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Baton Rouge General Medical Center Faces A Multi Million Dollar Lawsuit By Former Resident Physician
A former Internal Medicine resident is suing Tulane University School of Medicine, Baton Rouge General Medical Center and General Health System for abuses.
On March 19, 2012 Dr. Amer fired off this enormous 50-page multi-count lawsuit to various local doctors and hospital administrators. Among defendants are Floyd Roberts, MD and Venkat Banda, MD the Internal Medicine Residency Program and Associate Program Directors respectively.
"The defendants' repeated attempts to evade accountability have come to an end. Now is the time to answer some tough questions and be judged. Let the complaint speak for itself" said Dr. Amer to the local news reporters.
Here are the highlights of some counts:
Dr. Amer alleges that he was erroneously terminated without any cause whatsoever in violation of the employment contract between Dr. Amer and Baton Rouge General Medical Center and in retaliation for reporting patient negligence, fraud, forgery and refusing to illegally work in excess of the maximum weekly hours allowed.
This part of the lawsuit cites the written agreement for Dr. Amer to work as a resident in the Internal Medicine Residency Program for a period of at least one year. It states that "Dr. Amer performed all of his obligations under the agreement for seven months and was ready, willing, and able to continue doing so, but was cut short by the malicious actions of his program superiors and against ACGME as well as Baton Rouge General Medical Center's policy as outlined in the contract".
Here, Dr. Amer states that "...without legal authority, and with intent to injure or defraud, Dr. Roberts made such alterations to the said record as to make it appear to be of a different tenor. In this record some material was deleted or revised and as a result the record was inaccurate and incomplete". The record referred to is the October 19, 2011 controversial letter sent to Dr. Amer by Dr. Roberts in which Dr. Amer alleges it contained defamatory statements.
In this count, Dr. Amer brings up the "contractually binding Medical Education Policy and Procedure Manual, also referred to as Due Process and Grievance Policy at BRG" which he claims was arbitrarily violated as Dr. Amer was (1) dismissed without a probationary period and (2) without being provided the reasons for dismissal in writing and (3) without the nature of the problem being discussed with him
Dr. Amer demanded a jury trial for all counts.
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Research seen by Handelsblatt indicates that the costs of a pension reform introduced in 2014 will exceed €100 billion, or $107 billion, in the years 2018 through 2030 — and political parties are lining up to promise further hikes in the campaign running up to the September general election. Source: Handelsblatt
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At the beginning of the week, it was a police patrol that had been targeted near the city of Tarterêts. It was not the police that they were attacking this time but the army. An army patrol was attacked and rocked this Friday night around 20 hours in Corbeil-Essonnes by ten young, hooded men. Source Le Parasien
The start of the G7 in Taormina is set for May 26, but the security measures will begin to be operational as early as this morning. It means that no ship could get close, so the boats full of migrants who already throng the central Mediterranean will dock elsewhere. Source corriere
Italy's economy minister sought to reassure investors on Thursday that they will not be hit by the rescue of two ailing regional banks, Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca, after fears of a full "bail-in" hit the lenders' debt. Source Reuters


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Cyberclinic: Is it legal to record your phone calls? If so, how can I do it?
While citizens of the US have to keep tabs on various state-by-state laws on recording their telephone conversations, it's relatively simple in the UK: we are allowed to do so, for our own personal use, without telling the other party.
The Information Commissioner's office confirms that this also covers you if you want to record a complaint call to a business and legally keep proof of their response. But, in general, if such recordings are going to be played to a third party - or, indeed, released on a hilarious compilation album of prank phone-calls - you need to have the consent of the other person.
There's a range of ways of getting phone calls archived. One reader, Kim Davison, sticks to tried and tested technology. She writes: "I've always used a tape recorder connected to a microphone stuck to the headset, either an old-fashioned induction mic, or an earphone-style one like the Olympus TP-7. They haven't failed me yet."
