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8/15 Cubs deal Jackson to D-Backs
The Cubs dealt 2009 first-round pick Brett Jackson to the Diamondbacks late Thursday for Minor League right-handed pitcher Blake Cooper.
Cooper, 26, was 4-2 with a 3.57 ERA in 41 relief appearances combined for Double-A Mobile and Triple-A Reno this year. He was named to the 2014 Southern League All-Star team, posting a 1.85 ERA in 24 games with Mobile. However, he had a 6.00 ERA in 17 games at Reno, giving up 16 earned runs on 25 hits and 17 walks over 24 innings at Reno. A 12th-round pick in 2010, Cooper was 16-15 with 16 saves and a 3.27 ERA in five Minor League seasons.
Jackson, who turned 26 on Aug. 2, was the 31st player taken overall in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. Injuries slowed the outfielder, limiting him to 61 games last season at Triple-A Iowa.
In 81 games at Iowa this year, he was batting .210 with eight doubles, four triples, five homers and 20 RBIs. Jackson was called up to the big leagues in August 2012, but batted .175 in 44 games. His strikeout totals were high; in 2012, he fanned 158 times over 106 games at Iowa.
The move opens a spot on the Cubs' 40-man roster. According to the Arizona Republic, Jackson will be assigned to Triple-A Reno.
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Wow, my first thought is…"how did Theo/Jed pull THAT off?" I know time will tell but getting ANY young pitcher with ANY upside for Jackson must be accepted as a good thing. Jackson may blossom with the D-Back….EVENTUALLY….and I say SO WHAT. Right? I must admit when I saw the headline I was giddy thinking it was Edwin and not Bret. Ha!
I thought the same thing for a second, but then realized it would have said D-Backs get Jackson + cash, for minor league pitcher. No one is taking him without the cubs footing most of the bill.
ya this move is just a move to clear a 40 man spot but my question is…. WHY? Soler is already on it…. Bryant doesn't need to be on it yet. Could a Rusney Castillo deal be on the horizon? Or another trade/pickup from another team? Bringing up Rivero? Very interesting.
Usually, teams like to carry a third catcher in September. The Cubs only have two catchers on their 40-man, so at the very least they will have room to add Eli Whiteside or Rafael Lopez. Of course, September is still a couple of weeks away, so maybe they just want a little flexibility with their 40-man in case they would like to promote a pitcher who is not currently on it. Or maybe they were looking to unload B. Jackson because they were done with him and someone finally came along and offered an acceptable deal for him.
I haven't seen anyone mention that Ben Carhart was promoted to Daytona. I know he's been playing all over the diamond, but I saw him catch in Peoria earlier this season. He threw out three base stealers, including Chuck McElroy's son trying to steal third base late in the game. The first one had a huge jump, and I didn't think he had a chance, but his throw was perfect and quick and clearly beat the runner. I would like to see him spend more time behind the plate.
This trade was nothing more than giving two young players a fresh start in a new Organization.
I have never noticed Carrie's keen sense of humor.
Turner looked awesome in his Cubs debut. That may turn out to be a very nice trade.
After that start by Jackson, I think his days are numbered. With the amount of starting Pitching, plus a possible FA, it might be very close to time to just pay him off and say good bye. I cant see anyone else wanting him, unless they need innings.
I was a journalism major. And one of the first things you learn is that the writer doesn't write the headline, there are separate headline writers. And every headline on the site just uses the person's last name. I am always impressed by how many articles Carrie writes, how insightful there are, etc. I frankly am not super impressed by the commenters on the site. Three in particular who strike me as rather unpleasant chaps.
Aloha Cubs Win, very true. I was so excited, thinking when I saw the name "Jackson," it caught my attention that EJax was moved! Well, I can hope for that in the future, I want him to do well as well as our Cubbies and I do not think that he, EJax will be a good fit after this season. It might be a situation whereby the FO is just going to have to eat it. Take care. Mahalo!
Yep. It reminds me a little of the Barry Zito saga. And despite the fact that Zito had a 7-year, $18m-per contract, they moved him to the bullpen. Although Jackson is even worse than Zito. I read that he literally has the worst ERA in the league – almost a point higher than the next guy. So I think the Cubs might just have to eat it.
Anybody who thinks Arizona would trade for Edwin Jackson probably can't read anyway.
Lets give Edwin one more year? Thats not our decision.
Some look at a bad signing or a bad trade as bad Management, like they should be perfect! I know of no one perfect, please correct me or give me an example if I am wrong?
Its easy second guess, especially if you think you can do a better job. I am sure no one in this Chat Room could. If they hire anyone in this chatroom, it would be Doug.
