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Evaluation of Oral Alpha-Cyclodextrin for Decreasing Serum Cholesterol
This study has been completed.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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First received: May 25, 2010
Last updated: February 21, 2015
Last verified: November 2014
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- Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death in developed countries. Although statin-type drugs are currently the most effective therapeutic agents for reducing CVD risk. One possible complementary approach involves the use of soluble dietary fibers that are known to reduce blood cholesterol levels. However, analysis has shown that most soluble fibers reduce total cholesterol levels by relatively small amounts.
- Alpha-Cyclodextrin (Alpha-CD), also sold in commerical form, is a soluble fiber derived from corn that is used as an ingredient in many foods, such as bread rolls, crackers, juices, and reduced fat spreads. It is added to food primarily as a fiber supplement but is also used to stabilize flavors, colors, vitamins, and fatty acids. Studies in animals and humans have shown that Alpha-CD may help to improve insulin resistance and lower LDL cholesterol levels with no apparent side effects. More research is needed to determine the effect of Alpha-CD on total cholesterol levels in healthy volunteers.
- To determine the effect of oral Alpha-CD on total cholesterol in a nondiabetic population.
- Individuals between 18 and 75 years of age who do not have type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
- This study will require three visits to the NIH Clinical Center.
- At the first visit, participants will provide information about current diet and exercise routines, and will have a physical examination with blood and urine tests. At the end of this visit, participants will be randomized to receive either Alpha-CD or placebo, and will be asked to take two 1 gram tablets three times a day, anytime from 1 hour before to the end of each meal. Participants will take a total of six tablets per day for 12 weeks.
- At the end of the first 12 weeks, participants will return to the clinical center for another interview and examination, and blood and urine tests. At the end of this visit, participants will receive the treatment not given in the first part of the study (either Alpha-CD or placebo), and will take tablets on the same schedule as before for 12 more weeks.
- Participants will wait for 1 week after stopping the previous study prescription before starting the next one.
- At the end of the second 12 weeks, participants will have a final interview and examination with blood and urine tests.
- Participants will be asked to keep 7-day food records before each clinic visit to be collected at the second and third visits. A short physical activity assessment will be collected at each visit to review any changes in physical activity.
Cardiovascular Disease
Other: Placebo
Drug: Alpha-CD
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of Oral Alpha-Cyclodextrin for Decreasing Serum Cholesterol
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: CholesterolU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Determine the effect of oral Alpha-CD on total cholesterol in a healthy population. [ Time Frame: 24-28 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Any changes in body weight and fasting glucose. [ Time Frame: 24-28 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|March 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Group A
Randomized subjects receiveing active comparator
Drug: Alpha-CD
2g PO 3 times a day for 12-14 weeks
Placebo Comparator: Group B
Randomized subjects receiving placebo comparator
Other: Placebo
2 tablets PO 3 times a day for 12-14 weeks
Detailed Description:
This single center, double-blinded, cross-over, placebo controlled clinical pilot study will investigate the effectiveness of a soluble dietary fiber, alpha-cyclodextrin (alpha-CD), on blood lipid and lipoprotein levels in healthy human subjects. alpha-CD, a cyclical polymer of glucose, is currently sold as an over the counter food supplement and is a common ingredient in many foods. This is the first study that will evaluate the effect of alpha-CD in healthy subjects. One gram of alpha-CD has been shown to bind as much as 9 grams of dietary fat, and like other soluble dietary fibers or bile acid sequestrants (BAS) it may decrease the intestinal absorption of fats, which has been shown to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Animal studies in our laboratory have shown that oral alpha-CD lowers Low Density Lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) by approximately 15 percent in mice on a high fat diet. Other clinical trials utilizing this compound showed that it is a safe therapy with no significant side effects.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Males and females between the ages of 18-75.
Subject understands protocol and provides written, informed consent in addition to a willingness to comply with specified follow-up evaluations.
- Pregnancy or women currently breastfeeding.
- BMI less than 18.5
- Subjects with unstable weight that varies greater than 10% over the past 3 months.
- Subjects currently following any low-fat (< 20%) diet.
- Subjects that routinely consume less than 3 meals/snacks per day
- Subjects taking the following medications, which may show reduced absorption with alpha-CD or may otherwise interfere with the study will be excluded: soluble fiber supplements, BAS, plant sterol supplements, antibiotics, anticoagulants, anticonvulsants, antiarrhytmics , cyclosporine, mycophenolate, synthroid, vitamin A, E and K and or any drug that is necessary to take with a meal. If any of these medications are initiated during the study, the subjects will be instructed to discontinue the use of the alpha-CD or placebo pills and to withdraw from the study. Short-term and prophylactic antibiotics may be taken during study participation for up to 14 days, at least 2 hours apart from the study drug.
- Subjects with chronic diarrhea, gastric bypass or lapband procedures, ostomies, bowel motility problems, or other conditions that could affect intestinal fat absorption.
- Subjects initiating new medications or patients on multiple medications may also be excluded.
- Patients with type I or type II diabetes.
- Subjects currently taking alpha-CD in its commercial form.
- Volunteers may also be excluded, if in the opinion of the study investigators, they have some other condition or disorder that may adversely affect the outcome of the study or the safety of the volunteer.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01131299
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01131299
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
|Principal Investigator:
|Marcelo J Amar, M.D.
|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 29, 2016
Additional Information:
Fedder DO, Koro CE, L'Italien GJ. New National Cholesterol Education Program III guidelines for primary prevention lipid-lowering drug therapy: projected impact on the size, sex, and age distribution of the treatment-eligible population. Circulation. 2002 Jan 15;105(2):152-6.
Cannon CP, Braunwald E, McCabe CH, Rader DJ, Rouleau JL, Belder R, Joyal SV, Hill KA, Pfeffer MA, Skene AM; Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 22 Investigators. Intensive versus moderate lipid lowering with statins after acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med. 2004 Apr 8;350(15):1495-504. Epub 2004 Mar 8. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2006 Feb 16;354(7):778.
|Responsible Party:
|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01131299 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 25, 2010
|Last Updated:
|February 21, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Serum Lipids
Heart Disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 29, 2016


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West Virginia voters get to replace Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller in 2014. He's retiring after 30 years in Washington.
The Republican and Democratic primaries are on May 13; the general election is on Nov. 4. Both primaries contain a handful of candidates for Senate. The filing deadline is next Saturday.
The voting booth in West Virginia will be crowded this year, thanks to two elephants. One is Barack Obama, the other is Old King Coal.
And then we have the media. News coverage of campaigns, including "polls," help identify issues/non-issues and can have a profound impact on name recognition, campaign fund-raising and, of course, the outcome.
Look for media tilts toward Republican Shelley Moore Capito, who wants to move up to the Senate after 14 years in the House, and Democrat Natalie Tennant, West Virginia's exceedingly ambitious secretary of state.
What's going to happen in May and November?
In the Democratic primary, Tennant is likely to stroll to victory. Yes, there was that unpleasantness about backing Obama in 2008 and 2012, but now she professes unhappiness with Obama's "war on coal." In the primary, that will be enough to get her over the Obama hump.
She also has Rockefeller's blessing, which is no small thing. That could give her access to some of his donors and pieces of his campaign apparatus.
Last but not least, Tennant has a strong media background and knows how to connect with reporters, editors and voters.
The GOP primary is going to be trickier, thanks to tensions between Establishment and Tea Party wings of the party.
Capito is Establishment, and the Tea Party faction is represented by Patrick "Pat" McGeehan, Sunday school teacher, former military intelligence officer, former member of the state House of Delegates.
On a liberal-to-conservative scale, Capito seems to be a 6 or so. McGeehan is 9-plus. One pundit notes that Capito has "a big ace up her sleeve" - Democrats won't be able to portray her as a hard-line conservative. Indeed.
