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Hot Rods down Captains to win MWL Eastern Division crown
By Jake Seiner / MiLB.com | September 1, 2013 7:45 PM ET
A 4-16 stretch late in the first half of the season nearly derailed Bowling Green's promising prospects for the 2013 season, but in the end, the Hot Rods' drive for the postseason couldn't be stopped.
The Rays' Class A affiliate put together seven-run rally in the eighth inning Sunday en route to a 9-4 win over Lake County to clinch the Midwest League Eastern Division second-half title. The Hot Rods improved to 43-26 in the second half and 81-56 overall, ensuring themselves of the best Eastern Division record this year as well as the best mark in franchise history.
"The players did a great job of finishing the season," manager Jared Sandberg said. "We had a little lapse there toward the end of the first half where we didn't play good baseball and were losing too many games.
"To finish the first half the way we did and have it carry over through now to the end of the season and wrap it up with the best record in our division and win the division, I think it's huge for the players."
The Hot Rots overcame a 4-2 deficit Sunday with a seven-run rally in the bottom of the eighth, thanks mostly to the team's patience. Leonardo Reginatto led off the frame with a walk against Jordan Milbrath. After Tyler Goeddel popped up, Justin O'Conner singled and Reginatto scored when Thomas Coyle reached on second baseman Zack MacPhee's fielding error.
Patrick Leonard walked to load the bases, and Lake County replaced Milbrath with Jack Wagoner. Marty Gantt, Ryan Dunn and Andrew Toles all were issued walks with the bases loaded, and then Brandon Martin was plunked by a Wagoner offering.
Cody Penny then replaced Wagoner. Reginatto plated Dunn with a sacrifice fly to center and Goeddel singled in Toles for the inning's seventh run.
Bowling Green's Marcus Jensen retired the side in order in the ninth to complete the clinch.
Sandberg said the rally was emblematic of the Hot Rods' patience at the plate. The team ranks second in the league with a .338 team on-base percentage.
"It's something our guys have done all year long, grind out the at-bats," he said. "We're not preaching for them to take pitches, not preaching to take a strike or anything like that.
"These guys know how to manage the strike zone. That's something they do very well. They grind out at-bats and drain the pitchers and run up the pitch count."
With one game left in the regular season, Bowling Green boasts a 3.07 ERA, best in the Midwest League by nearly half a run. The team's rotation has thrived despite losing Tampa Bay's top prospect, pitcher Taylor Guerrieri, to Tommy John surgery in July, as well as the promotions of rotation stalwarts Dylan Floro and Sean Bierman.
"Floro was leading the league in ERA (1.81), and then the injury to Guerrieri," Sandberg said. "You have to tip your cap to the pitching coach Kyle Snyder and how he's kept everybody going. You look at the year Jeff Ames has had, a really good year. You take a guy like Reinaldo Lopez, we took him out of the 'pen and made him a starter.
"We've had 'pen guys going in there and throwing strikes, promoting contact. They've been closing out at-bats and trying to get contact. The defense has been solid, and our pitchers bought into that and did a nice job attacking the zone. From an organizational philosophy, they're trying to learn how to throw a change and throw off-speed for strikes."
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West Virginia 4, Lexington 3
West Virginia 1, Lexington 0
The Power swept their doubleheader with the Legends and when Hagerstown fell to Kannapolis, 5-3, in a rain-shortened affair, West Virginia snared the South Atlantic League Northern Division second-half title. Pittsburgh's No. 6 prospect Josh Bell homered in the opener, while Jimmy Rider drove in the other three runs.
In the second game, the Power scratched a run off Royals' No. 10 prospect Miguel Almonte and got a combined shutout from Clario Perez, Thomas Harlan (6-3) and Ryan Hafner. Luis Urena picked up the lone RBI with a two-out single in the second.
The Power improved to 44-25 in the second half, just edging the Suns, who won the first-half North title. Box score»
Everett 3, Spokane 2
The AquaSox staged a three-run rally in the bottom of the eighth to stake claim to the Northwest League North second-half title. Phillips Castillo sparked the inning with a leadoff double and later scored on Lonnie Kauppila's groundout. Then Chantz Mack teed off for a two-run homer with two outs.
Everett moved to 20-17 in the second half, and having also won the first-half title, the AquaSox boast a division-best 43-32 overall record. Box score»
Jake Seiner is a contributor to MiLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Jake_Seiner. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Monsters! MONSTERS, EVERYWHERE!! Wait! Before you run and hide under your bed, you might want to stop and get to know these classically feared beasts. What if, just like our irrational fear of robot world domination, these frightening lookin' fellas wanted nothing more than to make your day?
