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Will Exelixis Cabozantinib COMET-1 prostate cancer trial be positive?
The share price of Exelixis ($EXEL) is starting a run-up (after months in the doldrums) in advance of anticipated results from the COMET-1 phase 3 trial in metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) for cabozantinib (Cometriq, formerly XL184).
Cabozantinib is a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor of c-Met and VEGFR2. It has been shown to significantly improve bone scans and decrease pain, but the $64,000 questions are will patients taking it live longer and feel better?
The answers will come from the COMET-1 trial that has a primary end point of overall survival (OS). It's a placebo-controlled trial of 960 men with advanced prostate cancer randomly assigned to cabozantinib 60mg (n=640) or prednisone (5mg twice daily) (NCT01605227) who have disease progression after treatment with docetaxel chemotherapy and abiraterone (Zytiga) or enzalutamide (Xtandi).
Subscribers to premium content can login to read my analysis as to why I thought this trial would be negative.
Update Sep 1, 2014 COMET-1 is a failure
We normally put updates at the end of a post, but we've just heard the trial a failure, so I think it's appropriate to put this upfront. Am glad that our analysis turned out to be correct. Congratulations to those blog subscribers who on the basis of this post sold all or part of their $EXEL position. Commiserations if you held on.
$EXEL Fails -> Exelixis Announces Results from the COMET-1 Phase 3 Pivotal Trial of Cabozantinib in mCRPC http://t.co/7zOwM3ROLx
— Andy Biotech (@AndyBiotech) September 1, 2014
good call from @MaverickNY on $EXEL, remember discussing the potential outcome with her and she nailed it.
— Juan P. Serrate, DVM (@JPZaragoza1) September 1, 2014
Congrats to all @BiotechStrategy subs who heeded our $EXEL analysis – we thought COMET-1 would fail. http://t.co/GracDhjfYz
— Pieter Droppert (@3NT) September 1, 2014


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SMWC breaks ground on new sports and recreation center
December 3rd, 2013 | SMWC
SMWC President Dottie King and community leaders prepare to break ground for the new Jeanne Knoerle Sports & Recreation Center. L to R: Ralph Wagle (Garmong Construction); Sr. Lisa Stallings (Sisters of Providence); Norm Lowery, (First Financial Corporation); Mike Ciolli (Vigo Co. Commissioner); Marcia Reder Schmidt, 1972 SMWC Graduate, and Jerry Schmidt (Co-Chairs of the Pomeroy Pride Campaign); Dottie King (SMWC President); Duke Bennett (Terre Haute Mayor); Ken Brengle (Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce) and Steve Robinson (URS)
Shovels entered the ground on Dec. 3, 2013, on Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) campus as a decade-long vision of the new sports and recreation center was finally coming to fruition. Over 300 students, staff, faculty, alums and friends gathered at the site of the future building as SMWC President Dottie King, Ph.D., spoke about the Pomeroy Pride campaign and thanked all of those who contributed to the success.
"I hope you can feel the excitement and deep joy in our hearts today," said King. The campaign to build a new sports and recreation center has been a dream for many years and is a journey that has carried on through the vision of three SMWC presidents.
King announced that the new facility would be named after the late Jeanne Knoerle, Sister of Providence and former SMWC president. Knoerle was a Sister of Providence for 62 years as well as an encouraging mentor, author, educator and theologian, continuing the legacy of educating women for positions of leadership began by the College and Congregation's foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. She was a 1949 graduate of SMWC and held several positions at the College, including serving as professor, president from 1968-1983, chancellor from 1984 to 1988 and co-chancellor from 1988-2013.
Though the College is moving forward with construction, the campaign has not officially concluded. The opportunity remains for friends, alums, faculty and staff to share in the campaign's success by adding to this historic time in the life of the College. The College's advancement team will continue to work to close the Pomeroy Pride campaign, as another $1.1 million is needed to meet the goal of $11 million.
"This is a proud moment for The Woods, made possible through the passion, loyalty and vision of our partners, alums and friends," said King. "I am honored and humbled by the generosity that the donors have shown."
Other speakers at the groundbreaking ceremony included Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett; Marcia Reder Schmidt, 1972 graduate of SMWC, and Jerry Schmidt, campaign co-chairs; and Ralph Wagle of Garmong Construction.
Marcia Schmidt '72 and Jerry Schmidt chose to be the chairs of the campaign committee because they envisioned what a sports and recreation center would do for The Woods.
"This building, nestled among others a hundred years old, will merge tradition and innovation," states Marcia Schmidt '72. "It is a place for us all to feel connected –where young women can cheer on their classmates during a game, alums can swell with school spirit and the Wabash Valley can join The Woods community. It is a place for us all to feel Pomeroy Pride."
King explained that the successful conclusion to this campaign matters the most to the students. "They will have a place for their home basketball games where the entire campus can cheer them on which is nothing less than what other colleges and universities offer. And the non-athletes will have a place for intramurals and a place to workout in the fitness center."
The new addition to campus will bode well for student recruitment as well. Currently, each basketball player/coach travels approximately 2,500 miles each season to practices and home games in Clinton, Ind. By the time they leave and return to campus, they have invested over 3.5 hours daily just for 2 hours of practice.
"Trying to explain to a recruit that she will drive almost 30 miles round-trip off campus every day to play on a high school floor has been beyond difficult," states Deanna Bradley, SMWC athletic director. "We are blessed to have, and have had the players we recruited over the years commit to us knowing the situation."
Since the estimated 45,000 square foot facility will be completed in 10 months, most of the current students will be able to experience campus life with the new sports and recreation center.
"Having the new facility is the opportunity to have more time in the gym because we won't have to drive 20 minutes just to go to practice," stated Na-Shaunda Rayford,, freshmen basketball player from Anderson, Ind. "It will be exciting to have the Rose-Hulman [Institute of Technology] game here for the first time. It will be a good feeling to be a part of that."
The building site will be located at the west edge of campus, behind the Mary and Andy Rooney Library. The facility will include a NCAA regulation-sized gym seating approximately 1,000 spectators, a practice gym for auxiliary revenue and intramural sports, a 2,000 sq. ft. lobby, locker rooms, a training room, a fitness room, offices, and ample storage space. Additionally, the facility will be verified with a Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) environmental certification through the U.S. Green Building Council.
Having the facility not only means that SMWC home games and practices will truly be home; outdoor teams will have a place to train indoors when weather requires it; the fitness equipment will be available for athletes and non-athletes alike; and SMWC will add an intercollegiate volleyball program.
"As we contemplate the function of this facility, we are currently only touching on the tip of the iceberg as to the possibilities," states Bradley. "Once we have had the opportunity to reside in the facility a year or two, our options will continue to grow."

