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The Intermot Bike Show in Cologne may still be almost a month away, but Kawasaki isn't waiting to create some internet buzz about a new motorcycle set to debut there. The Japanese manufacturer has launched a teaser campaign for the 2015 Kawasaki Ninja H2 at
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September 30, 2014 10:03 AM
They say "about 300 HP." Insane. But apparently that is not a road-legal bike. I guess at EICMA they'll be unveiling a street version (likely to be far less HP).
September 30, 2014 05:31 AM
It's got friggin wings on it. Supercharged liter bike. Carbon fiber. Tubular frame. Need to see some numbers on it.
September 27, 2014 08:07 AM
I don't know...this thing is so overly hyped up, anything short of astonishing is going to be a disappointment. (my opinion) Safe riding fellas!
September 26, 2014 08:33 PM
Latest video shows lots of carbon fiber, including down-force wings (so it appears).
September 25, 2014 02:20 PM
That off-throttle chirp is the waste gate.
September 19, 2014 02:36 PM
1000cc's 222hp is the rumor that leaked today. Said that this is a new motor with nothing shared from other motorcycles.
September 19, 2014 01:12 PM
Supercharged, 750cc, direct injection, two-stroke, triple, that's what I need!
September 16, 2014 10:54 AM
I paused the video. It doesn't look like a hyperbike... looks and sounds like a superbike. I'm guessing (hoping) supercharged 750 or 1000. I really hope it's not bigger than a liter. They've peaked my curiosity, for sure! I hope it's light weight. I have a S1000RR and to me, it feels powerful enough and would prefer they concentrate on making them smaller/lighter. Having said that... "More power!" ~ Jeremy Clarkson
September 16, 2014 10:46 AM
This promo stuff is getting old. There is definitely a line when it becomes too much hype. We are at it.
September 16, 2014 05:19 AM
New video today. At least we see something physical, and in motion. Too quick to really tell anything.
September 13, 2014 12:28 PM
I just hope it is better looking than the ZX-14. Talk about Miami Vice 80's Testarossa air fins! And the headlights? They call it a ZX-14 because at a glance, it looks like it has 14 headlights! Ugly! Sounds like a powerful bike!
September 13, 2014 10:20 AM
After listening to the sound clip you can rule out a lot of speculation. You can tell what its not. Its not a triple,and the firing order doesn't sound like a crossplane crank. It sounds like the redline is 11.5 to 12 K so its not a smaller displacement motor or even a literbike but something with a large displacement.Its not naturally aspirated either, but the weird thing is you don't hear a BOV chirp in the 1st 2 upshifts. Maybe somehow the supercharger is only engaged from 3rd gear up? (Not sure how that would be done.) My best educated guess would be this... An all conquering 1400 cc supercharged engine more than 200rwhp in a literbike sized frame. Wow ...this could be revolutionary!!! Who could handle such a beast??
September 12, 2014 10:56 AM
Agreed with ABN2nds A small displacement Triple with a S/C would be amazing..
September 8, 2014 04:03 PM
I have no clue that. I know as much as you do based on these videos... Adam
September 8, 2014 02:42 PM
From the sounds of it, it definitely sounds like there is forced induction at work here. You can tell by how quickly the engine spools up as well as the pressure blow-off when downshifted. Considering Kawasaki's recent supercharger patent last fall, the engine is sure to be supercharged. We can also tell that it'll be equipped with a quickshifter. This bike will probably be the replacement to the three-year-old Ninja ZX-14R… Adam
September 8, 2014 01:51 PM
Supercharged 900cc with engine hop-up perhaps pneumatic valves or cross plane crank firing big bang motor
September 5, 2014 05:47 AM
Another video today. Not much more clue-wise. More like a short history of Kawasaki (and the variety of products from them).
September 3, 2014 06:04 AM
Okay. Not certain but go to the website. There is an audio clip and it's not a 2 stroke. At first it sounded like an electric but then it doesn't. Not sure what to make of the sound.
September 3, 2014 05:50 AM
Or supercharged. Oops.
September 3, 2014 05:48 AM
Yes a dinger would be sweet. I think turbo is more likely though...
