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John Smoltz is old, unsigned, and may be the ideal replacement for Joe Nathan
"You got a gift. When you were a baby, the Gods reached down and turned your right arm into a thunderbolt."
- Crash Davis, Bull Durham
Unless those same baseball Gods touch upon the right wing of Joe Nathan in the next two
weeks, it seems readily apparent that the Twins' closer, second all-time in franchise saves (eight behind Rick Aguilera), will be lost for the season with a tear in his ulnar collateral ligament. Tommy John surgery seems likely to ensue for the 35-year-old as the club's April 5th opener in Los Angeles nears by the day.
And all we can do is offer a Nathan-like whinny, shaking our heads in collective disbelief as (the Mauer contract situation aside) the news comes amidst a wealth of off-season/Spring Training positivity for the defending Central champs.
But the organization has little time for such lament. And although searching for a replacement arm begins in our own stable, I'm thinking that a trade or signing outside the clubhouse will prove the best option for finding a replacement for Nathan. Alternatives within the Twins staff (set-up men Rauch, Guerrier, Crain, Neshek, and Liriano) have been well-bandied about locally for a few days now, so I won't use this space to review in-house options.
While the first outside name to find the replacement conversation has been Blue Jays reliever Jason Frasor, allow me to jump right to another choice: Mr. John Smoltz. After earning certain membership to Cooperstown with 20 oft-luminary seasons in Atlanta, the now 42-year-old Smoltz signed with the Red Sox last offseason post the fifth surgery of his career. And he stunk . . .
After working out for the Sox and being described as a "physical freak" by pitching coach
John Farrell, Smoltz signed a base, $5.5 million, one-year deal to start for the Boston, but was eventually released in late-summer after posting an embarrassing 2-5 mark with an 8.32 ERA in eight starts. Within a week, Smoltz signed with the Cardinals, and offered a more respectable 4.32 ERA to couple with a 1-3 record in his seven N.L. starts. In the 'Cards NLDS loss to L.A., Smoltz gave up a run in two innings of relief in the series-ending, Game 3 loss.
Employing that last appearance as segue, a Smoltz return to his relief duties of 2001-04 may prove just the fit the Twins need in their search for a new closer. Yes, given Smoltz' age and recent history -- there are a lot of "maybes" in that "may," but Smoltz is the only dude in MLB history with at least 200 wins and 150 saves. He remains unsigned and all reports have him staying in game shape and interested in a continuation of his career. Earlier this week, Ken Rosenthal at FOXSports reported that the Cardinals maintain an interest in Smoltz, but don't have a place for him at present. The Rosenthal post also noted that Smoltz "prefers to start, but is open to relieving."
Beyond that update, the most recent news connected to Smoltz came via late-February reports that the Republican Party had an interest in courting Smoltz to run for Congress and fill the House seat soon to be opened with the retirement of Representative John Linder (R-Ga.). While the pitcher has done some work in the political shadows, he quickly denied any interest in such a pursuit.
Although a starter the bulk of his career, Smoltz was a closing stud for the Braves during his three full seasons in that role. Perhaps ironically, he shifted to closing duties post undergoing Tommy John in 2000. From 2002-04, Smoltz recorded 144 saves and blew just 13 -- in all three seasons, he converted at least 90 percent of his chances. His 55 saves in '02 remain an N.L. record (tied the ensuing year by Eric Gagne).
Considering the afore-noted $5.5 million that he signed for with Boston last season (his lowest annual earnings since 1995) and the measured (at best) results achieved with both the BoSox and 'Cards, it's conceivable that the Twins could get Smoltz at a lesser cost.
The Twins would seem an alluring option for the graybeard, given that he'd essentially be
moving into a ready-made position for a highly-competitive team. In addition, the opportunity to cut the ribbon on a new ballpark has to stroke the medulla oblongata of any big leaguer, regardless of age, experience, or credentials. Of added note: Smoltz, if you didn't know, is a ridiculously talented golfer with a course in his backyard, a 63 to his credit and five lifetime holes-in-one. With the nation's fifth most courses per capita, Minnesota may seem like a readily attractive place for him to spend a summer.
But of course this doesn't come down to the links. It's about the Twins taking these two weeks (or less) to quickly analyze this awful development. Does Smoltz -- an eight-time All-Star and 1996 Cy winner -- have anything left in the tank? If we don't find out, another team will eventually. But for a Championship caliber ballclub like the Twins, a team can only survive for so long with talented mid-inning ponies closing games. A horse, even if it's an old one, is needed for the final frame.
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so cute!
Peewee is so big now What a sweetie!
so cute chewing his toenails
Gday Peewee, you are beautiful
I want to snuggle him.
I'm sorry but the only thing that springs to mind is. "Paint me like one of your French girls" hahaha
They are so cute though, how many do you have?
They are so cute though, how many do you have?
I just love their colouring, Pico's is very nice.
Thanks ... Lovebirds have hundreds of color mutation and I only have 7 of them.
Wow I never knew that! How interesting. How long have you had lovebirds?
Cute photo ^^
They are such hams! They should have contracts in Hollywood they love the camera so much
Lol, I once thought to become animal trainer but I don't think I'll like the job for movies... Like when a dog is getting scold by an actor, I wouldn't know how to explain it to my dog that it's just an acting and she has to suffer confused experience so that we can earn a living.
I can understand how you would feel that way. I am not much into being star struck, I think they are just the same as everyone else, so I would probably be just as inclined to let the actor have it as anyone else, then I would be fired... wouldn't be good LOL
Yeah, problem is... if we are being picky about jobs, we might have nothing to feed the animals then
oh one of my parrots do that!
what parrot do you have? Conures?
is that amzon?
he is from the family aratinga conorus.. and well they are illegal to have.. but, when my boyfriend give it to me.. they weren't illegal. Is the second one I get, the other one like like 7 years and was my best friend. this one have 9 years old.
If it's become illegal, shouldn't you give them away to government, else you can be caught and sent to jail for keeping them?
I will never give my little one. They don't release the birds that they take from people. I never take out side my house.. so is really difficult that a police came here and take it. (sorry my spelling) He is the best friend of my dad. He even fly away and everyone think he will never return.. but he return the next day.
I think he have a really good life. He is with family every day. Sometimes he even sleep with me. He hate to be alone.
I think he have a really good life. He is with family every day. Sometimes he even sleep with me. He hate to be alone.
Yeah, pet birds might never survive in the wild since they don't know how to take care themselves out there.
Oh my, I am thinking so sexily and dirtily XP
Lol... XD
but my lovebird keeps on biting its nails for some reason... is it supposed to do that or is it abnormal? Because once he perches on something he will lift up his foot and bite his nails.
perhaps they are too long? I always clip the nails regularly
O_O but if it doesn't have nails it can't perch right? And its nails are as long as Peewee's...


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a piece donated to an australian cancer research. character creation by darren close. art by me!
Cancer survivor, Kangaroo enthusiast, and active competitive shooter/collector of fine antique firearms. could only be better if he had a musket!
always been a fan of this piece!
Cool stuff mate, best kangaroo i've seen on this site. But what is a ki... (I googled it at this point) its a comic?! Oh cool! Where was it published? I havn't seen or even heard of it. Is it available to buy over the internet?
