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September 3, 2007
SEATTLE: Manager John McLaren isn't sure when 1B Richie Sexson will be back in the lineup. Sexson left Thursday night's game against Cleveland because of tightness in his left hamstring and hasn't played since. ``We don't want him playing on one leg,'' McLaren said. ``We need to get this guy strong, get him back swinging the bat the way he's capable of doing.'' Ben Broussard started at first on Monday. ... RHP Felix Hernandez improved to 1-2 with a 4.82 ERA in three career starts against the Yankees. ... CF Ichiro Suzuki's solo drive in the third inning snapped a streak of 341 at_bats without a homer. His previous one was off Baltimore's Erik Bedard on June 4.
NEW YORK: 1B Andy Phillips has a broken right wrist and will have surgery Tuesday, most likely sidelining him for the rest of the season. Phillips was hit by a pitch during New York's 8-2 loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday. Jason Giambi started at first against Seattle. ... RHP Roger Clemens dropped to 4-2 with a 3.29 ERA at Yankee Stadium this season. ... The Yankees are 33-19 since the All-Star break and 33-14 in their last 47 home games.
CLEVELAND: C.C. Sabathia has surpassed his career high in innings, with 211. He threw 210 innings in 2002, the only other season he logged 200-plus. ``My arm feels good. I'm ready to rock every fifth day.'' ... Manager Eric Wedge wasn't concerned by Cliff Lee's shaky inning in relief on Sunday. Lee gave up two hits, one walk and one run against the White Sox. ``You kind of have to give him a mulligan, because it's his first time,'' Wedge said. ``It wasn't a clean inning, but he got through it and we'll see how it is next time.'' Lee won 46 games as a starter from 2003 to 2005, but he was bothered by an abdominal injury this spring and struggled so badly when he returned he was sent to the minors. After being called back up over the weekend, Lee will be the primary long reliever in September. ... Grady Sizemore's consecutive games streak stretched to 333 games when he entered as a pinch-runner in the sixth. Wedge wanted to give him some rest for the stretch run.
MINNESOTA: Kevin Slowey will make one start on Tuesday to fill in the rotation following Friday's doubleheader and then head to the bullpen. One of the team's top pitching prospects, Slowey went 3-0 with a 5.84 ERA in seven starts this summer before being sent back down to Triple-A. ``Every start is pretty exciting. ... It'll be fun,'' Slowey said. ... Glen Perkins has a throwing session scheduled for Tuesday. The left-hander has been out since May because of soreness in his shoulder. ... The Twins had a pregame tribute to local law enforcement, firefighters, first responders and other rescue workers and offered them $1 tickets for the game. The team also donated $75,000 to various relief efforts in light of the interstate bridge collapse, floods and tornados that hit the region in August.
TORONTO: Matt Stairs doubled in the first inning, giving him nine hits in 10 games. All the hits were for extra bases. ... The Blue Jays' first four batters in the game hit the ball to RF J.D. Drew - a single, a double and two fly outs. The streak ended when Troy Glaus struck out. ... Toronto's three-game sweep of Seattle that ended Sunday was its first sweep since it won three straight at home over Texas from Aug. 3-5.
BOSTON: Reliever Mike Timlin is giving the cleats he wore in his 1,000th major league appearance on Friday night to the Hall of Fame. ... LF Manny Ramirez missed his sixth straight game with a strained muscle in his left side. Manager Terry Francona said his condition had improved but gave no timetable for his return. ... RHPs Tim Wakefield and Eric Gagne are expected to throw side sessions Tuesday. Wakefield, who missed one start because of a sore back, should make his scheduled start on Thursday at Baltimore, Francona said. Gagne, sidelined with a tender shoulder, should be ready to work out of the bullpen on Wednesday against Toronto.
BALTIMORE: RHP Jaret Wright (shoulder) struck out two during a perfect inning in a minor league rehab start for Double-A Bowie. Manager Dave Trembley said no decision has been made about Wright pitching for the Orioles before the season ends. If Wright does come back, Trembley doesn't expect him to be a starter. ... The Orioles are planning to bring up four or five players from the minors Tuesday. ... RHP Rob Bell, designated for assignment last Thursday, is expected to rejoin the team Tuesday if he clears waivers.
TAMPA BAY: 3B Akinori Iwamura said his bat, which was confiscated by umpires Saturday after a protest by New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, has not yet been returned from major league baseball officials. ... Manager Joe Maddon said the problem with DH-OF Jonny Gomes, who had just eight hits in his previous 50 at_bats, is not a mechanical one. ``It's about pitch selection to me,'' Maddon said. ``It's just the fact he has expanded the strike zone.''
KANSAS CITY: Tuesday's starter, RHP Billy Buckner, will be making his first major league start in his third game since being recalled from Triple-A Omaha Aug. 24. A second-round draft pick in 2004, the 24-year-old Buckner has pitched 7 2/3 innings with no decisions and a 1.17 earned run average. ... Mark Teahen, sidelined since straining his left forearm Aug. 18, returned from the disabled list and started in right field. He batted fifth instead of his customary third spot. 1B Ross Gload stayed in the three hole, and 3B Alex Gordon dropped from fifth to sixth. Shane Costa shifted from right field to left.
TEXAS: The team got home at 3:40 a.m. on Monday after a late-night road win over the Angels, and there was no batting practice on the field for the weary players. ... RHP Akinori Otsuka had a five-minute throwing session off flat ground in an effort to pitch in a game again this season. Otsuka has been out since July 19 because of right forearm irritation, and he said he felt no pain after throwing. Otsuka has been examined by several doctors and no surgery has been recommended. ... RHP Brandon McCarthy resumed his throwing program on Sunday and has another session on Tuesday. McCarthy has been on the DL since Aug. 15 due to a stress fracture in his right shoulder blade. He said there is no pain in the shoulder and wants to make at least one start before the end of the season. ... Hank Blalock, who hit a game-changing grand slam in Sunday night's 8-7 win over the Angels, was the DH again on Monday. He's still about 10 days away from playing 3B. Blalock, who was activated on Sept. 1, has been out since May 18 due to a shoulder injury.
