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Remarks at the SIA Securities Industry Institute—Wharton School
President, NASD Regulation, Inc.
Thank you, Sam (Yates, Chairman of the Securities Industry Institute). From all the feedback I've heard, the Institute is a uniquely rewarding professional and educational experience—and I count it as a real privilege to be part of this year's agenda.
For this I would particularly like to thank Jack O'Neil, who has been the Institute's guiding spirit for many years. I know Jack is retiring from the SIA, after a mere thirty years of hard work.
I wanted to take the opportunity to wish him all the best, and to personally thank Jack on behalf of the NASD for the service he has provided not only to the securities industry…but through the stewardship of the Institute and other programs, to the investing public, as well.
As Jack can surely attest, the securities industry is in the midst of unprecedented change. My own organization, NASD Regulation—is one of the many manifestations of that change. We did not even exist as a corporate entity—or a distinct regulatory presence—until last year.
Today, NASD Regulation is very much a reality. It is very much a part of the contemporary investment landscape. And it plays a significant role in the way in which our members conduct virtually every aspect of their business.
Because you will lead this industry into the next century—and because NASDR intends to be around, as well—I think it's important to get to know the organization a bit better.
I hope to leave you with a more complete understanding of what we do—and more important, our mandate for doing so. I also want to address some of the major developments the organization has gone through in the year that I've been its lead manager.
Finally, I want to talk candidly about the priorities we've identified in 1997.
Let me begin by sketching the scope of NASDR s responsibilities:
The organization is fundamentally responsible for regulating the broker/dealer community. It carries out that responsibility in a myriad of ways including: on-site examination of our 5,500 member firms, to assess their compliance with NASD rules and regulations, as well as those of the SEC and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, relating to sales practices, financial and operational integrity, broker qualification, testing and continuing education.
NASDR also reviews firms' advertising and the underwriting terms and arrangements in connection with public offerings.
Further, we have the power to initiate disciplinary actions—and initiated more than 1,200 such actions in response to various infractions in 1996.
We provide the largest securities industry dispute resolution forum. NASDR arbitration panels handled about 6,000 cases in 1996—86 percent of all securities arbitration cases.
We also maintain the central registration depository of employment and disciplinary histories of every firm and registered representative.
On top of all of these functions, NASDR also has the responsibility of surveillance, oversight, and enforcement of the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market.
Our responsibilities derive from a far-reaching mandate of our parent organization, the NASD. That mandate includes adopting rules and policies designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative actions…promoting just and equitable principles of trade…and removing impediments to, and perfecting the mechanism of, a free and open market.
We exist to further the NASD's fundamental mission, set down in the By-Laws of the NASD's charter, "to protect investors and the public interest."
While this ultimate mandate has remained unchanged for almost six decades—the way in which it is being carried out has changed significantly in recent months.
What has changed most overtly is that the NASD has directed much of this mandate to be fulfilled through a new corporate and governance structure, both of which were the result of recommendations made by an NASD Special Committee headed by former Senator Warren Rudman.
Distilled to its essence, there is now a separation of the market operations function from market oversight and the broader regulation of the broker/dealer community. And, we have in place boards of directors and a network of committees that are balanced between industry and non-industry members to more accurately reflect the breadth of participation in securities markets.
Two points should be made with respect to these changes. One is that they were sorely needed in the wake of seriously eroded public trust--not just in the NASD but in the process of self-regulation. Both the Justice Department and the SEC have concluded investigations and enforcement actions against the NASD and many of its members. Those investigations not only called in question the ability of investors to get a fair price in Nasdaq, but questioned the ability of the NASD to do the job it had been mandated to do.
The changes laid the foundation for repairing investor trust, for improving Nasdaq, and for more completely allowing the NASD to meet its investor protection mandate.
Second, the changes received strong and unified backing from the NASD's membership. These were not changes imposed against the will of the broker/dealer firms that comprise the NASD's membership. They received the overwhelming endorsement of the NASD's membership, which swiftly approved these and other changes.
I came on board after this blueprint had been laid, and have been working on it now for just about one year. It's been a hectic but rewarding twelve months, full of challenges that seemed overwhelming at the time, but in some regards pale in comparison to the challenges ahead.
The face of self-regulation has changed rather dramatically in a single year and virtually all of the issues that NASDR will face in the next two years will revolve around a single theme: defining—or redefining—the concept of self-regulation.
As a result of the Rudman Committee recommendations and the SEC settlement, we now have a separate entity focused on the NASD's regulatory responsibilities, and substantial resources have been allocated to regulatory activities. Non-industry representatives have a much greater voice in the decision-making process, in ways ranging from a balanced board of directors to solicitation of comment from the general public before rules are filed with the SEC. Many responsibilities are shifting from the industry to the staff. For example, we will soon have a disciplinary system in which the determination whether to institute disciplinary action will be made by NASDR staff rather than a committee composed of industry representatives. Similarly, the first level disciplinary decision will no longer be made by the industry district business conduct committee but rather by a panel composed of two industry members and chaired by a hearing officer who is an NASDR staff member. The SEC order also mandates a heightened and more autonomous staff role in many other areas, such as admission to membership.
Some have understandably argued that the "self" in self-regulation has been eliminated or at best, seriously diminished. Another concern is whether the enhanced role of professional regulators, i.e. NASDR staff, has negated the necessity for industry professionals to participate in the self-regulatory process.
Both concerns are legitimate and I'd like to address them. Self-regulation has worked well, if not perfectly, for many decades. A major reason it has worked is that relying on the industry's own expertise and sense of fair play truly has generated rules that protect investors—and a high level of compliance with those rules. It is not a coincidence that we have the most liquid and efficient markets in the world AND the best regulated.
NASDR staff is capable of proposing rules WE THINK will work well in the real world. But, given the complexity of products, trading strategies, and technology, it has never been more important for us to incorporate the expertise of the businessman or woman into our thinking. Effective, responsible regulation involves writing rules that go to the heart of fulfilling our mandate to protect investors. But those rules must, at the same time, be reasonable and practical for the people who have to comply with them. Reaching those goals REQUIRES active industry participation.
Preserving the "self" in self-regulation is critical, but we have not yet completely convinced the industry itself of our commitment to that principle. Perhaps I haven't stated clearly enough or often enough to the NASD's membership that successful, useful regulations cannot be developed without their input into each and every NASDR proposal.
We must continue to successfully recruit the best talent the industry has to offer to take an active role in the self-regulatory process. You represent a significant talent pool and I would urge upon you that you have a responsibility to this industry, much as you have to your community, to serve as a volunteer in the self-regulatory process.
We will spend significant time for the foreseeable future ensuring that we can indeed keep the "self" in self-regulation while delivering the high quality regulation and disciplinary process that the investing public has a right to expect.
While the enhancement of self-regulation permeates our mission, there are some immediate issues that we must address. None is more critical than fulfilling all of the requirements of the SEC settlement.
Substantial progress has been made toward compliance with the SEC settlement undertakings, and I expect that we will be in full compliance by August, the deadline set for most of the undertakings.
Let me review briefly what we have accomplished since the settlement was put in place six months ago.
The directive to balance the corporate boards and committees that the SEC required us to balance has been complied with in full.
We are in the final editing stage for our new Code of Procedure—which, as I mentioned, will significantly change the disciplinary process at the NASD, as well as membership application procedures. When the new Code is approved, professional hearing officers will preside over disciplinary proceedings and District Committees will no longer perform a "grand jury" function. This changed role will allow District Committees to devote more time to providing policy advice to NASD Regulation.
