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NEW ORLEANS - A new course is in store for the Tulane cross country program, despite competing in a familiar meet, as the team will travel to Mobile, Ala., for the South Alabama Azalea City Cross Country Classic, hosted by the Jaguars, on Saturday morning at the Mobile County Fairgrounds.
Results will be posted on TulaneGreenWave.com immediately after the meet. The men will run an 8K beginning at 7:30am CT, while the women will follow with a 6K at 8:15am CT.
Eleven teams, including Tulane and South Alabama, will participate in the weekend's event. Alabama State, Millsaps, Mobile, New Orleans, Southeastern Louisiana, Troy, Louisiana-Lafayette, William Carey and the women's team from Alabama-Birmingham will take to the Mobile County Fairgrounds looking for a victory. There will be a new champion crowned this year, as the defending champion Auburn Tigers will not compete during this year's race.
Tulane is coming off an off week after competing in the UNO XC Relay on Aug. 30. At that meet, Tulane won dual meets against UNO, Southeastern and Nicholls State on both the women's and men's side.
This week will bring a new challenge to the season, as Saturday's race is a traditional cross country meet that the team will see throughout the remainder of the season.
"Obviously, we are excited to go out to this meet and compete in a meet that is going to test our kids in their championship-level distances," said Tulane director of cross country and track and field Eric Peterson. "The first meet was an icebreaker and an opportunity for everyone to get excited about putting their uniforms on and going out to compete. We are happy that we won those meets, but this one is going to be a better test for the team against some strong competition at distances that matter for our runners."
While the Green Wave competed in last year's Azalea City Classic, the meet was held at the Brookley Pines Golf Course.
"(The change in the course) does not change our preparation, but it will have an unpredictable impact on the outcome of the race," stated Peterson. "We don't know what the footing is going to be like. It does look like there are going to be a lot of turns on the course, which will slow the pace down. But we need to prepare for cross country races of this distance."
Saturday's meet will mark the first time Tulane's true freshmen of Sara Kebede, Katharine Smiley, Allison Wegner, Kade Kistner, Andrew Martz and new team member Jack Curtis will run in a regular collegiate cross country meet.
"I'm really excited for the freshmen," mentioned Peterson. "I think that Sara Kebede and Katharine Smiley on the women's side and Kade Kistner and Andrew Martz on the men's side have already added a lot to the team on a daily basis in practice. We are expecting for them to make an immediate impact on the team, so this is a great opportunity for them to mix it up."
At the UNO XC Relay, sophomore Mikayla Sonneborn was part of a pair of runners that paced the women's side of the competition, finishing first out of a field of 12 pairings with a 6K time of 23:43.28. Kebede and Smiley were grouped together, finishing third with a time of 24:21.64. Senior Callie Turlington and Wegner placed sixth, posting a time of 24:52.45.
In addition to the core group that earned points for Tulane at the UNO meet, juniors Charlotte Manogue and Michelle Kreutzberg will suit up for the Green Wave in Mobile, Ala.
For the men, Tulane will look for strong performances from a group of seasoned veterans and some freshmen who competed for the first time collegiately just two weeks ago. Sophomore Adam Yohahan teamed up with Kistner to place first out of 15 pairings at the UNO XC Relay, finishing in 20:12.17. They were joined at the finish line by third-place finishers Jack White and Geoff Zelek (20:30.99) and a group that contained Martz (21:02.57).
Two notable runners will not make the trip to Mobile, Ala., as they are battling very minor injuries. Juniors Paige Callahan and Mark Manion will stay back in New Orleans and rest in preparation for the team's next meet.
"We are going in a little shorthanded," added Peterson. "Without these two frontrunners, it is going to provide an opportunity for the competitive dynamic on our team to change for the first time in the last couple of years. I'm excited to see who is going to step forward and lead. I'm also curious to see how kids who are maybe more accustomed to running in a two, three or four spot how this changes their approach mentally and competitively."
Despite losing the two top runners from last year's squad for this weekend's meet, Peterson believes he has the personnel that will step up to the challenge of leading the pack.
"I've seen a tremendous amount of growth in both Mikayla (Sonneborn) and Adam (Yohanan), not only in their physical development - even though they are both in way better shape than I have seen them before - but also in demonstrating some really good leadership characteristics," stated Peterson. "With Paige and Mark missing practice, both Mikayla and Adam have stepped up to be consistently good. The natural conclusion might be for them to step into the (number one) role. We are looking for a very strong and healthy competitive environment on the team."
Following the completion of the meet, Tulane will have another week off before heading west to Lake Charles, La., for the McNeese Invitational on Sept. 28.
Fans can follow the Tulane track and field and cross country programs on Twitter (@GreenWaveXCTF) or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TulaneXCTF.
Tulane Women's Entries
Sara Kebede
Michelle Kreutzberg
Charlotte Manogue
Katharine Smiley
Mikayla Sonneborn
Callie Turlington
Allison Wegner
Tulane Men's Entries
Jack Curtis
Kade Kistner
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Jack White
Adam Yohanan
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Orange to launch the Sharp Aquos SH80F 3D Android smartphone next month
Phones made and released in Japan usually stay there, and are almost never introduced in other countries. That's why I was surprised to find out that Orange will officially release the Sharp "AQUOS PHONE SH80F" in France sometime in October.
Already available in Japan via NTT docomo as the AQUOS PHONE SH-12C (pictured below), the new Sharp handset runs Android Gingerbread and features a 4.2 inch qHD 3D display, 8MP dual cameras for 3D photos and videos, and a 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor.
The Sharp Aquos SH80F will be Orange's "first mobile device capable of converting images and videos from 2D to 3D in real time." The carrier didn't say how much the handset will cost, and neither if it's planning to launch it in other markets except France.
All in all, the SH80F is a phone that will certainly give the HTC Evo 3D and the LG Optimus 3D a run for their money.
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Regan, M M; Pagani, O; Walley, B; et al; Stahel, R A (2008). Premenopausal endocrine-responsive early breast cancer: who receives chemotherapy? Annals of Oncology, 19(7):1231-1241.