OAKLAND: SS Bobby Crosby, who had been going to a hand therapist in Southern California for treatment on his broken left wrist, rejoined his teammates when they arrived at Angel Stadium for the start of a three-game series. It was in this same ballpark where he was struck by a pitch from reliever Justin Speier. The two have known each other since Crosby's rookie season - when Speier's father, Chris, was a coach with the Athletics. ``Justin called me in the clubhouse right away and told me it wasn't intentional - and I knew it wasn't,'' Crosby said. ``He felt bad about it. I've never had a player call me after something like that happened, and I don't know if other guys do that or not. So it shows he's a classy guy by doing that.'' ... INF Donnie Murphy, sidelined since Aug. 19 because of a strained ribcage muscle, came off the disabled list and LHP Dan Meyer was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento. Meyer will pitch out of the bullpen and help fill in for LHP Jay Marshall, who left the club to attend his grandmother's funeral in St. Louis. ... The A's have used the DL 22 times, matching the most since the franchise moved from Kansas City to Oakland in 1968. They haven't had fewer than three on the DL at any time since opening day. ``It's been a highly unusual year, but we've battled through it and discovered a lot of players because of it,'' rookie manager Bob Geren said.
LOS ANGELES: Setup man Scot Shields, whose ERA since the All-Star break increased to 10.00 after he gave up a go-ahead grand slam by Texas' Hank Blalock on Sunday night, will not be available for several days in order to work on some mechanical issues. He is scheduled to throw about 20 pitches in a simulated game on Tuesday. RHP Justin Speier will assume more of the load in the eighth inning, and manager Mike Scioscia feels he has enough power arms to bridge the gap to closer Francisco Rodriguez until Shields works out the bugs in his delivery. ``We're going to take him out of the loop for three or four days and then reinsert him in some situations where he can get his feet on the ground and bring some of the things he's going to work on into a game,'' said Scioscia, who insists Shields' arm isn't fatigued despite his 317 appearances and 498 2-3 innings pitched since the start of the 2003 season.
PHILADELPHIA: LHP Fabio Castro was recalled from Triple-A Ottawa. The team is expected to recall RHP Geoff Geary and RHP John Innis from Ottawa on Tuesday. Geary was sent to the minors last week. ... RF Shane Victorino may miss the three-game series in Atlanta with his strained right calf. Victorino says he may have tried to return too quickly from the disabled list after originally suffering the injury on July 30. He came off the DL on Aug. 22.
ATLANTA: The Braves observed a moment of silence before the game in memory of Danville coach Mel Roberts, who died Saturday at 64, one day after completing his 11th season in the organization. ... It wasn't a save situation, but Rafael Soriano looked strong in recording three straight outs in the ninth. ``He's throwing strikes and he's throwing hard,'' manager Bobby Cox said. ``He looks like a closer to me.'' Soriano took over the role when Bob Wickman was designated for assignment on Aug. 24.
FLORIDA: Manager Fredi Gonzalez said SS Hanley Ramirez told him his left shoulder did not ``pop out'' during an awkward swing in the first inning. Ramirez appeared to be in pain after he dropped his bat and winced during his follow through. He stayed in the game, though, and went 2-for-5 with two doubles. ... RHP Harvey Garcia went 1 2-3 innings and LHP Chris Sneddon pitched one inning in their major league debuts. Neither gave up a run. ``I know this is just another game for these guys, but this is something that I'll never forget,'' Sneddon said. ... The Marlins have lost six of seven on the road.
WASHINGTON: The Nationals are expected to add five players to their 40-man roster on Tuesday, including touted prospects LHP Ross Detwiler and OF Justin Maxwell. Detwiler, drafted sixth overall in June, went 2-2 with a 3.56 ERA in eight games (seven starts) at the Class-A and Rookie levels. Maxwell, the team's second pick in 2005, is the only minor league player with at least 25 doubles, 25 homers and 25 steals this season. Neither player is guaranteed much playing time, general manager Jim Bowden said, and Detwiler will not start. ``It will be a positive building experience in their development,'' Bowden said. LHP Arnie Munoz, OF Ryan Langerhans and RHP Jonathan Albaladejo also are expected to join the team.
NEW YORK: RHP Pedro Martinez became the 15th pitcher get 3,000 career strikeouts. He fanned Aaron Harang in the second inning to reach the mark, then saved the ball. Martinez hadn't thought about it much beforehand. ``The only reason I didn't really think about it was because I knew it would come,'' he said. ... Nolan Ryan holds the career strikeout record with 5,714. ... Martinez led the AL in strikeouts four times with Boston - 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002. ... RHP Orlando Hernandez, who had a cortisone shot in his sore right foot last week, will miss his scheduled start Friday against the Astros. RHP Mike Pelfrey is expected to start in his place. ``He's doing fine,'' manager Willie Randolph said. ``But we're going to skip one turn.'' ... LF Moises Alou extended his hitting streak to 10 games, going 3-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk. Alou improved to 10-for-18 career against Harang with five homers.
CINCINNATI: RF Ken Griffey Jr. had a sacrifice fly in the first inning for the 1,695th RBI of his career, tying Cal Ripken for 17th. Reggie Jackson is next at 1,702. ... RH Aaron Harang, who was coming off a two-hit shutout against Pittsburgh on Wednesday, gave up 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings. The 10 hits matched his season high. ... After moving to within 6 1/2 games of first place in the NL Central, the Reds have lost six of eight, ending those thoughts of a late run. ... The Reds plan to call up RHP Todd Coffey, RHP Kirk Saarloos, RHP Brad Salmon, 1B Joey Votto, INF Buck Coats and C Ryan Hanigan from Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday.
HOUSTON: Interim manager Cecil Cooper has fond memories of his 11 seasons with the Brewers. ``It's great to be back in my city. I think about all those days, it was a lot of fun,'' he said Monday before the Astros played the Brewers. Cooper, in his first visit to Milwaukee as a manager, notched another warm memory when his team came back to beat the Brewers 9-7. ... RHP Brandon Backe is to make his first start Tuesday night since Aug. 18, when he hurt his elbow in a 3-2 loss in Milwaukee. He had been on the disabled list this season while recovering from elbow surgery.
MILWAUKEE: RHP Carlos Villanueva (6-3) is to make his second start of the season Tuesday. He was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Saturday. ... OF Geoff Jenkins was removed from the game in the bottom of the fourth inning with a left foot bruise. He was hurt when he fouled a ball off his foot but managed to single in the at-bat. He was replaced by pinch-runner Bill Hall, who scored in the inning. X-rays were negative and Jenkins is day to day.