September 2, 2014 01:20 PM
750 Triple would be sweet!
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a general term used to describe diseases that cause inflammation of the intestines. Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are the two major IBDs. In Crohn's disease, inflammation usually occurs in the lower part of the small intestine (distal ileum), but may affect any part of the digestive tract. The inflammation in Crohn's disease extends deep into the affected tissue, in contrast to UC, which causes inflammation and ulcers in the top layers of the lining of the colon and rectum. Inflammation in CD is asymmetrical and segmental, with areas of both healthy and diseased tissue, in contrast to UD where inflammation is symmetrical and uninterrupted from the rectum proximally.
Both CD and UC are chronic, and affect men and women on an approximately equal basis. These diseases are seen most commonly in northern Europe and North America. Approximately 20 percent of individuals with CD have a blood relative with some form of IBD. The onset of CD is usually between ages 15 and 30 with a second smaller peak of incidence between 50 and 70. Over the past decade, several reports have noted an increase in the prevalence of CD in various geographic regions. Although there are many theories concerning the cause of CD and UC, none have been proven. Since many of the symptoms of CD and UC are similar, diagnosis is often difficult, time consuming, and invasive. Approximately 10-12 percent of cases is not initially classifiable and is referred to as "indeterminate colitis." Over time, about half of these patients are eventually classified as CD or UC.
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) and Anti-Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Antibody (ASCA) have been investigated as techniques to improve the efficiency and accuracy of diagnosing IBD in order to potentially decrease the extent of the diagnostic work-up or to avoid invasive diagnostic imaging. Testing for ANCA is available in most clinical laboratories. ASCA is more recently developed and may not be widely available, but the reliability of testing for ASCA among different labs may be more variable as compared to ANCA. These serum antibodies have several potential uses. As a diagnostic test, they might also be useful in differentiating between UC and CD in cases of indeterminate colitis. A second potential use is to classify subtypes of IBD by location of disease (i.e. proximal versus distal bowel involvement) or by disease severity, thereby providing prognostic information. It has also been proposed that these markers may predict response to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy or identify susceptibility to IBD among family members of an affected individual (see medical policy MED207.153).
Clinical management of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis requires repeated assessments; endoscopy with histological examination remains the gold standard for detecting and quantifying intestinal inflammation. Several laboratory tests have been studied but to date, a disease marker is not yet available. In recent years, research has drawn attention to fecal markers owing to their specificity for intestinal inflammation, ease of sample collection, availability of commercial immunoassays and convenience. These biologic markers have been used to assess inflammatory bowel disease patients for the purposes of their clinical management and response to treatment.
Prometheus® Laboratories Inc. (San Diego, CA) offers a variety of proprietary diagnostic tests for a variety of disorders, including one for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The IBD First Step™ and IBD Diagnostic System tests are frequently requested by providers as "Prometheus Testing." Prometheus® IBD sgi Diagnostic™ includes the serological markers ASCA immunoglobulin A (IgA), ASCA immunoglobulin G (IgG), ANCA IgG, perinuclear anti-neutropholic cytoplasmic antibody (pANCA), DNAse pANCA, anti-outer membrane porin C (anti-OmpC), anti-CBir1 flagellin (anti-CBir1), Fla-X flagellin, and A4-Fla2 flagellin.
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Serological markers for diagnosis and/or management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are considered experimental, investigational and/or unproven for all the following tests; including but not limited to:
IBD diagnostic testing combining serologic, genetic, and inflammatory markers (eg, Prometheus® IBD sgi Diagnostic™) is considered experimental investigational and/or unproven.
A serology panel including anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), anti-Saccharomyces cerevisae IgG and IgA antibodies (ASCA), and anti-OmpC antibodies (outer membrane porin from E. coli) are marketed by Prometheus Laboratories as the IBD First Step. This panel has not been shown to have levels of specificity sufficient to distinguish ulcerative colitis from CD in indeterminate cases.
Research into the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease in the areas of mucosal immunology, genetics, the role of bacterial products, and mediators of tissue damage has identified new sets of "subclinical" serological markers known as ANCA. ANCA have also been found to be associated with Wegener's granulomatosis and other forms of systemic vasculitides, and more recently with sclerosing cholangitis and other autoimmune liver diseases.