Today's Sharpie artist, Allie Kelley, is breaking the monster mold and proving there is more behind these fiendish looks than gnashing teeth. Prepare yourself for one frighteningly great interview, we are so glad you're here…
Featured Sharpie Artist: Allie Kelley
Tell me about yourself! Is this the part where I try to sound brilliant and interesting? Well, I'm not great at that. The truth is I am a 20-something, self-taught artist who loves to laugh and wants to create quirky things that make other people smile and think. I am currently a Massage Therapist, which I love, but I dream of one day having a career where I get paid to create.
How did you get started as an artist? I think I've been creative since I could hold a crayon. When I was little my mother and I moved into a house where my bedroom had been painted yellow and my Mom hated it. She gave me some crayons and told me to draw all over the walls, when they were full- she was painting the room another color.
Artistically? I'm still trying to figure that out, to be honest. I try to make interesting, whimsical pieces that I'm going to want to look at 5 years from now… it's like if Dr. Seuss and Tim Burton somehow had a child and that child was obsessed with vivid colors.
Where do you draw inspiration from? A handy method is to stay up crazy late, chug a Red bull or two and sketch till I can't keep my eyes open. I will take inspiration anyway I can get it. Spring trees in bloom, Discovery channel, city museums, and my trusted friends saying: "DRAW THIS!" are all ways that I've found a subject or a theme for my work. (Specific to this interview: my friend Amanda said: "you should draw monsters" and so I did.)
How do you use Sharpie markers in your work? I use Sharpie markers at many levels. If I'm working on a painting, I use Sharpie markers for the pre-draw or I use Sharpie to doodle and try to gain inspiration. Other times (and more often lately) I just like to sit down with some great paper and a 24 pack of the Ultra Fine Point Sharpie markers and create from there. I love how the color combinations really mesh on the page and how the small tip allows for a lot of tiny wonderful details.
Favorite Sharpie? Why? I love using the Ultra Fine Point in pastel and light colors. People don't expect those tiny details in pink lemonade. I think the one I gravitate to the most is the Blue Ice in the Ultra Fine Point. I love the way it pops off my paper.
What is it about monsters that you love so much? I love that monsters surprise you. People usually place anything very unfamiliar in their "monster" category. Unfortunately it's a natural response to feel that if it's different, it's scary. Once you get past your discomfort you can often be surprised that your "monster" is interesting, or funny, or kind. My monsters look the part, but they say nice things to you. They remind you that you are loved and that you make others happy. They tell you things your friends and neighbors should say to you every day.
If you came face to face with one of your monster doodles in real life what would you say to him/her? Well, I would hope the Doodle monster would be my size and not teeny-tiny. I would also hope they would be down for going to have tea and a chat!!! Oh, I would have so many questions!! What do you eat? Do you have pets? How old are you?! Do doodle monsters have jobs to work at? I guess I should be exploring all this with my art- and I will probably touch on some of it- but I would LOVE to just ask them!
What is the strangest monster you've ever created? Prettiest? Ugliest? Funniest? This is the hardest question for me. I don't think of my monsters in those terms. So, I listed a few and told you what I think they would be like if one was behind you in a coffee shop:
Monster names? How do I come up with them? I only have one doodle named: BLOAT MONSTER. I think it's a name so easy to relate to and sympathize. He is the exception.
I think the neatest thing about my monsters is that different people see them as different things. I think if I named them, it would influence what people saw- so I try to stay away from giving them names.
Current work? I am always trying to create and explore. I doodle, sketch and collage a lot- but mostly I consider myself a painter. Recently I have been obsessed with painting Dinos and Doodle Monsters and 2-headed creatures. I've also started carrying around the largest sketch pad I can, trying to fill it with Sharpie drawings, paint, and hodgepodge, occasionally all 3 on one page!
Advice for other young artists? The best "arty" advice I ever received was:
"Create every day."
My attempt to follow that advice has made all the difference in my work and my artistic style.
What am I going to do with my monster doodles? I'm going to start with creating more. To me, each is unique and has a different feeling to them. Later this year, I have a few shows in Virginia coming up to feature them in. Eventually though, I would like to create a children's book with and for them. To teach kids about judging at first glance and why that's not the best way to go through the world. Maybe what seems like a weird blobby monster is a friend you've been looking for.
Thank you so much to Allie for uncapping her Monster gang with us! For more on Allie and her posse check her out on her blog, Facebook page, or, if you want a Monster friend all your own, on Etsy!

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AHE - AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS GROUP - down two cents, or 0.52 per cent, at $3.80
Car retailer and logistics company Automotive Holdings Group is on track for further growth after reporting a strong full year profit.