Stores that sell "spy equipment" such as covert video surveillance systems and voice-stress analysers will still try to sell you a costly specialist tape recorder that plugs directly into your phone socket, but modern technology is rendering all these solutions somewhat obsolete. Most mobile phones have voice recorders built in, but until recently they've only been able to record what you dictate rather than your phone conversations. But many smartphones that run on Windows software now include conversation recorders; Graham O'Shaughnessy recommends a small application, CallRecorder Pro, for most recent Nokias (the so-called "series 60 Symbian phones" ). "It costs £7.50, and it just records a WAV file of any conversation to your phone. The only drawback is that it beeps irritatingly throughout the call."
If you're geared up to making VOIP calls via your computer, there are a couple of simple options: PC users can go to hotrecorder.com and pay $15 (£7.40) for some recording software that works in tandem with Skype, while Mac owners can pay the same price for Ecamm's Call Recorder.
But, for a hassle-free pay-as-you-go option, there's a service called Rectel. First dial 0871 900 9000. You'll be given a PIN (make a note of it) and then asked to dial the number you want to call. After you've finished your chat, go to www.rectel.co.uk , enter your phone number and PIN, and you can download that call in a range of audio formats. While fantastically convenient, calls to landlines do cost 10p per minute, and mobiles and international calls have to be made via an alternative, pricier access number (see their website for details).
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Demi Moore V. Natalie Portman — 'No Strings Attached' Black Dress Red Carpet Face-Off!
The the super glam ladies pull out all of the stops in their chic premiere wear — but who rocked basic black better?
Demi Moore, 48 and Natalie Portman, 29, looked stunning at the Hollywood premiere of No Strings Attached, Jan. 11. Demi, who was there to support her hubby of six years and star of the new romantic comedy, Ashton Kutcher and the actress — who hasn't aged a day in twenty years — wore a trendy little black dress, which was open in the back with accented zippers, paired with black stilettos that had studded heels and a matching bag. This combined with her loose updo and Cartier baubles made for a flawless look!
As for mom-to-be and star of the movie Natalie, she chose a casual floor-length black and beige Vena Cava halter dress –which perfectly complimented her ew engagement ring!
Take a look and let us know BFFs — who wore black best, Natalie or Demi?
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Aetna and RWJBarnabas Health Reach New Agreement
RWJBarnabas Health and ShopRite Announce New Partnership to Keep Communities Healthy Together
Michael E. Knecht, FACHE, RWJBarnabas Health Marketing And Communications Leader, To Chair Ronald McDonald House Of Central & Northern NJ
RWJBarnabas Health Facilities Named Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality
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Scientists describe a new technique that can detect how proteins undergo changes inside a cell. The technique promises to improve our understanding of how proteins inside cells work and identify how some proteins are not modified properly in common diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
In 2006, Ola Soderberg and colleagues established a technique called in situ proximity ligation assay (in situ PLA) to reveal protein-protein interactions in cells. The technique recognizes a target protein by binding a "probe" consisting of a pair of proteins attached to DNA onto the target protein.
Then the DNA is replicated, producing a molecule that can be visualized under a microscope as a fluorescent spot -- thus marking the presence of individual molecules in the target protein.
In the new study, Soderberg and colleagues developed a generalized version of the technique in which different probes can identify proteins that have undergone various changes in their structure. The researchers used this technique to detect a protein on the membrane of cells called platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta, which undergoes changes that will promote cell proliferation and movement.
The technique is more sensitive and selective than other currently-used techniques, that is, it does not miss as many proteins as the other techniques do and the rate of mix-ups among the detected proteins is lower.
Article: "In Situ Detection of Phosphorylated Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor Beta Using a Generalized Proximity Ligation Method," by Malin Jarvius, Janna Paulsson, Irene Weibrecht, Karl-Johan Leuchowius, Ann-Catrin Andersson, Carolina Wahlby, Mats Gullberg, Johan Botling, Tobias Sjoblom, Boyka Markova, Arne Ostman, Ulf Landegren, and Ola Soderberg, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, Sept. 2007
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Straphangers Campaign Issues Annual "State of the Subways" Report Best: 1 with 'MetroCard Rating' of $1.25; Worst: C and W at 65¢
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign today issued its tenth annual "State of the Subways" Report Card, rating the 1 as the best of 22 subway lines with a "MetroCard Rating" of $1.25 and the C and W the worst with a rating of 65 cents.