We have filed a rule interpretation with the SEC that expressly makes coordination of quotes, trades, and trade reports unlawful and that prohibits retribution or retaliatory conduct by traders.
Solicitation of input into the regulatory process has been broadened through the publication of proposed rules on our Web site and specific solicitation of comment from targeted investor groups.
The Internal Audit function has been strengthened and an Ombudsman office created.
We are developing surveillance systems that will look for evidence of the existence of pricing conventions or other anti-competitive behavior. Also in development, are surveillance systems designed to detect violations of the trade reporting requirements, including the identification of late trades, patterns of late trading, late trade reporting of blocks and firm profiling.
We have created a new registration category and qualification exam for equity traders and are incorporating material relating to market maker anti-competitive behavior into the Firm Element of our continuing education requirements.
We've put in place new procedures for handling backing away complaints, and have created a real-time system for resolving these complaints that provides an opportunity for a complaining party to receive a timely trade execution.
We have recently put in place a Firm Quote Compliance System that, among other things, allows for the automated tracking and reporting of backing away complaints and resolutions.
Finally, a longer term project is the development of our Order Audit Trail System. This new system will receive and archive data with respect to orders and create an enhanced audit trail by integrating order, quote and trade data. While the requirements for the system are not final, significant work is in progress.
We feel these initiatives—in conjunction with the SEC's recently adopted order handling rules, which the NASD strongly supported—will go a long way toward restoring investor confidence in the Nasdaq market. They should also bring renewed credibility to the way in which orders are handled and pricing determined.
Challenges Ahead
A great deal has been accomplished in the wake of the SEC investigation and settlement—but a lot remains to be done. While we will need to always be vigilant with regard to the failings identified by the SEC in the 21(a) report, and implementing the undertakings is the number one priority, we do have an independent agenda that we are beginning to develop.
Let me comment on a number of areas in which we are currently focusing:
The first is the broad arena of cyberspace. If you've seen our Web site, you know we're using the Internet to provide members and investors with an array of valuable information. Members can access compliance information like Notices to Members and exam schedules. Investors can log complaints and enter a request to receive CRD information about a firm.
We're also using the Internet to allow both members and non-members the ability to comment, early on, about a given rule or policy, and all comments are taken under advisement when the Board makes its final determinations.
Finally, we're patrolling the Internet for on-line investment scams. The net is an ideal medium to transmit and receive information. Unfortunately, some of that information is either fraudulent, or fabricated solely in the hope of inflating or deflating the price of a stock. We are developing a range of Internet search capabilities, one of which will, for example, alert us anytime a Nasdaq company creates a home page.
Second, we believe there is a limited but disturbing presence of organized crime in the securities industry. We're working with the FBI and other federal agencies to determine the extent of the connection—and to sever any and all connections that might exist.
We have formed a joint task force of personnel from NASD Regulation and Nasdaq to coordinate our response to this issue. The team's primary responsibility will be to assist federal agencies and prosecutors with information with respect to companies, broker-dealers, and registered personnel that we suspect to have connections to organized crime. The message the NASD—and I'm certain every reputable broker/dealer—is anxious to send to organized crime is: stay away from the investor…stay away from the securities industry.
I promised to be candid, and I believe I can say with both candor and confidence that enforcement will remain one of our highest priorities. We will continue to spearhead high-profile enforcement efforts—such as expelling firms like Stratton Oakmont and Hibbard Brown, firms that have given the whole industry a black eye for years. We as an industry have tolerated the presence of rogue firms for far too long. We will also continue to work with the SEC and other enforcement agencies to build criminal cases when warranted.
Third, we're going to continue to focus on sales practices. The bull market remains in high gear. Investors are becoming accustomed to lofty returns, and sales people may be reluctant to promote a lower-risk product that may not be in step with current bull market returns, even though the low-risk product might be better suited to the client. Whether suitability requirements are being met, and whether sales practices adequately protect investors in today's environment will remain a key focus of our examinations.
Finally, we're focusing very specifically on how we can support and work with the internal compliance departments of our members. I spent much of 1996 sitting down with the SEC—finding out what its expectations of NASDR were, and how we can meet those expectations.
In 1997, I intend to spend a good deal more time with our firms—understanding more completely how you do business, and how we can work together to ensure compliance at the firm level.
Investor confidence is our common goal. Maximizing this confidence—and doing so cooperatively, proactively and efficiently—is something we can work toward accomplishing together in 1997.
Thank you.


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Christian Service Center robbed
At 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, as the staff of the Christian Service Center arrived for work they discovered the place had been burgled as the center was in disarray with items strewn on the floor.
At some point between the time the doors closed Monday and when they arrived Tuesday, two computers, a laptop and a desktop, all the security cameras, paper products, car seats, clothing and cases of food were stolen.
The center feeds at least 80 people each day they are open for free.
"It's so hateful that someone would do this type of crime," Abbeville Detective Stan Suire stated. "It's like robbing a church."
Detective Suire is the point of contact on the case and is seeking additional information from the public concerning the break-in.
"We are offering a $200 reward for information leading to the arrest of the thieve(s)," Detective Suire added.
If anyone has any information regarding the robbery contact Detective Stan Suire immediately at 652-3011.

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FRC: Pray To Defeat Marriage Equality, Anti-Bullying Initiatives
The Family Research Council has released new prayer targets, and the group is urging activists to pray to stop the New York state legislature from passing a marriage equality bill. The FRC insisted that activists should not only support opponents of marriage equality, but also pray that those who "seek to shred the fabric of our nation's moral order be defeated in the next election!"
In addition, the group denounced a new effort by Health and Human Services chief Kathleen Sebelius that fights bullying and anti-gay discrimination. In a recent speech, Sebelius said that Cabinet departments were working together "to create ways to decrease bullying and to establish programs and ideas to aid victims" and said that her department will work to create "a health care system that understands the unique needs of LGBT adults and youth." FRC, a leading opponent of anti-bullying policies which protect LGBT youth, called on activists to pray against "government efforts to promote harmful and sinful sexual practices among our youth and instead determine to stand courageously against these misguided efforts which can only lead to God's judgment!"
Next Tuesday, June 14 at Noon, Christian leaders from many denominations and non-denominations will meet on the steps of New York City Hall to rebut Mayor Bloomberg's call for same-sex "marriage." New York City Bishop Joseph Mattera says, if taken today, the bill would fail by 3-4 votes. But Mayor Bloomberg is using his bully pulpit as a bludgeon to influence legislators (see City Action Coalition, Bloomberg, Cuomo).
• May God give courage to New York's pro-marriage Senators. May they handily defeat this effort to overturn the natural order in this state and our nation. May God's New Yorkers arise to pray and stand! May the members of New York's legislature who blindly or intentionally seek to shred the fabric of our nation's moral order be defeated in the next election! (Ps 11:3; Eze 33:1-9; Mt 7:15; Rom 1:32; Eph 6:10-18; 1 Th 5:21-22)
Secretary Sebelius also announced creation of a new federal interagency taskforce to partner the Departments of HHS, Education, Agriculture, Defense, Interior and Justice to develop strategies and programs to fight bullying. She said the new national health law will make health care workers "culturally competent" to deal with LGBT patients and that HHS is working with the federal child welfare system to "place LGBT children in loving homes." Homosexual activist and Department of Education appointee Kevin Jennings served as moderator of the event. The U.S. Department of Education sponsored the summit. Take time to read the Christian Post coverage (see Christian Post).