To focus on mistakes when tons more good has been achieved, wow! Worried about the money, look at the payroll. Look at the money not spent as the whole the Organization has and is improving. Then look at that money and be thankful if one of the FA you guys insist is needed, is then signed.
You could start your own blog where you could write your own headlines instead of being a parasite on this blog.
You're criticizing my headline writing?
That is an opinion Cubs Talk and I understand what you are saying. My opinion is: he was signed as a innings eater until the Cubs could put a decent rotation together, while building from the bottom up. Management has accomplished alot much faster, than even they thought they would.
To be competitive in 2015 the innings eater will now be Wood, Arietta and Hendrick along with a FA will give the club 4 starters, IF no injuries occur. Who gets that 4th spot, not Jackson if they want to compete.
Doubront, Straily, Turner, Beeler, Jokisch, Grimm, Ramirez will all get a shot. Then the guy I no longer know what is name is: Wada or Wada-san.
Unless there are a few injuries, there is no reason to keep Jackson. Another roster spot can be cleared. Cut the losses and move on.


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A look at the key match-ups in the upcoming game against the Colts Monday night.
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After a gut wrenching loss late Sunday night against the Raiders, the Chargers now must refocus and go against one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL.
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Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is a "fixer" in a prestigious New York City law firm, using his connections and his knowledge of legal loopholes for his clients' benefit. After leaving an underground poker game and dealing with a wealthy client's (Denis O'Hare) hit and run, Michael drives despondently and stops at a remote field, where some horses are standing on a hill. When he leaves his car to climb up the hill to admire the horses, the car explodes behind him.
We flash back to four days earlier. We find out that Michael is a divorced father of one, and is $75,000 in debt from a previous restaurant investment he entered with his brother Timmy that faltered when the brother used the restaurant's funds to fuel his drug habits. Michael, having gone to a loan shark to raise the money for the investment, refuses to give his brother's exact location and is held responsible for the debt. He is eventually given one week to come up with the money. Meanwhile, one of the firm's leading attorneys, Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson), has a bizarre outburst in the middle of a deposition in Milwaukee involving a class action lawsuit against U-North, an agricultural products conglomerate. Michael arrives in Milwaukee and bails Arthur out of jail, but he escapes from their hotel room in the middle of the night. Meanwhile, Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton), U-North's general counsel, discovers that Arthur had come into possession of a confidential U-North document detailing the company's decision to manufacture a weed killer that it knew to be carcinogenic. Karen brings this to the attention of U-North's CEO (Ken Howard). He puts Karen in contact with two men who are secretly on retainer by U-North (Robert Prescott, Terry Serpico). She contracts them to follow Arthur and plant bugs in his apartment and phone. When they report that Arthur is building a case to expose his own client, Karen asks that Arthur be eliminated. The same two men proceed to do as she directs. They secretly murder Arthur in a very sophisticated way designed to resemble a heart attack, possibly brought on by a drug overdose.
Michael is saddened by the actual news of Arthur's death, but becomes suspicious upon learning that U-North was planning a settlement just a few days before and that Arthur had booked a flight to New York for one of the plaintiffs, Anna (Merritt Wever). He learns from Anna that she told no one of her conversations with Arthur, not even her attorney, arousing in Michael further suspicion about how his firm came to know of Arthur's conversations with the U-North plaintiffs. With the help of his other brother Gene (Sean Cullen) in the police department Michael gets access to Arthur's sealed apartment. There he discovers that Arthur seemed to be expecting Anna, as there is a bottle of champagne with two glasses in the refrigerator. There is a copy of a fantasy novel called Realm and Conquest that Michael's eleven-year-old son Henry has been absorbed in, and has recommended it to Arthur to read. Arthur has clearly read the book, having made annotations and highlighted numerous passages in the book. One of the illustrations in the book is of a horse standing on a hillside. Also in the book Michael finds a receipt from a copy store. At this point Michael is arrested for trespassing on sealed premises, and his brother Gene, a police detective, has to arrange for his release from custody. Next Michael discovers that Arthur had ordered three thousand copies of the confidential U-North document. Michael takes a copy with him, but the two hit men are tailing him and inform Karen of the situation. Michael is about to show his boss, Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), what he has discovered, only to be offered a renewal of his employment contract as well as an $80,000 bonus he had requested to cover his debt, although it comes with a confidentiality agreement to prevent him from ever shaking down the firm, with Marty already knowing the shady nature of U-North, though not of the murder.
One of the hit men rigs his car with a bomb, but the installation was not completed, sparing Michael of an immediate demise. Michael receives a phone call summoning him to the meeting with the client in Westchester County who had committed a hit-and-run, as seen at the start of the movie. He is being followed by the two men, who have trouble trailing him, but eventually get near Michael's trail and detonate the remote bomb while he is out of the car standing in the field with the horses, which he had stopped to look at since it resembled the scene from Realm and Conquest. An unharmed but startled Michael runs back to his now-burning car and throws his personal effects into the fire to fake his death and escapes into the woods.
