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The 4 Craziest Moments in the History of Christmas Specials
#2. Rich Little's Christmas Carol
For our younger readers who might not know who Rich Little is, think of him as the Tyler Perry of white people. Only instead of inventing dozens of original characters, he made his living doing impersonations of celebrities. So in 1978, Rich Little and HBO decided to combine two unlikely bedfellows: Little's gift for mimicry and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Every main character was played by Little playing a celebrity. Confused? I don't see why. Here's Rich Little as W.C. Fields as Ebenezer Scrooge:
And here's Rich Little as Richard Nixon as Jacob Marley:
Rich Little as Truman Capote as Tiny Tim, Rich Little as Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Rich Little as Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker as Mrs. Cratchit -- and so on. The whole thing was a showcase for Rich Little's favorite impressions, none of whom lived in the Victorian era or England or pop culture's imagination outside of Match Game episodes. When Little trots out his Johnny Carson bit, he actually delivers it directly to the camera in monologue form. It's like the world's longest SNL audition tape.
Here's Rich Little as W.C. Fields as Ebenezer and Rich Little as Humphrey Bogart as the Ghost of Christmas Past watching Rich Little as Groucho Marx as Fezziwig sexually harass his employees.
By the time Rich Little as Peter Falk as Columbo as the Ghost of Christmas Present climbs into Rich Little as W.C. Field's as Ebenezer's bed, you've pretty much given up hope on logic. Oh, did you pick up that all three ghosts are detectives for some reason?
And did we mention that Bob Cratchit is Rich Little playing Paul Lynde? THE PAUL LYNDE. If you tipped over the Hollywood Squares cubes into a Victorian set, then rained down vodka and cocaine snow on all the actors, this Christmas special is what you'd get.
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At the end of the special, the real Rich Little looks into the camera and thanks the "actors," who then each thank "Rich Little" in character in turn. I'm so confused by this point that I don't even know where to use my sarcastic quotation marks "anymore."
#1. ALF's Series of Unfortunate Events
If there's anything we at Cracked want you to remember, it's that ALF was the saddest show that has ever aired, and that's including M*A*S*H and What's Happenin', Anne Frank? If Christmas episodes were people, this hour-long Christmas special would be Sylvia Plath. Now is also a good time to once again point out how often ladies of the '80s enjoyed short red hair:
The story begins with the Tanners leaving their suburban home for an old-fashioned Christmas in a log cabin. ALF alfs it up by pulling some alfian hijinks, namely opening all the Christmas presents and telling everyone what they got, then repackaging them with his name as the giver. To which the Tanners respond with their usual sensitivity:
You're right, Willie Tanner. The little alien whose planet was tragically destroyed doesn't understand the customs of Earth's religious celebrations. But by all means, continue berating the orphan stranger with your halting, ineffective speech.
While ALF leaves the cabin in shame, a very depressed African-American gentleman stops by to see if the Tanners need anything from town. It turns out that Mr. Foley is the owner of the cabin and he's on his way to the hospital to pass out toys to sick kids, but also that maybe his wife died? We're not sure. Mrs. Tanner asks if Mrs. Foley is "better" and he gives her a stare that could reverse global warming.
Mr. Foley waits until he's behind the wheel of his truck to drop the "My wife is dead, you idiot" bomb. If you're keeping track, we're minutes into the episode, and we've got one vicious tongue lashing and a dead lady in the mix. Meanwhile, ALF the diptard ends up locked in the back of the trunk with the toys for the sick kids at the hospital. You know where this is going, don't you? ALF is about to get touched by an Aidsgel. At the hospital, Tiffany, the terminally ill loner child, thinks ALF is a doll and she picks him as her Christmas Eve gift. You can tell she's really sick because look at her face:
We never learn what terrible disease has afflicted this child, but we do know that she won't live to see another Christmas and that she draws her self-portrait with angel wings, which is pretty presumptuous of her, if you ask me. We also never find out why her parents aren't with her on Christmas Eve. It's enough to knock the joy right out of you. As if ALF hasn't suffered enough.
Recognizing a fellow orphan with little future, ALF hangs out with Terminal Tiffany until she falls asleep. IMMEDIATELY after leaving her room, ALF gets stuck in an elevator with a pregnant woman who IMMEDIATELY goes into labor. Alf pulls that baby out of her human vagina like a champ.
Which makes me wonder if little Tiffany has already died and her spirit was reincarnated in this woman's infant. It's something to think about as we move on to the next traumatic episode of the night. ALF gets himself back in the toy wagon with Mr. Foley when he overhears a terrible conversation: It seems Mr. Foley has donated his life savings to the hospital. The doctor who declared Tiffany a goner only moments before relies on his intuition to figure out why:
Mr. Foley is going to kill himself! This is terrible! Dr. Feelbad knows that this guy is suicidal but has nothing but bland platitudes to offer. Even the most cold-hearted of us would extend a Christmas dinner invitation to a guy who just lost his wife. And Mr. Foley isn't letting any time pass before he gets the deed done. IMMEDIATELY after leaving the hospital, he stops on an icy bridge to make the plunge of death. Thank God ALF is there to stop him.
The Most Surreal Moment
At first, Mr. Foley doesn't want to listen to this strange doll that's been following him around all day. Then he figures something out.
This little anteater-looking puppet must be Santa Claus himself. Mr. Foley comes to this conclusion after ALF reveals that he's an alien from another planet, an explanation Tiffany embraced right away. Mr. Foley the grown man takes a look at this furry little thing and concludes: Santa Claus. Fine, whatever gets you off the ledge, ding dong.
Foley comes to his senses and takes ALF home to the Tanners. There, our alien friend spills the beans on his evening, presumably as a form of PTSD therapy. Christmas morning rolls around and the Tanners bop back to the hospital to visit Terminal Tiffany, who -- surprise! Isn't dead yet. YAY! What a relief! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good -
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Victor E. Bull is saving his energy for the big day. The 24th annual Linda Yalem Safety Run will be held on Sept. 29 on the North Campus, and the Bulls' mascot is relieved he only has to cheer from the sidelines this year.
The race, which begins at 9:30 a.m. at Alumni Arena, involves a 5k run past Lake LaSalle and around the Ellicott Complex and the academic spine.
The event, which promotes safety awareness on campus and in the community, is held in honor of Linda Yalem, a UB student who was raped and murdered in September 1990 on the Amherst bike path along the north edge of campus while training for the New York City Marathon. The event's slogan is "Don't Go It Alone."
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In an at-home interview marking her May 10 graduation with top honors from Rollins College, Nordegren tells PEOPLE that things are "really good" between her and her ex, who live just a 25-minute drive apart in southern Florida and see each other regularly as they share custody of daughter Sam, 6, and son Charlie, 5.
"I have moved on and I am in a good place," Nordegren says. "My relationship with Tiger is centered around our children and we are doing really good – we really are – and I am so happy that is the case. He is a great father."
Though devastated when Woods's double life as a serial cheater – with at least a dozen women – unspooled in late 2009, Nordegren says that as a child of divorced parents herself, she never doubted that she and Woods would eventually find equilibrium. A psychology student, she went through intensive therapy at the time of the split and still checks in with her therapist every week to keep "working on myself."
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Hey, Did You Know the Cubs Haven't Won the World Series in a While?
Since when do we have a
Since when do we have a better record than the Red Sox?
2. With Kerry Wood and Mark
2. With Kerry Wood and Mark Prior missing significant time with injuries, Carlos Zambrano (4-3, 2.94, 75K/31 BB) has emerged as the ace of the staff and one of the best young pitchers in baseball.
ah hem! Zambrano emerged as the ace of the staff LAST year.
As for being young, he looks like a guy who's shaved five years off his birth date.
For those of you living in
For those of you living in the "Champaign-ish Central Illinois" area guess what, the good people at FOX WRSP-TV have decided we are all Cardinals fans here and are showing us the Cards vs Yanks game today instead of showing us Cubs vs Bo-Sox. BLECCH!
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32-27 is better than 32-28,
32-27 is better than 32-28, so the Cubs do have a better record.
The greatest part of the
The greatest part of the current streak is that the Cubs are winning in spite of Prior and Woody once again being DL brothers.