Not only am I a Communal philanthropist, But kangaroos also happen to be my favorite animal next to turtles. Awesome stuff man seriously Love the gallery. Do you know of any other organizations that the money goes directly toward the foundation?; If I send in some art work or is it more of famous artist may enter a donation piece.
wow!just about says it all!! BUT this one inspires me cuz i used to draw humanoid animal charactures in grade school before i had even heard of a ninja turtle great work!!
Now that's a Tough Roo. It reminds me somehow of the Kangaroos from "Tank Girl", you've seen this one? Anyway, cool concept.
Omfg that is hilarious for two reasons. One: It's a kangaroo that is armed to the teeth. Two: Me and my friends have an inside joke. His name in a game was Killer00 (zero zero) so I called him Killeroo everytime we played the game. xD Seeing this made me laugh histerically.
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Not just with this piece, but throughout the entire gallery!
Also,considering the piece was donated is a real plus it should provide some inspiration. Double Kudos to one one of my fav artists in the deviant universe.
Not just with this piece, but throughout the entire gallery!
Also,considering the piece was donated is a real plus it should provide some inspiration. Double Kudos to one one of my fav artists in the deviant universe.
i found you searching by reference images of sentinel´s head *thanks*, but that guy really wants my fav!
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Great work, haven't seen that guy in months.
Great work, haven't seen that guy in months.
YES! best kangaroo i've ever seen! This one can really kick but now.
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Since it's been 1.5 weeks since Surf City, I'll do my recap now. Danica did a great job taking pictures while she ran it (hey…it was my first half! I wasn't about to try to take pictures…I just wanted to finish!) so check out her post to see those. Warning: long post ahead!
It rained the day we arrived in Orange County but after getting to B's aunt's house and settling in for a bit, we went to the expo in the rain. I think we were pretty exhausted from the travel at this point (plus the 2 hour time difference) so we were pretty loopy and had way too much fun splashing in the puddles inside the tent. I definitely could have spent a ton of money at the expo, but I was pretty well behaved. I did get a Surf City hoodie to mark my first half though!
This is how you know you have runners staying at your house. Saturday was clear in the morning, so after breakfast, we decided to explore the beaches of Orange County.
B's aunt and her son have an orange tree in the back yard. So they pulled out the juicer and we had freshly squeezed orange juice for breakfast every day. Fresh OJ is intense! A tiny glass (maybe 2 shot glasses worth) is all I could handle at once.
Margarita in Newport Beach? Yes please!
When we got to Laguna Beach it started to get kinda rainy and we figured we better get back to Huntington and get ready to meet B's cousin for dinner (he was doing a 10k in the area). After dinner we went back to the house and laid out our stuff for the race! I actually slept better than I expected; I think it was something to do with my body being 2 hours ahead of California time and all the running around beaches we did. However, when the alarm went of, I was up and ready to go!
Luckily for Surf City, the rain ended and Sunday was amazingly beautiful and sunny. In fact, all three of us ended up with very obvious sunglasses tan lines after the race. I stayed in the back with the slow runners corrals and wish B & C good luck as they moved up front. The announcer asked if there were any Saints fans. I cheered. Pretty sure he asked for Colts fans too, but I didn't pay attention :P I even saw a girl running in a black top, gold shorts & gold Mardi Gras beads. And a guy with "WHO DAT" written on the back of his shirt (I passed him at about mile 12 and yelled "WHO DAT" but I don't think it registered – he looked a little wiped out). So the Saints were definitely represented in Surf City! As the first corrals slowly started going, I was chatting with fellow slow runners and was having fun and was super excited. And I realized I had plenty of time for another porta potty run because there were no lines at that point. So I took advantage of that!
Finally we started! Apparently I started a little too far back because a majority of people around me were walking from the beginning. So I passed a lot of people in the first few miles. And those first miles felt great! I felt like I was going at my planned slow pace (even though I wasn't paying attention to my Garmin) and thought I might just make it all 13.1 miles without walking. There were a few very gradual, easy "hills" (and I hesitate to call them that) but they were really no problem for me. I had my ipod in my running belt, but I never took it out. I was really enjoying listening to the other runners chatting and the spectators cheering.
My splits
Mile 1- 11:25
Mile 2- 11:24
Mile 3- 11:07
Mile 4- 11:09
Mile 5- 10:54
Mile 6- 11:09
Mile 7- 11:23
So I was going faster than my planned 12 minute pace. Which wasn't the best idea in retrospect because I slowed down a LOT at the end. The first part of the race goes into the city and around some neighborhood areas. Then at maybe mile 6 you go back out onto the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) for a long out and back. The out and back got me. Somewhere between mile 7 & 8 I started to get tired and seeing the fast runners coming back along the opposite side of PCH made me think "how much farther till the turn around??" And my feet started to hurt. Considering my longest training run was only 7.5 miles due to injury, it makes sense that's where I started to wear out.
Mile 8- 11:52
Mile 9- 12:17
Mile 10- 13:27
Mile 10 I was questioning my sanity and wanting it to be over with. I think the turn around was about mile 8 and that last 5.1 miles was all along PCH straight into the sun. I didn't enjoy running into the sun but that's where my tan came from I'm sure. :P And Danica even has video of it on her blog, but shortly after the turnaround, PCH was flooded on that side from all the rain, so we had to pile onto the median to run. The last 5k of the race was brutal!
Mile 11- 14:08
Mile 12- 13:06
Mile 13- 12:28
last .1-10:31 pace
Obviously I walked a lot of mile 11. I kinda hated that mile. But then I picked up again and did each mile after that a little faster again and I think I finished pretty strong. I was happy again in the last mile and all the people cheering along the sides were awesome. I crossed the finish line and was so incredibly happy. I really felt like crying. Official time 2:37:38. And then I picked up this:
and I almost did cry. But then I realized I was hungry & went looking for post race fuel and I needed to meed B & C at our spot (they finished in 1:56 and 1:58 if I remember right). Oh and there was that Michelob Beer Garden thing we wanted to celebrate at. Funny story: we asked a family to take a picture of the 3 of us at the beer garden and I noticed the daughter had a college ring like mine…and the father had on my college's t-shirt! So I made instant friends with them. The mom & daughter ran the full and she is graduating from Texas A&M in May. Awesome!
Then we went back to Aunt F's house and showered and got ready to go back to downtown HB for the Super Bowl. C was debating on what to wear when I came out of the bathroom wearing a black & gold fleur de lis shirt. No debate here! We somehow lucked out and found patio seating with a TV view under the heater things. So that's where we watched the game. And drank entirely too much. I made another friend at the table next to us when I heard one guy say he was going to New Orleans for Mardi Gras so he would cheer for the Saints. C decided my southern heritage helped me make friends everywhere there were other southerners. What can I say? We're friendly! :) She also didn't know what "WHO DAT" meant, so I educated her. And then she started texting "WHO DAT!" to people.
After the game we went to In & Out Burger because C & I had never been and since we were in California, we had to, right? Honestly I didn't think it was as amazing as it's made out to be. But then, I've never been a big burger fan. Then we went back to the house and crashed. I was so happy. One of the best days (if not the best day) ever! I finally finished a half marathon AND the Saints won their first Super Bowl? Amazing!
I have more to say about the rest of the trip (including our Hollywood sidetrip) but this post is getting way too long so I'll do that in another post tomorrow.


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I just commented on Maggie Fox's post about regarding What's your technology wearing? and realised my technology has Apple clothes envy!!