Later, at a U-North board meeting, Karen proposes approval of a new settlement agreement. Michael is waiting for her to exit the conference room and informs her of his access to copies of the U-North memo and that he knows about her role in Arthur's murder, and her subsequent unsuccessful attempt to kill him. He goads Karen into offering him $10 million for his silence. Karen reluctantly agrees, prompting Michael to reveal the phone in his pocket that has conveyed their conversation to the police. As he walks away, Karen falls to her knees in shock while detectives rush forward to arrest her and question the directors. Michael hands the U-North memo to Gene, then leaves the building, hails a cab, passes the driver 50 dollars and tells him to "just drive."
- George Clooney as Michael Raymond Clayton. As the "fixer" for Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen, it is his job to clean up messes for the firm. He refers to himself as a "janitor", and he does not appear to enjoy his job.
- Tom Wilkinson as Arthur Edens, senior litigation partner in the firm and a good friend of Michael Clayton and Marty Bach. He has bipolar disorder and is the lead attorney for U-North in a class-action case.
- Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder, general counsel at U-North, a ruthless lawyer who is on the verge of a mental breakdown. Swinton won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
- Sydney Pollack as Marty Bach, Head of Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen and a friend of Michael's.
The film premiered August 31, 2007, at the Venice Film Festival and was shown at the American Films Festival of Deauville on September 2, 2007, and at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2007. It opened in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2007, and at the Dubai Film Festival in December 2007. The film opened in limited release in the United States on October 5, 2007, and opened in wide release in the U.S. on October 12, 2007. The film grossed USD $10.3 million on the opening week. It was re-released on January 25, 2008. The film has grossed $49 million at the North American domestic box office, and a total of $92.9 million worldwide.[1]
Home media[edit]
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on February 19, 2008. The DVD contains deleted scenes and a commentary by writer/director Tony Gilroy. On March 11, 2008 the movie was also released on HD DVD.
Critical response[edit]
Michael Clayton received critical acclaim, and has a "certified fresh" score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 197 reviews with an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. The critical consensus states: "Michael Clayton is one of the most sharply scripted films of 2007, with an engrossing premise and faultless acting. Director Tony Gilroy succeeds not only in capturing the audience's attention, but holding it until the credits roll."[2] The film also has a score of 82 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 36 critics indicating "universal acclaim".[3]
Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave it an "A" saying that it was "better than good, it just about restores your faith". Roger Ebert gave it a 4-star review and Richard Roeper named it the best film of the year.[citation needed][4] It was also Richard Schickel's top film of 2007, and he called it "a morally alert, persuasively realistic and increasingly suspenseful melodrama, impeccably acted and handsomely staged by Tony Gilroy".[5] Time magazine said that "Michael Clayton is not an exercise in high-tension energy; you'll never confuse its eponymous protagonist with Jason Bourne. But it does have enough of a melodramatic pulse to keep you engaged in its story and, better than that, it is full of plausible characters who are capable of surprising—and surpassing—your expectations".[5]
Top ten lists[edit]
The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.[6]
- 1st – Claudia Puig, USA Today
- 1st – Richard Roeper,[4] At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper[7]
- 1st – Richard Schickel, TIME magazine
- 2nd – Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
- 3rd – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
- 5th – Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald
- 6th – Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
- 6th – Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter
- 7th – Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
- 7th – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
- 7th – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times (tied with Lady Chatterley)[8]
- 7th – Ty Burr, The Boston Globe
- 8th – A.O. Scott, The New York Times (tied with The Lives of Others)
- 8th – Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
- 8th – Shawn Levy, The Oregonian
- 8th – Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- 9th – Dennis Harvey, Variety (tied with Romantico)
- 9th – Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
- 80th Academy Awards (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- National Board of Review
- Best Actor (George Clooney)
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle
- Best Actor (George Clooney)
- Satellite Award
- Best Supporting Actor-Drama (Tom Wilkinson)
- London Film Critics Association
- Best British Actor of the year (Tom Wilkinson)
- Edgar Award
- Best Motion Picture Screenplay[9]
- 80th Academy Awards
- Best Actor (George Clooney)
- Best Supporting Actor (Tom Wilkinson)
- Best Director (Tony Gilroy)
- Best Picture
- Best Original Screenplay (Tony Gilroy)
- Best Original Score (James Newton Howard)
- 61st British Academy Film Awards
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (George Clooney)
- Best Editing (John Gilroy)
- Best Original Screenplay (Tony Gilroy)
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Tom Wilkinson)
- 65th Golden Globe Awards[10]
- Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (George Clooney)
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Tom Wilkinson)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Tilda Swinton)
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Actor (George Clooney)
- Best Supporting Actor (Tom Wilkinson)
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- Best Writer (Tony Gilroy)