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BACKGROUND: The role of chemotherapy in addition to combined endocrine therapy for premenopausal women with endocrine-responsive early breast cancer remains an open question, yet trials designed to answer it have repeatedly failed to adequately accrue. The International Breast Cancer Study Group initiated two concurrent trials in this population: in Premenopausal Endocrine Responsive Chemotherapy (PERCHE), chemotherapy use is determined by randomization and in Tamoxifen and Exemestane Trial (TEXT) by physician choice. PERCHE closed with inadequate accrual; TEXT accrued rapidly. METHODS: From 2003 to 2006, 1317 patients (890 with baseline data) were randomly assigned to receive ovarian function suppression (OFS) plus tamoxifen or OFS plus exemestane for 5 years in TEXT. We explore patient-related factors according to whether or not chemotherapy was given using descriptive statistics and classification and regression trees. RESULTS: Adjuvant chemotherapy was chosen for 64% of patients. Lymph node status was the predominant determinant of chemotherapy use (88% of node positive treated versus 46% of node negative). Geography, patient age, tumor size and grade were also determinants, but degree of receptor positivity and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status were not. CONCLUSIONS: The perceived estimation of increased risk of relapse is the primary determinant for using chemotherapy despite uncertainties regarding the degree of benefit it offers when added to combined endocrine therapy in this population.
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Birthday celebrations were held at Mars Chocolate UK with the opening of a new research and development facility by the minister for business and enterprise.
Michael Fallon MP visted the company based in the Slough Trading Estate on yesterday to open the £6m centre which marked Mars Chocolate's 80th birthday.
The minister embarked on a tour of the factory before unveiling the new centre at an event attended by Fiona Mactaggart MP and the Mayor of Slough, Cllr Chrissy Small.
The new facility features state of the art kitchens and laboratories as well as a pilot production line where new product developments will be test-manufactured on a global scale. Its introduction means that Mars Chocolate now has the largest research facility in Europe.
Speaking at the unveiling, Mr Fallon said: "This new centre of excellence will attract world class expertise and be a considerable economic benefit to the local area.
"It also provides further proof this country and our manufacturing base is worth investing in. Innovation at this factory in Slough will be central to the future success of Mars.
"Slough has benefited from Mars Chocolate's presence here and the country has benefited as a whole so I look forward to the next 80 years of their existence."


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But the adversaries cunningly wish to appear as if they modify the common opinion concerning perfection. They say that a monastic life is not perfection, but that it is a state in which to acquire perfection. It is prettily phrased! We remember that this correction is found in Gerson. For it is apparent that prudent men, offended by these immoderate praises of monastic life, since they did not venture to remove entirely from it the praise of perfection, have added the correction that it is a state in which to acquire perfection. If we follow this, monasticism will be no more a state of perfection than the life of a farmer or mechanic. For these are also, states in which to acquire perfection. For all men, in every vocation, ought to seek perfection, that is, to grow in the fear of God, in faith, in love towards one's neighbor, and similar spiritual virtues.
In the histories of the hermits there are examples of Anthony and of others which make the various spheres of life equal. It is written that when Anthony asked God to show him what progress he was making in this kind of life, a certain shoemaker in the city of Alexandria was indicated to him in a dream to whom he should be compared. The next day Anthony came into the city, and went to the shoemaker in order to ascertain his exercises and gifts, and, having conversed with the man, heard nothing except that early in the morning he prayed in a few words for the entire state, and then attended to his trade. Here Anthony learned that justification is not to be ascribed to the kind of life which he had entered a.
But although the adversaries now moderate their praises concerning perfection, yet they actually think otherwise. For they sell merits, and apply them on behalf of others, under the pretext that they are observing precepts and counsels; hence they actually hold that they have superfluous merits. But what is it to arrogate to one's self perfection, if this is not? Again, it has been laid down in the Confutation that the monks endeavor to live more nearly in accordance with the Gospel. Therefore it ascribes perfection to human traditions if they are living more nearly in accordance with the Gospel by not having property, being unmarried, and obeying the rule in clothing, meats, and like trifles.
Again, the Confutation says that the monks merit eternal life the more abundantly, and quotes Scripture, : Every one that hath forsaken houses, etc. Accordingly, here, too, it claims perfection also for factitious religious rites. But this passage of Scripture in no way favors monastic life. For Christ does not mean that to forsake parents, wife, brethren, is a work that must be done because it merits the remission of sins and eternal life. Yea, such a, forsaking is cursed. For if any one forsakes parents or wife in order by this very work to merit the remission of sins or eternal life, this is done with dishonor to Christ.
There is, moreover, a two-fold forsaking. One occurs without a call, without God's command; this Christ does not approve, . For the works chosen by us are useless services. But that Christ does not approve this flight appears the more clearly from the fact that He speaks of forsaking wife and children. We know, however, that God's commandment forbids the forsaking of wife and children. The forsaking which occurs by God's command is of a different kind, namely, when power or tyranny compels us either to depart or to deny the Gospel. Here we have the command that we should rather bear injury, that we should rather suffer not only wealth, wife, and children, but even life, to be taken from us. This forsaking Christ approves, and accordingly He adds: For the Gospel's sake, , in order to signify that He is speaking not of those who do injury to wife and children, but who bear injury on account of the confession of the Gospel. For the Gospel's sake we ought even to forsake our body. Here it would be ridiculous to hold that it would be a service to God to kill one's self, and without God's command to leave the body. So, too, it is ridiculous to hold that it is a service to God without God's command to forsake possessions, friends, wife, children.
Therefore it is evident that they wickedly distort Christ's word to a monastic life. Unless perhaps the declaration that they "receive a hundred-fold in this life" be in place here. For very many become monks not on account of the Gospel, but on account of sumptuous living and idleness, who find the most ample riches instead of slender patrimonies. But as the entire subject of monasticism is full of shams, so, by a false pretext, they quote testimonies of Scripture, and as a consequence they sin doubly, i.e., they deceive men, and that, too, under the pretext of the divine name.