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Hey everyone!!
I am having major spam issues with a PHP form script where they are breaking through by typing whatever they want as a phone number. To combat this, I wanted to add a function to my script that validates a phone number. But, I cannot figure out why it's presenting me with issues, and could use a second pair of eyes.
I've called the function and written out the code to pop up an alert box that tells the user that the phone is invalid, but it doesn't do that. Instead, the form goes to a blank page after hitting submit. I would like the code to execute by popping up an alert box that says "You must enter a valid phone number" if a user types something like 123456. This way, if a user does that, they cannot send the form email through.
The new sections of the script are highlighted in red. The $phone variable is called in the form HTML as an attribute whose name="phone".
function phone_valid($phone) {
if (eregi( ? ^[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}$ ? , $phone))
{ return TRUE; } else { return FALSE; }
function check_email_address($email) {
// check that there's one @ symbol, and that the lengths are right
if (!preg_match("/^[^@]{1,64}@[^@]{1,255}$/", $email)) {
// Email invalid because wrong number of characters in one section, or wrong number of @ symbols.
return false;
// Split it into sections to make life easier
$email_array = explode("@", $email);
$local_array = explode(".", $email_array[0]);
for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($local_array); $i++) {
if (!preg_match("/^(([A-Za-z0-9!#$%&'*+\\/=?^_`{|}~-][A-Za-z0-9!#$%&'*+\\/=?^_`{|}~\\.-]{0,63})|(\\"[^(\\\\|\\")]{0,62}\\"))$/", $local_array[$i])) {
return false;
if (!preg_match("/^\\[?[0-9\\.]+\\]?$/", $email_array[1])) { // Check if domain is IP. If not, it should be valid domain name
$domain_array = explode(".", $email_array[1]);
if (sizeof($domain_array) < 2) {
return false; // Not enough parts to domain
for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($domain_array); $i++) {
if (!preg_match("/^(([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])|([A-Za-z0-9]+))$/", $domain_array[$i])) {
return false;
return true;
$name = $_POST['name'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
if( $name == true )
$sender = $email;
$receiver = "firstname.lastname@example.com";
$client_ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$email_body = "Name: $name \
Phone: $phone \
Email: $email \
Comments: \
$comments \
IP: $client_ip \
Contact Sent from http://websitename.com/";
$newmessage = "Hi $name, \
Thank you for your inquiry. We will be in touch with you as quickly as possible. \
Please send us an email if you have any additional questions we can answer. Thank you.\
Phone: (123) 456-7891 \
Company Name \
Company Address \
Company City, Zip Code
Website:http://www.websitename.com/ \
Your inquiry has been copied below. \
--------------------- \
Name: $name \
Email: $email \
Phone: $phone \
Details: \
$comments \
IP: $client_ip";
$extra = "From: $sender\\r\
" . "Reply-To: $sender \\r\
" . "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();
$extra2 = "From: $receiver\\r\
" . "Reply-To: $receiver \\r\
if (phone_valid($phone) == false) {
echo "";
if(check_email_address($email) == true) {
if( mail( $receiver, "Client email questions", $email_body, $extra ) && mail( $sender, "Website name website inquiry has been received", $newmessage, $extra2 ) )
echo header("Location: contact-thank-you.php");
} else {
echo header("Location: contact-failed.php");
The problem is that regardless of whether the phone number is valid or not, the script still executes this code:
if(check_email_address($email) == true) {
if( mail( $receiver, "Client email questions", $email_body, $extra ) && mail( $sender, "Website name website inquiry has been received", $newmessage, $extra2 ) )
echo header("Location: contact-thank-you.php");
} else {
echo header("Location: contact-failed.php");
which results in the page being redirected to one of the two pages.
Note, by the way, that you don't actually need the echo statement before you call the header() function.
Thank you so much, fretburner!!! What is the best way to re-write that last section so that 1. Mail is sent upon completion of correctly formatted information and 2. An alert pops up when Phone or email is not correct and prevents the form from being submitted, 3. Upon final completion of the form it redirects someone to the appropriate confirmation page?
Is this validation/email code part of the same page as the form? Or it's a separate page that the form submits to?
It's setup like this:
Index.html for example would be an html page using the php script.sendmail.php is a separate file that's globally called by index.html and all internal pages (this is a generic name and not the actual name of the file), so it's all part of the same page. Index.html uses the script...page2.html uses the script...page3.html uses the script, and so on. But it's all still part of the same page in one single form consisting of name, phone, email, and comments.
All of this code is in the sendmail.php file, which is of course called in index.html like this:
<form action="sendmail.php" method="post">...etc. etc.
Ideally, what I want to have happen is this script to redirect to a thank you page right after the phone & email fields are confirmed as correct and the email has been sent. Of course, if phone & email fields do not contain appropriate values, I would like to see pop-ups and the email to be stopped - stopping auto spambots in their tracks. Sorry about that...I haven't coded the email field to display a pop up yet.
OK, well it's going to be difficult to achieve with the way you currently have things set up. You can't insert any script tags (or any content at all) into your index.html page from the sendmail.php script. If your form page was a .php file, you could pass the errors back in a session variable.
I suppose the best you could do in this instance would be to display the errors as output from sendmail.php and provide a link back to the form page so that the user can try again. It's not ideal though, as the user has to start again from an empty form, which is especially annoying with longer forms.
The other thing you can do is to add JS validation on the form page itself, which will prevent the form being submitted unless the fields are filled in correctly. You should always do this in conjunction with server-side validation though, as some users may have JS disabled.
Oops!!! I completely forgot to mention - the pages are all php files. Not html files. I went back and double checked.
How do I pass the errors as a session variable while doing what I want to do? Can this be something like: If someone doesn't fill out the phone number correctly it errors out and displays why on the confirmation page? I just want to prevent bots from getting through.
How do I accomplish this confirmation step by passing errors back???
Sure, that's easy enough.. I'd change the code to something like this:
// Validation functions not shown
$name = $_POST['name'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
$isValid = TRUE;
$errors = array();
if (empty($name)) {
$errors[] = "You must provide your name";
$isValid = FALSE;
if (FALSE === check_email_address($email)) {
$errors[] = "You must provide a valid email address";
$isValid = FALSE;
if (FALSE === phone_valid($phone)) {
$errors[] = "You need to enter a valid phone number";
$isValid = FALSE;
if ($isValid) {
// Assign email variables etc..
if( mail( $receiver, "Client email questions", $email_body, $extra ) && mail( $sender, "Website name website inquiry has been received", $newmessage, $extra2 ) )
header("Location: contact-thank-you.php");
} else {
header("Location: contact-failed.php");
} else {
<!doctype html>

<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>My App</title>

Form Submission Failed

<?php foreach ($errors as $error): ?>

<?php echo $error ?>

<?php endforeach; ?>

Return to the form to try again.