ANZ - AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP - down 35 cents, or 1.07 per cent, at $32.39
ANZ made a cash profit of $5.2 billion for the nine months to June 30, an increase of eight per cent.
BHP - BHP BILLITON - up 89 cents, or 2.33 per cent, at $39.05
Mining giant BHP Billiton appears set to establish a separate $20 billion company comprising its aluminium, bauxite and nickel assets.
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Size Up Your Leaky Door
Feeling a winter chill? If you run your hand around the perimeter of your closed door and feel a cool draft, your weatherstripping is probably worn, cracked or deformed.
Maintaining an airtight seal on your doors is essential for stopping cold drafts and keeping your home comfortable. Replacing weatherstripping on newer doors is fairly easy. You can usually slide out the old weatherstripping and push or slide new vinyl or foam into the grooves in the door or the surrounding frame. The biggest hassle is finding replacement weatherstripping that matches. However, older doors were made without integral weatherstripping and it must be added.
Installing new weatherstripping on older doors (and doors for which you can't find replacement weatherstripping) is fairly easy, and we'll show you how to do it in this article. Weatherstripping kits are available at most full service hardware stores and home centers. They include two side strips, a top strip and fasteners.
We decided not to replace the old, worn bronze weatherstripping on our door with new bronze because the project is difficult, especially around the latch plates. (You can still find several types of replacement bronze at full-service hardware stores.) The wrapped foam type shown here is easier to install and more effective. We later painted the wood flange to blend with the frame. Before you go out to buy your materials, check the door to make sure the draft isn't caused by loose hinge screws (Photo 1). If the screws no longer bite, you may have to glue wood plugs in the holes and re-drive the screws.
How to Buy Weatherstripping
You can usually find the types of weatherstripping shown here at well-stocked hardware stores and home centers. Many other types are available, but you'll probably have to order them from a catalog. Ask to see a catalog at your local hardware store and order through the store if possible.
We like the wrapped foam type (A and B, shown at right). It's durable, retains its shape, withstands abrasions and conforms to a wide range of gaps. The metal flange with slots for screws (B) is a bit more adjustable than the nail-on wood flange type (A). The vinyl or silicone bulb type (C) won't cover wide gaps as well as wrapped foam, but it has a smaller profile with a cleaner look.
Finding new weatherstripping to match the exact profile of the old can be difficult. If you know the door manufacturer or where the door was purchased, try there first. (Check the door and frame for a label.) Otherwise, call a local door or window repair service. (Look under "Doors, Repair" or "Windows, Repair" in your Yellow Pages or online.) It may stock the materials or tell you where to call. Replacement kits for the wrapped foam and magnetic (for steel doors) types are sometimes available at hardware stores and home centers.
Cut and Nail the Weatherstripping
The weatherstripping kit will come with two long pieces for the side jambs and a short piece for the top jamb. Begin with the top and follow Photos 2-7 for the basics. Make precise measurements and cuts so you get nice, airtight fits (Photos 2 and 3).
Position the nails about 2 in. in from each end (to avoid splitting), and space others about every 12 in.
The key to positioning the new weatherstripping is to shove it against the door so it compresses slightly along its entire length (Photo 4). If you compress it too much, the door won't latch when you close it, a common rookie mistake.
The "coped" cuts on the side jambs make a clean, tight joint (Photo 6). Make this cut first, leaving plenty of length for the bottom cut.
It's critical to make sure that the door shuts and latches easily before you drive the nails home (Photo 7). However, the weatherstripping also needs to fit snug to the door over its full length. For small adjustments, pull the nails and start them in a new spot, or loosen the screws if you're using metal weatherstripping.
When you paint the wood flange, keep the paint off the foam.
Install a Door Sweep
Shut the door, then look for daylight and feel for a draft coming under the door. If you see a lot of light or feel a draft, install a new door sweep.
Our door had old bulb-type weatherstripping attached to the threshold. While these types can be effective, you have to replace them every few years because foot traffic wears and crushes them.
Door sweeps last longer, but won't always work if they brush or rub against the floor or carpet when you open the door. If the floor, carpet or rug is even with or higher than your threshold (the bottom of the door frame; Photos 8 and 11), you can't use a sweep.
For a replacement, we chose a simple face-mount door sweep with a flexible vinyl flap because it's easy to mount and adjust. Photos 8 – 11 show you how to measure, cut and screw it to the door.
You'll be left with a pair of small gaps between the weatherstripping on the frame and the sweep, at the bottom corners of the door. Unless you want a perfectly airtight, draft-free door, don't worry about these gaps. However, Photo 12 shows one way to close them. It's not precise; use whatever thickness of felt (or combination of layers) fits between the door and frame without hindering the door operation.