Another passage is also cited concerning perfection : If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and come and follow Me. This passage has exercised many, who have imagined that it is perfection to cast away possessions and the control of property. Let us allow the philosophers to extol Aristippus, who cast a great weight of gold into the sea. b Such examples pertain in no way to Christian perfection. c The division, control, and possession of property are civil ordinances, approved by God's Word in the commandment, : Thou shalt not steal. The abandonment of property has no command or advice in the Scriptures. For evangelical poverty does not consist in the abandonment of property, but in not being avaricious, in not trusting in wealth, just as David was poor in a most wealthy kingdom.
Therefore, since the abandonment of property is merely a human tradition, it is a useless service. Excessive also are the praises in the Extravagant, which says that the abdication of the ownership of all things for God's sake is meritorious and holy, and a way of perfection. And it is very dangerous to extol with such excessive praises a matter conflicting with political order. d But e Christ here speaks of perfection. Yea, they do violence to the text who quote it mutilated. Perfection is in that which Christ adds: Follow Me. An example of obedience in one's calling is here presented. And as callings are unlike f, so this calling does not belong to all, but pertains properly to that person with whom Christ there speaks, just as the call of David to the kingdom, and of Abraham to slay his son, are not to be imitated by us. Callings are personal, just as matters of business themselves vary with times and persons; but the example of obedience is general. Perfection would have belonged to that young man if he had believed and obeyed this vocation. Thus perfection with us is that every one with true faith should obey his own calling. g
Thirdly. In monastic vows chastity is promised. We have said above, however, concerning the marriage of priests, that the law of nature h in men cannot be removed by vows or enactments. And as all do not have the gift of continence, many because of weakness are unsuccessfully continent. Neither, indeed, can any vows or any enactments abolish the command of the Holy Ghost, : To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife. Therefore this vow is not lawful in those who do not have the gift of continence, but who are polluted on account of weakness. Concerning this entire topic enough has been said above, in regard to which indeed it is strange, since the dangers and scandals are occurring before men's eyes, that the adversaries still defend their traditions contrary to the manifest command of God. Neither does the voice of Christ move them, who chides the Pharisees, , who had made traditions contrary to God's command.
Fourthly. Those who live in monasteries are released from their vows by such godless ceremonies as of the Mass applied on behalf of the dead for the sake of gain; the worship of saints, in which the fault is two-fold, both that the saints are put in Christ's place, and that they are wickedly worshiped, just as the Dominicasters invented the rosary of the Blessed Virgin, which is mere babbling, not less foolish than it is wicked, and nourishes the most vain presumption. Then, too, these very impieties are applied only for the sake of gain. Likewise, they neither hear nor teach the Gospel concerning the free remission of sins for Christ's sake, concerning the righteousness of faith, concerning true repentance, concerning works which have God's command. But they are occupied either in philosophic discussions or in the handing down of ceremonies that obscure Christ.
We will not here speak of the entire service of ceremonies, of the lessons, singing, and similar things, which could be tolerated if they i would be regarded as exercises, after the manner of lessons in the schools j, whose design is to teach the hearers, and, while teaching, to move some to fear or faith. But now they feign that these ceremonies are services of God, which merit the remission of sins for themselves and for others. For on this account they increase these ceremonies. But if they would undertake them in order to teach and exhort the hearers, brief and pointed lessons would be of more profit than these infinite babblings. Thus the entire monastic life is full of hypocrisy and false opinions k. To all these this danger also is added, that those who are in these fraternities are compelled to assent to those persecuting the truth. There are, therefore, many important and forcible reasons which free good men from the obligation to this kind of life.
Lastly, the canons themselves release many, who either without judgment l have made vows when enticed by the tricks of the monks, or have made vows under compulsion by friends. Such vows not even the canons declare to be vows. From all these considerations it is apparent that there are very many reasons which teach that monastic vows such as have hitherto been made are not vows; and for this reason a sphere of life full of hypocrisy and false opinions can be safely abandoned.
Here they present an objection derived from the Law concerning the Nazarites, But the Nazarites did not take upon themselves their vows with the opinions which, we have hitherto said, we censure in the vows of the monks. The rite of the Nazarites was an exercise m or declaration of faith before men, and did not merit the remission of sins before God, did not justify before God. n Again, just as circumcision or the slaying of victims would not be a service of God now, so the rite of the Nazarites ought not to be presented now as a service, but it ought to be judged simply as an adiaphoron. It is not right to compare monasticism, devised without God's Word, as a service which should merit the remission of sins and justification, with the rite of the Nazarites, which had God's Word, and was not taught for the purpose of meriting the remission of sins, but to be an outward exercise, just as other ceremonies of the Law. The same can be said concerning other ceremonies prescribed in the Law.
The Rechabites also are cited, who did not have any possessions, and did not drink wine, as says. Yea, truly, the example of the Rechabites accords beautifully with our monks, whose monasteries excel the palaces of kings, and who live most sumptuously! And the Rechabites, in their poverty of all things, were nevertheless married. Our monks, although abounding in all voluptuousness, profess celibacy.
Besides, examples ought to be interpreted according to the rule, i.e., according to certain and clear passages of Scripture, not contrary to the rule, that is, contrary to the Scriptures. It is very certain, however, that our observances do not merit the remission of sins or justification. Therefore, when the Rechabites are praised, it is necessary o that these have observed their custom, not because they believed that by this they merited remission of sins, or that the work was itself a justifying service, or one on account of which they obtained eternal life, instead of, by God's mercy, for the sake of the promised Seed. But because they had the command of their parents, their obedience is praised, concerning which there is the commandment of God: Honor thy father and mother
Then, too, the custom had a particular purpose: Because they were foreigners, not Israelites, it is apparent that their father wished to distinguish them by certain marks from their countrymen, so that they might not relapse into the impiety of their countrymen. He wished by these marks to admonish them of the p doctrine of faith and immortality. Such an end is lawful. But for monasticism far different ends are taught. They feign that the works of monasticism are a service; they feign that they merit the remission of sins and justification. The example of the Rechabites is therefore unlike monasticism; to omit here other evils which inhere in monasticism at present.