PITTSBURGH: LHP Zach Duke, who had been under consideration for one of two vacant starting assignments on Wednesday and Thursday, instead will make a fourth rehab start on Thursday for State College. He's on the DL with elbow tendinitis. ... The Pirates recalled three pitchers from Triple-A Indianapolis, RHPs Bryan Bullington and John Van Benschoten and LHP Dave Davidson. Bullington, the first overall pick of the 2002 amateur draft, and Van Benschoten could be under consideration for the starting openings, while Davidson is a reliever. ... LHP Paul Maholm, originally set to pitch Monday, is still bothered by back soreness. ... Freddy Sanchez leads the NL with 71 hits since the All-Star break, is batting .400 (18-for-45) against the Cardinals, and has 23 RBIs in his last 17 games.
ST. LOUIS: The Cardinals are 6-19 in games started by RHP Kip Wells, and 4-15 in games started by Anthony Reyes, the two weak links on the pitching staff. Reyes was demoted to the bullpen on Sunday to make room for Mark Mulder and Mike Maroth in a six-man rotation and Wells lasted only 3 1-3 innings on Monday, his shortest start since June 14 at Kansas City when he lasted 1 1-3 innings. ... None of the starters were at their original positions after five innings as manager Tony La Russa emptied the bench. ... Reliever Kelvin Jimenez batted twice, walking in the sixth and striking out in the eighth. Jimenez allowed one hit in a 4 1-3 innings, the longest stint of his career, with two walks and a strikeout. ... The Cardinals have allowed double-digit runs in 17 games, the most for a season since 1993 when they also had 17. They haven't had 18 or more instances in a season in research dating to 1957.
SAN FRANCISCO: OF Barry Bonds was out of Monday's starting lineup but is scheduled to play the final two games of the Giants' three-game series at Coors Field. ``I told him I was going to go with some kids out there and give him a day,'' manager Bruce Bochy said. ``He'll play the next two. It's a spot in the schedule where we can give him a break.'' ... LHP Noah Lowry's next start is still undecided, Bochy said, while RHP Tim Lincecum will start Tuesday's game.
COLORADO: Manager Clint Hurdle said the loss of RHP Aaron Cook (left abdominal strain) has forced the Rockies to search for help in the rotation. ``You find somebody else who can pick up the innings. We look internally. You're limited in your options. You continue to check the waiver wire on availability.'' ... RHP Taylor Buchholz (right elbow inflammation), who hasn't pitched since last Tuesday, threw off the mound Monday and said his elbow is feeling better. He is scheduled to have an MRI exam Tuesday and he said his rehab schedule will be determined after the results of the test.
LOS ANGELES: The Dodgers announced five September callups after Monday's 11-3 win. OF Delwyn Young, 2B Tony Abreu, SS Wilson Valdez, RHP Eric Hull and LHP Eric Stults will join the major league team. Stults will start on Wednesday against the Cubs, manager Grady Little said. ... OF Luis Gonzalez turned 40 on Monday and celebrated by going 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Gonzalez, who is one of 21 active big leaguers who are at least 40 years old, needs 10 hits to reach 2,500 for his career. ... 3B Andy LaRoche went 1-for-5 with an RBI in his second game since being recalled on Sept. 2. LaRoche dealt with some back problems earlier in the year, but Little doesn't feel it will be an issue. ``He's 100 percent,'' Little said. ``We treat him like he's 100 percent. We have to watch him run around the bases a little bit but he's going to get the opportunity to show us what he can do.''
CHICAGO: Cubs manager Lou Piniella said he will make sure that he gives SS Ryan Theriot a day off this week. Theriot is batting .281 and has played in 125 games. SS Ronny Cedeno, who was called up on Saturday, will fill in for him at shortstop. ... C Jason Kendall is day to day with a swollen hand. He was hit by a pitch on Sunday and Piniella decided to hold him out on Monday. ``It's really puffy. He wanted to play to his credit. I think a day (off) or two, whatever it takes,'' Piniella said. ... RHP Steve Trachsel, who was acquired Friday in a trade, is to make his Cubs debut on Tuesday against the Dodgers. Piniella, is eager to see the right-hander, who replaced LHP Sean Marshall in the rotation for at least one start. ``I'm looking forward to seeing him pitch starting tomorrow. He's been throwing the ball well, according to our reports. People have watched him pitch. He's got experience. He's been through it, so he's going to be helpful, no question,'' said Piniella.
Re: MLB News and Notes September 4
SAN DIEGO: The Padres haven't announced a starter for Wednesday's series finale against San Diego. RHP Jake Peavy might start on three days' rest, but RHP Jack Cassel (0-0, 5.19 ERA in 2 games) is another possibility, manager Bud Black said. ... San Diego's staff has 18 shutouts, one shy of the franchise record, set in 1985. ... The Padres finish the season series against Arizona this week. ... RHP Chris Young faces the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night. Young, who was on the disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle, has not won since July 19. He's 0-2 with a 5.01 ERA in his last five starts, and one of the losses came Aug. 30 against Arizona in Petco Park.
ARIZONA: RHP Brandon Webb has lost both starts since his 42-inning shutout string ended Aug. 22, allowing 10 earned runs in 12 1-3 innings. ... Arizona sends its hottest pitcher, LHP Doug Davis, against San Diego on Tuesday night. Davis is 7-1 with a 3.79 ERA over his last 10 starts. ... OF Eric Byrnes homered and tripled for his 43d multihit game on Monday. His eight triples ties Orlando Hudson for the team lead. Byrnes is hitting .389 (7-for-18) in his career against San Diego's Greg Maddux.
Re: MLB News and Notes September 4
Rolen to undergo surgery, miss rest of season
September 3rd, 2007
St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen will undergo surgery on his ailing left shoulder and miss the rest of the 2007 season.
According to the Cardinals' web site, Rolen will receive a "cleanout" in his shoulder rather than a major procedure. Recovery is expected to take at least six weeks.
Rolen had surgery on the same shoulder back in 2005, a procedure that limited him to just 56 games that year. He rebounded with a solid season in 2006, but experienced discomfort over parts of this season and batted .265 with eight homers and 58 RBI.
Re: MLB News and Notes September 4
Clemens to miss at least one start
September 3rd, 2007
Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Roger Clemens is expected to miss at least one turn in the starting rotation for the New York Yankees due to a right elbow injury.
Clemens was touched for five runs on eight hits in just four innings on Monday in a 7-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
Yankees manager Joe Torre said after the game that Clemens will have an MRI on his right elbow after feeling discomfort in the fourth inning.
"He went to get an MRI done, so we'll have to wait until tomorrow to talk to him," Torre said of Clemens. "I think for safety's sake we're going to skip him one time, and hopefully that's all it is."
Clemens is 6-6 this season with a 4.45 ERA.