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Actor (George Clooney)
- Best Director (Tony Gilroy)
- Best Picture
- Best Screenplay, Original (Tony Gilroy)
- Best Supporting Actor (Tom Wilkinson)
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- Most Promising Filmmaker (Tony Gilroy)
- London Film Critics Circle Awards
- Actor of the Year (George Clooney)
- British Actor of the Year (Tom Wilkinson)
- British Supporting Actress of the Year (Tilda Swinton)
- Satellite Awards
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Drama (Tilda Swinton)
- Best Original Screenplay (Tony Gilroy)
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Tilda Swinton)
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (George Clooney)
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Tom Wilkinson)
- Venice Film Festival
- Golden Lion (Tony Gilroy)
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Michael Clayton was released on September 25, 2007 on the Varèse Sarabande label.[11] The soundtrack was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
- ^ a b Michael Clayton at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ^ "Michael Clayton". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ^ "Michael Clayton". Metacritic. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ^ a b "Richard Roeper's Best of 2007". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
- ^ a b Schickel, Richard (December 9, 2007). "Top 10 Movies (Richard Schickel)". Time. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 23, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- ^ Roeper's review on YouTube
- ^ Dargis's review
- ^ "The Edgar Allan Poe Awards". Book Reporter. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ^ "Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2008 Golden Globe Awards for the Year Ended December 31, 2007". Golden Globes. December 13, 2007. Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
- ^ "Allmusic: Michael Clayton (Original Score)". Macrovision Corporation. 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
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NY Times Editorial Omits Obama's "It did not" Update: Times Corrects Text w/out Noting Error
John on January 13, 2011 at 8:22 am
From an editorial on Obama's speech in today's NY Times:
It was important that Mr. Obama transcend the debate about whose partisanship has been excessive and whose words have sown the most division and dread. This page and many others have identified those voices and called on them to stop demonizing their political opponents. The president's role in Tucson was to comfort and honor, and instill hope.
In other words, the Times has pointed out the villains so the President didn't have to dirty his hands with that last night. That's how they see it. It's not that the President disagrees with them, it's just that last night wasn't the moment to bring it up. They then highlight this bit of Obama's speech:
This horrific event, he said, should be a turning point for everyone — "not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy, but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation."
Notice what's missing? Here's what the President actually said:
If, as has been discussed in recent days, their death helps usher in more civility in our public discourse, let us remember it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy–it did not–but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation.
This came at about 27:30 into this video. Having missed the President's point completely, the Times goes on to once again attack Sarah Palin:
The president's words were an important contrast to the ugliness that continues to swirl in some parts of the country. The accusation by Sarah Palin that "journalists and pundits" had committed a "blood libel" when they raised questions about overheated rhetoric was especially disturbing, given the grave meaning of that phrase in the history of the Jewish people.
Memo to the NY Times. The ugliness that continues to swirl started, in part, on your own site. It continues to swirl, in part, because of the publication Monday of another Paul Krugman column blaming the right for a "climate of hate" that led to this tragedy. Last night the President explicitly rejected this formulation. "It did not" was not a rejection of Sarah Palin, but of you. He was talking about you, NY Times! How did you miss it?
I suppose we all understand why the Times' editors omitted that key line in Obama's speech. They simply didn't hear it.
Update: So sometime after 11:20 am EST when I published this post, the NY Times got around to correcting the omission. Full credit to Allahpundit for noticing the update. I find it odd that they let half a day go by with the wrong text and then corrected it without noting the change in the footer or anywhere. If you check the site now, you'd think it was there all along. I don't do that sort of thing here. Shouldn't the paper of record have higher standards?
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Obama designates Cesar Chavez National Monument
KEENE, Calif. (AP) — During a campaign swing through California, President Barack Obama established a national monument on the property that was home to Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez and his farmworker movement.
On Monday, Obama designated 105 acres in Keene, Calif., as the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument.
The property is known as La Paz, short for Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz, or Our Lady Queen of Peace.
La Paz served and continues to serve as the national headquarters of the United Farm Workers of America. It was also Chavez's home from the early 1970s until his death in 1993.
The monument includes a visitor center, Chavez's grave site and memorial garden, and Chavez's house where his widow Helen Chavez still lives.
Creation of a national monument at La Paz follows designation of the site in the San Joaquin Valley near Bakersfield as a national historic site. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the site's designation on the National Register of Historic Places last year.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Chavez's founding of the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the UFW.