They cite also from concerning widows, who, as they served the Church, were supported at the public expense, where it is said: They will marry, having damnation, becausethey have cast off their first faith. First, let us suppose that the Apostle is here speaking of vows q; still this passage will not favor monastic vows, which are made concerning godless services, and in this opinion, that they merit the remission of sins and justification. For Paul, with ringing voice, condemns all services, all laws, all works, if they are observed in order to merit the remission of sins, or that, on account of them, instead of through mercy on account of Christ, we obtain remission of sins. On this account the vows of widows, if there were any, must have been unlike monastic vows.
Besides, if the adversaries do not cease to misapply the passage to vows, the prohibition that no widow be selected who is less than sixty years, , must be misapplied in the same way. Thus vows made before this age will be of no account. But the Church did not yet know these vows. Therefore Paul condemns widows, not because they marry, for he commands the younger to marry; but because, when supported at the public expense, they became wanton, and thus cast off faith. He calls this first faith, clearly not in a monastic vow, but in Christianity r. And in this sense he understands faith in the same chapter, : If any one provide not for his own, and specialty for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith. For he speaks otherwise of faith than the sophists. He does not ascribe faith to those who have mortal sin. He, accordingly, says that those cast off faith who do not care for their relatives. And in the same way he says that wanton women cast off faith.
We have recounted some of our reasons, and, in passing, have explained away the objections urged by the adversaries. And we have collected these matters, not only on account of the adversaries, but much more on account of godly minds, that they may have in view the reasons why they ought to disapprove of hypocrisy and fictitious monastic services, all of which indeed this one saying of Christ annuls, which reads, : In vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Therefore the vows themselves and the observances of meats, lessons, chants, vestments, sandals, girdles, are useless services in God's sight. And all godly minds should certainly know that the opinion is simply pharisaic and condemned that these observances merit the remission of sins; that on account of them we are accounted righteous; that on account of them, and not through mercy on account of Christ, we obtain eternal life. And the holy men who have lived in these kinds of life must necessarily have learned, confidence in such observance having been rejected, that they had the remission of sins freely; that for Christ's sake through mercy they would obtain eternal life, and not for the sake of these services s; because God only approves services instituted by His Word, which services avail when used in faith.
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On Friday, January 14, 2005, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Board
of Directors (Board) set a public hearing on Thursday, February 10, 2005, at 9:30 am to receive public comment on a
proposal to increase the Golden Gate Larkspur Ferry Special Event Fare for travel between Larkspur Ferry Terminal (LFT)
and SBC Park from the current one-way fare of $6.50 to $7.00. The public hearing will take place at Golden Gate Bridge
Toll Plaza, Administration Building, Board Room.
According to Board policy, Special Event Ferry Fares are set at a level that assures full cost
recovery. As the estimated costs to operate the SBC Park Special Event Ferry service will increase in 2005, a fare
increase is proposed. It is estimated that approval of Special Event Fares at the "break-even
" level will generate revenue of approximately $510,000 in 2005.
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3) Via fax to 415-923-0213
4) In writing to Secretary of the District, GGBHTD, P.O. Box 9000, Presidio Station, San Francisco, CA, 94129-0601.
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The nature of the current (but real) "war" on terror is framed in somewhat imprecise language, and I'm sure the British are even more vague than we Americans. Having said that, I think they should put him on trial for treason.
In his broadcasts, conducted through an internet chatroom, Mr Bakri Mohammed stopped short of calling for terrorist attacks in Britain. But he said that Muslims should join the jihad "wherever you are" and told one woman that she was permitted to become a suicide bomber. [. . .]Last Monday he told his listeners: "Al-Qaeda and all its branches and organisations of the world, that is the victorious group and they have the emir and you are obliged to join. There is no need . . . to mess about."
My jihad is....
You sound like a professional who knows what he's talking about. That's because you are.
LOL!This is though is about what askesis is like for most Ameridox, I guess.
Dear God, please force me to salvation and together with me as many people as possible.
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Sneak Peek into Eloqua Keynote on Digital Body Language at Impact13 Conference
By Yaldahhakim-Oracle on Sep 13, 2013
written by: David Krauss
The CEO of Zappos.com. Co-Founder of Eloqua. SVP of Digital Marketing for Adobe. Chief Digital Officer of MGM Resorts. SVP of Digital Marketing for Disney. What do these marketing visionaries all have in common? They're just a few of the senior marketing execs from leading companies who will be converging upon Las Vegas Sept 25th-27th at what's quickly becoming a top networking and mind share event for marketing execs: The Impact13 conference put on by the Internet Marketing Association.
Being a marketing professional is probably more in vogue than ever before. The economy is on the mend, and CEOs have their eye on top line growth vs. bottom line savings. Senior execs also know times have changed and to win customers and grow wallet share, the marketing team has to modernize the way it communicates with customers and engage them in a more meaningful way. Understanding how to do this, and do it right is much of what will be shared at Impact13 this year.
Allow me to zero in on just one of the keynote presenters: Steve Woods, co-founder of Eloqua and author of the book Digital Body Language. Steve's vision and leadership in transforming the marketing field has been substantial, and his insight into the challenges and opportunities that modern marketers face today will be invaluable. He is sure to cover key ideas like how to market effectively in a virtual environment, and the strategic need to tailor the experience through the buying process by decoding a customer's "digital body language".
I was actually able to get a sneak peek into what Mr. Woods will be covering in his keynote. Check out the tidbit below.
• As a "marketer," you can't simply leave technology decisions and investments to the "techies." Your role is now much bigger… and requires connecting, reaching, engaging and understanding consumers across multiple platforms.
To find out what else Steve Woods will be highlighting in his keynote, stay tuned for part two of this blog-next week.
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Speedbar can run different types of Major display modes such as Files (see section 3. File Mode), and Buffers (see section 4. Buffer Mode). It can also manage different minor display modes for use with buffers handling specialized data.