"Atypical" ANCA yielding a perinuclear staining pattern (pANCA) with alcohol-fixed neutrophils is primarily found in patients with ulcerative colitis; pANCA has been found to be detectable in 50-80% of patients with ulcerative colitis, and 10-40% of patients with Crohn's disease. Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisae antibody (ASCA) is primarily detected in patients with Crohn's disease; ASCA has been found to be detectable in 46% to 70% of patients with Crohn's disease and 6-12% of patients with ulcerative colitis.
These tests, however, have insufficient sensitivity to diagnose ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease. In a paper for the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Griffith's concluded that "the relatively low sensitivities of serology for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis as documented in all studies argue against there being any greater value of ASCA/ANCA as routine or first-line screening tests for inflammatory bowel disease in comparison to clinical acumen and the equally sensitive measurement of acute phase reactants. Moreover, the need for performance of definitive radiologic and endoscopic studies to guide therapy by defining the extent and nature of IBD will not be averted by positive serologic tests." Gupta, et al. examined the concordance of serologic testing for inflammatory bowel disease with clinical diagnosis established by traditional testing in children. The investigators found that the sensitivity of serologic testing is insufficient to replace traditional studies when evaluating children for inflammatory bowel disease. The investigators evaluated the results of ANCA and ASCA testing in 107 children who had serologic testing for inflammatory bowel disease at their center, and compared these results with their clinical diagnosis. The investigators calculated that the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of serologic testing for UC were 69.2%, 95.1%, 90.0% and 87.1%, respectively, and for CD were 54.1%, 96.8%, 90.9% and 80.8% respectively. The investigators concluded, "The low sensitivity, especially for CD, precludes the possibility that the IBD Diagnostic System can replace traditional studies when evaluating for inflammatory bowel disease."
Some investigators have proposed using these serologic tests to differentiate Crohn's disease from ulcerative colitis (Kornbluth & Sachar, 2004). Differentiation of Crohn's disease from ulcerative colitis is clinically problematic only when inflammation is confined to the colon. A number of studies have reported that IgA and IgG ASCA titers are significantly greater and highly specific for CD, and that pANCA positivity is highly specific for ulcerative colitis. However, there is much less published information concerning the subgroup of IBD patients with colitis only, where differentiation of ulcerative colitis from Crohn's disease is clinically problematic. One investigator reported ASCA positivity in only 47% of 17 patients with Crohn's colitis. Another investigator found only 32% of 37 patients with Crohn's colitis were ASCA positive and pANCA negative. Conversely, studies have found that the majority of Crohn's patients positive for pANCA have ulcerative colitis-like presentations. Griffiths explained, "hence, the usefulness of serology is less (where it is needed most), given the higher prevalence of pANCA positivity and the lower prevalence of ASCA positivity in CD confined to the colon."
"Similarly, whether or not ASCA/ANCA measurement may be helpful in classifying otherwise 'indeterminate' colitis cannot as yet be ascertained. Only a few patients have been studied, and follow-up is too limited." In the only prospective study of serologic testing in indeterminate colitis, Joossens et al. examined the results of serologic testing for ASCA or ANCA and final diagnosis of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis after a six-year follow-up of 97 patients with indeterminate colitis. The largest group of 47 subjects was negative for both ANCA and ASCA; three of these patients had a final diagnosis of Crohn's disease, four patients had a final diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and 40 patients had a final diagnosis of indeterminate colitis. Of 26 subjects who were ASCA positive and ANCA negative, eight had a final diagnosis of Crohn's disease after six years follow up, two had a final diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, and 16 remained with a diagnosis of indeterminate colitis. Of 20 subjects who were ASCA negative and ASCA positive, four had a final diagnosis of Crohn's disease, seven had a final diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, and nine had a final diagnosis of indeterminate colitis. Only four of the 97 subjects were positive for both ANCA and ASCA; two of these had a final diagnosis of Crohn's disease, one had a final diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, and one remained with a final diagnosis of indeterminate colitis. Thus, about one-third (31%) of subjects who were ASCA positive and ANCA negative progressed to Crohn's disease during the six-year follow-up period, and about one third (35%) of subjects who were ASCA negative and ANCA positive progressed to ulcerative colitis during the six-year follow-up period. Joossens, et al. (2002) calculated that, thus far, the sensitivity of ASCA+/ANCA- for Crohn's disease was 66.7% and the specificity is 77.8%, and the sensitivity of ASCA-/ASCA+ for ulcerative colitis is 77.8% and the specificity is 66.7%. Noting that these calculations exclude subjects who remained with the diagnosis of indeterminate colitis, a technology assessment of serologic testing for inflammatory bowel disease by the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement noted that only a "small number" (21) of subjects were included in this analysis of sensitivity and specificity. Based on their analysis of this prospective study and other published studies of serologic testing in indeterminate colitis, the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) concluded that the clinical utility of serologic testing in indeterminate colitis has not been established. It has also been noted that this study does not provide direct evidence of improvement in clinical outcomes by basing the management of persons with indeterminate colitis on serologic testing.
