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Team Pfeiffer Cycling Starts Defense of ACCC Title Next Weekend AT NC State
February 4, 2010
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Team Pfeiffer Cycling will begin defending their ACCC (Atlantic Coast Cycling Conference) title next Saturday, February 13th and Sunday, February 14th for back-to-back road races hosted by N.C. State University. Pfeiffer will travel to the Pittsboro area for five long and hilly road races each day, with cyclists in several categories.
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In the B field for the men, Arturo Bencosme and Michael Brown are saddled into 54 and 42 mile races next weekend. For the ladies, Stephanie Bunnett will try to win the 36-mile and 28-mile road races while Paige Beard runs in the C field that happens simultaneous with the B field, but is scored separately.
Eric Sekercan will participate in the mens D field having to race 18 miles Saturday and 21 on Sunday. The D field races will turn into full sprints with the Sunday stretch ending on top of a third of a mile steep climb.
The ACCC consists of schools North Carolina, Duke, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Georgetown, Appalachian State and many more. To prepare for the upcoming season, Team Pfeiffer Cycling has logged over 4,200 miles on the road since the new year.

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – A two-goal game by Riley Barber was not enough for the No. 13 Miami hockey team as Western Michigan held off a late charge to top the RedHawks 3-2 on Saturday night.
Barber's two goal night gives the sophomore forward a team-high 13 this season, he also posted his ninth multi-point game of the year in the setback.
MU's power play got its first opportunity just 1:12 into the game. However, the WMU penalty kill notched its third shorthanded goal of the weekend when Nolan LaPorte forced a RedHawk turnover behind their net and centered to Chase Balisy, who scored his third short-handed goal of the weekend.
The RedHawks nearly captured some shorthanded magic of their own when they were down a man at the 4:10 mark. With 14:39, Barber jumped on a loose puck and swung it to Sean Kuraly, who drove the net and appeared to tie it up by poking in his own rebound. Officials took a look at the replay and disallowed the tally due to goaltender interference.
The Red and White eventually killed off the penalty and got two more power plays of their own in the period, but were unable to find the net with the man advantage. MU nearly tied it up midway through the period when the puck got worked to Justin Greenberg near the crease, but his backhand hit the post and stayed out. The Broncos took the 1-0 lead into the locker room at intermission. MU outshot WMU 9-8 in the opening 20 minutes of play.
After a strong wrist shot by Alex Wideman was stopped soon after the opening draw of the second period, WMU pinned MU in its own zone for the next few shifts. Jay Williams made some strong saves to keep it a one-shot game and the RedHawks used a timeout with 16:23 left in the period to rest a tired line after an icing. The RedHawks went on the power play at the 5:49 mark and had their most productive power play, hitting two goal posts.
The power play still couldn't find the back of the net, but Barber evened things up during five-on-five play with 11:12 remaining in the frame. Chris Joyaux fed the puck up ice and Kuraly found Barber down the right wing side. His shot rang off the far post and into the net for his 13th goal of the year, extending his point streak to a career-high six games.
Miami got another try on the power play with 3:51 to go in the second, but a broken stick off a shot led to a Red and White penalty 45 seconds later, moving the teams to 4-on-4 hockey. Shortly before the WMU minor expired, a loose puck squirted into the slot to Taylor Fleming, who slapped a shot into the net to put the Broncos ahead 2-1. MU killed off the 45-second WMU power play and drew a five-minute major penalty out of the Broncos late in the period. The RedHawks didn't score in the 15 seconds remaining in the period after the penalty, but entered intermission with a golden chance to tie the score up.
The best opportunity for MU's man advantage came a couple minutes into the third period when Barber fed the puck ahead to Kevin Morris for a breakaway attempt. However, WMU's Frank Slubowski stopped the shot to keep the Broncos in front. Just as the power play expired, Nolan LaPorte capitalized on a turnover by scoring on a breakaway of his own 4:46 into the period, making it a 3-1 WMU lead.
Miami got two more power play chances in the period, but finished the night 0-for-8 with the man advantage. However, Barber gave the RedHawks a lift by scoring his second of the night on a wraparound with one minute left and an extra attacker on the ice. Cody Murphy's chip behind the net set up the score while Matt Joyaux also earned an assist. The Red and White got another chance within the final minute when a loose puck dropped near the crease, but the puck was eventually covered by Slubowski and the Broncos held on for the one-goal win.
MU outshot WMU 38-23 overall and killed off all four Bronco power plays. Barber's two-goal game gives him 13 points during his six-game point streak.
Bronco netminder Frank Slubowski picked up his second win of the weekend when he stopped 36 of 38 shots. Jay Williams started for the RedHawks and turned away 20 of 23 attempts.
MU is back at home against NCHC foe Nebraska Omaha on Friday night. Opening faceoff is at 7:35 p.m.


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It's been said on here and by Monty and Dell, 2 or 3 years. I've seen significant improvement from his first game. The kid will be a beast.
I'm thinking a poor man's Westbrook eventually. Good things in time. His work ethic / drive won't allow him to be a bust. I really believe that. I am sure the front office felt the same way when they drafted him.


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Sonny Bill Williams beat Francois Botha on points in Brisbane after the boxing bout was controversially reduced from 12 to 10 rounds during the fight.
The former All Blacks centre was hanging on by a thread in what turned out to be the last round and would almost certainly have lost if another two rounds had been allowed.
The judges awarded the fight to Williams 97-91, 98-94 and 97-91.
'I love Sonny Bill, but this is bullshit,' Botha said afterwards. 'I beat him hands free!'
Earlier, Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper won his first professional fight in a first-round knockout of Australian Barry Dunnett.
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Arguably this time period is the hardest for fantasy managers. Nine teams are on a bye this week and the following week there are four teams on double games, two of those are currently on a bye. If that's not hard enough to plan, throw in a host of players on international duty to add to the brutality. No doubt some people will consider using their wildcard this week, but we advise against it. In our opinion, it's a waste to use your wildcard to obtain players on only ten of the nineteen teams playing this week.