Good work! You can look forward to a more comfortable winter.
Replace Threshold Weatherstripping
Old weatherstripping bulbs on door thresholds need to be replaced when they get torn or worn down. After pulling out the old vinyl weatherstripping, take a large nail or nail set and clean out any crud in the grooves. This will make the new weatherstripping slip in much easier. Carefully measure and cut your new vinyl piece to length between the door jambs.
Start at one end of the threshold and press the flanges of the new weatherstripping into the grooves. Use a hammer and wood tapping block, if necessary, to drive the flanges all the way down into the threshold grooves.


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Sanford's focus on process pays off
Giants' starter corrects delivery, throws six scoreless innings
By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com | May 2, 2012 9:55 PM ET
For Class A Advanced San Jose starter Shawn Sanford, though, the two finally lined up Wednesday.
Sanford (4-2) limited Stockton to just one hit with five strikeouts over six innings in his first scoreless start since his first of the season April 5 as the Giants beat the Ports, 5-1.
The right-hander said he and his pitching coach, 11-year Major League reliever Steve Kline, realized he'd been throwing across his body in outings this season. So Kline had him back up and throw from 70 feet in his bullpen sessions, forcing him to get more extension on his pitches to clean up his delivery.
The 23-year-old said he didn't expect the adjustment to yield progress this quickly, but was happy to see his corrected process match his expected results.
"I like it when the two go together," Sanford said. "I mean I'll take it if I don't throw so well but I get a bunch of zeros. But at the same time as far as myself grooming to be a pitcher and looking forward, if I'm doing things right and I have bad outings at least I know I'm doing it right. I know things will eventually click and go my way.
"More importantly, the process we went through this week led to success, a little bit earlier than even we intended. Everything was great tonight."
Sanford had become accustomed to putting up zeros last season after sporting a 2.55 ERA over 169 2/3 innings for the GreenJackets. The year before, with Class A Short-Season Salem-Keizer, it was 2.14 in 42 innings.
He scuffled between his start Wednesday and his debut roughly a month ago, though. In four starts from April 10-26, the 2009 13th-rounder tossed 21 innings with a 6.43 ERA. That was around the time he and Kline, who served as Sanford's pitching coach last year with Class A Augusta as well, noticed he'd developed a habit he needed to correct.
The New Jersey native said making the adjustment to stop throwing across his body allowed him to command his fastball once again, a pitch he needs both to start hitters off and allow his off-speed pitches to have any effectiveness.
"I wasn't getting ahead of guys, pounding the fastball early. I wasn't able to use the middle of the plate, let alone both sides," he said. "[Kline] is a pretty good guy to work with. He noticed something was wrong and I knew too, so we came to each other and worked out a plan. I was able to get a little bit more extension and it was evident tonight. I was throwing my fastball over the plate, using both sides, and that was my strong suit last season. I'm glad to finally have an outing where I could do that.
"If I'd had a rougher outing but did things properly mechanically, I would be happy," he said. "But it worked out well. I got six zeros, and more importantly we got the win."
The outing brought his ERA down to 4.09 over 33 innings this season, with 15 strikeouts and only four walks. Catcher Jeff Arnold led the Giants' offense, going 3-for-4 with an RBI. Relievers Chris Wilson, Edward Concepcion and Stephen Harrold combined to allow one run and strike out four over the final three innings.
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Alt-J Debuts New Single With Miley Cyrus Sample
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Alt-J got an assist from Miley Cyrus on their new single, "The Hunger of the Pine."
The British indie rockers debuted the song -- which samples Miley's Bangerz track "4x4" -- on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show.
"The Hunger of the Pine" is the first offering from Alt-J's sophomore album, This Is All Yours.
Keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilton tells Lowe it was one of the last songs they put together for the record, explaining that it was one of many ideas they had been kicking around over the past two years while they toured behind their Mercury Prize-winning debut, An Awesome Wave.
Miley seems to be a fan of what they came up with. She retweeted a link to the song once the band put it up on SoundCloud.
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Miley Cyrus celebrates birthday post-AMAs
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Miley Cyrus is working hard and playing hard. After performing at the American Music Awards on Sunday night, the star hosted an after party that doubled as her 21st birthday celebration.
According to "TMZ," she rented out the theater at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. The site published supposed footage from the party, which shows the singer watching what looks like exotic dancers standing in a circle with someone dressed in a costume as the character from "The Lorax."