Capito and McGeehan part company on a number of issues. Federal spending is one.
Last month, Capito followed the lead of GOP leaders and voted for the Ryan-Murray bipartisan federal spending deal. She called it "a responsible step forward, one that I hope will lay the groundwork for future timely and balanced budgets."
McGeehan strongly disagrees. The deal "continues the Beltway spending binge that we cannot afford."
The two also differ in style.
Capito last week gave a good tongue lashing to the EPA in a press release about agency rules impacting coal-fired power plants. McGeehan has sharper elbows. The EPA "is out of control and unconstitutional," and he wants it defunded and abolished.
Who's going to win in the GOP primary? If name recognition, fawning news coverage and slick TV ads are decisive, it will be Capito. If stands on the issues matter most, McGeehan could win.
What about November? If it's Capito vs. Tennant, Tennant wins. If it's McGeehan vs. Tennant, the Sunday school teacher could be off to Washington.
Here's the calculus:
Tennant will run a strong campaign, and she'll follow the path taken by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (moderate Joe) last year. Think Tennant wasn't paying attention to Manchin's campaign? Think again.
If Capito wins the primary, Tea Party Repubicans and other Conservatives will be inclined to stay home in November. They're not fond of Capito - too much inside-the-Beltway baseball - and they'll think, "Capito/Tennant, Tennant/Capito. What's the difference? Why bother?" Tennant wins.
If McGeehan wins the primary, Establishment Republicans, not fond of McGeehan but even less fond of Tennant, will join Tea Party Republicans and other Conservatives in voting for him in November. McGeehan wins. Maybe.
Would the national GOP back McGeehan if he wins in the primary? He doesn't miss a beat in responding. "If they want another Republican senator, they should."
That's a pretty good answer.

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STATELINE, Nev. - He is one of most well-known country singers in the United States, placed 20 singles at the top of the charts, and brought out a duet with Carrie Underwood, "Remind Me", which came out in July last year.
This Saturday, Brad Paisley is showing off with his impressive guitar skills with the Band Perry and Easton Corbin. at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena At Harveys in Stateline, starting at 6:30 p.m.
During his concert at the Red Sky Music Festival in Omaha, Neb., last week he took a moment to make a tribute to the victims of the Colorado movie theater shooting.
"If you've watched the news in the last day, you know last night wasn't a very good night," Paisley said to the crowd. "This is for the victims of that."
He then played one of his most touching songs, "When I Get Where I'm Going."
Paisley, who is a consummate country singer, songwriter, guitarist and entertainer, has earned three Grammys, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards and 14 Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year for 2010.
His duet with Underwood, "Remind Me," has more than 11 million clicks so far, sold more than 1.5 million digital copies and was nominated for the CMT Music Awards Video of the Year.
Paisley's latest album, "This Is Country Music," was released May 23 and debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and is his sixth consecutive studio album to debut as the nation's country best-seller.
On Nov. 1, he showed that he is not only a singer but also an author. He released his first book, "Diary of a Player," and was on the New York Times Best Seller list for two weeks.


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It was the type of situation hitters dream about, coming to bat with the bases loaded in the last inning of a tie game with a championship on the line.
Stetson University junior Amanda Grimaldo faced just that scenario last Saturday in the Atlantic Sun Conference title game. With her teammates cheering her on from the dugout, Grimaldo lined a 1-2 pitch into rightcenter field to score the winning run and send the Hatters into a celebration frenzy.
"I thought, do you want to be up or not?" Grimaldo said about her opportunity after the game. "I was blessed to be in that position and come out with a hit."
It took a long journey and a lot of hard work for Grimaldo to be in that momentus position. After a standout prep career at Sebring High School that included conference Player of the Year honors, Grimaldo learned that she did not quite meet Stetson's academic requirements for admission.
"I knew the first time I visited Stetson I wanted to come here, no matter what," Grimaldo said. "I knew I had to fight through and succeed at a two-year program and then pick up my dreams here at Stetson."
Stetson's coaches suggested Grimaldo take a look at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Fla., where former Hatter Blythe Golden was on the coaching staff. Grimaldo was familiar with the name, having watched Stetson play in the 2007 Gainesville Regional when Golden was the Hatters' catcher.
"When we met, I told (Blythe) I remembered watching her play," Grimaldo said. "It was such a coincidence."
For the next two years, Grimaldo focused on academics as well as softball, helping lead Gulf Coast to a conference championship and a No. 2 national ranking last year. She also succeeded in the classroom, and during her sophomore year learned that her hard work had paid off; she had been accepted to Stetson. However, she was apprehensive about whether she would receive the same acceptance from her new teammates.
"When I first came here, I was nervous because I didn't really know anybody, but everyone just accepted me for who I am and what I brought to the team," Grimaldo said. "I am very thankful for that. All the coaches and staff were super supportive. My teammates never once pretended that I wasn't part of the team already."
A native of Sebring, Fla., Grimaldo has started all 50 games for the Hatters at shortstop. She is batting .281 on the season, with 10 doubles and 25 RBI. She went 4-for-10 in the Atlantic Sun Championship and was selected to the all-tournament team.
"It was quite a road for her to get here," head coach Frank Griffin said. "She really stayed focused. She does a great job for us at shortstop and probably could play anywhere on the infield. She has a terrific attitude and is a good team leader."
Grimaldo will return to Gainesville this weekend, but instead of watching from the stands, she will be front and center helping lead the Hatters in their first NCAA postseason appearance since 2007. Stetson (38-12) will face UCF (41-16) in the first game of the Gainesville Regional at 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon.
The Hatter shortstop likes her team's chances.
"I think we have a great shot," Grimaldo said. "If we stay together, there is no one that can't be beat. I think it is an advantage going in as an underdog. I think people might not take us seriously, which gives us an upper-hand because we are a great team."


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JERSEY BOYS, tells the remarkable rise to stardom of one of the most successful bands in pop music history, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. This sensational smash-hit musical is now the winner of 21 major awards worldwide. With spectacular performances of all their hits, discover the incredible sound of a band whose songs defined the musical identity of a nation.
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Anyone who has studied or experienced the traffic problem along U.S. 340 two-lane corridor near Harpers Ferry knows that the congestion and traffic stoppages will not be solved by car-pooling, increased ridership on the MARC rail line, and improvements at the Va. 671 intersection - solutions recently proffered by Rob Pennington of the West Virginia DOH.
Unfortunately, there is no viable substitute for the two additional lanes of road needed to balance the traffic flow in this area. The bottleneck is created by the existence of four lanes on either side of the approximately two-mile stretch of road in question; and the traffic light at intersection of Va. 671 and U.S. 340 make building an additional two lanes of less benefit - in short, traffic would still have to stop to accommodate those utilizing the "connector road" from Hillsboro, Va., and entering and exiting the gas station at that intersection.
Why not build an elevated four-lane road above the existing two-lane road for the sole purpose of carrying transient traffic through the "bottleneck" between Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia? This same solution has been applied in similar locations throughout the nation.
Please find the "link" for one design for an elevated four-lane road that would allow for the existing two-lane roadbed for the current flow of local traffic and the existing traffic pattern while four lanes of transient traffic could proceed unimpeded above.
Northbound local traffic from existing U.S. 340 and Va. 671 could proceed north and merge onto U.S. 340N after crossing the Potomac River bridge into Maryland.
Southbound traffic could proceed south and merge in the same manner after crossing the Shenandoah River bridge in West Virginia.
The footprint of the road would not substantially change, as the new road would simply share the airspace of the existing road below, and the new road could take advantage of the contours of the hillside, allowing it not to encroach into Potomac Wayside, recreational areas and vegetation along the Shenandoah River.