The greatest part of the
The greatest part of the current streak is that there's actually a semblance of order in the bullpen now. First time since .... Beck? Myers? Who knows?
Hey Aaron, it could be
Hey Aaron, it could be worse. At least you're not going to have to listen to THom Brennaman and Steve Lyons.
I California, we get those two clowns almost every Saturday. THom with that try to be a deep voice guy sounds like a guy sitting on the toilet with a bad case of constipation.
My girlfriend called me
My girlfriend called me while I was on my way home from work to say that Lyons and THom named Sosa as the best Cub ever.
Statistically maybe, but there's somebody else named Mr. Cub.
After the two innings, they
After the two innings, they must've ran out of those scripted FOX-isms. They sound more like normal broadcasters. Nothing great, but not annoying.
How about this
How about this one:
Neifi:Everyday position player::Kiefer Sutherland:Actor getting steady work.
Is Blanco not the last
Is Blanco not the last person that you would want up in this situation? With one out and runners on second and third?
Well...I guess it worked,
Well...I guess it worked, but now we get the pleasure of watching Macias hit for Welleymeyer.
FOX announcers said Z left
FOX announcers said Z left with an injury? Foot or ankle? What? Really?
Okay, they just said it was
Okay, they just said it was a strained left big toe. I don't know if I can believe that. Hopefully not caused by sneezing. Actaully, is that like turf toe?
He slid awkwardly into
He slid awkwardly into second base on a force play. They showed the trainers working on him in the dugout. He then went out to warm up for the sixth and waved that he couldn't do it. They're saying it's a sprained big toe on his left foot and will be taking x-rays.
Thans, Steve. Anyone catch
Thans, Steve. Anyone catch C-Pat take that fly ball off his melon?
That was pathetic...Corey
That was pathetic...Corey ran to the wall, then gave up, and the ball bounced off the wall and hit his head. He has to make that play, or at least make a greater effort on the play!
Well, hell yes. Did he
Well, hell yes. Did he expect any different? He clumisly tripped over 2nd base. Bad call Z
Is it just me, or does
Is it just me, or does Blanco have a hard time catching the ball. He may have a great arm, but if you can't catch the ball, the arm doesn't mean much.
Dempster, working hard to
Dempster, working hard to blow this thing..
He certainly wasn't helped
He certainly wasn't helped by CPat's invaluable OF play. Leave him in Roth
Well, I didn't get to see
Well, I didn't get to see the game...as living out here in California makes me an A's fan for some reason....
Just saw this on the ESPN recap of the game...I think its pretty encouraging
"Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood, on the DL with sore shoulder, is slated to start a rehab assignment at Triple-A Iowa on Monday"
Lets hope that he's made enough adjustments to his mechanics to keep him off the DL for a long time
As I was hoping they would,
As I was hoping they would, Fox switched to the Cubs game right after the Braves beat the A's ... was able to catch the remainder of the game right after Wuertz came in to relieve Remy at the top of the eigth, runner on first, no outs.
1) Possible Play of the game candidate: thought for sure (no thanks to the Fox camera crew) that Bellhorn's high arcing shot - with two outs in the 8th - was out of the park. The way the camera angel was shot, it appeared to be just a matter of how far back into the bleachers the ball was going to be ... then at the very last moment they violently jerked the camera down to Burnitz catching the ball at the warning track with his back almost against the ivy. Wuertz had a sheepish grin walking to the dugout.
3) HUGE 2 runs put up by Burnitz, Ramirez, Walker (not bat work with 2 strikes) and Holly in the 8th. You knew a 1 run lead would not hold water in the 9th.
2) Another big play candidate: As bad as it was in the top of the 9th for Dempster, at least he got Ortiz to ground out weakly to first ... huge play considering the folks coming up next. The pitches to both Renteria and Ramirez which were lined to RF were not terrible - excellent adjustments by both hitters. Dempster seemed more comfortable going after the lefties with his offspeed stuff and was not going to let a righty pull a fastball out of the park.
Z's slide was, er,
Z's slide was, er, interesting to say the least. He went in both feet first, feet apart, and right at the bag. I think his big toe of his left foot clipped the left hand edge of the bag, and that's what must have caused the injury. His momentum kept him going - his right foot cleared the right hand side of the bag, his crown jewels went right on over it (which was the bit of the slide that looked really painful, not the toe) and he ended up sitting on his backside past the bag (he got his uniform nice and dirty). He took a while getting up, and he walked to the dugout gingerly, and I at least presumed it was just his cojones hurting. Next you know they're wrapping his foot in the dugout, and when he comes out for the next inning, he throws a warm-up pitch or two and shakes his head. And to think we thought he was a horse, when all it takes is a sore toe to get him out of the game! ;-) He had thrown over 100 pitches through 5 though.
Corey's play was interesting too. I don't know what happened really. It was as though he didn't know where the ball was or something. He backed up sideways, pretty slowly and steadily, felt for the ivy, and just as he was getting to the ivy, he suddenly became extremely defensive, trying to take evasive action more than anything, his knees buckling and he kind of tried to hide his head in his glove, that's what it looked like. Maybe the ball suddenly got big on him or he lost it or something. The ball hit off the ivy and then ricochetted off the side of his head, and it went pretty much straight to Holly in left (who was but 10 feet away). Had Corey stood upright and simply jumped, he'd have had it at the ivy.
What a win though. Great game to watch, those of you with the blackout really got screwed.
Anyone else ready to
Anyone else ready to strangle THom and Lyons going on and on re: Ramirez's homerless streak in the 9th inning ... unbearable.
IMO: Olerud's shot off the Ivy (and subsequent blast to CPat's ear) to start the 9th would have taken an Olympian jump/catch combo to pull off. At first glance on live TV it looked do-able (I though it hit off CPat's head to start with), but the replay appeared to show the ball caromb off the top of the wall. Good backup by Holly on the play nevertheless.
Really hope Big Z's toe injury is not of the Chipper Jones variety (ligament strain - out 6-8 weeks wearing a boot). Not good ... really need Wood to come back healthy.
IMHO, it's not exactly fair
IMHO, it's not exactly fair to hate Corey for that play in the 9th. It seemed like he knew exactly where the ball was, i.e., he knew that it was going to hit the base of the basket and tumble through the ivy and chances of catching it were slim. Corey isn't exactly tall (though he does have mad hops). Still, would you have launched yourself face first into the ivy to catch that thing? Keep in mind that there is BRICK behind it.
Eric--"1) Possible Play of
Eric--"1) Possible Play of the game candidate: thought for sure (no thanks to the Fox camera crew) that Bellhorn's high arcing shot - with two outs in the 8th - was out of the park. The way the camera angel was shot, it appeared to be just a matter of how far back into the bleachers the ball was going to be ... then at the very last moment they violently jerked the camera down to Burnitz catching the ball at the warning track with his back almost against the ivy. Wuertz had a sheepish grin walking to the dugout."
Man. That was heart in mouth stuff. Watching it, I definately thought it was out. Definately. Actually, I thought it was a completely out of the ballpark shot, as in onto Sheffield. Maybe it was just the camera work, they were showing an awful lot of sky. Listening to the commentary, I wasn't quite so sure - they were talking about Burnitz going back, and back some more, but all the time with a pretty conservative tone, as if they were sure he was going to catch it. And catch it he did, literally with his back to the ivy as he squared up underneath it (he didn't jump). What a letoff. Otherwise I thought Wuertz pitched really well (bailing out Dusty after he tried to use Remlinger as a LOOGY which allowed Nixon on). A nice battle with Varitek (weak tapper back to Wuertz), great changeup inside to Mueller (swung over it), and he made Bellhorn look stupid earlier in that at-bat too.
Olerud's shot off the Ivy
Olerud's shot off the Ivy (and subsequent blast to CPat's ear) to start the 9th would have taken an Olympian jump/catch combo to pull off.
Come on...Corey easily could have reached that ball. Corey can pretty much reach to the top of the wall...but the ball wasn't even that high. It was about 18-24 inches below the top of the wall. He should have at least gotten a glove on it.
And I am a Corey supporter...
"He should have at least
"He should have at least gotten a glove on it."