• May God help us to not to "bully" anyone, but to graciously yet urgently speak the truth in love to young people who are hurting themselves with the "LGBT" lifestyle. May believers across America not be "bullied" by our government's efforts to promote harmful and sinful sexual practices among our youth and instead determine to stand courageously against these misguided efforts which can only lead to God's judgment! (Pr 28:4-5; Mt 5:44-45; 18:6; Acts 5:28-29; Eph 5:1-13)
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difficult enough to have to face a couple of aces in a short series. Koufax and
Drysdale. Spahn and Sain. Mathewson and McGinnity. Caruthers and Foutz (there's
a pair most people won't know). Walters and Derringer. Seaver and Koosman.
Roberts and Simmons. The Dean Brothers (at least for a couple of years).
Marichal and Perry. Johnson and Schilling. You get the picture. All of those
combinations led their teams to World Series, and most of them won a World
what do you do if you have to face three (or more) aces in a series? Head to
least eight times in the past, a major league team has put together a three or
four man rotation of aces that stayed together for five or more seasons.
(Admittedly, the definition of "ace" is indefinite. For these
purposes, let's say a pitcher who would be the number one starter on an average
team -- not a definitive accounting, but not bad.) Collectively, they
accounted for 47 seasons worth of aces around. The final results included 23
World Series appearances and 12 titles.
they only faced each other in the World Series once, and then after one team's
ace corps was broken up, the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Athletics
dominated their respective leagues for much of the first decade of the 20th
Century, thanks to two dominating rotations -- a four man group on the west side
of Chicago (this was before Wrigley Field was built) and three man group in
Philadelphia's Brewerytown neighborhood (this was before Shibe Park was built.)
knows the ace of the early Cubs rotation -- it was Mordecai Peter Centennial (he
was born in 1876) Brown, better known as Miner or Three Finger. In the five
seasons from 1906 to 1910, he went 127-43 (including a 29-9 year), or better
than 25-9 every year. So great was Brown that his three compatriots, fine
pitchers all for more than just a couple of years, are largely forgotten. That's
too bad, because Ed Reulbach (91-33), Orval Overall (82-39, and maybe a better
name than Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown) and Jack "The Giant Killer"
Pfiester (70-36... guess which team he was tough on) each would have been the
ace of just about any other team. Pfiester, the least of the four aces, had an
average record of 14-7 for those five years, and single years of 20-8 and 17-6.
Together, they went 370-151 between 1906 and 1910, a winning percentage of .710. Is
it any wonder these five Cubs teams won an astounding 530 games? (Even though
they only split four appearances in the World Series.)
Overall and Pfiester would have been the ace of just about any other team in
their era, except the A's. That's because, between 1903 and 1907, they had Eddie
Plank, Rube Waddell and Charles Albert Bender, and these three worthies won
exactly 300 games in those five seasons, losing 194, a .607 winning percentage.
All three of these guys are in the Hall of Fame (only Brown made it among the
Cub Quartet), although Plank and Waddell were far more dominant during this five
year stretch than was Bender, who was a 20 year-old rookie in 1903. The two
lefties, one so sedate, the other a wild man who was probably mentally
handicapped, went 226-139 from 1903 to 1907. Although they only made one Series
(which they lost in 1905), they were in the race every other year and were, in
fact, jobbed out of the 1907 American League title by an umpire's decision in a
key game with the Tigers.
story of the 1928 to 1932 version of the Athletics parallels the early Cubs
rotation better than the early A's rotation, in that Hall of Famer Lefty Grove
was so good (128-33, a better record than Brown put up) that George Earnshaw
(93-48) and Rube Walberg (85-57) tended to get overlooked. Although Walberg was
the lesser of these three, he still averaged a 17-11 mark for those five
seasons, including a 20-12 year in 1931. Altogether, these three A's Aces had
a much better composite record than Mack's three earlier Hall of Famers. They
went 306-138, a .689 winning percentage.
1940s and 1950s saw three great rotations that all stayed together for at least
five years. The first was the Yankees three man staff that won five straight
World Series from 1949 to 1953, and just missed the Series in their first year,
1948. Vic Raschi, Allie Reynolds and Eddie Lopat. Although, outside of Raschi,
they weren't generally 20 game winners (Raschi won 20 three times in this span,
Reynolds and Lopat once each), they were very hard to beat. Raschi went 111-48
(.698), and Lopat and Reynolds a practically identical 97-47 (.674) and 99-48
(.673) marks. Because they all had relatively short careers, none of them made
the Hall of Fame.
year after Raschi/Reynolds/Lopat came together, the Indians had three other
superb pitchers to complement their fading ace, Bob Feller. Although Feller had
pretty well thrown his arm out by pitching 371 innings worth of fast balls in
1946 after missing most of the previous four seasons, he was still BOB FELLER,
and Cleveland wasn't about to get rid of him. He was a good 85-56 (.603) between
1949 and 1954 (including his last 20-win season in 1951), an average mark of
14-9. However, Bob Lemon (128-68), Early Wynn (112-63) and Mike Garcia (104-57)
were a lot better. All together, they rolled up a collective .647 winning
percentage, 10 more 20-win seasons, and an average yearly record of 19-10. The
reason they only appeared in one World Series (which they lost in an upset in
1954) was, of course, the Yankees, who had as equally as good a rotation (even
though Feller, Wynn and Lemon all made the Hall), and a better team behind them.
next year, Feller was through, but another pretty good three man rotation came
along, this time in
it's hard to measure fame, the Baltimore Orioles rotation from 1969 to 1974 was
(and still is) famous. Although only Jim Palmer made the Hall of Fame,
he and Dave McNally and Mike Cuellar made the O's very tough in a short series
(especially the 1970 World Series), even though they did choke away the 1969 and
1971 World Series and then couldn't stop the Oakland A's in 1972, 1973 and 1974.
Between the three of them, they went 343-182 (.653) with 11 20-win seasons,
including two years back-to-back (1970 and 1971) when all three of them won 20.
(1971 being the fluky year when Pat Dobson was a one-hit wonder, and also won
20.) Only the Indians group were able to match that feat, in 1951 (Feller,
Garcia, Wynn) and 1952 (Lemon, Garcia, Wynn).
recently, there's the Braves three man, all-Cy Young rotation of 1993 to 1999.
While you may think that Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz were together
longer than that, the Braves didn't sign Maddux away from the Cubs until 1993,
and Smoltz was hurt in 2000, eventually going to the bullpen up until the time
Glavine left for
rank these eight rotations by winning percentage, they look like this... For
whatever it may be worth, the only group with all members in the Hall of Fame
had the lowest winning percentage (although Smoltz may get in to join sure
things Maddux and Glavine).
Athletics II .689
Yankees .682
Braves II .672
Orioles .653
Indians .647
Braves I .627
Athletics I .607
Despite the justly-deserved praise on behalf of the 2010 Phillies three aces -- Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, and Cole Hamels -- it is unlikely that they will ring up a record anywhere near that of these eight historical rotations, mainly because Halladay and Oswalt are probably too old to likely both be aces for another four years each, at which point Halladay and Oswalt would both be 37. (Hamels won't turn 27 until the very end -- Dec. 27 to be exact -- of 2010.) Still, it's not out of the question, and, if the Phillies can find the money to keep this threesome together, it's at least possible they'll make life miserable for the rest of the National League long enough to join the select company already mentioned.