In addition, the elevation of proposed roadbed would reduce the descent in either direction for transient traffic and greatly increase the safety of the drivers and pedestrians in this area.
Concerns as to noise could be alleviated by reducing the speed in this stretch to 45 mph, similar to the configuration when passing through Cumberland, Md., on Interstate 68.
I'm sure commuters who are currently at a standstill for two miles nearly every afternoon would welcome a reduction in speed in lieu of standing still.
Studying this problem to death will not solve the traffic problems that exist now and that will only increase in the future, and simply postponing the inevitable through town hall meetings and protracted studies is a waste of time.
Solving this problem will require the three states involved and the federal government to step up to the plate and act. The fact that there are four parties involved to share in the expense should make it an easier problem to solve.


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on October 6, 2012 - 7:02 PM
A Town of Concord man who answered the door wielding a loaded shotgun was arrested on multiple charges, State Police reported today.
Troopers were dispatched to a State Road residence at about 10:40 p.m. Friday on a report of a domestic incident. When they arrived, they allegedly were met in the doorway by Donald Felix, 42, who had the shotgun.
A woman at the home told troopers that she and Felix had been having an argument and that he interfered with her attempt to leave.
Felix was charged with a felony count of menacing a police officer; misdemeanor counts of unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a controlled substance; and a violation count of unlawful possession of marijuana.
Following arraignment in Boston Town Court, Felix was sent to the Erie County Holding Center in lieu of $500 bail.


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MIFFLINTOWN - Ever since she was a child, Sara Zook knew she wanted to be a writer.
"It's something I enjoyed as a child and something I have always wanted to do," Zook said.
The Mifflintown woman recently released her first book, "Strange in Skin," a fantasy that is set in rural Ohio. It is the first of a planned trilogy.
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Sara Zook has just recently released her new book, 'Strange in Skin,' the first installment of a planned trilogy.
Zook spent three months writing the book, while juggling a full time job and raising her children. During the day she would come up with her ideas, scribble some notes and then every night she would sit down and write.
"It's been a little crazy," Zook said.
She doesn't want to give too much away, but she said the story centers around two dynamic characters, a pastor's daughter, Anna James, and a prisoner, Emry Logan.
"Got to have a steamy love story," Zook said. "The first thing that came to mind was a rebellious guy, like a guy in prison."
Zook said the story has a paranormal twist and Emry is someone "you're not too sure about." Is he a good guy? Is he a bad guy?
The characters in the book have diverse personalities and are easy to relate to, Zook said. Although the story centers around the relationship between Emry and Anna, there are plenty of other characters who help create more tension in the story.
"There is more than one thing going at a time," Zook said.
The author has already started generating ideas for the second and third installment of the trilogy.
"The very last sentence in the first book will tell you what's going to happen in book two," Zook said.
As a child, Zook always wrote ideas down for stories. Her love of writing led to a handwritten book when she was 6 years old.
"It was only a couple pages," Zook said, adding that she knew then she wanted to be a writer.
Zook graduated from United High School in 2000, a small school where everyone knew each other.
Her love for writing brought her to the University of Pittsburgh's Johnstown campus, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Creative Writing in 2004.
"Strange in Skin" can be purchased at www.amazon.com or at www.saravzook.com.


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How To Brainstorm A Conference Talk Proposal
It is not important that you haven't spoke at PyCon or another conference before. But do prove that why you should now. Taken from Brainstorming: Writing a PyCon Proposal.
By Lynn Root (Founder, PyLadies San Francisco)
While this post is for PyCon, the US-based conference for Python developers, users, educators, and everyone with an interest in Python, this advice can apply to any language-centric conferences, even the topic suggestions themselves.
"Hey you! Ever thought about submitting a proposal?"
"What? oh no, no no no."
"Why not?"
"What would I talk about? I have nothing to say!"
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$19M proposed waste management facility would be on Grapevine Road
January 25, 2013
MARTINSBURG — With only a week before the hearing that will decide the fate of a $19 million proposed waste management facility in Martinsburg, Entsorga West Virginia LLC and the Berkeley County......
Conspicuously absent is any mention of where that 19 million is coming from. Supposedly not from garbage pickup rates. This smells like a pile of garbage. My prediction: Berkeley taxpayers will be saddled with millions in bond debt. Our pockets are bottomless! Further suspiciously missing is any indication if this scheme, which apparently originates in Germany, will at least pay for itself. My suspicion: The enviros are behind it. They never worry about such details as economics. Jefferson County does.
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The smell of roasted peppers and fried potato drifting over Martinsburg so the heavy metals coming from ESSROC will have a pleasant after taste....Just what you need more air pollution in the county....
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What kind of system do we have when one county authority can oppose something another county authority favors? That's crazy. Stay away, Jefferson County. Our State Legislators should ask why this is so also, and do something about it. It wastes everybody's tax money. This sounds like a good thing to build.
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The Herald tells it straight-"Solid refuse fuel from household garbage could then be burned at Martinsburg cement plant"
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Waste of time and money. Go back 20 yrs. and see what happened in Jefferson Co. when they tried to do the same thing!!!!
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In effect, this is nothing more than a plan for fueling a garbage incinerator across the street at the Essroc plant. If you think burning garbage is good for Berkeley County, this plan's for you.
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I didnt know you guys neede such a facility. I thought you'll still used johnnyhouses. West Virginia with indoor plumbing,what will happen next?
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mountainwoman, Well said! Great post.
Major, Well, what can I say?
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This is another great forward thinking project brought to the county by the solid waste authority. I hope they succeed and put an end to the monopoly held by the smelly Hedgesville landfill. Shame on Jefferson County for opposing the project.
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Incoming Stetson University volleyball student-athletes Madison Akins (Brooks, Ga.) and Tiffany Creamer (Newnan, Ga.) recently won the 2013 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Volleyball Championship in the 18 National division.
Their team, Tsunami 18-Val, went a perfect 11-0 over four days in Dallas, Tex. against a strong field of teams that qualified from various regions throughout the country. In the championship match on July 1, Tsunami 18-Val defeated NorCal Black 2-1 (25-18, 17-25, 15-7) to capture the title.
Having earned gold medals in the final event of their prep career, Akins and Creamer will display their talents at Stetson this fall. The Hatters open the 2013 season on Aug. 30 in Laramie, Wyo.


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An overhaul of the county's tourism strategy was launched last year. Tourism had declined during the recession and then stubbornly flatlined rather than rebounding as quickly as hoped.
So a new countywide tourism agency was formed last year with marching orders to ramp up the county's marketing game.
The first step was a new logo and brand billing Jackson as a trip destination, with the winning slogan of "Play On."
Now, the still-fledgling tourism board has to figure out the best vehicle to lure visitors with the new image.
"The opportunity to have an integrated comprehensive plan is a very, very exciting time," said Stephanie Edwards, executive director of the Cashiers Chamber of Commerce and tourism board member. "Equally important is the evaluation of it. Are we getting the biggest bang for our buck?"
The Jackson County Tourism Development Authority has $650,000 at its disposal raised through a 4 percent tax on overnight lodging. Tourists pay the tax, which is then pumped back in to luring more tourists, a sort of self-perpetuating cycle.
The tourism authority hired a marketing firm for $10,000 to develop a new broad-strokes strategic marketing plan, which is now the center of the tourism board's discussions.
"A strategic marketing plan would give direction and focus to the execution of Jackson County tourism," said Robert Jumper, chair of the Jackson tourism authority.
What that strategic marketing plan should look like is the top question facing the tourism authority.
How much should be spent on billboards versus brochures? Internet campaigns versus visitor centers? Festival underwriting versus wooing travel writers? How much should go to magazine ads, and in which magazines — fly fishing magazines, golfing magazines, outdoor magazines, travel magazines?
