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The thing about 50th birthday parties -- and I've been to a few now -- is that they feel both celebratory and melancholy. People say that adolescents are confused, but that's nothing compared with the contradictory impulses of your average 50-something, as the sense that things are slowing down collides with an urgent sense of just how quickly time is passing.
This year the Bond series marks its 50th year with Skyfall, a film that's both explosively entertaining and oddly elegiac. It rolls out the expected 007 tropes (exotic locations, enigmatic beauties, Komodo dragons). But a pensive current running underneath the action seems to be wondering what, really, is the point.
I know, I know. Who wants to watch a spy explore "lassitude, boredom and depression," as director Sam Mendes rather unpromisingly described the storyline? But if you're thinking nervously of that slough of despond that was Quantum of Solace, there is meaning to Skyfall's mopeyness. Sometimes you just need a good mid-life crisis to shake things up.
The film might be mourning its own mortality -- the opening title sequence spins spectacularly into a yawning grave. But as it grapples with the existential wear and tear of five difficult decades, the Bond franchise somehow finds new life.
Daniel Craig's fabulously physical Bond starts off with the usual slick stuff. He drives a motorcycle off a bridge, he fights on the top of a train. In a total 007 moment, he stops to adjust his French cuffs in the middle of a murderous gun battle.
But then something goes wrong. The next time we see Bond, he's a wounded animal. (Albeit a wounded animal with a really good tailor.) Drawn back to London for an emergency involving M's secret past, James seems to be questioning whether he belongs in a young man's game.
Significantly, it's not the Good Bond Girl or the Bad Bond Girl who really gets to 007 in this outing, but the Old Bond Girl. James has his best scenes with M (played by the redoubtable Judi Dench). He has a harder time dealing with the younger members of the MI6 staff. Having made a career out of keeping his cool, Bond seems visibly exasperated when he meets the new spotty-faced computer-wonk Q and realizes he's now working with Millennials.
James may be an analogue spy in a digital world, but he finds some respite in vintage style. When he finally gets the Aston Martin out of storage and his passenger asks him where they're going, he answers, "Back in time."
This idea really applies to the whole movie. The villain is found not in a futuristic lair but on an abandoned island littered with rusted bicycles that seem to have been stolen from some neo-realist film of the 1940s.
MI6 operations end up in an underground tunnel system supposedly occupied by Winston Churchill during the Blitz. Nobody says anything, but you know what they're thinking: Now that was a war. Fighting Nazis!
Instead we have moral confusion, faceless enemies, cyber-threats and satellite surveillance. There are repeated suggestions that MI6 is "rather quaint," an irrelevant holdover from another time.
The film's final conflagration seems to be about lost patrimony, as the underpinnings of so much of the Bond mythology go up in flames. And then it all starts again, with nothing left standing but the old-school field agent.
So yes, you can accuse Skyfall of having its birthday cake and eating it too. It's about the dangers of nostalgia, but everything about its burnished, beautiful surfaces emphasize nostalgia's lure.
This confusion feels honest, though. "Though much is taken, much abides," says Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Victorian poet who gets quoted (at length and with touching weirdness) in the film. That could be the midlife paradox that makes Skyfall work. The admission that Bond and his Britain have both seen better days is actually the franchise's last best chance to move forward.


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Cardiac amyloidosis
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Cardiac amyloidosis is a disorder caused by deposits of an abnormal protein (amyloid) in the heart tissue. These deposits make it hard for the heart to work properly.
Alternative Names
Amyloidosis - cardiac; Primary cardiac amyloidosis - AL type; Secondary cardiac amyloidosis - AA type; Stiff heart syndrome; Senile amyloidosis
Amyloidosis is a group of diseases in which clumps of proteins called amyloids build up in body tissues. Over time, these proteins replace normal tissue, leading to failure of the involved organ. There are many forms of amyloidosis.
Cardiac amyloidosis ("stiff heart syndrome") occurs when amyloid deposits take the place of normal heart muscle. It is the most typical type of restrictive cardiomyopathy. Cardiac amyloidosis may affect the way electrical signals move through the heart (conduction system). This can lead to abnormal heart beats (arrhythmias) and faulty heart signals (heart block).
Cardiac amyloidosis is more common in men than in women. The disease is rare in people under age 40.
Some patients may have no symptoms. When present, symptoms may include:
- Excessive urination at night
- Fatigue, reduced exercise ability
- Palpitations (sensation of feeling heart beat)
- Shortness of breath with activity
- Swelling of the abdomen, legs, ankles, or other part of the body
- Trouble breathing while lying down
Exams and Tests
The signs of cardiac amyloidosis can be related to a number of different conditions. This can make the problem hard to diagnose.
Signs may include:
- Abnormal sounds in the lung (lung crackles) or a heart murmur
- Blood pressure that is low or drops when you stand up
- Enlarged neck veins
- Swollen liver
The following tests may be done:
- Chest or abdomen CT scan (considered the "gold standard" to help diagnose this condition)
- Coronary angiography
- Echocardiogram
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Nuclear heart scans (MUGA, RNV)
Video: Nuclear heart scan overview
An ECG may show problems with the heart beat or heart signals.
A cardiac biopsy is used to confirm the diagnosis. A biopsy of another area, such as the abdomen, kidney, or bone marrow, is often done as well.
Your doctor may tell you to make changes to your diet, including limiting salt and fluids.
You may need to take water pills (diuretics) to help your body get rid of excess fluid. The doctor may tell you to weigh yourself every day. A weight gain of 3 or more pounds over 1 - 2 days can mean there is too much fluid in the body.
Medicines including digoxin, calcium channel blockers, and beta blockers may be used in people with atrial fibrillation. However, the drugs must be used with caution, and the dosage must be carefully monitored. People with cardiac amyloidosis may be extra sensitive to side effects of these drugs.
Other treatments may include:
- Chemotherapy
- Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD)
- Pacemaker, if there are problems with heart signals
- Prednisone, an anti-inflammatory medicine
A heart transplant may be considered for people with some types of amyloidosis who have very poor heart function. People with hereditary amyloidosis may need a liver transplant.
Outlook (Prognosis)
In the past, cardiac amyloidosis was thought to be an untreatable and rapidly fatal disease. However, the field is changing rapidly. Different types of amyloidosis can affect the heart in different ways. Some types are more severe than others. Many patients can now expect to survive and experience a good quality of life for several years after diagnosis.
Possible Complications
- Atrial fibrillation or ventricular arrhythmias
- Congestive heart failure
- Fluid buildup in the abdomen (ascites)
- Increased sensitivity to digoxin
- Low blood pressure and dizziness from excessive urination (due to medication)
- Sick sinus syndrome
- Symptomatic cardiac conduction system disease (arrhythmias related to abnormal conduction of impulses through the heart muscle)
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you have this disorder and develop new symptoms such as:
- Dizziness when you change position
- Excessive weight (fluid) gain
- Excessive weight loss
- Fainting spells
- Severe breathing problems
Hare JM. The dilated, restrictive, and infiltrative cardiomyopathies. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 68.
McKenna W. Diseases of the myocardium and endocardium. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 60.

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Josh Hamilton is our best trade bait.
He's a 5 tool player, good defensively and on the basepaths, and he's still very cheap. He has been chronically injured his entire career and my gut feeling is that he will be for most of his career.
I see no takers for Griffey. I'd try and trade Griffey first, but when that failed, I'd move to seeking trade offers for Hamilton. Why? Because we have his replacement in triple AAA, Jay Bruce.
I believe Hamilton could bring a #2 or #3 starter and would solidify the rotation.
SP - Harang
SP - Arroyo
SP - pitcher acquired in trade for Josh Hamilton
SP - Bailey
SP - Cueto or a free agent signing
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The DGA Visual History Program offers an excellent collection of free video interviews with directors.
As the Directors Guild of America website notes, "founded in 2000, the DGA's Visual History Program has conducted more than 160 interviews with directors and director's team members discussing their careers and creative processes in film, television and other media." These include such luminaries as Agnes Varda, Constantine Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch, Robert Altman and many, many others. You can see the interviews by clicking on the image above, and then searching the data base, or clicking on the images of some of the directors featured this month. My friend Dennis Coleman brought this to my attention; many thanks, Dennis! This is is an incredible resource.
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Phelps escapes, Grandy doesn't in Yanks win
Outfielder breaks knuckle; Bombers back pitcher, who has just a bruise
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Yankees have excelled at playing with a short-handed roster this season, but there was a belief they were about to get most of their big stars back in the picture. Instead, there's a new problem to handle.
