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I was thinking about this yesterday and with the BOOM in singles sales again, it's a kind of SKEWED version of the best selling singles of the decade, isn't it ?
I mean, is "Hung Up" really less "big" a single than "I Kissed A Girl", for example ?
Being counted down 33 a day... the list thus far...
1. Will Young - Evergreen/Anything Is Possible (2002) 1,795,000
2. Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody (2002) 1,400,000
3. Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo (2005) 1,205,000 (1,137,000?) (1,197,000 total sales including 1971)
4. Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (2001) 1,200,000
5. Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah (2008) 1,170,000
6. Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas (2004) 1,150,000
7. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (2001) 1,104,000
8. Shayne Ward - That's My Goal (2005) 1,100,000
9. Hear'Say - Pure & Simple (2001) 1,080,000
10. Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It (2000) 1,010,000
11. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (2007) 973,500
12. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (2006) 970,000
13. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again (2001) 965,000
14. Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire (2008) 887,370
15. Lady GaGa – Poker Face (2009) 867,950
16. Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This (2006) 862,000
17. Enrique Iglesias - Hero (2002) 836,500
18. Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling (2009) 818,815
19. X Factor Finalists – Hero (2008) 804,000
20. DJ Otzi - Hey Baby (2001) 776,000
21. Eminem ft Dido - Stan (2000) 772,000
22. Nelly & Kelly Rowland - Dilemma (2002) 770,000
23. Westlife - Uptown Girl (2001) 768,000
24. Lady GaGa – Just Dance (2009) 761,000
25. Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love (2003) 742,500 (642,500)
26. S Club 7 - Don't Stop Moving (2001) 742,000
27. All Saints - Pure Shores (2000) 721,000
28. Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out (2000) 715,000
29. Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love (2009) 714,870
30. Take That - Rule The World (2007) 702,000
31. Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation (2002) 700,000
32: Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon (2008)
33: Umbrella - Rihanna (2007)
34: It Feels So Good - Sonique (2000)
35: In For The Kill - La Roux (2009)
36: Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine (1992/2009)
37: The Climb - Joe McElderry (2009)
38: Whenever Wherever - Shakira (2002)
39: You're Beautiful - James Blunt (2005)
40: Sound Of The Underground - Girls Aloud (2002)
41: Rock DJ - Robbie Williams (2000)
42: Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus (2000)
43: Never Had Dream Come True - S Club 7 (2000)
44: Angel - Shaggy (2001)
45: Run - Leona Lewis (2008)
46: Hips Don't Lie - Shakira (2006)
47: Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas (2009)
48: Mercy - Duffy (2008)
49: Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol (2006)
50: Asereje (The Ketchup Song) - Las Ketchup (2002)
51: Lose Yourself - Eminem (2002)
52: Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) - Spiller (2000)
53: Mad World - Michael Andrews & Gary Jules (2003)
54: Rockstar - Nickelback (2006)
55: LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes (2000)
56: Gareth Gates - Anyone Of Us (Stuipid Mistake) (2002)
57: Eamon - F*** It (I Don't Want You Back) (2004)
58: Beyonce - If I Were A Boy (2008)
59: Take That - Patience (2006)
60: Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (2008)
61: Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This (2002)
62: Gareth Gates and The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky (2003)
63: James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings (2008)
64: Grace Kelly - Mika (2007)
65: Axel F - Crazy Frog (2005)
66: Hung Up - Madonna (2005)
67: Leave Right Now - Will Young (2003)
68: Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida (2009)
69: Without Me - Eminem (2002)
70: Number 1 - Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz (2009)
71: Because I Got High - Afroman (2001)
72: I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters (2006)
73: Don't Cha - The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes (2005)
74: Valerie - Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse (2007)
75: How You Remind Me - Nickelback (2002)
76: Ignition Remix - R Kelly (2002)
77: Heaven - DJ Sammy (2002)
78: If You're Not The One - Daniel Bedingfield (2002)
79: Dance Wiv Me - Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome (2008)
80: Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas (2009)
81: Low - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain (2008)
82: Hot N Cold - Katy Perry (2008)
83: American Boy - Estelle featuring Kanye West (2008)
84: Reach - S Club 7 (2000)
85: If Tomorrow Never Comes - Ronan Keating (2002)
86: Just A Little - Liberty X (2002)
87: Human - The Killers (2008)
88: Sexy Bitch - David Guetta featuring Akon (2009)
89: Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink (2003)
90: Apologize - One Republic featuring Timbaland (2008)
91: Black And Gold - Sam Sparro (2008)
92: When You Believe - Leon Jackson (2007)
93: Fill Me In - Craig David (2000)
94: So What - Pink (2008)
95: Now You're Gone - Basshunter (2008)
96: Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz (2001)
97: Do You Really Like It? - DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies (2001)
98: About You Know - Sugababes (2007)
99: The Promise - Girls Aloud (2008)
100: The Fear - Lily Allen (2009)
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I was thinking about this yesterday and with the BOOM in singles sales again, it's a kind of SKEWED version of the best selling singles of the decade, isn't it ?
I mean, is "Hung Up" really less "big" a single than "I Kissed A Girl", for example ?
Take two of these and meet me in the shadows...
And I'm STILL ANNOYED by this RIDICULOUS thing that has occurred for the past few years where they seem to do the end of year/decade charts a WEEK TOO EARLY
You'd have thought the whole Scissor Sisters-Keane FARRAGO would have STOPPED THEM but NO
Take two of these and meet me in the shadows...
But the poor lambs at the OCC want to spend new year at home with their families. Or in most cases on their own with a bottle of cooking sherry.
Radio 1 were due to countdown the singles of the year on Sunday but musn't have realised that there was still another chart week left and so just did a normal top 40 countdown in the end. This chart of the decade set of shows has been scheduled for weeks, again perhaps Radio 1 didn't realise there was another week to go but next week they probably wouldn't have the space to fit in these programmes so I imagine they had no choice other than to ask the OCC to compile an end of decade chart for them with a week's worth of sales missing.
I'm SURE the adjustments will be MINOR. Besides it's an indication of what the final list will LOOK LIKE.
Other decades were similarly skewed...
Hung Up was a HUGE HIT at a time when sales were at a MEGA SLUMP.
Chasing Cars is probably a good example. I'd say that was probably a bigger hit than no. 49 of the decade would probably suggest.
I knew this was gonna be really skewed towards the start and the end of the decade but I didn't realise that the end of the decade would be THAT skewed. Broken Strings THAT high?
I'm going to say it. What the FUCK happened to music? One Direction, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj. All these people are ugly no talent pieces of shit who deserve to die for destroying music.
We are up to about 540,000 sales now but I'm sure Chasing cars has sold more than that, about 600,000 in fact. I wonder if the OCC have missed out its sales from its initial chart run?
Beyonce's Crazy In Love being nowhere near the Top 100 would be one of the biggest ones...
I think Rihanna's Umbrella will be relatively low given its chart-run too.
Snow Patrol track is most popular of the Noughties
Wednesday December 30, 2009
PPL has named Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol as the most played and used song of the last decade.