Dave - and that's been the rub with Cpat this whole year. He's gotten to a lot of big shots, but just hasn't been able to glove 'em when it appeared he should have. It just didn't appear to me that that ball was one of this variety.
Eric--"IMO: Olerud's shot
Eric--"IMO: Olerud's shot off the Ivy (and subsequent blast to CPat's ear) to start the 9th would have taken an Olympian jump/catch combo to pull off. At first glance on live TV it looked do-able (I thought it hit off CPat's head to start with), but the replay appeared to show the ball caromb off the top of the wall."
BC--"IMHO, it's not exactly fair to hate Corey for that play in the 9th. It seemed like he knew exactly where the ball was, i.e., he knew that it was going to hit the base of the basket and tumble through the ivy and chances of catching it were slim. Corey isn't exactly tall (though he does have mad hops). Still, would you have launched yourself face first into the ivy to catch that thing? Keep in mind that there is BRICK behind it."
I thought it was definately catchable, even seeing the replay. I really don't know what happened, it looked to me like Corey bailed out, so I assume he must have lost in the sun or the ball got big on him in a hurry, or something. It didn't hit right off the top of the ivy, it was at least three feet down, and only about two feet above where Corey's head would have been had he simply been standing up straight. He'd have needed to jump, definately, but he wouldn't have been jumping into the wall so much as simply jumping upwards, because his momentum towards the wall had really slowed. It wasn't like the two-run play at the wall in LA where he was really hurtling. I think this one would have been an impressive play to make, but those are the kind of plays you have to make if you want to stand a shot at a Gold Glove.
Are you sure it hit the base of the basket, bc? I agree with Eric, it looked to be as though it went straight to the wall and then to the right hand side of Corey's head.
I'm with Dave on this and
I'm with Dave on this and the play. I think I'd call myself more of a Corey defender than a Corey supporter though.
Thank goodness a blast to
Thank goodness a blast to the CF ivy started the inning ... instead of it happening with 2 outs and the tying run at 2nd. That Trot Nixon pop-up to Aramis to finish it was enough excitement for me, thank you very much!
Haven't been this jacked about Cubs Bball since the Nomar trade last year. Be plenty more jacked if/when good news comes about Big Z's condition.
Yeh, that was an exciting
Yeh, that was an exciting ninth inning. Too exciting. Exciting game overall, great come from behind win. I think the best thing, that shows how far we've come, is that even when we were 4-0 down early, I didn't ever feel like we were out of the game. Earlier in the season even the smallest deficit felt insurmountable. The return of Walker, the inevitable resurgance of Ramirez, improvements from Hollandsworth, all have really helped. We scored seven runs today despite Neifi and Lee managing just one walk in their eight trips to the plate.
And we go for the sweep tomorrow - Tim Wakefield going for the Sox! And Wakefield's normally either very good or very bad. Could go either way.
I thought that the ball went
I thought that the ball went straight through the ivy. It's got at least 6 inches thickness to it, right? It looked as if the ball nicked the base of the basket where it's connected to the wall and then fell through the ivy (still near the wall), possibly karimed [sp?] off a branch or leaf and then came out.
I could be wrong though =)
Either way... I feel like every save the cubs have is gonna give me a coronary. But as long as we keep winning them...
Nice to half Walker back.
Nice to half Walker back. Just a professional hitter. Waiting for Korey. Do something, anything.
Go Cubs! /German guy, going
Go Cubs!
/German guy, going for the beer now
Isn't there a coach who
Isn't there a coach who could teach Zambrano how to run the bases properly? I swear, half the time I've seen him slide he either hurts himself or comes damn close...
Trying to recall from last
Trying to recall from last year ... was it sliding into the 2nd base or 3rd base bag which caused Aramis to miss quite a few games with a strained groin?
Anyways, that was a hell of a double off Aramis' bat in the 8th. Good to see that the evil aliens who took him away for most of April/May brought him back in time for June.
All you guys criticizing
All you guys criticizing Corey Patterson. Can you answer this question correctly? It's a vision test.
How deep did Greg Maddux's homerun go?
a)Waveland Avenue
b)in the seats
c)hit the top of the wall
d)just made it into the basket
Good news on the Zambrano
Good news on the Zambrano injury front. This from espn.com's game recap:
"X-rays were negative and Zambrano should be ready for his next start, trainer Mark O'Neal said."
Not to be a jinx, but I think this year's setting up nicely for a second half run. Nothing like a seven game winning streak to fill the whole dug with a seven game losing streak!
To everybody trashing Corey
To everybody trashing Corey on that play in the 9th.
That ball went into the ivy and came back out before it hit him in the head. This isn't the metrodome. Thom said at the beginning of the game that the wall is 10 1/2 ft. tall. Yeah, maybe he could've jumped to catch it, but not realistically You play that off the wall, but it came out of the ivy funny.
"And we go for the sweep
"And we go for the sweep tomorrow - Tim Wakefield going for the Sox! And Wakefield's normally either very good or very bad. Could go either way."
I'm not too worried, from what I heard the other night on SportsCenter, Wakefield is horrible in Interleague play, I think he's only won 2 games
I think this year's setting
I think this year's setting up nicely for a second half run.
Translation: We have 3 of our best players hurt. If they come back 100% we could be in business later on.
With Corey's play, don't
With Corey's play, don't forget he was on a dead sprint from right center field, then had to leap up about a 9 feet to make that catch.
By the way, your NL leading VORP catcher is now Michael Barrett.
"but those are the kind of
"but those are the kind of plays you have to make if you want to stand a shot at a Gold Glove." - John Hill
Also CP is OVERRATED as a fielder. I said it yesterday and I'll say it again. He speed makes up for his lack of ball tracking. That play HAS to be made. I have it on Tivo and watched it five times. it hit a foot or so above his head (arm's reach) then hit him in the head. Glad to see CP did actually nothing to help the team today. I could have batted second and played center and done no worse. Thank God we won. And don't tell me that that double didn't matter. The whole inning would have been different with one out to start the inning.
Way to rally and not shut down a quit. This team could have folded and said, "Hey, we got the champs yesterday and let's get them tomorrow.' But they didn't and that shows a ton of character and you know who should get credit for this type of behavior? Yes, vets like Todd Walker (who played his ASS off today) but the credit should go to Dusty. This is the type of game where a manager matters. In Dusty..
Also, did you guys see that
Also, did you guys see that jerk in the Boston jersey holding up the 1908 sign? C'mon! Boston fans have really turned in the last year. Wow, the Sox win one in 86 and all the sudden they get to razz us? Screw them. On opening day, I wore one of my Cub jerseys to work. This Boston fan I work with starts giving me a hard time. A told him to take a flying leap and they will be forever the Yankee Bitches no matter how many world series they won. That almost got me punched.
I wonder how long people
I wonder how long people will continue to think of Boston as an underdog and not as a large market team that uses the second largest payroll in baseball to remain competative. In my mind they are the same as the Yankees and Dodgers now. Not to mention that Boston now holds both the world series trophy, superbowl trophy, and the Celtics won the Atlantic divison of the Eastern Conferance. They will get no sympathy from me for quite a while.
Well from the sounds of it
Well from the sounds of it at least everyone else here got to see bits and pieces of the game. I myself listened to it on 720 AM thanks to the good people at WRSP-TV Champaign/Springfield (bastards!). But that's ok, it was worth it since we won anyways and the Cardinals lost! HAHAHAHAHA! STUPID CENTRAL ILLINOIS CARDINALS FANS! HAHA! YOU LOST! TO THE STUPID YANKEES!
And on an even funnier note... rabid retarded rapist Mike Tyson QUIT in the ring after 6 rounds tonight.
Um yeah I'm inebriated.
A quote from Dusty on Z's
A quote from Dusty on Z's injury in MSNCB's game report.
ìHe was looking back and lost sight of where the base was, so it was an ugly slide,î Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. ìIt could have been a lot worse than that. We were hoping he could give us another inning, but he couldnít push off on that toe.î
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but being a RHP, he would land on the left foot not push off from it. Can Dusty be that inept at telling left from right, or is he hiding something?