<?php }
So we do the validation checks, and if any of them fail we assign an error string to the $errors array and set the $isValid flag to false. We then check the flag, and if it's false then we skip sending the emails and output a list of the error messages and provide a link back to the form so the user can try again.
Well, if your users make a mistake in filling out the form, it's good practice to redisplay the form, prefilled with the data they entered and any validation error messages, to allow them to try again. In that situation, if there are validation errors, we could pass them back to the form in a session variable. It's your call if you want to go that route though.


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Honoree: David J. McIntyre Jr., President and CEO, TriWest Healthcare Alliance
With more than 27 years of experience in the health care industry, David J. McIntyre Jr. is the founder, CEO and president of TriWest Healthcare Alliance, which offers 2.7 million Americans associated with the military access to high-quality health care in the 21-state TRICARE West Region.
McIntyre travels around those states to meet with health care providers, military leaders, government officials and military support organization leaders to determine the current needs of the military health care system. He also keeps in touch with commanders of National Guard units, nearly 70 military treatment facilities and leaders of Veterans Affairs.
TriWest has responded to the expanding need of military health care since 2001 by educating families on military health care plans and increasing the Arizona provider network, especially in rural areas. TriWest also has initiated a case management program to ensure quality care for the military's wounded, produced a downloadable CD set about combat stress and post-traumatic stress disorder, and supports camps for National Guard and military children. McIntyre leads a team of 1,700 employees, including 900 working in Arizona.
Finalist: Benton Davis, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Arizona
As CEO of UnitedHealthcare of Arizona's Western States, Benton Davis oversees a staff of more than 2,700 employees. Davis makes sure to be involved in all aspects of the company, including sales, customer service, physician relations, and employee recruitment and retention. Under his leadership, patient care has improved, patient readmissions have decreased, and health care costs have been tamed.
One of Davis' projects is PlanBien, a first-of-its-kind insurance plan targeted at Arizona employers with Hispanic work forces. It offers culturally relevant health information and customer service programs in both Spanish and English, at no extra expense to employers or recipients.
Finalist: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) is a not-for-profit company based in Phoenix that employs more than 1,500 workers.
As an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, BCBSAZ strives to provide quality health care to its 1.3 million customers, while also giving back to the community.
One way that BCBSAZ provides quality service is through Walk On!, its key community program. Focusing on reducing obesity among children in Arizona, the program asks fifth-graders to walk at least 10,000 steps a day during a given period of time, while tracking their progress with a tool kit provided through the program. Walk On! is recognized across the nation.


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Barnes claimed CBO said "no savings" from drug importation, but CBO estimated savings at $4 billion a year
Weekly Standard executive editor and FOX News contributor Fred Barnes falsely claimed that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) "concluded that there would be no savings" in prescription drug costs from a law allowing the importation of drugs from Canada and other industrialized nations. In fact, a CBO issue brief [1] estimated the savings from a House-passed importation proposal at "$40 billion over 10 years, or by about 1 percent" of total U.S. spending on prescription drugs.
From the December 22 edition of FOX News' Special Report with Brit Hume:
BARNES: But to have a huge system where millions of Americans are going to try and get these drugs, you're going to have a system and middleman and importing and a company and all that stuff. And the CBO concluded that there be would be no savings.
The CBO estimated the potential savings from H.R. 2427 [2], The Pharmaceutical Market Access Act, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed [3] in July 2003. The bill would "require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue regulations permitting pharmacists, wholesalers, and individuals (for personal use) to import prescription drugs into the United States from 25 countries," according to the CBO's analysis [4] of the bill.
The Associated Press explained [5] that despite bipartisan support, drug importation proposals have stalled in Congress due to opposition from the Bush administration and the Senate Republican leadership:
Lawmakers in both parties said they are convinced majorities in both houses of Congress support drug imports because of constituent complaints about fast rising drug prices. [Representative Gil] Gutknecht [R-MN] and others said they would renew their push for importation legislation next year, despite opposition from Republican congressional leaders and the administration.
Several bills in the Senate would have permitted imports from Canada, where brand-name medicines cost one-third or more less. Legislation passed the House last year, but Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., a surgeon, refused to allow a vote in the Senate.
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It should be one of the first things you can opt-in or out.
Are you really sure that side-by-side isn't available? Sounds goofy to me.
Hello i have backtrack 5 and i when i click install and go through the location and keyboard and all that.Then i see the install things but their are only 2 options im suppose to have 3 right?
i only see..
1)erase disk
2)create partition
were the hell is install side by side!!! Help!
It should be one of the first things you can opt-in or out.
Are you really sure that side-by-side isn't available? Sounds goofy to me.
You are run virtualbox or vmware? Try run boot cd with bt5 and install. From boot cd option that option are there, (in my case)!
Good luck!
Backtrack Home > How To's > BackTrack Dual Boot Install
Seriously , i Have also the same problem, as in the past i installed it side by side but this time this option is not appearing ....
Look on the bottom and choose the manual option
Pffbt..[quote]I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me... Or feels threatened by me.. Or thinks I'm a smart ass.. [/quote]
I see "I installed Backtrack and now Windows is gone!" posts in the future....
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
I just installed BT5 along side of Win7 with no probs. I installed it from a BT5 disk i made when BT5 was first released not sure if that was why it worked. I did however, have trouble booting into BT5 and had to use "fix-splash" and remove 4 things before it would load the x server properly. Since then i have updated, upgraded and everything is kosher. Even fixed the problem of my wireless card hanging/stop working after a few mins of using airodump-ng or aireplay-ng. =D


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Chris - from Virginia Beach, VA
All-purpose flour, like it's name implies, is a perfect "all-purpose" product to keep in your pantry. It can be used for cakes, pastries, cookies, thickening gravies, etc. Many recipes that call for cake flour can be made with all-purpose flour – the cake just won't be as fine textured as it would be if cake flour was used. Most people probably wouldn't notice! You could also substitute 3/4 cup all-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons cornstarch for every 1 cup of cake flour called for in a recipe.