Will Johnson ($8.5m), Portland Timbers – Timbers are third in the Western Conference with a lot of the credit due to this man. Having Johnson in your lineup is a very smart play as it fulfills your depleted roster this round due to all the teams on byes and the following round he has a double game week. With his demand going up next week, getting him early will help protect from the price increase.
Andy O'Brien ($5.0m), Vancouver Whitecaps – Like Johnson, this is a planning pick as the Whitecaps have a double game week next round. The 'Caps are coming off a very crucial win over a strong New York Red Bulls side. They head south to Seattle to face the Sounders who are off to the second best start in franchise history. While it's unsure what kind of team Seattle will dress with the amount of players out due to international week, injuries and suspensions. The one thing we are confident on, Mr. O'Brien netting us at least four fantasy points.
Team of the week (Round 15), New England Revolution – Fresh off the absolute dismantling of the LA Galaxy, the Revs at home face the worst team in the league in D.C. United. Ben Olsen's D.C. team has scored a meager six goals through thirteen games this season, while New England has only conceded nine in the same amount of matches. A great numbers match up for New England defensively.
Bobby Shuttleworth ($5.1m) has had a very good season in net with the help of his defenders and for this week and perhaps next he's your guy. Keep in mind though that if you're looking for a keeper for the long haul wait until after Round 19, as 17 and 19 are bye weeks for the Revolution.
When Revolution's defense is rolling the way it is, you might as well close your eyes when picking a defender, they're just that good. We prefer the bargain Stephen McCarthy ($4.8m) but if you've got spare money then easily take Jose Goncalves ($6.3m) who is very consistent with his bonuses.
Up top, teen sensation (and our captain) Diego Fagundez ($6.1m) is taking the MLS by storm. Scoring four goals in as many games and throwing in two assists versus the Galaxy, he's a lock for anyone's team.
That's it for this week, as always good luck in Round 15 Fantasy Managers and let's keep the Whitecaps Fantasy League one of the highest ranked in MLS!
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Some tough choices with so many quality players on international duty, and approximately thirteen different teams on bye weeks over the next three rounds. The best managers will look ahead over the next three weeks and know exactly who they are picking and dropping and when. In this week's article we help shed some light on those hard choices.
Obafemi Martins ($9.7m), Seattle Sounders – With Eddie Johnson ($9.7m) missing the next 2 weeks, Martins (our captain this week) is a lock for some quality time. Seattle faces a bye week in Round 16, that's when we will be swapping Martins for Marco Di Vaio ($8.8m) as Montreal will be on a double game week. Seattle take on two favorable opponents in Chivas USA and Vancouver Whitecaps to help overcome that shellacking they received from LA Galaxy.
Diego Fagundez ($6.0m) New England Revolution – Three goals in as many games, four goals in six games and only $6m? Yes please! The midfielder who's listed as a forward in the game is a bargain buy. He may not score against the Galaxy this week, but he won't be missing a game until Revolution's round 17 bye week. Round 15 and 16 he faces great opponents in D.C. United and Vancouver Whitecaps.
Hard Choices (Round 14):
Graham Zusi ($10.2m) Sporting Kansas City – With International duty and bye weeks Zusi won't see action until week 17. We've sold the best player in the game, as his $10.2m price tag is bound to drop and is not worth holding on whatsoever, we'll plan to be picking him up round 17 at under $10m.
Mike Magee ($8.8m) Chicago Fire – Mike Magee is finally back home. While the story is nice, we're very hesitant to jump on him. Coming off an injury Magee needs to score goals to get points as he isn't a playmaker, zero assists and he hasn't even picked up a key pass since Round 5. Granted, he is playing at home against D.C. United so he's worth the risk, but don't be surprised if he struggles.
Marco Di Vaio ($8.8m) Montreal Impact – He's the hottest player in the game but we're holding off him until his double header week in Round 16. As we don't like his match up away against Kansas City this round and want to avoid his bye week in Round 15. But he'll be our captain in week 16, that's for sure.
For more information on prizing and how to sign up for the Official Whitecaps Fantasy League click: HERE
Well Fantasy Managers Round 11 was a big week of footy now, wasn't it? I hope your teams brought in a trailer load of points as the average team haul was 75, but there's no time to relax now! We have another important week with the LA Galaxy and the Philadelphia Union playing double headers. Our Fantasy Forecast today will touch on both.
Amobi Okugo ($7.1m), Philadelphia Union – Could the Union lose both their games? Yes. Are we worried about that? No! One thing Okugo has going for him, is consistency; over the last ten games, he's averaged 5.3pts per game. As a defender who's listed as a midfielder Okugo benefits from collecting balls at the back and scores many defensive bonus points. We expect a solid 10 point haul this week. Great value!!
Raymon Gaddis ($5.0m), Philadelphia Union – One of Philadelphia's opponents this week are the Chicago Fire who the Union just defeated on the road 1-0. The Fire has struggled this season and has only scored 6 goals in 7 games. Normally I'd never recommend a Union defender but since it's a double game week it's worth the gamble. I much rather have Jeff Parke ($4.8m) but he's still questionable with an injury. If he becomes healthy go with Parke, if not take a shot with Gaddis, as he should be a starter regardless of who is returning from injuries.
Team of the week (Round 12), LA Galaxy – Easy choice this week! Los Angeles is the better of the two teams with double headers this week. Picking up Galaxy players at this time will prove to be not only a smart decision for this week but could be a savvy play for the remainder of the season. The Galaxy started slow to this season and have been rather up and down of late, but we're confident that with the talent they have they'll get it together sooner rather than later.
We've selected Carlo Cudicini ($5.4m) as our keeper this week and are leaning towards holding him for several weeks after, if the Galaxy solidifies their defensive tendencies.
In our team joining Cudicini is his defender Sean Franklin ($5.3m). His value isn't something you can pass up on, and while Omar Gonzalez ($6.0m) generally is the rock at the back Franklin has done just as well in recent weeks, and we prefer to pocket the $0.7m difference and push it into the midfield.