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Intersectionality is a way of visualising what the courts could not see… the combined discrimination experienced by being black and a woman
Kimberlé Crenshaw, 2014.
The Race in the Americas (RITA) group presents a two-day conference bringing together academics, activists and practitioners who share a concern for and interest in intersectionality. The event will include:
We invite proposals from academics, practitioners, those who identify their work to be intersectional in focus and application, undergraduate and postgraduate students across disciplines, as well as activists, public policy theorists and members of civil society organisations to submit proposals that focus on, or include, the theme of 'intersectionality'.
Please send proposals of 250 – 300 words for a 20-minute presentation along with a brief biography to email@example.com by Monday 30th June, 2014. For further information please go to www.raceintheamericas.com.
Refreshments will be provided.
This event is supported by the University of Sussex.


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Syracuse, N.Y. -- Rodney Sieh, publisher of FrontPageAfrica and a former journalist for The Post-Standard, was jailed last week in Liberia for failing to pay $1.5 million in a libel suit, the Committee to Protect Journalists is reporting.
The CPJ condemned the move by Liberian authorities, who also shut down the offices of Sieh's publication. The CPJ is a non-profit organization that promotes freedom of the press worldwide.
Here's more from the CPJ's website:
"FrontPageAfrica's publisher, Rodney Sieh, was jailed on Wednesday after telling a judge that he was unable to pay the damages owed to Chris Toe, a former government minister who had sued Sieh, FrontPageAfrica, and Samwar Fallah, a reporter for the paper, for libel three years ago. Toe sued them for US$2 million in February 2010 after the paper reported the findings of an official government inquiry that accused Toe of corruption, according to news reports. Toe resigned from his government position and was never charged. In his complaint, he said FrontPageAfrica's reports were libelous because he was never convicted in court. He has denied all of the allegations against him.
"In February 2011, a court convicted Sieh, FrontPageAfrica, and Fallah and ordered them to pay a total of US$1.5 million in damages and US$90,000 in court costs, Sieh told CPJ before he was jailed. Sieh told CPJ that FrontPageAfrica could not afford to pay the damages. Local journalists told CPJ that the heavy fine imposed was a deliberate ploy to shut down the critical newspaper. FrontPageAfrica has repeatedly reported on corruption, official misconduct, and human rights abuses."
Sieh's sister, Maureen Sieh, was also a long-time reporter and editor at The Post-Standard.
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Teams of scientists have discovered genetic variants on the same region of chromosome 8 that are associated with prostate cancer in Icelandic and African American men as well as white men in the U.S. and of north European decent. The results of all three studies appear in the May 1, 2007, issue of Nature Genetics and were published in the online version on April 1.
A variation in a portion of DNA strongly predicts prostate cancer risk. Additionally, this common variation may be responsible for up to 20% of prostate cancer cases in white men in the U.S., reports researchers from the NCI and the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) initiative.
This gene variation, rs6983267, was discovered on chromosome 8. The region the CGEMS study identified on chromosome 8, 8q24, is marked by a number of SNPs, including rs6983267. This segment of DNA has few known or predicted genes for prostate cancer.
The researchers also confirmed that a previous finding of a different variant, marked by SNP rs1447295, is also associated with prostate cancer. The rs1447295 SNP is located nearby on the same arm of chromosome 8 and could be responsible for about 7% of prostate cancer cases in white men of north European descent. The old and the new susceptibility loci appear to act independently and confer increased risk for all age groups studied, according to the investigators.
A team of deCODE Genetics scientists, along with academic colleagues from the U.S., Iceland, Spain, and The Netherlands, also discovered a genetic variant on the same region of chromosome 8 that confers risk of prostate cancer. This new discovery emerges from the application of genome wide SNP association technologies to the company's population genetics resources. The variant discovered by deCODE was identified through a genome-wide association scan of 4,500 Icelandic cases .
The strongest association detected in the study was a variant identified last year by deCODE, but the team then applied its tools for constructing and testing haplotypes of multiple SNPs. This analysis identified a 14-marker haplotype and a closely correlated SNP not included in the company's earlier genome-wide scan. The variant was found in about 3% of controls and roughly twice as many prostate cancer patients and is suggestively linked to earlier age at onset.
However, in an African American case-control cohort from Baltimore, the variant was found in about 30% of controls and 42% of patients, which could account for one quarter of prostate cancer cases among African Americans.deCODE intends to utilize these findings to develop a DNA-based test for the variants it has discovered. Both the NCI study and the deCODe study used the Illumina HumanHap300 Bead Chip.
Along with these studies, researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and Harvard Medical School identified seven genetic risk factors that predict prostate cancer. According to the study's findings, these risk factors are also clustered on the same region of the human genome on chromosome 8.
According to the HMS/USC study, each of these genetic variants independently predict risk for prostate cancer, with the predictive strength varying depending on the variant. Almost all the risk factors were of highest frequency in African Americans.
The study also produced novel biological findings. It revealed that each genetic contributor to prostate cancer risk is located outside of the coding regions of genes, in regions previously designated as junk DNA.
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NEWTON FALLS - Reginald S. ''Reggie'' Ginter, 86, entered into rest Monday, April 16, 2012, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital.
On March 16, 1926, in Hazelton, Pa., John and Florance Keen Ginter welcomed the birth of their son, Reggie.
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In his spare time he enjoyed duck and goose hunting, gardening and reading. He was a member of VFW Post 3332, a life member of AmVets Post 112 and attended St. Mary and St. Joseph Church, all in Newton Falls.
Reggie and Mary Ann Prelac were united into marriage on Feb. 26, 1949, at St. Joseph Church in Newton Falls, and from this union they had four children.
Memories of Reggie will be carried on by his wife, Mary Ann; a son, David (Fran) Ginter of Howland; daughters, Regina Griffith and Suzanne (Tony) Sabo, both of Newton Falls; a brother, John Ginter of Buffalo, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Preceding him in death were his parents; a daughter, Cynthia Durkos; and a grandson, Troy Ginter.
Friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Borowski Funeral Home. Services will follow at 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary and St. Joseph Church, with the Rev. Thomas Ungashick officiating.
Military honors will be provided by the Newton Falls Veterans Organization.
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Just past noon on Thursday, audio engineer Charles "Chopper" Brady had one eye on his French Quarter Festival stage and the other on the threatening sky. From his station at the sound board of the Absolut Louis-Louis Pavilion Stage in Woldenberg Park, he also tried to ignore the passer-by who was going on about the weather-related precautions Brady should take.
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I think that even if you are not christian,you will make it in heaven! How do we know if what the bible says is true? We don't really have a reliable source for that. And just because you are not a follower does not? mean you are not his children.If God truly created us equally, in some way, why would there need to be a reason for going to hell or to heaven? In god's eyes we are his children,and nothing can change that.You shouldn't always trust something you read. I mean how do we know that they are hiding the truth from us with this bible?? How do we know it's not all made up?
If You Are Not Christian Why Would You Go To Hell?
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jrfirefighter202 said...
Feb. 29, 2012 at 1:10 pm
Feb. 29, 2012 at 1:10 pm
If you are not a Christian, you don't go to heaven is what I belive! It is wrong to think that just beliving in God will get you to heaven! I totally dissagree! If you want to go to heaven, you have to except Jesus Christ as your personal savior! He came and died on the cross for YOU! So if you want to get to heaven, you have to except Jesus's gift and except him as your savior! You are now going to be in my prayers!