The 43-page report is based on an extensive review of official data on subway service, much of which has not been released before on a line-by-line basis. It includes detailed one-page profiles of 22 lines and a Straphangers Campaign "MetroCard Rating."
The profiles show six measures of service, based on recent data from MTA New York City Transit, largely covering the last half of 2006. The measures are: the amount of scheduled service and the regularity of train arrivals; mechanical failures of subway cars; chance of getting a seat at the most congested point; cleanliness of subway car floors and seats; and adequacy of announcements.
The MetroCard Ratings are a shorthand tool to compare lines and are based on a formula developed in consultation with independent transportation experts. A line could receive a rating of $2.00 if it scored, on average, in the top 5% on the six measures of service.
"Overall, we document a subway system that is stalled, with slightly more breakdowns and no improvement in the number of irregular arrivals or subway car announcements," said Gene Russianoff, Straphangers Campaign attorney.
Russianoff added: "The MTA faces billions of dollars in deficits in both its operating and rebuilding budgets. But riders are already paying more than their fair share. Any proposal to raise fares should only be seriously considered if and when the state legislature approves Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal and other transit aid, which would raise billions of dollars to fix transit and take pressure off the budget."
Our findings show the following picture of how New York City's subways are doing:
1. The best subway line in the city is the 1 for the first time since we began these rankings, with a "MetroCard Rating" of $1.25. The previous top-rated line – the 6 – dropped to a third-place tie. The 1 ranked highest because it performs above average on four of six measures: frequently scheduled service, arriving with more regularity, fewer dirty cars, and better announcements. The line did not get a higher rating because it performed below average on: a chance of getting a seat during rush hours, and delays caused by mechanical breakdowns. The 1 runs between South Ferry in Lower Manhattan and 242nd Street in the Bronx.
2. The C and W were ranked the worst subway lines, with a MetroCard Rating of 65 cents. The C and W lines both have a low level of scheduled service, and each performs below average on three additional measures: car breakdowns, chance of getting a seat during rush hours and announcements. The C and W did not get lower ratings because they perform at or above the system average on arriving with regularity and above average on interior cleanliness. The C line operates between Euclid Avenue in Queens and 168th Street in Manhattan. The W line operates between Ditmas Boulevard in Queens and Whitehall Street in Manhattan.
3. Overall, we found a mixed picture for subway service. On the plus side, the cleanliness of the interior of cars improved form 79% rated clean in the second half of 2005 to 87% for the same time period in 2006. But car breakdowns worsened from a mechanical failure from every 178,085 miles in 2005 to one every 156,624 miles. Two measures remained unchanged: regularity of arriving trains and announcements. (We were unable to compare the remaining two measures.)
4. There are large disparities in how subway lines perform.1
• Breakdowns: Cars on the Q had the best record on delays caused by car mechanical failures: once every 376,877 miles. Cars on the G line had the worst, experiencing breakdown delays more than five times as often: once every 69,361 miles.
• Cleanliness: The B was the cleanest line, with only 6% of their cars having moderate or heavy dirt, while 32% of cars on the dirtiest line — the F — had moderate or heavy dirt, a rate more than five times higher.
• Chance of getting a seat: We rate a rider's chance of getting a seat at the most congested point on the line. We found the best chance is on the G line, where riders had a 84% chance of getting a seat during rush hour.2 The W ranked worst and was much more overcrowded, with riders having only a 30% chance of getting a seat.
• Amount of scheduled service: The 6 and the 7 lines had the most scheduled service, with two-and-a-half minute intervals between trains during the morning rush hour. The M and W ranked worst, with ten-minute intervals between trains all day.
• Regularity of service: The G line had the greatest regularity of service, arriving within two to four minutes of its scheduled interval 91% of the time. The most irregular line is the 5, which performed with regularity only 81% of the time.