Re: MLB News and Notes September 4
Rockies starters Jason Hirsh, Aaron Cook out for the rest of the season
DENVER -- Colorado Rockies have lost right-handed starters Aaron Cook and Jason Hirsh for the remainder of the season.
Cook, the team's opening day starter, was shut down for the year when he re-injured his left abdomen in a rehab start Saturday night. Rockies manager Clint Hurdle made the announcement Sunday before the team's 4-3 win at Arizona.
Cook had not pitched since Aug. 10, and he was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Aug. 20. The Rockies had hoped to bring him back after a rehab start for Triple-A Colorado Springs on Saturday, but he left the game after 27 pitches.
Cook was 8-7 with a 4.12 ERA. He was 3-1 with a 2.41 ERA after the All-Star break.
The 25-year-old Hirsh broke his right fibula when he was hit by a line drive off the bat of Milwaukee's J.J. Hardy on Aug. 7. Hirsh shook it off and pitched six innings to get the win. The next day, X-rays showed a fracture in the right fibula, the thin bone on the outside of his lower leg. He went on the disabled list Aug. 9.
Hirsh said he had another X-ray on Tuesday that showed the leg was healing, but doctors and trainer Keith Dugger decided later that day for him to shut him down for the rest of 2007.
''The doc and Duggie talked and they felt there was not enough for me to get to where I need to be by the end of the year,'' Hirsh said.
Hirsh came to the Rockies in an offseason trade with Houston. He started 19 games this season, going 5-7 with a 4.81 ERA in 112 1-3 innings.
Hirsh said the decision to end his season was out of concern for his arm, not his leg.
''They're worried about me altering my mechanics and possibly injuring my arm,'' he said.
Re: MLB News and Notes September 4
Brewers acquire LHP King from Nationals
September 4, 2007
MILWAUKEE (AP) -Hoping to stabilize their struggling bullpen, the Milwaukee Brewers acquired left-hander Ray King from the Washington Nationals on Tuesday in exchange for a player to be named.
King was 1-1 with a 4.54 ERA in 55 appearances for the Nationals this season. The 33-year-old played for the Brewers from 2000-2002, and is expected to join the team on Wednesday.
``It was a shock,'' King said in a conference call. ``I watched the trade deadline come and go. Anytime you get a phone call from the general manager's secretary, it's not good.''
After giving up a three-run lead in the eighth inning of Monday's 9-7 loss to the Houston Astros, the Brewers have lost a major league-worst 15 games in which they have led by at least three runs.
Milwaukee also purchased the contract of catcher Mike Rivera from Triple-A Nashville, and transferred infielder Tony Graffanino to the 60-day disabled list.
The Brewers are in second place in the NL Central behind Chicago.
``It's a chance to go back to Milwaukee. They're a game-and-a-half out and compete to try and get in the playoffs,'' King said.
King, who played in the postseason in 2003 with Atlanta and 2004 with St. Louis, won't get a chance to play in October. The deadline for postseason rosters was Friday.
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NPA rebels free 12 hostages taken in separate attacks
TAGUM CITY—Communist guerrillas have released 12 unharmed persons who have been taken hostage during separate guerrilla attacks here and in North Cotabato, according to officials.
Six of the hostages, including a 10-year-old girl, had been seized by the guerrillas in an attack on a security agency office here.
The six other hostages, all van drivers, had been taken by the guerrillas in Makilala, North Cotabato.
Superintendent Epe Rillo, city police chief, said the victims seized by guerrillas during an attack on the office of security agency Dasia here had been turned over to a priest in Maco, Compostela Valley.
He identified some of the freed hostages as Terecio Laplana, manager of the local office of Dasia; his wife, Concepcion; and their daughter.
Rillo said the attack here last Monday appeared to be coordinated with NPA units in North Cotabato and Compostela Valley.
Galon said on the day New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas raided the office of Dasia, guerrillas also set off a land mine that wounded soldiers and civilians along the Tagum-Agusan highway in Barangay Magdum here.
"It looks like a joint operation," said Galon.
The NPA on Wednesday issued a statement owning up to the attacks, saying the guerrillas were after "legitimate targets."
Military and police officials said the guerrillas who raided the Dasia security office wore police uniforms and pretended to be antinarcotics agents.
Rigoberto Sanchez, rebel spokesperson, said the NPA did not need to "use brute force" in the Dasia attack.
"The police and military were shocked by the attack and were able to send reinforcement after more than 10 hours," said Sanchez. Frinston Lim, Kaiza Marie Nawal, Williamor Magbanua and Germelina Lacorte, Inquirer Mindanao
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Chase and Enterprise Community Partners are pleased to announce the opening of the 2009 Chase Community Development Competition. Held in New Orleans for the second consecutive year, this real estate design competition continues to match practical design ideas of college students with the real-life community needs of low- to moderate-income families in the Crescent City.
Started 15 years ago in New York City, the competition refocused its direction in 2008 to center on the rebuilding efforts underway in New Orleans. This competition allows college students to partner with local nonprofits to create environmentally responsive real estate plans that meet a community need. The first place entry will receive a $25,000 predevelopment grant. The second place design will get a $15,000 grant, and the third place winners will receive a $10,000 grant. Chase will provide funding for the grants.
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Leptospirosis is a direct zoonotic disease caused by spirochetes belonging to the genus Leptospira. Many animals act as carriers or vectors. Human infection results from accidental contact with carrier animals or environment contaminated with animal urine containing the organism. Epidemics of leptospirosis result from poor sanitation in urban areas and are aggravated following natural calamities. The majority of leptospiral infections are either subclinical or result in very mild illness and patients recover without complications. In a few cases it may manifest as multiorgan failure where the mortality can go up to 40%. Infection in pregnant women may be grave leading to severe fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality. The presentation may mimic other viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections, acute fatty liver, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and HELLP syndrome. Owing to the unusual presentation, leptospirosis in pregnancy is often misdiagnosed and under-reported. Preventive public education regarding hygiene, personal practices, source reduction, environmental sanitation, early diagnosis, and treatment of the condition are needed to avoid perinatal and maternal mortality.
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- Title
- Leptospirosis in pregnancy
- Journal
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Volume 31, Issue 10 , pp 2491-2496
- Cover Date
- 2012-10-01
- 10.1007/s10096-012-1625-7
- Print ISSN
- 0934-9723
- Online ISSN
- 1435-4373
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- Springer-Verlag
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- S. Singh (1)
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- 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, SUT Academy of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, 695028, Kerala, India


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SEATTLE -- Marcelo Sarvas enjoyed one of his strongest perfomances of 2014 having a hand in each of the LA Galaxy's goals in their 3-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC in front of one very special attendee -- his father Emilio.
