans.
Here is a look at the final injury report for Sunday's game.
Chris Palmer gave Mike Munchak his Christmas present before cleaning out his office.
The Midday 180 is reporting that Dowell Loggains will replace Chris Palmer as the offensive coordinator for the Titans.
Tennessee Titans quarterback Jake Locker could be cleared to play next week against the Miami Dolphins, depending on the results of an MRI on Monday.
Tennessee Titans quarterback Jake Locker remains out with a shoulder injury; Bears receiver Alshon Jeffrey still inactive with broken hand
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This Cottage is a great getaway. Very well stocked and clean and quiet. It is located in the perfect area. Grocery store and family activities are walking distance away. Cottage has its own rental (Kayaks, Canoes, and pontoon boat). The dunes rides were a big hit for the family. The public beach at the Lighthouse is only 1/2 mile away. I would recommend this cottage for a family of 4 who are looking for a great family getaway with adventures.
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We were at Silver Lake to celebrate our parents 50th wedding anniversary. Our age range was from 73 to 1 year old with a total of 33 people. We used all of the cabins and found plenty of space for everyone. Loved having the beach for the little ones and the docks for skiing, tubing, and fishing. the view of the dunes is the best on the lake and the 4th of July fireworks were awesome.
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This cottage is the perfect rental for anyone that wants a fun and relaxing get away. The cottage is fully furnished and had everything we could possibly need; from a dishwasher to a propane/charcoal grill to a first aid kit for the unplanned boo boos to a fire pit. The owners truly made this rental feel like home. The cottage was clean and cozy; just like the pictures show. The private beach is a huge PLUS! The water depth is perfect for playing in the water, yet deep enough that every morning we were greeted by many fish. The private dock was convenient and made for worry-free lake activities – no rushing to pull from the water when we could dock right outside the back door. The volleyball net provided extra fun along with the well stocked sand toy box the owners had ready us, fishing from the dock, and making s'mores over the fire pit. As much as we want to keep this treasure of a cottage to ourselves; we would be doing anyone that's looking for the best rental a disservice by not saying how breathtakingly wonderful this cottage is and that if you're looking for a rental on Silver Lake – STOP LOOKING, YOU HAVE FOUND IT!!!! We can't wait to come back!


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They hope some winter snow or slush can help replenish the dry soil. "If we don't get some moisture this winter, whether it be rain or snow, we're going to be really nervous come planting time next spring," said Sunburst Dairy owner Brian Brown. The Dane County farm lost a lot of their feed because of the drought earlier this year and had to purchase more from outside of the farm than normal.
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Two teams with area players have made it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament — while three others have been eliminated.
In the meeting of teams with local players, Nebraska defeated Texas A&M 74-63 in College Station, Texas. Tear'a Laudermill (Moreno Valley Canyon Springs) had three points and rebound and a blocked shot for the Cornhuskers (25-8); Meghin Williams (Fontana Summit) did not score in eight minutes. For Texas A&M (25-10), Cierra Windham (Norco) had one rebound in five minutes.
Also winning was second-seeded Cal, (30-3) which had to work overtime to edge No. 10 seed South Florida 82-78 in Lubbock, Texas. Layshia Clarendon (San Bernardino Cajon) had a game-high 27 points, along with three rebounds, four assists and a steal.
Earlier, Connecticut defeated Vanderbilt, with Jasmine Lister (Corona Santiago), and Oklahoma defeated UCLA, with Madeline Brooks (Temecula Valley).
Top regional seed UConn, playing at home, rolled to a 77-44 win. Lister had two points, four rebounds and two assists for Vanderbilt (21-12), which was outrebounded 30-15. The third-seeded Bruins (26-8) were knocked out by the sixth-seeded Sooners 85-72; Brooks did not play.
In the women's NIT, San Diego, with Sophie and Sophia Ederaine (Moreno Valley Canyon Springs) was beaten 61-50 at Utah. Sophia Ederaine had four points, seven rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal in 24 minutes. Sophie Ederaine did not appear. The Toreros finish their season 22-10.
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There are plans for a major makeover at the site of one of the most infamous mob hits in Chicago history. A development company recently purchased Lincolnwood's famous "Purple Hotel", and plans to make it the anchor of a new restaurant and retail complex. The building has sat empty for five years.
"It'll be attractive, and because it has such great heritage with having this iconic structure behind it, it should do pretty well," Mayor Gerald Turry said.
Part of that heritage is rooted in Chicago Outfit history. Teamsters lawyer Allen Dorfman was gunned down by two men in the Purple Hotel's parking lot in January of 1983. The month before, Dorfman was convicted along with Chicago Outfit leader Joey "The Clown" Lombardo of trying to bribe a Nevada U.S. Senator, as part of the mob's takeover of several Las Vegas casinos.
Art Bilek of the Chicago Crime Commission was a detective who worked dozens of mob cases. He says Dorfman was assassinated because the Outfit feared he'd talk to get a lighter sentence.
"Of course he was going to talk. There was no question about it, so he had to go," Bilek said.
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To maintain consistency with University accounting practices the cost should be added to the existing benefit rate for eligible staff and academic personnel. If a budget proposal covers two fiscal years, a combination of the two benefit rates should be used in the proposal. A statement similar to the one below should be included in the budget justification to address the estimated UCRP contributions.