You see, people just dont get that GOD IS NOT A RELIGION!! MAN MADE RELIGION.. NOT GOD. why do you think there are so many different religions.. God said there will be many that will be decived. many that will follow other gods.. he has always stuck to his word.. he and his word has NEVER changed. man changes everything to their liking. Gods word was not focused on dinosaurs.. it was not for anyone but us.. can you imagine if he put all of his reasonings in the bible.. it... (more »)
Trees replied...
Oct. 31, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Oct. 31, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Evolution is actually has a lot of proof to back up. Like that humans share about 97 percent of DNA with orangutans. It wasn't boom a monkey just turned into a human, it was cell by cell. Which probably took hundreds of thousands of years, if not millions. How do you know if Evolution is real? How do you know if the bible is real? You don't. In somebody's eyes we are all going to hell.
Artgirl1999 replied...
Feb. 1, 2013 at 2:01 pm
Feb. 1, 2013 at 2:01 pm
We may or may not share DNA with apes, I have never heard that before, but here's a thought: if we do, maybe it is because the same Person created both humans and apes. But we were never apes.
BlueRain said...
Feb. 25, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Feb. 25, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Though it is not mentioned at all in the bible that I have (whoever keeps re-writing it is either trying to confuse us on what acutally happened or they love putting their own stories into a book that many people take seriously), I am aware of that supposedly God created hell after he created heaven and earth but BEFORE he made man. Now, why would he do that? That would mean God would have known ahead of time that we were going to sin... but if he's God, if he loved us and didn't want to see us ... (more »)
Did you read the bible.. God did make all creatures good.. The devil was an archangel.. the highest of them all. He chose to disobey God.. he wanted to be God. he thought he could get rid of him. read more about that so you can understand it more.. dont go to the bible if it is to hard to understand.. there are plenty of info on the net that helps better understand it. and yes, God did know everything was going to happen.. he also had a plan.. just cause he created us, do... (more »)
what bible are you reading that people keep re-writing according to you.. the bible intended for us to read is out there. it is still the same as the day it was written. do more homework before you make such claims. yes, there are so called bibles out there that people have changed.. the KJV is the one to read.. it has not changed. anyone can write a book and call it a bible.. but God's word has stood the test of time.. HIS word has not changed. he said yo... (more »)
LivingforGodsince2003, said...
Feb. 13, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Feb. 13, 2012 at 2:36 pm
God does love everyone, that's why He sent His Son to die for us, but we must accept His gift. If we don't, we are still in our sins, and must be punished for them. I'm praying for you.
Wiley said...
Feb. 9, 2012 at 4:43 pm
Feb. 9, 2012 at 4:43 pm
I think anyone can go to heaven really, as long as they believe there is a god, and a heaven and a hell. As long as you do the right things. I don't believe any specific god, because really.. how're we supposed to know what to believe? We don't know anything.
SpeakingLifeofSerenity replied...
Feb. 29, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Feb. 29, 2012 at 2:46 pm
you don't have to believe in heaven and hell. You just need to have Jesus in your heart and except him as your personal savior and that he died for you on the cross and rose from the dead. I kinda of believe that you don't have to be christian to understand that and that Jesus is in your life so yea.
crystal said...
Feb. 8, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Feb. 8, 2012 at 3:02 pm
true i agrre with him and if you want to know if the bible is tru than ask God he wont lie just do it with faith.God dosent want us to go to hell but is our choice i belive in the bible and in the bible it tells su how to dress talk and ect. it tells us the good and bad and if ou do the bad thing than you will go to hell think of these if there is a drunck men do you think he is going to heaven,or a smocker?no he saddly wont bc he is not doing what God want
StarChild said...
Jan. 24, 2012 at 8:07 am
Jan. 24, 2012 at 8:07 am
I'll explain. Yes his love is unconditional.and yes he is our father. But, he is also a judge and a righteous judge will do his job well and according to the rules, even if it's his own children.
peace_love_beauty replied...
Jan. 24, 2012 at 9:24 am
Jan. 24, 2012 at 9:24 am
Agreed. He is like a father who loves his children but still punishes them
greenbean_94 replied...
Feb. 13, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Feb. 13, 2012 at 5:55 pm
A parent and a child is a good example. If a child misbehaves, you punish him, not because you want to or because you're heartless, but because it will teach them not to do it again. You love the child and want to protect he/she, which is why you parents punish children when they do wrong. The same is true with God: He loved us so much that he sent his son to die for us that we may be spared from death. But, since God is so loving, he gave us the choice to accept his gift or reject it. If you re... (more »)
BlueRain replied...
Jul. 24, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Jul. 24, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Not a good comparison. It would make no sense, for instance, if a parent would spank a child just because their great-great-great-great etc. grandmother did something bad. And when normal parents send their kids to time-out, they don't open a pit of fire and drop them in to be tortured by demons.
*drops* "But remember, I still love you honey!"
A_Fate_Unknown said...
Jan. 4, 2012 at 10:09 pm
Jan. 4, 2012 at 10:09 pm
Agreed ^ The Christians gods love is conditionally unconditional
jensenmarcelle said...
Dec. 19, 2011 at 8:41 am
Dec. 19, 2011 at 8:41 am
Why would our twisted and broken souls be allowed into a place like heaven? Do you believe you're perfect enough to make it in by yourself? Because I know for a fact I don't deserve a place like that. And that's why I need God.
BlueRain replied...
Dec. 28, 2011 at 9:25 am
Dec. 28, 2011 at 9:25 am
Your god requires us to be perfect? I think we can all agree that no one is perfect, because I don't believe in a perfect lifestyle. There are many paths to the real truth, not one truth to the real path. Heaven must be pretty empty if God requires us to be perfect if we don't believe in him.
MakeItShine replied...
Dec. 29, 2011 at 9:35 am
Dec. 29, 2011 at 9:35 am
Yes. Matthew 5:48 says, "Be ye perfect, for I am perfect." That's the standard; that's what Heaven is!!! An escape from the woes, and sufferings, and pain--all caused by SIN--of this world. God, being a holy and just God, requires perfection. But He's not stupid. No, He knows we can never achieve perfection. So He sent his Son. 1 Peter 2:24 tells us, "And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness, for by His wounds you are healed.... (more »)
A_Fate_Unknown replied...
Jan. 2, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Jan. 2, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Shine you contradict yourself. You say yes, we need to be perfect and that god requires it. Then you say he's not stupid and knows we can never be perfect. Seems pretty cruel and evil to set standards that he knows no man may accomplish. By that logic your god is twisted and enjoys watching our pain and frustration trying to achieve something he knows we can't.
MakeItShine replied...
Jan. 3, 2012 at 10:24 am
Jan. 3, 2012 at 10:24 am
On the contrary. It's you who misunderstands the whole of Christianity--and thus, the beauty of the gospel--and thus, the gift of a holy God. God requires us to be perfect to enter Heaven. Heaven = perfection minus sin, pain, suffering. You follow? However, God KNOWS we can never achieve perfection so He gives us ANOTHER WAY to get to Heaven. And this is through His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father [God] except through me." Jesu... (more »)
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Vishal Krishna-starrer Tamil romantic-comedy Madha Gaja Raja (MGR), which is delayed by nearly nine months, is finally set to release worldwide on September 9, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
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Rochelle, IL (September 19, 2013) – An Americold Logistics warehouse employee has filed a federal charge against a local union for violating her rights and posting coercive notices in the workplace designed to mislead workers into dues-paying ranks.