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Chagdud Khadro (wife and long-time student of the late Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche) is giving a talk on 'The Concept of Purification in Tibetan Buddhism'.
Traditional purification practices in Tibetan Buddhism are designed to release the mind from negative thought patterns and habituated unwholesome emotions such as guilt and depression. Over the course of the weekend, Chagdud Khadro will give teachings and practical instructions on how we can use these purification practices to help enrich our lives and develop a greater understanding of ourselves.
The talks are on April 27th and 28th in NYC, at E-Vam Institute (Traleg Rinpoche's New York Center)
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Lange, in fact, continued to watch the original documentary throughout the shoot.
Lange particularly valued the part because meaty roles have become increasingly uncommon for actresses of a certain age.
But as he worked on the epidemic locally in Amsterdam and Western Europe, Lange also was thinking globally.
"Let me get to my house," Simpson told Lange during the call, which was aired during the broadcast.
But Lange really deserved her American Horror Story trophy, and is always fun to watch at awards shows.
Still, I was less melancholy than Lange at the thought of going to the war.
Gassendi, as sketched by Lange, is hardly to be ranked with either.
Such, however, is the account that we received from Mr Lange.
The experience of the last German elections illustrates Lange's position.
I saw him at the theatre, and afterwards in the green-room; he was making himself agreeable to the citizeness Lange.