ANCA and ASCA testing has not been proven to be useful in selecting therapeutic interventions. "Although this would be desirable, there is no evidence as yet that serological test results can be used to predict the likelihood of therapeutic response to specific interventions," Griffiths explained. In a prospective clinical study of Crohn's disease patients, Esters, et al. (2002) found no significant relationship between these serologic markers and response to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy.
In addition, studies have not demonstrated correlation of ANCA or ASCA with disease activity, duration of illness, extent of disease, extra-intestinal complications, or surgical or medical treatment in patients with IBD. The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) technology assessment of serologic testing for IBD concluded "the clinical utility of serological testing is not yet established for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of IBD" and "the clinical utility of serological testing is not yet established for differentiating between UC and CD in patients with inflammatory bowel disease".
Additional assays have been developed to use in conjunction with ANCA and ASCA in an effort to improve the diagnostic capabilities of serologic testing. OmpC IgA is an autoantibody to outer membrane porin to Escherichia coli (E. coli) included in the Prometheus serology panel to enhance detection of Crohn's disease (Landers et al). I2 is an IgA antibody that has been detected in patients with Crohn's disease. The I2 serologic response recognizes a novel homologue of the bacterial transcription-factor families from a Pseudomonas fluoresceins associated sequence (Sandborn 2004). However, there are no studies of the clinical utility of anti-OmpC and I2 IgA antibodies in distinguishing CD from UC colitis in persons with inflammatory bowel disease whose diagnosis cannot be established by standard methods.
Landers et al. (2002) reported on serologic test results of a referral center population of 151 patients with Crohn's disease. This study found that immune responses to specific antigens (ASCA, pANCA, OmpC, and I2) are not uniform among Crohn's disease patients. ASCA was detected in 56% of patients, OmpC in 55% of patients, I2 in 50% of patients, and ANCA in 23% of patients. The investigators reported that 85% of patients responded to at least one antigen and that only 4% responded to all four. This study did not demonstrate, however, how these serologic test results relate to clinical behavior and response to therapy. The authors stated, "The relationship of these different patterns of immune responses to clinical behavior is not yet clear." The authors concluded, "Defining how these antibody re-activities relate to clinical behavior and response to therapeutic modalities will require larger numbers of phenotypically well-characterized patients."
Mow et al. (2004) reported on the results of a hypothesis generating study, the aim of which was to determine whether Crohn's patients with predominant serum antibody reactivity toward bacterial antigens OmpC and/or I2 were more likely to achieve remission with antibiotics. Study subjects were patients with moderately active right-sided colonic and/or small bowel Crohn's disease who were participating in an 8-week randomized clinical trial comparing the steroid budesonide with or without the antibiotics metronidazole and ciprofloxacin. Subject's serum was analyzed for ASCA, pANCA, anti-OmpC, and anti-I2 antibodies, and subjects were put into one of four "profile groups" (ASCA, pANCA, anti-OmpC/I2, and no or little antibody) depending upon the subjects' levels of antibody response. Twenty-five of 121 subjects were excluded from the analysis because their level of antibody response did not fit the four predominant profile groups. Only two subjects had an ANCA predominant profile, and these subjects were excluded from the analysis. In the steroid plus antibiotic group, 5 of 11 subjects (45.5%) with predominant OmpC and I2 antibodies achieved remission, 5 of 16 subjects with predominantly ASCA antibody (31.3%) achieved remission (similar to the overall remission rate), and 5 of 21 subjects (23.8%) with little or no antibodies achieved remission. In the steroid only group, 7 of 16 subjects (43.8%) with little or no antibodies achieved remission, 8 of 20 (40%) with predominantly ASCA antibody achieved remission, and 3 of 10 (30%) subjects with predominant OmpC and I2 antibodies achieved remission. Although there was a trend toward greater responsiveness to therapy that includes antibiotics in subjects with predominant OmpC and I2 antibodies, and a trend toward less responsiveness in subjects with little or no antibodies, these trends did not achieve statistical significance. The authors concluded that this hypothesis-generating study provides preliminary evidence to suggest that serologic information about Crohn's disease patients may be helpful in defining patients who would best respond to therapy. The authors noted, however, that, "although these trends are provocative, they lack statistical significance." The authors concluded that "prospective randomized placebo controlled trials that do not limit patient selection by disease location and do not have concomitant therapy are warranted to test this hypothesis."