Karen Cox of Dixon filed the federal charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys.
In June 2012, a local affiliate of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) unionized Cox's workplace. However, union and company officials did not reach a contract until June 2013. During that time, Cox began a campaign to remove the unwanted union from her workplace. In August, the workers voted in a secret-ballot election whether to remove the union from their workplace. At the request of the union hierarchy, the results of the election have been impounded pending review by the NLRB.
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Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin Fell in Love While Filming the Marrying Man, but Their Tantrums, Demands and Reckless Behavior Made a Hotter Story Than the One on the Screen
That set the tone for what was to follow as the superheated twosome became Hollywood's couple most likely to offend. During the four months in which Marrying Man was filming last year, plus 10 hectic days of reshooting in January, Basinger, 37, and Baldwin, 33, provided a tour de force demonstration of on-set egotism, chair-throwing rages and sexual exhibitionism. The filming of the tale of a toothpaste heir who falls—again and again—for a Las Vegas lounge singer (see review on page 15) is a far juicier story than the one that opened to middling reviews this month. It is also a story that still has Hollywood talking.
How bad was it on The Marrying Man set? One senior member of the production crew gives a clue. "Honest to God, if I were destitute and living on the street with no food and somebody offered me a million dollars to work with Alec and Kim, I'd pass," he says. "Their actions were vile, deplorable, despicable." Basinger was no more charitable. Making the movie "was the worst situation anyone could imagine—ever," she told USA Today. "I thought hell was below us, but it fell right on my head." Baldwin has refused to make any comment.
At the outset, it seemed that Marrying Man should have clicked. It boasted an original screenplay by comedy king Neil Simon (Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues) and was produced by Walt Disney Company, which, though noted for its strict policing of production costs, was eager to follow up last year's romantic blockbuster Pretty Woman. In the end, though, the movie finished nearly a month over its original 52-day schedule, $6 million over its original $20 million budget—and in trouble.
The problems began even before the ink was dry on the stars' contracts. In fall 1989, when he signed Baldwin, Disney Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg may have gotten off on the wrong foot when he reportedly joked with the actor, to whom he was said to be paying $1.5 million, "We could get a gale guard to do the same job you do." Some insiders feel that Baldwin, whose first big star turn, The Hunt for Red October, was yet to be released, may have taken the remark to heart.
Meanwhile, Batman star Basinger, who received around $2.5 million for Marrying Man, demanded that director of photography Ian (A Cry in the Dark) Baker be replaced, because she didn't like the way she looked in test shots. And she wanted to change the dialogue—reportedly going so far, four weeks into filming, as to tell Simon, "Whoever wrote this scene doesn't understand comedy." Simon, who denies that the incident took place, returned to the set only once during the remainder of the shoot.
As the Basinger-Baldwin love affair grew more intense, both stars frustrated director Jerry Rees (whose only previous feature credit had been the animated The Brave Little Toaster) and feuded with Disney brass. Basinger often kept the production waiting for one reason or another, including her elaborate morning toilette that featured an Evian water shampoo. Baldwin's temper also set the company on edge. One focus of his anger was on studio execs who visited the set. "One time," says a video engineer, "I heard Alec marching back after a tantrum and saying, 'I really showed them this time.' " The exhausted director, who blames the movie's problems on "politics, money and time constraints." was hospitalized with pneumonia and dehydration for two weeks near the end of filming.
Contributing to the tension was what some production staffers call Basinger's "sexual obsession." During the couple's first scene together, the sound crew couldn't believe their cars as, between takes, Basinger told her lover what she'd like to do to certain parts of his anatomy. "Think of the dirtiest things you can think of." says one crew member.
Another problem was Basinger's underwear. Or lack of it. Some of those on the set said that she didn't wear any under her costume and would sit in her director's chair with her legs apart. "I turned around once, and it was just like, 'Wooooo!' " says a crew member. "She saw me look and then said. 'How are you?' I said, 'I'm doing a lot better today, thanks.' Her embarrassed assistants were always scampering for towels to throw over her legs."
Baldwin, who started out under control, later grew hostile. His cellular telephones on location (a star perk) became favorite weapons. "He didn't like it when his phones cut out. so he would slam them against the wall," says a member of the technical crew. "I don't know how many phones he smashed to smithereens." When one phone failed, he was so enraged that he threw a director's chair, which narrowly missed an electrician who happened to be in the way. He later apologized. "Alec would be pissed at whatever wasn't going right," says one crewman, "and there was always something that wasn't going right."
Those who know Baldwin, the oldest of four acting brothers (Daniel, 30, appeared on the 1990 CBS series Sydney; William, 27, stars in this spring's Backdraft; and Stephen, 24, is on ABC's The Young Riders), are surprised by reports of his antics. "That doesn't sound like Alec to me," says his former fiancée, actress Janine Turner, who plays Maggie on CBS's Northern Exposure, adding that he has "great charm." His Red October producer Mace Neufeld, remembers Baldwin as "professional, intelligent. He was with us every day, even days when he wasn't scheduled to shoot."
Though he's a hard worker, Baldwin has admitted to a "crazed lifestyle" in the past. "I'm sure he's having the time of his life with Kim," says Turner. "She's beautiful. She's southern. She's sexy."
Basinger also is known as excitable and outspoken. The actress was pegged as late to work and difficult in 1988's My Step-mother Is an Alien and admitted in Cosmopolitan that she had tried cocaine and that "I love men. And I love sex." Following her eight-year marriage to makeup man Ron Britton, which ended in 1989, Basinger was rumored to have had an intense romance with rock star Prince. After she took up with Baldwin last spring, she shared Thanksgiving dinner with him and saw him on the set of her new film, The Cool World, costarring Gabriel Byrne.
A relationship that is not going nearly as well is the one she has with Braselton, Ga. (pop. 500). She bought the dilapidated town, just 25 miles from her girlhood home of Athens, with a group of investors for $20 million in 1989. Although she has said she plans to revitalize it with new shops and an amusement park, residents have yet to see any improvements. But after nearly two years, they finally got a glimpse of their famous benefactor last week. She showed up late, accepted a key to the city and performed a few ceremonial functions but still didn't have the time to talk with many of the townspeople who had complaints. She was, however, trailed by an ABC TV crew.
Neither star seems particularly damaged by the Marrying Man episode. "She's just been really a delight," says Cool World producer Frank Mancuso Jr. of his star. "She was on time for wardrobe fittings. Things that people are always late for, she was on time for."
For his part, Baldwin is now in Chicago to reprise last year's off-Broadway role in the film version of Prelude to a Kiss and is set to play the lead in two more big-budget films from Red October author Tom Clancy. "Alec is a movie star," says one top casting director. "If he continues to behave like this and he becomes big box office, people will just have to learn how to deal with it." Marrying Man costar Robert Loggia agrees. "The line used to be 'You'll never work in this town again,' " he says. "The catch is, 'until we need you.' "
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On Nov 27, 10:55 am, xp_new...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am trying to test some settings on my router that allow certain
> ports (e.g. 139) to be open for inbound traffic - via port forwarding.
> For that, I use a port scan service like ShieldsUp onwww.grc.comor
> auditmypc.com.
> However, no matter what I do (I even did port forwarding on ALL ports
> to my test PC (running XP with its firewall turned off), the test
> results always show ALL ports as stealthed.
> Internally (in my LAN) I used a Linux port scanner to verify that my
> test PC indeed has at least ports 135, 139 and 445 open. They are
> definitely open on the test PC.