The Chavez monument will be the fourth national monument designated by Obama using the Antiquities Act. He previously designated Virginia's Fort Monroe, California's Fort Ord and Colorado's Chimney Rock as national monuments.


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Are programs that seek to recruit middle school, high school, or community college students into teaching effective in increasing the number of students who enter teaching or the subsequent success of these teachers and their rate of retention in the profession? How effective are programs that offer scholarships or forgivable loans to college students who commit to going into teaching? What kinds of recruitment policies and programs are particularly successful in recruiting minority teachers?
Except for teacher preparation-related policies discussed in Question 6, there were simply no adequate studies available on the great majority of the specific recruitment strategies that have been employed by states and districts. Thus, the research provides no answers to any of the questions asked above. This is unfortunate given the importance of finding effective strategies for recruiting well-qualified individuals into the teaching profession and the significant resources that states and districts currently spend on their recruitment efforts.
This situation clearly calls for a recommendation to support and undertake more research on and rigorous evaluations of early recruitment efforts, loan forgiveness programs and the many other specific kinds of recruitment strategies that have been employed. Such research should include assessments of impact and enable policymakers and educators to determine, with confidence, (a) whether fewer of the target population would have gone into teaching had the programs and strategies in question not been in place and (b) whether any other specific program goals — such as recruitment into underserved schools or a minimum length of stay in the teaching profession — have been met.
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Fayetteville The Fayetteville Village Board is having second thoughts about a local law that limits pet ownership to three dogs, three cats and three rabbits.
"We have made a situation that is not the best situation to deal with the issue of the barking dog, the excess rooster or all these other things," Mayor Mark Olson said at Monday's meeting. "I've heard from both sides everywhere I go that they think this law is either not needed or wasn't done correctly."
The law was adopted by the board in January and amended on Sept. 24 to put a number on pets village residents can own. The law states that residents must get special permission from the village board if they want to have more than three of the animals deemed domestic: dogs, cats and rabbits. To have any other animal, such as a gerbil, snake or chicken, residents must get consent from the state or the town of Manlius and the village of Fayetteville.
The September amendment limiting pet ownership followed a complaint of seven dogs living at a home on Warren Street and barking into the night, said Code Enforcement Officer Richard Greene. Complaints of roosters on South Street inspired the original law passed in January, he said.
Mayor Olson said people have told him that the law does not resolve issues such as excessive animal noise or feces.
"I'd like to have the law suspended until we can have a committee formed to review the best way to deal with the three, three, three, or the waivers, or the whole thing," he said.
Prior to announcing his doubts about the law, Olson read a letter from Brigitte Page, of Brookside Lane, requesting permission to have five dogs.
Page said if it were up to her, she would not have five dogs. But she said they are regularly groomed, exercise routinely, eat well and are up-to-date on medical care. They are also fenced in.
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Catching me in the middle of another particularly bad Seattle-homesickness moment, M called today and asked what I wanted to do for our second anniversary. Second. Anniversary. Two years ago I lived on Capitol Hill in an apartment with my cat. Two years ago on the fourth of July M came to visit me in Seattle and we watched the fireworks over Lake Union and got all gooey and cute - totally disgusting all my friends who didn't think I had it in me.
So, long story short, we're going to Seattle. I'm overcoming my completely-irrational-September-11th-airplane-phobia and we're flying there on the 4th. I get a romantic weekend with my boyfriend! I get to see actual people who like me! I'm salivating just thinking about the deliciousness of summer in Seattle - the dusk that lasts half the night, blackberries growing on the side of the road, the ferries crossing Puget Sound, the incredible wonderful Capitol Hill freak parade, Espresso Vivace (eat your heart out Starbucks), Six Arms cider, no smog. I can listen to KEXP on the radio instead of on MP3 stream, and I can read a copy of The Stranger on real paper.
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Regulators Gauge Potential for Beaufort Lease Sale
Friday, July 25 2014
A federal agency is testing the waters on a possible new lease sale in the Alaskan Arctic.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management plans to take comments on areas in the Beaufort Sea that have the most promising oil and gas potential. The agency says it also wants to learn more about environmentally sensitive habitats and subsistence activities within the 64.8-million-acre planning area.
Spokesman John Callahan says this is the first step in a long process, and no decision has been made on whether to go ahead with a lease sale.
The executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League says her group does not want to see more drilling in the Beaufort, citing the uncertainty of the Arctic climate and lack of scientific information about the Arctic Ocean.