Meantime, "TMZ" is revealing more information about the burglary that happened on Friday at Miley's home. Law enforcement sources are telling the site that the star lost 100-thousand-dollars worth of property. Jewelry and designer handbags were reportedly among the items stolen. Miley was not home at the time.
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October Surprise? – Even BuzzFeed is Skeptical
posted at 2:42 am on October 22, 2012 by Matt Vespa
So, we've all heard about the October surprise. It is due to be released today at 5:30 pm from a "rock solid source" that has "irrefutable" proof. All of this malarkey (please excuse my channeling of Joe Biden ) is rooted from a website called Octsurprise.com, which has a countdown clock that is tracking ever so closely the revelation of the impending doom (que creepy music) You call follow them on Twitter @OctSurprise (#sarcasm). Oooo something wicked this way comes – or not. First, the story was posted by our 'friends' at Gawker. Yep, the site that said that pedophilia should be classified as a sexual orientation. Second, BuzzFeed is saying we shouldn't be "holding our breaths." Rosie Gray at BuzzFeed wrote that:
a reverse IP search shows that the website belongs to Anthony Maro of Chicago, Illinois. The person who posted the website's link on BuzzFeed is Jeff Hopwood, one of Maro's coworkers at Discovery Communications, the company that encompasses the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, and other brands.
Hopwood and Maro didn't respond to requests for comment.
Internet forums hold another clue to the pair's history: "The Greatest Rickroll Ever," a prank in 2007 in which Maro and Hopwood are rumored to have been behind a site called Radioheadlp7.com and started a similar countdown, promising new information on that year's much-hyped Radiohead album when the timer ran out.
When the timer ran out, users were rickrolled — a popular Internet prank at the time that involves putting a video of Rick Astley behind a link purporting to be something else. Radiohead denied being a part of the stunt.
Gray also wrote that "Hopwood got back to BuzzFeed in an email, saying 'While trying to not sound too coarse, the response to our site has been a bit overwhelming and we'd need a pretty good reason to answer any of these questions right now. There's some concern about safety, etc,' Hopwood said. 'We expect that the end of this is nearer than our site would suggest.' Hopwood also said that the "response has been incredible," and that "We're hoping voters and all of the campaigns are paying attention and we are looking forward to the final reveal!"
However, The Blaze reported that Matt Drudge has a tip involving Gloria Allred holding something that will allegedly be trouble for someone's campaign. Again, while it's not specific, Allred typically puts more Republicans in her crosshairs than Democrats.
We shall see this afternoon. I'm betting we'll all be Rickrolled again.


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August 04, 2014
$17 million multi-institutional grant to maximize kidney transplant survivalWritten by Tyler Greer
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From The Washington Post
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Not all texting bans are alike, of course. But ones aimed at teens and that allow primary enforcement of the law — i.e. they don't require officers to have another reason for the traffic stop — had the most dramatic effect, a team of researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health found in a study published in the August American Journal of Public Health.
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Joy P. Deupree, an assistant professor, has been named one of only 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows in the United States for 2014, according to a news release on Wednesday from the Foundation. Maria R. Shirey, a professor and assistant dean for Clinical Affairs and Partnerships in the School of Nursing, has been selected for induction as a fellow in the National League for Nursing (NLN) Academy of Nursing Education,
Adults should get vaccinations to live longer, feel better, 'help others in community,' says UAB doctor
Everyone knows that children need their vaccinations, but it's less well known that adults also need to get their shots – some of which can help save lives – according to an infectious diseases expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
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Southern-style eating increases risk of death for kidney disease patientsWritten by Jim Bakken
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There are a lot of regimens being tried in transplant, and most include calcineurin inhibitors that have significant toxicity," Anupam Agarwal, MD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told MedPage Today. "Hence, if one could safely reduce the dose of the calcineurin inhibitor and still benefit from its immunosuppressive properties, it would be huge advance."
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A new study involving researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and other institutions says patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes should eat a diet low in carbohydrates.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham has enrolled the first patient in the United States in a Phase III clinical trial to find a treatment for preeclampsia. Preeclampsia affects a relatively small number of pregnancies – 5 to 8 percent – but its prevalence is growing.
"They're getting the experience they need to get plugged into that whole cyber security realm and maybe go work for Facebook," Director of UAB's "The Center" Dr. John Sloan said. "So we have folks that are working on developing new tools. We also have folks who are taking existing tools and then applying them in innovative ways to address cybersecurity issues."
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Nursing's Shirey named National League for Nursing fellowWritten by Tyler Greer
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effrey R. Curtis, M.D., from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues utilized 1998 to 2011 data from the U.S. Veterans Health Administration to identify RA patients initiating rituximab, abatacept, or anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy. The authors sought to assess the comparative risk of hospitalized infection associated with anti-TNF and non-anti-TNF biologic agents.