Curtis Granderson suffered a left hand fracture and will miss a minimum of four weeks, a loss that soured the celebratory mood of the Yankees' 9-4 victory over the Rays on Friday night at Tropicana Field.
"I think our team has had a lot of practice at it this year, so they're prepared for this, unfortunately," manager Joe Girardi said. "These guys know how to deal with it. They know you have to come out and play every day."
The Yankees have had 13 players on the disabled list this season, and Granderson will be back on the shelf by the time the club takes the field on Saturday afternoon. Robinson Cano said that even though the Yankees are in first place, they'd still like to feel whole again at some point.
"This is something that I don't think that you're ever going to be used to," Cano said. "The last thing you want is to see your teammates go down, especially a guy like Grandy. He worked back here, missed Spring Training, and then to get hurt like that -- you just feel bad."
The Yankees survived another late injury scare as starter David Phelps, pitching a career-high 7 2/3 innings, hung a curveball and was smoked by a Ben Zobrist line drive on his 98th and final pitch of the game.
Phelps spiked his glove to the artificial turf around the mound and was led off the field, but precautionary X-rays showed just a bruise and the right-hander is expected to be ready to make his next turn in the rotation.
"I was just mad. It's the first time I've ever been hit in the upper body," Phelps said. "It's one of those things that is frustrating because of what's been going on with our team with everyone getting hurt. I was like, 'I don't want to be the next guy.'"
Even without Granderson, who exited shortly after being drilled by Cesar Ramos' 90-mph sinker in the fifth inning and is expected to miss a minimum of four weeks, New York's lineup thumped Tampa Bay pitching for nine runs and 11 hits in the victory.
The Yankees pounded Roberto Hernandez for five runs in four innings, a good head start toward winning for just the fourth time in their last 17 games at Tropicana Field. Brett Gardner slugged a two-run homer, his fourth of the season, and both Lyle Overbay and Jayson Nix drove in a pair of runs.
"Pitching won the game tonight for them and not for us," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "You have to pitch better than the other team, and we just haven't done that with any kind of consistency."
New York batted around for three runs in the second inning against Hernandez and also sent nine men to the plate in the fifth against Ramos, building what was an 8-0 lead at the time.
The healthy support was plenty for Phelps, who retired the first 13 batters he faced before James Loney's fifth-inning double and picked up the victory for his second consecutive start. He allowed just six hits, walking none and striking out three.
"His location was excellent. I thought he changed speeds really well," Girardi said. "He gave us 7 2/3 -- good performance by him."
Pitching to the scoreboard, Phelps allowed three runs in the sixth -- Matt Joyce's RBI double being the only run-scoring hit -- and another in the seventh.
"I just got a little too much of the middle of the plate and I paid for it, but all in all, we got off to a big lead and I really didn't want to walk anyone," Phelps said. "I probably should have been a little more fine there, but it's a win. It's a win here, which is always hard to come by, and I'll take it."
Boone Logan notched the final out of the eighth before Shawn Kelley recorded the last three outs of the ninth in a non-save situation. The Yankees shook hands on the field, but there was a sense in the clubhouse that they'd lost more than they'd won on Friday.
"It seemed like we had been pretty good for a little bit there," Girardi said. "It's baseball. You've got to deal with it and we'll deal with it."
There was no loud music pumping through the clubhouse speakers, with a muted tone accompanying the postgame interviews conducted by Phelps and Granderson.
In the manager's office, Girardi's fingers danced across the screen of his iPhone, with the business of procuring a new outfielder -- probably Brennan Boesch from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre -- already in motion.
"You don't ever want to see your players get hurt, that's the bottom line," Girardi said. "I'm happy that we won the game, but we lost a really good player. That's never a good thing. We've figured it out, we'll figure it out. We'll get him back."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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(About the belief in the vanished Mahdi (pbuh))
There is a terrible situation right now. They know the belief in the vanished Mahdi (pbuh) is false. They have turned the imprisonment of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), his hiding himself away for a while, into something completely different. We need a meeting of the islamic scholars to correct this false belief en masse and put an end to this historic error. It is no good just Ahmadinajad or Khamenei giving it up. Because a large part of the Iranian people have been misinformed on this subject, too. There was misinformation in the past. It is impossible for Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) to come in the manner they describe; zero possibility. But Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and all the major signs have appeared, just like our Prophet (pbuh) said. I prove that again and again, with documentary evidence. Let just one member of the Iranian scholars tell me this is wrong. Let him tell me, "This hadith and this portent are wrong. They can't. Because they are true. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) was born to a mother and a father, just like our Prophet (pbuh). Our Prophet (pbuh) did not hide away in a cave for thousands of years, did he? No prophet has ever hidden away for however many years. They all lived normal lives. They fought, suffered, and went hungry and thirsty. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is the same. The Mahdi they describe, that metaphysical, phantom Mahdi, will obviously never appear. No Muslim will believe that; nobody will really believe it. They do not believe it themselves. I used to think they genuinely believe it. Then I saw the Mahdi they describe is someone able to make instantaneous contact. As an image, a voice, a corporeal image. So there would be no need for Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) to come at all. They have in any case confirmed that, saying "There is no telling when Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will appear." But what about all the portents? The portents listed by our Prophet (pbuh). They are totally discounted in that case. "There is no telling when he will appear," they say. What a thing to say! That is self-fulfilling. Since, on the basis of that, there is no need, why should Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) appear? You already see him as an image whenever you wish, and speak with him when you want something, and that is then given to you. By that logic, why should Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) appear? They are confirming that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will not be coming. They are doing terrible harm. That needs to be corrected right away.
Most people are unaffected by talk about injustices. Some people talk about injustice all the time. Communists are sometimes right on some issues. They complain about war and injustice. Of course, they do not implement justice, but they do complain about it. There is fear in 99% of the world as a whole. Most people are timid and apathetic. What good can we do, they say. Imagine someone becoming head of state in America. Then they say, "Now we may attract hostility from the Armenians, or from the Jews, or from Muslims, or from some particular country." We will just have to cope as best we can. They are reluctant to tell the full truth. They are worried about pressure. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will not hesitate in the face of pressure, but will tell the truth. That is Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) advantage. Whoever the leader is, he is alone. Whoever it is, he is alone. He has a very small circle. Leaders do not have very large circles. But Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will be very powerful since his circle will be the whole Islamic world. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) relies on Allah and Muslims. He has the support of Muslims, and that of Allah and the angels, so he is very powerful. But at the moment none of the world's leaders are openly able to oppose injustice, if you have noticed. Obama uses a hesitant language and adopts policies of equilibrium. Because they would remove him from his post. They could remove him in a moment, or have him assassinated or pressurize him or attack him, or anything. That is why he feels he has to tread carefully. You look at someone else and they are the same. But Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will put an end to that imbalance. Because he is unaffected. Satan and the hordes of the dajjal [antichrist] apply pressure, but none of it wears Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) down. There is a hadith about it, "Mountains rise up before him, but he cuts through them and hoes on his way," insha'Allah.
I am always saying that "Muslims must be brothers." "The Palestinians must be free," I say. "The prisons will be emptied out," I say. "The bloodshed will cease, not a drop will be spilled," I say. "The sleeper will not be wakened," I say. But what does all that mean? If there is no bloodshed in Palestine, if they are completely free, if they can use the whole region as they wish, if the sleeper is not wakened, if the prisons are emptied out, apart from people who have killed… I say, "The prisons will be emptied out. Is that not answer enough? What else do I have to say? Should I say, "Israel be damned?" To say "Israel be damned" is disbelief. Israel is the name of a prophet. That is a wrong thing to say. Why should I want Israel to be devastated? I want it to be well off. And Palestine, too. I want everyone to live in peace. What do they want me to do? I guess they want me to say that Israel should be bombed into oblivion, wiped from the face of history, that its children and everyone should be slaughtered. Is that what you want me to say? What kind of thinking is that? Where does it all end? Why do I bother talking at all? "The Palestinians must be brothers, and we will embrace them all," I say. Young Israelis and Palestinians will embrace one another. I say there will be peace. What do we need to do? Seek revenge? In that case we would have to slaughter all of Israel. Do you want us to draw our swords? Forgive me, but that would be utterly foolish talk. Mindless talk. Islam is all about peace. Its name means peace. It is a characteristic of paradise. Of course, we must call people to peace. What do we need to do? Should we demand conflict? They want bloodshed day and night. I am trying to stop bloodshed. But they want more of it. It is terrible persecution, immorality and lack of good conscience to bomb and slaughter innocent men, women and children in Israel. What else could it be? The same goes for Palestine. It is equally immoral. What I am saying, is that it must all stop. Have I ever said, "One side must stop while the other carries on regardless?" In other words, have I ever said: "People in Palestine are evil while those in Israel are good", "Let Israel go and butcher people in Palestine as it pleases"? All the persecution here must stop. All of it." That is sufficient answer. I have always said, "Let there be peace and brotherhood; they must embrace one another." I say, "There is plenty of land, so let them use it as they like." Let them live freely, as brothers. I have always said, "One people are the sons of Ishmael and the others the sons of Israel. They are the children of the prophets Ishmael (pbuh) and Israel (pbuh)." That is word for word what I said. It is on the tapes. But these psychopaths are crazy for blood. They insist on bloodshed. They are also base and cowardly people, who will flee at once if fighting starts. They throw their weight around, but things are not as you might imagine. They threw their weight around in Iraq. Then they provided girls and women for the American troops. They sell drugs. They sell Marlboro. They engage in wrongdoing of all kinds. The Iraqi Army disappeared overnight. In one night, when the U.S. invasion began. They used to throw their weight around, but then tried to find burrows to hide in. The newspapers described how "the huge Iraqi Army vanished overnight." But that it one of the omens of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). And this has also come about. They also threw their weight around in Afghanistan. Now they are selling drugs to U.S. troops. That is how they make a living. Do not imagine that those who throw their weight around will stand up if anything happens. They will immediately go and hide. The way of the Mahdi means love, peace and brotherhood. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is coming to stop the bloodshed. We are followers of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh).