With that difference we've used it to help secure Landon Donovan ($9.9m). Donovan has had a rough start since his late arrival (missing two penalty kicks so far) and well over half his points came in just one game. We believe it's only temporary and expect a good point total from him, he's our captain!
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Gut-check time Fantasy Managers!
It's that Round 11 we've all circled on our calendar and it's time to get serious. Below are the best team and players that one should select to get the best week possible. One future key note is Round 12 features LA Galaxy and the Philadelphia Union playing a double week. So keep an eye on how LA does this week at Vancouver Whitecaps FC to give you a sense of where the best value is. Planning is key to success!
Justin Mapp ($6.8m), Montreal Impact – In less than a week Justin Mapp has vaulted himself into a player to own. After his performance in the Amway Canadian Championship against Toronto FC many wondered if he could follow it up in league play. Mapp responded by scoring two goals versus San Jose Earthquakes, bringing his tally to a remarkable three goals and one assist over the last week. While it could very well be short lived, at only $6.8m it's worth the gamble to see if his hot streak continues!
Graham Zusi ($10.2m), Sporting Kansas City – Goes without saying this man should be not only be in your team, but be your captain. After 14 pts last week vs Chivas USA one can only expect the best from Zusi. Seattle and Houston are his opponents and while it's not the best match up, Zusi is just so good that it shouldn't matter who he plays against.
Team of the week (Round 11), FC Dallas – Playing on home turf has proven a deadly advantage in Major League Soccer and the Hoops play both of this week's matches at FC Dallas Stadium first against DC United then Portland Timbers. This schedule proves to be the easiest out of all the MLS sides. Dallas have only conceded two goals and remain undefeated at home. We expect at the very least one clean sheet but wouldn't be surprised if it's two.
We've made a change in our line-up and have added goalkeeper Raul Fernandez ($5.7m), even with his .2m increase in salary he represents tremendous value in the keeper position, especially with the personnel in front of him.
Speaking of that personnel, what more can be said about this back line? It took some heroics from Whitecaps' rookie Kekuta Manneh ($5.0m) to not only break the shutout of Dallas but salvage a tie. Matt Hedges ($5.7m) is your "CBI" specialist he's a defending bonus machine and Michael Pereira ($5.6m) is fast becoming a great choice as he is continuously lined up in the midfield even though he's listed as a defender, he's had 3 key passes in 4 out of the last 5 games.
Dallas is coming off a bye which they desperately needed after picking up knocks to Andrew Jacobson ($6.4m) and defender George John ($5.8m), if either of these are in your line up, proceed with caution and watch the injury news.
With Jackson ($7.9m) recently receiving a red card, we're going to steer clear of the middle of the park. We don't advise picking Dallas forwards Kenny Cooper ($8.9m) or Blas Perez ($9.0m) as we believe that money can be spent better elsewhere.
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Round 9 is upon us which means we're only two weeks away from the massive double header Round 11. Every transfer you make now should be for a player who will have two games in Round 11 to maximize your potential points. Because of that, the focus for the next two weeks will be on players who are poised to do well in their current round as well as Round 11.
Landon Donovan ($10.0m), LA Galaxy – Well Donovan came back with a big bang in Round 8 and many people have jumped on him early. If he can maintain his hot streak and find his form of previous seasons he'll more than justify his $10.0m price tag. Galaxy are without a double match week in round 11 but they do have two games in round 12 when they travel to Philadelphia Union then New York Red Bulls. If you can find the space for him in your salary-cap he's guaranteed to see a price jump after Round 11 as managers scoop him up for Round 12.
Dax McCarty ($8.7m), New York Red Bulls – Facing Toronto FC who are notorious for conceding bad goals is a good match up for McCarty. The Red Bulls made a fantastic 4-1 comeback from behind last week against a New England side that had until then held the lowest goals against for any team in MLS this season. Putting four past the Revolution is quite a feat and we think McCarty and company's momentum will continue, even with the loss of Juninho due to red card suspension. Looking ahead to Round 11 they square off against the Montreal Impact and New England once again, two matches that could easily tilt in their favour.
Team of the week (Round 9), FC Dallas – Dallas are at the top of the league because of their strong defense and creative midfield. This week they're headed to our neck of the woods to face Vancouver Whitecaps FC who have struggled to maintain a clean sheet in the past few rounds. They also present a good option to fantasy managers going into Round 11 when they play two matches at home against Portland Timbers and D.C. United.
Dallas' centre backs Matt Hedges ($5.6m) George John ($5.8m) are the rocks that hold the puzzle together. Michel Pereira ($5.6m) is listed as a defender but appears to be a defensive holding midfielder for Dallas and is quite consistent with key passes and crosses. With the midfield there are plenty of worthwhile options, Jackson ($8.1m) and David Ferreira ($9.1m) are the two big key play makers in the engine room with Andrew Jacobson ($6.4m) being a bargain at his price with similar points. Jacobson has only put up under 4 points once this year being one of the most consistent well priced players in the league. We prefer him over his 2 counter parts.
Up top Blas Perez ($9.0m) and Kenny Cooper ($9.1m) are the two forwards, but we prefer to avoid these two as we feel for the price there is better value to be had elsewhere. Keep in mind that Dallas has a bye next week so plan accordingly, and as always keep an eye on the latest injury report updates HERE. Good luck in Round 9.
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Here it is, the most important round to date. The first double-game week is upon us and fantasy managers need to utilize these weeks if they want to stay in contention for prizes. As the masses rush towards the teams that play the most, the players in demand increase in cost.
As Sporting Kansas City and the New York Red Bulls are the only teams with two games this week, we take a change from our usual pattern and profile both teams.
We're tight for time before the 4:15pm PT deadline, so let's get to it!
Sporting Kansas City - If you aren't part of the 44.4% of the league who currently own Graham Zusi ($9.9m) then there's a problem, he will be the most captained player of Round 8. If you think SKC will have a successful offensive production while visiting LA Galaxy and New York Red Bulls, then Claudio Bieler ($9.3m) is your man, he's scored twice in the last two games. The safe play though is Kansas' defense. With four straight shutouts this team has finally found their form of last year.