These major and minor display modes are handled through an extension
system which permits specialized keymaps and menu extensions, in
addition to a unique rendering function. You can also specify a wide
range of tagging functions. The default uses
imenu, but new
tagging methods can be easily added. In this chapter, you will
learn how to write your own major or minor display modes, and how to
create specialized tagging functions.
|7.1 Minor Display Modes
|How to create a minor display mode.
|7.2 Major Display Modes
|How to create a major display mode.
|7.3 Tagging Extensions
|How to create your own tagging methods.
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A minor display mode is a mode useful when using a specific type of buffer. This mode might not be useful for any other kind of data or mode, or may just be more useful that a files or buffers based mode when working with a specialized mode.
Examples that already exist for speedbar include RMAIL, Info, and gdb. These modes display information specific to the major mode shown in the attached frame.
To enable a minor display mode in your favorite Major mode, follow these steps. The string `name' is the name of the major mode being augmented with speedbar.
(setq name-speedbar-key-map (speedbar-make-specialized-keymap))
This function creates a special keymap for use in speedbar.
(if (featurep 'speedbar) (name-install-speedbar-variables) (add-hook 'speedbar-load-hook 'name-install-speedbar-variables))
name-speedbar-menu-items. This will be spliced into
speedbar's control menu.
name-speedbar-buttons. This function
should take one variable, which is the buffer for which it will create
buttons. At this time
(current-buffer) will point to the
uncleared speedbar buffer.
When writing
name-speedbar-buttons, the first thing you will
want to do is execute a check to see if you need to re-create your
display. If it needs to be cleared, you need to erase the speedbar
buffer yourself, and start drawing buttons. See section 7.4 Creating a display.
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Creating a Major Display Mode for speedbar requires authoring a keymap, an easy-menu segment, and writing several functions. These items can be given any name, and are made the same way as in a minor display mode (see section 7.1 Minor Display Modes). Once this is done, these items need to be registered.
Because this setup activity may or may not have speedbar available when it is being loaded, it is necessary to create an install function. This function should create and initialize the keymap, and add your expansions into the customization tables.
When creating the keymap, use the function
speedbar-make-specialized-keymap instead of other keymap making
functions. This will provide you with the initial bindings needed.
Some common speedbar functions you might want to bind are:
These function require that function
speedbar-line-path be
correctly overloaded to work.
Next, register your extension like this;
(speedbar-add-expansion-list '("MyExtension" MyExtension-speedbar-menu-items MyExtension-speedbar-key-map MyExtension-speedbar-buttons))
There are no limitations to the names you use.
The first parameter is the string representing your display mode. The second parameter is a variable name containing an easymenu compatible menu definition. This will be stuck in the middle of speedbar's menu. The third parameter is the variable name containing the keymap we discussed earlier. The last parameter is a function which draws buttons for your mode. This function must take two parameters. The directory currently being displayed, and the depth at which you should start rendering buttons. The function will then draw (starting at the current cursor position) any buttons deemed necessary based on the input parameters. See section 7.4 Creating a display.
Next, you need to register function overrides. This may look something like this:
(speedbar-add-mode-functions-list '("MYEXTENSION" (speedbar-item-info . MyExtension-speedbar-item-info) (speedbar-line-path . MyExtension-speedbar-line-path)))
The first element in the list is the name of you extension. The second is an alist of functions to overload. The function to overload is first, followed by what you want called instead.
speedbar-line-path your function should take an optional DEPTH
parameter. This is the starting depth for heavily indented lines. If
it is not provided, you can derive it like this:
(save-match-data (if (not depth) (progn (beginning-of-line) (looking-at "^\\([0-9]+\\):") (setq depth (string-to-int (match-string 1)))))
where the depth is stored as invisible text at the beginning of each line.
The path returned should be the full path name of the file associated with that line. If the cursor is on a tag, then the file containing that tag should be returned. This is critical for built in file based functions to work (meaning less code for you to write). If your display does not deal in files, you do not need to overload this function.
The function
speedbar-item-info, however, is very likely to need
overloading. This function takes no parameters and must derive a text
summary to display in the minibuffer.
There are several helper functions you can use if you are going to use
built in tagging. These functions can be
ored since each one
returns non-nil if it displays a message. They are:
speedbar-line-file. It shows details about a file.
Your custom function might look like this:
(defun MyExtension-item-info () "Display information about the current line." (or (speedbar-item-info-tag-helper) (message "Interesting detail.")))
Once you have done all this, speedbar will show an entry in the `Displays' menu declaring that your extension is available.
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It is possible to create new methods for tagging files in speedbar. To do this, you need two basic functions, one function to fetch the tags from a buffer, the other to insert them below the filename.
t if
there was an error. file is not necessarily available as an
buffer when your function is called. Be sure to load it if it is needed
with code like this:
(save-excursion (set-buffer (find-file-noselect file)) ... )
The non-error return value can be anything, as long as it can be inserted by its paired function:
It is often useful to use
speedbar-create-tag-hierarchy on your
token list. See that function's documentation for details on what it
Once these two functions are written, modify the variable
speedbar-dynamic-tags-function-list to include your parser at the
beginning, like this:
(add-to-list 'speedbar-dynamic-tags-function-list '(my-fetch-dynamic-tags . my-insert-tag-list))
If your parser is only good for a few types of files, make sure that it
is either a buffer local modification, or that the tag generator returns
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Rendering a display in speedbar is completely flexible. When your
button function is called, see 7.1 Minor Display Modes, and 7.2 Major Display Modes, you have control to
insert anything you want.
The conventions allow almost anything to be inserted, but several helper functions are provided to make it easy to create the standardized buttons.
To understand the built in functions, each `button' in speedbar consists of four important pieces of data. The text to be displayed, token data to be associated with the text, a function to call, and some face to display it in.
When a function is provided, then that text becomes mouse activated, meaning the mouse will highlight the text.
Additionally, for data which can form deep trees, each line is given a depth which indicates how far down the tree it is. This information is stored in invisible text at the beginning of each line, and is used by the navigation commands.