The Qur'an beckons us toward peace. Whoever commits a crime should be punished. But what can we want from Israeli children? Why should we try to punish innocent women and children? Whoever commits a crime should be punished. They must be punished according to what the law dictates. But in terms of societies and communities, it is peace that counts. Israelis, Palestinians, Arabs, the peoples of Morocco. Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Afghanistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia and everyone must all embrace one another. They must love one another. Be friends and brothers. Satan wants bloodshed. What I see is that they are desperately trying to get Turkey and Israel to go to war. In their own eyes. There is a handful of atheist freemasons in Israel. And there is that alleged terror organization Ergenekon in Turkey. Those jackals are all in cahoots. The two sides are inciting one another. They are determined to make things happen. The evangelicals in America will say, "Look, the Gospel says 'the antichrists will fight with Israel'. And that has happened. Muslims are the army of the antichrist and they are now fighting against Israel. And now they are saying that Jesus the Messiah will come." They are planning for a huge, bloody world war. But we are thwarting this plan of satan's. That is the truth of the matter. Plain and simple.
They come to Bediüzzaman, -Well, now this is a new statement, an important one-; "The dajjal will have a vehicle in the End Times," they say. They speak of the dajjal's donkey in the hadiths. "His ears will be like those of an elephant. He will make a loud noise as he moves. He will also leave behind a vile smoke as he moves. So what is this?" "It is a description of the motor car," says Bediüzzaman. "The doors open like an elephant's ears. There is the sound of the exhaust and the smoke it emits," he says. This is one of Bediüzzaman's superb statements, an unknown one though, insha'Allah.
It is not in fact all that complicated. People make it unduly complicated. There is nothing complicated about Israel living at ease in the region; that is an easy matter. But they portray it as difficult. It is not that hard for the Arabs to live in peace, but they make that complicated, too. Yet it is very easy. There is nothing impossible in it. They will live as friends and brothers, and just have to eliminate any feelings of hatred and enmity. The spirit of conflict must be eliminated and everyone must genuinely renounce their own rights and eradicate that anger inside them; they must live in peace, as friends. But that calls for will power. People are unable to come by that will power as entire communities, as collective personalities. It is essential for there to be a leader. There has to be a brain in charge so they can do this. They cannot do it so long as there is no such brain. The name of that brain is Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). The result is anarchy when there is no one brain at the head of the Islamic world, but a many-brained body instead. Then the body turns cancerous. They all push in different directions. The body cannot act as one. But if you have a body with a single brain, then that body can act very easily. But when a body of 1.5 billion members has 1.5 billion brains the body goes bankrupt. I mean, imagine someone with many brains, a hundred brains. One brain will tell him to go out while another tells him to stay indoors. One will tell him to eat something and another will tell him not to. What will happen to the body? The result will be anarchy. The body will start to turn on itself. Cancer will grow. That is why cancer grows in society. Cancer is forming in the Islamic world, in the world as a whole, and people are finding themselves at an impasse. But Allah is sending the Prophet Jesus the Messiah (pbuh) to the Christian world in order to eradicate that cancer, as well as Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) to the Muslim world, in order that this corruption should come to an end, so they should be connected to a single brain and thus live at ease.


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A MURDERER who fled prison while serving a life sentence for killing a man in East Lancashire is set to be extradited back to Britain.
Anthony Craig, who absconded from prison in 2002, murdered accountant John Kirby in Corporation Park, Blackburn, in 1973 by hitting him repeatedly with a brick.
The 66-year-old has now been ordered to return to the UK by the High Court in the Republic of Ireland, after relocating to Dublin following his escape.
Craig, formerly of Kendal Street, Blackburn, is currently out on bail until September 8, when he is expected to appeal the Irish court's decision.
He murdered Mr Kirby, a 32-year-old from Whalley Road, Samlesbury, in November 1973 after following him to the park under the pretence that the two were going to have sex.
He then robbed Mr Kirby, who was openly gay, of two pence and hit him three times over the head with a brick.
Craig served 28 years of his sentence before he walked out of HMP Sudbury, an open prison in Derbyshire, and failed to return.
The former labourer was arrested by Irish police officers in Rathcoole, south Dublin, in February 2013 and appeared before the High Court on Thursday. Mr Kirby's murder sent shockwaves through Blackburn.
The 32-year-old was found in a pool of blood by a dog walker near Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School on the morning of November 4. Lancashire police immediately launched a huge appeal to find his killer.
Mr Kirby had spent a Saturday night drinking at the Merchants Hotel in Darwen Street, Blackburn, a popular gay pub at the time. Ken Pilling, then-licensee of the Merchants Hotel, acted as a link man between Blackburn's gay community and police.
He said Corporation Park was a popular late-night meeting place for gay men. After six days of frantically combing the park for clues, with police dogs and all five major Lancashire Task Forces involved, unemployed labourer Anthony Craig was arrested by detectives on November 10.
During his trial the following February, 26-year-old Craig, of Kendal Street, Blackburn, told Lancaster Crown Court he pretended to be gay so that he could rob him in the park. Once there, Craig hit Mr Kirby twice with a brick.
He stole just 2p. Realising that his victim may not be dead and scared that Mr Kirby might recognise his attacker, Craig returned to the scene and struck him again on the back of the head with another stone.
Police displayed six bloodied stones to the jury at his trial. Craig, who had initially pleaded not guilty and said he used the bricks in self-defence, admitted he had lied under oath.
He revealed he had burnt the clothes he had worn on the night. A policeman had spotted him enter the park on November 3, nine hours before Mr Kirby's body was discovered.
A pathologist said Mr Kirby died because the base of his skull had been shattered. After a six-day trial, an all-male jury took a mere 45 minutes to find Craig guilty.
Craig, who had previous convictions for burglary and the possession of offensive weapons, was jailed for life.
In February 1995, Craig went on-the-run for a month after absconding from prison in HMP Haverigg, Cumbria, to visit his sick brother.
He handed himself over to police in Manchester, and remained behind bars until he fled prison again in 2002 and headed for the Irish Republic, where he was arrested in February 2013.


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Giardia retired from missing link status, according to articles in Nature vol. 426, p127 and 172, 13 Nov 2003. A single celled organism named Giardia intestinalis has been regarded as a living fossil from the time when simple cells called prokaryotes were evolving into more complex cells called eukaryotes. The difference between these two types of cells is that eukaryotes store their DNA in a membrane bound nucleus and make chemical energy in complex structures called mitochondria. Evolutionary theory says that prokaryotes turned into eukaryotes by evolving a nucleus and then engulfing other prokaryotes, which then became mitochondria inside the cell that engulfed them. The cell that originally did this "still has biologists dumbfounded" but evolutionary biologists have used organisms like Giardia as evidence for the theory because Giardia has a nucleus but not mitochondria.