Sample justification: The fringe benefit rate includes an increase of ___% for restarting the employer contribution to the University of California Retirement Program (UCRP), effective July 1, 2009 for eligible employees and is applicable to all university fund sources.
Please refer to the UCSB Projected Fringe Benefits Rates chart for the correct benefit rates.
Graduate students employed by the University in eligible classifications receive partial or full tuition and fee remission, depending on the percentage of time appointment, from the fund that pays their salaries. In cases when an eligible graduate student is paid from more than one fund source, the cost of remission should be prorated. Graduate students employed in the title classification Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) are among those eligible for remission. Questions regarding eligibility of particular students should be directed to the Graduate Division.
Currently, GSRs employed between 25% and 34% time qualify for partial fee remission which includes payment of 100% of the University's Educational and Registration Fees. Campus fees are currently not paid by the partial fee remission.
GSRs qualify for full fee and tuition remission if they are appointed for at least 35% time (all GSR appointments combined) over three months of the quarter, or they work at least 140 hours during the quarter. Full fee remission includes the payment of educational tuition for eligible students, supplemental tuition for international students, and supplemental tuition for domestic students during their first year only. Non-resident GSRs who have advanced to candidacy are eligible for a 100% reduction in supplemental tuition for a maximum of three years after the advance to candidacy. Indicate on the budget if tuition, fees and insurance are for an in-state or out-of-state Graduate Student Researcher (GSR).
All GSRs employed 25% time or greater are eligible for payment of graduate student health insurance (GSHIP).
Please refer to the Summary of Quarterly Fees and Expenses for the current rates.
The University defines equipment as articles of non-expendable tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year, and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit. Sometimes an agency will have a higher or lower dollar value than UCSB. In this case, UCSB's dollar value takes precedent.
Tax, shipping, and any transit costs should be factored into the cost of the equipment. One exception: Sales tax is not paid on government owned equipment. If the guidelines of a proposal state that any equipment purchased will vest in the government, do not add in sales tax.
Fabrications are generally treated like equipment and excluded from indirect costs under MTDC calculation. However, if an item is fabricated and shipped off campus, then indirect costs are assessed. Fabrication costs may include associated labor.
Travel should be broken down into domestic and foreign. Provide as much detail as possible. Include airfare costs, lodging, number of travel days, destinations, meal amounts and number of people traveling when possible (Example: Airfare: $300; Lodging: $200; etc.).
All travel funded directly or indirectly by the Federal Government must comply with the Fly America Act.
The Accounting & Financial Services Travel website provides a good summary of travel policies, including per diems rates and mileage expenses. It can be found at University of California Travel Policy Summary.
Participant Support costs are direct costs for items such as stipends or subsistence allowances, travel allowances, and registration fees paid to or on behalf of participants or trainees (but not employees) in connection with meetings, conferences, symposia, or training projects. Participants cannot be UCSB employees whose employment is related to the research or project. Costs of facilities rental, administrative support, supplies, and conference meals are generally not considered participant support.
A stipend is defined as a fixed sum of money paid to a participant for a service.
Other Direct Costs include Materials and Supplies, Publication Costs, Consultant Costs, Computer Services, Subawards, and Other. Items that fall under the category of "other" include rental charges, facility charges, etc.
Material and supply costs must be reasonable and directly allocable to the supported activity. Office supplies, postage, copy charges and local phone calls are examples of costs not normally allowed as direct costs. To be included, such costs must be significantly above what is normally covered by Facilities and Administration costs, specifically justified in the proposal and appropriate to the project.
Hazardous waste disposal costs are not allowable as a direct cost.
Supplies are defined as items that cost less than $5,000. Include a list with quantity, unit price, and description of each item.
Subaward totals should be in the budget. The total amount of each subaward or Multiple-Campus Award (MCA) should be listed as a line item on the UCSB budget and separate detailed budget included in the proposal review copy. Indirect costs are assessed on the first $25,000 of each individual subaward for all New and Renewal proposals (effective July 1, 2009). If UCSB is submitting a proposal that includes an MCA, no indirect costs are assessed on any part of the MCA amount.
An authorized scope of work, budget, and budget justification must be submitted for each subaward or MCA. A Subaward or MCA commitment form, signed by an authorized official of the recipient entity, must be provided to SPO prior to submission of the proposal. See Subawards page for details.
Consultant Costs generally may only be paid to individuals not employed by UC campuses or labs. The consultant should provide special knowledge that is needed for the project. Include the same information provided for personnel and be specific about daily rate and amount of days they will be paid.
Contracts for Services should be included in the budget as a line item. The total amount of the contract is accessed the appropriate IDC rate.
Alterations and Renovations are changes that need to be made to convert an existing space. This can include the installation of equipment.
Indirect Costs (IDC) a.k.a. Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs represent those expenses that cannot be easily identified to any specific project but are incurred for common or joint objectives. They include operation and maintenance of facilities, including building depreciation, library expenses, space, utilities, payroll, accounting, and other services. The indirect cost rate is determined by the type of project i.e. research, instruction, or other. The rate is also determined by whether the project is performed on-campus or off-campus. See the negotiated rate agreement for UCSB.