The music licensing companys music reporting department processed Data for more than 20 billion seconds of airplay during the past decade to derive a top 50 of songs of which Snow Patrol sit at the summit.
The hit, which peaked at number six in the UK charts when it was released in July 2006, has continued to receive extensive use on UK radio, television, online broadcasts and in public since. The groups frontman Gary Lightbody believes the success of the song is down to one thing: I think that the song has worked because it has an emotion that people can relate to, he says.
Songs released in 2006 also take the second and third spots in the PPL poll with Take Thats Shine at two and I Dont Feel Like Dancin by Scissors Sisters at three. Comeback favourites Take That are the only act to have two songs in PPLs top 10 with Rule The World also charting at number six, though Scissor Sisters have Filthy/Gorgeous at number 30 and a number of other artists have two entries, including The Feeling, Kaiser Chiefs, Pink and Stereophonics.
Whilst the majority of the songs were released in the Noughties, there are no fewer than eleven tracks released from previous decades featuring in the Top 50 chart. Among those timeless classics are Thin Lizzy (1976) with The Boys Are Back In Town at number 12, while the oldest is Aretha Franklins I Say A Little Prayer released in 1968 at number 50. 2007 is the latest year for entries with Sugababes About You Now, Duffys Mercy and Mark Ronsons Valerie making the chart.
PPLs music reporting department compiled the top 50 tracks of the decade based on the number of plays on UK radio, television, online and in public.
PPL head of music reporting, Tim Silver says, The noughties has been a decade for great new music and which has been listened to by ever growing numbers of people. Just as they love listening to new music, there will also always be a place for golden oldies, evident in our top 50.
As we move into the next decade it will be interesting to see how music trends change as well as consumption patterns, and we will accurately capture the data we receive from all our licensees to see how media and usage develops.
The top ten songs were:
1) Chasing Cars Snow Patrol
2) Shine Take That
3) I Dont Feel Like Dancin Scissor Sisters
4) Love It When You Call The Feeling
5) About You Now Sugababes
6) Rule The World Take That
7) Youre Beautiful James Blunt
8) I Predict A Riot Kaiser Chiefs
9) Cant Get You Out of My Head Kylie Minogue
10) Crazy Gnarls Barkley
from musicweek.com
Rihanna's 10 week run at the top was lucky from the first few weeks... Most the country was flooded for that period.
Oh don't tell me that ROBBIE post is the top ten from the Channel 4 thing too ?
Take two of these and meet me in the shadows...
No that's the airplay chart of the decade.
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Oh ok...I can read that post now
Take two of these and meet me in the shadows...
Where the hell did Love It When You Call spring from in that
top ten? I suppose it's been used in the background to a fair few tv shows, but more played than Kylie and Blunt?
RATM #4 of the year? Fuck me.
I'm going to say it. What the FUCK happened to music? One Direction, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj. All these people are ugly no talent pieces of shit who deserve to die for destroying music.
Use Somebody selling more than Umbrella and Hips Don't Lie is a bit WTF
The OCC's ongoing problem with Fragma's Toca's Miracle continues. It has been missed off other decade charts the OCC have compiled for the music TV channels in recent years eg best selling dance singles of the decade, biggest sellers of the decade so far. It's almost as if the sales have been deleted from their database. It sold 530,742 copies in 2000 and, even if it has sold nothing on downloads since 2004, it should be in the low 70s in this chart. And that also includes ignoring the 2008 remix which scraped into the top 20.
When the chart resumes tomorrow the top 30 or so will have sold over 700,000 copies. In the end of decade 1990s chart the top 56 sold 700,000+ with at least 20 records selling over a million copies.
Oh yeh I know that the list includes such usage, but I still
can't quite believe that they're so high up the list!
I've kinda worked out that Toca's Miracle should be between numbers 48 and 52 for the decade because Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) sold about 520k copies and S Club 7's Never Had A Dream Come True sold about 600k copies, so surely it has to be between those two positions for Toca's Miracle, right?
Hey go get the doctor
Doctor came too late...
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Updates from Tuesday, April 15
Jeff Goodman of ESPN has the latest on the California job:
Tennessee's Cuonzo Martin has agreed to be head coach at California, sources told ESPN. Story coming.— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 15, 2014
Updates from Monday, April 14
Andrew Owens of Blue & Gold Illustrated reports on how Notre Dame coach Mike Brey feels about the Cal job opening:
Mike Brey shoots down the Cal rumors: "It's ridiculous."— Andrew Owens (@BGI_AndrewOwens) April 15, 2014
Updates from Saturday, April 12
Jeff Goodman of ESPN reports that Xavier's Chris Mack can be ruled out as a candidate:
Chris Mack will stay at Xavier.
Mack has decided to remain as the Musketeers' head coach after discussions regarding the California opening, sources told ESPN.
Mack, 44, has led the Musketeers to the NCAA tournament in four of his five seasons since taking over for Sean Miller in 2009. He took Xavier to the Sweet 16 in 2010 and 2012.
Updates from Friday, April 11
CBS Sports' Eye on Basketball reports Eric Musselman has been interviewed by Cal multiple times:
Former NBA coach Eric Musselman has interviewed twice with California, multiple sources told @GaryParrishCBS. Story: http://t.co/kqT4XZlJ9x— Eye on College BBall (@EyeOnCBB) April 12, 2014
Updates from Thursday, April 10
Jeff Goodman of ESPN has the latest on California's coaching search:
California has targeted Xavier coach Chris Mack, sources confirmed to ESPN. Story coming.— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 10, 2014
Updates from Sunday, April 6:
Jeff Faraudo of the Bay Area News Group provides the latest update on Cal's ongoing search for a new head coach:
UC Irvine's Russell Turner has interviewed for Cal's vacant coaching position. http://t.co/uY7H7FwLk7— Jeff Faraudo (@JeffFaraudo) April 7, 2014
Updates from Saturday, April 5:
According to Bay Area News Group's Jeff Faraudo, Travis DeCuire has been interviewed:
Cal assistant coach Travis DeCuire gets his interview with Sandy Barbour. http://t.co/J6o8eagE76— Jeff Faraudo (@JeffFaraudo) April 5, 2014
Updates from Friday, April 4
Bay Area News Group's Jeff Faraudo has an update on a potential candidate:
Cal targets Notre Dame's Mike Brey as one candidate to be Mike Montgomery's successor, according to South Bend Tribune report.— Jeff Faraudo (@JeffFaraudo) April 4, 2014
Source just suggested not to bite on South Bend Trib report that Cal is pursuing Notre Dame's Mike Brey. This is gonna get interesting.— Jeff Faraudo (@JeffFaraudo) April 4, 2014
Updates from Wednesday, April 2
Joe Rothstein of CBS Sports provides an update on Cal's head coach search:
Mike Montgomery made no secret about who he wants his successor to be at Cal.
And that's Bears' Associate Head Coach Travis DeCuire. Several times during Montgomery's retirement press conference on Monday, Montgomery lobbied for DeCuire to replace him as Cal's head coach but Bears' athletic director Sandy Barbour reiterated repeatedly that the school will do a national search.