Scientists have now found that Giardia has structures similar to mitochondria called mitosomes. These are much smaller than mitochondria and do not make chemical energy but they do make iron-sulphur clusters - usually a function of mitochondria. Therefore, the scientists came to the conclusion that Giardia once had mitochondria but they have been reduced in function. This means Giardia can no longer be used as an example of an evolutionary intermediate between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Editorial Comment: It is about time biologists gave up on the engulfed bacterium theory and admit that mitochondria and mitosomes are exactly what they appear to be - complex structures well designed for carrying out chemical reactions. Giardia have never shown any evidence of being anything other than fully functioning single celled orgnisms that have not evolved from any other single celled organisms. (Ref. Giardia, mitochondria, mitosomes)


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Palm Pixi Plus for AT&T is the GSM version of the Pixi Plus that is already found in Verizon's lineup. The Pixi Plus is a very compact and affordable smartphone with front-facing QWERTY keyboard and Palm's webOS platform. In addition to all the features of webOS, the Palm Pixi Plus also shines with a 2.6-inch capacitive multitouch display, 2MP camera and Wi-Fi.


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Louisville starts in 20 minutes
Lineup behind Dumatrait:
Lopez SS
Hanigan C
Votto 1B
Herr 3B
Bellhorn 2B
Wise LF
Bannon RF
Dickerson CF
Sarasota is playing 2 and is tied 1-1 in game 1.
Jukich: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Jukich is horrible.
Zach Cozart is playing SS tonight for Dayton while Valaika is not playing. Possible promotion to Sarasota for Valaika? I hope so. I'd like to both Turner and Valaika bumped up to Sarasota.
Dayton will be playing kane county here in the Chicago area July 21...i was hoping to see Valaika play....but if he gets promoted im happy!
when was the last time Stubbs had a multi hit game?
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Braves unable to put away Mets, fall in 10 innings
Dependable bullpen allows New York to score four late runs in defeat
ATLANTA -- What had the makings of being a jubilant comeback victory for the Braves instead turned into a demoralizing loss, marred by home runs hit off their top two relievers and Jordan Walden's inability to put the Mets away in the 10th inning.
Ruben Tejada's two-out single off Walden proved to be the crushing blow for the Braves as they wasted Mike Minor's strong start and Evan Gattis' go-ahead eighth-inning home run in Friday night's 7-5 10-inning loss to the Mets at Turner Field.
"We've been good so far this year until tonight," said Braves closer Craig Kimbrel after taking his second blown save in a span of three appearances. "Our offense went out there and they did what they had to do. They scored when we needed to score. We just weren't able to hold it down. We kind of let this one slip away. It's a tough one."
This certainly ranks as one of the most frustrating losses of the year for the Braves, who have lost 10 of 14 since beginning the season with a 13-2 record. They squandered two leads after the start of the eighth inning and then saw the Mets produce their decisive rally after Walden retired the first two batters in the 10th inning.
"Usually when you give our guys a lead, they're going to shut it down," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "But they ended up getting four runs against our bullpen from the eighth inning on. That doesn't usually happen against our guys."
Mike Minor spotted the Mets a three-run lead courtesy of John Buck's two-run homer in the first and Lucas Duda's leadoff homer in the second inning. But Minor retired the final 18 batters he faced and the Braves claimed their first lead of the night when Andrelton Simmons beat out a potential inning-ending double play in the seventh.
Carrying a one-run lead into the eighth is usually enough for the Braves, whose bullpen entered the game leading the Majors with a 1.94 ERA. Minor had thrown just 90 pitches when Gonzalez opted to pinch-hit for him in the seventh with the hope his team would produce a lead Eric O'Flaherty and Kimbrel would preserve.
This plan was squandered when Marlon Byrd opened the eighth inning with an opposite-field home run off O'Flaherty, who had not allowed a homer in 52 appearances dating back to June 7. The resulting damage was erased when Evan Gattis hit Brandon Lyon's first pitch of the night over the center-field wall with one out in the eighth.
But instead of serving as a game-winner, Gattis' solo home run simply set the stage for David Wright to deliver his own heroics by belting Kimbrel's 97-mph fastball deep into the center-field seats. Wright's game-tying solo shot in the ninth was the first homer the Braves' closer had surrendered in 25 appearances dating back to Aug. 31.
"He's definitely a guy you can't make a mistake to, especially up in the zone with a fastball," Kimbrel said. "He hit that good. You can't make mistakes to him and I did. That was the difference in the ballgame."
Actually, the difference came in the 10th inning, when Walden issued Jordany Valdespin a two-out walk after getting ahead with a 1-2 count. Mets closer Bobby Parnell came to the plate simply to show bunt while Valdespin successfully stole second base. Had Valdespin's attempt been unsuccessful, Parnell would have been available to pitch the bottom half of the inning.
With Valdespin on second base, Walden got ahead of pinch-hitter Mike Baxter with an 0-2 count and then hit him with a 2-2 slider. This set the stage for Tejada, whose go-ahead single to center came on an 0-2 slider. Daniel Murphy added an insurance run with an RBI single on an 0-2 pitch from Luis Avilan.
"I just couldn't put them away," Walden said.
Walden's thoughts actually served as the theme of the night for the Braves, who were unable to take advantage of Jordan Schafer's career-high four walks and B.J. Upton's first multihit performance since April 18.
When Mets starter Shaun Marcum exited with one out in the game-tying, three-run fifth, it appeared the Braves would be able to at least outlast the Mets, whose bullpen entered the game ranked 28th in the Majors with a 4.68 ERA.
But after taking a lead in the seventh and another in the eighth courtesy of Gattis' seventh homer, the Braves simply extended the struggles they have endured since going through the season's first 15 games as baseball's hottest team.
"It was a roller coaster really," Gonzalez said. "You forget about how well Mike Minor pitched because of what happened in the last [three] innings."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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'Like a playland' of beauty
Published: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 6:01 p.m.
General Manager Keith Trotter said part of Ulta Beauty's appeal can be explained by exploring the contents of a woman's purse.
Keith Trotter
Age: 39
Occupation: General manager, Ulta Beauty
Personal: Single
Dream partner for lunch: Van Cliburn
Favorite book: "Exclusive" by Sandra Brown
What's playing in his car: On iPod, Arturo Marquez's "Danzon No. 2"
Favorite listening: Classical
Hobbies: Marching baritone and serving as treasurer of the all-ages Sun Devils Drum and Bugle Corps, writing for theme park news site Screamscape.com, playing piano
Education: Bachelor of business administration, Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas
"Not everything in there is going to be a $30 lipstick. You're going to maybe find some prestige items and then maybe their favorite Maybelline mascara," he said.
Ulta Beauty is a 10,000-square-foot store near the I-75/Newberry Road interchange with more than 20,000 items in cosmetics, fragrance, hair care, skin care, bath and body products and salon styling tools from prestige brands typically found in department stores to lower-cost mass brands found in pharmacies and discount stores, and hair care products found in salons and retailers.
Popular brands include Bare Escentuals, Urban Decay, Smashbox, Too Faced, Dermalogica and Philosophy to mass brands such as Maybelline and L'Oreal.
"It's so much fun to see someone come to an Ulta for the first time. It just blows people away at how much we have," Trotter said.
The store also includes a salon with hair care and styling services and gel nail manicures, a Benefit Cosmetics brow bar with eyebrow and facial waxing, and a Dermalogica skincare pod with 20-minute facial treatments.
"We really are a one-stop beauty shop," Trotter said.
Ulta Beauty, based in Bolingbrook, Ill., was founded in 1990 and has grown to about 540 stores in 45 states.
The Gainesville store opened in October in the former Famous Footwear location in the Oaks Square Shopping Center at 6843 Newberry Road.
Trotter said he was surprised how many people in Gainesville already knew about Ulta.
"It was very surprising on our opening day how many people had Ulta reward cards, how many people said, 'We're so glad you're here. Now we don't have to drive to Ocala,' or 'We don't have to go to Jacksonville anymore.'"
He said the store will start to see its own return on investment in early February when new customers start to get mailers and the first round of reward card certificates.
Ulta appeals to women across all price points, with cosmetics making up a large part of the business, Trotter said. In the past couple years, the retailer has added men's sections with skin care, grooming products and fragrances.
"Culturally, it's just something that has evolved over the past 10 or 15 years," Trotter said. "Men are starting to take better care of their skin because they want to look younger as long as possible. Taking care of your skin is pretty much the only way you're going to do that without a facelift."
The Gainesville Ulta is the third store Trotter has opened as general manager, following openings in Destin and Kissimmee.
He also has helped with openings at other stores in Florida.
"I've been there at the ribbon-cutting of 18 different stores. That's one of my favorite things to do is be there during a grand opening and see how excited everyone is, because for women, this really is just like a playland."
Trotter came to the beauty industry after 13 years in operations, merchandising and retail for theme parks — first at Six Flags over Texas in Arlington and then at the Disney Magic Kingdom.
He started at Ulta in 2005 as an assistant manager and was promoted to general manager within five months.