I'm going to completely
I'm going to completely flip-flop on the Corey play. I've just seen it again about five times, and I think Pennant's right, I need to get my eyesight tested (or get more sleep), because I got it completely wrong last night. I said "those are the kind of plays you have to make if you want to stand a shot at a Gold Glove". Scratch that. That should read "those are the kind of plays you have to make if you want to stand a shot at being mistaken for Superman". There's no way Corey, or any other centre fielder in the game, could have made the play.
BC is right, the ball definately glanced off the underside of the basket (about 13 feet up). It wasn't a big deflection, but it was a deflection all the same, and the ball took a slightly sharper downward path. It then disappeared into the ivy right at the very top (and the ivy is 11 1/2 feet tall there). It then obviously hit the brick wall, and only then did it re-appear out of the ivy about three feet down and about two feet above where Corey's head would have been had he not taken evasive action (so about 8 feet up).
I don't blame Corey for taking evasive action. He went back slowly and felt for the ivy, and he realised that he simply didn't have any further to go back and therefore couldn't get to it. To make the catch, he'd have had to have got to the ball before it glanced off the underside of the basket. That's about 13 feet up I reckon (given the ivy's 11 1/2 feet there, Thom's wrong on that, it's not 10 1/2). Corey's 5 foot 9. I'm guessing he can't make up more than 7 feet from what was pretty much at that stage a standing start (Merigold, he definately wasn't sprinting any more, he'd slowed up a lot). It wasn't a case of the ball getting big on Corey or him losing it as I suggested last night, it was a case of him realising he can't jump seven feet, and that he had no way of telling how a ball going that fast is going to deflect when there's a the basket and a brick wall covered by a thick layer of ivy involved, except that it might deflect right at him if he's standing there. And it did as he happened. Luckily he's alright.
Sorry Corey for jumping on you unfairly before. Corey may or may not be overrated as a fielder (I'm not sure on that, I think he's pretty damn good), but that play there is neither here nor there in that discussion, because there wasn't a play there that anyone on planet earth could have made. Sorry, Chad, but you need to find something else to bash Corey for.
Maddux's home run, Pennant, was definately d) just made it into the basket :p
John: Nice save. I agree
Nice save. I agree with your latest exactly. This isn't Shea Stadium, or the old Fulton County Coliseum (Gary Matthews, anyone?), where fielders can reach over the wall to stop a homer. I can't recall seeing anyone make a catch right at the base of the basket, and that's what it would have taken to catch that ball yesterday.
John, I don't know if you
John, I don't know if you are still reading this thread but...
After the play Corey looked at Holly, pointed to himself and said, "My bad, my bad". I could not hear it but you can easily read his lips. He blew it and he knew it.
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Friday's games will be in Washington, Chicago, Arlington, and Cleveland or Boston. Someone's game is starting laaaaaaaate - 50-50 chance it's the CDT Cubs.
Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...


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Tick-Borne Disease May Be Linked to Transfusions
Sept. 6, 2011 -- Babesiosis, a potentially life-threatening tick-borne disease, is an uncommon but serious complication of blood transfusions, according to a CDC report.
The report is published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. It documents cases of transfusion-related babesiosis reported over the past three decades.
"It's uncommon but important and a high priority," says the CDC's Barbara Herwaldt, MD, lead author of the report. However, she says, "People should not be afraid of transfusions. ...The blood supply is not unsafe."
In the U.S., babesiosis is caused by two species of parasite: Babesia microti (B. microti) and Babesia duncani (B. duncani). Most people get the disease from Ixodes scapularis ticks (also called blacklegged or deer ticks) that are common in the Northeast and upper Midwest. Because contaminated blood can be transported anywhere in the country, a few transfusion-related cases have been reported outside the hot spots where the disease usually occurs.
Symptoms of Babesiosis
The symptoms of babesiosis usually appear one to four weeks after infection, but can come much later. They resemble flu symptoms and often include fever, headaches and muscle aches, sweating, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, and weakness.
Babesiosis can also cause a type of anemia known as hemolytic anemia.
Many people with the disease, which is treated with antibiotics, have no symptoms. However, for certain groups, babesiosis can be severe or, in some cases, deadly, causing kidney and liver failure as well as dangerous heart and lung problems.
According to the CDC, people at the highest risk include those without a spleen or whose spleen functions abnormally, as well as those with compromised immune systems or who have other serious health problems, such as kidney or liver disease. Infants and the elderly are also susceptible to the disease's more dangerous symptoms.
The first known case of babesiosis transmitted via a blood transfusion occurred in 1979. In the decades since, more than 160 cases have been documented, most of them in the last 10 years, according to the CDC report. However, it is unclear whether the disease is becoming more prevalent or whether growing awareness about the disease has led to more diagnoses. That, Herwaldt says, is an important distinction.
"With increasing awareness, there may be an upsurge in the number of cases reported," she says, "but that does not necessarily reflect more risk."


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|One Vaccine Leads to Another
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Diphtheria is a potentially lethal respiratory disease that is fairly well controlled by vaccines discovered early last century. These vaccines have been extremely effective; studies on one vaccine in particular, the nontoxic form of the diphtheria toxin (DT), have informed other vaccines. Recently, researchers at Novartis GNF solved several structures of a nontoxic DT using data obtained at ALS Beamline 5.0.3, resolving a long-standing scientific puzzle and leading the way to even better vaccines for a variety of bacterial diseases.
DT is extremely toxic — even a tiny amount can be lethal. It is produced by pathogenic bacterium and enters the cytoplasm where it uses the protein cofactor NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) to inhibit protein synthesis, eventually leading to cell death. Mutations of the DT protein can render the toxin inactive, and these mutated forms, or cross reactive materials (CRMs), are important because they can be used as carriers for other vaccines, delivering antigens from other pathogenic organisms to provoke an immune response.
For example, CRM197 has been used to vaccinate millions of children and adults worldwide against influenza and several different forms of bacterial infection. CRM197 is different from the lethal form of DT by only one amino acid out of over 500: one glycine is mutated to a glutamate at position 52. In this study, the atomic resolution structures of CRM197 both with and without substrates were obtained to 2.0Å resolution, allowing analysis of fine details of the protein never seen before.
The structures of CRM197 and DT showed the same overall architecture, with a translocation domain, a receptor domain, and catalytic domain arranged in a similar configuration relative to each other (Figure 1). In addition, the topology of the NAD-binding pocket is nearly identical, with one major difference: in the DT structure an active site loop in the catalytic domain is positioned over the NAD binding pocket, whereas in CRM197 the loop is flexible (Figure 2). In particular, in the structure for CRM197 there is no electron density for residues 38-49, while there is clear density for residues 37 and 50. Researchers further solved the structure of CRM197 bound with nicotinamide (NCA), one of the catalysis products.
In comparison with DT bound to NAD, the positions of key residues in the binding pocket making contact with NCA or NAD were nearly identical, showing that the single point mutation at residue 52 does not affect the overall shape or binding configuration of the active site.
In CRM197 the mutation from glycine to glutamate is the key: glycine is a small amino acid that is often found in tight turns in proteins. Mutating this residue to a glutamate introduces steric clashes with neighboring residues, preventing the active-site loop from locking into place. Therefore, through high-resolution structural analysis, the researchers were able to delineate exactly how a single amino acid change can drastically affect the toxicity of a protein.
Research conducted by: E. Malito, (Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy), B. Bursulaya, A. Brock, C. Chen, G. Spraggon (Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation), F. Berti, M.J. Bottomley, P. Costantino, M. Nissum, R. Rappouli, and P.L. Surdo, (Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy), M. Biancucci, M. Picchianti, (Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy; University of Siena, Italy), and E. Balducci, (University of Camerino, Italy).
Research funding: Operation of the ALS is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publication about this research: E. Malito, B. Bursulaya, C. Chen, P.L. Surdo, M. Picchianti, E. Balducci, M. Biancucci, A. Brock, F. Berti, M.J. Bottomley, M. Nissum, P. Costantino, R. Rappouli, and G. Spraggon, "Structural basis of toxicity of the diphtheria toxin mutant CRM197," PNAS USA 109, 5229 (2012). 10.1073/pnas.1201964109
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The federal Food and Drug Administration made headlines this past week with new antibiotics guidelines for the livestock industry, but they won't mean big changes for Colorado producers.