Multiple sources told CBSSports.com that the Bears will go after big names like Harvard's Tommy Amaker and VCU's Shaka Smart, but they're more than likely to be rebuffed --- and that's where things will get interesting. According to several sources, two other potential candidates for this opening could be Utah's Larry Krystkowiak and UC Irvine's Russell Turner.
Updates from Tuesday, April 1
Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports reports on what the plan is for the Bears to replace Mike Montgomery:
California athletic director Sandy Barbour is scheduled to interview candidates for the Bears' vacant men's basketball job this weekend in Dallas, sources told Yahoo Sports.
Among them is current Cal assistant Travis DeCuire, who received a strong endorsement from retiring head coach Mike Montgomery.
"We've got the guy in this room that should have this job," Montgomery said at his press conference announcing his retirement Monday. "I'm really hoping Sandy comes to that conclusion, ultimately. We're positioned very, very well."
DeCuire is expected to be interviewed Friday, sources said.
Forde outlined a few other candidates that Cal may be looking at:
Among others mentioned in speculation for the Cal job are former UCLA coach Ben Howland; current UC-Irvine coach Russell Turner, who was a former Montgomery assistant at both Stanford and the Golden State Warriors; and Arizona associate head coach Joe Pasternack, who was a Cal assistant under Ben Braun from 2001-07.
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California Bears basketball coach Mike Montgomery is retiring, the school announced on Monday. This means there will be a prominent Pac-12 coaching position available this offseason.
Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports points out that a former player would certainly be interested if the phone rang:
Ex-Cal star Shareef Abdur-Rahim would listen if Cal had interest in him for coach job,sources say. He would also aid hiring search if asked.— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) March 31, 2014
Shareef Abdur-Rahim only played one season at California before entering the NBA, but he averaged 21.1 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 1.3 blocks a game in his short time there. He was also a very productive NBA player and averaged 18.1 points and 7.5 rebounds a night while playing for four different teams.
While Abdur-Rahim was a successful player, taking over the reins of a major college program is a different story, especially after Montgomery's success.
Montgomery coached six seasons for the Golden Bears and led them to the NCAA tournament four separate times. This season, Cal missed the Big Dance but did qualify for the NIT, where it lost in the quarterfinals against SMU.
For his part, Montgomery appeared comfortable with his decision to retire during his press conference, via Jeff Faraudo of Inside Bay Area Sports:
"I don't know what to say. I did my crying earlier. It's all positive. It's all for the right reasons. I feel really good about my decision. I just think it's time."
However, it was Montgomery's time at Stanford that was most notable.
He made 12 NCAA tournaments and one Final Four in 18 seasons, which was one of the most notable runs in school history.
Looking forward, the Golden Bears will need a home run hire to compete in the Pac-12. Arizona is almost always one of the best teams in the country, Oregon has found momentum the past two years and Stanford looked impressive in its Sweet 16 run in the NCAA tournament.
Throw in perennial powerhouse UCLA, and the Golden Bears have some ground to make up to compete for a conference crown. It remains to be seen if Abdur-Rahim is the coach to answer the bell, but he's likely the first of many names that will be tied to this attractive new opening for the Bears.


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Ewwwwwww… Somebody get the bicarb! Bleccccch!
Cleanliness, ventilation, food storage, personal hygiene and bowel gas. Just another day on the wrong side at Ma's.
Irish incense.
Oh! This is actually a glimpse into one of Burls recurring nightmares.
He hates to eat corned beef, cos he knows it'll make him dream that night…
… always of re-living this day.
It actually happened several years ago, before Ma lived in the senior residence.
In the next scene, he opens the "old milk" cupboard…
and wakes up screaming…
For a Find-It…. you can have your choice of whatever's in the Food too high to reach" cupboard.
If you find something that expired before 1982, don't open it.
The only thing better than the smell of corned beef & cabbage is the taste of corned beef & cabbage.
How many times will Burl be in training??
My grandparents house always smelled like bacon and garlic; except when they were baking bread and kolachky.
The find-it is the devil's tail…… ! ! !
Today we missed yet another opportunity for the GBwOF to make an appearance………. ! ! ! NIce to the inside of MA's place…. Where's the HO HOs….. ? ? ?
Old milk in a cupboard? Ew. What does she intend to use it for? We made corned beef and cabbage once. It was enough to feed a small army for two days. I can understand why the kitchen would still smell like it a week later. lol
old milk ick old milk
Burl is mistaken. Ma's house doesn't always smell like corned beef and cabbage. It Ma that always smells like corned beef and cabbage. She's like a ninja – silent but deadly.
Pull my finger and close the door we don't want to let the fresh air in
What a bunch of old farts!!!
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I went thru a bk in 7-2010 and my 2nd mortgage that was IIB is still reporting on my credit report as open but shows a zero balance. Do i need to worry about this or should i just leave it alone since im at 2 years and 5 months since my bk discharge. My scores right now are 637, 645, and 674 lender pulled and im going to be buying a home in 7 or 8 months so i dont want to do anything to lower my scores. Thanks for any help
The tradeline must report IIB, dated no later than your BK discharge. By having it show open, if the creditor is still updating the reporting, it isn't aging and is hurting your score.
ok thanks i just checked the report and it does say included in bankruptcy and has not reported since the bankruptcy discharge date. Do i need to worry that it still says open or should i just leave it since the creditor hasnt't updated the reporting since the discharge date.
That's the proper reporting. There's not much more you can do about it, but the impact will continue to be less over time.
Your scores are compable to mine at that stage of my BK. Have you looked at NACA to finance your mortgage? In most cases they follow the two years from BK discharge, 3 years from deed transfer in foreclosure or short sale rules, but much better deal than FHA.
ok thanks i appreciate the help. I havent looked at naca. Im looking at going usda because all the homes i want are in usda areas and my 3 yr foreclosure date will be in july so im just trying to get my scores up around 660.
USDA can be better than FHA.
NACA does 100% financing (no downpayment), with no closing costs and a great rate (currently 3%). They aren't score driven but it will take you effort and patience to qualify because you need to document everything. You can check their website to sign up for a workshop is is how you must start with them. Start soon to buy in 7 or 8 months...
ok thanks ill look into it. Thanks for all the info
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May 2013
From the you can't make this up department: Shawn Camp to the DL with a ….. toe injury; Dolis recalled (UPDATE)
Oh, baseball is a funny game, down right hilarious, and infuriating at the same time. I spoke in length about how the decision to keep Shawn Camp and DFA Michael Bowden was a terrible one, well now things look even worse. Shawn Camp has been placed on the DL by the Cubs today with a toe injury, and I hope that he kicked something and got hurt. Do I wish any ill will towards him? Of course not, but this better not have been a nagging injury that now warrants a trip to the DL. That makes the decision to hang on to Camp an inexcusable one. The Cubs could have released him if he was banged up, or simply could have put him on the DL and kept Bowden. Like I said, I hope this injury happened yesterday and not something that has been there for a while as that will look terrible for the Cubs. With the move to the DL the Cubs needed an arm and recalled Rafael Dolis, what else is new, this seems like a weekly occurrence. I only ask one thing, use him. Don't call him up to sit on the bench, put him in games, the pen can't get any worse and Dolis is actually starting to kick it into high gear at Iowa, maybe that will translate to the big league level now.