Proposals must include the negotiated rate unless the UC Office of the President has approved a waiver of some or the entire indirect cost rate. If the sponsor has written guidelines that indicate they do not reimburse indirect costs at the full rate, Sponsored Projects will verify if an existing waiver exists. If not, Sponsored Projects will request a waiver from UCOP.
UCSB's indirect cost is assessed on Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC). The MTDC base consists of salaries and wages, fringe benefits, materials, supplies, services, travel, and subcontracts (up to the first $25K of each). The costs of equipment, capital expenditures, tuition remission, Grad Student Health Insurance Program (GSHIP), rental costs of off-site facilities, scholarships, fellowships, the portion of each subcontract in excess of $25K, and the total of each MCA is excluded from the MTDC base.
A DHHS agreement statement should always be included at the end of the detailed budget to let agencies know which authority has negotiated our IDC rate agreement. Ex: "This is the DHHS negotiated, predetermined, on-campus rate for Research Projects covering the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2010. The rate thereafter is provisional."
If you are preparing a budget for a transfer of an award from another institution, call your Sponsored Project Officer first to confirm the indirect cost rate.
In the event of a full or partial waiver of indirect costs, the base on which indirect costs are assessed is defined in the waiver, rather than assessed on MTDC. Contact your Sponsored Project Analyst to get the appropriate rate.
Project Contributions should only be included in a proposal when required by a sponsor as a condition of applying for a grant. If project contributions are included you will need to have commitment memos for each source of funding. These commitment memos must be signed by the individual responsible for each funding source identified in your proposal as project contributions. Refer to the Project Contributions page for more information about requesting cost sharing.
The Budget Justification provides the rationale for proposed expenditures. Follow sponsor guidelines to prepare the budget justification for submission to the sponsor. If sufficient detail is not provided on the UCSB detailed budget, UCSB may require additional justification.
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how to use ConfirmedPasswordField
18 September 2012 at 9:40am
Hi there,
I am trying to use ConfirmedPasswordField in a registration page. I have managed to get it to work, but now i want to impose some additional validation on the object eg set the min number of charachters to 8, enforce both numbers and letters be used etc.
I am trying to use it as follows, but it does not work:
class RegisterPage_Controller extends Page_Controller {
function Form() {
$member = new Member();
$fields = $member->getMemberFormFields();
$actions = new FieldSet(
new FormAction('register', 'Register')
$password = new ConfirmedPasswordField ('Password', 'Password'); // this works
$password->setCanBeEmpty('false'); //this works
$password->setMinLenth('8'); // gives errors
$password->setMaxLenth('16'); // gives errors
$password->characterStrength(2, array('lowercase', 'uppercase', 'digits', 'punctuation'));
$fields->insertAfter($password, "Email");
$validator = new RequiredFields('FirstName','Surname','Email','Password');
$form = new Form($this, 'Form', $fields, $actions, $validator);
return $form;
Please help, Thanx
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Re: how to use ConfirmedPasswordField
19 September 2012 at 1:06am
Ok thanks, i had tried those tutorials, but when i tested the validator it seemed asif it was not working. The problem was that error reporting was not on.
Now i see the following error:
"[User Error] Uncaught ValidationException: Validation error writing a Member object: Password is too short, it must be 7 or more characters long.; You need to increase the strength of your passwords by adding some of the following characters: uppercase, digits, punctuation. Object not written."
Ok so it is working, but it is throwing out an exception that might freak a normal user out.
How do i get it to to display an error message on the page..i.e a template that explains the error to the user as apposed to an exception that looks like the webiste is not working?
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As they say in the Wall Street Journal, in purely economic terms alone, stadia cannot be justified; but then, in purely economic terms no justification exists for the human race, either. Why have children and build schools if they are only going to grow up, create medical bills, and fill up the cemetaries?
"The cynic knows the price of everything but the value of nothing." - Oscar Wilde
Did my 63-greats-grandfather (Frithuwald Bor--the progenitor of Viking leaders) know when he was born in Scythia somewhere north of the Caspian Sea in Asia around the year 190 that he'd one day grow up and become the Overlord of Asgard, thousands of miles distant in the land of ice and snow? Did he foresee that the offspring of Norse raiders, William the Bastard, would one day lead Norman armies in the year 1066 to slay Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, with an arrow to the head, so that Norman stone masons would have jobs building mighty castles all over England?
No, probably not. Life itself is not entirely logical, and certainly unpredictable. The unknown is part of the game, as is taking risks. Both are as inevitable as death and taxes.
Valhalla is the hall where the glorious half go to be with Odin. Senator Marty probably gets to go to Folkvang, reserved for the half of the dead who seemingly want to starve to death.
Zygi Wilf remembers sitting as a kid in a football stadium with his father. He is not investing 100's of millions of dollars in a stadium in New Jersey, he's building one in Minnesota along with Minnesotans. Why? I think it was touchdowns. You can't take money with you when you go.
If we had no aspirations, we would not be here. We'd have been collectively eaten for lunch and turned into petroleum for some more eager species to discover and use to pollute the atmosphere.
Did the pharaohs of Egypt build the pyramids because it was economical? No, they built them because it was awe inspiring.
And what about Sisyphus?
Sisyphus, I am told, was the founder of Corinth, the land of the Corinthians. People said he used to capture poor travelers and kill them for fun and profit. (I suppose he had his own Senator Marty who published newsletters about it.)