With its new guidelines, the FDA states that antibiotics important for treating infections in people should not be used for the sole purpose of promoting growth and production in animals. The FDA also calls for livestock owners to get prescriptions from veterinarians for any of those drugs distributed in feed or water.
Meanwhile, livestock producers, veterinarians and other experts in the state say they don't see the FDA's highly publicized plan drastically impacting how farmers, ranchers and dairymen already operate here.
Those in the industry say they acknowledge this is an important issue to address (In September, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released estimates that more than 23,000 people per year are dying from drug-resistant infections).
But producers also stressed that they're already in line with what the FDA is trying to do — meaning it will be business as usual, for the most part.
"I think most will think this is a reasonable step in the direction of helping the consumer feel better about what we do and how we use antibiotics," said Bill Hammerich, CEO of the Colorado Livestock Association.
For the most part, not much will change, Hammerich added, since the vast majority of livestock owners only use antibiotics for the purpose of preventing or treating diseases and don't use small dosages of antibiotics to increase production.
"I think that producers truly believe, when it comes to use of antimicrobials, no matter how they're provided to the animal, that we do take a judicious approach," Hammerich said. "I would hope that the public would see this as a proactive approach, that we're not dragging our feet on this issue."
The biggest change will be that livestock producers won't be able to get some products over the counter, Hammerich said.
For those with larger operations, he said, working more with veterinarians will likely be a smooth transition, since they're already used to working closely with vets in preventing and treating diseases in dairies and feedlots.
For smaller operations and those in which animals aren't confined, the transition over the next three years — the suggested time period for implementation — may be a bit more burdensome at the outset.
"I think that maybe for some of our cow-calf rancher folks in Colorado, it might be at least initially more onerous than what it has been," Hammerich said.
Hammerich said the new guidelines are not regulations but, from what he's seen so far, many in the pharmaceutical, agriculture and veterinary industries have indicated that they support the voluntary guidelines.
Steve Gabel, who runs Magnum Feedyards near Wiggins, Colo., agreed in that he doesn't think the guidelines will have any significant impact on what's already being done, as he and others in the industry already work to find the most conservative and effective ways to use antibiotics.
He said while some may have fed small doses of antibiotics constantly to animals to improve their growth and production more than a decade ago, that's simply not the case anymore.
"The industry shut the door on that eight to 10 years ago," Gabel said.
Paul Morley, a veterinarian and professor in Colorado State University's Department of Clinical Sciences, said he supports the idea of livestock owners consulting veterinarians before using antimicrobials, largely because vets have the most expertise on disease prevention and treatment.
His major concern with the FDA getting involved would be if it in some way affected the veterinarian's ability to treat animals with antibiotics. He said these guidelines, thus far, don't impede that.
Gabel said the FDA guidelines are positive but he doesn't want to see lawmakers come up with mandates that would impact how he treats and prevents diseases in his animals. He said the important thing to keep in mind is that those who raise livestock are consumers themselves, and they have the same concerns about their products as everyone else.
"I think the industry recognizes that the judicious use of antibiotics has become important enough that either you're doing it right or you're not in business," Gabel said. ❖
To view the new FDA guidelines, go to www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinaryGuidanceComplianceEnforcement GuidanceforIndustry/ucm216939.htm.


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When the Thermals last visited Buffalo in May 2009, Memorial Auditorium was a crumbling, half-demolished mess. That was the lasting impression for drummer Westin Glass, who remembers taking the short walk from Soundlab past the former arena with guitarist Hutch Harris and bassist Kathy Foster.
Fast forward four years and the waterfront is still a hard-hat area, but there's progress in the form of Canalside, HarborCenter and the former Donovan building.
The band has also progressed on multiple levels. The Portland, Ore., post-pop punk trio most recently jumped from the Kill Rock Stars label to release in April its Saddle Creek debut "Desperate Ground" – a catchy affair crammed with restless tracks that clobber with three chords in barely two minutes.
A 32-date cross-country tour for the new album brings the Thermals to the Tralf on Sunday for an all-ages show with local bands Space Wolves and Red Delicious supporting.
Glass, speaking from Portland in a recent interview, promises a set heavy on cuts from "Desperate Ground" and fan favorites like "Now We Can See," but also most of the songs from the trio's 2003 debut "More Parts Per Million," which reached its 10-year anniversary this year.
"The set that we've been playing lately has been just super fun and getting everybody really excited at every show," Glass said.
And if there's one word that describes the band it could be "fun." Its breakneck-speed live show, do-it-yourself indie ethos and appeal to young and old alike all channel together to create the collective Thermals experience.
"If we have any say over it, we always do all-ages because the kids are the best," Glass said. "They're so fun to play for. They get really excited. They get really into it. We just love having that energy right up in front of the stage."
The band manages its tours, creates its artwork and directs its videos for songs such as the new album's first single "Born to Kill," which saw Foster and Glass using harsh interrogation methods on Harris. The next video for "The Sunset" portrays Foster as a boxer in roles based on the films "Rocky" and "Raging Bull."
"In the music industry as it stands today, being as DIY as possible is the best thing you can do because the more you have somebody else paying for stuff the less say you have over your art," Glass said.
That mentality could explain the relative freedom and latitude Saddle Creek afforded the band over "Desperate Ground," which was recorded in late October 2012 with producer John Agnello in Hoboken, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy hit.
"The last song that we mixed was 'The Howl of the Winds' and it was happening around us – the wind was getting all crazy and the waters were rising," Glass said.
They fled to Agnello's house in Jersey City where they hunkered down for five days with no power and listened to their album on battery-powered speakers while playing cards, drinking wine and taking walks.
Glass said he finds parallels between that surreal experience and the record's themes.
"There's lyrics like 'The world we knew washed away' and it's crazy to think that happened," he said.
Fans, however, might have a bone to pick with the band over the story of how the song "Canada" was inspired by its last visit here. But if anyone could buffer a possible perceived slight to make it come off as charming, it's the Thermals.
"Don't get us wrong – Buffalo, N.Y., is a swell American town," according to a press release issued at the time. "But it's not the easiest city to play, ask any band! So when the Thermals, on a recent tour, found themselves staring down the barrel of a less-than-spectacular night in Buffalo, the Thermals comforted themselves with the thought that the next day they were headed for CANADA."
Glass promises a more-than-spectacular night this time around.
"We definitely love Buffalo," Glass said laughing. "It was kind of just tongue-in-cheek."
What: The Thermals with Space Wolves, Red Delicious
When: 8 p.m. Sunday
Where: Tralf Music Hall, 622 Main St.
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"Our love affair started at a dinner table in Florence and has evolved being in the kitchen together," Corcos tells PEOPLE. "It's there that we prepare our daily family meals, develop new recipes, or just experiment with food."
Though their romance started at the table, Mazar, who stars in the upcoming Lovelace alongside Amanda Seyfried, James Franco and Bobby Cannavale, says that while her diet is inspired by the flavors of Tuscany, it's evolved.
"When I married Gabriele, a Tuscan carnivore, I was eating much more meat and craved balance in my diet," she says. "Infusing tofu did just that."
The couple has dreamed up an icy berry flavored treat that calls for tofu for a protein boost exclusively for PEOPLE.com – and just in time for summer.
Debi Mazar & Gabriele Corcos's Tofu and Berry PopsiclesMakes 6 popsicles (3 oz. each)
½ package (7 oz.) soft tofu (recommended House Foods Tofu Soft)
2 cups strawberries or other berries, hulled and sliced
½ cup super fine sugar
1 1⁄2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1. Add the berries to a bowl and toss with the sugar and vanilla. Let sit out for 20 minutes so they become juicy.
2. Add fruit mixture to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Ad the tofu and blend again until incorporated.
3. Divide the mixture into popsicle molds. Freeze about four hours or until firm.


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Arthropods (phylum Arthropoda) are members of a large phylum of animals. The word "arthropoda" means jointed legged, so evidently all arthropods are jointed legged. All arthropods also have exoskeletons made primarily of a hard protein called chitin. Arthropods are grouped into the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods. Insects are a class of arthropod with three body segments - the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. Arachnids and crustaceans have the head and thorax combined into one --- this is known as the cephalothorax. However, arachnids do not have antennae, but crustaceans have a set of antennae and another set of shorter antennules. Myriapods are the subphylum with the centipedes and millipedes. Their bodies are divided into A LOT OF SEGMENTS!!!!