In other bullpen related news, the bullpen and Dale Sveum just held a closed-door meeting in Pittsburgh… I assume the reason for this is now that Camp is hurt Sveum needs to find a new best friend out there. In all honesty, consider this a wake up call to the pen, which should have happened a while ago, if you don't perform, you are out….unless your first name is Shawn and last name is Camp. Really just horrible timing and execution from the Cubs and Sveum with this bullpen crapshow.
UPDATE – What a wonderful update, Patrick Mooney is reporting that this is an injury that Camp has been dealing with for about a month now, there are no words or excuses now from the Cubs in regards to keeping Camp, ridiculous. Not to mention, there are reports that no one on the Cubs knew about the injury until today, Camp didn't tell anyone, I have no words for this situation any longer.
Sveum's debacle last night, my thoughts
I've never been one to call for a managers head, or question a manager openly, unless their first name is Mike, and last name is Quade, that's not what this is. I've played the game, nowhere near the MLB level, and I've never been a manager so I cannot relate to what Sveum goes through on a daily basis with one eye on his team, one eye on his future, and one eye on the organizations future, wait, that's too many eyes, I digress. Sveum has been a popular target on social media, specifically twitter the last week, and really all the season when the Cubs flame out, but rarely receives any credit when he does make the right move and it pays off. Now, I understand that this is usually the case with managers, but it's worth pointing out that Cubs fans are slowly turning their hate and ire towards Sveum. Last night didn't help, and it added fuel to the fire of the keeping Shawn Camp decision, more on that later.
I don't care what word you want to use, disaster, debacle, mismanaged, I think they all apply to last night. After Matt Garza made a successful return to the mound going five scoreless innings giving up one hit while walking three and striking out five he was lifted by Sveum, this was after 82 pitches, and it was the RIGHT move. Sveum screwed up last night, but one of the things he did right was lift Garza, Garza means more to the Cubs healthy with a no decision, then hurt again, and 1-0 on the season. The head scratching came after he lifted Garza. Shawn Camp was warming up in the pen during the fifth inning in case Garza couldn't get out of some trouble, Garza did get out of the trouble, then Camp sat down. Hector Rondon got up instead and was slated to come in for the sixth, that was the first issue I had. Shawn Camp has been awful this year, Shawn Camp has shown signs of a dead arm this year, you don't get him up to come in then sit him down, doesn't work, usually doesn't. Rondon struggled, which can happen, then Sveum reached a new level of second guessing by bringing in James Russell, arguably the best arm in the pen…. in the sixth. Sure, one could argue that this was a turning point in the game, but what happens after the sixth if Russell gets out of it? Who's left out of the pen to work the seventh, Camp? The same Camp that just sat down an inning ago? Marmol would probably come in for the seventh, but as you will read Sveum had no intentions of letting Russell get out of the sixth.
Let's stop there for a second to discuss something else. When Garza's return to the rotation was announced, last week, Sveum said that Villanueva was going to go to the pen. Okay, given that Garza was on a strict pitch count last night, Sveum had a day or so to figure out what he wanted to do when Garza was lifted, and he was most likely going to be lifted early. So one would think that it would have made perfect sense to bring in Villanueva to not only get through the sixth, but piece together the game and have Villanueva get the ball to the ninth assuming he was effective. But Villanueva was nowhere to be found, and I do understand that he might not have been available, but for argument's sake I figured I would at least bring it up as another possible option for Sveum in the sixth.
Okay, back to what actually happened last night. So in comes Russell in the sixth inning with the bases loaded and one out to face Pedro Alvarez. I get the lefty/lefty match up thing in a big spot but after Russell walked Alvarez Sveum removed him. The best arm in the pen faced one batter in the sixth and that was it. If you are going to bring Russel in for that situation let him get out of it, or at least attempt to. I don't care if it's a righty or lefty at the plate, Russell can get both out, instead he faces one guy, and leaves the game in the same situation as he entered it. Now comes the decision to bring in Shawn Camp with the bases loaded and one out, he gets the first guy, but then is left in to face a lefty in Travis Snider, why? If Russell is being lifted after one hitter because of matchup's why is Camp being left in the game for an unfavorable matchup? Probably because he was the third pitcher of the inning already. But if this was the most important spot in the game, important enough to use Russell, why wasn't Fujikawa brought in, or Marmol, both have been better than Camp, and that's alarming given Marmol's struggles. Dale completely botched this whole situation as he then was forced to stick with Camp the rest of the inning because no one was left out of the pen if he went to a fourth pitcher in the inning.
So, what could have been done differently? Garza had to come out, no question, I absolutely agree with that move. I'm indifferent on bringing in Rondon in that situation, but I would have went with Marmol, but have a quick hook ready if he can't find the zone. Ideally, Marmol works the sixth inning, Russell works the seventh, Fujikawa works the eighth, and Gregg closes it out. I don't see any reason why Rondon HAD to be used, when in the past Sveum has shied away from using him late with a lead, but my biggest complaint is Russell for one hitter, makes no sense. Now, this is the scenario if Villanueva was not available, if he was available then this game was the perfect spot for a former starter easing into the pen. Use him for as long as he is effective then go from there, we've already seen our fair share of bullpen disasters, but I think this one could have been avoided with better decision-making from Sveum.
That brings us to the other question, why was Camp still available to be used in the first place? To make room for Garza one pitcher had to be designated for assignment, and that pitcher was Michael Bowden. Bowden was having a solid season on the heels of having a really good finish to 2012, but now the Cubs risk losing him completely, and he's only 26, why? I can't really answer that question, and ultimately that decision comes down to the front office. Both Theo and Jed said that all decisions regarding the roster are made with a large input from Dale, so my guess is that he lobbied hard for Camp, and the front office showed faith in their manager and player by keeping Camp around. The Cubs had options here, they could have placed Rondon on the DL with a "middle body" injury to by some time before making a decision, or they could have released Camp who looks done, there is nothing telling me that he is going to bounce back in any way, shape or form. Let's not forget the only reason the Cubs got him was that he was released by Seattle during spring training the year before. He's also 37 years old, all of these things just don't add up in regards to keeping him, so Sveum and the front office have to share the blame on that one, and if I had to guess Camp won't be on the Cubs by the All-Star break. Been a while since I've been able to share my thoughts in this space, felt I needed to after last night, today's another game, let's get a win!
Albert Almora joins Kane County!
Awesome news this morning, the Cubs and the Cougars jointly announced that Albert Almora has been moved from extended Spring Training to Kane County. Almora was recovering from surgery to remove a broken hamate bone, but is now 100% healthy and ready to go. As of yet there has been no move to make a spot for him on the roster, but the press release does mention getting to see Almora play this weekend at home, so I'm assuming he will go right into the lineup. Again, this is awesome news as Almora is one of the best prospects the Cubs have (6th overall pick last year), and needs time on the field to get better.