The trio of Aurelien Collin ($6.4m), Matt Besler ($6.1m) and keeper Jimmy Nielsen ($6.0m) are the best in the business. Can't go wrong with any of those three. If managers don't have 3 players from Kansas this round, they will significantly fall behind.
New York Red Bulls – New York faces two strong opponents as both Kansas City and New England Revolution are significantly strong on defense. The saving grace is they are likely to earn a clean sheet versus the Revolution who have only one goal on the season. Not nearly as much can be expected in their matchup against Kansas City who are strong on all fronts: lethal at scoring and stringent on conceding. That being said, it is better to have defenders in difficult games.
So we start with the Red Bull's back line. Best value by far comes from Markus Holgersson ($4.8m) as his value means he should be able to be slotted on any team and receive an uptick in price. The more expensive option is Jamison Olave ($6.0m). Olave's value is significantly inflated though as he has scored as a defender in 2 straight games and many managers have jumped on board and driven up his price tag. We prefer Markus for straight up value.
Goalkeeper Luis Robles ($5.6m) should pick up a good number of points in New England but could be in for quite the rough night at Kansas so we prefer to avoid him and use our max 3 players from one team another way.
And that way is Thierry Henry ($10.5m), he's had a very rough year so far and has struggled with injury, but If anyone from the Red Bull lineup is going to score/create this round it will be him. He has the ability to take over games at any moment and at a steep $10.5m he's expensive but we like the gamble as the risk versus return has tremendous potential.
As always, keep an eye on the latest injury report updates HERE. Good luck in Round 8.
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Hold or Sell?
That's the theme of this week's forecast considering Sporting Kansas City are the only team on a bye this round. With the likes of Jimmy Nielsen ($6.0m), Aurélien Collin ($6.2m), Matt Besler ($6.0m), Graham Zusi ($9.9m) and Claudio Bieler ($9.3m) being so widely owned, fantasy managers have some tough questions to ask themselves.
With the impending double game next week, we've elected to hold all three of our Kansas' players. However, if you decide to sell make sure to buy them back as quickly as possible following the round lock, as their prices will surely increase from the rush of additions.
So with that being said, we're here to give you the value you seek, assuming you're holding 2 or 3 Kansas players on your bench.
Corey Ashe ($5.0m), Houston Dynamo – Houston look to rebound at home versus Chicago Fire. With Houston only conceding once at home this season, and Chicago yet to score when away, we expect a clean sheet further extending Houston's home unbeaten streak to 35 games.
Chris Korb ($4.6m), D.C. United – Although struggling as of late D.C. United have a relatively decent match up against the enigma that is the New York Red Bulls this weekend. We believe throwing Korb in could net a decent return, and at only $4.6m he's an affordable option with your stars on your bench this week.
Team of the week (Round 7), Seattle Sounders – Fresh off their elimination from CONCACAF Champions league Seattle finds themselves at the bottom of the MLS standings. The Sounders are off to their worst start in franchise history so it's fortunate for them that they face the second last New England Revolution this weekend. Keep in mind that defense doesn't seem to the problem for the Revs. Believe it or not, they have only conceded two goals so far this year, but they've also only managed to score one.
If Seattle plans to mount a comeback this season it will need to start from the back, and that's where our focus will be for them this week. Thanks to the Seattle struggles this year many of their players have dropped in value. Goalkeeper Michael Gspurning ($5.8m) was one of the best keepers last year, only conceding 15 times. On the backline we start with Djimi Traore ($5.5m) he's only played the last 3 games for Seattle but has averaged between 4 and 5 fantasy points per game. DeAndre Yedlin ($4.6m) probably falls right into place in this week's blog, as he's the cheapest defender that Seattle plays, and because of that, his value has actually increased.
We suggest steering clear of Seattle's attack until they show they have rebounded this season, but when they do, grab them when they're cheap, as many fantasy managers have an eye on this under-performing team with a very deep midfield.
As always, keep an eye on the latest injury report updates HERE. Good luck in Round 7.
For more information on prizing and how to sign up for the Official Whitecaps Fantasy League click: HERE
Another round under the belt, how has your MLS Fantasy team done so far? Middle of the pack? Trailing behind? Or leading the show? It's still very early in the season but by now we should start to see the teams who have lost interest and fallen off, and on the other end of the spectrum, see who's the real deal.
With Seattle Sounders and LA Galaxy both having byes this week for the second time in five rounds, it enough to frustrate Fantasy goers immensely. Looking at the stats for Teams selected by % it appears an overwhelming amount of players have either a Galaxy forward (Robbie Keane 21.2%), midfielder (Mike Magee 27.8%) or defender (Omar Gonzalez 24.2%) on their roster. This week we'll provide you with some secondary cover while you await the return of the reigning MLS Champions to your squad.
Claudio Bieler ($9.2m), Sporting Kansas City – Bieler had quite an active game last weekend with one goal and two fluffed chances. If he had converted all three you could imagine his price increase! With double-header rounds 8 and 11 coming up, we are going to grab him now and hold him through his bye week in round 7. We don't want to risk missing a goal scored versus DC United this weekend.
Abdoulie Mansally ($4.6m), Real Salt Lake – Mansally had a hot start to the season but cooled off thanks to international duty and a game suspension due to violent conduct. We weren't sure how his position in the team would fare when he returned last weekend but he played 80 minutes in a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders and secured five fantasy points. Facing a Colorado Rapids team who are still winless on the year we like Mansally's chances of a clean sheet.
Team of the week (Round 6), Houston Dynamo – With their elimination from CONCACAF Champions league earlier in March, the Dynamo can now focus on their MLS schedule. Facing Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field they're looking to claim 3 points and the top spot in the Eastern Conference. After Portland, Houston's schedule gets even more favourable with matches versus Chicago (H) Toronto (A) and Colorado (H). Those four teams have a grand total of two wins this season.