A sample marketing plan developed by the Brandon Agency presented to the tourism board late last year is now under review.
"We are massaging it and will go back to them and massage it again until we think it is right," said Clifford Meads, marketing chairman for the tourism board and manager of High Hampton Inn and Country Club in Cashiers.
Another big question to be addressed is who will carry out the various pieces of a strategic marketing plan.
"How do you implement a comprehensive marketing plan on the ground?" Edwards said. "There are options on the table as we move forward, and the execution is yet to be determined."
The Jackson tourism authority has no executive director or paid staff of its own but instead outsources the various aspects of its work.
On the tactical side — answering phone and email inquiries from the prospective travelers, printing and distributing visitor guides, managing web site content, and so on — the daily boots-on-the-ground operations are carried out under contracts with the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Cashiers Chamber of Commerce.
The tourism authority also contracts with an outside advertising agency to design ads billing Jackson County as a travel destination and place them in magazines, newspapers, radio, billboards and other avenues. Outside consultants also handle web site development and publicity.
The tourism board must decide whether to continue farming out these various roles to multiple consultants and firms or consolidate them with a single agency.
Or, in the future, the Jackson tourism authority may need to have a director and in-house staff of its own.
"At some point in time this thing is going to be big enough that it will need an executive director to marshal all these initiatives," Meads said.
But Meads and other tourism board members agree they aren't there yet.
"There is currently no plan to hire staff," Jumper said.
The new countywide tourism agency formed last year was charged with thinking and acting cohesively. Historically, there were two tourism entities: one for Cashiers and one for Jackson as a whole.
But the idea was tourism marketing would be more effective under one banner. The forced mash-up had a few hiccups its first year — from political to logistical.
But progress is being made.
"We are barely walking. We are still crawling," said Meads. "The idea is to take this thing in bites."
By the numbers: Jackson tourism budget
A 4-cent tax on overnight accommodations will bring in about $650,000 this year for Jackson County tourism efforts. That's more than anticipated, thanks to an increase in tourism over last year. The tourism authority conservatively budgeted for $600,000 in spending this fiscal year.
Here's a breakdown of the budget.
• $261,000: advertising and marketing campaign
• $74,000: Cashiers Visitor Center operations and overhead
• $81,000: Jackson County Visitor Center operations and overhead
• $28,000: printing, mainly for brochures
• $22,000: postage, mainly for sending travel guides to prospective visitors
• $8,000: 800-number phone line for visitor inquiries
• $15,000: grants to support special events and festivals
• $32,000: public relations/media outreach
• $15,000: special projects and contingency
• $38,000: financial and accounting services through the county, including billing and tax collection
• $26,000: general overhead, including insurance, travel, office supplies, insurance, and audit


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So, tonight is the series finale of "Breaking Bad." I know there are many of you Baddicts out there, so you're already setting your DVR, prearranging snacks for easy access, and telling your friends and relatives that from 9 to 10 p.m. (11 p.m. if you count "Talking Bad") you don't exist - you're in Belize. Yeah.
I am a relative newbie to "Breaking Bad." I blasted through the series over a few weeks via Netflix, having only seen the pilot back when it premiered. I don't know why I didn't keep with it; perhaps I was too distracted by the barrage of "The Office," "30 Rock" and other shows that ended abruptly, leaving me with an emptiness that not even the oddly resurrected "Arrested Development" could fill.
I was instantly hooked. There's been debate over the viewing habits in the age of Netflix and On Demand - should a show be watched as it is intended, over the course of months or years, or is it OK to watch it movie-style in one marathon session? With "Breaking Bad," watching it all at once doesn't take away from the suspense; if anything, putting the show in several mediums made it more of a phenomenon, giving it an Internet identity that lent the show to clever memes, webisodes, Facebook posts and other fun stuff that only grew its rabid fanbase.
The show is followed by the "Talking Bad" talk show, which only further riles up fans. I wish they had this show back when "The Sopranos" or "The Wire" was on, because it points out some really obvious plot stuff that I totally miss and feel dumb about later when I read it on the message boards.
Now, if you don't know anything about the show, creator Vince Gilligan sums it up pretty succinctly with the "Mr. Chips turns into Scarface" description. Chemistry teacher Walter White learns he has terminal cancer, and decides to put his expertise to good use and cook methamphetamine to build a nest egg for his family. An encounter with ex-student turned drug dealer Jesse Pinkman creates a team that slowly builds a dangerous empire. Surely, nothing could go wrong. Pfft.
Predictably, everything goes wrong, and nothing is off limits in this insanely tense, humorous yet brutal drama. I will not be a spoiler sport for other noobs, but highly suggest this show for anyone who likes TV, thrills, fried chicken, oxygen, hats.
The show is chock-full of iconic imagery. The porkpie "Heisenberg" hat - when Walter White puts this hat on, you KNOW he means business. The hazmat suits. The pink stuffed animal. The RV. There's an online auction right now where you can buy "Breaking Bad" items used on the show - if I had a few hundred bucks lying around I would totally buy the platinum grill made into a paperweight.
How will it end? There's been so many clues and Easter eggs to ponder, but I don't want to get too existential. If pop culture went full circle, it would end with Bryan Cranston entering Witness Protection and emerging as his character on "Malcom in the Middle." Or will it go "The Sopranos" route and fade to black? Will the clock run out in Walter's fight against cancer? Will aliens land in Albuquerque and beam them all up?
Next week, I will return to material that everyone understands, so pardon my fangirl moment. But tonight, I will be watching, and hopefully no one comes knocking during the show. Because Walter White is the one who knocks. And no way I'm opening up for that dude.
Have an A-1 day!
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Dr. W. Elaine Hardman of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine was honored on February 16 at a luncheon hosted by the Women in Medicine and Science program. The program is hosted about four times a year and features guests who speak to a collective group of women about their achievements. Dr. Hardman is an Associate Professor for the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Dr. Hardman was recognized for her achievements throughout her career and was asked to speak about her success. "She is a very accomplished researcher, not only in the area, but nationally," said Professor Darshana Shah, the School of Medicine's Associate Dean for Professional Development in Medical Education. "So I think that it would be a great opportunity for young people to look up to her and to see how she has gone the path she did." Professor Shah is in charge of the program and said that its purpose was for students to learn by hearing her success story.
Professor Hardman has been working in the area of nutrition and cancer research for about 20 years. Currently, her research on the effects of omega-3 fatty acids on breast cancer has received six externally funded grants, including large grants form the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. "She has a love of knowledge and she imparts that onto her students," said Anne Silvis, a graduate student and Ph.D candidate for cancer biology. "She gets them excited about research and excited about the world of science."
As she spoke to the collective group of women, who were not only graduate students but also professors, she said that she always knew what she wanted to do with her life, and that was science. Professor Hardman completed three years of her undergraduate degree by the time she turned 18 and then married. She raised her family and went back to school to finish her degree and later earned her Master's. While she was a graduate student, she received her first funding grant and has received funding ever since.
"There is always an overriding importance for what she does and that is always apparent when you are talking to her about anything in her research," Silvis said.
One of the graduate students in attendance said she found her story to be not only interesting, but also inspiring. "I have three young children myself and had also married young and returned to school," said Tamara Trout, a graduate student in the Medical Sciences Program. "I always thought 'How am I going to do it?' But then you meet someone like Professor Hardman and it shows that you can do it."
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One can only put so much stock in highlight tapes, but there is one play on Saquon Barkley's that gives viewers plenty to see.
"Let me set up the scenario for you: He broke about a 75-yard run in the second quarter [against Allentown Central Catholic]. As he was crossing the goal-line, he tossed the ball to the official. Well, the official said he didn't cross the goal line, so it ended up being a touchback," Whitehall High School football coach Brian Gilbert said. "Now we have an irritated Saquon.