Mow et al. (2004) evaluated the sera of 303 patients with Crohn's disease to determine whether expression of certain antibodies is associated with phenotypic manifestations. The investigators found that patients expressing I2 were significantly more likely to have fibrostenosing Crohn's disease (64.4% versus 40.7%), and to require small bowel surgery (62.2% versus 37.4%). Patients with anti-OmpC were more likely to have internal perforating disease (50% versus 30.7%) and to require small bowel surgery (61.4% versus 44.2%). The investigators stated that these findings suggest an association between these immune responses and Crohn's disease complications. The investigators concluded, "in the future, knowledge of serological response may help the clinician determine the risk for more severe disease characteristics and predict disease behaviors. As a result, it may be possible to tailor therapy more effectively on the basis of specific serological responses. However, these findings must be confirmed by prospective studies that evaluate the presence of these antibody responses and the development of complicated small bowel disease phenotypes." An editorial accompanying this study explained that this study is limited by its retrospective nature (Vermeire & Rutgeerts, 2004): "Therefore, it is important that these findings first be confirmed in independent series and more importantly, that prospective studies with these markers be conducted to assess the risk of microbial responses on the development of strictures and perforations and subsequent need for surgery."
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Several articles attempted to correlate titers of ANCA and/or ASCA with disease activity, but did not generally find such a correlation. Mow and colleagues investigated whether serologic antibodies were associated with disease complications. In this case series of 303 patients with Crohn's disease, certain antibodies were associated with fibrostenosis or perforating disease. However, it is unclear how this information would be used in the management of the patient. Other studies evaluated the presence of serum markers in unaffected relatives of patients with IBD, reporting positive results in approximately 25%–50% of family members. However, these studies did not report on the incidence of IBD in these relatives with positive antibodies. Two additional antibodies have been also been studied, E.coli anti-OmpC and I2 antibody. However, the same limitations in the published literature apply to these antibodies.
No studies demonstrated the use of these markers in lieu of a standard workup for IBD. A number of authors claim that these markers can be used to avoid invasive testing, but no studies demonstrated an actual decrease in the number of invasive tests through use of serum markers.
Schoepfer and colleagues studied the results of various testing in 64 patients to compare the accuracy of fecal markers (i.e., PhiCal Test, IBD-SCAN) , C-reactive protein, blood leukocytes, and antibody panels (ASCA and pANCA) for discriminating IBD from IBS and to define a "best test." The authors concluded PhiCal Test and IBD-SCAN are highly accurate for discriminating IBD from IBS. Additional diagnostic accuracy is only marginal when the PhiCal Test and IBD-SCAN are combined with ASCA and pANCA. ASCA and pANCA have a high specificity for IBD; however, they should not be primarily measured for discriminating IBD from irritable bowel syndrome, as their additional value to fecal leukocyte markers in this issue is only marginal.
A review article discussed the expansion of the panel of serologic markers for IBD. An increasing amount of data are available on newly discovered antibodies (i.e., Anti-OmpC, Anti-12, Anti-CBir1, and antiglycan antibodies) directed against various microbial antigens. However, ASCA and P-ANCA remain the most widely investigated. The authors noted that the role of the assessment of various antibodies in the current IBD diagnostic algorithm is often questionable due to limited sensitivity. They concluded that further prospective clinical studies are needed to establish the clinical role of serologic tests in IBD.