Brad Davis ($8.9m) is a must have considering his price tag, and he won't get cheaper than this. Adding him to your team will also bring a significant increase in value over the next several months. He's the man in the engine room and any success Houston has, he's the one pulling the strings. Will Bruin ($8.7m) has also fallen from his $9m value, but with a goal and an assist in his last 2 games means he's looking likely to reclaim last years stellar form.
On defense Houston have some amazing value. Fullbacks Corey Ashe ($5.0m) and Kofi Sarkodie ($5.0m) pose a better bang for your buck than centre backs Bobby Boswell ($5.9m) and Jermaine Taylor ($5.5m). That recommendation factors doubly when you consider that through the first five rounds all four defenders have similar fantasy scores.
As always, keep an eye on the latest injury report updates HERE. Good luck in Round 6.
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International week has now come and gone, and hopefully as fantasy managers we're all more experienced because of it. More importantly though is whether or not all your players who were called-up have come back healthy and motivated for Round 5. For certain the US internationals like Matt Besler ($6.0m), Omar Gonzalez ($6.1m), Graham Zusi ($9.8m), Brad Davis ($8.9m) and Eddie Johnson ($9.9m) will be riding high after surviving the Azteca in Mexico and defeating Costa Rica at what looked like the North Pole.
Whether you capitalized or didn't fare so well last round I still have some good news for you. The powers that be at the MLS Fantasy Manager head office have made a few alterations to transfers in the next two rounds. With CONCACAF scheduling implications they have given us an extra transfer in Round 6. Also if you don't make use of your two transfers in Round 5, one of them will roll over giving Round 6 a potential four free transfers! Plan accordingly.
Graham Zusi ($9.8m), Sporting Kansas City – How to make this as blunt as possible... if this guy isn't in your lineup then you have a problem. A quick glance at the schedule for Sporting Kansas show Round 8 and Round 11 are double game weeks. Zusi is now owned by a whopping 35.7% of the league and will only become more expensive as we get closer to the double headers. Now is the time to bite the bullet and finally find the salary cap to buy him. We like his home match versus Montreal as a nice welcome back from his national team duties.
Clint Irwin ($4.1m), Colorado Rapids – This is a pure value play. With the news of Colorado's starting goalkeeper Matt Pickens ($4.9m) out 3-4 months with a broken arm, it appears it's Clint Irwin's job to lose. We don't believe in having 2 starting goalies in any fantasy formation but considering the cheapest keepers come in at about $3.9m, it's a smart play to have Irwin on your bench. If you have a free transfer handy this addition could net you some good salary growth several weeks down the road.
Team of the week (Round 5), FC Dallas – Fresh off their win last week against a roster depleted Real Salt Lake, Dallas find themselves on top of the Western Conference facing a home contest against New England Revolution. With the Revolution only tallying one goal so far this season, it's a great match to load up on Dallas defenders.
Matt Hedges ($5.0m) surprise, surprise...Mr. Hedges is on our blog again for a 2nd week in a row. Previously we mentioned the defender's amazing ability to rack up bonus points without a clean sheet, well last week he rewarded us with both and we expect him to do it again. Michel Garbini Pereira ($5.0m) looks like he's taken the role of last years Zach Lloyd ($5.0m). While both are starters for Dallas, Pereira has been getting a fair amount of key passes and crosses into the box for the team, a playing style which many are waiting for Lloyd to recapture.
George John ($5.6m) is the most expensive defender on the roster but we recommend steering clear of him. The cheaper alternatives listed above are much better fantasy savvy plays.
For more advice from the pros check out the latest episode of MLSsoccer.com's Starting Lineup below:
As always, keep an eye on the latest injury report updates HERE. Good luck in Round 5.
For more information on prizing and how to sign up for the Official Whitecaps Fantasy League click: HERE
It's the dreaded World Cup Qualifying week, a situation that could prove very costly for many owners that haven't planned ahead. It's also something fantasy managers best start getting accustomed to. Why you ask? Well looking at the international qualifying schedule it appears we'll run into this situation at least four or more times in the 36 rounds before playoffs.
This week we address the teams most likely to benefit from having opponents with players on international duty. The complete list of MLS players who have been called up can be found HERE.
First up, FC Dallas have home field advantage versus a gutted Real Salt Lake squad who have lost five starters including their leading goal scorer Alvaro Saborio ($10.1m). Meanwhile, Montreal Impact look to extend their winning streak at home against a New York Red Bulls team without Australian international Tim Cahill ($8.0m), and Costa Rican international Roy Miller ($4.5m). New York will also be missing the likes of Thierry Henry ($10.4m) due to injury and Juninho ($7.8m) remains questionable with a calf strain.
David Ferreira ($9.1m), FC Dallas – Listed at 5'5" the little guy commands a big price and rightfully so! Ferreira has been on the score sheet every game this season with 2 goals and 1 assist and it doesn't look likely to stop facing a destitute Real Salt Lake line up. Expect the reigning 2010 league MVP to be a nuisance all game long, we've captained him.
Matt Hedges ($5.0m), FC Dallas – It's not a typo friends, it's another Dallas player. This season Matt Hedges hasn't received a clean sheet yet, and you know what? That's totally fine with us! Matt is averaging 17 CBIs a game (That's good for being ranked 2nd in the league for clearances, blocks or interceptions) that's close to 3 defensive bonus points per match!. Factor in the 2 points for playing 60+ minutes and the mere chance of 4 points for a clean sheet, and we love it, we love it a lot! HUGE upside, get him in your team.
Team of the week (Round 4), Montreal Impact – With a perfect 3-0 start to the campaign it's no surprise that Montreal is at the top of the MLS Power Rankings. More importantly, the Impact have only Sanna Nyassi ($5.9m) away on international duty and square off against a severely depleted New York Red Bulls side that has struggled to find a win this season even when they do have a full squad.