The optional argument token is extra data to associated with the text. Lastly prevline should be non-nil if you want this line to appear directly after the last button which was created instead of on the next line.
Create a tag line with exp-button-type for the small expansion
button. This is the button that expands or contracts a node (if
applicable), and exp-button-char the character in it (`+',
`-', `?',
etc). exp-button-function is the function to call if it's clicked
on. Button types are
'statictag, or nil. exp-button-data is
extra data attached to the text forming the expansion button.
Next, tag-button is the text of the tag. tag-button-function is the function to call if clicked on, and tag-button-data is the data to attach to the text field (such a tag positioning, etc). tag-button-face is a face used for this type of tag.
Lastly, depth shows the depth of expansion.
This function assumes that the cursor is in the speedbar window at the position to insert a new item, and that the new item will end with a CR.
At level, (the current indentation level desired) insert a generic
multi-level alist list. Associations with lists get `{+}'
tags (to expand into more nodes) and those with positions or other data
just get a `>' as the indicator. `{+}' buttons will have the
function expand-fun and the token is the
cdr list. The
token name will have the function find-fun and not token.
Each element of the list can have one of these forms:
(name . marker-or-number)
(name (name . marker-or-number) (name . marker-or-number) ... )
(name marker-or-number (name . marker-or-number) ... )
When you use
speedbar-insert-generic-list, there are some
variables you can set buffer-locally to change the behavior. The most
obvious is
See section 6.2 Tag Hierarchy Methods.
'curly and
'expandtag. Curly is the default button, and
'expandtag is useful if the groups also has a position.
nil and
nil is the default, and
'statictag has the same width as
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College Hockey:Paula's pick, April 13, 2013: NCAA championship game
I went .500 in my picks for the semifinals. I will take that.
Tonight, we know that a national champion from the ECAC will be crowned and I am happy for that league, its members, its teams.
Tonight, we also know that hearts will be broken. The older I get and the longer I cover this sport, the more aware I am of how much the loss affects the young men of the national runner-up team.
In the long term, we all know the good an appearance in the Frozen Four can be for the future of a hockey program, even for the three teams that go home without a trophy.
The game
The champion will be the team that imposes its will on its opponent. If the Bulldogs can continue to frustrate and clog and box out and provide that team-wide solid wall, Yale will win. If the Bobcats can fly as they have all season, the Quinnipiac will win.
You know that old adage that speed kills? That's what I'm thinking.
Quinnipiac over Yale, 4-2
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Club Tijuana returns to the Caliente Stadium on Friday, July 18, 2014 to begin their participation in the Apertura 2014 of La Liga MX. Xolos will take on Puebla FC, team that is currently fighting to stave off relegation.
With just a few days left before the competition kicks off, Argentine Dario Benedetto and goalkeeper Cirilo Saucedo addressed the media.
"We had a good preseason and we are working every day to kick off the new tournament," Benedetto told the press. "We're adapting well, we have confidence, the new players are also adapting well to the rest of the team. We are eager to start the new season."
Benedetto arrived in Tijuana during the Apertura 2013 season from Argentine side Arsenal de Sarandi. Since his arrival, he has scored 14 goals in all competitions that Xolos have participated in. The 24 year-old is looking to be a major piece of Coach Cesar Farias' line-up.
Saucedo on the other hand stressed the importance of opening the season at home.
"Starting off with our fans is important," Saucedo said. "We're motivated. We want to start the season off on the right foot. We know we're taking on a complicated rival that has prepared themselves for the game, but we're just as prepared with the hopes that everything will go well."
Camoteros and Aztec dogs have faced-off six times in La Liga MX since the Apertura 2011. Tijuana has won on three occasions, Puebla has one win, and the remaining two games were a draw. To date, Tijuana has yet to lose against the Camoteros at the Caliente Stadium.
Tijuana begins their 7th season in La Liga MX. Last season Xolos made the playoffs but were eliminated in the first round. The Aztec dogs will be looking to repeat their performance from the Apertura 2012 season when they won La Liga MX.
The game takes place Friday at the Caliente Stadium at 7:30 p.m.


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Room: C247
Telephone: 626-585-3187
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Globe is an ESL student newsletter. Students in the ESL program at Pasadena City College are encouraged to submit articles, stories, or other information that they want to write about. The newsletter is published by one of the ESL33B classes. In the ESL 33B class, there are student journalists, editors, and a layout team. The journalists discuss interesting topics to write about. The editors read all of the articles that are submitted from the journalists and students in other classes. The editors select the most interesting articles for the Globe and decide the order of the articles in the newsletter. Finally the layout team uses the computer program, Publisher, which is in Microsoft Word, to create the newsletter. The Globe is printed on campus at the print shop.
If you are a student at PCC and are interested in submitting an article for the newsletter, please send it to one of the addresses. Please include your full name, your ESL class, and the name of your teacher. firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Attorney General Steve Six, along with Kansas Lottery Executive Director Ed Van Petten, announced today that six people were charged with attempting to steal lottery winnings. The Attorney General's Office filed the charges last week in five counties.
Undercover investigators visited retail stores with lottery tickets known to be winners. In six instances, the store clerk claimed the lottery ticket was not a winning ticket, when in fact it was. The clerk then attempted to collect the prize personally or through another individual.
"This undercover operation was conducted to ensure that Kansans who play the lottery receive the winnings they are due," Six said.
Each defendant was charged with Attempted Theft (level 9 nonperson felony) and Computer Crime (level 8 nonperson felony).
JUSTIN N. BRIGHT, 27, of Hutchinson
Charged in Reno County
REZA AHMED, 29, of BelAire
Charged in Sedgwick County
DANIEL R. KERR, 26, of Wichita
CHERYL L. KRENTZ, 49, of Goodland
Charged in Sherman County
BALDHIR K. SOOD, 52, of Shawnee
Charged in Johnson County
One other suspect from Liberal is currently under investigation.