Sisyphus was wiley, and tricked the gods into letting him out of the underworld, because his wife had allegedly dishonored him, and then he pulled a stunt with some inescapable handcuffs and got the god of death chained up with a sales demo so that people could no longer die and reach the underworld. The gods were really upset with this, so they captured him and made him roll a giant rock up a mountainside, saying if he ever got it to the top, he'd be freed. (Kind of like, "Go forth and get us a plan and a local partner, say Anoka or Arden Hills, and we'll talk...")
The game for Sisyphus was rigged so that just as he neared the summit, the rock would roll to the bottom every time. The gods thought this would break Sisyphus' spirit. They were wrong. Sisyphus taunted the gods by just going back to fetch the rock and relentlessly move it upward.
You can't beat death, but you can get a tie and spit in his face.
It's like the crazy Italian they found rolling a rock aimlessly though Mexico: The border guards asked him what he thought he was doing. He said. "First, I'm a-gonna roll this-a here big rock though the desert; then I'm a-gonna roll this-a here big rock up-a U. S.!
Congratulations, Zyg, on getting that big rock over the hump!
Now maybe some of us will not die keeping our legs crossed in line at the restrooms, missing the third quarter, or somehow die in our seats from snow on the roof. After all, it is Minnesota.Skol Vikings, let's go!


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For the 15th year, the students at Minot State will be hosting the KMSU Auction.
Janna Mckechnie's class is here preparing for the live television auction coming up this Thursday.
Items donated from local businesses are packaged together.
Those packages range in price from a couple hundred dollars to over 18-hundred.
In years past, students have raised as much as 20-thousand dollars in one auction.
McKechnie believes the auction which is produced, advertised and performed solely by MSU students - is a way to apply their studies of broadcast production, public relations, and advertising.
(Janna Mckechnie, Donations Coordinator, KMSU Auction) "This is probably the best hands on class that they will get at Minot State University. It gives them every aspect of an event. So it gives them the planning stages, getting things set up. Making the contacts putting the different packages together, they are in charge of every aspect of this. So it's a tremendous learning tool for them."
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Our first time around we had 13 people all family and friends and we had a blast. we were NOT impressed with the ship. My GF had been on a cruise before, except she had been on Royal Caribbean and loved it. We thought going into it that the fun we had out numbered the bad experience with the food and outdated decor of the ship- so we tried it again.
Getting on the ship was a breeze no real problems. While we were waiting for our room to be prepped we headed up to the lido deck to grab lunch and a couple of drinks. We then proceeded to our room to check to see if our luggage had made it. I need to note that if they don't have all the luggage to the rooms by a certain time they bring they just leave the luggage on deck 8 near the art gallery where anyone can take it. This happened to us on the first cruise. This time we luckily had no problems. We we got to the room our bed was not pushed together like it should be and when I called our room attendant he was so rude. This happened the first cruise also but at least our room attendant game and introduced himself. We never met our attendant once. That night by gf became sea sick and headed to down to the room while they were turning down the bed they quickly finished for her and when the attendant came back to push the beds together he was nothing but rude to her. The next was the Bahamas- which I'm not very impressed with.
We ate int he dining room every night and that was the best part- Our table mates were a blast and so was our server. The food on the other hand had a lot to be desired.
They say you get what you pay for and in the scheme of things we did. There is no denying that what we paid was an awesome price. I'm also not going to deny that we had fun but They really need to revamp that ship and check the staff's attitudes at the door!


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Des Plaines, IL (January 29, 2010) — The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) today announced its legislative and regulatory agenda for 2010 aimed at ensuring that advances in occupational safety and health legislation and regulation reflect the experience, expertise and best practices of ASSE's member safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professionals. Professionals committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Twelve key issues dominate the agenda.
"As ASSE turns the corner to celebrate its next 100 years in safety, we will continue to work to ensure that any decision by federal or state government impacting the safety, health and environment of the workplace is based on good science and sound technology," ASSE President C. Christopher Patton, CSP, said today. "ASSE works with legislators and regulators to enhance SH&E professional qualifications, safety and health program criteria, technical standards and other areas of hazard recognition and control that impact the SH&E profession."
ASSE will work this year to advance the following legislative and regulatory priorities:
1 — Reflect ASSE Member Experience and Expertise in OSHA Reform – Reform of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, including strengthening Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) criminal and civil penalties ending in fatalities, is a key issue. ASSE intends to support a bipartisan approach to increased penalties that target truly bad 'actors' and encourage corporate responsibility for setting a culture of safety at the highest level of management.
2 — Provide OSHA Coverage for State and Municipal Employees – In states that do not have their own state OSHA plans and, thus, are covered by federal OSHA, state and municipal workers are not guaranteed protection under OSHA's standards leaving more than eight million public sector workers without the same workplace protections other workers have. ASSE members have worked hard to achieve such coverage in Florida know the difficulties of achieving coverage state by state. ASSE believes a federal solution is necessary, and that OSH Act reform cannot be complete without federal protections for all U.S. workers.
3- Advance a Safety and Health Program Rule – OSH regulation must better encompass risk-based approaches that encourage employers to take overall responsibility for safety and health throughout their organizations and not simply to react to minimal regulatory mandates. Adoption of a rule would help ensure that all employers follow their lead. The promulgation by OSHA of a safety and health program rule is the key to advancing this approach by requiring employers to assess the risks in their workplaces and take a proactive approach in addressing those risks.