Jeb Brovksy ($4.8m) is the man to start your Round 4 plan with. His cost will only go north of here with many people looking for value on the back line. Davy Arnaud ($7.3m) is proving to be a poor man's version of Patrice Bernier ($8.0m) or Felipe ($9.0m) as Arnaud has played the same amount of minutes and contributed slightly more in fantasy points than his fellow starting midfielders. That being said, New York has been known to concede a fair amount of penalty kicks and you can be certain that Montreal's PK specialist Bernier will be the one to step up and take them.
Lastly, be sure to avoid Alessandro Nesta ($5.1m). While not yet listed on the injury report he is out for approximately two weeks with an abductor strain. As always, keep an eye on the latest injury report updates HERE and don't forget to watch this week's edition of MLSsoccer.com's fantasy show: Starting Lineup (below). Good luck in Round 4.
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November 10, 97
Vol. 13 , No. 05
Hong Kong, PRC: The First 100 Days
Richard Baum has lived and traveled extensively throughout East Asia and is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin dialect). Since 1975 he has made more than 25 trips to Asia. Most recently, he spent eight months in Hong Kong with a group of 16 University of California students, observing and analyzing Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China. He is currently preparing a book on the Hong Kong handover experience.
The most memorable of his many trips to China was in May 1989, when he witnessed first hand the mass movement of democratic protest that erupted in several Chinese cities on the eve of the Tiananmen Massacre of June 4. After the massacre, he was among the first Western scholars to return to China, sent by his university on a fact-finding mission to Beijing and Shanghai in August 1989.
Baum is professor of political science at UCLA, where he specializes in the study of East Asian politics and international relations. He grew up in Westwood, attended UCLA, and received both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.
After joining the UCLA faculty in 1968, Baum served as a director of the National Committee on United States-China Relations and was a founding member of the China Council of the Asia Society. He has been a consultant to numerous public and private organizations, including the U.S. Government, the United Nations, and the RAND Corporation. He is past chairman of the faculty committee on Chinese Studies at UCLA and has twice been voted political science "Professor of the Year."
Baum has written, coauthored, and edited eight books, including Burying Mao: Chinese Politics in the Age of Deng Xiaopin (1994). He has also been a frequent contributor to the editorial pages of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, and others.
You are welcome to join the Athenaeum and the Keck Center for Strategic and International Studies for this lecture and discussion by Professor Richard Baum.
Revisiting the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Rhetoric and politics have gone hand in hand since long before ancient Greece. Even in the last century, many of the key figures of political history-Churchill, Kennedy, and Roosevelt-are most vividly recalled by virtue of their inspiring words. Among the greatest of these statesmen was Abraham Lincoln. Though probably best remembered for his speeches as president, Lincoln's influence over American rhetoric and his fame as a speaker really began in the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
In the antebellum period political speeches were published far from where they were given, providing an extended audience with access to fairly localized events. This practice was particularly important with the Lincoln-Douglas debates in the Senatorial race of 1858, as it presented both of these key individuals to the United States at a time when views on slavery, union, and economic measures were becoming fixed.
David Zarefsky's research into the Lincoln-Douglas debates led to his book, Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate (1990), which was recognized by the Speech Communication Association with the 1991 Winans-Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address. His receipt of this same award for President Johnson's War on Poverty: Rhetoric and History (1986), makes him one of only two people to have received the award twice.
Zarefsky has been a member of the faculty of the School of Speech at Northwestern University since 1968 and has been associate dean of the School of Speech since 1983. In 1993 he served as president of the Speech Communications Association (SCA), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations for scholars, teachers and practitioners in the fields of communications and performance studies.
Zarefsky received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the SCA in 1994, the Distinguished Service Award from the American Forensics Association and has been elected 12 times to the Associated Student Government Honor Roll of Teaching at Northwestern.
In addition to his two award-winning books, Zarefsky has served on the editorial boards of the Quarterly Jourbal of Speech, Southern Communication Journal, Journal of the Association for Communication Education, and Argumentation and Advocacy.
One Cheer for Censorship
Jazz, rock and roll, and other forms of popular music have placed high among America's leading cultural exports for decades. The international appeal of these genres notwithstanding, government ministries in the old Soviet bloc and central Asia long decried them as vulgar expressions of rapacious Western capitalist decadence. Yet from Baghdad to Bialystok, from the Kremlin to Kuwait, from Moscow to the mosques, appetites for the artistry of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, and Elvis Presley remained insatiable.
To the Gould Center series, Censorship, Politics, and the Culture of Transgression, S. Frederick Starr will bring an international perspective by discussing the history of cultural censorship in the Soviet Union as well as the current situation in the Islamic world. Educated at Yale, Cambridge University, and Princeton, Starr left his teaching post at Princeton to found the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies at the Wilson Center in Washington. From there he moved on to Tulane and to Oberlin College, where he served as president from 1983-94. He has headed the Aspen Institute, founded the Central Asia Institute at Johns Hopkins, and planned work for a new university to be established by the Aga Khan in Tajikistan. An advisor to four Presidents on Russian affairs and a consultant to several post-Soviet governments, Starr remains a regular participant in the World Economic Forum in Switzerland and is the only non-Russian Laureate of the Literary Gazette in Moscow.
An accomplished jazz musician, Starr plays clarinet and saxophone with the Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble, with which he has toured in the U.S. and abroad and performed at the Grammy Awards. Among his many books are Red and Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union (1990) and Bamboula! The Life and Times of Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1995).
Is the Death Penalty Just?
In September the Athenaeum and the Salvatori Center presented former Chicago prosecutor, William Kunkle, to argue the justice of the death penalty. Now we are pleased to welcome prominent capital litigator George Kendall of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., to argue the other side of this highly controversial issue.
Kendall earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Government from the University of Richmond (Virginia) and a law degree from the Antioch School of Law in Washington, DC. In 1983 he became Staff Attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union's Eleventh Circuit Capital Litigation Project in Atlanta, Georgia. In this position, he represented numerous Georgia inmates with capital sentences in state and federal post-conviction proceedings.