Series Preview – Cubs @ Pirates; May 21 – May 23, 2013
It's really quite disappointing that the Cubs come into the series on the heels of just losing one at home to the Mets. That was the whole step back thing I was talking about before that series even started, and the Cubs went out and did just that as they fell back into bad habits, or trends, and lost the series. The Cubs get a chance at redemption and to start another series winning streak starting tonight in Pittsburgh, and it's a very important series. Why, you ask. I'll tell you, my inquisitive friend, this marks the beginning of an eight game road trip, and I really think if they can get through this no worse than .500 they will be seeing .500 on the season sooner than later. Tonight also marks the return of Mr. Pie to the face, Matt Garza. All kidding aside this is huge for the Cubs and Garza for so many reasons, one of those reasons is contract status, the other is trade value. The Pirates come into this series with the pedal to the metal as they find themselves just two games out of first in the Central. They also pose a challenge in their home ballpark where they are 15-9 on the season. Both the Pirates and Cubs come into this series as equals as far as scoring runs is concerned, the Pirates have scored 176, the Cubs have scored 173. Wait, so why do the Pirates have a better record, well, they have better pitching then the Cubs, specifically in the pen. The Buccos boast the third best team ERA (3.33)in all of baseball, and their bullpen is a huge reason why as they have a bullpen ERA of 2.81, which is second best in the Majors. The Cubs currently sit twenty-third in the Majors with a 4.11 bullpen ERA, and that boys and girls is why the Pirates are eight games over .500 and the Cubs are seven games under.
Last Series:
The Cubs lost two out of three to the Mets at Wrigley, and of course could have, and maybe should have won all three, which seems to happen a lot this year.
The Pirates won two out of three from the Astros in Pittsburgh over the weekend, and have won eight of their last ten games.
Game Times and Broadcast Information:
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013 – 6:05 PM CST on CSN Chicago
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013 – 6:05 PM CST on WGN
- Thursday, May 23, 2013 – 11:35 AM CST on CSN Chicago
Starting Pitchers Scheduled:
Game One – Matt Garza (0-0, -.–)
– Career vs. Pirates (3 GS) (1-1, 3.79)
Game Two – Jeff Samardzija (2-5, 3.59)
– Career vs. Pirates (14 appearances, 3 GS) (4-0, 0.92)
Game Three – Edwin Jackson (1-6, 5.76)
– Career vs. Pirates (7 GS) (4-1, 3.09)
Game One – Wandy Rodriguez (4-2, 3.25)
– Career vs. Cubs (23 GS) (8-7, 3.56)
Game Two – Francisco Liriano (2-0, 1.64)
– Career vs. Cubs (1 GS) (0-1, 6.35)
Game Three – Jeanmar Gómez (2-0, 2.78)
– Career vs. Cubs (first appearance)
Bold Prediction:
This will be the first time all season that the Cubs will trot out their number one, two and three starters. Okay, Jackson is not quite performing like a number three yet, and Wood and Feldman have been much better, but on paper going into this year it was Garza, Samardzija, Jackson. Garza's return to the rotation should only make the pitching staff, bullpen included, better. With that said, I think the Cubs lose two out of three to the Pirates. I think Garza will be way too amped up to make his first start so I forsee command issues and a loss tonight. Now if Garza can harness that emotion the Cubs have a great shot to win the series, but given how hot the Pirates are, and Garza "easing" back into things I think the Buccos get the best of the him tonight, and then the Cubs splitting the next two.
Cub to Watch:
I expect a big series from Starlin Castro. Castro has had his ups and downs this year, but not too high or too low. He has hovered around .280 for the better part of a month, I think this series is the jumping off point to a really hot stretch.
Minor Matters – May 20, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports)
At The Plate – The Smokies used a huge fourth inning to secure game one, with the game tied at one the Smokies exploded for seven runs in the fourth en route to a 9-2 victory. The Smokies pounded out twelve hits and scored nine times in just seven innings, and were 5-for-15 with runners in scoring position. Matt Szczur was 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI's, and a run scored, he's now hitting .302 on the season. Arismendy Alcantara had a huge game going 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI's, and two runs scored. Christian Villanueva was 1-for-4 with his third home run of the season, two RBI's, and a run scored. Rafael Lopez, and Rubi Silva each had two hits in the victory, Silva added a double, and an RBI. Jonathan Mota was 1-for-2 with a walk, a stolen base, and two runs scored.
On The Mound – The Smokies only needed Alberto Cabrera in this one as he went the distance for his fourth win of the season. Cabrera went seven innings giving up two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out six. He improved his record to 4-1 and lowered his ERA to 3.69 on the season.
At The Plate – The Smokies used all their bullets in game one as they could only manage five hits in a 1-0 loss to Chattanooga. Ronald Torreyes, Ty Wright, and Eric Jokisch all had one hit a piece; Jokisch had the only extra base hit for the Smokies. Christian Villanueva had a solid game going 2-for-3 in the loss.
On The Mound – Eric Jokisch got the start in game two and was even better than Cabrera in game one; unfortunately he couldn't get the win. Jokisch worked six scoreless innings giving up three hits while walking one and striking out five. Marcus Hatley took over and also took the loss, he worked two-thirds of an inning giving up one run on one hit while walking two and striking out one.
At The Plate – Daytona couldn't get much going in this one as they could only manage six hits and one run in a 4-1 loss to Jupiter. The D-Cubs were in it until the end but Jupiter was able to plate three runs in the eighth to break this one open. Zeke DeVoss had another strong game, that's two in a row for the struggling center fielder; he was 2-for-3 with two singles. Javier Baez seems to be heating up at the plate and making much more contact, he was 2-fo-4 with two doubles, and an RBI, he's now hitting .262 on the season.
On The Mound – Kyler Burke is probably a name you have known has been missing this year; he has been working at extended spring training and made his 2013 debut tonight. Burke was solid going five innings giving up one run on four hits while walking two and striking out five. Eduardo Figueroa, who seems to pitch every day, was hung with the loss in this one after being roughed up. Figueroa worked 2.1 innings giving up three runs on five hits while walking one and striking out one. Sheldon McDonald was his usual solid self, tossing two-thirds of an inning giving up one hit while striking out one.
At The Plate – Another very tough loss for the Cougars against the best team in the league, the Cougars lost three out of four, all three by one run, quite the fight in these games. Gioskar Amaya went 2-for-4 with a walk, two doubles, and two runs scored. Dan Vogelbach was 2-for-5 with two RBI's; he's now hitting .286 on the season, and has twenty-five RBI's. Jeimer Candelario is heating up, he was 4-for-5 with two RBI's, shocked he didn't double, and a run scored, he's now hitting .267 on the season. Rock Shoulder wasn't able to register a hit in this one, but he did walk three times, he was 0-for-2 with a run scored.