4 – Develop Cooperative Ways to Address Regulatory Change – Mechanisms are needed to help the OSH community overcome polarizing viewpoints that limit OSHA's and Mining and Safety Health Administration's (MSHA) ability to update standards appropriately, including permissible exposure limits (PELs). ASSE has long called for negotiated rulemaking to set exposure limits and legal protections for standard development organizations to pursue exposure limits through the voluntary consensus standard process. OSHA should establish a national stakeholder dialogue to build common ground in support of regulatory reform.
5 – Advance Global Harmonization – OSHA's rulemaking on global harmonization of U.S. hazard communications (GHS) must be completed as quickly as reasonably possible. GHS is a positive opportunity for OSHA both to advance workplace safety and health and to help ensure competitiveness for U.S. employers.
6 – Support National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) Effectiveness in Advancing Safety –NIOSH is the source for federal resources to support OSH research as well as OSH professional training and education. The NIOSH partnership with ASSE, its 'Research to Practice (R2P)' initiative, the establishment of NORA research councils, 'Prevention through Design' and other initiatives, has done much to advance safety involvement in NIOSH. More is needed, however, such as finding ways through R2P to bring NIOSH research to the job floor. The ASSE Foundation now funds two PhD candidates, but NIOSH support is needed to increase the number of safety PhD programs as many safety PhDs approach retirement. NIOSH support for safety training must reflect the importance that frontline safety professionals play in employers' commitment to safety and health. And, NIOSH must work towards an appropriate balance between safety and health research funding.
7 – Ensure Safety Agency Commitments – In a difficult economic climate, ASSE will work to ensure that federal commitment to OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) and other agencies that impact workplace safety and health is not compromised and that those who are appointed to agency leadership positions can build consensus among all stakeholders.
8 – Build Consensus on Ergonomics – ASSE will continue to work toward achieving a consensus position on ergonomics that can overcome the long-standing polarization on this issue. An approach that is risk-based, encourages cooperation, and avoids prescriptive, one-size-fits-all solutions that our expert members know will not work can serve as a consensus position. ASSE can also support industry-specific approaches that reflect the demonstrated best practices of our members in the industry, as current legislation to protect direct care nurses and health care workers from the risks posed by lifting in health care facilities achieves.
9 – Include SH&E in Trade Policy – ASSE encourages OSHA to take a role in ensuring that safety and health is part of U.S. trade policy so that U.S. corporate investments in SH&E are not undermined by international competitors who compete without investing in these global responsibilities.
10 – Engage in Chemical Management Reform Efforts – The current Administration has signaled the intent to reform the nation's management of chemicals through reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA). ASSE members, with experience and expertise in managing chemicals across every industry, will participate in the debate as this effort moves forward.
11 – Encourage Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards – ASSE will work to encourage federal agencies to comply with the Technology Transfer Act's mandate to consider national consensus standards where feasible when engaged in rulemaking. Use of such standards, like ANSI/ASSE Z15 for safe motor vehicle operation, ANSI/ASSE Z117 for confined spaces, and ANSI/ASSE Z490.1 for safety training will improve protections of workers and expedite rulemaking activities while reflecting the current technology and industry best practices.
12 — Support Third Party Consultation – ASSE supports legislation or regulatory approaches that allow third party safety audits of employers under strict requirements that ensure professionalism and maximize effectiveness, thereby expanding OSHA's reach beyond the limits of its current enforcement and cooperative programs.
Founded in 1911, the Des Plaines, IL-based ASSE is the largest and oldest professional safety society and is committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Its more than 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members lead, manage, supervise, research and consult on safety, health, transportation and environmental issues in all industries, government, labor, health care and education. Please go to www.asse.org and to the Government/Professional Affairs tab for more information.


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If he is going to take shots downfield like that, then he needs to get rid of the ball much sooner and let the speed run under it.
The problem is that the speed that is running under it is the safety catching up, our WR's have to stop to come back to it and field it like a punt
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Is this really worth getting upset over? I mean it was utterly idiotic, but "sad and angry" isn't the feeling I get from reading ths.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/08/...be-drawing-it/Blackhawks Has Its Third Solicited Artist In Three Issues – But He Won't Be Drawing It
Bleeding Cool reported how Mister Terrific was on its third artistic team in three issues, as evidence that editorial staff at DC Comics are being incredibly dedicated to getting the work out on time, month in, month out.
However, they may have hit a cropper with Blackhawks.
Last month, Bleeding Cool reported that Blackhawks had ditched issue one artist Ken Lashley for issue two artists Graham Nolan and Norm Rapmund. Well the third issue for October has another credit change, now it's Alessandro Vitti.
Except there's a problem.
Alessandro Vitti has been an exclusive creator with Marvel Comics and is midway through a contract.
Nevertheless, DC have solicited his name on Blackhawks #3.
DC seems to think he accepted the deal. Vitti seems to think he turned it down.
So does this mean when they eventually work it out, we will have… four different artists or art teams announced for Blackhawks by the time the third issue is published?