> I also temporarily configured my router to set the test PC as a DMZ
> (on my NETGEAR router it is call "Default DMZ Server") - and indeed
> thewww.grc.comtest showed those ports as open.
> However, I don't understand what is the difference between this
> "officially labeled" DMZ setting to port forwarding of ALL the ports.
> Could someone please help me understand this?
> For example, is it possible that a DMZ server is being skipped the NAT
> done by the router? (despite it retaining the internal LAN address?)
OK - things start making more sense right now: instead of forwarding
ALL ports (0..65535) to my test PC, I enabled only 135..445. That
effectively made my test PC apear as unstealthed (in ports 139 and
445) to the www.grc.com test.
This confirms my understanding that DMZ is nothing more than port
forwarding to all usable ports (except for port 0 or some other
strange ones like 8 (ICMP)).
Or did I get it completely wrong?


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Oxygen Therapy in Schizophrenia
The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified May 2008 by Beersheva Mental Health Center.
Recruitment status was Recruiting
Recruitment status was Recruiting
Beersheva Mental Health Center
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
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First received: September 5, 2007
Last updated: May 26, 2008
Last verified: May 2008
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|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2009
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)


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After earning their 48th win in the regular season finale Monday, the most for the franchise since 1994, the Hillsboro Hops all gathered in front of the dugout and sat on the turf watching the firework display along with the fans.
For a few precious moments, they celebrated.
"This is the best game ever," a Hops player shouted, as smiles lit up for just a split second with each aerial explosion.
But as the display died down, so to did the majestic moment.
"You guys ready for a long bus ride?" a player asked loudly.
The celebration was over. It was time to prepare.
"It's a nice way to end the regular season, but at the same time, I think they are pretty focused on what lies ahead," manager J.R. House said. "We are playing a pretty good Boise team that we were pretty much neck-and-neck with the entire year."
Hillsboro traveled overnight to Boise and will take on the Hawks at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday in the first contest of what could be a three-game series.
Win or lose, the Hops will get back on the bus Tuesday night and come home to Hillsboro for Game 2 on Wednesday (tickets still available). If a Game 3 is necessary, the two teams will meet again at Ron Tonkin Field on Thursday.
It's a brutal schedule against a tough opponent, but House believes his squad will be ready.
"They've played really well on travel day, so when we've gotten on a bus and driven seven, eight hours or whatever it is, they usually get off and do pretty well," he said. "We're hoping that same type of scenario happens, where they play really well on travel day, and then we can get back here."
To advance, Hillsboro will have to win two games of the possible three-game series.
The Hops will start Felipe Perez (3-0, 2.14) in Game 1, where he is expected to battle Boise's Jake Stinnett (0-0, 2.84 ERA).
The Game 2 starter for Hillsboro, Markus Solbach (2-1, 2.57 ERA) stayed home in order to remain well-rested for his outing. Jared Miller (1-1, 3.58 ERA) would pitch in Game 3.
But even with a rested Solbach, taking two of three from the Hawks will be a difficult task. The Hops are 7-5 against the Boise this season.
Working in their favor is the fact that no short-single Class-A team has more than 48 wins this season, and the Hops second-half record was tops in the NWL by five games.
"The same thing happened last year. We just started very, very low and the guys got better as the season went on and we had a good second half," House said. "I just think we started in a much better place and the guys got better as the season went on. They are a better team now than they were at the beginning of the season."
Vancouver has won the last three Northwest League championships. The Hops' quest to dethrone the short-season Class-A king begins Tuesday evening.
Listen: Hear Rich Burk call the game live on 620 AM
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Trial record 16 of 82 for: "Rubella"
Immunogenicity, Safety of Measles-mumps-rubella-varicella Vaccine (MeMuRu-OKA) Compared to Priorix™ Given With Varilrix™
This study has been completed.
Information provided by:
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First received: July 14, 2006
Last updated: September 29, 2011
Last verified: September 2011
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Since measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) and varicella vaccinations are established as routine childhood practice and often co-administered during the second year of life, a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MeMuRu-OKA) vaccine is fully justified. Such a combined vaccine was developed and extensively studied in susceptible children. In countries where varicella mass-vaccination is already implemented, a transition period is necessary as children who started with separate first-dose vaccinations of MMR and varicella will receive a single shot of the combined vaccine as the second dose. To account for those situations, this study will evaluate the effect of the combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine given in place of separate MMR and varicella vaccines as a second dose.
Biological: MeMuRu-OKA (study vac)
Biological: MMR, Varicella vacc (control)
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Comparative Study Evaluating the Immunogenicity & Safety of MeMuRu-OKA Vaccine & Measles-mumps-rubella Vaccine (Priorix™) Co-adm. With Varicella Vaccine (Varilrix™) in Children Primed With Both Measles-mumps-rubella & Varicella Vaccines
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Chickenpox Measles Mumps Rubella ShinglesU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Varicella, MMR titres at 42-56 days after first vaccination
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Seropositivity rates. Safety: solicited local/general, unsolicited AEs (42 days), SAEs (whole study)
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2006
Intervention Details:
Biological: MeMuRu-OKA (study vac)
Biological: MMR, Varicella vacc (control)
- Varicella vacc (control)
- MeMuRu-OKA (study vac)
Other Names:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|15 Months to 6 Years (Child)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children must be healthy to participate
Exclusion Criteria:
- immunosuppressive (including HIV) conditions, allergic diseases, neurological disorders, known anaphylactic reaction to MMR vaccine, and fever (axillary temperature ³ 37.5°C at the time of vaccination) are excluding factors. Children must have received one dose (but not more) of MMR and of varicella vaccine at least 6 weeks before entering the study. They must not receive or have received other non-registered drug or vaccine within 30 days prior to study start, or immunosuppressants for more than 14 days. Immunoglobulins or any blood products are prohibited during the 6 months before and during the study, as well as vaccine other than that foreseen by the protocol, 30 days before until 56 days after vaccination. They must not have had measles, mumps, rubella or varicella, or have been exposed to those diseases within 30 days prior to study start. New-born infants (< 5 weeks of age), pregnant women without previous exposure to chickenpox, and immunodeficient persons cannot live in the same household as the vaccinated child.
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00352898
|Canada, Alberta
|GSK Investigational Site
|Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5N 4A3
|Canada, British Columbia
|GSK Investigational Site
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1
|Canada, Nova Scotia
|GSK Investigational Site
|Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3K 6R8
|GSK Investigational Site
|Enna, Sicilia, Italy, 94015
|GSK Investigational Site
|Ragusa, Sicilia, Italy, 97100
|GSK Investigational Site
|San Gregorio di Catania (CT), Sicilia, Italy, 95027
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 27, 2016
Halperin SA, Ferrera G, Scheifele D, Predy G, Stella G, Cuccia M, Douha M, Willems P. Safety and immunogenicity of a measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine given as a second dose in children up to six years of age. Vaccine. 2009 May 5;27(20):2701-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.044. Epub 2009 Feb 24.
|Responsible Party:
|Cheri Hudson; Clinical Disclosure Advisor, GSK Clinical Disclosure
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00352898 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 14, 2006
|Last Updated:
|September 29, 2011
|Health Authority:
|Italy: Ministry of Health
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Herpes Zoster
Morbillivirus Infections
Paramyxoviridae Infections
Mononegavirales Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Rubivirus Infections
Togaviridae Infections
Rubulavirus Infections
Parotid Diseases
Salivary Gland Diseases
Mouth Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Kevin Costner cracks a whip in Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'
By now, I've learned to have faith regarding Quentin Tarantino and his casting. I may not love the choice of Jamie Foxx for Django, the lead in his upcoming movie "Django Unchained," but I understand that there were more factors that went into it than just "Hey, let me hire anybody I feel like hiring." The only thing that scared me about Foxx when he was announced is that we haven't really seen him play period like this before, and he's such a thoroughly modern guy that it is hard for me to imagine.