My Sony TZ lives in a Tucano notebook second skin when it's out on the town which is actually designed for a MacBook. My new Zune 8gb keeps cozy inside an Apple iPod sock as I couldn't find a good case for it.
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Microsoft's Zune Web site increased its traffic by 299 percent on Christmas Day compared with the same day a year ago, according to market researcher Hitwise
Still a long way behind Apple and iTunes but every little helps :)
This has been around for a while but I mentioned it to a few friends so decided to post it for them here - a very cool, simple and effective explanation of blogs and why they matter.
Hat Tip to the guys at CommonCraft who have a lot more of these cool vids.
Hats off to Long who's found a whole load of Vista/Office/Live videos on YouTube. This one shows a feature I have talked about a lot on my blog and Angus regularly shows it in action on his.
I guess the videos aren't as cool as the Apple/PC videos from Apple but at least we talk about what our OS can do in these videos rather than focus on a competitors shortcomings. I'm sure the Apple fanboys will tell me that's because OSX doesn't have any :)
Following Sarah's find of OutTwit earlier this year this last couple of weeks has seen 3 new add-ins for Microsoft apps to make them more socially network aware - specifically for Facebook. It shows a growing trend to integrate Social Networks (SN's) with commonly used applications and I expect to see more of it - both from Microsoft and 3rd parties. As Tim O'Reilly mentioned when I met him in Berlin, there is a lot more potential here - especially around Outlook which currently houses a lot of the worlds corporate data. The other app that strikes me as having a lot more potential here is Windows Live Messenger. I'd love a Facebook & Twitter tab in there.
Anyway...on to these new add-ins.
First up is FBLook which provides a new toolbar inside Outlook where you can update your status and receive notifications. On first glance this looks pretty useful and un-intrusive.
Sadly the same can't be said of My FB Toolbar which has lots of great functionality but has too much - specifically the Yahoo search engine which I don't really need consuming additional screen real estate when I can have it in my IE search options anyway. I quickly uninstalled this one.
Last up is FBCal which I haven't tried yet but has potential but I would have preferred it to copy items from Facebook in to my Exchange calendar rather than create a standalone calendar. I don't have enough events in Facebook to warrant really needing this but the birthday sync is quite useful (though I get that from Fonebook already).
It's cool to see these apps/add-on's and for the most part they're pretty well written and useful. What will be interesting to see is if and when these programs start to become part of the default features of business applications from the likes of Microsoft, Apple, IBM and others. At that point, consumer software starts to blend with business software and we'll have a whole category of BUSNess software.


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ABSTRACT: Background: Active matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9) disruption of the extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an important role in inflammatory disorders. In this study, we investigated the inflammatory role of MMP-9 and the ECM breakdown product hyaluronan as a trigger for the postoperative intestinal inflammatory response of postoperative ileus. Methods: We performed a standardized intestinal surgical manipulation on rats to produce ileus assessed by the oral non-digestible fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran transit assay. We studied isolated intestinal muscularis extracts for mRNA expressions of interleukin 6 (IL-6), MMP-9 and CD44. We quantified peritoneal MMP-9 activity using zymography, and quantified peritoneal fluid and serum for hyaluronan and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We cultured peritoneal macrophages and exposed them to peritoneal fluid or synthetic hyaluronan for ELISA analysis of IL-6 and macrophage inflammatory protein-1α. Results: Transit was significantly delayed after surgical manipulation, and extracts of the isolated jejunal and colonic muscularis demonstrated a significant induction of IL-6, MMP-9, and CD44 mRNAs compared with controls. Zymography confirmed significant MMP-9 activity in peritoneal fluid compared with controls. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay measurements showed a significant up-regulation in hyaluronan and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 in the peritoneal fluid and serum. In addition, ELISA and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction measurements of peritoneal macrophages stimulated with postsurgical peritoneal fluid and synthetic hyaluronan resulted in higher expressions of IL-6 and macrophage inflammatory protein-1α in the macrophage supernatant. Conclusions: Our results confirm that MMP-9 disruption in the ECM with hyaluronan release and muscularis CD44 receptor induction has the potential to trigger muscularis proinflammatory cascades that cause postoperative ileus. Matrix metallopeptidase 9 inhibition may be a novel therapeutic approach to limit postoperative ileus.
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ABSTRACT: Abstract Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the efficiency and safety of the bipolar tissue/vessel sealing and cutting device EnSeal(™) in comparison to the conventional clamp and ligation technique in visceral surgery. Material and methods: In an acute animal model, a part of the small bowel, a part of the colon and the kidneys were resected either with the conventional clamp and ligation technique or with EnSeal(™). Operation time, blood loss and blood parameters as well as the lateral thermal spread were evaluated. Results:Small bowel, colon and kidney resection time with the EnSeal(™) device was shorter compared to the conventional clamp and ligation technique (small bowel: EnSeal(™): 4.7 ± 1.0 min vs. con: 35.1 ± 2.3 min; colon: EnSeal(™): 7.0 ± 1.4 min vs. con: 16.3 ± 1.5 min, kidney: EnSeal(™): 5.7 ± 1.3 min vs. con: 16.7 ± 3.7 min, p < 0.05) and blood loss was significantly lower. Blood analysis demonstrated no differences in both groups. The lateral thermal spread was not more than 1 mm with EnSeal(™). Conclusion: The bipolar sealing in visceral surgery with EnSeal(™) can be performed more efficiently in a shorter time, with significantly less blood loss, minimal thermal damage and without changes of blood parameters, indicating biological safety and integrity.
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ABSTRACT: Zusammenfassung Im Vergleich zur konventionellen Technik mittels offener Netzimplantation (Sublay-Technik) können mit der laparoskopischen intraperitonealen Onlay-Mesh (IPOM)-Technik Narbenhernien und Nabelhernien, insbesondere bei adipösen Patienten, mit einem geringeren Operationstrauma erfolgreich versorgt werden. Der kürzeren Operationsdauer und der schnelleren postoperativen Rekonvaleszenz der Patienten und dementsprechend kürzeren Krankenhausverweildauer stehen höhere (Material-)Kosten entgegen. Diese Studie soll anhand einer vergleichenden Analyse beider Operationstechniken unter Berücksichtigung des DRG-Systems die perioperativen Vor- und Nachteile beider Methoden aufzeigen.
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ABSTRACT: In comparison to the conventional technique of incisional or umbilical hernia repair with sublay mesh augmentation, incisional hernias in obese patients can be surgically treated with minor surgical trauma by laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh (IPOM) repair. However, although shortened operation time, hospital stay and faster postoperative reconvalescence might be possible with IPOM repair, the economic calculation including mesh costs is significantly higher. In this study the two operation techniques were compared and the perioperative advantages and disadvantages of both methods were analyzed based on the German diagnosis-related groups (DRG) system.
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ABSTRACT: Intrathoracic kidneys are rare and are often only diagnosed incidentally. The literature on intrathoracic kidneys in children and adults is reviewed and discussed, focusing on diagnostic procedures and surgical therapy. Additionally, the case of a 35-year-old woman with a relapse of a left-sided intrathoracic kidney after pregnancy is reported. Diagnostic procedures and the surgical management are discussed.