"I realized this was the right company at the right time in such a growth phase that there would be opportunities," he said.
Trotter said he enjoys recruiting, training and setting up new stores and would like to open more.
"I kind of just go with the flow," he said. "I'll go where they need me to go."
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CHILDREN'S centres in Ilkley and Menston could be threatened once more under Bradford Council plans to pool services with centres outside the area.
The much-used Little Lane Children's Centre in Ilkley, and Menston and Burley Children's Centre, were spared from Council cuts earlier this year, following a petition signed by almost 500 local people, and an allocation of £3 million from Bradford Schools Forum to keep centres across the district open for another year.
But in a briefing session this week, councillors were told closures have not been ruled out - as consultation begins over plans to re-organise children's centres across the district.
Bradford Council today (July 31) launches a public consultation on plans to create "clusters" of children's centres, in a bid to cut down management and other costs, and save the authority £2.4 million.
Little Lane and Menston and Burley children's centres could pool resources with centres in Baildon, Shipley and the Bingley area under the proposals.
The proposal is to reorganise the authority's 41 Ofsted-registered children's centres into seven or 12 Ofsted registered children's centre clusters, with one or more designated 'official' children's centres plus outreach sites across each of the clusters.
However, a Wharfedale councillor instrumental in campaigning to save the centres earlier this year fears families could end up being bussed out to other areas.
Councillor Jackie Whiteley (Con, Wharfedale) was among councillors at a briefing and question and answer session this week, and heard closures were not being ruled out by the Council.
"I have to say I was disappointed when I went to the presentation about what is likely to happen," she said.
"In Wharfedale, centres such as Menston and Burley are going to be part of a bigger cluster, but it's not been decided which is the key locality. What they're doing is giving responsibility for allocating the services to to whichever become the centre point of the cluster."
Mention was also made at the session of bussing people to other centres to access services, Coun Whiteley says.
Ilkley ward councillor, Anne Hawkesworth, is also calling for more information on the proposals.
"I'm not clear what it really means for the valley," she said.
The children's centres house services for pregnant women and families with children up to the age of five.
Services range from midwifery and health visiting clinics, parenting support, and early education and learning, to information, advice and guidance, support to return to work and family support at times of need
No public consultation sessions are currently planned in Wharfedale itself.
The Council's Executive Member for Children's Services, Councillor Ralph Berry, told the Gazette the aim is to provide services where they are needed, and cut down on overheads such as the cost of managing centres individually.
He said: "The needs of Bradford's families are changing and at the same time our funding from Central Government has been cut. This means we need to make changes so that Bradford's children's centres are able to carry on supporting children and families, particularly those who need it the most."
The next consultation sessions take place: today (Thursday July 31) at Jacobs Well reception, Bradford, from 1pm to 2.30pm, at Shipley Library from 10am to 11.30am on Saturday August 16, and at Keighley Civic Centre from 6pm to 7.30pm on Wednesday August 27.
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Sudden Impact: Coming Home to Destination X
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Hey wrestling fans. The Savior here with another edition of Sudden Impact, where we talk all TNA, and not the evil empire up north.
TNA has been on a roll lately. The overwhelming majority seems to agree, at least from what I see in the blogs and forums, that it's been putting on a much better show overall than the WWE. Last week, I asked if justice would be served, and the ratings would say, No. Not at all. I wish I knew what the answer is to increase the ratings. I had some ideas in a blog a few weeks ago, but who knows. However, as we head into Destination X, I just have one question. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING WITH THIS WEEK'S EPISODE?
Let's get into it. It's time for Sudden Impact.
Bully Ray/Joseph Parks
Was it a good move to open the show with this segment? I know that in today's wrestling, it's not likely we're going to get a blockbuster match to open a show, but was this the right move? I will say Yes and I'll tell you why. The crowd was energized. They love Joseph Parks and they love to HATE Bully Ray. So I don't have a problem with the way it opened.
Segment After Segment?
I understand the need to try and story build. That's what keeps us entertained and tuned in. But we're almost 20 minutes in and so far we've had opening segment, A Double/Hogan, Dixie Carter, then finally a lackluster match between Devon and Crimson, followed by Madison Rayne segment, Chris Sabin/Bobby Roode segment...you get my point. Talk about deflating.
X Division Qualifiers
I like the X Division tournament idea. I like how, just like last year, they're bringing in guys from the outside to qualify. What I hope for is, unlike last year, they keep some of these guys after the PPV, and build the division back up. This week's matches were a bit sloppy though. Especially Flip Cassanova. He had crazy moves but some of the stuff looked botched as all hell. I'm glad he won though. Dakota Darsow was very bland and vanilla and didn't scream X Division to me. The other match was bit more entertaining. There seemed to be some more botching but they worked it a little better. Kenny King showed some great stuff and awesome athleticism. Glad he won and was looking forward to seeing more of him....then he talked. Ugh. Keep the mic off these guys, please.
AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels
We have Last Man Standing coming up in three days. It is my hope that they end this angle when AJ destroys Angel once and for all. Daniels is good playing the heel though. But Kazarian? Hell, if I got powerbombed the way he did 2 weeks ago, I wouldn't be calling AJ anything. This angle has to end though. Seriously.
James Storm vs Jeff Hardyv
What can I say about this? I think the match, the crowd, everything speaks for itself here. It had everything you could expect. It had great action, high spots, close calls, and could definitely be one of the best matches since Impact went Live this summer. I did find it funny though, that James Storm spent like 2 minutes out of the ring, then as soon as he gets in and they lock up, commercial break. But that doesn't take away from how awesome this match was.
In other notes...
Madison Rayne's crush is on Earl Hebner? Really?
Gail Kim has some legal loophole that pushes the match back to next week?
All the segments they threw at us this week, and no Joe? Magnus? Kurt Angle? RVD?
Hogan is still as over as it gets. Gotta say.
I loved how Aries hushed the crowd's Yes chant. That was good.
All in all, I felt they let some air out of the balloon this week. I've praised them for revolving their shows around quality wrestling, and they abandoned that this week. I watched, really, one quality match and that was the main event. Not the best coming home show for a stacked looking PPV.
Just a final recap, we got AJ vs Daniels Last Man Standing. Ultimate X, Angle vs Joe, awesome. And of course, A Double vs Bobby Roode. I for one am looking forward to this one.
I hope you enjoyed this week's Sudden Impact. Thanks for reading and be safe.


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Hi to all of my fellow web designers, I'm glad I found a forum for web designers. First of all, I graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and don't have any background regarding with designs at all. It is just that I envy those designers who designs amazing, cool, and jaw-dropping web designs that's why I decided to become a web designer and been working as a web designer for over 8 months now.
Im just wondering how long does it take you guys to design a homepage? Honestly, it takes me 4 to 6 hours to design one, but still having a hard time to design beautiful web designs and sometimes I feel down when Im just staring in my monitor screen and nothing is coming into my mind:(. I just can't give up with my career as it really became my passion. And maybe you guys could me some helpful tips? I'd be grateful for your help.
Thanks,Vhin Manansala
looks like you need to work more on concept building rather than designing. Time depends upon the concept and it may take 3 hours to 2 days to get the final stunning design. More practical, simpler and minimal design you make, more in demand you get. I personally love following Peep Laja at ConversionXL.com blog for his great help. Sixrevisions offer great articles on designs and inspirations too.
Hope this helps you too.
Vhin; Every page is different, and usually the purpose of the page will determine it's design and overall appearance. This is why website templates have the same cookie-cutter look. Without having a specific client, there is no way to design an individualistic page. When I build a page for a client, the homepage design takes about 30 minutes. Coding and linking might take another hour or so. All the subpages flow from that design.
Are you asking about a design mock-up (ie, creating it in photoshop), or coding it?
Hello buddy don't get disturbed for this.My thought is you need some more experience in this field.Nothing can be learn easily.As Chilling Breeze says you should work more on concept.Once your familiar with it you can build any website easily and quickly.
I think he asked a design -up on photoshop.
Kind of as imillard said, the way to get past "design block" (to coin a term, perhaps) is to forget about the look of the site first and look at the content—that is, what the site needs to say. Study this content and work out how that content would best be organized, such that visitors can easily understand what the site is about and where everything is. If you work from this perpective, you will establish a basic layout of elements and a wireframe—and from that point, it's not hard to dress it up a bit to look nice.
Home page design is most important task for any website because it is the main page or the Face of the website. Home page designing duration depends on your project and business need which will take minimum 4 hours and maximum 2 days or more. The home page is the first interactive page with the user which will create an impression in the users' mind about your business service and reputation. Hence, it is necessary to create a user interface home page design which looks good and simple to read the business goals and vision .