The performance was made just a bit more special by the presence of his father who watched the match from the sidelines of CenturyLink Field. Throughout his 90 minute shift, Sarvas' presence in the center of the park was vital as he routinely forced Seattle midfielders to make costly turnovers and eventually ended the match with an impressive 11 recoveries, seven tackles won and three interceptions.
On the offensive side of the ball, Sarvas had his fingerprints over all three Galaxy goals as he provided an unlocking pass in LA's first and third strikes while also firing a shot from distance that led to Landon Donovan's goal just before the 20 minute mark.
But Sarvas admitted that the win was made a tad more meaningful with his father in attendance.
"Landon told him that he must stay because he brought us good luck. I'm very happy and every year I want to do my best," said Sarvas. "You have to fight [for your place] every season so to have him here makes everything that much more important for me. He's always supported me throughout my career so I'm very happy that he saw me playing and he'll be going home to Brazil next week with a good impression of my play."
SEATTLE -- LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena addressed reporters following the LA Galaxy's 3-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC.
His quotes are below.
(On the game…)
ARENA: "The team played well. It was a good performance on the road and a good performance if you were at home. Our guys played well tonight. They looked sharp."
(On Marcelo Sarvas' play…)
ARENA: "He played well. He played a good 90 minutes on both sides of the ball. It was a really good performance."
(On what he said at halftime…)
ARENA: "Win the game. Our objective is to win the game and we did a pretty smart job in the second half. It could've been a little bit better, but good enough to get the win."
(On why they dominated so much in the first half…)
ARENA: "We played well. We looked sharp and, you know, it's mid-year right now. Everyone is still finding themselves. We're just beginning to get our team on the field. After a half a season of misery, having to deal with the injuries and the absences and all that, hopefully we'll get a little bit more of a solidified unit."
(On the return of Omar Gonzalez…)
ARENA: "Omar hasn't played with us for three months so it was great to get him back on the field."
(On Robbie Rogers and Dan Gargan's play…)
ARENA: "They played well. Our entire team played well tonight. It was a good performance and it was nice to get that group on the field. It was probably the first time they've played together this year."
(On if the slow schedule at the beginning of the year helps with getting momentum now…)
ARENA: "The schedule at the beginning of the year helps nobody. It was a terrible schedule and made it very awkward and difficult to get our team moving in the right direction. That's all part of it as well. We're trying to catch up now. We're only 18 games in at this point in the season and we'd like to have a few more. We have a real challenge ahead of us going into the second half of the season."
(On the intelligence of his team's play…)
ARENA: "We didn't have to be pretty in the second half. Our goal is to win the game and I thought they played a smart game. Getting a clean sheet was important."
(On if Chad Marshall playing would've made a difference for Seattle…)
ARENA:"Everybody misses players. It's all part of it. He certainly is a good player. Would he have made a difference in the game? I don't know."
(On the team's play as of late…)
ARENA:"I think over the last 10 games, we're like 6-1-3 or something. It's not like we're playing bad."
(On if the result against Manchester United may have motivated the team…)
ARENA: "It has nothing to do with anything. It's just an exhibition. We could've cared less whether we won or lost that game. It's an exhibition. It's good for Manchester United. It's good for the Galaxy. It's good for the fans that came to the game, and that's the most important thing. If you read anything more into exhibitions, then you probably don't know what you're watching. Having said that, if we play them 10 times, there's a good chance they'll beat us 10 times so let's be fair about that."
Are you ready for some Monday Night Soccer?
The LA Galaxy will take on Seattle Sounders FC on Monday night in the first meeting of the year between the two Western Conference rivals. The match will air on ESPN2 at 7:00 p.m. PT.
I get you set for the game with my look ahead to the match below.
*The LA Galaxy will be donning their "unbeaten" black third uniforms on Monday for their match against Seattle Sounders. To date, LA is 3-0-1 in the alternate uniforms.
*One player who has had plenty of success against Seattle is Galaxy forward Robbie Keane, who has scored seven times against Sounders FC in the past.
*Against Seattle, the LA Galaxy are expecting to welcome back defender Omar Gonzalez from injury. After skipping LA's loss to Manchester United, the Galaxy center back is hoping to go a full 90 minutes against Seattle.
*Speaking of that defeat to Manchester United, the Galaxy insist that there will be no hangover from the disappointing 7-0 defeat.
*It's been quite a week for Galaxy Homegrown Player Bradford Jamieson IV, who spoke to LAGalaxy.com earlier this week about his MLS debut and his appearance against Manchester United
*In a piece for SoundersFC.com, I breakdown the matchup and provide the a few interesting storylines to look forward to.
*Lastly, LAGalaxy.com's Larry Morgan provides his preview of the Western Conference matchup.
Omar Gonzalez vs. Clint Dempsey
Arguably the most exciting matchup of the evening, Gonzalez is expected to make his return from injury and will do so against Dempsey who was his USMNT teammate during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Gonzalez's presence will be vital in shutting down the tricky Dempsey who will look to lure the defender out of position and create space for himself and Obafemi Martins.
Juninho vs. Osvaldo Alonso
A battle of midfield generals, Juninho and Alonso will look to set the tempo for their respective teams in what promises to be a physical matchup. Look for Juninho to seek to pressure Alonso early as LA look to gain possession and create scoring opportunities.
Gyasi Zardes vs. Zack Scott
Robbie Keane has had plenty of success against the Sounders, but with Seattle eager to shutdown the Irishman, it should open up plenty of space for Zardes who will look to pressure the Rave Green from the outset.
"We want to win the Supporters' Shield. I know we're far behind at the moment, but if we win on Monday, it's eight points [behind Seattle] and we have a game in hand. All of a sudden, it's fairly close again. So it's important that we get something out of the game." - LA Galaxy captain Robbie Keane
LAGalaxy.com has provided a video preview of Monday's LA Galaxy's match against Seattle Sounders FC featuring Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane and Omar Gonzalez.
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Earlier this month, Spear wrote about the new book of work from Neckface dpmhi from 13 May to 10 June.
The show consists of original Neck Face paintings and drawings shown alongside collaborative work with Maharishi including a series of embroidered canvases in editions of 3 and unique pieces of embroidered recycled military clothing. Also available will be a limited edition T-shirt and copies of Satan's Bride!!! Location after the jump.