In 1988 Kendall joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in New York as a staff attorney in its capital punishment project. In this capacity he handles capital cases at trial, on appeal, and in state and federal post-conviction proceedings. He regularly appears at seminars on capital litigation throughout the country and has taught courses on racism and the death penalty at Yale Law School and the Florida State University College of Law.
Kendall's presentation will focus on the administration of the death penalty in the two decades since the supreme Court upheld the new state statutes passed in the wake of Furman V. Georgia (1972). The states had promised that the new laws would remove or filter away the factors and circumstances that allowed racial discrimination, poverty, and other arbitrary factors to influence the capital sentencing process. Considerable empirical evidence now exists to answer the question whether the current administration of capital punishment is indeed just, or remains flawed with unfairness and arbitrariness.
You won't want to miss another provocative discussion of the justice of the death penalty cosponsored by the Athenaeum and the Salvatori Center.
Documenting the Holocaust: The Task of All History
The hold of the Holocaust over the imagination of the western world is immense. For those involved, either as responsible parties or victims, the dreadful memory looms large as they must reckon with the past and try to move on to the future. As the generations involved in this tragedy are passing away, they have charged newer generations with the task of keeping the memory alive as a warning to the future. An important tool in this task is the video camera. Though documentaries about the Holocaust abound, it has only been recently that the task of recording the living memory has become urgent.
In the forefront of this effort has been Michael Berenbaum, an expert in the use of video to preserve history. With a unique ability to succeed in diverse fields and a driving motivation, Berenbaum has been recognized as an author, scholar, film producer, journalist, and political activist. In 1997 he was named president and chief executive officer of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. The nonprofit organization, founded by Steven Spielberg, is dedicated to videotaping and preserving interviews of Holocaust survivors throughout the world. This archive will be used as a tool for global education about the Holocaust and to teach racial, ethnic, and cultural tolerance. Before this appointment, he was Director of the U.S. Holocaust Research Institute of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. He also served as the Museum's Project Director from 1988-93. He has taught at Wesleyan, Yale, and Georgetown Universities.
Berenbaum is the author of twelve books, including The Holocaust: Religious and Philosophical Implications (1989), coauthored with CMC philosophy professor John Roth, as well as numerous scholarly articles and hundreds of journalistic pieces. In addition, he coproduced One Survivor Remembers: The Gerda Weissman Klein Story (1996) which won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and the Cable Ace Award.
The Business of Baseball
BILL ARCE P'80, moderator
The pennant races this year highlighted an undeniable fact about our nation's pastime. To succeed in major league baseball, you need to spend money-lots of it. Both of the World Series participants this year-the Cleveland Indians and the Florida Marlins-were near the top of their respective leagues in payroll expenditures, as were the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland's close competitor in the American League, and the Atlanta Braves of the National League.
Baseball has become a big business, as the era of private family ownership has ended with the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers to Rupert Murdoch and his vast media empire. To begin to understand what this great sport has meant to the nation and what it may become in the future, it is necessary to take a look at the business of baseball. Business decisions have brought us free agency, the M.L.B. Player's Association, longterm contracts, and exorbitant signing bonuses. The business of the sport has also begun to look beyond America and has become increasingly international in its appeal, with 147 foreign national players from 19 countries now playing in major league baseball.
To help flesh out major trends in baseball which follow from these business decisions, the Athenaeum has assembled a panel of CMC alumni prominent in baseball to represent the perspectives of players, coaches, and general managers. Moderating this panel will be Claremont-Mudd-Scripps founding athletics director and longtime baseball coach Bill Arce. Coach Arce has spent the last 35 years of his life promoting baseball at home and abroad. Beginning in 1962, he used sabbaticals and summer vacations to develop baseball in various European countries including Holland and Italy, two countries for whom he coached teams to European championships. He is now widely recognized as one of the great ambassadors of the game.
Wes Parker, a 1962 CMC alumnus, was the first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1964 to 1972 and earned Gold Gloves for fielding his last six years in the Majors. He retired as the finest fielding first baseman ever by both reputation and percentage. He was also the team's rookie of the year and MVP in 1970. He will present the perspective of the players and the unions and their role in the business of baseball.
Andy Roundtree is a 1976 graduate of CMC and is currently the Vice-President of Finance and Administration for both the Anaheim Angels and the Mighty Ducks. He is responsible for the overall financial operation of the clubs, including budgeting, accounting, planning, and payroll. He will be representing management's perspective on changes that have occurred in the business of baseball.
Finally, Dean Taylor '73, the Assistant General Manager of the Atlanta Braves, will place himself squarely in the middle of management and labor, to discuss the difficult role of the general manager in managing the great changes and many conflicts that have been very much a part of baseball in the last few decades.
An Afternoon with Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt
4:00 P.M., McKENNA AUDITORIUM
In a society that imprisons unjustly, the only place for a just man is in prison.
-Geronimo Ji Jaga
(quoting from Henry David Thoreau)
Among the many controversies of the '60s that still haunt us today is the mystery surrounding the role of the Black Panther Party. As a militant group advocating change, many questions remain unanswered regarding its activities. The case of Elmer Pratt (now known as Geronimo Ji Jaga) is the most prominent example. A former Green Beret and decorated Vietnam veteran, Ji Jaga, who was deputy defense minister for the Black Panthers and head of its Southern California chapter, was convicted of the 1968 murder of a Santa Monica school teacher in 1972. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. The conviction was overturned in a Santa Ana Superior Court in May of this year, and two weeks later the judge released Ji Jaga on $25,000 bail pending a new trial.
The matter is still cloaked in controversy, much of which seems to stem from long-dormant passions of the '60s being reawakened. Ji Jaga contends that he was railroaded for the killing, as FBI and police sought to undermine the Black Panther movement in California. Defended by Johnnie Cochran, Ji Jaga managed to get a retrial based on new evidence that a witness against him lied under oath about being a police and FBI informant. Another piece of evidence was a 1970 FBI memo containing a directive to "neutralize Pratt as an effective B.P.P. functionary." Ji Jaga maintains that he was in Oakland at the Black Panther Party headquarters at the time of the killing. However, the prosecution claims that there is more evidence implicating Ji Jaga, and so his struggle continues.