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Wooden drawing board with a figure of Thutmose III
From Egypt
18th Dynasty, around 1450 BC
Drawn on a grid
Egyptian artists used various media for
practising their designs. The most common are
This object is significant because the design has been laid out on a grid. From the Old Kingdom (about 2613-2160 BC) onwards, a system of guidelines, later developed into a squared grid, was used to ensure the correct proportions of the figures. Before the Late Period, standing figures were generally laid out on a vertical grid of eighteen squares measured to the figure's hairline, and seated figures on one of fourteen. The horizontal lap of the seated figure accounts for the missing four squares. Grids were drawn onto the walls and even onto the stone of statues. When the scene was finished the lines were either cut away or painted out. Hence unfinished walls and practice sketches where the grid remains intact, like this one, are of immense value.
More information
G. Robins, Proportion and style in Ancien (London, Thames and Hudson, 1994)
W.H. Peck and J.G. Ross, Drawings from ancient Egypt (London, Thames and Hudson, 1978)
E.R. Russmann, Eternal Egypt: masterworks of (University of California Press, 2001)
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March 13, 2014 – ICE Texas field offices remove more than 800 sex offenders so far this year
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"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" is still months away (four long, Hogwarts-less months), but the world's most famous boy wizard has found a way to pass the time until then—starring on Broadway in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." We caught up with him on the musical's red carpet recently, and he revealed which on-stage act he'd need to be under the Cruciatus Curse to perform.
"I'm still going to have to go with being naked on stage," Daniel answered when asked which was more terrifying: singing and dancing (which he's claimed in the past to have "absolutely no aptitude" for) or being naked à la "Equus," his 2008 Broadway debut. "Once you've learned [singing and dancing], it can become really fun. I can't say the same about being naked on stage."


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Falling into the Pit
By Dr. Jeff Mirus (bio - articles - email) | Mar 06, 2007
I didn't have Archbishop Anders Wejryd in mind when I wrote my column interpreting Cardinal Biffi's comments on pacifists, ecologists and ecumenists. (Biffi used these "ists" as examples of how the Antichrist manifests himself in our times.) No, Archbishop Wejryd, the head of the Swedish Lutheran Church, appeared on the radar screen only after I had gone to press.
But talk about digging yourself into a hole. Never mind that Wejryd doesn't know me, hasn't read my column, and is very probably completely unaware of Cardinal Biffi's stinging remarks (see Pacifists, Ecologists and Ecumenists: Antichrist at Work). The Lutheran archbishop came innocently to Rome as the head of an ecumenical delegation to meet with Pope Benedict XVI. Naturally he spoke about ecumenical relations. As it turns out, he also spoke about ecological concerns and the role of religious bodies in protecting "the future of this earth".
Archbishop Wejryd believes that both the evidence for and causes of global warming are so clear that "we will have to change our ways of life". He also believes that religious leaders, such as himself and Pope Benedict, have an obligation to help people to make those changes. This is the message brought by the leader of the Swedish Lutherans to Rome.
It is a message which perfectly illustrates Cardinal Biffi's thesis that the Antichrist is present whenever we divest religion of its supernatural content and substitute a mere "set of values". We end up with a religion with neither crucifixion nor Resurrection, a religion that offers instead a purely natural passion to save the planet: in a word, a religion no longer concerned with saving man himself.
Is it the Pope's role to claim universal expertise in the science of global warming? Should the curia advise us on how to live to cool the planet? Is it any part of the office of religion to offer sacrifice on the altars of terrestrial preservation? Global warming, if it exists, might well take care of itself if we all lived less for ourselves and more for God. Religion has some authority to guide us along those lines. But a religion motivated and shaped by the things of earth is no religion at all.
Ecology and ecumenism. Two out of three. I'm sorry, but I have to know: Is Archbishop Anders Wejryd also a pacifist?
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Shape April/May 2006
YIELD: 4 servings
1/4 cup lime juice
2 tsp grated lime peel
2 tsp honey
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp canola oil
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
4 halibut filets
1 tbsp canola oil
1/4 tsp salt
dash pepper
taco shells
4 cups shredded romaine lettuce
2 large tomatoes, diced
1/2 cup diced red onion
1 mango, chopped
1 avacado, chopped
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
PreparationIn a small bowl, whisk together all vinaigrette ingredients except oil and cilantro. Slowly whisk in 6 tbsp oil; stir in 2 tbsp cilantro.
Brush hallibut with 1 tbsp oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place on grill over medium high heat. Grill 6 to 8 minutes or until fish begins to flake, turning once.