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ABSTRACT: Intrathorakale Nieren sind seltene und meist zufällig erhobene Befunde. Eine Besprechung der Fachliteratur über intrathorakale Nieren bei Kindern und Erwachsenen soll die Schwerpunkte der diagnostischen Vorangehensweise und der Indikation zur operativen Versorgung beleuchten. Ergänzend wird der Fall einer 35-jährigen Frau mit dem Rezidiv einer linksseitigen intrathorakalen Niere nach Schwangerschaft diskutiert. Intrathoracic kidneys are rare and are often only diagnosed incidentally. The literature on intrathoracic kidneys in children and adults is reviewed and discussed, focusing on diagnostic procedures and surgical therapy. Additionally, the case of a 35-year-old woman with a relapse of a left-sided intrathoracic kidney after pregnancy is reported. Diagnostic procedures and the surgical management are discussed. SchlüsselwörterThoraxniere–Bochdalek-Hernie–Hernienverschluss–Flankenschmerzen–Ultrasonographie KeywordsIntrathoracic kidneys–Bochdalek hernia–Hernia closure–Lateral pain–Ultrasonography
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ABSTRACT: Standardized intestinal manipulation (IM) leads to local bowel wall inflammation subsequently spreading over the entire gastrointestinal tract. Previously, we demonstrated that this so-called gastrointestinal field effect (FE) is immune mediated. This study aimed to investigate the role of CCR7 in IM-induced FE. Since CCR7 is expressed on activated dendritic cells and T cells and is well known to control their migration, we hypothesized that lack of CCR7 reduces or abolishes FE. Small bowel muscularis and colonic muscularis from CCR7(-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice were obtained after IM of the jejunum or sham operation. FE was analyzed by measuring gastrointestinal transit time of orally given fluorescent dextran (geometric center), colonic transit time, infiltration of MPO-positive cells, and circular smooth muscle contractility. Furthermore, mRNA levels of the inflammatory cytokine IL-6 were determined by RT-PCR. The number of dendritic cells and CD3+CD25+ T cells separately isolated from jejunum and colon was determined in mice after IM and sham operation. There was no significant difference in IL-6 mRNA upregulation in colonic muscularis between sham-operated WT and CCR7(-/-) mice after IM. Contractility of circular muscularis strips of the colon was significantly improved in CCR7(-/-) animals following IM and did not vary significantly from sham-operated animals. Additionally, inflammation of the colon determined by the number of MPO-positive cells and colonic transit time was significantly reduced in CCR7(-/-) mice. In contrast, jejunal contractility and jejunal inflammation of transgenic mice did not differ significantly from WT mice after IM. These data are supported by a significant increase of CD3+CD25+ T cells in the colonic muscularis of WT mice after IM, which could not be observed in CCR7(-/-) mice. These data demonstrate that CCR7 is required for FE and postoperative ileus. CCR7 indirectly affects FE by inhibiting migration of activated dendritic cells and of T cells from the jejunum to the colon. These findings support the critical role of the adaptive immune system in FE.
Article: T helper type 1 memory cells disseminate postoperative ileus over the entire intestinal tract[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Localized abdominal surgery can lead to disruption of motility in the entire gastrointestinal tract (postoperative ileus). Intestinal macrophages produce mediators that paralyze myocytes, but it is unclear how the macrophages are activated, especially those in unmanipulated intestinal areas. Here we show that intestinal surgery activates intestinal CD103(+)CD11b(+) dendritic cells (DCs) to produce interleukin-12 (IL-12). This promotes interferon-γ (IFN-γ) secretion by CCR9(+) memory T helper type 1 (T(H)1) cells which activates the macrophages. IL-12 also caused some T(H)1 cells to migrate from surgically manipulated sites through the bloodstream to unmanipulated intestinal areas where they induced ileus. Preventing T cell migration with the drug FTY720 or inhibition of IL-12, T-bet (T(H)1-specific T box transcription factor) or IFN-γ prevented postoperative ileus. CCR9(+) T(H)1 memory cells were detected in the venous blood of subjects 1 h after abdominal surgery. These findings indicate that postoperative ileus is a T(H)1 immune-mediated disease and identify potential targets for disease monitoring and therapy.
Article: Perioperative Infliximab Application Ameliorates Acute Rejection Associated Inflammation After Intestinal Transplantation[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: As we have shown in the past, acute rejection-related TNF-α upregulation in resident macrophages in the tunica muscularis after small bowel transplantation (SBTx) results in local amplification of inflammation, decisively contributing to graft dysmotility. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the chimeric-monoclonal-anti-TNF-α antibody infliximab as perioperative single shot treatment addressing inflammatory processes during acute rejection early after transplantation. Orthotopic, isogenic and allogenic SBTx was performed in rats (BN-Lewis/BN-BN) with infliximab treatment. Vehicle and IV-immunoglobulin-treated animals served as controls. Animals were sacrificed after 24 and 168 h. Leukocyte infiltration was investigated in muscularis whole mounts by immunohistochemistry, mediator mRNA expression by Real-Time-RT-PCR, apoptosis by TUNEL and smooth muscle contractility in a standard organ bath. Both, infliximab and Sandoglobulin® revealed antiinflammatory effects. Infliximab resulted in significantly less leukocyte infiltration compared to allogenic controls and IV-immunoglobulin, which was accompanied by lower gene expression of MCP-1 (24 h), IFN-γ (168 h) and infiltration of CD8-positive cells. Smooth muscle contractility improved significantly after 24 h compared to all controls in infliximab treated animals accompanied by lower iNOS expression. Perioperative treatment with infliximab is a possible pharmaceutical approach to overcome graft dysmotility early after SBTx.
Article: Mechanical strain and TLR4 synergistically induce cell-specific inflammatory gene expression in intestinal smooth muscle cells and peritoneal macrophages[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Mechanical trauma of the gut is an unavoidable event in abdominal surgery. Former studies demonstrated that intestinal manipulation induces a strong inflammation within the tunica muscularis. We hypothesized that mechanical strain initiates or aggravates proinflammatory responses in intestinal smooth muscle cells (iSMC) or macrophages. First, an appropriate isolation and culture method for neonatal rat iSMC was established. Purified iSMC and primary peritoneal macrophages (pMacs) were subjected to static or cyclic strain, and gene expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), IL-6, and IL-1β was analyzed by quantitative PCR. Supernatants from stretched iSMC were transferred to untreated pMacs or contrariwise, and medium transfer-triggered inflammatory gene expression was measured in unstretched cells. Finally, we investigated the synergistic effect of static strain on LPS-induced proinflammatory gene expression. Although cyclic strain failed, static strain significantly induced iNOS, COX-2, and IL-1β mRNA in iSMC. pMacs showed an increase in all inflammatory genes investigated as well as macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α and MIP-2 mRNA after static strain. Both cell entities liberated unknown mediators in response to stretch that mutually stimulated iNOS gene expression. Finally, mechanostimulation amplified LPS-induced iNOS and IL-1β gene expression in iSMC as well as COX-2 and IL-6 mRNA in pMacs. In conclusion, static strain initiates proinflammatory gene expression in iSMC and pMacs and triggers a bidirectional paracrine communication between both cultured cell entities via the liberation of unknown mediators. Furthermore, static strain synergistically operates with Toll-like receptor 4 ligation in a cell-specific manner. Hence, this study demonstrates that mechanical strain functions as an immunomodulatory stimulus in abdominal cells.