On The Mound – Tayler Scott got the start for the Cougars, and did his best to hold off the Kernels but they eventually got to him. Scott worked 5.1 innings giving up five runs, four earned, on eight hits while walking two and striking out four. Nathan Dorris was roughed up which is a rare occurrence, he worked 1.2 innings giving up three runs on three hits while walking three and striking out two. Steve Perakslis worked a scoreless inning out of the pen while walking one.
NOTES: Iowa was rained out. On a more serious note, there has been some terrible weather ripping through the midwest, I just want to take this opportunity to say that my thoughts and prayers are with those of Moore, Oklahoma, terribly sad.
Minor Matters – May 19, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports)
At The Plate – The Cubs did most of their damage in just two innings and that was enough to win as they scored three times in the fourth and four times in the fifth en route to a 7-3 victory. Dave Sappelt had a solid day going 2-for-4 with two runs scored; he's hitting .225 since his demotion. Brad Nelson is on a roll, he was 2-for-4 with his seventh home run of the season, a double, five RBI's, and two runs scored. Donnie Murphy was 2-for-4 with his second home run of the season, an RBI, and a run scored.
On The Mound – Nick Struck got the start and picked up his second win of the season as he battled some command issues and worked out of a few tough spots. Struck went six innings giving up two runs on seven hits while walking four and striking out four. Yoanner Negrin was solid out of the pen, he worked the final three innings to pick up his first save of the season, he gave up one run on four hits while striking out four.
Dumb weather.
At The Plate – The Daytona Cubs continue to show some fight which they seemed to discover just about four days ago as they battled back in this one to steal a win. Wes Darvill was 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, and a run scored in the win. Javier Baez was 1-for-3 with a walk, a run scored, and he made two errors bringing his 2013 total to nineteen. Dustin Geiger came through big time once again, he was 1-for-3 with his fifth home run of the season which came in the eighth inning to give the D-Cubs a 5-4 lead, he had one RBI, a walk, and a run scored as well. Tim Saunders was a threat on the bases yesterday, he was 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and two stolen bases, he now has twelve on the season, he also scored a run.
On The Mound – Ben Wells couldn't keep the ball down in this one but still kept his team in it long enough for them to get the win. Wells didn't factor in the decision as he worked five innings giving up four runs, three earned, on four hits while walking two and striking out three. Jeffrey Lorick was outstanding out of the pen; he worked two scoreless innings giving up three hits while striking out one to earn his second win of the season. Luis Liria was also solid as he worked two scoreless innings to pick up his first save of the season.
At The Plate – Really impressed with the way Kane County battled Cedar Rapids this weekend, each game could have went either way but Cedar Rapids has been winning all year, that likely helped them to two victories this weekend as great times know how to win close games, Kane County will get there eventually. Jeimer Candelario was 2-for-4 with his fifteenth double of the season, which leads the MWL; he also had a run scored. Rock Shoulders was 1-for-4 with his tenth home run of the season, which also leads the MWL, he also had two RBI's, and a run scored. Bijan Rademacher continues to rake, he went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, he's now hitting .343 on the season. David Bote was 1-for-4 with his first home run of the season, and it was a big one, a two run shot with two outs in the ninth to tie the game.
On The Mound – Jose Rosario got the start for the Cougars, it was his first appearance of the year, and he was solid. Rosario went four innings giving up two runs, one earned, on two hits while walking one. Ian Dickson took over and was roughed up as he took the loss, he worked four innings giving up six runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out four. Eddie Orozco couldn't get out of Dickson's trouble in the ninth as he worked two-third of an inning while walking two, including walking the game winning run in.
Same old problems plague Cubs in loss to Mets
Another frustrating loss, as I mentioned in the series preview the Cubs had an opportunity to take another step forward with a series win, instead they take a step back, as they have all year. Travis Wood was brilliant again, but the Cubs wasted multiple opportunities until the fifth inning when Wood took things into his own hands. With the game scoreless and the Cubs threatening to waste another lead-off double Travis Wood launched a two run homer out on to Waveland to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead. After the Mets got one run back in the sixth the Cubs answered right back in the bottom half to regain their two run lead. That's when things unraveled as Wood gave up a two-out, two-run homer to Juan Lagares, yeah, the noted home run hitter, Juan Lagares. It was Lagares first home run of his career and it tied the game at three and seemingly took all the fight out of the Cubs. Kyuji Fujikawa quickly gave the Mets the lead in the eight giving up a lead-off homer to Daniel Murphy and just like that a series win turned into a series loss. If this loss doesn't sum up 2013 I don't know what does, a quality start wasted, a bunch of wasted opportunities offensively, and the bullpen took the loss, yep, your 2013 Chicago Cubs, so frustrating.
At The Plate – The Cubs problems with runners in scoring position came back to bite them again in this one as they were 1-for-10, yuck. David DeJesus was 2-for-4 from the lead-off spot with a double, he's now hitting .294 on the season. Ryan Sweeney got the start in left for Soriano and produced just about as well as Soriano has. Sweeney was 2-for-3 with a double, his first home run of the season, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored. Welington Castillo was 2-for-4 with his tenth double of the season and a run scored. Travis Wood did all he could to get the win today, he was 1-for-2 with his first home run of the season with two RBI's and a run scored.
On The Mound – Travis Wood delivered with his ninth straight quality start, and didn't factor in the decision, again. Wood worked seven innings giving up three runs on five hits while walking two and striking out three. Kyuji Fujikawa didn't take long to record his first loss of the season, he worked one inning giving up one run on a solo shot to lead off the inning while striking out two. Carlos Marmol worked a scoreless ninth because it wasn't a save situation giving up one hit while striking out two.
Up Next – The Cubs are off tomorrow then they open an eight game road trip starting with a three game set in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Matt Garza will make his first start in ten months for the Cubs, I'm sure he will be more than ready to go.
Game Highlights:
Travis Wood's great outing
Ryan Sweeney goes deep
Sweeney thrown "out" at third
With Garza returning Cubs DFA Bowden
Many thought that Shawn Camp would be DFA'd when Garza returned, but it's Michael Bowden who has been sent packing. I suppose this makes sense as Dale Sveum loves Camp despite Camp's horrible 2013 campaign and recently gave him a vote of confidence signaling that the Cubs were going to be patient with him. Based on performance, the guy who should be going is Camp because Bowden has at least shown the ability to get guys out, while Camp hasn't. Now if Camp can regain his 2012 form then the Cubs pen becomes something to reckon with, but if he continues to flounder things could get messy, even more than now. I'll keep you posted on what happens to Bowden, wouldn't be surprised to see him end up elsewhere.
Minor Matters – May 18, 2013 (Cubs Minor League Reports)
At The Plate – The losing ways continue for the Iowa Cubs and they can blame themselves as they made four errors in the loss. Logan Watkins was 1-for-4 with his seventh double of the season, and a run scored, he also made his fourth error of the season. Ian Stewart got a rare start and made it count going 2-for-4 with a double, and a run scored. Donnie Murphy was 2-for-3 with an RBI in the loss.