"The next time he got the ball, one of our tackles missed a block, so it was him and a D-lineman in the backfield. He broke through that tackle. A linebacker came up to hit him. He made a spin move. The linebacker dove and missed. And then he outran everyone for 80 yards."
Barkley did a great job of eluding defenders during a record-setting junior season for Whitehall, a small Class AAAA school just outside of Bethlehem, Pa., but he couldn't get away from Penn State. Bill O'Brien's coaching staff began recruiting Barkley, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound tailback, last fall, and James Franklin's staff picked up on it this winter, enticing him to switch a commitment to Rutgers, his favorite school growing up, to the Nittany Lions last week.
"Bill O'Brien did a good job of recruiting me. When he left, it kind of turned me away from Penn State. But the new coaching staff, when I got there, they were amazing. I got along with them. I vibed with them well," Barkley said. "Just the education and everything, it was a better fit for me."
Barkley rushed for 1,506 yards and - despite the apparent one the official ruled a touchback - a school-record 23 touchdowns last year in his first full season as an offensive starter as Whitehall, the smallest public school in in the Lehigh Valley Athletic Conference, finished with a 10-2 record. In addition to Rutgers and Penn State, Barkley had scholarship offers from Pitt, Syracuse and North Carolina, with other colleges looking to get involved.
Barkley has been told by his dad that he is distantly related to former Alabama rushing great and first round draft pick Bobby Humphrey, and his favorite player to watch is retired Detroit Lions All-Pro Barry Sanders. Barkley, though, tries to run with a style more like that of another of his favorite players to watch: Walter Payton.
"With the ball in my hands, I feel comfortable doing anything. I feel, if I need to make a guy miss, I can make a guy miss, and if I need to lower my shoulder to get some extra yardage, I'll lower my shoulder," Barkley said. "If I have to hit them with a stutter-step and beat them with speed, I can do that. I like catching the ball. I like reading the linebackers and setting them up before I get to them."
Born in New York City and a fan of the Jets, Barkley began playing football when he was 7 and has always been a running back, although he saw his first starting high school varsity action with the Zephyrs as an outside linebacker. One of Whitehall's assistant coaches work with Chip Kelly at New Hampshire, and the Zephyrs run an offense similar to what Kelly used at Oregon.
"He's a very balanced back. I think that's what makes him very recruitable," Gilbert said. "We'll line him up at slot as well as putting him next to the quarterback in our shotgun."
Gilbert thinks Barkley, who does most of his damage running between the tackles, will play at about 205 pounds as a senior. Now a basketball player who used to wrestle, Barkley is very strong, particularly in his legs - he has a 400-pound squat and has been timed in the 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds, according to his coach.
While still unsure of his major, Barkley, who used to volunteer in the local library helping younger kids to read, said he's considering communications, business or physical therapy. He said backing off his verbal commitment to Rutgers was hard to do.
"I felt like I was going against my word," Barkley said, "but my parents and coaches told me it's like a business, and you have to do what's best for you."
The fourth commitment in a 2015 Penn State recruiting class that figures to eventually included around 20 players, Barkley said his views it as his responsibility as a leader in the class to reach out to other prospects the Lions are recruiting. That includes running backs like Bishop McDevitt's Andre Robinson.
"I don't shy away from competition. He's a great running back. I've watched his film. I think the two of us together would be unstoppable," Barkley, who has also been staying in touch with Baldwin offensive tackle Sterling Jenkins and Great Valley defensive end Ryan Buchholz, among others, said. "Whenever I see someone got an offer, I reach out to them. I think when we get up there in a couple of years, we can get this program back to where it was before."
Robinson and Buchholz are scheduled to visit Penn State today along with Archbishop Wood linebacker Jake Cooper, who will be making his second trip to University Park in eight days. Cooper is considered a strong possibility to commit, and some believe Buchholz could pull the trigger soon, too.


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It all started with a simple tweet from New Amsterdam Bike Show's Twitter account on June 9th, 2011:
Our friend Jasmijn was stopped in SOHO by NYPD for riding in a skirt! The officer said she could distract drivers... http://fb.me/123fHxfKl
What may appear as a joke has proved to be yet another ridiculous incident involving uninformed police officers stopping cyclists for fictional infractions or to chastise them with self-invented rules. The YouTube wunderkind at the moment is this guy with this film. (Sigh... we remember when that film only had 300 views... :-) ) Then a mother got hassled in London, too.
It's the story about the New Yorker getting hassled by some schmuck cop for wearing a skirt and risking 'distracting drivers' that has really gotten Cycle Chic all hot and bothered.
Firstly, the number of women pedestrians wearing skirts in New York in the summer exceeds the number of skirts on bicycles. By a million or so. Give or take. So where are the cops going after pedestrians?
Like this shot we nabbed a few years back. Where's the squad car harrassing the New Yorker on the left? Where are the police going after the motorists instead of Ignoring the Bull in Society's China Shop?
Skirts and bicycles. Skirts on bicycles. This incident in New York is much more than one silly cop. This is about the roots of Cycle Chic. About the roots of Bicycle Culture.
The bicycle transformed human society more quickly and more effectively than any other invention in history. From the 1880's and onwards, it served to liberate the working classes and, equally importantly, it served to liberate women for the first time in modern human history.
The bicycle provided women with an amazing transport form. Giving them independent and freedom of movement. Sure, the bicycle spawned the invention of the bloomers - pants for women - but skirts and have rolled hand in hand for over 125 years.
That bored, uninformed cop in New York may have driven away feeling like he was justified in hassling the cyclist in question. But his action is a direct affront not only to the bicycle as transport, but to female cyclists everywhere. Whether they wear skirts or not. Back in the early days of the bicycle women were spit upon - by men - for having the nerve to ride a bicycle. Let's not return to that.
One of the most popular articles here at Cycle Chic over the past four years has been:
THE CYCLE CHIC GUIDE TO CYCLING IN SKIRTS AND DRESSES. We have highlighted countless times how the skirt and the bicycle are made for each other - just see the billion blogposts under the Cycling in Skirts and Dresses tag here on the blog.
So a New York cyclist getting shit from an NYPD cop is farcical and it is just plain wrong.
So we were pleased to read the twitter buzz about a potential protest ride in New York on the @bikepeacenyc twitter account. Hashtag: #shortskirtprotestride:
"Short Skirt Protest + Ride and Love the Broadway Bike Lane" this Thurs nite. Meet up Columbus Circle. Sass and class please
As far as we can make out, the Short Skirt Protest will take place this Thursday at 7:00 pm. Ride starts at 7:30 pm.
A sassy ride, sure. But it's an important ride. Enough schmuck cops making up their own rules. Enough attacking the bicycle as transport for Citizen Cyclists in our cities. Enough Taliban-esque moralising about what people should wear on bicycles.
If you're in New York on Thursday, show up. Wear a skirt. Or a kilt if you like. This is fun but this is important.
Skirts and Bicycles:
The golden Cycling Girl from 1933 surveying her bicycle kingdom above Copenhagen's City Hall Square. In a skirt.
Bicycle posters: 1900, 1895, 1895, 1894
Danish tourism posters: 1940's and Danish cycling campaign, 1990's
Office workers in Canberra, Australia: 1950's and Rita Hayworth & friends: 1950's
Copenhagen rush hour: 1960's
Bicycle poster: 1972
Sydney, Australia: 2010
Montreal: Last week
And Paris, 1968. By Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Let the revolution continue.


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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Easter Cookies......Celebrating Resurrection Day
8 comments:
- Annabelle said...
Please share how you did the texture on the beautiful cross?
I also thank you so much for putting the clickables to see past Easter cookies.
It makes it so easy to see what you did in the past and we might have missed it.
Thanks for all you share.