Article: Heterozygous Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (PiMZ): Risk Factor in the Development of Primary Liver Carcinoma in Non-Cirrhotic Liver?[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Here we report on a patient with a primary hepatocellular carcinoma in a non-cirrhotic liver, in whom heterozygosity for an AAT-deficiency allele was found (PiMZ). Based on this observation and the current literature, the possible mechanisms for an eventual contribution of a heterozygosity of a heterozygous AAT-deficiency for a hepatocellular carcinoma are discussed. Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT)-deficiency (Laurell-Eriksson syndrome) is a genetic disorder, in which individuals who are homozygous for a deficiency allele are at an increased lifetime risk for pulmonary emphysema, liver cirrhosis, and primary hepatocellular carcinoma. It has been controversially discussed whether the heterozygous form (PiMZ) is also associated with an increased risk for liver diseases. Hepatocarcinogenesis for AAT-deficiency is probably based on a series of toxic events. Precipitation of AAT aggregates in hepatocytes is the initial step. These accumulate in the endoplasmic reticulum and cannot be eliminated from all hepatocytes by proteasomal and non-proteasomal mechanisms. AAT aggregates induce proinflammatory pathways and may be a stimulus for hepatocarcinogenesis. This hypothesis is based mostly on studies of individuals homozygous for a deficiency allele (PiZZ). The mechanism may also play a role in heterozygous patients. Since not all patients with precipitates of AAT-aggregates are develop a hepatocellular carcinoma related comorbidities such as chronic hepatitis B, C, chronic alcohol abuse, or so far unknown genetic and environmental factors may be crucial.
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ABSTRACT: Early revision procedures after pancreatic head resection significantly increase mortality. Due to their complexity, secondary operations at a later stage rank amongst the most demanding surgical procedures. We sought to critically analyze indications and outcome from early revision and subsequent redo procedures following distal pancreatic resection (DPR). During a 5-year period 53 subsequent patients undergoing DPR were identified from a pancreatic resection database and analyzed regarding indication for and outcome of early revision and late redo procedures. Six patients (11%) underwent early revision procedures during the same hospital stay. Indications were peritonitis (n = 3), intraabdominal hemorrhage (n = 2) and oncologic re-resection (n = 1). Four patients (7.6%) were readmitted after 192 days (d) on average (range 53 - 538d) and underwent subsequent redo surgery due to occurrence of metastases in 2 cases, and insufficiency of an ascendo-rectostomy and adhesive ileus. Hospital stay and mortality were significantly increased after early revision surgery (40d vs. 18d; 33% vs. 0%). Splenectomy during DPR was carried out in all patients requiring early operative reintervention, compared to 63% in patients without secondary surgery (p < 0.07). Early revision surgery following DPR increases postoperative mortality and length of hospital stay. Risk factors were complex injuries (e.g. gun shot wound), concomitant portal hypertension with collateral circulation and splenectomy. Subsequent redo surgery following DPR was performed on average within 7 month following the index operation without mortality and with comparable morbidity. Indications were recurrent malignant disease and complications of the intestine.
Article: Influence of Immunosuppression on Alloresponse, Inflammation and Contractile Function of Graft After Intestinal Transplantation[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In small bowel transplantation (SBTx), graft manipulation, ischemia/reperfusion injury and acute rejection initiate a severe cellular and molecular inflammatory response in the muscularis propria leading to impaired motility of the graft. This study examined and compared the effect of tacrolimus and sirolimus on inflammation in graft muscularis. After allogeneic orthotopic SBTx, recipient rats were treated with tacrolimus or sirolimus. Tacrolimus and sirolimus attenuated neutrophilic, macrophage and T-cell infiltration in graft muscularis, which was associated with reduced apoptotic cell death. Nonspecific inflammatory mediators (IL-6, MCP-1) and T-cell activation markers (IL-2, IFN-gamma) were highly upregulated in allogeneic control graft muscularis 24 h and 7 days after SBTx, and tacrolimus and sirolimus significantly suppressed upregulation of these mediators. In vitro organ bath method demonstrated a severe decrease in graft smooth muscle contractility in allogeneic control (22% of normal control). Correlating with attenuated upregulation of iNOS, tacrolimus and sirolimus treatment significantly improved contractility (64% and 72%, respectively). Although sirolimus reduced cellular and molecular inflammatory response more efficiently after 24 h, contrary tacrolimus prevented acute rejection more efficiently. In conclusion, tacrolimus and sirolimus attenuate cellular and molecular inflammatory response in graft muscularis and subsequent dysmotility of the graft after allogeneic SBTx.
Article: [Inadequate reimbursement for surgical patients with Parkinson's disease according to diagnosis-related grouping].[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive degenerative disease of the human central nervous system with a demographical increase in surgical patients. Comorbidities are known to increase the perioperative risk profile and therefore amplify treatment expenses. The aim of this study was to analyse whether the reimbursement of additional costs due to PD in surgical patients was sufficiently considered by diagnosis-related grouping (DRG). Over a period of 13 years, 50 patients suffering from MP treated in the Department of Surgery were retrospectively compared using matched-pair analysis with controls not affected by PD. Both groups of patients were assessed regarding hospital stay and mortality and morbidity with an emphasis on reimbursement by the National Ordinance on Hospital Rates (Bundespflegesatzverordung, BPflV) from 2004 (last year of employment) compared to DRG in 2007. Extra reimbursement for PD patients in comparison to controls diminished from 20 % according to BPflV (2004) to 2 % according to DRG (2007). Within the DRG System of 2007, total compensation for PD and control patients was significantly lower (47 vs. 35 %) compared to the BPflV of 2004. Compensation of surgical therapy in PD patients has significantly decreased within the DRG system, not considering the increased perioperative risk profile of these patients. In times of rising economic pressure, inadequate reimbursement of treatment costs bears the risk of rejection or restriction for patients with concomitant PD in spite of medical indications.
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ABSTRACT: Distal pancreatectomy is performed less frequently than pancreatic head resection. Secondary operations due to postoperative complications are surgically complex and demanding, hence often interdisciplinary approaches are pursued. We have analysed the indications and outcome of revision surgery and interventional procedures subsequent to pancreatic left resection. Between 2001 and 2009 we prospectively evaluated 61 patients regarding demographic factors, hospital stay, diagnosis, closure technique, redo operations and interventions, morbidity and mortality. Major complications without redo procedures were observed in 4 (9 %) of 44 patients. 8 (13 %) patients underwent early (7 +/- 8 days) postoperative revision procedures. A significant in-crease in hospital stay and mortality appeared in this group. Interventional procedures (7 x CT-guided abscess drains, 1 x haemorrhage with angio-graphic coiling, 1 x transgastral stenting of a pseudocyst) were performed significantly later (22 +/- 11 days p. o., p < 0,01) in 9 (15 %) patients. Pancreatic fistulas and related complications represent the most common indications for revisions, but can usually be controlled by interventional procedures. In contrast to secondary surgery, interventional revisions do not significantly increase the length of hospital stay or mortality. There was no benefit of any certain closure technique of the pancreatic remnant.