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My instructor told me that i need to buy a Gi, does anyone know any cheap website's which sell them?
I mean i am not looking for out flash, just a decent one somewhere between 20-50 pound. I'm not going to be wearing it during MMA sessions, just for the Ju-jitsu Gradings.
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Alfonso Soriano, LF--Washington Nationals: Alfonso could be headed to the Stl. Cardinals for a minor league/pitching package
Alfonso Soriano, LF--Washington Nationals: Alfonso could be headed to the Stl. Cardinals for a minor league/pitching package
what possible minor league cardinals arms would warrant landing soriano? Wainright and Reyes but Reyes is essential to their pitching plans
be nice if Krivsky can counter this move and make a big trade with the Marlins. On yahoo it says they need a young CF
we trade Deno (CF), Claussen(SP), Travis Wood(SP), Edwin (3B) and another prospect Robert Manuel (SP)
for Willis (SP), Herges (RP), and Cabrara (3B)
this would be a great trade for the Reds!
They won't trade Willis or Cabs, not just yet.
Go Gators!
Wainwright has been in the Major Leagues all season. The last time he was a minor leaguer was in 2005. Anthony Reyes is in the St. Louis Cardinals rotation, so he wouldn't be considered a minor leaguer either. If this report is true (I doubt it is), then it must be a package of one of the Cardinals other many minor league pitching spects.Originally Posted by The_jbh
The Cards system is weak, no way they get Sorianio without Reyes or Wainwright going to Washington.
Quantity doesn't equal quality.then it must be a package of one of the Cardinals other many minor league pitching spects
Last edited by OnBaseMachine; 07-08-2006 at 06:43 AM.
Do you even know what quality prospects the Cards have?Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine
Last edited by MattyHo4Life; 07-08-2006 at 08:37 AM.
I know don't have very many.Originally Posted by MattyMo4Life
Please name them.
I can't see the Cards getting Soriano. They need pitching and Bowden would surely demand Wainright and/or Reyes. That won't happen. I do expect the Cards to make a strong bid for Reggie Sanders, though.
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It is somewhat common knowledge that the Cards system hasn't produced much of anything in prospects, either pitching or position, in years, matty. I do think you have one stud arm that I've heard a little bit about, but why not fill us in since for most of us its all we can do to keep up with the state of our own system.Originally Posted by MattyMo4Life
Of course, Haren netted you Mulder, but youngsters like Reyes and Wainwright came from other orgs.
Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
I've been looking, I don't see many either. Lambert was probably considered the best before the season, but he hasn't done so great at AA Springfield.Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine
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If Ankiel weren't injured, they could present him as the only 6-tool outfielder in the minors. Jimbo would probably trade half the team for him.Originally Posted by Chip R
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The Struggle Against 'the Religion of Irreligion'
The Truth That Defeats The Religions of Irreligion
This chapter reveals a crucial life secret. It should be read attentively and thoroughly, for it is concerned with a subject that is liable to make a fundamental change in one's outlook toward the external world. The subject of this chapter is not merely a point of view, a different approach, or a traditional philosophy. It is a fact which everyone, believers and non-believers, must admit to and which has been proven by science today.
As previously stated, one of the most important reasons disbelievers assume a negative attitude towards religion is their assessment based on purely worldly criteria. The assumption that life is limited to this world and their fervent attachment to it accounts for this, as shown in the Qur'an:
It [i.e., life] is not but our worldly life- we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.90
Due to their obsession with worldly standards, disbelievers fail to have a true perception of things around them. They see events as unconnected to Allah and cannot comprehend that everything exists by His will. Allah describes the world view of disbelievers as follows:
They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.91
There is another important truth disbelievers fail to grasp throughout their lives. While they commit all kinds of immorality to derive personal benefit and satisfaction for themselves: tell lies, belittle religion, spread slanders against believers, try to harm them, etc., they are unaware that they are actually in a state of great ignorance, as will be shown in the following pages.
The Mystery Behind Matter
All of man's sensory faculties – sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch – function in the same way. The stimuli (such as light, sound, smell, taste, texture, etc.) coming from objects assumed to exist in the external world are carried through nerves to the sensory centers in the brain. All these stimuli that reach the brain consist of electric signals. For example, during the process of seeing, light rays (photons) radiating from a source in the exterior world reach the retina at the back of the eye and are transformed into electric signals through a series of processes. These signals are transferred along nerves to the center of vision in the brain. Thus, a colorful, bright and three-dimensional world is perceived within this center of a few cubic centimeters.
The same system also applies to other senses. Tastes are transformed into electric signals by some cells on the tongue. Smells are transformed into electric signals by cells in the epithelium of the nose. Special sensors lodged under the skin are responsible for transforming impulses of touch (such as feeling hardness or softness) into electric signals, and a special mechanism in the ear transforms sounds into electric signals. All these signals are sent to related centers in the brain and are perceived therein.
The following example will clarify the point: assume that you are drinking a cup of coffee. The hardness and hotness of the cup you are holding is transformed into electric signals by special receptors under your skin and sent to the brain. Simultaneously, the strong smell of the coffee, its taste, and dark brown color all become signals reaching the brain. The sound heard when the cup touches the table is perceived by the ear and sent to the brain as an electric signal. All these perceptions are interpreted in the relevant centers in the brain, which work harmoniously with one another. As a cumulative result of these impulses, you sense that you are drinking a cup of coffee. That is, while everything takes place in the sensory centers of the brain, you assume that what you sense has a solid existence.
However, you are wrong, because you have no evidence that the feelings you perceive in your brain have any existence outside of your skull. No doubt, this is an important reality which deserves careful pondering. So far, it may well be that you believe everything you see around you has absolute existence. However, as science has now revealed, it is impossible to prove that objects in the exterior world have any real existence.
What Exists in the External World?
What has been discussed so far shows that we actually live inside our brains and that we cannot perceive anything other than what our senses convey to us. To proceed one step further: Does what we sense really exist, or is it only illusions? And is there a need for the external world in order for us to see and hear?
Actually, no. In order to perceive, there is certainly no need for the existence of an external world. Given the right kind of stimulation directed to the brain, sensations of touch, sight, sounds, etc. can be formed in the brain. The best example of this fact is dreams.
During dreams, your body usually remains still and motionless in a dark and quiet room, and your eyes remain shut. There is neither light nor sound nor any other stimuli from the exterior world reaching your brain for it to perceive. Still, in your dreams, you perceive experiences very much similar to real life. In your dreams you also get up and go to work, or you go on vacation where you enjoy the warmth of the sun.
Furthermore, in dreams you never feel doubts about the reality of what you experience. Only after you wake up do you realize your experiences were only dreams. You not only experience such feelings as fear, anxiety, joy and sadness but also see different images, hear sounds and feel matter. Yet there is no physical source producing these sensations and perceptions; you lie motionless inside a dark and quiet room.
Descartes, the renowned philosopher, offered the following reasoning on this surprising truth about dreams:
In my dreams I see that I do various things, I go to many places; when I wake up, however, I see that I have not done anything or gone anywhere and that I lie peacefully in my bed. Who can guarantee to me that I do not also dream at the present time, further, that my whole life is not a dream?
Just as we experience our dreams as real and only realize that they are dreams when we wake up, we cannot be certain that what we are experiencing right now is real. This suggests that we may well be awakened from this life on earth, which we feel we are living right now, and begin to experience a genuine life. We have no evidence whatsoever proving otherwise. On the contrary, science provides serious findings suggesting that what we experience may actually have no material existence.
The fact that surfaces at this point is obvious: while we assume that the world we live in exists, or when we think that we live in that world, there are in fact no substantial reasons for us to claim that such a world has a material reality. It may well be nothing but perceptions with no material reality which are artificially stimulated.
Is Our Brain Distinct from the Outside World?
As discussed so far, if everything we know is but internally produced perceptions, what about the brain which we think sees and hears? Is it not made up of atoms and molecules as everything else?
Just like everything we call matter, the brain is also a perception. It is a piece of meat that we perceive through our senses. Like everything else whose existence we assume in the external world, the brain is also an illusion. This being the case, what is it that perceives everything – that sees, hears, touches, smells and tastes, if not the brain?
At this point we face an obvious fact: man, a being of consciousness who can see, feel, think and exercise reason, is much more than a mere heap of atoms and molecules. What makes a human being is the "soul" granted to him by Allah. Otherwise, it would be extremely unreasonable to attribute his consciousness and other faculties to a three-pound piece of meat, which is in essence a perception:
[It is Allah] who perfected everything He created and began the creation of man from clay. Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained. Then He proportioned him and breathed into him from His [created] soul and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful92
The Nearest Being to Us Is Allah
Since a human being is not merely a heap of matter but a "soul," then who is it that makes the soul feel the sum of perceptions which we call the external world? Who continues to create all these perceptions ceaselessly?
The answer is obvious. Allah, who breathed the spirit He created for man into him, is the Creator of all things. He is also the real source of all perceptions. The existence of anything is only possible through Allah's creation. Allah informs us that He creates continuously and that everything will disappear whenever He halts creation:
Indeed, Allah holds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them [in place] after Him. Indeed, He is Forbearing and Forgiving. 93
A person may tend not to accept the reality because of the inculcation he has received for so many years. However, no matter how he strives to ignore this fact or avoids it, the truth is obvious. All the perceptions presented to a human soul can exist only by the creation of Allah. Furthermore, not only the external world but all actions one takes on his own come into existence by the will of Allah. It is simply impossible for man to have any power or will independent of Allah. In the Qur'an it is stated as follows:
And Allah created you and that which you do 94
And you threw not when you threw, but it was Allah who threw. 95
Such facts make one conclude that the only real absolute being is Allah. Nothing exists except through Allah, who encompasses everything in the heavens and the earth:
Unquestionably, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. Unquestionably He is, of all things, encompassing.96
And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is All-Encompassing and Knowing.97
And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Allah, of all things, encompassing.98
And [remember, O Muhammad], when We told you, 'Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people [in knowledge]99
His chair encompasses the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. He is the Most High, the Magnificent."100
Allah's knowledge and ability surrounds us from the front, back, right and left; that is to say, He encompasses us completely. He observes us everywhere, at every moment. He holds absolute control over us, from inside and out. He, the Owner of Infinite Might, is closer to us than our own jugular veins or hearts:
We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein.101
And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him you will be gathered.102
This is the point about which disbelievers carry a great misconception; they take a world which is essentially illusionary to be real. While they make a mockery of religion and believers and reject the revelations of Allah, they assume that they can escape, while they are, in fact, totally engulfed by Allah. This is indeed one of the greatest realities about which arrogant disbelievers are heedless. Not only that, but the life of this world, to which they are so ambitiously attached, slips away through their fingers.
Everything Possessed Is Intrinsically Illusory
It may be seen clearly as a scientific and logical fact that the external world has no materialistic reality and that it is a collection of images perpetually presented to the soul by Allah. Nevertheless, people usually do not include, or rather do not want to include, everything in this concept.
If you contemplate this issue sincerely and boldly, you will come to realize that your house, the furniture inside it, your antiques, your summer home, your car, your office, your jewels, your bank account, your wardrobe, your spouse, your children, your colleagues, and all that you possess are in fact included in the imaginary external world projected to you. Everything you perceive with your five senses is a part of this "illusionary world": the voice of your favorite singer, the hardness of the chair upon which you sit, a perfume whose scent you enjoy, the sun that keeps you warm, a flower with beautiful colors, a bird flying in front of your window, a speedboat moving swiftly on the water, your fertile garden, the computer you use at the office, or your hi-fi with the most advanced technology in the world...
This is the reality, because the world is only a collection of images created to test man. People are tested all through their limited lives with perceptions bearing no reality. These perceptions are intentionally presented as appealing and attractive. This fact is mentioned in the Qur'an:
"Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire- of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, and fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return [i.e., Paradise].103
Most people cast their religion away for the lure of property, wealth, heaped up hoards of gold and silver, dollars, jewels, bank accounts, credit cards, wardrobes full of clothes, latest model cars, etc. – all forms of prosperity which they either possess or strive to possess, and they concentrate only on this world while forgetting the Hereafter. They are deceived by the fair and alluring face of the life of this world and fail to keep up prayer, give charity and perform the worship that will make them prosper in the Hereafter, saying, "I have things to do," "I have ideals," "I have responsibilities," "I do not have enough time," "I have things to complete," and "I will do it in the future." They consume their lives trying to prosper in this world. This misconception is described in the Qur'an:
They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.104
The fact outlined in this chapter, namely that everything is an image, is very important because of its implication that all lusts and acquisitions are meaningless. The verification of this fact makes it clear that everything people possess or strive to possess – wealth acquired through greed, children of whom they boast, spouses whom they consider closest to them, friends, their own dear bodies, ranks of supposed superiority, the schools they attended, the holidays they enjoyed – are nothing but mere illusion. Therefore, all their efforts, time spent, and greed prove to be in vain.
This is why some people unwittingly make fools of themselves when they boast of their wealth and properties, their yachts, helicopters, factories, holdings, manors and lands as if they really existed. Those well-to-do people who ostentatiously saunter up and down in their yachts, show off their cars, and keep talking about their wealth suppose that this ranks them higher than everyone else and that they are successful should actually think about what state they will find themselves in once they realize that their success is nothing but an illusion.
In fact, such scenes are often seen in dreams as well. In their dreams they also have houses, fast cars, extremely precious jewels, rolls of dollars, and loads of gold and silver. In dreams they are positioned in a high rank, own companies with thousands of workers, possess power to rule over many people, and wear clothes that make everyone admire them. Just as boasting about the possessions one has in a dream would cause a person to be ridiculed, he is sure to be equally ridiculed for boasting of the images he sees in this world. After all, both what he sees in his dreams and what he relates to in this world are mere images in his mind. Surely this fact deserves deep contemplation. As stated in the Qur'an, those who perceive this fact will be victorious:
There has come to you enlightenment from your Lord. So whoever will see does so for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever is blind [does harm] against it.105
Similarly, the way people react to the events they experience in the world will make them ashamed when they realize the reality. Those who fiercely fight each other, who rave furiously, who swindle, who accept bribes, who commit forgery, who lie, who covetously withhold their money, who wrong others, who beat and curse others, who rage aggressively, who are full of passion for office and rank, who envy, who show off, and who try to sanctify themselves or others will be disgraced when they realize that they have committed all of these deeds in an illusion. Since it is Allah who creates all these images, the ultimate owner of everything is Allah alone. This fact is stressed in the Qur'an:
And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And ever is Allah, of all things, encompassing.106
It is great foolishness to cast away religion for imaginary passions and thus lose contentment in the eternal life, obtaining instead everlasting deprivation. Allah describes this situation:
And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.107
As stated in this verse, all their ambitions and passions will be proved to be in vain. Furthermore, all those things they thought to possess will have slipped out of their hands and brought them no benefit.
At this stage one point should be well understood. It is not stated that all the possessions, wealth, children, spouses, friends and rank you have will vanish sooner or later and therefore have no meaning; rather, that all the possessions you seem to have in fact do not exist at all but are merely an illusion composed of images shown to you by Allah in order to test you. There is a big difference between these two statements. In the first case a person, for a temporary period, may be deceived into believing that possessions really exist and thus have the ambition to possess them. But in the second statement, that is, that everything is illusionary, a deliberate attempt to monopolize everything will not only humiliate that person but cause unprecedented loss for him.
Although one might not want to acknowledge this fact right away and would rather deceive himself by assuming everything he owns truly exists, he will finally die, and when he is recreated in the Hereafter, everything will become clear. On that day his vision will be sharp, and he will see everything clearly. If he had spent his life chasing after imaginary benefits, he will wish he had never lived and say:
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one. My wealth has not availed me. Gone from me is my authority.108
What a wise man should do, then, is to try to understand the greatest reality of the universe here in this world while he still has time. Otherwise, he will spend all his life running after dreams and face a grievous penalty in the end. In the Qur'an the final state of people who run after illusions of this world and forget their Creator is stated as follows:
But those who disbelieved- their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but he finds Allah before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allah is swift in account.109
Materialists Have Fallen into the Biggest Trap in History
That matter is simply a perception has been proven by modern science and has been put forward in a very clear, straightforward and forceful way. It only remains for materialists to see and acknowledge the collapse of the entire material world in which they blindly believe and on which they rely.
Materialist thought has always existed throughout the history of humanity. Being very assured of themselves and the philosophy they believe in, they revolt against Allah who created them. The scenario they formulate maintains that matter has no beginning or end and that it could not possibly have a creator. Because of their arrogance, they deny Allah and depend upon matter, which they deem to have real existence. They have been so confident in this philosophy that they thought it would never be possible to prove the contrary.
That is why the facts in this chapter regarding the real nature of matter surprised these people so much. What has been presented here destroys the very basis of their philosophy and leaves no ground for further discussion. Matter, upon which they had based all their thought and livelihood, their arrogance and denial, has vanished all of a sudden. How can materialism exist when matter does not?
One of the attributes of Allah is His strategy against the unbelievers:
But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of planners.110
Allah entrapped the materialists by making them assume that matter exists, and in doing so, humiliated them in a subtle way. Materialists, sure that their possessions, status, society, the world and everything else really existed, grew arrogant against Allah by relying on these things. They revolted against Allah boastfully and increased their unbelief, totally dependent upon matter. Yet, they were so lacking in understanding that they failed to see that Allah encompasses them completely. Allah announces the state to which the unbelievers are led as a result of their thick-headedness:
Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve- they are the object of a plan.111
This is probably their biggest defeat in history. While growing more and more arrogant, materialists have been tricked and have suffered a serious defeat in the war they waged against Allah by lying against Him. The following verse announces how unaware these people who revolt against their Creator are, and how they will end up:
And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive it not.112
In another verse the same fact is related:
They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.113
While the unbelievers plot, they do not realize something very important which is stressed by the words "they deceive not except themselves and perceive it not." It is the fact that everything they experience is an image designed to be perceived by them, and the plots they devise are also images formed in their brains like every other act they perform. Their folly has made them forget that they are actually alone with Allah, and hence, they are entrapped in their own devious plans.
No less than the unbelievers who lived in the past, those living today face a reality that will shatter their devious plans at the foundations. Allah says that these plots are doomed to end with failure the day they are hatched:
With the verse "…feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan"114
He gives good tidings to the believers, by stating:
Their plot will not harm you at all.115
And Allah has said:
But those who disbelieved- their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing.116
Materialism, too, becomes a mirage for the rebellious, just as stated in this verse. When they seek security therein, they find it to be nothing but an illusion. Allah has deceived them through this mirage and beguiled them into perceiving a whole collection of images as real. All those "eminent" people – professors, astronomers, biologists, physicists and others – regardless of their rank and post, are simply deceived like children and will be humiliated because they took matter as their god. Assuming a collection of images to be real, they based their whole philosophy and ideology on it, defended it, and adopted a so-called "intellectual" discourse. They deemed themselves wise enough to offer an argument about the reality of the universe and, more importantly, to dispute about Allah in spite of their limited intelligence.
And they [i.e., disbelievers] planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners.117
It may be possible to escape from human plots; however, Allah's plan against the unbelievers is so firm that there is no way of escape from it. No matter what they do or to whom they appeal, they will never find a helper other than Allah:
And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector or helper.118
Materialists never expected to fall into such a trap. Having all the means of the 20th century at their disposal, they thought they could grow obstinate in their denial and lead everyone to unbelief. Allah describes this everlasting mentality of unbelievers and their end in the Qur'an:
And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived it not. Then look how was the outcome of their plan- that We destroyed them and their people, all.119
No doubt, confronting this truth is the worst possible situation for materialists. The fact that everything they possess is only an illusion is tantamount, in their own words, to "death before dying." This leaves them alone with Allah. Allah brings to attention the fact that each human being is, in truth, alone in His presence:
Leave Me alone with the one I alone120
And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.122
On another level the verses indicate that those who take matter as their god have come from Allah and will be returned to Him. Thus, they submit to Allah whether they want to or not. Even now they await the Day of Judgement when everyone of them will be called to account, however unwilling they may be to understand it.
This book has been written to make the reader realize the danger of religions of irreligion and the responsibility he bears. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is an important aspect of worship commanded by Allah of believers, who are protectors of one another, and the book is a reminder of this noble responsibility. Anyone who reads or hears the reminder has one of two choices: sitting back and saying, "Someone else will do it anyway," or shouldering the responsibility Allah has bestowed upon him and starting to work immediately.
In their struggle against disbelief the prophets and true believers set a good example. All of the prophets whose stories are related in the Qur'an and the true believers who followed them fought against disbelief and strove throughout history to eliminate irreligious ideologies and convey to people the oneness of Allah. They used many different methods to spread this message to people, and nothing stopped them. Their ambition, commitment, patience and courage should be an example to all believers.
Prophet Muhammad (saas) stated that there will be a reward for inviting people to righteousness:
In recent history there have been numerous scholars of Islam whose lives were exemplary in this sense. For instance, Bediüzzaman Said Nursi was a noble person who all through his life struggled against the religions of irreligion under very trying circumstances. He displayed an unyielding patience and made many sacrifices in an effort to protect his country and people from this threat. The following statements of Bediüzzaman inspire great zeal to those of conscience and sound mind:
A conscientious person is duty bound to follow the voice of his conscience and immediately seek ways to serve Allah's religion. Allah will distinguish His servants who have true faith from those who merely say "I have faith" yet avoid the struggle that faith demands. Allah states in the Qur'an:
Do people think that they will be left to say, 'We believe,' and they will not be tried? 125
In another verse Allah states that believers cannot attain true faith and Paradise unless they struggle against irreligion:
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not made evident those among you who struggle and made evident those who are steadfast?126
90. Surah al-Mu'minun, 23:37.
91. Surah ar-Rum, 30:7.
92. Surah as-Sajda, 32:7-9
.93. Surah Fatir, 35:41.
94. Surah as-Saffat, 37:96.
95. Surah al-Anfal, 8:17.
96. Surah Fussilat, 41:54.
97. Surah al-Baqara, 2:115.
98. Surah an-Nisa, 4:126.
99. Surah al-Isra, 17:60.
100. Surah al-Baqara, 2:255.
101. Surah Qaf, 50:16.
102. Surah al-Anfal, 8:24.
103. Surah ali 'Imran, 3:14.
104. Surah ar-Rum, 30:7.
105. Surah al-An'am, 6:104.
106. Surah an-Nisa, 4:126.
107. Surah Hud, 11:16.
108. Surah al-Haqqa, 69:27-29.
109. Surah an-Nur, 24:39.
110. Surah al-Anfal, 8:30.
111. Surah at - Tur, 52:42.
112. Surah al-An'am, 6:123.
113. Surah al-Baqara, 2:9.
114. Surah an-Nisa, 4:76.
115. Surah ali 'Imran, 3:120.
116. Surah an-Nur, 24:39.
117. Surah ali 'Imran, 3:54.
118. Surah an-Nisa, 4:173.
119. Surah an-Naml, 27:50-51.
120. Surah al-Muddaththir, 74:11.
121. Surah al-An'am, 6:94.
122. Surah Maryam, 19:95.
123. Narrated by Muslim.
124. The Risale-i-Nur Collection, Rays, The Fourteenth Ray, Letter to the Prime Minister's Office, The Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Home Affairs.
125. Surah al-Ankabut, 29:2.
126. Surah ali 'Imran, 3:142.