Warm tortillas. Top with lettuce and tomatoes and onion. Top with halibut; sprinkle with mango, avacado and onion. Drizzle with vinaigrette; sprinkle with 2 tbsp cilantro


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10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave; neither wilt thou make thy Holy One to see the pit. 332332 "The Hebrew word shachath," says Poole, "though sometimes, by a metonymy, it signifies the pit or place of corruption, yet properly and generally it signifies corruption or perdition. And so it must be understood here, although some of the Jews, to avoid the force of this argument, render it the pit. But in that sense it is not true, for whether it be meant of David, as they say, or of Christ, it is confessed that both of them did see the pit, that is, were laid in the grave." Hence he concludes that corruption is the proper rendering of the original word. The phrase, however, to see the pit, may not mean to be laid in the grave, but to continue in it for any length of time. The meaning which Calvin attaches to the word pit is substantially that which our English translators attached to the original word which they render corruption. Hengstenberg adopts and defends Calvin's rendering.
The Psalmist goes on to explain still more fully the preceding doctrine, by declaring that as he is not afraid of death, there is nothing wanting which is requisite to the completion of his joy. Whence it follows, that no one truly trusts in God but he who takes such hold of the salvation which God has promised him as to despise death. Moreover, it is to be observed, that David's language is not to be limited to some particular kind of deliverance, as in Psalm 49:15, where he says, "God hath redeemed my soul from the power of the grave," and in other similar passages; but he entertains the undoubted assurance of eternal salvation, which freed him from all anxiety and fear. It is as if he had said, There will always be ready for me a way of escape from the grave, that I may not remain in corruption. God, in delivering his people from any danger, prolongs their life only for a short time; but how slender and how empty a consolation would it be to obtain some brief respite, and to take breath for a short time, until death, coming at last, should terminate the course of our life, 333333 "Jusqu'a ce que la mort finalement venant, rompist le cours de nos jours." — Fr. and swallow us up without any hope of deliverance? Hence it appears that when David spake thus, he raised his mind above the common lot of mankind. As the sentence has been pronounced upon all the children of Adam, "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return," (Genesis 3:19,) the same condition in this respect awaits them all without exception. If, therefore, Christ, who is the first-fruits of those who rise again, does not come forth from the grave, they will remain for ever under the bondage of corruption. From this Peter justly concludes, (Acts 2:30,) that David could not have gloried in this manner but by the spirit of prophecy; and unless he had had a special respect to the Author of life, who was promised to him, who alone was to be honored with this privilege in its fullest sense. This, however, did not prevent David from assuring himself of exemption from the dominion of death by right, seeing Christ, by his rising from the dead, obtained immortality not for himself individually, but for us all. As to the point, that Peter (Acts 2:30) and Paul (Acts 13:33) contend that this prophecy was fulfilled in the person of Christ alone, 334334 Thus we have the authority of two apostles for understanding the concluding part of this psalm as a prophecy of Christ's resurrection from the dead. the sense in which we must understand them is this, that he was wholly and perfectly exempted from the corruption of the grave, that he might call his members into his fellowship, and make them partakers of this blessing, 335335 "Et les faire venir a la participation de ce bien." — Fr. although by degrees, and each according to his measure. As the body of David, after death, was, in the course of time, reduced to dust, the apostles justly conclude that he was not exempted from corruption. It is the same with respect to all the faithful, not one of whom becomes a partaker of incorruptible life without being first subjected to corruption. From this it follows that the fullness of life which resides in the head alone, namely, in Christ, falls down upon the members only in drops, or in small portions. The question, however, may be asked, as Christ descended into the grave, was not he also subject to corruption? The answer is easy. The etymology or derivation of the two words here used to express the grave should be carefully attended to. The grave is called שאול, sheol, being as it were an insatiable gulf, which devours and consumes all things, and the pit is called שחת, shachath, which signifies corruption. These words, therefore, here denote not so much the place as the quality and condition of the place, as if it had been said, The life of Christ will be exempted from the dominion of the grave, inasmuch as his body, even when dead, will not be subject to corruption. Besides, we know that the grave of Christ was filled, and as it were embalmed with the life-giving perfume of his Spirit, that it might be to him the gate to immortal glory. Both the Greek and Latin Fathers, I confess, have strained these words to a meaning wholly different, referring them to the bringing back of the soul of Christ from hell. But it is better to adhere to the natural simplicity of the interpretation which I have given, that we may not make ourselves objects of ridicule, to the Jews; and farther, that one subtilty, by engendering many others, may not involve us in a labyrinth. In the second clause mention is without doubt made of the body; and we know it to be a mode of speaking very common with David intentionally to repeat the same thing twice, making a slight variation as to words. It is true, we translate נפש, nephesh, by soul, but in Hebrew it only signifies the vital breath, or life itself
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In the English language there are many words which, at first glance, may be thought to have the same meaning but on closer inspection turn out to be quite different. Such a pair of words is "civil disobedience" and "dissent". Civil disobedience can be though of as breaking the law or defying any part of a law for any reason at all. A person driving through a red light is as guilty of civil disobedience as an individual robbing a bank. Dissent, on the other hand, is not thought of as breaking the law; rather, it is the action of disagreeing with the law or any part of the law, or, simply, disagreeing with any aspect of anything.