On The Mound – Chris Rusin got the start and didn't help himself as he made on of the errors, but he battled. Rusin went 6.2 innings giving up four runs, three earned, on five hits while walking two and striking out three. Zach Putnam worked out of Rusin's trouble in the seventh getting the final out on strikeout. Rafael Dolis worked a scoreless inning in relief giving up two hits while striking out one. Blake Parker worked a scoreless inning as well giving up on hit while walking one and striking out one.
At The Plate – The Smokies are on a roll again, with the win they are now three game above .500 for the season. Matt Szczur shows up in every recap, he was 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored, he is now hitting .304 on the season. Ronald Torreyes was 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored. Arismendy Alcantara was all over the scoresheet in this one, he was 3-for-4 with his fifth home run of the season, two doubles, two RBI's, and a run scored, he also made his fourteenth error of the season. Anthony Giansanti also had a big day, and has been awesome since he was promoted to Tennessee, he was 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, an RBI, and a run scored, he's now hitting .353 on the season.
On The Mound – Dallas Beeler got the start and his fourth win of the season as he was solid. Beeler went six innings giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits while walking two and striking out six. Trey McNutt got back on track working one scoreless inning giving up one hit while striking out two. Kevin Rhoderick continues to struggle, he worked one inning giving up one run on two hits while walking one and striking out one. Brian Schlitter worked the ninth for his second save of the season, he went one inning giving up one run, unearned, on two hits while striking out one.
At The Plate – Nice response the last few days from Daytona as the bats have woke up in a big way, fifteen more hits today in the victory. The D-Cubs were only 5-for-20 with runners in scoring position in this one, but having twenty chances is rather impressive. Zeke DeVoss has been struggling but had a solid game going 2-for-5 with two singles, he was picked off as well. Javier Baez had another solid game going 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored. Jorge Soler picked up right where he left off from yesterday, he was 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored. Dustin Geiger also kept things rolling going 2-for-5 with yet another double, and a run scored. Ben Carhart supplied the power in this one going 1-for-5 with his first home run of the season, three RBI's, and a run scored.
On The Mound – Zach Cates got the start and picked up his fourth win of the season going 5.2 innings giving up three runs on five hits while walking two and striking out one. David Cales was solid out of the pen going 2.1 innings giving up two runs, one earned, on three hits while walking one and striking out four. Hunter Cervenka was solid again working a scoreless ninth for his fourth save of the season.
At The Plate – Another solid game between the Cougars and the high-powered Kernels, this time Kane County got the best of them winning 4-0. Dan Vogelbach was 2-for-4 with his seventh double of the season, he's now hitting .288 for the year. Rock Shoulders has been coming back down to Earth as of late, can't really blame him, but was solid in this one going 2-for-4 with his ninth home run of the season, an RBI, and a run scored. Oliver Zapata provided some surprising offense out of the nine spot going 3-for-4 with his third home run of the season, two RBI's, and two runs scored.
On The Mound – Pierce Johnson was brilliant in this one as he shut down the prospect laden Kernels. Johnson went six scoreless innings giving up six hits while walking one and striking out nine to earn his second win of the season. Justin Amlung was solid out of the pen going two scoreless innings while walking two and striking out three. Jeffry Antigua closed the door in the ninth working a scoreless inning giving up on hit while striking out two.
May 19, 2013 – Mets @ Cubs; Lineups!
What a beautiful day for baseball as the Cubs look to win their third straight series today. Travis Wood will get the ball for the Cubs and has been nothing short of brilliant this year, he will be opposed by Mets right hander Dillon Gee. First pitch scheduled for 1:20 PM CST on WGN, here are the lineups.


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Clinical Manifestations and Treatment Options in Patients with Cirrhosis and Diabetes Mellitus
Gundling F, Seidl H, Strassen I, Haller B, Siegmund T, Umgelter A, Pehl C, Schepp W, Schumm-Draeger PM. Digestion. 2013 Jan 10;87(2):75-84. [Epub ahead of print]
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, Bogenhausen Academic Teaching Hospital, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Background: Diabetes is frequently diagnosed in patients with cirrhosis and represents an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality. Pharmacological therapy is limited due to hepatotoxicity and the risk of hypoglycemia. Investigations on medical practice in this patient population, frequency of diabetes-associated complications and the impact of quality of metabolic control are rare. Aims and Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed to compare the effects of hypoglycemic treatment, the achieved glycemic control under therapy, the prevalence of typical cirrhosis-related or microangiopathic complications, and cardiovascular comorbidities between a group of diabetic patients with cirrhosis (n = 87) and a nondiabetic cirrhotic population (n = 198). Results: The prevalence of diabetes in our cohort was 30.5%. Of all diabetic patients, 39.1% received therapy which might potentially result in serious side effects in patients with end-stage liver disease. The rate of ongoing alcohol abuse (28.7%) and noncompliance under medication (41.4%) was high. Only 28.7% of all diabetic subjects showed satisfactory (as defined by HbA(1c) ≤ 6.5%) glycemic control under therapy. Patients achieving satisfactory control experienced a lower rate of certain cirrhosis-related complications such as hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), arterial hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia. HE was significantly more frequent in diabetic than nondiabetic cirrhotic patients [HE 36.6% (diabetics) vs. 20.7% (non-diabetics), p = 0.001; OR(adj) = 3.21 (CI: 1.63, 6.28)], whereas no significant difference in the frequency of HCC [18.4% (diabetics) vs. 14.1% (nondiabetics), p = 0.606] was observed. In the majority of our diabetic population (59.7%), no microvascular damage was diagnosed. However, diabetic patients had a borderline significant high prevalence of arterial hypertension [48.3% (diabetics) vs. 26.8% (nondiabetics), p = 0.078; OR(adj) = 1.68 (CI: 0.944, 2.978)] and high cholesterol levels [17.2% (diabetics) vs. 8.6% (nondiabetics), p = 0.120, OR(adj) = 1.93 (CI: 0.842, 4.410)]. Conclusion: Antidiabetic therapy in cirrhotic diabetic patients often seems to be inappropriate in everyday medicine, while glycemic control is frequently not satisfactory, possibly due to incompliance or insufficient metabolic control. HE occurs more often in cirrhotic patients with diabetes than in nondiabetic patients with cirrhosis. The rate of macro- and microangiopathic complications even in the diabetic cohort is low.
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University Department of Ophthalmology Würzburg as a department where you'll get the most medical care provides a full range of advanced eye care services. The main directions are conservative and surgical treatment of glaucoma, conservative and surgical treatment of retina diseases, treatment of orbital complications and neuroophthalmological syndromes, treatment of corneal diseases and treatment of strabismus.
It offers modern methods of cataract surgery with an individual selection of high-precision lens, plastic surgery and surgery on the eyelids, as well as refractive surgery, using modern equipment.
The main directions of care in ophthalmology clinic include the diagnostics and treatment of tumors of the eye and adnexa, diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the eyelids and lacrimal apparatus, diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the conjunctiva, sclera, iris and ciliary body, diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the lens, choroid, vitreous body and eyeball, diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the eye muscles and eye movement disorders, diagnostics and treatment of visual impairment, blindness and vision rehabilitation.