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Michigan center Mitch McGary's first two months as a Wolverine has been a learning process full of correctable mistakes and extra attention from the coaching staff working to get him up to speed. Thursday, that extra time, tweaks in the overall details of the game and further development of his body led McGary to the first double-double of his career --- 10 points, 11 rebounds --- in a 93-54 win over Eastern Michigan.
"I felt pretty good," said McGary. "Just got up and down the court and was able to get some offensive rebounds and clean up the glass. Our guards found me when I was open and I was able to put the ball in the hole."
"Lately we've just been putting a lot of pressure on footwork and cleaning up the glass and finishing."
McGary's energy off the bench was a huge boost for the Wolverines, providing extra opportunities for his teammates but also, as coach John Beilein noted, some excitement always seeming to come along with that.
"Things happen when Mitch gets the ball," said Beilein. "Today, in the second half, there were a lot of good things happening when he was around the ball. Those energy rebounds he gets --- we preach that all the time about how rebounding, and it's not an accurate stat, but people say its 25 percent ability and 75 percent effort."
"He has that effort out there so that double-double was good for him and it's a work in progress. But he's got the attitude, he's got the body to be very successful if he keeps going in this direction."
McGary had several "energy plays" Thursday night including a few tip-ins offensively but also utilized his terrific basketball instincts defensively, to force two Eastern Michigan turnovers that led to points in the second half.
The role of being the first big man off the bench, often times the sixth man, is one McGary is relishing for 2nd ranked Michigan. In fact, as most people tend to forget, this role and his responsibility on the Wolverines is something the former Top-50 recruit is more than accustomed to.
"Last year and the year before I played on my prep school team and I came off the bench then," said McGary. "I was our sixth man. So I came in and always had this high energy. I never really had it in early high school, but I picked it up going to prep school and just wanted to come off the bench and spark the team and give them a little boost of energy."
The flashes of consistency and effectiveness out of McGary, as well as his constant work ethic, leaves Michigan sophomore point guard Trey Burke unsurprised by the freshman's success against the Eagles.
"I knew it was coming just by the way he works in practice and the type of energy he brings to the game," said Burke. "That's just Mitch being Mitch. He's going to have plenty more being here just because he's so active on the boards and he's so unselfish. He does what's best for the team."


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Wearing a drysuit and shooting macro
Posted 08 March 2005 - 06:47 PM
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. ~Carl Zwanzig
Posted 08 March 2005 - 11:16 PM
Rand is absolutely right. Use your BC only in an emergency. The idea that someone is promoting multiple buoyancy use is terrifying.
It all kinda depends. If you carry twin steel 15 liter tanks for backgas and two 7 liter alu's for deco you will find that doing all your boyancy with the drysuit only is not such a good idea after all. The amount of weight you lose during a dive can sometimes be amazing...
While I agree that initially having only one boyancy device in use definitely makes life much easier, using both is not by any means dangerous. Just a matter of practice. In fact, I have found photography (or any other UW activity like laying line in mineshafts etc. for that matter) incredibly easier after learning to use both BC and drysuit for boyancy, especially when carrying a lot of kit for the "bigger" dives.
Posted 09 March 2005 - 12:37 AM
Thomas C. Kline, Jr., Ph. D.
Oceanography & Limnology
Housed digital cameras: Canon EOS-1Ds MkII, EOS-1Ds MkIII, and EOS-1D_X; and Nikon D1X, D2X, and D2H. Lens focal lengths ranging from 8 to 180mm for UW use. Seacam housings and remote control gear. Seacam 150D and 250D, Sea&Sea YS250, and Inon Z220 strobes.
Posted 09 March 2005 - 10:56 AM
I think we should add in "degree of difficulty" points for cold water shooting on the contests!
I disagree that using both the BC and drysuit for buoyancy is dangerous or something. Just using the suit is old doctrine and results in huge bubble that roll around your back and throw you off. I just loose the air in my BC first as I continue the dive and vent the air in my suit as I come up. I've left my vent all the way open most of the time on walls and whatever with no problem.
Best advice is to dive the rig and get yourself horizontal, with a bubble or two in your wing to keep your head up at the beginning of the dive. Have a friend look at you and maybe take some ankle weights and move them around on your rig up and down to achieve trim. Adjust your tank and plate as necessary.
I would do this without a camera, in fact I would dive at least 25 dives without a camera at all to make sure using the suit is second nature. It's easy to get task loaded.