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ABSTRACT: Pancreaticoduodenectomy is a demanding procedure even in selected patients but becomes formidable when performed in cases of emergency. This study analyzed our experience with urgent pancreatoduodenectomies; special emphases were put on the evaluation of diagnostic means and the validation of existing indications for performance of this procedure. Three hundred one patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy between 1989 and 2008 were identified from a pancreatic resection database and reviewed for emergency indications. Six patients (2%) underwent emergency pancreatoduodenectomy. Indications included endoscopy-related perforation, postoperative complications, and uncontrollable intraduodenal tumor bleeding. Length of stay and occurrence of nonsurgical complications were increased in emergency compared with elective pancreatoduodenectomies. Although increased, no significant differences were found regarding mortality and surgery-related complications. Indications for emergency pancreatoduodenectomies were based on clinical decisions rather than on radiologic diagnostics. Urgent pancreatic head resections may be considered as an option in selected patients if handling of local complications by interventional measures or limited surgery seems unsafe.
Article: Case-control comparison of profundaplasty and femoropopliteal supragenicular bypass for peripheral arterial disease[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to compare preoperative and postoperative findings, and clinical progress in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease undergoing femoropopliteal supragenicular bypass or profundaplasty in a case-control study. Between January 2001 and June 2004, 171 patients with occlusion of the superficial femoral artery underwent surgery. A retrospective analysis of 28 matched patient pairs was performed. Endpoints were bypass occlusion, surgical revision, amputation and death. Mean length of follow-up was 36 months. At 3 years after surgery there was no statistically significant difference in outcome between femoropopliteal bypass surgery and profundaplasty. There was a trend towards improved results in patients who had bypass surgery for critical leg ischaemia. Preoperative patency of the crural outflow arteries was an independent prognostic factor in multivariable analysis. There were no significant outcome differences between supragenicular bypass surgery or profundaplasty in patients who had surgery for intermittent claudication or ischaemic rest pain. Patients with a single patent tibial artery and gangrene or ulceration appeared to benefit more from bypass surgery.
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"If we go beyond our own facilities, we will probably go to churches and senior centers," says Labbe.
JPS is not the only organization in Texas waiting on the feds. East Texas Behavioral Health Network (ETBHN), a consortium of 11 community organizations across 75 counties that serves chronic and severe mentally ill patients as well as people with developmental disabilities, received the state's second largest Navigator grant—$1.3 million. But, it still hasn't been able to fully staff its centers.
"We had a tough time filling positions," says Gary Bramlett, executive director at ETBHN.
Bramlett says he's been able to hire 16 navigators so far. He plans on hiring 24, which would put two navigators at each of the 11 centers, plus two lead navigators in different regions of the state to collect data and act as a resource for the other navigators.
Of the 16 who have been hired, a little over a handful are out in the community helping patients enroll.
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Election Means Changes, Challenges For Construction Industry
Following an election that brought sweeping changes and switched the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives, construction industry observers foresee changes in policies impacting this sector. Key issues affecting the industry include funding for government related facility construction, sustainability initiatives, and availability of financing for future projects. Gail Warrior, president and chief executive officer, Warrior Group, a provider of construction services for permanent modular construction and conventional site-built construction, is hopeful that the building and construction sector will see growth in the coming year.
"Clearly, there will be a strong focus on government spending by the new legislators, which may lead to increased attention on procurement laws," said Warrior. Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) laws requiring A/E services be procured based on qualifications and not lowest bid may come under scrutiny, since they appear to cost more money. "QBS backers may have to defend the case that QBS can save money in the long run," Warrior said. QBS has been tested before and survived challenges from both Republican and Democratic Congresses alike.
While future legislative decisions are difficult to predict, examining where legislators have stood in the past is one way to gauge how they will respond to industry issues in the future. Both chairs of the Congressional High Performance Building Caucus won re-election as did many lawmakers who have supported tax incentives for green buildings or who have supported expanding access to credit for building and construction. The new Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee appears to support advancing tax incentives for green buildings. Warrior expects lawmakers to work to expand access to financing for design and construction projects and to support sustainability goals.
It is likely that spending by government agencies, such as the General Services Administration (GSA), that procure A/E services, will be cut back as lawmakers push to reduce government expenditures. The President has already proposed holding construction spending close to $112 billion in 2011 followed by a three-year discretionary funding freeze. Meanwhile, the Republicans have pledged to impose budget caps and many want to end earmarks. These factors will likely result in some fierce battles for construction funding. So although the GSA has a backlog in design and construction work, perhaps as much as $10 billion worth, the new Republican majority will likely be reluctant to increase spending on government buildings.
"An easing of credit and available financing for the private sector construction, however, can compensate for any government project losses," said Warrior. "With commercial construction slowed to record low amounts during the past few years, easing credit and pent up demand should lead to more projects in the future."
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SPALDING KRO-FLITE Sweetspot Irons Hickory Shaft Golf 5
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A. G. Spalding & BrosKRO-FLITE SWEETSPOT IRONS Mild English Steel PAT'D SEPT 13, 1927 This is an A.G. Spalding & Bros. Kro-Flite "Sweetspot Irons" wood shaft (I believe it is hickory) golf iron. The club has a cleek mark and a number "5" on the sole. The grip looks to be original leather and is somewhat loose. The shaft is free of cracks and splits. This vintage club would make a super addition to any collection or game room decor. Feel free to ask any questions! see additional pictures below
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text: #include '../template.wml' The Windows 95 explorer can handle long filenames. The Windows 95 "file manager" cannot. On Windows NT 4.0, both the explorer and the "file manager" handle long filenames. The Edit command-prompt utility that comes with Windows 95 can handle long filenames and open more than one file at once. Windows NT 4.0's Edit cannot. Edit, as we all knows, relies on QBASIC.EXE, at least on DOS and Windows 3.11. Windows NT 4.0 follows the DOS 5.0/6.0 tradition and includes its help file for BASIC programmers to use as reference. Windows 95 does not. (how is a programmer who doesn't have the time and/or resources and/or sense to download Perl for Win32 and/or half the DJGPP distribution is supposed to program the wretched thing?) Speaking of Edit: on all Windows 3.11, Windows 95, and Windows NT, Edit can handle files containing only "line-feed" characters at the end of the line, (such as those originating from UNIXes) pretty well, and even converts them to CR-LF when saving (a nice "feature"). Notepad on the other hand does not, and places many adjacent lines on one line. Notepad for Windows 95, as was Windows 3.11's Notepad, is limited and can only view files whose file-length does not exceed 64 KB. NT's notepad can view files of any size. BTW, for an editor with no replace feature (at least not on Windows 95), no regular-expression search and replace, no indentation support, no syntax-highlighting and no macros and scriptability features: notepad is one hell of an editor! Windows 95 supply DOS programs with int 21h functions for long file names. Thus, DJGPP ports of UNIX utilites can work in style. Windows NT, on the other hand, does not. Thus, DJGPP programs cannot work in style. Coming Next: Windows CE, Windows 98 and Windows NT 5.0!


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Standing up to Jewish terrorism
This week, Israel has reached the point of no return, which will also determine who controls the state: the justice system and a government elected by democratic means, or Jewish terrorism.
The government's decision to declare the House of Contention in Hebron a closed military zone was an inevitable step, but if it does not lead to the necessary phase then it is liable to fail. Following the latest riots two days ago, Defense Minister Ehud Barak declared that the government would not reconcile with the rampaging by "extremist forces." At about the same time, those in charge of the "forces" lashed out at the government, the courts, the army and the media, as if we were dealing with two legitimate, opposing sides.