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New Higher 1-Year Internet CD Rates at Airbanking
Airbanking has just recently increased the rates on its 1-year CDs. There are actually two 1-year CDs. In addition to a regular 1-year CD, Airbanking offers a 1-year NO Penalty CD. The new rates are now very competitive: 1.12% APY for the regular 1-year CD and 1.02% APY for the No Penalty 1-year CD. Minimum deposit is $500. These rates are listed at airbanking's rate schedule as of 10/29/2012.
CD, Application & CD Closing Details
The early withdrawal penalty for the regular 1-year CD is equal to 90 days interest on the amount withdrawn. This is listed at the bottom of the bank's fee schedule.
The bank doesn't list many details of the CDs and application process, so I called the internet bank (at 1-877-924-7360 from 9am to 5pm ET M-F) this morning. I was pleasantly surprised that a CSR answered immediately.
There's an online application, and the account can be funded by either mailing a check or with an ACH bank-to-bank transfer. I was told the rate locks at the time you submit the application. At the end of the application, you're required to print out the signature card an mail it to the bank.
There are no fields to specify beneficiaries in the application. However, I was told that you can specify beneficiaries on the accounts. This can be done by sending them a secure message after the account is opened. The secure message system is part of the bank's online banking services.
Since I last checked with the bank last year, they still have not made it easier to close the CDs. This still requires a paper form. They can email you this form, and then you need to fill it out and fax it back to them. They will then mail you the check.
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Airbanking is the internet division of MainStreet Bank in Virginia. Airbanking was launched last year with internet CDs, savings and checking accounts. The savings account rate used to be competitive, but the rate plummeted in February from 0.95% to 0.50%.
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Friends Express Grief Over 'The Bachelor' Alum Gia Allemand's Death
Gia Allemand, 29, of The Bachelor and The Bachelor Pad died Wednesday, Aug. 14, in New Orleans of an apparent suicide.
We first learned on Monday that Gia was rushed to the hospital in critical condition of an "unknown medical emergency," but it has since emerged that she hung herself.
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She was one of the fan favorites on Jake Pavleka's season, landing her in the top three, then on two seasons of "The Bachelor Pad."
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Bracket Breakdown: NCAA Division III Men
by Jac Coyne | LaxMagazine.com | Coyne Archive | Twitter
Rookie Jake Smith and Colorado College are flying to
Salem, Va., and a date with Roanoke on Wednesday. Could that have
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The NCAA Division III men's lacrosse bracket was released Sunday, and the 26 teams know where they are headed -- except top seeds RIT and Stevenson, who know they will stay home until they lose or travel to the national championship game in Baltimore.
It's time to analyze the field and answer some pertinent questions. Here's the bracket breakdown for NCAA Division III men.
Last Team In
It could technically have been Gettysburg, but since the Bullets drew a higher seed in the watered-down South, we'll call it Nazareth.
First Team Out
Conventional wisdom says it's the Squirrels, but that might not necessarily have been the case. Regardless, Haverford is the team that is most heartbroken today.
Long first-round travel distances
With the expception of Colorado College, which would fly wherever it ended up, the committee has kept the first round downright neighborly. Seven of the remaining nine first round matchups feature teams from the same state. The other two -- Keene (N.H.) State traveling to Amherst and Adrian (Mich.) trekking to Wittenberg (Ohio) -- were about as close as you can get, all things considered. The second round holds the potential for more travel, but the committee was obviously keeping a close eye on the budgets at the outset.
Best First Round Matchup
Springfield at Endicott
This is a teacher-pupil game, as Keith Bugbee will bring his Springfield team to Endicott, which is coached by Sean Quirk, one of Bugbee's former players with the Pride. The two teams played March 2 in Beverly, and the Gulls pulled out a 9-6 win in a game that was tied late in the third quarter. The game within the game to watch is the faceoff battle between Endicott's Sam Ocyzc and Springfield's Mark Eaton.
Upset Watch
The Golden Flyers are a grizzled bunch who have played a very difficult schedule, but they better be careful in their first-round game with Union. The Dutchmen have quietly played their way into the tournament with outstanding goalie play by Sean Aaron and a balanced scoring attack. Nazareth should feel good about receiving a bid, but it'll be a short stay if the Flyers overlook Union.
Easiest Title Route
Wake me up in the semifinals. The Mustangs have been put in a bracket with a bunch of grinders (Gettysburg, Cabrini) and one explosive team (Roanoke) that Stevenson has already defeated 16-6 this season. The only difficult part about the Mustangs' draw is the bye means they will be idle for a full two weeks. But that's about it.
Five Burning Questions
1. Did the committee break with precedent by taking
No, actually it held precedent. Nazareth's body of work is very similar to the 2008 Bowdoin team that finished with the same 11-6 record, a loss in the conference finals and a powerful strength of schedule before qualifying for the tourney. The only oddity about Naz -- and perhaps the reason the Golden Flyers aren't a comfortable pick for a lot of people -- is the frequency with which they've been blown out. On three different occasions, the Flyers lost by at least 13 goals, including the Empire 8 final on Sunday when they bowed, 24-10, to RIT. A loss is a loss, however, and the margin inconsequential for selection purposes.
2. What do the three bids from the Empire 8 tell
It finally confirms what we've known for a while -- that the E8 is a power conference -- but haven't had the tangible evidence to prove prior to this year. We had grown accustomed to seeing E8 teams being left out of the mix. There was the 14-2 Ithaca team in 2009 and the 12-3 RIT team in '07, both left wanting on Selection Sunday. Now, with RIT holding the No. 1 seed in the North, Stevens easily qualifying as one at-large and Nazareth muscling out some really strong competition for the last spot, the E8 no longer takes a backseat to anyone.
3. Should the South teams feel like they aren't getting
a fair shake in the Pool C discussions?
At first blush it might be easy to believe that, especially considering the frequency in which the North teams are snagging a majority of the at-large berths. But one must keep in mind that Pool B, which expanded to four teams this year, is the exclusive domain of South teams (the NCAC and MLC are considered part of the South region). If the southern teams want to gripe about the selection process, they should turn their gaze westward -- at the NCAC in particular -- not northward.
4. Did Colorado College get an unlucky
No question. With the possible exception of the two NESCACs, the Tigers would rather play any of the other first-round teams available than try to tame Roanoke. Despite the undefeated record, CC was going to have to grind out its first-round game regardless the opponent, but the Maroons' style and ability to score in bunches will be very difficult to prepare for.
5. Did No. 2 seed Salisbury get a worse draw than No. 3
Hard to say it didn't. While the Sea Gulls demolished Springfield last year in the second round, the Pride or Endicott is going to be formidable opponent for Salisbury. Endicott, remember, handed Tufts its first loss of the year. Certainly Salisbury's potential foes have more heft than the Wittenberg-Adrian duo, the winner of which will head to Dickinson. Both the Red Devils and Sea Gulls are heavily favored to advance to the quarterfinals and face each another, but it will be a tougher road for Salisbury.
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