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Swashbuckling Madrid—the Spanish capital since 1561—celebrates itself and life in general around the clock. A vibrant crossroads, Madrid has an infectious appetite for art, music, and epicurean pleasure, and it's turned into a cosmopolitan, modern urban centre while fiercely preserving its traditions.
The modern city spreads east into the 19th-century grid of the Barrio de Salamanca and sprawls north through the neighborhoods of Chamberí and Chamartín. But the Madrid you should explore thoroughly on foot is right in the centre, in Madrid's oldest quarters, between the Royal Palace and the midtown forest, the Parque del Buen Retiro. Wandering around the sprawling conglomeration of residential buildings with ancient red-tile rooftops punctuated by redbrick Mudejar churches and grand buildings with grey-slate roofs and spires left by the Hapsburg monarchs, you're more likely to grasp what is probably the city's major highlight: the buzzing bustle of people who are elated when they're outdoors.
And then there are the paintings, the artistic legacy of one of the greatest global empires ever assembled. King Carlos I (1500-58), who later became Emperor Carlos V, made sure the early masters of all European schools found their way to Spain's palaces. The collection was eventually placed in the Prado Museum. Among the Prado, the contemporary Reina Sofía museum, the eclectic Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, and Madrid's smaller artistic repositories—the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the Convento de las Descalzas Reales, the Sorolla Museum, the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, and the CaixaForum—there are more paintings than anyone can admire in a lifetime.
But the attractions go beyond the well-known baroque landmarks. Now in the middle of an expansion plan, Madrid has made sure some of the world's best architects leave their imprint on the city. This is the case with Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, who are responsible for a new arts centre, CaixaForum, opened in 2008 across from the Botanical Garden. Major renovations of the Museo del Prado and the Centro Reina Sofía are by Rafael Moneo and Jean Nouvel, respectively. Looming towers by Norman Foster and César Pelli have changed the city's northern landscape. Other projects include the daring renovation of the whole area of Paseo del Prado, which has been entrusted to Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza (after several delays, the project is expected to kick off in 2012 or 2013), and the Madrid-Río project, which has added new green spaces along the banks of the Manzanares river.