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Description: This book presents discussions from authors noted in philosophy and ethics on a number of problematic ethical issues engendered by reproductive technologies.
Purpose: This is the 13th volume in a series of texts, published annually, that review the literature on issues of critical importance in bioethics.
Audience: Written for a diverse audience, including philosophers, ethicists, and reproductive healthcare professionals, the book would also be suitable for instructors and students interested in the specific technologies and problematic issues addressed.
Features: Comprised of eight original essays, the book addresses diverse issues that are loosely arranged into three distinctive sections or parts. Part one includes three essays that debate whether women have an unqualified right to abortion and the rights and obligations of men in this context. Three essays included in part two discuss ethical issues associated with in vitro fertilization. Consisting of two essays, part three addresses how parents and society ought to respond to the knowledge prenatal testing yields. As preface to each section, the editors have provided a brief introduction that summarizes each author's contribution and, with respect to part one, highlights the differing viewpoints.
Assessment: Essays included in this collection provide a representative sampling of the many timely, important, and truly troublesome ethical issues reproductive technologies engender. Included among these issues are abortion rights and paternal duties; in vitro fertilization in a "just" healthcare system; selective termination in multiple gestation; blastomere separation and human cloning; obligations to abort in light of genetic information; and what justice requires for dyslexic children. In support of their positions, many of the authors offer philosophically rigorous, unique, and intriguing arguments that deserve serious consideration and warrant further debate and critical assessment. Overall, this book makes an important and worthwhile contribution to the ongoing philosophical debate concerning reproductive technologies.


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Polychloroprene (chloroprene rubber, CR)
Polychloroprene is the polymer name for the synthetic rubber known as neoprene (a proprietary trade name of DuPont that has become generic). One of the first successful synthetic elastomers, neoprene was first prepared in 1931 by Arnold Collins, a chemist in Wallace Hume Carothers' research group at DuPont, while he was investigating by-products of divinylacetylene. It is a good general-purpose rubber, but it is limited to special-properties applications because of its high cost.
Polychloroprene is prepared by emulsion polymerization of chloroprene, or 2-chlorobutadiene,
which is obtained by the chlorination of butadiene or isoprene. Of the several structures adopted by the chloroprene repeating unit, the most common is trans-1,4 polychloroprene, which can be represented as follows:
This polymer tends to crystallize and harden slowly at temperatures below about 10° C (50° F). It also crystallizes on stretching, so that cured components are strong even without fillers. Because the double bond between the carbon atoms is shielded by the pendant atoms and CH2 groups, the molecular interlinking necessary for producing a cured rubber is usually effected through the chlorine atom. The presence of chlorine in the molecular structure causes this elastomer to resist swelling by hydrocarbon oils, to have greater resistance to oxidation and ozone attack, and to possess a measure of flame resistance. Principal applications are in products such as hoses, belts, springs, flexible mounts, and gaskets where resistance to oil, heat, flame, and abrasion are required.
Polyisoprene (natural rubber, NR; isoprene rubber, IR)
Of the several isomeric forms that polyisoprene can adopt, NR consists almost exclusively of the cis-1,4 polymer, the structure of which is shown below:
The uniqueness of NR lies in its remarkable extensibility and toughness, as evidenced by its ability to be stretched repeatedly to seven or eight times its original length. The polymer chains crystallize readily on stretching, lending greater strength, so that NR is a self-reinforcing material. In its natural state, however, NR is greatly affected by temperature: it crystallizes on cooling, taking only several hours to do so at −25° C (−13° F), and it becomes tacky and inelastic above approximately 50° C (120° F). In addition, like other diene elastomers, it is swollen and weakened by hydrocarbon oils, and it reacts with oxygen and ozone in the atmosphere, leading to rupture of the polymer molecules and softening of the material over time. These disadvantages are overcome to a great extent by the vulcanizing and compounding processes reviewed in the article elastomer (natural and synthetic rubber).
IR is manufactured by solution polymerization methods, using both anionic and Ziegler-Natta catalysts. The product is at most 98 percent cis-1,4 polyisoprene, and therefore its structure is not as regular as NR. As a result, it does not crystallize as readily as the natural material, and it is not as strong or as tacky in the raw (unvulcanized) state. In all other respects, though, IR is a complete substitute for NR. For both IR and NR, the principal usage is in tires, although these elastomers are also preferred for rubber springs and mountings owing to their good fatigue resistance and high resilience. Footwear is an important application, and NR is still used in adhesives (such as rubber cement).
Another form of polyisoprene, trans-1,4 polymer, is the dominant isomer in gutta-percha and balata, two materials that, like natural rubber, are derived from the milky exudate of certain trees. This polymer does not melt below approximately 70° C (160° F) and is partially crystalline at normal temperatures. Therefore, unlike natural rubber, gutta-percha and balata are tough, hard, and leathery—properties that led to their traditional use in sheathings for underwater cables and golf balls. The trans polymer can also be synthesized with Ziegler-Natta catalysts, yielding a synthetic balata that is also employed in golf ball covers.
Vinyl copolymers
In addition to the copolymers mentioned in previous sections (e.g., fluoroelastomers, modacrylics), a number of important vinyl (carbon-chain) copolymers are manufactured. These include most of the important synthetic elastomers not described in Diene polymers, along with several specialty plastics and thermoplastic elastomers. These copolymers are described in this section.
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)
ABS is a graft copolymer made by dissolving styrene-butadiene copolymer in a mixture of acrylonitrile and styrene monomers, then polymerizing the monomers with free-radical initiators in an emulsion process. Grafting of acrylonitrile and styrene onto the copolymer chains occurs by chain-transfer reactions. ABS was patented in 1948 and introduced to commercial markets by the Borg-Warner Corporation in 1954.
ABS is a tough, heat-resistant thermoplastic. The three structural units provide a balance of properties, the butadiene groups (predominantly trans-1,4) imparting good impact strength, the acrylonitrile affording heat resistance, and the styrene units giving rigidity. ABS is widely used for appliance and telephone housings, luggage, sporting helmets, pipe fittings, and automotive parts.


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Obama's support dropped from '08 in east county cities
Democrats in Ventura County appear to have supported Barack Obama this week nearly as enthusiastically as they did four years ago, but based on an analysis of the city-by-city preliminary results, it appears that many Republicans and independents decided it was time to change course. Obama carried the county in 2008 by 12 percentage points. This week he carried the county again, but his margin dropped by more than half, to less than 5 percentage points.