Then add the camera and move some weights a bit to compensate. I've put 2x 2# inside my undergarment and pockets with good results. For god's sake get rid of the ankle weights; all you are doing is tiring yourself out and digging a trench.
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Posted 09 March 2005 - 08:35 PM
Thomas C. Kline, Jr., Ph. D.
Oceanography & Limnology
Housed digital cameras: Canon EOS-1Ds MkII, EOS-1Ds MkIII, and EOS-1D_X; and Nikon D1X, D2X, and D2H. Lens focal lengths ranging from 8 to 180mm for UW use. Seacam housings and remote control gear. Seacam 150D and 250D, Sea&Sea YS250, and Inon Z220 strobes.
Posted 09 March 2005 - 09:51 PM
I don't buy the single air bladder as an absolute. I started this way, but once I became more comfortable in a dry suit, I found that I was a lot more stable using only enough air in the suit for squeeze. I typically add a little bit of air in my BC as I get below 40 feet or so.
I you need a lot of air, you are probably overweighted. New dry suit divers typically pile on the weight because they add way too much air to their suits and then can't get it all out as they ascend.
As for the ankle weights, this varies widely. Don't be afraid to take them off or even move them up to your knees if it helps your trim.
Finally, lots of Northwest divers I know have NEVER used a wetsuit. There is nothing wrong with learning in a drysuit. It may be more work, but your average cold water diver is probably a lot more dedicated and ultimately skilled than the average warm water milktoast.
Posted 10 March 2005 - 08:33 PM
For the record is was taught never to use the Bc, but I think the person who recommended me that never had a housing underwater with a pair of strobe attached to it, I add just a few bubbles to trim for the camera setup, overall I think there is a lot of good suggestion in this tread, but the consensus is drop the ankle weight if you do not absolutly need them.
A little modification I did to my dry was to move the exhaust valve to my left forearm, thus giving me an easier access to it, remember that double flash housing in your right hand!, I think in the end dry suit is a personnal appproach, if it work for you and it is safe why not, there is a lot more variant in my opinion in dry than wet suits, material variation and/or combination, not to mention undergarment thickness, make the winning recipe for everyone impossible. But I'm glad your going dry James, the next step is to get you under the ice when you come up to visit Aquatica.
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Posted 11 March 2005 - 05:56 AM
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Posted 11 March 2005 - 06:37 AM
Weight yourself so you can get to the bottom and get horizontal. Have your buddy move your weights around until you can do this without effort. You can also play around with the total amount of weight you carry so you will not be overweighted. And I think you will find that after doing some diving that you will fine tune this placement of weights even further.
Some things that I have found matter to my weight situation: Fins. My fins are old Jet Fins and are heavy. I don't wear ankle weights. Drysuit. How my suit fits, what it's made of and size and material the built in booties are made of. Weight belt/trim system. I love my DUI weight trim system. It puts the weight down near my hips which helps the balance. Camera and housing. My new housing for the D70 weighs 8 lbs on land with no camera! I took a couple of pounds of lead off.
But try the pool thing, it really helps to get you started. Try hanging upside down and then righting yourself. I frequently turn myself upside down while diving to put air in my booties. I have lead feet and have to watch to make sure they don't stir up the bottom.
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Posted 11 March 2005 - 08:17 AM
I'm not a rank newbie, either to diving, or photography. I've got a BC that is perfectly tuned for my diving style. I can hang motionless in just about any position, when diving wet.
This trip was my second time diving dry. My first trip was in much colder water in California. I've not done 8 drysuit dives and I think I have the hang of it - I just need some fine tuning w.r.t. holding rock-steady in the water while I line up a macro shot - something that most people have trouble doing in just a wetsuit.
I appreciate everyone's feedback in this thread. I've certainly learned a lot and I see a few areas where I can improve my trim. Any and all further feedback is MUCH appreciated.
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Posted 11 March 2005 - 09:05 AM
I guess if I wanted to buy yet more *($% I could get some gaiters instead...
Yeah, I tried ankle weights once recently (lent out my gators for a dive) and can't imagine using them again. The gators do such a better job of keeping air minimized from the knees down, and you don't "feel" them at all.
Felt like I was wearing steel boots with the ankle weights.
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Posted 11 March 2005 - 09:16 AM
Having one source of buoyancy to control is not old fashioned - it is safer and in my opinion should whenever possible be restricted to the suit only.... If you carry weights around inside your suit then you are an accident waiting to happen.
Whatever. I see newbies who can't achieve trim because they have too much air in the suit. They overweight themselves because of it. A suit is a suit - not a buoyancy device. PADI and others still teach only using the suit and that method, while ok for newbies, is outmoded with backplates and the newer methods of achieving trim.