• In-car announcements: The 5 line had a perfect performance for adequate announcements made in its subway cars, missing no announcements. In contrast, the D and Q were the worst, missing announcements 18% of the time.
The Straphangers Campaign's work to rate the quality of subway and bus service is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which is a leader in supporting the assessment of government services. The full report can be found on here.
2 New York City Transit does not include G line passenger counts in its annual Cordon Count, as the G is the only one of the twenty two major lines not to enter Manhattan's central business district. For this reason, Straphangers Campaign conducted its own study of peak loading patterns on the G. For more details, see methodology.


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HOT PICS! The 'Glee' Kids Pair Up For Duets — Check Out These New On-Screen Pairings!
Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron and Chord Overstreet join forces in the upcoming episode, "Duets," directed by Eric Stoltz!
Check out these new pics from the Oct. 14 episode of Glee directed by Caprica actor, Eric Stoltz. In the photos, Quinn (Dianna Agron) pairs up with newbie Sam (Chord Overstreet) to sing a song what appears to be a very serious tune. Meanwhile, Rachel (Lea Michele) and Finn (Cory Monteith) pair up to sing a song of religious nature — Finn's holding a bible and wearing a priest's collar!


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In addition to an indoor pool, Hampton Inn Asheville-Tunnel Rd. provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. A complimentary breakfast is offered. A complimentary area shuttle within 5 mi is available for guests. This Asheville hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary. A total renovation of this property was completed in March 2013.
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Will in the world: how Shakespeare became
By Stephen Greenblatt,
Jonathan Cape,
We have plenty of evidence that Shakespeare was none other than himself; in as much as any of us. This engaging new book by Stephen Greenblatt, well-known as a New Historicist and author of Renaissance Self-Fashioning, takes us back through the playwright's life, setting him firmly in time and place. Entitled Will in the World but craftily subtitled How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, this biography weaves together what we certainly know of Will's life, what must have been the case and what might have been.
It is solidly demystifying, rich in texture of Elizabethan life, including its violence. And its common business dealings. What Greenblatt does, chapter after chapter, is to emphasise Shakespeare's remarkable ability to take so much of this daily material into himself, into his art of language. Greenblatt writes that "Shakespeare . . . used his boyhood experience - as he used virtually all of his experiences - as an inexhaustible source of metaphor".
And there we are, back with any poet's natural ally, metaphor: the deep source of poetic expressiveness. In Shakespeare, as in the Bible produced by his contemporaries, language and plot ride on a foaming surf of strong metaphors.
Greenblatt sees Will's world feeling its way into his plays and he explores how such connections are likely to have worked. Thus, in looking at the remarkable leap forward that was Hamlet, he sees his father John Shakespeare's fatal illness, the remembered death of his young son, Hamnet, along with the different funeral beliefs of Protestant and Catholic England. We are even told that in Hamlet, Shakespeare used more than 600 words he had never trotted out before.
Did he also play the ghost himself? What was a writer like Will to do but act, at the heart of an English polity in which "The crucial death rituals in his culture had been gutted"?
By much the same historical paths as in his rich Hamlet chapter, the author's quest leads us from King James' silly obsession with witches into the making of Macbeth; from the poet's close-to-rural childhood to The Winter's Tale with its richly colloquial shepherds' party; and from the dangerous sunset of Catholic England into so many closely plotted plays.
Greenblatt gives us the horrible details of Tudor execution. Yet he finds this troubled, prosperous time to have been wonderfully enabling for the dealer in language.
Intellectually nimble, with a wild, promiscuous memory, Shakespeare could hold, gather and use a whole gallimaufry of motifs; even the technical language of various occupations. He was drunk with all the promise of Elizabethan English, dancing away from Catholicism, but not yet diminished by the new Malvolios.
Was he lucky in his timing, I wonder, or are major artists always living in the right age?
The poet's devouring wit and unblotted lines could assimilate not only literary sources from many cultures but all manner of surroundings, memories, commonplaces and fears. His property dealings rippled into King Lear and The Tempest, while his hugely remembered vocabulary rendered everything athletic and rich, even a character's reveries.