Hello guys, thanks for all your replies. Been busy this whole week and barely have time to visit the thread I started. I'm good with organizing the web content however, coming up with a good concept for the design is where I'm having a difficulties sometimes. How do you guys think of a concept with your designs?
Hi imillard, you're right. having a client without specific needs is really a pain especially when having revisions in the design. I had a design project recently which design took 11 revisions
Vhin;There is one 'secret' that designers seldom talk about. As far as the client is concerned, you are THE expert. When you choose a layout, color set and overall graphic impression - that should be it. Done. You have made your decision, and the client goes with it. They will have input on text content - mostly for legal reasons - but you are the marketing expert.
You have looked at their product line and market position, and determined that your design will best speak to the potential customer. Yes, you are an outsider to the company, and that's precisely the point. You can stand back and make an objective evaluation. Nobody knows better than you. Not the executive vice-president, not some opinionated salesman, and certainly not the owners wife... who really wanted a green background, and move that text box down there, and use this photo because her cousin took it, and...... Don't fall into that trap. As soon as you let that one little change in the door, you'll spend all your time chasing another persons flawed vision.
I know this sounds counter-intuitive. The client should have the final say, but that doesn't work. Go in to the next project with utter confidence. Make your position and expertise clear from the beginning, and hold your ground. Your life will be easier and the client will get better results from the page.
Examples: Here is a page designed by the client's wife: Deers Leap It's pretty bad, and does nothing to showcase the product - a rental cottage Here is a page, designed by a business, for business: Paraflex Straightforward, effective and representative of the product.
Hi imillard, are you referring the revisions with this line above? correct me if im wrong.
Revisions can mean many things, depending on your experience. I do not count text additions, corrections, product changes and other 'regular maintenance' as revisions. To me, a revision is change of colors, moving sections around, redesigning the header, button bar or graphic content.
Once the client sees the page in operation they will often want to make additions and text changes, and that's understandable. But when I show them the page mockup, such as Larry Hall the finished page will change little - if at all.
I do recommend that clients are prepared to change or substantially alter the page headers at least once a year, so repeat visitors will have additional reason to look around. Of course, that depends on the product or service.
i think average is 1-3 days although i dont work 8 hours a day most of the time and half of the time will be used on inspiration and research rather than photoshop.
If nothing comes into your head i suggest visiting behance.net for example. BUT be warned, a lot of the stuff there are promotional web sites and designes that werent approved by the client xD Even though it looks beautiful dont take it as example but rather try to find little something that might work for your project and adopt it partially if needed. Sometimes watching on other designs is the only way to get yourself going, especially if you are working under heavy load.
thanks lieto. I always thought designing homepage mock up with a concept should be done within 2 hours XD
I dont mean concept i mean finished design ready to be cut if approved with details etc
In my course at the minute we are learning about all of the stages of design... user centered design.. sketching, brainstorming/spider diagrams, wireframing, grid systems... i used to be the same and open photoshop and look at a blank canvas and think "where do i start" but if you follow the proper procedure from start to finish there should never be a "blank canvas".. you will start laying out wireframes after considering content and user centered design, and then build up and up on the aesthetic quality of whats in front of you as the site evolves rather than just starting in photoshop and hoping to knock out a masterpiece
Time is not any big issue my buddy. Because time depends on concept and which type of design we have to create. Sometimes it takes 2-3 days for designing a single page. Dn't demoralize yourself that you take so much time. Make your mind creative and concentrate , you will surely became a mastermind in this field. All the best.
I think if I design in Photoshop, it takes me 5 hours to complete a nice design.
first u gone through many webdesigns...and plan it what will come in home page,, then collect pictures relavant to that..and design it with quickly 1 or 2 hr...


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One of the difficulties for the Mets, along with anyone attempting to gauge just what R.A. Dickey's value would be on both the trade and free agent market would be, is that his story defies comps, when comps are what ultimately drive such talks. Quick, who was the last first-time Cy Young Award winner at 37 who throws a pitch that defies the aging curve?
But a free agent signing last week, and a fascinating read today, provides insight into both Dickey's free market value as a pitcher (or, at least, the floor), and the limitations of what the Mets can expect from a Dickey trade. Both involve the Kansas City Royals, coincidentally.
First up: the free agent contract given to Jeremy Guthrie, middling free agent starter. The Royals will be paying him $25 million over the next three years. More interesting still: the deal pays Guthrie $5 million in 2013, precisely what Dickey will earn from the Mets under his current deal, then 2014-15 check in at two years, $20 million.
Now what did Guthrie do to earn this contract? Last season, while Dickey threw 233 2/3 innings at an ERA+ of 140, Guthrie threw 181 2/3 innings at an ERA+ of 94. Worlds apart, to be sure.
Let's take a larger sample, though, and look at the three-year samples for each. Over 2010-12, Guthrie threw 599 innings with an ERA+ of 100. Dickey threw 616 2/3 innings with an ERA+ of 129. The two simply are not comparable in quality, and are roughly equal in durability (though Dickey's 2012 suggests that is a false equivalence, too).
Guthrie will be 34 in April. Dickey just turned 38. Again, the knuckleball makes direct comparisons difficult, but it is hard to imagine Dickey's signature pitch doesn't come close to evening out the question of who has more time left as an effective pitcher.
In short: the Guthrie deal makes it awfully difficult to imagine the Mets signing Dickey for anything close to two years, $20 million. Coincidentally, that is roughly what the Daily News reported the Mets were prepared to offer Dickey.
And let's not lose sight of the other fact inherent in this: dealing Dickey means if you want to replace him for that money, you'll probably end up with the equivalent of… Jeremy Guthrie.
But of course, there's the tantalizing prospect of receiving a young, cost-controlled player in trade. Take a look at the track record of Baseball America Top 10 prospects who were traded within three years of a top-10 ranking, as per Baseball Prospectus. Not an inspiring list. By my rough count, 4 of 23 turned into stars.
So essentially, a deal of Dickey is making the bet that he's a less than 17 percent bet to continue excelling over the next three years. After all, a prospect would be cost-controlled, but Dickey on a two-year extension, even at the high end of what he is asking for (reported to be 2/29 or less), is still paying him below what he'd earn on the free agent market. Put another way, that means as long as Dickey is effective over the life of an extension, it is more or less impossible for the acquired prospect to provide more value for the dollar.
Whether the Mets see it that way, or are even in position to do anything about it if they do, we'll find out in the coming days and weeks. The winter meetings are a week from today.


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Many of you may have already noticed due to how active this member is, but TechnoBear has accepted an invite to become a mentor on the Grow and Manage Team. Please join me in congratulating her. It was a fight to see which team she was going to join since she's active everywhere, but we're lucky to have her on our team.
Congrats, Lesley!
So good to have you on board, TechnoBear! :tup:
Yes Dave, you are a very lucky TL!
Congratulations technobear. It's great to have you on board!
Welcome aboard TechnoBear! :tup:
Well deserved indeed!
Welcome on board, Lesley, enjoy your stay!
Congratulations and well deserved
Congratulations Bear, you do know we'll all be coming over to your cave for porridge now that you are a fully-fledged Grow and Manage Mentor.
G'day Lesley, welcome on board.
I would say it in Gaelic if I could but I can't so... Welcome
Thank you all.
That would be "Fàilte"
You are, of course, most welcome. (And if you don't like porridge :eek: I'm a dab hand at home baking. )
When winter is over, the bear avatar should trade in its red scarf for an... yup, argyll one.
There's an idea. I'll get out my knitting pins.
It also wants some loud alpaca socks at the moment to keep her feet warm while it trudges through the mud and snow.
Sounds good, but woolly socks and thermal insoles in my wellies do a grand job at keeping me toasty. :hat:


text: The Glenside Public Library is now collecting these manga series. St. Kleio Academy is a very exclusive school. In order to attend, students must be a clone of a famous historical figure like Mozart, Freud or Hitler. Tsubasa believes her popular sister Arisa has the perfect life until Arisa attempts suicide. Tsubasa then begins to learn about Arisa's dark secrets. Yuki was abandoned by his mother near an orphanage. The mystery of his parentage becomes even more important when Yuki discovers that by touching a person he can feel their emotions. Durarara! (no book cover available) In Ikebukuro, the wildest characters in Tokyo gather including a headless rider and a stalker girl. - nb Blog: yablogyareader Teens's blog


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I've been using PHP/MySQL via the XAMP/MAMP packages on both Windows and Mac, and I'm interested in learning Django as I've heard its meant to make web development far faster.