The 2 2# soft weights I used inside my pockets were just that; way down inside my thigh pockets of a stretch undergarment. With slight squeeze on they never moved at all. I don't use them that way now, but they gave just a little trim lower on my body. While an unusual idea, the trim was in a good place. 4# isn't going to hurt anyone, even if they were on one foot.
I'm certainly not an accident waiting to happen (and resent that depiction, we are having a polite discussion here), dove probably 150 or more dives that way in all sorts of conditions, night, boat, shore, very poor viz, very high current - you name it. Have 500 dives in the same sort of conditions here in the Pacific NW and Canada and 9 countries around the world.
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Posted 11 March 2005 - 11:40 AM
Oh, don't get me wrong, I've tried the pool - I even took PADI's trysuit course. My drysuit is pretty oldfashioned and it has big fat legs and built in rubber booties. It is a plain-jane Mares tri-lam suit, but it fits me pretty well and was inexpensive enough that I could see buying it even for a few trips a year. The feet and legs from the knee down hold a LOT of air. I tried trimming in the pool and even from a totally horizontal position, I couldn't keep the feet down and do a fin pivot. Hence the ankle weights. I guess if I wanted to buy yet more *($% I could get some gaiters instead...
James it sounds like the suit doesn't fit well on the legs. I would suggest the gaters or getting the suit re-cut a bit. Possibly wearing an extra set of long johns, socks or something might help. I've also used Dr Scholls pads in my boots. Another tip is to try wearing 'fin keepers" they are those triangular rubber band thingys over your boot/fin at the ankle; they will act like a gater to keep air from your boot and are cheap.
A good shop should be able to improve it. Otherwise you'll just be fighting it. The ankle weights are fixing the symptoms not the cure...they will cause other problems and tire you out.
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Posted 11 March 2005 - 05:05 PM
Welcome to the world of drysuit diving. I use a DUI Tech200 crushed neoprene. Don't think I'll ever change. As for buoyancy, weight, as you have heard is important. Not enough can ruin your whole day, making you flop for every ounce of movement. One question. Are you opening your shoulder valve all the way? If you do and then you bump it or even close it somewhat and forget, adding air to the drysuit can cause exactly what you are experiencing. It's the same as being underweighted. I sometimes close my valve a bit to get that lift at the end of the dive, then open it as I reach the surface, then switch to the BC after that. There is still room to be clumbsy. Any trapped air will move inverse to your desired positiong, especially the legs. I usually get vertical, make sure the valve is open and try to let the water pressure vent out the excess air to maximize my movement capabilities. When I am shooting macro, I leave that shoulder valve wide open.
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Posted 12 March 2005 - 08:32 AM
As for ankle weights, I don't use them; however, I have a DUI with sock feet for rock boots (or wetsuit boots, which is what I use these days) over them, so there's no air pocket. Unless I'm on a wall, I shoot macro feet up, so having minimal air in the suit to begin with, and eliminating air around my feet helps alot. I don't have to make any buoyancy adjustments when I change positions from hovering to shooting.
My suggestion would be to minimize the air you need in the suit (even if you choose to use the suit for buoyancy), so evaluate your weighting. The negativity of your camera will also affect both the amount of buoyancy compensation you need, as well as your trim. You might take a look at neutralizing the buoyancy of your rig. I have floats on my rig, since I don't like having my camera as part of my weighting system! (starting from an RS, this was a big consideration!) Since the problem seems to be mainly around the feet, try gaitors, or you might consider retrofitting your suit with better fitting boots, or with sock feet, to eliminate any large air space. More ankle weight is not a great solution, as it causes other issues.
Posted 12 March 2005 - 09:15 AM
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Distributing weight, put the weight where you think you need it. This can be done with many devices, ankle weights, harness, extra weight belt around top of tank (my favourite) Once you have it distributed is when i trimmed the weight as I could feel which bits had too much and which had not enough .. thats my two cents
Oh and some people like to be weight nazi's in dry suits as well as in the tropical areas. Even though I too like diving with as little weight as possible, it is not always right for everyone, so remember .. don't be afraid to add some if thats what it feels like just because it seems like too much weight .. you know what you are doing, you know how it is meant to feel .. so do what feels right for you. I personnally dive with a lot of weight in drysuits cause i like a lot of air, in fact often my suit was filled so much when i was verticle the air would come out the neck guarenteed ... but i had good bouyancy and the air kept me snuggly buggly.
Posted 23 March 2005 - 11:08 AM
a course that i recommend for experance divers is a cave/ cavern course. altho this is "tec" it is way better that a bouyance course.
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