To speak of reverie, there is a point, round about 1600 - in mid-career, that is - when his gift for rendering psychological process suddenly deepened. Now Shakespeare really began to show characters changing as they think; indeed, to let us hear them become changed by their thinking, a gift which Harold Bloom has found to be entirely new in literature.
Energetic Greenblatt leads us at last into the final act, in which the rich theatrical figure retires to his home town, having invested wisely in real estate. Although he went on collaborating in plays, there is a sense in which we feel all that enchanted diction slipping away from him. Or is this just a romantic reading of withdrawal?
As in one of the morality plays he saw as a child, the dazzling writer turns back into ordinariness. Home at last, he worries about investments and becomes the old buffer on his funeral monument. This is what Greenblatt dubs "the triumph of the everyday". Prospero, we might say, had finally broken his staff, yet the daily grind had always been part of his creative strength.
Shakespeare is the sum of all those plays, mainly written in verse and of those tormenting sonnets. "Fantastic," said Sam Goldwyn, "and it was all written with a feather!" It is a little disappointing to reduce the Bard to a mere mortal; our universal playwright ought to be invisible and polyvalent. Biographies are not going to capture much of that vast range, that triumph of historical luck, even if they had heaps more hard evidence about the chap.
Chris Wallace-Crabbe is a poet. Most recently he co-edited with Judith Ryan Imagining Australia: Literature and Culture in the New World (Harvard University Committee on Australian Studies).


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Mobile device users will soon be able to view brilliant 3D content with the naked eye with a nano-engineered screen protector that turns ordinary mobile screens into 3D displays. The unique plastic film can also potentially be used as next generation security tokens employed by banks and corporations.
Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering's (IMRE) new nano-engineered screen protector that turns the ordinary screens of handheld devices into 3D displays will be marketed by start-up, Nanoveu Pte Ltd. The unique plastic film can also potentially be used as next generation security tokens employed by banks and corporations.
Ditch the 3D glasses. Thanks to a simple plastic filter, mobile device users can now view unprecedented, distortion-free, brilliant 3D content with the naked eye. This latest innovation from TP and IMRE is the first ever glasses-free 3D accessory that can display content in both portrait and landscape mode, and measures less than 0.1 mm in thickness.
"The filter is essentially a piece of plastic film with about half a million perfectly shaped lenses engineered onto its surface using IMRE's proprietary nanoimprinting technology," said Dr Jaslyn Law, the IMRE scientist who worked with TP on the nanoimprinting R&D since 2010 to enhance the film's smoothness, clarity and transparency compared to other films in the market.
To complement the filter, the team developed applications for two software platforms, Apple iOS and Android, which allow users to play 3D content through its filter, in both landscape and portrait formats. The applications also allow 2D pictures taken using mobile devices to be converted into 3D. The team will be releasing a software development kit that enables game developers to convert their existing games into 3D versions.
The team is also exploring using the same technology for security access tokens to decode PIN numbers sent online as an inexpensive and portable alternative to rival bulkier and more expensive battery-operated security tokens, similar to those used by Singapore banks today.
"The team's expertise in both hardware and software development in 3D technology has enabled high quality 3D to be readily available to consumers," said Mr Frank Chan, the TP scientist who led the overall NRF-funded project. "We have taken age old lenticular lens technology that has been around for the last hundred years, modernised it and patented it using nanotechnology." Lenticular lens technology creates a transparent film that retains the brilliance of 3D visuals and effects, which does away with the need for stronger back lighting and saves on battery consumption in mobile devices.
The two-year project was initially funded under a National Research Foundation (NRF) Translational R&D Grant in Dec 2010 to look at optimising the control of the nanostructures and integrating its effects with the complementary software applications. The team has since shifted its focus towards commercialisation with support from Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd (ETPL), A*STAR's technology transfer arm and a one-stop resource that brings together home-grown technology, funding, collaboration and networks to assist A*STAR spin-offs and start-ups.