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Are they/ you going to prosecute? I assume they have a record of the transaction for something that expensive...
oh wow a Pawn shop haha..
hope they didnt hassle you, some around jville gave my friend a hard time about his stolen rifle booo!
Maybe your board will be on Pawn Stars!!!
I had emailed this guy right after my board was stolen. He goes around to all the pawn shops in the area buying used board and reselling them on craigslist. He saw my board. Called Greg Eavey, the guy who shaped it, Greg called me. I called the police and went to the pawn shop with my police report and flyer. cops came, they did some paperwork, i signed some stuff, and i got to take it home.
They got a picture of the two guys that brought it in. i didnt get to see it but they described them to me ... one man didnt talk or couldnt talk, just motioned. and the other looked like half of his face had been badly burned. scary ****.
the end.
Glad to hear you got it back safe and sound.
Glad you got your board back... must be all that clean living :-) The thieves sound like one of the characters in "Tijuana Straights" by Kem Nunn... a great read btw...
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Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamar have released "It's On Again" — their track for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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Brevard, N.C. - The BC Tornados fell to the first-place Tusculum Pioneers in straight sets at Boshamer Gymnasium on Friday night, 25-18, 25-18, 25-14.
The Tornados took early leads in all three sets, but Tusculum showed great perseverance in mounting comebacks to rebound from BC's solid starts.
Tusculum's Megan Hasse contributed a game-high 12 kills at a .400 hitting percentage to lead the Pioneers, who improved to 6-1 in South Atlantic Conference play.
Joy Oswalt and Kortney Conner both had 11 kills for the Tornados, and Oswalt posted a hitting percentage of .391. On the recieving side, Kayla Hanus and Sydney Yeomans each had 13 digs.
The Tornados look to rebound on Saturday, October 6th as they host Mars Hill Lions in Boshamer Gymnasium at 2 p.m.