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Apr 4, 2011 11:13 AM
Burke Devore has been a paper company manager his whole life. It's all he knows. Up until now, he has been a happy man. A family man. A man who follows the rules. But now he's lost his job, and with it his sense of self, his relationship with his family, and his dignity. He'll do anything to get his life back. He gathers information and sets off across the country to do away with each and every man whose resume is too much alike with his; any man who might get a paper company job instead of him. He is determined to prevail no matter how violent things become, and no matter how low he has to sink to get what he wants.
The Ax by Donald Westlake ($25) was published over a decade ago, but it has renewed relevance in the present day. Who among us doesn't know someone who has been laid off, who can't find a job right now, or is in that position themselves? How many times have you applied for a job that was given to someone else? How far would you go to eliminate the competition?
And if you haven't read Westlake's Parker series (which he wrote under the nom de plume Richard Stark), you haven't read crime fiction - violent crime from the pov of the criminal! Thrilling:
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With ABC's fall prime time line-up for your favorite [Prime Time soaps' there are some spoilers to go along with the times
Starting on Wednesday night, September 24th at 10 p.m.- The popular country music drama Nashville returns. Spoilers: Star Hayden Panettiere's real-life pregnancy will ne written into the storyline. As we saw Juliette slept with her love Avery(Jonathan Jackson) and had mad sex with Jeff (Oliver Hudson), so we know this will make a good 'who's the daddy' story for Nashville.
Revenge returns on Sunday night, September 28th 10 p.m. - Spoilers abound for this soap after the stunning cliffhanger. Emily( Emily Vancamp) is more vengeful but will meet her match, (or could he be worse) when she learns her beloved father(James Tupper) is alive and out for revenge himself. A new character Ben (Brian Halsey) a friend of Jack's(Nick Wechsler) may become Emily's new love interest(poor Jack). The question of whether Conrad is really dead is up in the air for now. We are sure Emily and Victoria will be out for blood and if Conrad is alive David will take him on to the death!
Thursday night, September 25th at 9PMEST- The Kerry Washington drama, Scandal is back!
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The dress was only worn for 3 hours for an indoor ceremony and some pictures in 2013. I got it professionally dry cleaned right away (knowing I wanted to sell the dress) and well kept.
The price also includes the matching ivory floral sash (VW370014), hair piece, and a full length veil – more than $400 in retail. You're more than welcome to take a look at the dress in the Jersey City, NJ area but please try on the dress at your local Davids Bridal for sizing reference (to ensure we don't get any make-up, sweat on the dry cleaned dress :).
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New campaign targets heatstroke deaths in cars
A new social media campaign is trying to protect children and alert parents about the dangers of hot vehicle.
In 2014 17 children have died after being left alone in the car. Officials with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration said that number inspired them to come up with the hashtags #checkforbaby and #heatstrokekills.
Everyday organizers are encouraging people to use those hashtags to raise awareness about the growing problem.
34 have children died from heatstroke in 2012, 44 died in 2013.
Officials said that while most of the deaths happen after a child is left alone in the car, 29 percent occur when an unattended child sneaks into a vehicle and becomes trapped.
To cut down on the number of deaths officials said there are a number of steps parents and guardians can take:
- Put you cell phone or briefcase in the backseat to make sure you always remember to look behind you
- Teach children not to play in or around cars
- Never leave your child alone, even a few minutes in a hot car can be enough to kill
- Lock car doors when you aren't in the car.


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TV doesn't always translate the big screen. History seems to be even less forgiving on going the opposite way. Though television has a long standing aiming to graduate certain fare to the big screen, the playbook was completely rewritten. After years of a fan base desperate for more, "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas gave them a challenge: if $2 million could be raised, a movie would happen. Backed by Warner Brothers who own the property, fans across the globe went to work donating to get their beloved kid sleuth a big screen update. Almost immediately, the $2 million was reached and nearly tripled before the pledge was closed.
That brings us to this past weekend, when those contributors and general audiences could get a taste of what was being assembled. Releasing on video-on-demand and in select theaters, "Veronica Mars" revisits our title heroine on the eve of her ten-year reunion. Leaving Neptune behind, Veronica (Kristen Bell) has graduated law school and on the verge of landing a job with a prestigious New York law firm. Despite having no intention returning, her ex-boyfriend Logan has found himself as the prime suspect in the death of a pop singer. So, like all those trying to put the past behind them, she returns to one last time only to find herself in the usual predicament.
The film works on multiple layers. With each deeper layer yielding a more rich experience. For those who have no knowledge of the show, which is available on DVD, the film plays as an effective whodunit. Any exposition needed appears in the opening credits. For casual fans, the film is a fun revisit of show with a smart sense of humor that has a few clever cameos. For the avid fans, it couldn't be better (but would easily welcome a longer cut for all the subplots). Tiny characters reappear and nods to previous storylines reward those most involved in the show's universe.
Mixing a strong female lead and spats of high school nostalgia, the film is a great blast of the show's best elements. Those familiar with "Veronica Mars" will experience in the span of two hours. The small budget doesn't cap the creativity of the story. I may feel a bit like a small screen affair; it definitely pushes the envelope more the show ever had the freedom to. A welcome treat that serves as a great continuation of the story of Bell's signature role. 3.5 out of 5 stars
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The Media is Dead in the USA! Glenn Beck proves it! Also check out the link to The D.C. Dirty Acorn as well
Fox News in on pace for their best year ever, and one reason is that Glenn Beck is absolutely crushing in his slot with an audience of 2.4 million, third in cable news. That's Keith Olbermann's and Rachel Maddow's MSNBC primetime audiences together, plus some. Fox News is the Lone Truth Teller on TV Period!
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Pascual Perez, 1957-2012
Before this awful event, he was known for three things:
1. Being a pretty good pitcher, including, briefly, at the end of his career, for the Yankees.
2. Being one of three brothers to reach the major leagues, and the middle one in terms of mental health.
3. Getting lost on the way to the ballpark.
For those of you too young to remember 1982, no, I'm not kidding.