The time has come to cease the vague characterizations and call a spade a spade. We are not dealing with "marginal groups," "extremists who have gone out of control," and other attempts at verbal acrobatics that are designed to paper over a harsh reality. For a long time now, settlers in Hebron and other areas of Judea and Samaria (and East Jerusalem) have engaged in unruly behavior whose only goal is to violently threaten the Palestinians while undermining Israel's sovereignty. By any official standard recognized worldwide, this is terrorism that sows fear and disrupts the proper management of a state.
It is difficult to fathom the way Israeli politics and society were seduced into turning a blind eye toward the growing Jewish terrorism. Ever since the heads of the Jewish underground were released as part of a shady deal, this trend, which was given the deceptive term "wayward weeds," has continued. Under the hypocritical umbrella of "national unity" and the self-righteous threat of "a rift in the nation," the rampaging has become the norm, a daily routine. The settlers utter profanities, spit, beat, sow ruin and destruction, while the army turns a blind eye in the best-case scenario and takes part in the worst.
The House of Contention is therefore the culmination of a dangerous progression of events, and the widespread public protest that should have arisen among the sane portion of society after these events has not materialized because the heart of Israeli society has been desensitized for quite some time. Only in such a setting could a former ambassador (Danny Ayalon) who recently joined Yisrael Beiteinu, a party that espouses clear-cut racist values, appear as the lawyer for the offending group and warn: "The settlers are part and parcel of us and we must not tear them away from the nation."
The extreme right-wing activist Daniella Weiss also warns that in Hebron "we will not turn the other cheek," and the settlers holed up in the House of Contention openly call for their admirers to aid them in their struggle against the army. These calls for rebellion, which are tinged with cries of persecution, frighten the government.
This week, Israel has reached the point of no return, which will also determine who controls the state: the justice system and a government elected by democratic means, or Jewish terrorism. If the government does not remove, as soon as possible and without fear of violence, the riotous core of settlers in Hebron, which has disengaged from the state and its institutions and now endangers the public, the blood of the victims of religious fanaticism in the territories will be on its hands. No less grievous would be the message sent to the plunderers that they were victorious and proof for the silent majority in Israel that the future of the Jewish Zionist state is being held hostage by those who pray for its destruction. No other moral claim, not even the just claim of the Jewish people for a national home, will stand, either at home or abroad, against such a capitulation to terror.


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Marketers need technology skills — or at least a keen understanding of the technologies that make them better marketers.
"If you're not a digital native, you're not going to go far," Jim Durbin, vice president of digital marketing at Plano, Texas-based Brandstorming.com told CMSWire. "Technology is already moving faster than any of us can adjust to, so if you can't use technology to make yourself more productive, you're no good to anyone."
Bennet James Bayer, Global CMO and vice president of strategy for Huawei Carrier Software, also based in Plano, Texas, said technology skills are not the "end-all" for marketers.
But he noted that even someone as experienced as his wife, who managed $6 billion in brands for consumer food products during her career, would probably not be able to work at a junior level without a basic understanding of mobile, social, search and email marketing.
"I don't believe it is necessarily technology skills so much as an understanding of the related technologies, how and when to employ them," Bayer said. "That has changed dramatically."
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Technology, though, isn't the only skill necessary to survive as a marketer, the practitioners told CMSWire. Here are seven things that successful marketers, marketing managers and marketing departments do:
1. Show, Don't Tell
Talking only gets you so far. What sounds great in a meeting means little in the practical world.
"It's not about talking about what can be done, it's about showing people how to do more," Durbin said. "That's what you can do well. Your future boss already thinks you know more than him, but do you know enough to make him better?"
2. Open the Door for Improvement
While you're tending to massive requests from vendors and looking at ways to get your department moving better, don't forget one immutable truth:
The biggest investment you make should be with your talent – your junior marketers, for instance.
"You don't improve companies. You improve people," Durbin said. "If you don't get that, you won't be able to sell them. How do you improve their career? Give them the opportunity to improve. Show them what you can do."


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Bush also makes no bones about his belief that religion and spirituality are integral parts of America?s public life. Often, his speeches are studded with the terms ?good?, ?evil,? and ?God?s will.? This was especially true of his 2005 Inaugural Address. At varying points, he suggested that our inalienable human rights derive from our relationship with our ?maker? and referred to God as ?the author of liberty.? Moving beyond the language of containment, Bush?s inaugural address displayed a clear intent to use foreign policy as an engine of social and religious liberty throughout the world. With religious zeal, he tells us that freedom is God?s will, and ?the calling of our time."
Relativists quiver at the idea of a spiritual revivalist being backed up by the 82nd Airborne. As Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League put it: ?When [Bush prays] as a private person practicing his own faith, God bless, but when it becomes part of the official function of the president, then that's something that is inappropriate."
But is it really so preposterous for a democratically elected politician?a person who represents the will of the public? to discuss his personal convictions? 90% of Americans believe in God. Is it so inappropriate that they should elect a leader who shares this fundamental belief? Is it so surprising that a person, who must operate under the constant constraints of making life or death decisions, should look to his faith to help arbitrate his life? On a more basic level, is it such a terrible indiscretion to admit that religion remains a force in American society? The relativists certainly seem to think so. Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State warns that "[Bush is] treading dangerously close to breaching the idea that this is a secular country." Think Lynn ever noticed that they sing ?God Bless America? prior to the Inaugural address?
Personally, I?m quite pleased that Bush continues to push faith into the political mainstream. We need to create more forums where candidates are more comfortable discussing their faith in God. After all, opinion polls consistently show that Americans say that faith is very important in their lives. How can a responsible leader ignore this fact? Our politicians must discuss faith in order to understand and adequately represent their public.


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Pyrenees Mountains
The Spanish regions of Navarre in the north and Catalonia in the south extend on both sides of the mountain range but mostly lie within Spain. In between the two is the small independent country of Andorra, the sixth smallest nation in Europe with a population of 85,000 and a size of just 181 square miles (468 square kilometers).
The Pyrenees are well-loved for their lakes, hot springs, alpine-skiing, mountaineering, hiking, cross-country running and cycling. Challenging stages of the Tour de France pass through the Pyrenees.
Sections of the mountain range are national parks: Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park (Spain) - a wild mountainous area with 200 lakes; Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain) - high arid peaks and densely forested lower slopes; and the Pyrénées National Park (France) - the southernmost area, known for its scenery, skiing and hiking.
The mountains can be explored on a great day trip from Pamplona in the north or Barcelona in the south of Spain, or from Lourdes or Perpignan in France, or take a few days out to hike the Pyrenees and really explore.
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Pyrenees Medieval Village Hike from Barcelona
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Dr. Kelly Kasper, Obstetrics & Gynecology, IU School of Medicine: "[For] our women who find out that they have gestational diabetes, one of the first things we do is we send [the patients] to a diabetic counselor, as well as a nutritionist. There are certain dietary guidelines that we want them to follow. Typically it's just eating a very healthy diet: eating 3 healthy meals a day; watching your carbohydrate intake; and then having healthy snacks in between those meals. But then in addition, when they go to the diabetic counselor, they learn to check their own blood sugars. If their blood sugars continue to be too high, we may need to institute some sort of regimen- whether it's an oral medication or insulin that they have to give themselves with a needle.