Holy shit. Reeeaaaaally?! Not only does DC seem unprofessional by switching artists / putting in a fill in artist for the third time in as many issues for this supposedly important relaunch.. They actually have solicited an artist they didn't hire and is under contract with the other company. Is anyone awake at the wheel over there?
Well, at least they didn't hire Chuck freaking Austin for writing chores in the end as their initial website originally claimed.
I can't even find schadenfreude in these goofs at this point. This just makes me sad and a bit angry.
Well, I guess all major companies have had delays and goofs on big launches. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked. Though if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't have to figure out how they rebooted the entire universe and lost the wheelchair accessibility ramps.
Is this really worth getting upset over? I mean it was utterly idiotic, but "sad and angry" isn't the feeling I get from reading ths.
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You may want to unclench, step back a bit, and stop making mountains out of molehills. It's a screwy situation, yeah, but you're sad and angry? Really?
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I'd much rather have a consistent voice. To be frank, I don't really care if the books I follow come out on a strict monthly schedule as long as the quality of the book remains high. I'd rather wait on a good book than hold a mediocre one in my hands on the day it was supposed to ship. For all the things I like about the relaunch, I think this emphasis on firm monthly shipping is actually a step backwards. (Although if I were a retailer, I'd probably appreciate the effort.) I don't think most fans care all that much about a book that ships a few weeks late. Certain fans may go on a message board and bitch, but then they go out and buy it anyway.


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Great Performers are in the Patience Industry
by Dan Coughlin, author of The Management 500
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Shift your focus for the moment away from the recession and other bad news. In your mind, put a spotlight on the greatest performers you've ever known. Visualize them. Take it all in. Step back and look with a panoramic view at how they got to where they were able to deliver an amazing performance. It doesn't matter their age level or type of activity or industry or title. Just step back in awe and let their performance teach you the lessons for your lifetime.
This is one of my favorite activities. I just love, and have always loved, studying extraordinary performers. I've done it since I was eight years old. I'm not nearly as interested in what life is like at the top of the mountain, but rather what happened on the way up the mountain. One of the reasons I do this is because for truly great performers there is no mountaintop, there is only the next mountain to climb. Over the past nearly forty years I've landed on a few common traits of superior performers, and the most common one, the one that every single truly great performer has mastered, is patience.
Great performers are patient beyond short-term results. They are patient beyond great failures and great successes. They are patient beyond being laughed at or being given false praise. They are patient beyond being told they can't succeed and beyond being told they are the greatest in the world. They all simply continue to move forward regardless of what other people say toward improving their performance in their desired area.
(If you want to read a far more in-depth explanation of this concept and how it applies to business management, I encourage you to click here and read Chapter One in my new book, The Management 500:
Nelle Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird
My brother, Kevin, gave me a remarkably powerful book recently called, Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles Shields. Harper Lee wrote the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, in 1960. It went on to become the best-selling piece of literature of the 20
Century and to date has sold more than thirty million copies. For this book, Nelle Lee won the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This book has been taught in countless high schools and colleges and has affected an incredible number of lives with its core message of tolerance and open-mindedness toward other people. That's a pretty high mountaintop to reach.
However, it wasn't until I read Mockingbird that I knew the story of her climb up the mountain. Harper Lee, who really went by Nelle Lee, left law school in late 1949 and moved to New York in 1950. She lived extremely frugally in a cold-water only apartment. She worked as a reservation clerk for Eastern Air Lines by day and wrote by night. From 1950-1956 she dedicated herself to honing her craft in her humble little apartment. Then in December 1956 she received a remarkable gift. Her friends, Michael and Joy Brown, gave her a check that allowed her not to work for one year while she focused on her writing. From 1957-1959, with considerable input from her literary agent and editor, she crafted To Kill A Mockingbird.
This is the age-old story of success. Maintain focus for at least five years on one performance area, get a critically important break or two from an unexpected source, and then continue to focus on improving your performance. This simple formula for great performance has been demonstrated over and over and over, and has been written about so many times you would think every person could apply it easily. But, alas, that is not what happens.
Dale Earnhardt, Sr.
Last year I studied the history of auto racing. One of the most intriguing stories for me was the story of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. In 1979, at the very old age of twenty eight, he became a rookie driver in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, known as the Sprint Cup Series today. He had spent ten years looking for an opportunity to drive in the Winston Cup Series, but no major sponsor would support him. Then in 1979 Rod Osterlund believed in Earnhardt and gave him a chance and the money he needed.
Dale Earnhardt, Sr. won the Rookie-of-the-Year in 1979 and followed that with the first of his seven Winston Cup Series Championships in 1980. He went from a complete unknown to one of the biggest brand names in his sport. He was patient through the very bad times and the very good times and constantly strove to raise his level of performance.
No Easy Victories
John Gardner, one of my all-time favorite writers, wrote a truly great book in 1968 called No Easy Victories. This book is remarkably relevant for many of the issues we are dealing with as a country today. He wrote, "How can we preserve our aspirations and at the same time develop the toughness of mind and spirit to face the fact that there are no easy victories?" He went on to say, "Very few have excellence thrust upon them. They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly, by 'doin' what comes naturally'; and they don't stumble into it in the course of amusing themselves. All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose."
To achieve greatness as a business manager or executive requires sustained, focused effort. In the end, it's hard work combined with extraordinary patience. Do you have it? Are you patient enough to persevere through amazing success and devastating failure? This is what it takes to perform at the very highest levels of achievement.