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A review conducted in 2012 (42) noted that due to their lack of sensitivity, serological markers are not advisable for use in the diagnosis of IBD but rather in differentiating CD from UC, particularly with the use of a wide panel of antibodies. The author noted that evidence points to the clinical utility of serological markers being one of stratifying patients according to risk for aggressive disease phenotype or postoperative complications. Such as a "risk score" that would integrate markers of immune response, genetic markers and clinical characteristics that might enable the application of personally-tailored therapeutic strategies and better surveillance of patients at risk. However, the author notes, "At the current time, there is insufficient evidence of usefulness of serological markers in monitoring the treatment of IBD patients."
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) in a 2010 consensus statement notes that for CD, serological studies are evolving to provide adjunctive support for the diagnosis of CD but are not sufficiently sensitive or specific to be recommended for use as screening tools. Similarly, reported in published ACG practice guidelines for UC, pANCA, and ASCA currently are neither a first step nor a definitive step in differential diagnosis or clinical decision making. (43)
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Joe Heller once told me the following. Having submitted the manuscript of his first novel, he was invited to a meeting by his editor, Robert Gottlieb, who lost no time in telling him that it had been accepted. There was, however, a problem with the title. The same publishing house was already scheduled to bring out Leon Uris's Mila 18. Two books, both about World War II, both by Jewish authors and both with 18 on the cover, wouldn't do. "So I'm very much afraid, Mr. Heller, that your Catch-18 title will need to be changed." "Whaddaya suggest?" was Joe's approximate response. "Well, I've given it considerable thought, and I believe that the alliteration of Catch-22 would be an apt one."
Is it thinkable that America's ludic Kafka would have scored so massively with any phrase other than the numinously hieroglyphic 22? I like to believe that he might. As it was, the book didn't get much of a reception (except from Nelson Algren in The Nation, who called it "the best American novel to come out of World War II") and achieved most of its effect by bush telegraph. And the timing had an unusual felicity, helping to curtain-raise what nobody knew would be The Sixties. By the time I read, in an AP dispatch from Vietnam in 1968, that the village of Ben Tre had had to be destroyed in order to save it, I and countless others had been well prepared for such news from the dark frontiers of Absurdistan, and prepared by reading Heller. Having endless times been asked, by schoolmasters, military cadet instructors and other purveyors of the literal and banal: "Look here, Hitchens, what would happen if everyone thought like you?" I came across Yossarian's riposte to this eternal interrogatory (which was roughly, Why, then, I'd be a damn fool to think any other way, wouldn't I?) and sent the book hurtling skywards with a yell of triumph. Yes! That's the stuff to give them! And who didn't think of Milo Minderbinder when they read about the Oliver North network; trading with the enemy to furnish the goods and services to finance treason and terrorism?
Heller's underrated later works, especially Good as Gold and Something Happened, can be treasured for their persisting stoicism and wit in the face of the random and the capricious. Heller never became a Commentary kvetch like so many of his peers; his hatred for men like Nixon and Kissinger had a nice purity and integrity to it. A gruesome recent memoir, Norman Podhoretz's Ex-Friends, pays Heller a handsome compliment. Podhoretz generally reserved the right to be the one to end a connection, dropping Norman Mailer here and Allen Ginsberg there. Heller, however, as Podhoretz ruefully records, got in first by dropping him. Good work. After Clinton went husky at Nixon's funeral in 1996, Heller decided he had heard enough, and had no further use for him. Snap judgments are so often the best.
Amazingly handsome and sexy (and greedy) right up to the end, Joe probably benefited from the enlivening thought that he could so easily have been dead. He might well have snuffed it during the Italian campaign that taught him military logic; he was dead lucky (as he might have phrased it) to pull through his hellish encounter with Guillain-Barré syndrome. He was luckier still to meet Valerie as a consequence of surviving that second dress rehearsal for the ineluctable. His Catch by any other name would have been as resonant, and, not that he cared for theories of immortality, his reservation in the Pantheon of the ironic was always confirmed.


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Final Score: Boston 6, Philadelphia 1
Fort Myers, FL (Sports Network) - Shane Victorino stroked a three-run triple as part of a five-run seventh inning that lifted the Boston Red Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday in spring training action.
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