That number, and all the semi-official results from this week, could change slightly after the remaining 63,119 ballots in Ventura County that have yet to be counted are added to the totals.
The countywide outcome means that Ventura County voters have kept alive their remarkable, nearly century-old streak of going with the winner in all but one presidential election since 1920. They have now backed the winner in 24 of the last 25 contests.
But Obama's support this time around was much narrower, and the erosion came mostly in the Republican-dominated east county. Four years ago, he carried all but two cities in Ventura County, with John McCain prevailing in Camarillo and Simi Valley.
Voters in Thousand Oaks and Moorpark, who four years ago bucked their communities' partisan leanings and backed Obama, this year returned to the Republican fold.
The citywide vote totals show that voters in the county's most Democratic large city, Oxnard, maintained nearly the same level of enthusiasm for the president as they showed in 2008. He carried the city with 70 percent of the vote four years ago, a level that dropped just 1 point to 69 percent this week.
Results from Simi Valley, the county's most Republican large city, indicate that GOP voters came home and likely brought some independents along with them. While John McCain carried the city with 51.5 percent of the vote in 2008, Mitt Romney was backed by 55.6 percent of Simi Valley voters this week.
The city-by-city breakdown also reveals how Democrat Julia Brownley prevailed in the 26th Congressional District contest against Republican Tony Strickland. For Brownley, it was a sure-fire winning formula: She won her Democratic base in Oxnard by a nearly 2-to-1 ratio, 66 percent to 34 percent, while holding her own in Strickland's Republican base in Thousand Oaks.
Strickland carried Thousand Oaks by just 8 percentage points, 54 percent to 46 percent. That was less than the 10 percentage-point advantage that Republicans hold among registered voters citywide.
Brownley also topped 60 percent of the vote in Port Hueneme (63 percent) and Ojai (62 percent). She also carried the district's other Democratic-dominated cities, but with smaller margins: Santa Paula, 59 percent; Fillmore, 55 percent; and Ventura, 53 percent.
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through levels of successful performance in industries worldwide and asking how they accomplished it. 5 Quinn found that many of the world's best run organizations recognized the advantage of focusing on small functioning units to improve timeliness and cycle time, product quality, service, customer and worker satisfaction, as well as to reduce production costs. He described these small units as microunits of production, meaning that they were the smallest or minimum "replicable unit," which for this study means a unit whose processes are repeatable with small variation in response to local conditions and that have available to them all the necessary resources to do their work.
Although the approach originated with routine manufacturing and rules-based, automatable systems, it proved to be applicable, as well, to service operations where it led to large increases in customer satisfaction. Surprisingly, the larger the organization, the greater the leverage for gains because of a larger information database and greater possibility for experimentation. Using these small units as a starting place, Quinn found that highly effective service technologies were connected in a variety of new organizational forms that seemed to have some common characteristics: they had much "flatter" hierarchies than their predecessors; they were built around core service competencies typically consisting of special depth in some unique technologies, knowledge bases, skills, or other systems; and they interacted with customers using excellent information technologies and organizational design. Organizations discovered that these forms also made their workplaces more personally challenging and satisfying places to work.
The micro-system study explored whether such an approach to understanding highly effective systems could be applied to professional organizations, and, in particular, to health care units—a special, form of service industry, often thought to be unique because inputs (patients) are so variable, outputs ill-defined, and the need for professional expertise so great. Health care requires a mix of rules-based action and judgment based on individual needs, and this combination seemed to defy simple notions based on manufacturing.
Adapting Quinn's notion of the micro-unit, Batalden and coworkers 6 have described the concept of a health care micro-system that delivers the core "product" of health care—patient care. It is at this interface that patients experience care and that the quality of care is determined. Although health care is provided to patients by caregivers who work in very complex organizational arrangements, the overwhelming amount of their own daily work is as part of a small system consisting of people—the patients and practitioners —and the technologies they use. Nelson and his colleagues 7 have described the essential elements of a micro-system:
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|Jun 5, 2009, 07:01 AM
Installing iTunes without internet connection?
I tend to ramble when I try to explain things I don't understand even to people that do. I'll try to be a succinct as possible here without boring you.
-I do not have a wireless router at my house.
-The port on my laptop that connects to the cable modem is fried and will no longer recognize an internet connection.
-I cannot/will not install iTunes on my work PC.
-My family live too far away to use their PC's.
-My friends either have ancient PC's powered by hamster wheels or too busy to be bothered.
I'm an idiot that didn't do his research concerning the possibilty of a new iPhone and bought a 3G last week. I plan on returning it within the 30 day window, I just want to see if I even like this kind of phone before I go through all the trouble or returning, buying a new one in a few weeks/months, finding out I don't like it, then returning it again. In order to get a proper feel for it, I think I should experience some aspects of the device other than browsing the internet and using the calculator.
I can't do anything as it stands as I never even registered an iTunes account.
My question is this. Is it possible for me to synch up with iTunes any other way, simply to upload some personal songs from my laptop or to purchase a few apps from the store through the phone itself?
I can DL iTunes onto a flash drive from work and bring the file home to install on my laptop. DLing is okay from this PC, installing is not. Is that even possible or do I need internet to complete the installation process. I'm assuming I do.
Could I go to an Apple store/Starbucks/Panera Bread or similar hotspot with my laptop and do all of this or would you not suggest such a place to start entering credit card info?
Any help you can give here would be great. I'd like to return the phone by Monday regardless of any announcements made at WWDC. That should give a few days to see if this phone is really something I want/need in the first place.
Hmmm, I guess I kinda rambled anyway, huh?
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|Jun 5, 2009, 08:50 AM
Pretty sure you're going to have to be connected to the internet to install it if you've already tried from the flash drive and it doesn't work. (I've never really installed iTunes more than once, since it comes on Mac anyways... nor have I ever been without internet when trying to install it.)
Going somewhere local with wifi is probably your best option. Try to choose somewhere that isn't too busy and doesn't have too many people with their laptops out. Set up your iTunes account using the credit card you'd be least concerned with if someone stole your info. Also, make sure you use a credit card and not a debit card because if someone does get ahold of your info, then you can easily cancel it and have all charges reversed.
P.s. what do you even do with a laptop without internet?
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Cost of a USB to Ethernet Adapter dongle $19.99
Cost of a cheap Wi-fi router $29.99
Seem like easier solutions no?
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Thanks you for the suggestions.