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What better way to kick off the New Year than with a commitment to the one you love?
We already know Hugh Hefner tied the knot, Brandy got engaged and Friday Night Lights star Zach Gilford quietly married actress Kiele Sanchez. But which other celebs celebrated love and romance over the holidays?
NeNe Leakes is hinting that she has some happy news to share. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Tweeted a photo of herself and her ex-husband, Gregg Leakes, celebrating New Year's Eve together. She followed up with a series of romantic photos – rose petals in the hallway, a heart constructed of Hersey's kisses on the bed – and finally wrote, "My answer was Yes." So is she engaged? A rep for the reality star and actress would not confirm any news.
Former Boy Meets World star Rider Strong popped the question to his girlfriend, actress, Alexandra Barreto. "Thanks for the congrats, everyone. I'm incredibly lucky to share my life with @barretoalex," Strong Tweeted on Dec. 27. "Looking forward to making it official."
AJ Buckley, who plays Adam Ross on CBS's hit show CSI: NY got engaged to his girlfriend, oncology nurse Abigail Ochse, his rep confirmed to PEOPLE. On New Year's Eve, Buckley got down on one knee and proposed under a tree in Turtle Bay, Napili. He'd hidden the vintage style ring, which was made by Dan Wexler in Houston, in a box of fireworks. Buckley's mother, Ochse's sister and a group of close friends were also present.
Celebrity chef and Food Network star Anne Burrell started 2013 on a sweet note: "Happy new year everyone! Happy and healthy! And I'm engaged!!!!!!!!," she wrote on Twitter on Dec. 31. Burrell is engaged to fellow chef Koren Grieveson.
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WASHINGTON – Despite a promise to ensure "one level of safety" at America's airlines, the Federal Aviation Administration still isn't reviewing the safety impact from deals that the big airlines strike with smaller companies that operate flights on their behalf – such as Continental Connection Flight 3407, which crashed in Clarence Center four years ago, claiming 50 lives.
That's the central conclusion that the Department of Transportation's inspector general reached in a report released Tuesday on the "code-sharing" agreements by which the mainline carriers contract out the operation of an increasing number of flights to smaller regional airlines such as Colgan Air, which operated Flight 3407.
"FAA does not take an active role in reviewing domestic code-share agreements for possible safety impacts," the inspector general reported. "Even though the 2009 Colgan accident revealed different operating standards between that regional operator and its mainline partner, FAA has not developed policies to ensure that code-share partners advance a common level of safety."
In addition, the inspector general said a great deal of confusion remains among travelers about who, exactly, is flying their airplane, despite a provision in a 2010 law aimed at clearing up that confusion.
Most notably, though, the inspector general said the FAA did not adequately follow through on its 2009 "Call to Action" on aviation safety, whereby it promised to work to develop a system to review agreements between the major carriers and their regional partners.
"As a result, domestic code-share agreements go into effect without consideration of their possible impact on air carrier safety," the inspector general's report said.
What's more, the inspector general said, the FAA has not given the airline industry proper guidance on how to share safety information and best practices. That's an important point, the report said, because the Flight 3407 crash investigation revealed that Colgan's crew-training program was "not as robust" as that of Continental Airlines.
In response, the FAA said it had determined that the major carriers had improved their communications and data-sharing with their regional partners, meaning there's no good reason for the agency to review the deals between those airlines.
"The fact is these actions are not necessary or justifiable," the FAA's general counsel, Robert S. Rivkin, wrote in response to the inspector general's report. "Expanding the listing, tracking and reviewing of domestic code-sharing agreements would require additional resources without any identified or demonstrable benefit."
The FAA also noted that it's not required by law to review those deals.
The FAA's take on the deals between the big airlines and their smaller partners drew some heated comments from the Families of Continental Flight 3407, as well as local lawmakers.
"They're not even looking at the safety!" noted Scott Maurer, whose daughter, Lorin, was killed in the crash.
"My big takeaway is that this is again another example of the lack of oversight and follow-through at the FAA," said Susan Bourque, whose sister Beverly Eckert, a 9/11 activist, was killed on Flight 3407. "They seem to keep coming, one after the other."
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said that he was pleased that the Department of Transportation recognized some major flaws at the FAA as result of the investigation but that recognizing the problems is not enough. "They must act to correct the problems immediately or else the congressional delegation will need to pursue other remedies," he said. "Never should the mistakes of Colgan Air be repeated – and this is an example of that."
Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, said the major airlines are clearly not holding their regional partners to the same safety standards.
"Whether that's false advertising or call it what you will, it's unacceptable," he said.
Collins also echoed the inspector general's concern that many travelers still don't know when they are booking a flight on a regional airline, despite a 2010 aviation safety law stemming from the Colgan crash that requires travel websites to state that information clearly.
"While some websites display the operating carrier prominently on the itinerary, others name the operating carrier in small footnotes at the end of the itinerary, causing the consumer to have to search for the information," the inspector general said.
Investigators also studied 16 travel agents to see if they were clearly stating which airlines are operating particular flights and found that 14 of them were not doing so.
Despite the inspector general's concerns, a spokesman for Airlines for America, a lobbying group for the airline industry, dismissed the safety issues that investigators raised.
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The problem with the September jobs report is that it reflects employment trends in September. Anyone remember a big event in October that might skew this month's employment numbers? Anyone?
The September report was delayed by the government shutdown. And for the record, the U.S. added 148,000 jobs and the unemployment rate stood at 7.2%, vs. 7.3% in August. Wall Street was expecting 180,000 new jobs and an unemployment rate of 7.3%
JOBS: Unemployment rate at 7.2%
But the real message from the September jobs report is that the economy was already weak last month.October's numbers will be weak, too, because of the government shutdown. Expect the Federal Reserve keeping short and long-term interest rates low to stimulate the economy, says Kate Warne, investment strategist for Edward Jones. "This again suggests the Fed waits longer as it wants to see a stronger set of jobs numbers," Warne says.
For investors, low rates mean that stocks will continue to be more attractive than bonds and money market mutual funds.
Why? Money funds yield an average 0.01%, which means that a $100,000 investment in a money fund will give you a grand total of $10 in interest. A 10-year Treasury note yielded 2.61% Monday and dropped to 2.53% in early Tuesday trading -- a better yield than money funds, but far below the 6.6% average since 1962.
Low interest rates are good for borrowers. Homeowners can refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates, and businesses can borrow to expand at rock-bottom rates as well. As homeowners get more free cash to spend and businesses expand, corporate earnings should increase as well.
The stock market isn't as cheap as it was at the last government shutdown in 2011, and the threat of government shutdowns and defaults still loom. But, argues Warne, stocks aren't expensive either: They're trading at about the same prices, relative to earnings, as the average since 1980.
And there's nothing wrong with buying at average levels, she says. Buying at average price to earnings levels has brought 9.5% average annual returns since 1980, she says. "That seems higher than what we'd expect in this environment," Warne says. But it's not bad when compared with bonds and money funds. "It's fine to invest when prices are average," she says.


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NIAGARA FALLS – A plan to draw young professionals and creative types downtown is set to receive yet another boost.
Niagara University will move its community outreach office to downtown Niagara Falls in an attempt to develop the burgeoning Park Place neighborhood, Mayor Paul A. Dyster announced Thursday.
"Professionals and students downtown, … that is what it means to put your money where your mouth is," Dyster said in his annual State of the City address, referring to a series of recent investments in the neighborhood.
Spurring the investments – which include a new $450,000 grant to improve storefronts in the Third Street area – is a plan to draw recent college graduates to Main Street by paying toward their student loans with city funds.
That program is set to kick off later this year with 20 students who are moving from across the country to live in downtown Niagara Falls.
Unveiled last summer, the program has revived talk of creating a "creative class" in the Falls along the lines of Buffalo's Elmwood Village.