Kevin Costner, though? Man, that's perfect.
I am actively anticipating what happens when "Django Unchained" is released, because it is the single most incendiary thing Tarantino's ever written, and a damn good story besides. It's one thing to provoke, and that's easy. But when you create great characters, spin a great yarn, and you manage to provoke at the same time, that's something special, and that's exactly what it feels like "Django Unchained" is going to pull off.
I'm not exactly sure when it became cool to hate Kevin Costner, but you can count me out of that particular hipster affectation. I like Costner precisely because he's got a taste for earnest, resolutely un-cynical material, and I like him both as a performer and a director. I am thrilled that he's got a big 2012 on the books now with his role as Pa Kent in Zack Snyder's "Man Of Steel" and now with the role of Ace Woody, a truly vile and wretched human being, in "Django Unchained."
Ace Woody works for Calvin Candie (Leonardo Di Caprio), who owns a club and a plantation dedicated to the pit fighting of slaves. Ace Woody is the guy who trains the biggest "mandingo" slaves as fighters, and he's a despicable character. It's a smaller role, but it's exactly the kind of supporting character that good actors can make a meal of, and I think Costner's going to dig in with both hands.
It's exciting enough just knowing there's a new Tarantino film coming, but this film in particular and the cast that he's putting together? It strikes me as reason to celebrate, and I can't wait for the finished product.
"Django Unchained" is set for release December 25, 2012.


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One (1) female nipple.
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Slang term for a woman's breast or nipple.
Can I touch your mother's teat?
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A pair of Breasts
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1. nipples
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That strippers teats are hanging to the floor!
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my dad's favorite saying
well, that's just teats!
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One of young Shakespeare's finest quotes regarding a woman's breast and the process of breastmilking
"An honour! were not I thine only nurse, I would say thou hadst suck'd wisdom from thy teat."
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~Heritage Heartcraft, heirloom quality thread crochet by Cara Louise Reitbauer~
I have been crocheting since about 1974 at age 8 when my mother taught me with regular yarn and larger crochet ...
~Heritage Heartcraft, heirloom quality thread crochet by Cara Louise Reitbauer~
I have been crocheting since about 1974 at age 8 when my mother taught me with regular yarn and larger crochet hooks. A year or so later, she found a bag that had been her mother's which contained some gorgeous doilies her mother had made, along with some skinny crochet thread and some impossibly small steel crochet hooks.
I fell in love on the spot, created my very first doily without any pattern by copying one of hers, using her hooks and her thread. I have been designing and crafting small articles such as doilies, coasters, snowflakes and angels ever since! (Although I do confess to using patterns too!) Every time I make something I feel a kinship with the grandmother I was never able to meet, and so her spirit is alive in me- all these years later, and still use her hooks, which are now over 60 years old!
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Featured Golf News
2010 Curtis Cup Captain Named
The United States Golf Association has announced that Noreen Friel Mohler, 55, of Bethlehem, Pa., has been selected as the captain for the 2010 USA Curtis Cup team by the USGA Women's Committee. The 2010 Curtis Cup will take place June 11-13, 2010, at Essex County Club in Manchester, Mass.
Mohler was a member of the USA's victorious 1978 Curtis Cup team that defeated Great Britain and Ireland by a 12-6 margin at The Apawamis Club in Rye, N.Y.
The Curtis Cup is a biennial competition between female amateur teams from the USA and Great Britain and Ireland. The first Match was held in 1932 at Wentworth (England) Golf Club, and the USA owns a 26-6-3 record, including victories in the last six Matches. In 2008, the Curtis Cup was contested at the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, where the USA team was victorious, 13-7.
"This is the highest honor that I have ever received in my golfing career," said Mohler. "I am honored, humbled and excited about this opportunity. It was the thrill of a lifetime to play in the Curtis Cup, and I'm sure that it will be a life-changing experience as a captain."
Mohler was a semifinalist in the 1975 U.S. Women's Amateur and has played in five U.S. Women's Opens. After stepping away from her playing career for a number of years to concentrate on her family and business affairs, she returned to the game in 2006 and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 USGA Women's Senior Amateur and the semifinals of the 2008 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur.
Born in Woburn, Mass., Mohler is a three-time Massachusetts State Women's Amateur Champion (1973, 1980-'81). She is also the co-chairman of the Marshals Committee for the 2009 U.S. Women's Open, which will be held at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa., July 6-12.
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Same Room, Same Roommate?
a) both you and your current roomamte want to be roomamtes in the same room again next year,
b) you are currently paying for a single room and and want the same room as a single again next year,
then this is the process for you.
The Super Easy Two Step (no, it's not a dance):
step 1: Each of you fills out your "Housing Assignment Information and Proxy Form" and turns it in by Wednesday, March 28 at the Student Development Office (SUB Lower Level).
step 2: On Friday, March 30, between 2:30p and 3:00p, either one of you stops by the Student Development Office to confirm that your room is X'd off of the chart.
Please remember that all current occupants of the room in question must sign the forms. All roommates in question must be Room Lottery eligible.


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One of the state's top cornerbacks, Myrtle Beach's Chocolate Wilson, continues to see more schools showing him interest. In fact, a pair of schools have recently joined Purdue in offering the 2013 standout.
"Since we last spoke I have picked up offers from Ole Miss and Missouri," Wilson said.
Those two schools aren't the ones pursuing him the hardest though Wilson says.
"Right now I'd have to say Kentucky and Georgia Tech are recruiting me the hardest out of everybody."
One of those schools Wilson feels may be the next to offer him a scholarship.
"Kentucky I feel is real close to offering me next."
As for visits Wilson visited another SEC program not too long ago and he told us what he enjoyed most about that trip.
"I visited Florida. I loved the atmosphere down at Florida."
This off season Wilson continues to train hard in an effort to improve his stock he says.
"I've been working out with other defensive backs and I'm also running track to get better."
Wilson says he hopes to show off some of his skills at an upcoming Nike combine to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina soon.
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BabyCenter: Tuesday #gno Twitter Party to Celebrate Moms
Every day, moms make a real difference in the lives of their children, communities, and the world. This year for Mother's Day, BabyCenter wants to take time out to celebrate each and every one of you for all that you do in the name of love.
As part of its "Celebrate Mom. Celebrate you." campaign, BabyCenter invites you to stop by to read inspiring stories of extraordinary moms just like you and learn ways to share the love with other moms all over the world — or in your own backyard.
Do you know an inspirational mom or have you done something to support other women and families? Share your story on BabyCenter's blog Momformation.
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Join BabyCenter and a panel of moms including supermodel turned filmmaker Christy Turlington as we celebrate the journey of motherhood and all of its ups and downs. We'll share inspiring stories of moms who have gone to extreme lengths to show their love for others and learn how, if we all bond together, we can really make a difference together. The party will be held on Tuesday, May 3 from 9-11 ET (8CT, 7MT, 6PT). Click here to see details about the giveaway and enter for a chance to win.
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