Whilst there are frameworks for PHP, such as Cake, Zend, CodeIgniter and so forth, I am interested in finding out more about Django, perhaps even playing around with it on a Mac/PC.
However I am a bit put off because I don't know how to approach Django from a XAMP/MAMP point of view.
Anyway, here are some questions:
Can I run Django via XAMP, ie: is it a package so it runs with Apache without me reconfiguring everything? This is the one thing that put me off Ruby/Rails.
Can I run Django just like a PHP/XAMP project, or does it require its own server? I'd rather just use Apache as that's what's used on servers and I don't really want to be playing around with other servers.
Does Django work with Apache, and does it cause conflicts with PHP?
How does Django deal with XSS, Cross Site Forging, and sanitizing GET, POST, SESSION, COOKIE and other incoming data? How does it handle/deal with SQL Injections? Does it do it automatically? Can someone clarify the security measures put in by Django?
PHP sometimes comes with extensions, like ffmpeg, or other extensions that you can load in, is Django similar to this?
Does Django use stored procedures with regards to MySQL?
How easy is it to debug Debug code? Could I use Eclipse editor, or another editor to view debug info?
Is Django used on E-commerce websites? I've seen a lot of blog websites, and basic CMS but not many e-commerce sites.
SSL and Django. How does Django work/deal with SSL?
Is Django worth it?
I don't know the answer to any of your questions, but a very quick google search found many resources, including these two:
Sorry I can't help with your questions.
Thanks for your links, they do help a bit -- but I am still stuck on something.
I am using a Mac for this experiment.
I downloaded the latest stable, extracted the contents, did this:
sudo python setup.py install
But the thing is I do not know where I am meant to put my HTML/Django files.
Can I still put them in htdocs? In the installation guide it says:
Once you've installed Python, Django and (optionally) your database server/library, you can take the first step in developing a Django application by creating a project.
A project is a collection of settings for an instance of Django, including database configuration, Django-specific options and application-specific settings.
If this is your first time using Django, you'll have to take care of some initial setup. Create a new directory to start working in, perhaps something like /home/username/djcode/.
Where Should This Directory Live?
If your background is in PHP, you're probably used to putting code under the Web server's document root (in a place such as /var/www). With Django, you don't do that. It's not a good idea to put any of this Python code within your Web server's document root, because in doing so you risk the possibility that people will be able to view your raw source code over the Web. That's not good.
Put your code in some directory outside of the document root.
But where is var/www?
Why do I have to create a folder called: "/home/username/djcode/"?
Is it not possible to use htdocs as the main folder for all website builds, regardless of whether they are php or django?
It also says I can use/should use SVN, but I've already extracted the contents and installed it, ran the test via the Terminal and it seems to be there, so what's the point of using SVN to install/use Django? Is it possible to build Django sites without SVN?
You may want to register at www.stackoverflow.com and asks your question there. Make sure to understand how that site works if you don't already know before posting any questions there. Or wait and see if someone here can help you out.
Thanks for your help
hey, if you've found the answer or asked the same question on StackOverflow, can you please add a link here as well, might help newbies like me searching for the same answers. Cheers!
Yes. But things are slightly different then PHP. mod_php loads PHP script from disk and parses it on evert page access/request (accelerators change this, of course). While Python works like this: code is loaded into memory when web server is started and you need to restart the web server in order to change this. There are work arounds with fastcgi that even work in shared/cpanel enviroment. As for development machine Django comes with its own development web server. And you can also configure Apache for development, of course.
Yes, python works with apache in a multitude of ways. See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/
As long as Python is configured for other directories then PHP, no conflicts. I can give you a very precise answer here. I can tell though that we're using PHP and Python on the same web site in a shared hosting environment.
Django does escaping for user inputed data, for data that makes up a SQL query, for data that is rendered back in HTML (to avoid XSS). You can however shoot your self in the foot, but it's more complicated to do it. For instance you can instruct the Django template not to do escaping on a piece of data.
This is a Python questions. Good thing about Python is that is a pretty established language and there are lots of open source libraries.
Very easy to debug, I find it easier then with PHP. We're using Eclipse.Django has an awesome error page that contains call stack info, local variables, POST&GET data and much more (heard that PHP introduced this in a recent version).
You won't have any problems with SSL. We use it in some projects.
Oh, yes! I wouldn't go back to PHP :).
If you wish to run Django on Windows, you need practically nothing except to install Python and Django. Django has it's own Web server which is ideal for development, for various reasons. For one, it doesn't require any further installations besides the base one; also, when you change your .py files you need to restart the Apache instance, while the development server figures it out itself and you need to restart it on very rare occasions.
As I mentioned above, you don't need Apache or even MySQL at all -- just install Python, then install Django (instructions can be found on their respective sites), and go through the Django tutorial in its documentation.
Regarding "the servers", by which you probably mean standard shared hosting accounts, you need one which supports Django specifically. If you find some such, you probably won't have to worry about setting up, it should probably work simply by moving the files over. If not, consult your hosting's support.
It works perfectly with Apache, and you may use a number of options to do that: mod_py, mod_wsgi etc. And there is no conflict with PHP.
Django has a number of features to deal with these, but I suggest you go through its documentation for more details. For example it has forms, which is a simple way to create and handle forms which deals with many attack vectors usually performed through forms.
Unlike PHP, Python is a full scale programming language, and all of its libraries are written in Python exclusively (in PHP, extensions are written in C). So you simply import various Python modules using the common syntax.
Django has its own ORM, which is much more complete and easier to use than anything you might have encountered in PHP. Unlike RoR, which bases its model objects on the database tables, you define your models in Python and let Django handle the database by itself. That being said you may always switch to writing raw HTML if absolutely necessary, which of course also supports stored procedures.
Absolutely! I've greatly improved my productivity since switching to Django; as an example, I re-wrote one (admittedly simple) Web app from PHP (where it took me a week, using my own framework) to Django in a single day, and all while being a total beginner in both Python and Django.
Thanks for the replies. I haven't really chased up Django all that much; but my company is starting to ask about rolling modular-based CMS like projects faster -- and I may look into Django further.
@GVRV -- I didn't create a thread on StackOverflow as I had a number of outstanding projects.
I still have questions and reservations about Django, but from watching a few video clips and tutorial it does seem a solution, but it is something to play around with.
There are lots of issues about moving over to a new language/framework, ranging from learning time to security to deployment.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men's basketball team's unblemished start to the 2013 season continued on Tuesday evening as the Lions overpowered visiting Flagler College for a 76-65 victory in non-conference action from the Bowman Center.
Opening up as much as a 17 point lead over the visitors from St. Augustine, Fla., the Lions (6-0) maintained the fast-paced attack that has worked well for them so far this season. The fast ball movement from Saint Leo forced the Saints (0-1) into a number of fouls, allowing the Lions to rack up 31 visits to the free throw line. Saint Leo converted 23 free throws off of 24 Flagler fouls, a total from the charity stripe that made much of the difference on the scoreboard.
With both teams hitting 23 shots and Flagler knocking down nine 3-pointers compared to the Lions' seven, connecting on 13 more free throws than their opponents helped Saint Leo open up the advantage and keep the lead for the majority of the game.
Leading the way for Saint Leo was senior Jerrel Harris who bucketed 24 points and pulled down nine rebounds, one board shy of a double-double. While he shot 5-of-10 from the field, his 13-of-15 performance from the free throw line helped give him the game's scoring title.
Harris was one of four Lions in double figures with Chim Kadima working in the paint for 17 points, Cale Girten dropping in 13 and Trey Griseck adding 13 points in the 11-point victory.
As a team, the Lions shot 43.4 percent (23-of-53) from the field while connecting on 7-of-20 (35 percent) three pointers. Saint Leo went 23-for-31 from the free throw line while Flagler only managed to go 10-for-21 (47.6 percent).
Opening its season with the loss, Flagler was led by Matt Conway's 16 points as just two Saints scored in double figures.
Coming into the Flagler game on short rest with just 48 hours from their previous contest, the Lions will look toward another quick transition into another home contest as Saint Leo will welcome Virginia Union into the Bowman Center on Friday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and it marks the second-straight year these two teams have squared off, with Saint Leo claiming a 76-49 victory in Richmond, Va. last December.
For the latest news, updates, and information on the Saint Leo men's basketball team, be sure to visit SaintLeoLions.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Lions news by following Saint Leo Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.


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• gregarious •
Pronunciation: grê-gæ-ri-ês • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Flocking, herding, tending to live in groups rather than alone, as a gregarious bird species. 2. Proactively sociable, always seeking company, skilled at social navigation and networking.