"At the same time, every national media outlet in the country has told our story, and people around the nation are talking about, and considering, Niagara Falls as a living and working destination," Dyster said.
The presence of Niagara community workers and student volunteers will only help that effort, said Community Development Director Seth A. Piccirillo. "Any time you have more people coming into a neighborhood, it becomes a safer place to gather, and you have more people who want to spend their time there," said Piccirillo, who created the program.
Niagara will move its community office from across town into an old home at 640 Park Place, also the location of a new office of Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo.
"Obviously, the visibility is a big thing, to be right there on Main Street," said Tom Lowe, coordinator of the ReNU Niagara program. "But it's more than that – we need to be in the center of the action."
The university plans to expand its community outreach programs by helping implement the student loan program, dubbed "LiveNF," and continuing its work with Niagara Falls' most impoverished residents.
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Donald Durbin. Couldn't read past the first sentence. The winners of elections absolutely do not "basically get to make up the rules". You know why? Because we live in a Republic, not a democracy. Democracy is the way by which we elect our leaders--that's it. We live in a Constitutional Republic. The Constitution dictates what democratically elected people can and can not do. Your misrepresentation of that is gross. We do in fact not life under a democracy.
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RHEA G. LANE III, You see them for what they are. Once the population loses control of the money these people will borrow till there is no tomorrow for the new school and anything else they can lay their hands on. This is their end run around a school levy and they are as devious as they were during that fiasco. Keep them accountable with a no vote. If it is passed there will be no saving our kids wallets for generations.
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Three-Dimensional (3D) Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) in the Early Diagnosis and Detection of Breast Cancer
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Two-dimensional (2D) mammography plays a most important role in all aspects of breast cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment. Although it is well known that 2D mammography has limitations and it is not capable of detecting all breast cancers, there is no question that mammography is an important imaging technique for detecting and diagnosing breast cancer. Challenges of 2D mammography are structured noise which is created by the overlap of normal dense tissue structures within the breast. This may obscure the findings causing lesions to be missed (reduction of diagnostic sensitivity). Breast tissue may also simulate the presence of a cancer that does not actually exist. This causes a loss of diagnostic specificity. Currently 2D mammography is the only x-ray imaging modality accepted for breast cancer screening, but for years researchers have tried to find improved technologies and new methods to supplement 2D mammography and provide better sensitivity and specificity. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is a method that was first described many years ago, but could not be easily applied until the development of fast read-out digital detectors. The goal of breast tomosynthesis is to make available a method for screening and diagnostic mammography which provides higher sensitivity and specificity than routine mammography. This study presents digital breast tomosynthesis in diagnostic mammography by comparing digital breast tomosynthesis and screen-film or digital mammograms clinical performance, evaluates Tuned Aperture Computed Tomography (TACT) capability as a 3D breast reconstruction algorithm in the limited angle tomosynthesis system, and demonstrates technical and clinical performance of a real-time amorphous-selenium (a-Se) flat-panel detector (FPD) in full field digital breast tomosynthesis. The analyses of breast tomosynthesis have shown the following clinical benefits: improvement of overall lesion detection and analysis, increased accuracy to either confirm or exclude a suspected abnormality and in particular detection capability of small breast cancers. The results indicate that breast tomosynthesis has the potential to significantly advance diagnostic mammography, as well as screening mammography in the future. Tomosynthesis studies have already shown a promise. Based on this clinical study, tomosynthesis of the breast will increase specificity. Study also suggests that tomosynthesis might facilitate the detection of cancers at an earlier stage and a smaller size than is possible in 2D mammography. Digital breast tomosynthesis is a new breast imaging modality which has proved to have advantages over 2D mammography. Breast tomosynthesis will lead to the earlier breast cancer detection and diagnosis and will keep the false positive rate as low as possible. Keywords: digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), breast cancer, three-dimensional (3D), tuned aperture computed tomography (TACT), amorphous selenium (a-Se), digital mammography (DM), flat panel detector (FPD)
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Cardinals Welcome Wofford Friday for Men's Hoops
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The Ball State men's basketball team is back in action Friday night, hosting Wofford in its second game of the 2012-13 season. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. in the Cardinals' 300th game at Worthen Arena.
Ball State (1-0) is coming off a season-opening, 78-51 win Sunday over Grambling State, while Wofford (1-1) evened its record Monday with an 87-54 win over Webber International.
Live Coverage
• Radio (Flagship): Ball State Radio Network (104.1 FM WLBC); Play-by-play: Joel Godett; Analyst: David Eha
• Radio (Student): Sports Link Radio (91.3 FM WCRD); Play-by-play: Sean Stewart; Analyst: Tyler Bradfield
• Internet: Live stats, audio and video at ballstatesports.com
The Matchup
• Ball State welcomes Wofford to Worthen Arena for the Cardinals' 300th game at the facility.
• Friday's matchup is a return game for the Cardinals' trip to Wofford two seasons ago for an ESPN BracketBusters game.
• That game on Feb. 19, 2011 in Spartanburg, S.C., is the only previous meeting in the series. Wofford won the game, 66-61, in a contest that was decided in the closing minutes.
• Current Cardinals Jauwan Scaife and Chris Bond were two of four players in double figures for Ball State that day with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
A Quick Look at the Cardinals
• Ball State (1-0) opened the season Sunday with a 78-51 win over Grambling State in the first of three straight home games to begin the season.
• Jesse Berry, a preseason All-Mid-American Conference West Division selection, was named MAC West Player of the Week after scoring a game-high 17 points in Sunday's opener. The junior guard knocked down 4-of-6 shots from beyond the arc.
• Marcus Posley (12 points), Majok Majok (11), Zach Fields (10) and Chris Bond (10) also scored in double figures against Grambling State. No Ball State player attempted more than nine shots, and the Cardinals recorded 17 assists on their 25 made field goals.
• Majok, a junior college transfer, added 12 rebounds to his 11 points for a double-double in his Ball State debut, while fifth-year senior Zach Fields had career highs with 10 points and eight boards.
• The Cardinals forced 20 Grambling State turnovers and turned them into 31 points.
• Ball State, which finished 15-15 a season ago, features a new look this year with eight newcomers (seven freshmen and one junior college transfer) joining six returning players on the active roster.
Scouting Wofford
• Wofford (1-1) rolled past NAIA program Webber International, 87-54, at home Monday for its first win of the 2012-13 season.
• The Terriers opened the season with a 74-59 road loss at Colorado, a team from the Pac-12 that won a first-round game in last year's NCAA tournament.
• Sophomore guard Karl Cochran scored 25 points in the win over Webber International and is averaging a team-best 23.5 points per game. Freshman guard Spencer Collins (16.0 ppg) and sophomore forward Lee Skinner (10.5 ppg) are also averaging double figures for the Terriers.
• Wofford has played in three straight postseasons, reaching the NCAA tournament in 2010 and 2011 as the Southern Conference champion and then competing last season in the CBI.
• This year's Wofford team has a different look with seven freshmen and just one returning starter.
Game No. 300 at Worthen
• Friday's game against Wofford will be the 300th for Ball State at Worthen Arena.
• The facility, formerly known as University Arena, opened Jan. 15, 1992 for that season's Mid-American Conference home opener against Miami University. Ball State won the game, 70-64.
• In the previous 299 games at Worthen Arena, the Cardinals have posted a home record of 218-81 for a .729 winning percentage at the facility.
• Since their first full season in Worthen, the Cardinals have averaged 10.85 home wins per year.
Berry Named MAC West Player of the Week
• Ball State junior guard Jesse Berry was selected Monday as the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week after scoring a team-high 17 points in the win over Grambling State.
• Berry needed just six shots from the floor, all of which came from 3-point range, to score his 17 points. He knocked down four of those treys and finished a perfect 5-for-5 at the free throw line.
• His 17 points Sunday were the most by a West Division player on the season's opening weekend, while his four 3-pointers were one shy of his career high.
• It was his second career MAC West Division Player of the Week award.
Berry Picking Up Where He Left Off
• Dating back to the end of last season, junior guard Jesse Berry has averaged 17.5 points per game over his past four contests.