We do test the gestational diabetic mother at her postpartum visit, 6 weeks after delivery. Another test similar to what she did for the gestational diabetes, just to make sure that she isn't a diabetic who wasn't diagnosed before pregnancy, or to make sure that she wasn't one of those individuals who may have become a diabetic. Children of gestational diabetics do not develop diabetes because their moms have gestational diabetes. They are not at increased risk of developing diabetes as children because their mothers may have been gestational diabetics."
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Medication may be needed
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Mom gets diabetes test at 6-week postpartum visit
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Wednesday, 7 May 2014
by kiatisak chuaandtan sin chow
Trail of destruction: The Haadyai Police Station living quarters soon after the second explosion.
PETALING JAYA: Two bombs rocked Haadyai, a favourite destination for Malaysians tourists to Thailand, leaving at least 10 people injured and destroying many cars. No Malaysians were hurt.
One bomb went off at about 1.45pm in front of a 7-Eleven convenience store on Ponpichai Road and a second near the police flats opposite the Haadyai police station 10 minutes later.
Another bomb was found near the entrance to apartments inside Prince of Songkhla Hospital and was safely disarmed by authorities.
It is believed two other bombs were also set off and there was talk that more were likely to be detonated later, although police would not confirm the matter.
The first bomb at 1.45pm local time (2.45pm Malaysian time) was a device planted on a motorcycle outside the convenience store opposite a technology college.
It left seven people injured and damaged five other motorcycles.
Less than 10 minutes later, the second bomb went off in the parking lot outside the local police station less than 2km away, wounding three people, including two policemen standing in the compound.
The explosion also sparked off a series of blasts from nearby gas tanks and set cars on fire.
Haadyai police chief Pol Col Passakorn Klanwan said two of the wounded were police while the rest were civilianss.
"At least 35 vehicles were damaged by the explosions," he said.
Firefighters could be seen on television battling the blaze with billowing dark smoke visible from miles away. Debris, including the wreckage of burnt cars, could be seen littering the roads near the bomb sites.
The wounded were taken to the Haadyai Hospital, where six were given outpatient treatment.
Four were kept overnight for observation but hospital officials said they were not in danger.
Haadyai, which is a two-hour drive from Malaysia's northern border, is popular with Malaysian and Singaporean tourists, mostly shoppers hunting for bargains.
A car bomb at the parking basement of a hotel in 2012 killed three people, including two Malaysians, and wounded hundreds.
Four Malaysians were also among five people killed and over 90 people injured when three bombs exploded near the Merlin and Parkson hotels in Golok in 2010.
During Christmas season last year, the Thai border towns of Danok, Padang Besar and Sadao were also rocked by bombings, leaving a horrifying trail of mangled metal and burning vehicles.
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The first is nine lessons,
Books 2-9 way down below, easy to download.
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The second set is 15 lessons, also with quizzes at the end of each lesson.
Marriage Preparation Course
Last five lessons and quizzes are found at the very bottom, attached as zip files. They are called "wedding Lessons and Quizzes no 11-15. These are meant for the last month before wedding.
On going Marriage Guidance
My dearly beloved parents at their wedding in Sydney 1950
Best Lessons in Brief:
Modern but more reliable Moral Theology on Marriage:
Grisez ch 9
lots of detail for intimate matters between spouses.
Complete text of Traditional Moral Theology:
McHugh and Callan 1961
FAMILY and
Contraception and Catholic Teaching
Birth Control from the Biblical Perspective
NFP and the contraceptive mentality
On Motion Pictures - Pius XI - (Sets forth the Catholic principles to be kept in mind).
On The Communication Field: : MOTION PICTURES, RADIO, TELEVISION - Pius XII
Television: An Occasion of Sin?
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Excellent Draft Texts of Vatican II
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The Joys, Sorrows and Glories of Married Life
"With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men: The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbors, and man and wife that agree well together." —Ecclesiasticus 25:1-2
"And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it." —Genesis 1:27-28
"Have you not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said: For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh." —Matthew 19:4-5
Strangers in Many Ways
Yes! Most couples at the time of their marriage are still actually "strangers in many ways." But they need not worry! By God's grace, they will grow together in love, understanding and holiness. The purpose of this small book is to help married people understand each other better, to help them with some of the common problems most couples encounter in marriage. It is not intended to be complete, by any means, but it is at least a "good start" to arriving at an understanding of each other and of the state of life they have entered into, what its purpose is and how God expects them to work out their eternal salvation within its realm. The information and advice contained in this book are really the product of many priests, many counselors and many married couples. Over a period of thirty-five years, especially through the outlines given to us at (pre-Vatican II) Cana Conferences, we were able to accumulate copious notes on various aspects of the state of marriage, and consequently we are able to pass along the accumulated wisdom of many people on this complex but so very important subject. Our heartfelt thanks go out to those wonderful Catholic people—some of them now deceased—who through their ideas and advice made this little book possible.
Fr. Paul A. WickensSee "Wickens" document below for first chapter
In the years leading up to the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII entrusted the preparation of the documents that would be discussed by the Council to a Preparatory Commission, headed by the venerable Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani. The Preparatory Commission ended up drafting a total of nine schemas on a variety of topics. It was these schemas that would be rejected by the Council Fathers are excessively rigid, condemnatory in tone, and too "Scholastic" in their style. The majority of the documents were rejected in favor of what have gone on to become the sixteen documents of Vatican II. Until recently, we in the English speaking world had no way to assess the alleged inferiority of Ottaviani's original schemas; we had to simply take the word of the Council Fathers and periti. Thankfully, however, in 2012 a priest of Marquette University, Fr. Joseph A. Komonchak, laboriously translated five of the nine schemas into English. We are happy to link Fr. Komonchak's excellent translations below.
Five of the nine schemas are available, with expansive footnotes and helpful commentary by Fr. Komonochak. The original Vatican II schemas available in English are:
On the Sources of Revelation (De fontibus revelationis)
[1] This phrase comes from Amerio, Romano (1996). Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the XXth Century.
See below to download heaps of good documents!
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A Marriage Prayer
Oh dearest Mother, perfect spouse of the Holy Ghost, we entrust our marriage to your Immaculate Heart. Cover us with you mantle. Purify our love in the fire of your love for your Son, and, once purified, offer it to Him and never let us stray from Him. Help us to love each other through and for Him.
In times of adversity protect us and comfort us. In times of comfort remind us that all that is good comes from God. Help us to be selfless, patient and understanding, seeking to give more than receive. Help us to be the perfect companions and helpmates for each other along the way to heaven, and to raise many little souls for eternal happiness with God.
Protect us from Satan and the world, which want to reduce our love to selfishness and tear us from each other and from the arms of your Son. Above all, let our love for your Son grow daily, until the day when, together, we come home to rest in His heart for all eternity.


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Abby Kirchoff - Women's Basketball
Abby Kirchoff was the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week with 18.5 points in a 2-0 weekend. She recorded her second double-double of the season against Black Hills State and is ranked in the top 15 of Division II in scoring and free throw shooting.
Derrick White - Men's Basketball
Derrick White went 65 percent from the field and 94 percent from the free throw line in a 2-0 weekend for the Mountain Lions. He averaged 23.5 points per game and came within two points of his career-high with 29 points against Black Hills State.
Carson Aberle - Men's Track & Field
Carson Aberle improved on his NCAA provisional time in the 800-meter run in Albuquerque, N.M., last Saturday. He is ranked sixth in the nation with an adjusted time of 1:54.10 and was the top Division II finisher in the field.
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