Notes: Today's Good Word is another IOU adjective like serious and curious. Its adverb, gregariously, and noun, gregariousness, are perfectly straightforward derivations. The meaning of the verb, gregarize, that seems to underlie this word, on the other hand, has contracted and now refers only to the swarming of insects—locusts, in particular.
In Play: Gregariousness is on the brink of obnoxiousness and may have positive or negative connotations: "Gail Avent admits that her success is more the result of her gregarious socializing than experience or talent." It is the context that makes this adjective pejorative: "Sue Pine is so gregarious that all the men at the office are in love with her and let her get away with murder."
Word History: Today's Good Word is no more than a slight modification of Latin gregarius "belonging to a flock", an adjective based on grex (greg-s) "flock, herd". The root here is also found in congregate, egregious, and the name Gregory, popular among popes who are often perceived as the shepherd of a flock. Egregious "flagrantly bad" is made up of ex "out(side)" + greg- "outside the flock". The Latin root is probably a duplicated form of the Proto-Indo-European root *ger- "to collect". This root wended its way through the Germanic languages to English cram. It turns up in Greek agora "marketplace" which, like our own Alpha Agora, was a social gathering place.
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It would be great if some more of the over 1,000 Agorans were a tad more gregarious. Come on in and join the flock, folks!
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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It would be great if Andrew, who decided this site was broken,
would be more gregarious in fixing it. And more gregarious
in answering his PM.
would be more gregarious in fixing it. And more gregarious
in answering his PM.
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February 22, 2011
To help doctors give their patients the best possible care, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) developed evidence-based recommendations for using drugs, called bone-modifying drugs, for advanced breast cancer that has spread to the bone to help prevent bone-related problems. In 2011, this guideline was updated based on results from clinical trials of these drugs, including new information about a possible condition experienced by some people taking bone-modifying drugs. It also includes a new drug, denosumab (Xgeva), which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This guide for patients is based on ASCO's most recent recommendations.
Key Messages
- Bone-modifying drugs are used to help to prevent bone problems for people with breast cancer that has spread to the bones.
- The bone-modifying drugs used in the United States for breast cancer that has spread to the bone are pamidronate (Aredia), zoledronic acid (Zometa), and denosumab; talk with your doctor about the benefits and risks of each drug.
- Bone-modifying drugs are associated with an uncommon but possibly serious side effect called osteonecrosis of the jaw.
In the United States, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women (excluding skin cancer) and the second most common cause of death from cancer in women. Breast cancer in men is much less common, accounting for less than 1% of all breast cancer diagnoses. Sometimes, breast cancer spreads outside of the breast in a process called metastasis. One of the most common distant places breast cancer can spread is the bone. When breast cancer has spread to the bone, people may experience significant pain and loss of movement. To manage these problems, your doctor may use medications, surgery, or radiation therapy.
Bone-modifying drugs are used to help strengthen the bone and reduce pain and fractures (bone breaks) from bone metastases. These drugs can also lessen the need for surgery or radiation therapy to manage bone problems, so they are often used for patients with bone metastases from breast cancer. However, these drugs have not been shown to extend life or slow the growth of breast cancer. There are two different classes of bone-modifying drugs and both help stop the bone from breaking down. One class, called bisphosphonates, is used for bone metastases and includes pamidronate and zoledronic acid. The drug denosumab is an antibody made in a laboratory that also helps stop bone breakdown.
A possible condition associated with bone-modifying drugs is osteonecrosis of the jaw. It is an uncommon but serious condition. The symptoms of osteonecrosis of the jaw include pain, swelling, and infection of the jaw; loose teeth; and exposed bone.
The side effects of pamidronate and zoledronic acid include flu-like symptoms that may occur with the first few doses and kidney problems. It's important for your health care team to do blood tests to check your kidney function before each dose. Denosumab is not specifically associated with kidney problems, but can cause hypocalcemia (low levels of calcium in the blood). Your doctor may recommend calcium and vitamin D supplements to reduce the risk of hypocalcemia if you are taking any bone-modifying drug for breast cancer that has spread to the bone. The dose and how often you should take calcium and vitamin D supplements is different for each person and should be discussed with your doctor.
ASCO recommends the following for the use of bone-modifying drugs for breast cancer:
- Bone-modifying drugs are recommended for people with breast cancer who have evidence of bone metastases on an x-ray. They are also recommended for people with evidence of bone metastases on a bone scan and a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), even if an x-ray shows no evidence. Results of a bone scan alone should not be used to recommend treatment.
- If you are taking one of these drugs, talk with your doctor about how long you should take the drug since doctors often recommend that patients keep taking the drug because the risk of having bone problems continues.
- If you have breast cancer that has spread to the bone, you should talk with your doctor about choosing a bone-modifying drug. The choice of drugs depends on your overall health, your individual risk of side effects, the cost, and the amount of time needed for each dose. For example, pamidronate is given intravenously (IV; through a vein) every three to four weeks for at least two hours. Zoledronic acid is given by IV every three to four weeks for at least 15 minutes. Denosumab is given as an injection under the skin (called a subcutaneous injection) every four weeks.
- If you are taking pamidronate or zoledronic acid, you should have a blood test for creatinine levels each time the drugs are given. Creatinine is a type of protein in the blood that shows how well the kidneys are working. High levels of creatinine may indicate kidney damage and that the medications you are taking may need to be changed. Calcium, electrolytes, phosphate, magnesium, and hematocrit/hemoglobin should also be monitored regularly. If you are receiving denosumab, you should be tested for creatinine levels before the first dose and monitored for hypocalcemia. Talk with your doctor about when and how often these should be monitored.
- Before taking bone-modifying drugs, you should have a thorough dental examination, and any invasive procedures to the jaw bone or treatments for mouth infections should be done before starting these drugs. While receiving bone-modifying drugs, you should take good care of your teeth, mouth, and gums and avoid having any unnecessary invasive dental work done, such as dental surgery. Following these recommendations may help lower the risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw.
- Although bone-modifying drugs may help reduce or lessen pain over the long term, they should not replace other treatments to reduce pain. Patients who experience bone pain should receive other medications and/or radiation therapy and/or surgery that are commonly used to manage the pain.
Research on bone-modifying drugs is ongoing. At this time, people with breast cancer in the situations listed below should take bone-modifying drugs only as part of a clinical trial:
- Patients with breast cancer who have evidence of bone metastases only on a bone scan, but not on x-ray, CT scan, or MRI
- Patients who have breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body but have no evidence of bone metastases
Bone-modifying drugs help strengthen bones and are an important part of treatment for patients with breast cancer that has spread to the bones. The bone-modifying drugs used in the United States to treat bone metastases are pamidronate, zoledronic acid, and denosumab. Talk with your doctor about the differences between these drugs, including the cost, and the type of preventive care, such as dental care, that you'll need before taking a bone-modifying drug. It's also important to discuss the tests you'll need to monitor your health while taking a bone-modifying drug, as well as other ways to improve bone health.
Questions to Ask the Doctor
- Has the breast cancer spread to my bones?
- What are options for treating the pain I'm having from the cancer that has spread to my bones?
- Do you recommend bone-modifying drug treatment? If so, which drug do you recommend and why?
- What tests and procedures do I need before starting a bone-modifying drug?
- How long do I need to take this drug?
- How will the drug be given?
- What side effects can I expect from this treatment?
- What is the risk of developing osteonecrosis of the jaw? What signs or symptoms should I watch for?
- What other signs or symptoms should I look for?
- How will my treatment be monitored?
- What clinical trials are open to me?
- Where can I find more information?
Helpful Links
Read the entire clinical practice guideline at www.asco.org/guidelines/bisphosbreast.
ASCO Answers Fact Sheet: Breast Cancer
Dental Health During Cancer Treatment


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Two members of Humboldt Bay Fire receive promotions
EUREKA- Two members of Humboldt Bay Fire received promotions at a ceremony at Thursday night's Humboldt Bay Fire board meeting.
Stefan Rheinschmidt has been with the department since 2009 and competed with three other firefighters to be promoted to engineer. Brooks Conner has been with the department since 2002, when he started as a volunteer. He was an engineer and promoted to captain Thursday night after competing with four other engineers. To receive the promotion, these members of the fire department had to study, train and be tested during a several month process. The Fire Chief of Humboldt Bay Fire, Fire Chief Ken Woods, says these promotions were well deserved.
"Their heart is in the fire service and they want to provide quality customer service. And that's really what the organization is about and whenever you have individuals that do that on a daily basis, it not only makes me proud as a chief, but I think the community can be very proud," said Fire Chief Woods.