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renewal affected Newburgh in the 70's and 80's. Although much of
the city's downtown and waterfront were destroyed, there were
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Seagate has announced it is now shipping its technology-leading Cheetah 15K.7 enterprise-class hard drives into the worldwide distribution channel.
The new 3.5-inch hard drive is capable of supporting up to 600GB of internal data storage while providing 1.6 million hours MTBF, the company said.
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Tammy Eagle Bull is president of the Native American, woman-owned firm Encompass Architects, in Lincoln, Neb. This year she also became president of AIA Nebraska. With her husband, Todd Hesson, AIA, as partner, 80 percent of the firm's work is for tribal nations; the remainder includes commissions for public schools in South Dakota and Nebraska, including the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. But for Eagle Bull, the work for the tribes is especially satisfying.
We work mostly in South Dakota, where I'm from, and in the Southwest and Nebraska. Since the federal stimulus funds for schools and infrastructure dried up, we're focusing a lot on—sad to say—the growing need for detention facilities, especially youth detention and rehabilitation centers. The tribes had been sending people off the reservation for these services, but now they want to keep their people nearby as they help them deal with issues. A lot of people don't know the basic needs and some of the deplorable conditions that exist on reservations.
To design for tribal nations, we work very closely with the communities. We did a K–8 school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Porcupine, S.D., funded through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. We asked the kids what they wanted. The overwhelming response was a safe place where they could get away from issues at home. We designed the school as an "ideal home," with spaces like a living room, a family room, and areas they can identify with and feel safe in. It's the first LEED Silver–rated school in South Dakota. Yes, the tribes want sustainable architecture—they were green before green was green.
My dad grew up on a reservation and wanted to be an architect, but his 1950s high school counselor talked him out of that. My dad helped me realize that if I could improve the built environment of Indian people, I could help improve their lives. We need to look ahead. When money comes to the tribes, they think, "What can we build?" Our focus for the next few years is to offer infrastructure, project and master planning, so when funding returns they're ready.
My practice is not glamorous and you don't win awards, but it's very satisfying. When we work with tribes, I stay visible. I hear, "You're a girl and you're an architect?" I say that it's about courage, and being an architect can be a way to give back. They're interested. And unlike in my dad's day, not only the boys but also the girls know it's possible. As told to Edward Lifson.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A blizzard caused the University of Pennsylvania women's basketball game at Yale to be rescheduled several times and then moved to the Lanman Recreation Center on campus. The Quakers were slower to adapt, fell behind by double digits, and a late run fell short in a 65-56 loss Saturday night.
A tumultuous few days led up to the unique game setting. A winter storm dropped three feet of snow on New Haven, Conn., and forced the game to be rescheduled on numerous occasions. The team hotel was nearly evacuated at 4 a.m. on the night before the game due to flooding, which was also the problem at Yale's home gym, Lee Amphitheater. An hour before tip-off, the court was deemed unplayable due to a leak in the roof and the game moved to the Lanman Center.
Momentarily, it looked as if Penn (9-9, 2-2 Ivy) would benefit from the unusual circumstances. Freshman Keiera Ray, sophomore Katy Allen and sophomore Kathleen Roche started with back-to-back-to-back layups to put the Quakers up 6-2 in the first two minutes.
But Penn went the next eight minutes without a basket. Yale (7-12, 2-3 Ivy) built a 15-6 lead before freshman Rayne Connell made a contested layup to break the drought.
The Bulldogs extended their lead to as many as 12 in their recreational gym and took an 11-point lead into the break, 33-22.
The teams shared baskets to start the second half. Through the first 10 minutes, Penn never trailed by more than 11, but was never closer than seven.
Finally, the Quakers settled in. Trailing 47-36 at the midway point of the half, Penn scored eight straight - Connell had a layup, junior Alyssa Baron scored two straight buckets and Allen capped the run with a putback to pull Penn within 47-44 at the 7:24 mark.
The Quakers had several shots to tie the game during the next few minutes, but none of them fell. Instead, Yale crept away. A five-point deficit turned to eight when the Bulldogs buried a long three as the shot clock expired with a little more than four minutes to play. Penn was never closer than six again.
Yale shot 43 percent in the first half, but Penn held the Bulldogs to 30 percent in the second half and they finished 20-of-53 (37.7%). Penn shot just 25 percent in the first half, but made better than 40 percent in the final 20 minutes to finish at 20-of-57 (35.1%) for the game. Penn was outrebounded 49-28.
Ray, who was in foul trouble along with Baron and sophomore Kara Bonenberger throughout the night, led the team with 13 points. Baron, who fouled out in the final minute, had a team-best four steals and four assists to go along with her four points and three rebounds. Connell had a team-high five rebounds and added six points. Bonenberger, who also fouled out in the waning moments, had eight points on 6-of-6 shooting from the free throw line.
A roller coaster weekend continues in Providence on Sunday. The Quakers will stay in New Haven Saturday night and drive to Rhode Island on gameday. The game time has been rescheduled for a third time with tip set for 5 p.m. at Pizzitola Sports Center.
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