- April 4, 2012 at 8:15 AM
- Bea @ CancunCOOKIES said...
Beautiful, Pam! The cross is my fave...
- April 4, 2012 at 9:23 AM
- SweetSugarBelle said...
I'm so excited about this collection!!! Love them, Pam! Can't wait to see more!
- April 4, 2012 at 3:43 PM
- Nena abcdefg said...
wow this is beautiful Pam. I love the cross too..
- April 4, 2012 at 4:29 PM
- Lisa @ Sweet 2 Eat Baking said...
Wow, these are all aazing but the cross is fantastic. I'm loving the beautiful pink cheerful Happy Easter cookie too. Beautiful.
- April 4, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- cookiecrazielady said...
Thanks for your kindness, Annabelle.
For the cross texture, just use two colors of brown. Outline and flood with one and then immediately add the lines and swiggles with the other brown while the flood is still wet. :)
Happy Resurrection Day to you!
- April 4, 2012 at 7:32 PM
- ThePartiologist said...
These are simply beautiful - and I love the cross! He Livess!! :)
- April 5, 2012 at 5:51 AM
- Lisa Thebearfootbaker said...
These are beautiful!! I LOVE that cross and your Easter plaque is precious!! Thank you so much for adding them to the Link Party!
- April 5, 2012 at 9:38 PM


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LONDON — A year ago, Malala Yousafzai was a 15-year-old schoolgirl in northwest Pakistan, thinking about calculus and chemistry, Justin Bieber songs and "Twilight" movies.
Today she's the world-famous survivor of a Taliban assassination attempt, an activist for girls' education — and a contender to win the Nobel Peace Prize later this week.
And the European Parliament announced Thursday that Malala won the $65,000 Sakharov Award, Europe's top human rights award.
It's easy to forget she is still a teenager, and now a long way from home.
The memoir "I Am Malala" goes some way toward redressing that balance. Published around the world on Tuesday, the book reveals a girl who likes "Ugly Betty" and the cooking show "Masterchef," worries about her clothes and her hair, but also has an iron determination that comes from experience beyond her 16 years.
The book, written with the British journalist Christina Lamb, recounts Malala's life before and after the moment on Oct. 9, 2012, when a gunman boarded a school bus full of girls in Pakistan's Swat Valley and asked "Who is Malala?" Then he shot her in the head.
The shooting is described briefly but vividly in the book, which is briskly written but full of arresting detail. "The air smelt of diesel, bread and kebab mixed with the stink from the stream where people still dumped their rubbish," Malala remembers.
Around that pivotal event, the book weaves Malala's life story into the broader tale of her home region of Swat, a remote, mountainous region near the Afghan border. She says it is "the most beautiful place in the world," but it's also a crossroads traversed for millennia by armies and invaders.
Into this valley, in the years after 9/11 and the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, came the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban. The book describes their arrival: preaching against girls' education, shutting down DVD sellers and barber shops and displaying the bodies of people they've executed.
Malala considers herself a believing Muslim and a proud member of the Pashtun ethnic group, but recounts how from an early age she questioned her culture's attitude toward women.
At 11, she began giving TV interviews in Pakistan about girls' education. In 2009, she started writing a blog under a pseudonym.
She soon became well known within Pakistan, and therefore a potential Taliban target. But she was reassured by the thought: "Even the Taliban don't kill children."
That optimism proved misplaced, but, miraculously, it seemed to many, Malala survived the shooting.
The final part of the book describes Malala's life from the moment she regained consciousness in a British hospital, where she had been flown for specialist treatment, with the thought: "Thank God I'm not dead."
She undergoes intense pain and multiple surgeries.
Malala goes to school in England now, and lives with her family in a house behind a big gate in the city of Birmingham. It reminds her a bit of being under house arrest.
She remains determined to return to Pakistan one day and enter politics. And she says the Taliban's attempt to silence her has backfired spectacularly.


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Monday, July 1, 2013
Snee Farm Ladies' Golf Association honored their past and present presidents on Thursday, June 13 with an 18-hole golf tournament held at the newly-renovated Snee Farm Country Club. The event was spearheaded by Janice Cafaro, tournament chairperson, who did a superb job. Thirteen past presidents of the Snee Farm Ladies Golf Association from as far back as 1984 gathered at the newly renovated Snee Farm Country Club on June 13. They include (back row, from left) Missy Crosby,2007-2008; Pat Roske,1995-1996; Jeanne Selander, 1994; Dorothy Jordan, 1984; Trudy Mendenhall, 1985-1986; Mary Lauffer, 1987; Sue Henderlite, 1988; Pam Cappallo, 2009-2010; (front row, from left) Jane Assey, 2013; Helen Gaeta, 1990; Carolyn Cuttino, 2003-2004; Addie Yakubinis, 1999-2000; and Betty Tyler, 2001-2002. The current president of the club is Jane Assey.
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quote: Imagine that you were about to walk into a shop in California and they told you "You're from Oregon, so we refuse to let you in. Go to our shop in Oregon instead, and pay 50% extra". Perhaps that's legal in the USA. In the EU it is not.
quote: When I got to the shop in California, they'd happily sell me goods from their shop at their prices.
quote: And that is precisely what Apple is required to do. They are free to have different shops in different languages for different countries, with different prices.
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Does anyone have any current info on Miki? I for one would love to see her comeback and try to compete for a spot on the Sochi team along with Mao, Kanako, and Akiko.
Does anyone have any current info on Miki? I for one would love to see her comeback and try to compete for a spot on the Sochi team along with Mao, Kanako, and Akiko.
I thought I read on this board a few months ago that she didn't have a coach! It's almost as if her federaton gave up on her or something.
Oh no. I hope that is not the case. Miki is way too talented for her federation to give up on her. Plus she's a two time WC!
She probably shouldn't bother to return as it's crazy unlikely that she will medal at the Olympics. I think going out on a high note is superior to rolling around way past your expiration date. It's great that she stayed in after the Vancouver Olympics and won that world title in Moscow but to be honest she only won bc Kim Yuna was really sloppy. That's not to say that Miki Ando doesn't have her virtues. But she rarely managed to listen to her music and always seemed to be skating over it as opposed to with it. Her jumps were her strength. But I generally never found the rest of her programs inspiring or exhilarating.
She wont be back. What would her incentives to be back be. Her chances to medal in Sochi would be close to nil at this point. Asada has firmly staked claim to being Japanese #1 again, and Miki coming back would definitely not change that. Yet even Mao herself is only slated for the bronze in Sochi. She is 26 years old (old for amateur singles) and hasnt even skated competitively for 3 years, so reaching her 2011 Worlds level, which she would need to be top 5, is even unlikely. Add to all that her personal problems, her problems finding a coach about a year ago, and no way you will see her back.
I also have read reports that the JSF say Miki would have to win Nationals next year to make it to Sochi. That makes sense as the JSF decides their Olympic teams by results of the past couple seasons, especialy the Olympic season, and not just Nationals. Miki isnt even eligible for a grand prix, except a host pick, and obviously has done nothing competitive for 2 years now. Miki isnt winning Nationals, as I said Mao is clearly back at Japanese #1, and that is what she would need to go to to Sochi.
Couldn't she qualify for the team event? That might give her a chance at some Olympic medal.
For the umpteenth time [although the first time in this thread ] ...
For any given discipline, if a country has skater(s) who qualified to compete in the Olympic event for the individual discipline, only the same skater(s) is/are eligible to compete in the team event.
Because Japan of course will have ladies who qualify for the individual Sochi competition, no one other than those ladies is eligible to compete for Japan as a lady in the team event.
It is hypothetically possible that a weaker skating federation from Country X would have zero ladies who qualify for the individual Sochi competition. If Country X qualifies for the Sochi team event, then based on the "Additional Athletes" provision of the Sochi team event rules, Country X then could have Lady Y compete only in the the team event.