Learn From Great Failures
Jim Collins, author of Good to Great has a new book, How the Mighty Fall, that has an interesting premise. He studied companies that were considered truly great for a long period of time and then experienced incredible sustained failures. He wanted to find out what made successful companies fail. The first stage of failure is what he called "Hubris Born of Success." He wrote in the BusinessWeek May 29, 2009 Issue, "Stage 1 kicks in when people become arrogant, regarding success virtually as an entitlement, and they lose sight of the true underlying factors that created success in the first place."
Check Yourself into a 30-Day Gratification Detox Center
I think this idea of "entitled success" can keep many individuals and groups from ever achieving great performances. I think the most pervasive and dangerous addiction in our society is not one of the big four (drugs, alcohol, sex, and gambling), but rather the belief that we are entitled to "treats." As in, "I worked hard today, and I deserve a _____ ." You can fill that blank with a variety of answers: $5 cup of coffee, trip to Mexico, an ice cream cone, a new dress, a new sports coat, a new CD, an addition to our house, a new car" and on and on.
It seems to me that we can become so obsessed with the treat at the end of an activity that we erode our ability to remain patient until we achieve a truly great performance. Treats are fine, but they aren't going to take you to a higher level.
I challenge you and me both to enter a 30-Day Gratification Detox Center. Start with just one day. For one day go about your normal activities and when you get to the point that you say, "Ok, now I deserve a little treat," respond by giving yourself nothing. That's right. Give yourself nothing. Slowly wean yourself off of the addiction that every activity, even successful activities, need to be rewarded.
You might be thinking, "Dan, this all sounds a little too puritan for my tastes. If you take out all the treats, what is left? Life would be pretty boring." If you happen to think that, then I would say, "Well, let's see. What is left? If you take out the ice cream, donuts, cookies and brownies, then what is left is great energy that you can use to improve your performance in the area that you want to be great at. If you took out the clothes, trips, and house additions, you would have more money to put toward improving your performance in the area you've chosen to be great at. If you take out the little breaks in the day to play computer games, then you would have more time to put toward improving your performance in the area you want to be great at.
Achieving an extraordinary level of performance requires patience, a lot of patience. It requires the patience to put off the rewards, or at least concentrating on the rewards, and focus on improving the actual performance you want to be great at. That means working, focusing, concentrating, searching for ways to get better, working, focusing,… It doesn't mean work a little, get a treat, work a little, get a treat,…
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America
I'm going to close this issue with a story that I think reinforces my main point in a variety of ways. On May 24
, the day before Memorial Day, I went with my eight-year-old son, Ben, and 4,000 of his closest Boy Scout buddies to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Our job was to plant a flag one foot from each of the headstones. Essentially a fairly easy task I thought. That is until I learned there are 130,000 military men and women buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. On a very hot, muggy St. Louis day these 4,000 Boy Scouts walked in silence for 30 minutes up to the ceremony, stood in quiet attention during the ceremony, and then spent the next two hours going all over the cemetery planting flags. It was an amazing experience to see tens of thousands of identical headstones spanning more than 150 years of U.S. military members. And then to see thousands of Boy Scouts inserting their flags one at a time made the day even more impressive.
This combined effort over an extended period of time reminded me of the effort my ten-year-old daughter, Sarah, and tens of thousands of her closest Girl Scout buddies make every year in selling Girl Scout cookies. It is their sustained effort that makes the Girl Scouts of America such an extraordinary organization.
Is it possible that we adults need to learn from our children how patience can generate truly extraordinary performances?
About Dan Coughlin
Visit Dan at
Dan Coughlin works with executives and managers at large and mid-size companies to improve their business momentum. He is a business keynote speaker, management consultant, and author of the new book,
The Management 500: A High-Octane Formula for Business
(AMACOM 2009). Dan's clients include Coca-Cola, Abbott, Toyota, Prudential, Shell, Boeing, Marriott, McDonald's, AT&T, and the St. Louis Cardinals. He speaks on leadership, branding, sales, and innovation.
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Uschi Digard > > PinupsonFilm
Uschi Digard (born August 15, 1948 in Saltsjo-Duvnas, a little town outside of Stockholm, Sweden), is an erotic actress and figure model. She is sometimes credited as Astrid, Ann Biggs, Debbie Bowman, Uschi Digart, Uschi Digger, Beatrice Dunn, Gina, Sheila Gramer, Ilsa, Astrid Lillimor, Marie Marceau, Inge Pinson, Edie Swenson, Joanie Ulrich, Elke Vann or Ingrid Young.
Uschi moved with her parents to Scandinavia, where she starred in several avant-garde movies in Sweden (not porn) and came back to the United States in 1966.
Uschi Digard speaks numerous languages (German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, French and English); before she started her model career she was working as a translator for the jewelry trade. Her heavy Swedish accent can be heard in a small speaking part in Cherry, Harry & Raquel. One of her more substantial speaking roles is in Getting Into Heaven, a softcore sex comedy.
She has appeared in numerous B movies, many Russ Meyer films, some pornographic movies and a number of men's magazines. Uschi is married and currently lives in Palm Springs.