No reservations are needed to attend this 4:00 p.m. lecture in McKenna Auditorium and seating is on a first-come basis. This lecture is sponsored by the Athenaeum, OBSA, and CMC alumnus John Allen '73.
The Spoils Society
In The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement 1945-1995 (1997), Robert Samuelson looks squarely at a society that has never had it so good yet never felt so bad. With an analysis that takes in history, economics, psychology, and popular culture, he argues that the American Dream has been transformed into an American fantasy whose inevitable failure has left millions of us anxious about our future.
Based in Washington, DC, Samuelson began his journalism career as a reporter on The Washington Post 's Business Desk in 1969. Four years later he left to become a freelance writer and has been published by The Sunday Times (London), Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, and the Columbia Journalism Review. Samuelson joined The National Journal as an economics correspondent in 1976 and began writing the "Economic Focus" column. He became a contributing editor in 1981 and left the magazine in 1984 to join Newsweek as a contributing editor.
Samuelson has earned many journalism awards, including the 1993 John Hancock Award for Best Business and Financial Columnist, and the 1993 Gerald Loeb Award for Best Commentary. He was named a Loeb finalist in 1988 for his columns on the October 1987 Wall Street crash. Before joining Newsweek, Samuelson also won a 1981 National Magazine Award and a 1983 Loeb Award.
Robert Samuelson comes to the Athenaeum as part of the series Perceptions of the American Dream and to discuss issues raised in The Good Life and Its Discontents, a New York Times Business Book Bestseller and a Business Week Best Book of the Year.
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News Archive
A new study of prostate tumors has shown that a gene, FOXO3, suppresses activation of cells related to immunity and thus leads to a reduced immune response against a growing cancer. One of the main problems in treating cancer by vaccine or immunotherapy is that tumors often evade the body's immune response — and one of their tricks is to create an environment where immunity is inhibited or suppressed.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 13:14
A combination approach for arresting and reversing amyloid plaque buildup in the brain has proven effective in studies of transgenic mice with this feature of Alzheimer's disease, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in a recent issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 11:29
Avian embryos could join the list of model organisms used to study a specific type of cell migration called epiboly. The new study provides insights into the mechanisms of epiboly, a developmental process involving mass movement of cells as a sheet, which is linked with medical conditions that include wound healing and cancer.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 11:01
The latest clues suggesting potential new ways to treat melanoma come from an unlikely source: fish. Zebrafish don't get sunburns, but they can get skin cancer – at least those fish that have been engineered to model the often deadly human cancer.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 10:53
A unique antibody from a llama could prove to be a key weapon against C. difficile, a nasty infection that is a growing problem in many hospitals throughout North America. Clostridium difficile is a common cause of infectious diarrhea in nursing homes and hospitals and usually occurs in patients who have been taking regular antibiotics for an infection.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 12:17
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 13:02
By mutating a single gene, researchers at MIT and Duke have produced mice with two of the most common traits of autism — compulsive, repetitive behavior and avoidance of social interaction. They further showed that this gene, which is also implicated in many cases of human autism, appears to produce autistic behavior by interfering with communication between brain cells.
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 12:59
A new way of delivering drugs to the brain has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford. They used the body's own transporters - exosomes - to deliver drugs in an experiment on mice.
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 12:44
It's been more than 20 years since scientists first discovered the gene that causes cystic fibrosis (CF), yet questions about how the mutated gene causes disease remain unanswered. Using a newly created pig model that genetically replicates the most common form of cystic fibrosis, University of Iowa researchers have now shown that the CF protein is "misprocessed" in the pigs and does not end up in the correct cellular location.
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 09:30
A new protein engineered to inhibit molecules that cause inflammation not only reduces symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in mice but also may have potential to reverse the disease's course. Researchers hope the findings will point toward a new therapy for this crippling and difficult-to-treat disease, which occurs when the immune system attacks the body's own joints.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 11:05
The small study in The Lancet Neurology used a virus to add genes to brain cells, which resulted in reduced symptoms for half of patients.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 09:55
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists report that they have shrunk or slowed the growth of notoriously resistant pancreatic tumors in mice, using a drug routinely prescribed for malaria and rheumatoid arthritis.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 09:49
Scientists at Cambridge University believe the technique, which uses stem cells, could even cure blindness one day. They have already had success in rats and hope to start trials in humans within five years.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 12:29
A new study suggests that combining two experimental anticancer peptide agents might simultaneously block formation of new tumor blood vessels while also inhibiting the growth of tumor cells.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 11:47
In a research study appearing in the journal Cancer Cell on March 14, scientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and four other institutions have identified a strategy for targeted molecular therapy in liver cancer, which currently has limited treatment options and one of the worst one-year survival rates of any cancer type.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 11:37
Pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) is the most common pediatric brain tumor, and there are few medical therapies available to those patients for whom surgery is not curative. However, it has been difficult to design targeted PA therapies because the cellular mechanisms that lead to the cancer are incompletely understood, and there is no animal model of the disease.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 11:17
SAN ANTONIO (March 11, 2011) — Cell biologists pondering the death of neurons — brain cells — said today that by eliminating one ingredient from the cellular machinery, they prolonged the life of neurons stressed by a pesticide chemical. The finding identifies a potential therapeutic target to slow changes that lead to neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 13:12
Several years from now, researchers at the University of Missouri say, fewer people may have to endure the discomfort and indignity of a colonoscopy.
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 12:55
One of the high-profile areas of research for stem cells is in treatment of spinal cord injuries -- and there was progress to report this week. Researchers were able to transplant a type of human cell into rats with spinal cord injuries to help the animals regain some motor function.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 13:41
LONDON (Reuters) - Lowering cholesterol levels could help the body's immune system fight infections, British scientists said on Tuesday. A study in mice by researchers at the University of Edinburgh found a direct link between the workings of the immune system and cholesterol levels.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 12:17