Pascual Gross Perez was born on May 17, 1957 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1976, and reached the major leagues with the Pirates in 1980. He reached the Pirates' starting rotation in 1981, and then, showing the kind of transactional acumen that has largely prevented the Pirates from winning a Pennant since the Disco Age, they sent him and a player to be named later (who ended up not reaching the majors) to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Larry McWilliams. If you've never heard of McWilliams, it's because he pitched for the Braves, Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals when they were all lousy.
Perez was a good pickup for the Braves, who were then managed by Joe Torre. In 16 appearances, he went 4-4 with a 3.06 ERA, and helped them in the National League Western Division title, their first postseason appearance since 1969. He pitched in 2 games of the NL Championship Series, but the Braves lost it to the Cardinals. In 1983, Perez went 15-8, made the All-Star Team, and kept the Braves in the NL West race until the end, but they finished 3 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. He won another 14 in 1984, but the Braves began to fall apart, and they didn't get back to the postseason until 1991.
All the while, Pascual was... weird. His first start for the Braves was scheduled for August 19, 1982. He was staying in the Atlanta suburbs, and got on Interstate 285, Atlanta's beltway, a.k.a. "The O Around the A." And he stayed on it, looking for the exit for Fulton County Stadium. And he couldn't find it. And he went around, and around, and around... Torre sent the old knuckleballer, Phil Niekro, to the mound instead, and the Braves beat the Montreal Expos, 5-4.
The next day, Pascual did make his first start for the Braves, against the Mets, and pitched into extra innings, before Brian Giles (not the recent Cleveland & Pittsburgh player) led off the 10th inning with a home run. Pascual was relieved by Steve Bedrosian, and in the bottom of the 10th, the Braves managed a double, a walk, a single, reaching on an error, and 2 more walks by Pat Zachry to Claudell Washington and Dale Murphy (only the first intentional) to win, 5-4. Bedrosian was the winning pitcher, not Pascual.
In the 1983-84 off-season, Pascual was arrested on drug charges in the Dominican, and couldn't rejoin the Braves until May. In 1985, his shoulder bothered him so much that he went on the Disabled List 3 times, went 1-13 with a 6.14 ERA, and refused to fly with the team from New York to Montreal on a July roadtrip, getting himself suspended. He was out of baseball completely during the 1986 season.
The Expos picked him up for 1987, and in just 10 starts he went 7-0 with a 2.30 ERA. The Expos finished just 4 games behind the Cardinals in the NL East (with the Mets 3 back) -- imagine if they'd done the right thing and kept Andre Dawson in what turned out to be his MVP year. The Cards beat the San Francisco Giants for the Pennant, the Expos could have. Montreal vs. Minnesota? I would have liked to have seen that World Series.
Among his quirks -- besides his cocaine use, and his questionable sense of direction behind the wheel --
Pascual is believed to be the first pitcher to use the finger gun to "shoot" a batter he'd struck out. His sprinting back to the dugout was seen as a hot-dog move, much like Tug McGraw slapping his mitt on his leg.
He had another good year in 1988, going 12-8 with a 2.44 ERA, and leading the NL with a 0.941 WHIP. Indeed, his career WHIP was a strong 1.214. After the 1989 season, the Yankees signed him as a free agent. The 1990 season was the Yankees' worst in my lifetime, finishing last in the AL East, with one of their losses being a rain-shortened 6-inning no-hitter by Pascual's brother, Melido Perez of the Chicago White Sox. In 1988, Pascual himself had a no-hitter through 5 innings when the game was called due to rain. Neither of these are considered official no-hitters, so Bob and Ken Forsch are still the only pair of brothers to both do it.
Pascual appeared in only 3 games for the 1990 Yankees, and in 14 in 1991. When he was available, he pitched well, his ERA in a Yankee uniform being a fine 2.87, his WHIP a scintillating (I love that word) 1.175. But his shoulder was still bothering him. On October 2, 1991, against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium, he managed to start and pitch 5 innings, getting the win in a 4-3 Yankee victory. He never pitched in the major leagues again. He was just 34. His career record was 67-68, his ERA 3.44, his ERA+ 110 -- meaning he was 10 percent better at preventing earned runs than the average pitcher in his time. Not great, but good.
Melido, 9 years younger, became a Yankee the next year, going 13-16 for a mediocre Yankee team. In 1993, with the Yankees back in the Pennant race, he was just 6-14, but was 9-4 for a '94 Yankee team that was in first place when the strike hit, and 5-5 for the Wild Card team of '95. But injuries knocked Melido out, too. He pitched only once after June 30, and his last game was on September 13, 1995, and wasn't nearly as satisfying as Pascual's unwitting finale: He pitched a scoreless inning in a relief appearance against the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field, in a game the Yankees lost, 5-0. He was only 29. Today, he is 46 years old, and is the Mayor of the Dominican city of San Gregorio de Nigua, where all of his family appeared to have settled.
A third brother, Carlos Perez, 14 years younger than Pascual and the only lefty of the three, had just reached the majors, with the Expos, and made the 1995 All-Star Game as a rookie. He, too, was injured, and did not play in 1996. He returned in 1997 and won 23 games over the next 2 seasons, but was best known for his wild reaction on strikeouts. He, too, was bitten by the injury bug, and last pitched in 2000, with the Dodgers -- like Melido, he was 29. It is notable, though, that, even though he was a pitcher, he had 14 career extra-base hits in 250 at-bats, including 4 home runs. He pitched for the Dominican in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, at age 38.
A cousin, Yorkis Perez, also pitched in the majors, starting with the Chicago Cubs in 1991, pitching with the Mets in 1997, and closing with the Orioles in 2002. He was a lefty like Carlos, and was never more than a journeyman.
On November 1, Pascual was found in his bedroom in San Gregorio de Nigua. He was dead of repeated blows to the head from a hammer. The house appeared to have been robbed. Three suspects were arrested, one of whom confessed, and at least check Dominican police were looking for two others.
Pascual Perez was a good pitcher when healthy, and entertaining. He was just 55 years old.
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