Throughout history many individuals have become famous for their dissenting views on established ideas. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was known as "the Great Dissenter" for his opposing views delivered in the Supreme Court during his years as a member of that judicial body. Such dissent if expressed through legal channels, can result in changes in the social system of a nation. By the 1950's, for instance, there were enough dissenting opinions among Supreme Court justices to reverse the once-upheld "separate but equal" clause in the civil rights laws of the time, and to bring about the end of segregation of races in public schools.
In the late 50's and early 1960's, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., together with many others, began to speak out against the existing laws allowing for the separation of races in public facilities. This was an example of dissent. To achieve his desired end, that is to bring about desegregation in public facilities (such as lunch counters, theatres, and the like), Dr. King advocated civil disobedience: the actual breaking of the law. His peaceful civil disobedience included sit-ins by blacks at all-white lunch counters, which although morally just, were illegal at the time. Civil disobedience can be used by dissenters to change something they consider wrong, but people guilty of civil disobedience cannot claim to be nothing more than dissenters, at least not most of the time.
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A close examination of the essay will reveal its strengths. The first two sentences introduce the subject in rather general terms, setting the stage for the statement of purpose contained in the next three sentences. We expect from the first paragraph an essay illustrating this difference between civil disobedience and dissent: "Civil disobedience can be thought of as breaking the law...Dissent...is the action of disagreeing with the law or any part of the law..." And this is what we get.
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The essay contains no spelling or punctuation errors, its diction for the most part is precise, its sentences varied. But it is not perfect. Most English teachers could suggest a number of improvements, and most readers realize that it does not present the last word on the difficult distinction between civil disobedience and dissent. But the paper is competently written, indeed remarkably well done given the conditions under which it was composed.
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Coronary artery disease results in narrowing of the blood vessels supplying oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. Diagnosis in patients with symptoms of chest pain is now quickly done with CT coronary angiography. This x-ray test can show narrowed blood vessels but has limited ability to predict the severity of the narrowings in some cases. We have described a new approach using PET exercise 18F-FDG imaging as a method to image areas of heart muscle not getting enough blood during exercise stress. The 18F-FDG images are co-registered with the CT anatomy from the CTA to provide direct evidence of the consequences of the narrowing.
Myocardial Ischemia
Radiation: PET MPI imaging with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose
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|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Direct Imaging of Ischemia With 18F-FDG PET Imaging Combined With Coronary Anatomy From CT Coronary Angiography
- Extent of ischemia as determined by visual and quantitative analysis [ Time Frame: at time of scan ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- The degree of correlation between the multiple modalities (CTAm stress PET or SPECT and 18FDG PET) [ Time Frame: 3 to 9 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|December 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2015
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|October 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: 18F-FDG PET imaging
Positron Emission Tomography nuclear stress scan following either pharmacologic or treadmill stress test with radiopharmaceutical injection at peak stress or within 1 hour following peak stress.
Radiation: PET MPI imaging with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose
Exercise Stress Testing. All patients will undergo a symptom-limited exercise treadmill test using the Bruce protocol after a 24 hour high fat, low carbohydrate diet and an overnight fast. Persantine Stress Testing: Subjects who have undergone Persantine stress protocol for the PET or SPECT will follow the same protocol. A high fat, low carbohydrate diet for 24 hours and a 12 hour overnight fast will precede the study stress scan. Anti-anginal medications will be withheld on the morning of the exercise test.
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The Investigators and others have demonstrated direct imaging of myocardial ischemia using 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG) with exercise or dipyridamole stress and positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). This approach with "hot-spot" imaging may have greater diagnostic accuracy for ischemia than conventional "cold-spot" myocardial perfusion imaging.
Recent advances in multi-modality imaging permit fusion of CTA images with PET or SPECT perfusion images and functional assessment of anatomical CAD. Registration of the 2 data sets can be optimized using the CT acquired with the PET or SPECT15. 18FDG uptake as a marker for ischemia can be directly related to the coronary anatomy and guide revascularization.
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- Age ≥ 18 years
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- Pregnancy
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|Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
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|NCT01520025 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|HI Protocol #2011397-01H
|Study First Received:
|July 15, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 7, 2015
|Health Authority:
|Canada: Health Canada
Keywords provided by Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation:
Multi-modality imaging
Metabolic Imaging of Ischemia
Myocardial blood flow
Myocardial blood flow reserve
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Vascular Diseases
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Diagnostic Uses of Chemicals
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
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