• Berry closed the 2011-12 campaign with a 15-point performance against Central Michigan, followed by back-to-back 19-point efforts versus Northern Illinois and Western Michigan. He went for 17 in the 2012-13 season opener against Grambling State.
• Going back a little farther into last season, Berry has reached double-figure scoring in seven of his past eight games.
Big-Time Debut
• Majok Majok, a junior college transfer from Midland College, posted a double-double in his first game as a Cardinal with 11 points and 12 rebounds Sunday against Grambling State. He became the first Ball State player since Jarrod Jones in 2008-09 with a double-double in his Cardinal debut.
• Jones, who went on to earn all-conference recognition four times, had 21 points and 13 rebounds against Eastern Illinois as a freshman in his first career game.
Big-Time Debut No. 2
• Marcus Posley, a freshman guard, handed out six assists without a turnover to go along with 12 points in the win over Grambling State.
• His six assists were the most by a Ball State freshman in his debut since Peyton Stovall dished out seven helpers against Xavier in the 2003-04 season opener.
• Posley and Majok were two of six players to make their Ball State debut against Grambling.
Fields Breaks Out in Opener
• After four years in the Ball State program and 42 career games played, fifth-year senior center Zach Fields made his first career start in the season opener against Grambling State.
• Fields made the most of the opportunity, logging career highs with 10 points and eight rebounds. His previous career bests were four points and four boards.
• The 6-foot-10 Fields, who has lost 30 pounds in an effort to make a greater impact, teamed with Majok Majok to dominate the paint against Grambling. The duo combined for 21 points and 20 rebounds, helping the Cardinals out-score the Tigers in the paint by a 30-10 margin.
Scaife Primed for Senior Season
• Senior guard Jauwan Scaife, who has averaged double-figure scoring in two of his first three seasons, owns the most career points among the current Ball State players with 832.
• Scaife ranks eighth in school history with 134 career 3-pointers. He needs one more to match Skip Mills (2003-07) for seventh on the all-time list and two more to tie former teammate Randy Davis (2008-12) for sixth.
One of the Best in the West
• Ball State has finished among the top three in the MAC West Division in each of the past four seasons, including first- or second-place finishes in three of those years.
• The Cardinals tied for the division crown in 2008-09 and finished second in both 2009-10 and 2010-11. Last year, Ball State tied for third in the West.
Returning Experience
• While Ball State returns only six letterwinners from a season ago, those six players have now combined to play in 331 games with 152 starts for the Cardinals.
• Senior guard Jauwan Scaife is the most experienced Cardinal, having played in 91 career games. He has started 64 contests at Ball State.
• Junior guard Jesse Berry (63 games, 16 starts), junior forwards Chris Bond (59 games, 40 starts), Matt Kamieniecki (48 games, 11 starts) and Tyler Koch (27 games, 22 starts), and senior center Zach Fields (43 games, 1 start) also have a wealth of experience in the Ball State program.
Welcome Freshmen
• Of the eight newcomers on Ball State's active roster, seven are true freshmen. Here is a breakdown of the freshman class by position ...
• Guard -- Marcus Posley (Rockford, Ill./Auburn HS), Michael Ramey (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport HS), Chase Brogna (Houston, Texas/St. Thomas HS) and George Cater (St. Peters, Mo./Fort Zumwalt South HS).
• Forward -- Bo Calhoun (South Bend, Ind./Washington HS) and Rocco Belcaster (Berwyn, Ill./Morton HS).
• Center -- Mading Thok (Boyden, Iowa/Western Christian HS).
Cardinals Add JUCO Post Presence
• Ball State's only non-freshman newcomer is junior post player Majok Majok, a transfer from Midland College in Texas.
• Majok was rated as the No. 18 junior college prospect in the country by JucoJunction.com.
• He was an all-conference selection in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference as a sophomore after averaging 10.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
Locking Down on Defense
• Ball State has ranked first or second in the Mid-American Conference for scoring defense in each of the past four seasons.
• Here are the Cardinals rankings by year: 2008-09 (59.7, 1st), 2009-10 (62.4, 1st), 2010-11 (64.0, 1st), 2011-12 (60.7, 2nd).
• Ball State also ranked second in the MAC in field goal percentage defense last year, holding opponents to 40.8 percent shooting from the floor.
Lost from Last Season
• This year's Ball State lineup is the first in four years not to feature post player Jarrod Jones and point guard Randy Davis.
• Jones finished his career last season ranked sixth on Ball State's all-time scoring list (1,615) and third on the school's all-time rebounding list (975). He started more games (120) than any other player in Ball State history.
• Davis ended his career third on Ball State's career assists chart (446) and eighth in school history for career starts (95). As a senior last year, he ranked second in NCAA Division I in assist/turnover ratio at 3.27.
The Non-Conference Schedule
• Ball State will leave the state of Indiana just once during the non-conference schedule -- a Dec. 15 trip to South Dakota.
• The Cardinals will play eight of their 12 non-conference games at home and make three road trips to in-state opponents -- Indiana (Nov. 25), Butler (Dec. 1) and Purdue (Dec. 18).
• Two of Ball State's home games are against Indiana State (Nov. 20) and IUPUI (Dec. 23), giving the Cardinals five games against in-state Division I programs.
• Ball State has never before faced Big 10 opponents Indiana and Purdue in the same season.
Koch, Thok Miss Time
• Ball State played its season opener without junior forward Tyler Koch and freshman center Mading Thok, both of whom suffered hand injuries during the preseason.
Up Next
• Following Friday's contest with Wofford, Ball State will wrap up its season-opening, three-game home stand Tuesday, Nov. 20 against rival Indiana State.
• The Cardinals will then travel to top-ranked Indiana for their first road game Nov. 25.


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Exercise May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer's
July 16, 2012 -- Being physically active -- whether it's aerobic activity like walking or resistance training to build muscles -- can keep your brain sharp and potentially reduce your risk of getting Alzheimer's disease, new studies show.
Exercise can even grow the brains of older adults, says researcher Kirk I. Erickson, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.
In his recent study, older adults without Alzheimer's, aged 60 to 80, who walked moderately for 30 to 45 minutes three days a week for a year had a 2% increase in the volume of their hippocampus, a region of the brain important for memory.
He also found growth in another brain area important for memory, the prefrontal cortex.
"I would say this is pretty dramatic," he tells WebMD. "This is only after one year of exercise and moderate intensity at that."
He presented his findings at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2012 in Vancouver.
Another study found benefits for resistance training in adults who already have noticeable changes in thinking and memory. Until now, it has been little studied for its effect on memory and brain health.
About 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, the Alzheimer's Association estimates.
Exercise and Alzheimer's Risk: Studies
Erickson assigned 120 older adults who had no dementia but had been inactive for the past six months to either a moderate-intensity walking group or a stretching-toning group for a year.
Before the study, he did brain imaging studies to measure the size of the hippocampus. He also looked at the size of the prefrontal cortex. "The prefrontal cortex is also involved in some memory functions, and it also tends to decay as we get older," he says.
He took blood samples and measured the concentrations of a substance called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). "BDNF is critical in the development of new neurons," Erickson tells WebMD. "It also seems to be critical in learning and memory."
He gave the men and women a battery of tests to assess their thinking skills. He looked at such measures as their ability to switch between doing different tasks and their memory.


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Fire board implements final change to fire fees
April 26, 2013
MARTINSBURG — Fulfilling an unofficial one-year deadline, the Berkeley County Fire Board has announced that it is ready to implement the final phase of revision to the county's fire fee structure....
The Citiesresponse time is mere minutes comparrd to the 10-15 that the county gets and thats a quick response.
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"Well said, Contrast. Cheers"
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"By including properties not currently charged a fire fee, Rhoe believes it will reduce the burden for future years for all county residents."
In reality that rarely happens. As revenue increases, so does spending. We'll see.
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Majoritarian, before blaming the left, you should know that the County Council is all republican. Left? Right!
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"This was done as a way to bring our ordinance, the county ordinance, more in line with other municipal ordinances throughout the state, and more particularly with the city of Martinsburg municipal fire fee ordinance," said Greg Rhoe, Berkeley County Fire Board chairman... there you have it..they want us to pay what Martinsburg pays... for less timely service at that!!! absolute thievery.....
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