But again, it is unthinkable that this scenario would ever apply to Japan in terms of ladies. (But maybe it will apply to Japan in terms of pairs???)
Mao and yuna success means nothing to miki. Miki beat Mao and Yuna in 2007 and beat them again in 2011. She had all the triples and was brilliantly amazingly consistent in free skates in 2010-2011 never losing one. If she came back she May lose to Mao and Yuna like she did in 2008 or 2010 or she beats them!! She's a great tremendous talent in women's skating history.
Miki still has a better chance of going to the Olympics than Akiko Suzuki
Ando's last competition after Worlds 2011 was the 2011 Japan Open, where she finished 6th. She was supposed to return for the 2012-2013 GP, but dropped out of both events. There is no way to know what kind of competitive shape she is in now, and we won't get a hint since she won't be in the GP this coming fall. JSF has said she can't be on the Japanese team unless she competes in regionals and she won't go to Sochi unless she WINS Nationals 2014.
Seems as if the JSF is miffed because they submitted her for the 2012-2013 GP and she reneged.


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Ryan Dempster Day at Fitch Park
Greg Rohan singled, doubled, clubbed a three-run homer, and walked with the bases loaded, leading the Daytona Cubs to a 10-6 victory over the Inland Empire 66ers (Los Angeles Angels Hi-A affiliate) on Field #3, and Wes Darvill smacked an RBI triple to give the Chiefs the lead and then scored on a Sergio Burruel RBI single to key a two-run 4th, as Peoria defeated the Cedar Rapids Kernels (Angels "A" affiliate) 4-2 on Field #2, in Cactus League Minor League game action this afternoon at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.
Named the Cubs Opening Day starter last week by Manager Dale Sveum, veteran RHP Ryan Dempster made the short trip to Fitch Park (instead of the long bus ride to Goodyear) and got the start for Daytona.
He was supposed to throw six innings or 90 pitches (whichever came first).
Pitching to a lineup of "A"-ball kids, Dempster allowed six runs on eight hits (including three triples) in five innings of work. He threw 88 pitches (58 strikes), with 50 of the pitches thrown over his final two innings, as he was obviously laboring, and possibly tiring, too. He walked one, struck out four, and unleashed one wild pitch, with an 3/8 GO/FO (he had trouble keeping his pitches down).
RHP Zach Cates was scheduled to start for Daytona today, but was switched to the Peoria game to accommodate Ryan Dempster. Cates (acquired from SD in the Anthony Rizzo-Andrew Cashner deal) threw four innings and allowed one run on four hits and a walk, with two strikeouts.
There have been a number of roster moves at Minor League Camp over the past couple of days, including CF Jae-Hoon Ha from the Iowa squad to the Tennessee squad, CF Matt Szczur from AA Tennessee to Daytona, 2B-OF Zeke DeVoss, C Rafael Lopez, and OF John Andreoli from Tennessee to Peoria, RF Reggie Golden and CF Pin-Chieh Chen from Daytona to Peoria, and SS Javier Baez, 1B Dan Vogelbach, C Neftali Rosario, OF Trey Martin and several others from Peoria to Boise/Mesa.
As usual, players and pitchers from the Boise/Mesa squad were dispersed among the four full-season squads who played games today (AA Tennessee and AAA Iowa played the Angels AA and AAA squads at Diablo Park in Tempe), and several of the ones who did not travel to Tempe saw game action for Peoria or Daytona.
Although the Chiefs and D-Cubs were leading their games after 8-1/2 innings, the bottom of the 9th was played in both games so that all of the Angels pitchers who were scheduled to throw today could get their work in, and a top half of the 10th inning was played on Field #2 so that Cubs RHP Jin-Young Kim could get an inning of work.
Here are the abridged box scores from the two games played at Fitch Park (Cubs players only)
1a. Zeke DeVoss, 2B-DH: 2-4 (1B, 4-3, 1B, 4-3, R)
1b. SLOT WAS SKIPPED 5th TIME THRU ORDER
2. Arismendy Alcantara, SS-3B: 1-4 (F-9, 1B, L-8, BB, 3-U, R, SB)
3. Rafael Lopez, DH-C: 1-4 (1B, 4-3, 4-3, BB, F-8)
4a. Reggie Golden, RF: 0-2 (F-8 SF, K, K, RBI)
4b. Jeffrey Baez, RF: 0-1 (5-4 FC, RBI)
5. Paul Hoilman, 1B: 0-3 (1B, F-7, BB, F-7)
6. John Andreoli, LF: 1-3 (4-3, 1B, BB, 5-3, R)
7a. Wes Darvill, 3B: 1-3 (F-8, 3B, 3-1, R, RBI)
7b. Marco Hernandez, SS: 0-1 (6-3)
8a. Sergio Burruel, C-DH: 1-3 (3-U, 1B, F-8, RBI)
8b. Brian Inoa, PH: 0-0 (BB)
9a. Pin-Chieh Chen, CF: 1-2 (2B, K)
9b. Shawon Dunston, Jr, CF: 0-2 (4-3, F-8)
10a. SLOT WAS SKIPPED 1st TWO TIMES THRU ORDER
10b. Kenny Socorro, 2B: 0-2 (P-6, 5-3)
1. Zach Cates: 4.0 IP, 4 H 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 54 pitches (35 strikes), 5/5 GO/FO
2. Carlos Martinez: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 26 pitches (15 strikes), 1/2 GO/FO
3. Ramon Garcia: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 27 pitches (20 strikes), 4/2 GO/FO
4. Bryce Shafer: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 8 pitches (6 strikes), 1/1 GO/FO
5. Jin-Young Kim: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 7 pitches (6 strikes), 3/0 GO/FO
1. P Zach Cates - E1 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base)
2. C Sergio Burruel - E2 (errant throw on stolen base attempt at 2nd base allowed runner to advance to 3rd)
Sergio Burruel: 1-2 CS, 1 E (see above)
1. Matt Szczur, DH #1: 2-5 (K, 1-2 FC, 1B, 2B, 5-3, 3 R)
2. Elliot Soto, SS: 2-4 (6-3, BB, 1B, 1B, E-6, R, 2 RBI, CS)
3. Rubi Silva, LF: 1-5 (F-8, E-6, 1B, 3-1, E-6, R)
4. Greg Rohan, 3B: 3-4 (2B, BB, L-7, 1B, HR, R, 4 RBI, PO)
5. Richard Jones, 1B: 3-5 (K, 3-1, 1B, 1B, 2B, R, RBI)
6. Abner Abreu, RF: 1-5 (6-3, 4-3, 6-3 DP, 2B, F-8, RBI)
7. Dustin Harrington, 2B: 3-5 (1B, 1B, 1B, K, 4-3, R)
8a. Micah Gibbs, C: 0-2 (K, F-8)
8b. Anthony Giansanti, C: 2-3 (2B, P-4, 1B, 2 RBI)
9. Trey Martin, CF: 1-2 (BB, HBP, K, 1B, R)
10. Dan Vogelbach, DH #2: 0-3 (BB, 4-3, K, 4-3, R)
1. Ryan Dempster: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R (6 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 88 pitches (58 strikes), 3/8 GO/FO
2. Eduardo Figueroa: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 23 pitches (17 strikes), 2/3 GO/FO
3. Jeff Lorick: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 17 pitches (10 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO
6. James Pugliese: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 14 pitches (8 strikes), 1/2 GO/FO
1. P Ryan Dempster - E1 (errant pick-off attempt at 2nd base allowed runner to advance to 3rd)
2. 1B Richard Jones - E3 (dropped pop-up in foul territory extending AB)
3. 3B Greg Rohan - E5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
Micah Gibbs: 0-3 CS
WEATHER: Overcast and breezy with temperatures in the 80's
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Thanks Phil!