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Nique may still be keeping mum about his plans for the material he's been holed up in the studio recording over the past six or seven months but, as he reminded us with last month's NO!, the Las Vegas representative knows exactly what it takes to please the discerning hip-hop head. As the artist puts it on his latest unreleased joint,"I Know What You Like." As on this cut's predecessor, Mr. Music handles productions, trading the frantic, rock-informed grooves of NO! for a lower-key synth arrangement as the artist asks a certain female to "...be [his] everything." In conversational bars, the freestyle alum mixes soul-searching with smooth-talk, mulling over his ambivalence in regard to commitment before extending a formal offer: "I got the love pistol loaded, you could be the one I draw for." A weird line, to be damn sure—but if she (ahem) pulls the trigger, the artist will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that she's a keeper. This joint is yet-unattached to any forthcoming project, but if Nique and Mr. Music keep cranking out tunes this fresh, fans may start clamoring for a full-length collaboration. As always, Booth readers get the last word…
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Changing media consumption patterns make people more elusive than ever.
I recently conducted an interesting single-person study of changing media consumption (using myself as the test subject). Today, why I did it and what I learned.
I'm a news junkie, and my news addiction has only grown over the years. Since I moved to the East Coast in 1988, I've been reading "The New York Times" and the "Wall Street Journal" every morning. I've been listening to CNN while getting dressed in the morning since it started airing. And over the past five years, I've added My Yahoo and Google News check-ins throughout the day. In the last year or so, I've also included RSS (define) feeds and blog selections in the mix. Historically, though, my single biggest block of news time has been in the morning, as I read the papers and enjoyed my first cup of coffee.
A year ago, I decided I needed Internet access and a PC to complete my morning news consumption experience. The newspaper stories I read increasingly featured URLs, which begged further exploration, plus many articles raised more questions than they answered. Since my wireless network at home was a disaster (don't ask), I moved my morning newspaper-and-coffee ritual from the kitchen table to my home office so I could add online. Things haven't been the same since.
The move to the home office was a big mistake. I sat at the PC, with the newspaper to the side, and quickly found myself sucked into work mode and doing email, rather than enjoying the paper and drinking my coffee as I eased into the day. Why? My home office is for working, not surfing. So a couple months ago, I got my wireless network working at home and moved back to the kitchen table. That arrangement wasn't satisfactory either. I don't have space for my three media access points (PC, BlackBerry, and newspaper) on my kitchen table unless I perform a feat of origami on the newspaper.
Being an action-oriented, analytical person, I spent some time thinking about whether to lobby the "NYT" to adopt a smaller format or buy a larger kitchen table. Both are unlikely solutions. Then it hit me. If I want to read the "NYT" at the kitchen table and be able to surf the Web at the same time, why not read the online version of the "NYT" and dispense with the paper version completely? Al Gore has me focused on the environment again, and dispensing with the paper version would be more eco-friendly. Plus, the "NYT" site was recently redesigned.
This was the genesis of my one-week media consumption study. I moved online for my news fix, starting with the "NYT," then on to other sources.
The result? I get all the news I can possibly digest online, but the online experience is no substitute for the real, the paper thing. There's nothing like the newspaper in its traditional form. In paper form, it's easy, relaxing, and routine. It's a ritual. It almost feels luxurious.
Digesting news online becomes a much more active experience, filled with decisions (where to go next) and distractions (blogs, hyperlinks, and ready access to email). Even though it's less relaxing, it does feel like a more productive use of time. I can still check out the "NYT" online, plus I can get more content and more points of view from sites like Newsvine and Current TV. I can see how our neighbors in Mexico and Canada are reporting on the war and immigration. I can see what's hot on YouTube (another new addiction). I can visit MyYahoo to see how my investments are doing. And, I can get a head start on email -- all in the same time I used to read just the paper.
How will it all net out? I'm keeping my computer on the kitchen table. I still get the "NYT" and "WSJ," but instead of reading them at home over coffee I put the most interesting sections in my bag to read on the go. Only on Sundays do I close the laptop and spread out the paper. Why? It's become a luxury, a leisure activity, definitely best enjoyed on the day of rest.
It's pretty clear why the newspaper business is under so much pressure and why readership is falling off. Our media consumption patterns are changing dramatically and rapidly. We've all read reports and written articles on it. As online marketers, we've changed our media strategies to accommodate this change in behavior, sure. But, it doesn't seem real until you fundamentally examine how you've changed or how those around you have changed.
I'm going to keep a diary of my changing media consumption patterns for the next couple of months. It's a useful reminder of how elusive I've become as a target for advertising. I don't envy any marketer trying to reach me with a message. I imagine many ClickZ readers are the same. I challenge you to keep your own diary for a month and let me know what you've learned about yourself. I think it would be an illuminating exercise indeed.
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|This is the book of proceedings for the tenth annual conference of Cambio de Colores, Change of Colors, Latinos in the Heartland, that took place in Kansas City June 8-10th 2011. The theme of this year's conference was Migration and Shifting Human Landscapes. Cambio de Colores is an institution that evolved from a Call to Action in Missouri, in 2002, to a Community of Practice about the integration of Latino newcomers to the heartland. The first conference, which took place in Columbia, Missouri, was a fact-finding mission. Participants learned from other states, and explored issues related to immigration, specifically the fast pace of growth and what it meant to rural communities. The conference was literally a call to action. Since then, several institutions have been created at the University of Missouri, such as the University of Missouri Extension Alianzas program (2002), the University of Missouri Cambio Center (2004), and a Latino/Latina Studies program at university of Missouri, Kansas City (2011). It was difficult to find people for the first conference who had research about what was happening in Missouri. Now, there are dozens of projects underway, with researchers and practitioners involved in many impressive collaborative efforts in communities throughout our own state, and across other states. As an institution, Cambio de Colores has been shaped by its stakeholders, who are practitioners, extension professionals, researchers, educators, policy makers, and the community at large, who have "aligned missions," that all seek to foster community wellbeing, and help facilitate the integration of Latino/a newcomers to the economic and social fabric of communities in the Heartland. Every year this conference blends best practices with research, and policy, in order to provide all of its participants with a comprehensive, holistic, and multidisciplinary, view of the factors currently shaping the status of Latinos in the Heartland. This conference also provides knowledge that informs actions and new ways to facilitate integration, education, health, entrepreneurship, and civic participation. In 2011 Cambio de Colores benefited from the participation of the North Central Extension & Research Activity NCERA 216: Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities, and SERA 37: The New Hispanic South, increasing the regions where human landscapes are shifting as a result of immigration.
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