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Our thanks to the Connecticut Post for continued coverage of climate change-related topics and issues ("Obama climate plan sounds good, but needs urgency," by John J. Berger, July 28 Opinion; "Warning from State environmental officials: The consequences of climate change, July 31).
The more news and feature coverage of this essential topic, the more citizens will become aware of the need for positive community action to secure a viable future for ourselves and generations to come.
To address this global challenge at a local level together with other concerned citizens, on September 24th we are launching a Connecticut Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby at 7 p.m. at the Burroughs Community Center in Bridgeport. We invite anyone interested in additional information to contact either of us at email@example.com or email@example.com and to explore the Citizens Climate Lobby website at www.citizensclimatelobby.org.
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My hand moved back and forth. It had been hard at first, but now the motion was almost automatic. I was used to the blood that came as my knife cut through flesh. I no longer found it gruesome to reach in and snap the bones. It was no longer atrocious to pull out the fragments.
I thought about my family, especially my sister who had spent most of her life protesting against what I did now. My mother was never fond of it and even my father, always the traditional man, grimaced when I first told him about my odd profession. He stood by me though, even when the rest of my family labelled me a killer and scum.
I was not always like this. Once upon a time I had a promising future. After graduating at the top of my class from high school, I went on to Harvard. Later I grew bored of law and decided to try my hand at medical school. It is the greatest of ironies that I had to leave because I couldn't stomach it. No one wants to give a two time college drop-out any sort of scholarship and I had no money so I took to wandering. I worked a number of odd jobs and eventually found myself in New York. That's where I met Charlie. Charlie was the one who introduced me to my profession. A kind man, and good with a knife, he took me in. My medical skills paid off, and I soon took over Charlie's job. He was only 35; people don't stay overly long in this profession.
I finished the gory work just as the sun came up. With all the ligaments properly packaged and the good meat separated from the bad, I was ready to go home. As I took my once-white apron off and locked up, I couldn't help but wonder how long I'd stay a butcher. I was ready for my sister to talk to me again. The fact that she was a die-hard vegan should never have gotten in the way of us being friends. 1
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The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced its 'Call for Entries' for the 41st Annual Annie Awards to begin Tuesday, September 3. Step-by-step instructions are located at submissions.annieawards.org and are entirely on-line again this year. A complete list of Rules and Categories can be found on the Annie Awards website – www.annieawards.org -- along with up-to-the-minute updates and information about the ceremony. Deadline to submit entries and materials is midnight Monday, November 4th. The 41st Annual Annie Awards ceremony is set for Saturday, February 1, 2014 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
"In an effort to simplify the entry process, we've combined a few things that are due on November 4," said ASIFA-Hollywood President, Frank Gladstone. "Along with entries and materials, you'll need to be a current member, renew your membership or join ASIFA-Hollywood by this date to participate in the Annie Award voting." There are also new guidelines for sponsors, Gladstone explained. "Studio sponsorship contracts will also have to be in by the November 4th deadline and sponsors will not be able to take advantage of their entry benefits until their sponsor contract has been recorded. While you still need to be a professional member of ASIFA-Hollywood to submit, each sponsoring studio will also be asked to provide us with a list of designated submitters from their studio group. Finally, there will be no 'retroactive discounts' for entries that a non-sponsor has initially paid for, who then becomes a sponsor after the fact," said Gladstone.
"Of course," added Gladstone, "we continue to welcome independent entries and look forward to even more individual submissions this year."
Entries submitted for consideration will be from productions that were released in the United States between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013. The deadline to join ASIFA-Hollywood or to renew membership, to become a Sponsor, and to submit entries and materials is midnight Monday, November 4th, 2013.
For up-to-the minute
details and information on the Annie Awards, please visit www.annieawards.org.
For information on ASIFA-Hollywood, please visit www.asifa-hollywood.org
Crystal | August 26, 2013 8:46 PM
I wonder . . . . . . is there a way this year the Annies could not be a ratings contest? There's good stuff every year, but there are so many things that really impress me that don't get many or any nominations (like Motorcity). I know some networks that air a lot of animation sponsor(?) the Annies, so do they have some control over the nominees? I feel like the nominations tend to be a bit more biased towards children's shows (other than when the category is children/preschool etc.).
This is looong overdue. Please make it happen. There are thousands of us Lost in Space fans who
Brilliant !!! Look forward to seeing more
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March 22, 2012
Love Badminton!!!!
Hi Sunil, welcome to the Netherlands and to the Expats meet Dutchies group! Looking forward to meet you soon! Sunny greetings, Lexy 'the curly girl'
Sunil, last week already?! Yes, please please do come. It would be a shame not to catch up before you go. You will find my number on the site - just call to find out where we are if needed. I can't stay for long though, so come before 6!
Sunil, just a quick note to say great time on Sat! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. See you soon.
Hey Sunil thanks for the invite but I'm already busy tonight, but will def head down another time, have fun!
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Motley Crue-Wild Side (via GlamNThrashArentDead)
As we all know closer have certain songs that come out of the bullpen to, Mariano Rivera and Billy Wagner use Metallica's Enter Sandman. Trevor Hoffman has AC/DC's Hells Bells. Now wat I to know is what would the song you would sprint out of the bullpen to.
I believe that the song that I would run out of the bullpen to would be Motley Crue's Wild Side. Simply because its an awsome song that gets you pumped up