How does Greg Rohan look at 3B to you? His fielding stats have been very poor there, but it seems like the Cubs would really like to develop him as a backup 3B/1B.
Also, do you know any of the players' contract situations that might be assigned to Iowa (i.e. Amezaga, Tolbert, E Gonzalez, R Lopez, Jaramillo, etc.)? Can any of them refuse a minor league assignment and become free agents? If they can, do you think any of them will? Thanks!!!
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Thank you! And I appreciate the rosters below...
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PHIL: Are you seeing development with Matt Sczcur to have you believing he can project into a productive Major leaguer?
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Should we read anything into this latest movement of Baez and other high ceiling kids to Boise? Is this, as some have argued, a way for the Cubs, the "new" Cubs, to indoctrinate their key youngsters on the "Cubs way"? Or is this just another blip, and we'll see some of them back up as they decide which of the older guys can't hack it.
Also, should this be viewed as a positive sign for Marco Hernandez's chances to start at Peoria? Any thoughts on him early this spring?
Thanks. Best.
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Thanks. I really don't see the point of having Alcantara as the main shortstop ahead of Hernandez. We've been there and done that with Arismendy, but well, maybe they want to indoctrinate Marco as well.
Yeah, Daytona's looking pretty thin, but that was somewhat expected since that was the crew in Peoria last year (and the reason why a lot of fans looked at the minors and were troubled with the lack of talent). The pitching side looks pretty good if most of the guys stay there (and considering the youth or intrigue with several of the guys, I wonder if many of them hold firm there and we end up with more guys in the upper levels being cut).
Three quick Daytona questions -
1. How does Giansanti look at C? I guess I'd have to have hope that he could hit as well for him to be a key prospect, but curious if he can hack it back there.
2. I liked a bit (at one point, thought he would be more intriguing than Ridling/Bour). I recall a big uppercut to his swing. Any thoughts on his offensive development?
3. Do you know if they are working Rosario as a pen arm or a starter in Daytona?
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sorry, that was a typo on my part. the 2nd question was supposed to be about Cuneo.
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Some notables missing from your rosters above (any ideas where they are?):
- Justin Berg (Injured)
- Rafael Valdes
- Brent Ebinger
- Blair Springfield
- Gregori Gonzalez (previously MIA)
- Ben Klafczynski
- Jordan Latham
- Yohan Gonzalez
- Cam Greathouse
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Several of those guys were waived - pretty sure Valdes, Klafczynski, Latham, Gonzalez off the top.
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Thanks - I checked BA:
Released: RHP Yohan Gonzalez, RHP Jordan Latham, SS Rafael Valdes, OF Ben Klafczynski, OF Blair Springfield
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Random comment on Jordan Latham that I've made elsewhere - I remember being fairly high on him once upon a time. One of the final DnF's if I recall correctly (along with Jovan Rosa and I want to say one more). At the very least, I thought he'd make a nice power arm, and I really wanted to see him in the rotation. A few years back, when both were roughly at the same level, I never thought Blake Parker would become the better pen prospect. Everything went downhill after ... the issue that happened for him. (granted, one might not have to do with the other, as it's quite possible he would've faltered anyways, but I just use that as a point of reference in his timeline).
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If he would've been in the Cardinals org, it probably would have been a confidence booster.
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There's no excuse for releasing a guy named Cam Greathouse. You find room somewhere for guys with names like that.
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Greathouse is as wild as they come, but 74 K's versus 60 hits-allowed in 76.2 innings at Peoria and Boise makes him a prospect. Not likely that he was released.
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Read Greathouse on Facebook. He recently had a new baby and will report to Extended Spring Training next month.
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That is what I said about Condor Cash.
They didn't listen to me.
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Hung-Wen Chen say he want CUBS to release him (or RETIRE) and join CPBL baseball league.
Indeed,at this time.He didnnot move his ass to U.S.A. but stay in National Sports Training Center(Taiwan)
in Fact,Hung-Wen Chen hate CUBS :-p
i dont care....lawl
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is there a new comment about this somewhere, or are you referring to his comments from late 2010? I have bias towards most Taiwanese players, but well, he's not good enough to be on the Cubs right now (and probably ever). If he wants to go back to Taiwan, so be it. It'll likely torpedo any chances he has stateside for continuing his career.
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By the way,I like Yao-Lin Wang !
Wang had 90-94 mph fastball,80-82mph curveball with good command.
Last year(2011) MLB All-Star Game in Asia,Taiwan
Taiwan starer Yao-linWang pitch 4.0IP 2ER and 3K(Curtis Granderson,Michael Morse,Pablo Sandoval)
not bad :p
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I'm a Wang fan, too. Expecting to see him in Daytona by the end of this season some time.
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"Guys have that idea that no matter where they hit, there's some significance behind it, instead of understanding that you're going to get pitched the same no matter if you hit leadoff or fifth." - Sveum
"Nothing is etched in stone except Soriano is going to be (No.) 3, 4 or 5," Sveum said.
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Sounds like he likes Barney to bat 2nd as of now.
Prediction for Opening Day: Dejesus, Barney, Castro, LaHair, Soriano, Soto, Stewart, Byrd, Dempster, barf, fart, d'oh.
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where was sveum when i was bitching about soriano not needing the leadoff spot to "get more fastballs" as if they're going to load him up with what he can hit the best solely because he's leading off? hell, he'd probably fare hitting 2nd under that guise with a legit hitter behind him in the 3 slot...2 isn't a good slot for him, though.
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i hate you with great intensity.
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I know.
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I never followed him in the AL, but he seems like a pretty consistent reliever. Lefties hit him pretty hard, though. I wonder if they see him making the team if someone goes on the DL, or if they expect him to report to Iowa and be ready when needed.
Sonnanstine was a bust. I don't think Corpas is getting a real chance to make the club. Robertson and Rowland-Smith have major league experience, but don't look like they're going to make a team (even in the minors). Camp seems to be that valuable arm with major league experience that everyone needs to have in the waiting. Good signing.
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I haven't seen enough games to judge, but how has Soriano looked in the field this spring?
It seems like he's shown up with something to prove with the bat (he was terrible last spring). Any possibilities he's in for a rebound year (prior to a trade, I hope!)?
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so does my fantasy team...
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At the risk of being misleading, in the 6 games I have seen him play on TV, he looks improved from the past few years.
It is misleading because he was so horrible in the past few years that he can improve a lot, and still be mediocre.
I think at this point, if he can hit well, his defense will not make him an overall detriment to the team. but it would probably be close.
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Yeah, I don't want to read too much into ST, and I thought he's always been a hard worker anyway, but I like him personally and would love for him to prove all the doubters (which includes me) wrong.
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Trever Miller
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Nice. Maybe he an Sonnenstine could work out a package deal with a team. Like in the Independent League?
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I couldn't be less excited about this season.
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Were you excited last season? Just curious ....
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Surprisingly, I'm a bit excited. Certainly more than last year.
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many corpses with another good outing...struck out 3 in 1ip (2 legit mlb-level guys out of 3).
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sure feels like, with Mateo's injury, the final pen decision will come down to a veteran like Corpas/Camp, or keeping Lendy Castillo in the bigs (rather than working out a deal ... gut guess is that Philly would take him back in a sec).
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Seems to me they are more likely to hold onto Castillo if those are their choices.
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Camp and Corpas would fit in well in Iowa. Not a huge Castillo fan (yet), but with enough pen innings eaters, he might well be able to be used 'here and there'.
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John Grabow opts for his release from the Dodgers. He had 7K's and 6 scoreless innings and would have made 800K if he made the roster.
He must have had an invitation to Sandy Koufax's Passover seder that conflicted with making their roster.
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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...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
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