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Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras is not going to be stopped by a couple of privacy-loving non-profits. Majoras says she will not recuse herself from the Google-DoubleClick review, despite a petition from the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy.
The groups filed a petition earlier this week calling for her disqualification on the matter, citing a conflict of interest. (Majoras' husband works for law firm Jones Day, which represents DoubleClick in the antitrust case in Europe. Majoras also used to work at Jones Day.)
We don't claim to be attorneys, but Majoras' defense seems lame. Her argument is this: a)Jones Day has never represented DoubleClick in front of the FTC, and b) her husband is a fixed participation partner, and not an equity partner at Jones Day, so he doesn't have a financial interest in the outcome of the case.
This is what we don't get: Even if her husband's income is fixed, Jones Day still signs his paychecks. We're not really sure how he couldn't have a financial interest in the case. (Unless perhaps the Majorases are obscenely wealthy and paychecks are a trivial, silly matter?)
Now, you could (and many do) argue that the investigation is a sham, but if the FTC is going to go through with it, why not do it right?
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Doug O'Neill Handicaps the Preakness
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Trainer Doug O'Neill, on likely scenario for Preakness.
Trainer Doug O'Neill, on likely scenario for Preakness.
Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another gets a bath Friday morning at Pimlico.
Steve Haskin talks to D. Wayne Lukas about Optimizer and the Preakness Stakes. Sponsored by Three Chimneys Farm.
Evan Hammonds reports on the news of the day including horses on the track Thursday, and the Alibi Breakfast. Sponsored by Three Chimneys Farm.
Evan Hammonds and Jason Shandler handicap the Preakness Stakes trackside at Pimlico. Evan successfully picked I'll Have Another to win the Kentucky Derby, will he be correct this time?
Download Brisnet Past Performances for the Preakness Stakes.
Paul Reddam, owner of Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another, comments on life after the Derby, Doug O'Neill, Mario Gutierrez, and I'll Have Another
Exercise Rider Brian VanSteenbergh describes how he got into Thoroughbreds and how he uses his horsemanship to work with Three Chimneys' stallions. Including Flower Alley, sire of Kentucky Derby 138 winner I'll Have Another.
Ron Mitchell catches Bob Baffert trackside at Pimlico. Bob is asked his thoughts on the post position draw and competition between Bodemeister and I'll Have Another.
Graham Motion discusses Went the Day Well and being back for Preakness after experience with Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom last year.
Steve Haskin reports on the Preakness post position draw, new arrivals, and I'll Have Another. Sponsored by Three Chimneys Farm.
Lenny and Steve discuss all things Preakness, including I'll Have Another, Went the Day Well, Bodemeister, new players, including Teeth of the Dog and Tiger Walk, NY Times coverage, and the Picks. Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm.
Casper Fownes comments on his second in the Audemars
Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) and the horse Thumbs Up.
Jane Chapel-Hyam, trainer of Secret Asset in the G1 KrisFlyer, talks about racing in Singapore this weekend.
Trainer Steven Burridge has a runner in each of the big Singapore races this weekend.
Singapore trainer Patrick Shaw examines how his horses will perform in big races this weekend.
Trainer Doug O'Neill discusses throwing out the first pitch at a New York Yankees-Baltimore Orioles baseball game May 15, 2012.
Singapore trainer Cliff Brown is asked about his horses in Singapore's big racing weekend.
Simon Burgess talks with jockey Danny Beasley, who rides New Rose Wood in the Singapore Airlines International Cup Yin Xin in the KrisFlyer International Sprint.
George Moore, assistant trainer for Zaidan, talks about Zaidan's eventful trip to Singapore and his chances in the SAI Cup.
Fawzi Nass, owner and trainer of Krypton Factor, discusses his horse's preparations for the KrisFlyer International Sprint.
Simon Burgess talks with jock Steve Baster, who rides Cash Luck in the Singapore Guineas, Always Certain in the SIA Cup, and Mr. Big in the KrisFlyer Sprint.
Listen to trainers talk about their horses racing on Singapore's big weekend, including connections of Krypton Factor.
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