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Seven of Nine is recruited by a starship from the 29th century to save Voyager from being destroyed in the past.
Summary Edit
In 2371, Captain Janeway beams aboard the starship USS Voyager during the final phases of the USS Voyager's construction at Utopia Planitia. Admiral Patterson, who had been her calculus instructor at Starfleet Academy, is there to greet her with a pop quiz. After Janeway answers all of his questions correctly, Patterson shows her around her new ship. When they reach the bridge, Janeway starts to comment on how it is bigger than she expected. When she begins proposing changes to Voyager already, she and the admiral start to get into a conversation, while an ensign walks away from the helm. The ensign is a completely human-looking Seven of Nine.
Act One Edit
Seven of Nine scans the bridge and the observation lounge with a small, sleek tricorder. She hides the tricorder when Janeway and Patterson come in the observation lounge. When they leave, she continues scanning, then leaves for engineering. There, she encounters Lieutenant Joseph Carey, who questions her but is satisfied with her answers. She then enters a Jefferies tube and locks it. She starts scanning again. She contacts someone, telling them that she localized the weapon's source. Opening a hatch inside the tube, she sees a strange device inside it. The people she is in contact with tell her to begin a procedure. She attempts to remove it, but cannot because the device is out of phase.
Meanwhile, Janeway and Patterson find a malfunction in an EPS relay. When Janeway cannot just fix it remotely, she goes to the Jefferies tube, which she finds is locked from the inside. Patterson and Janeway go to another deck to access the tube. Seven of Nine detects them and discontinues her procedure. Aboard another, apparently very advanced starship, the Captain says to pull her out, even when they have trouble locking on to her, saying that if Janeway and Patterson find her, then it will contaminate the timeline. They beam her through time onto their ship; she falls unconscious. One of the officers goes to check on her, but she is dead.
When Janeway and Patterson reach the tube, Janeway only finds a strange chroniton flux of .003.
Act Two Edit
Since Seven is dead, the Captain orders to recruit her again. The XO, Lieutenant Ducane, orders a new time index in the Delta Quadrant, target: USS Voyager.
In 2375, The Doctor is examining Seven of Nine for symptoms of blurry vision and dizziness, which she believes are symptoms of Albright-Salzman syndrome. The Doctor concludes that she in fact has a mild case of sensory aphasia, which he clears up. The Doctor then returns to sickbay.
Tom Paris is walking through the corridors doing a ping-pong exercise. He invites Seven to be on his team for a ping-pong tournament because his other team member had come down with space sickness. She accepts and Paris continues his exercises.
The tournament takes place in the mess hall against Harry Kim and B'Elanna Torres, with Neelix keeping score. Just as Paris spikes the ping-pong ball, it stops in the middle of the table in mid-air. Seven scans the table and detects a temporal anomaly. Seconds later, the ball shoots back towards Kim and Torres. Neelix jokingly still records it as a point.
Tuvok, Janeway, and Seven then find that temporal anomalies are occurring all over the ship and will soon tear the ship apart. Seven and Torres start looking for the source of the anomalies, while the Captain tells The Doctor about them, and that they are causing a large number of cases of space sickness. Neelix then calls The Doctor to the mess hall because Ensign Mannus is violently ill. Once there, Neelix greets him as if nothing was wrong. He asks Neelix where the medical emergency is. Neelix says that everything was fine there. At that moment, Mannus falls unconscious. The Doctor diagnoses him with space sickness then revives him. He then starts to put it all together. He checks the time in the mess hall and in sickbay. Sickbay is several minutes ahead of the mess hall. Neelix had not made his call to sickbay yet.
Chakotay reports to Janeway, who just had three day old replicated coffee. As it is apparent, the distortions are interfering with food replicators. Janeway then decides to input security measures. As Chakotay explains that turbolifts are malfunctioning and everyone is forced to use the Jefferies tubes, a temporal fracture accelerates his conversation by a few seconds.
Meanwhile, Torres and Seven found the source of the anomalies. It was coming from a device in the Jefferies tube that only Seven can see with her ocular implant. They tell the Captain, who is ready to initialize a set of force fields to counteract the anomalies. The plan fails and the hull starts to breach. Just then, two men from the unknown ship beam in, giving off a similar chroniton flux from five years ago, spacedock. The captain orders all hands to abandon ship. As Seven moves to an escape pod, she sees the two men. She tells them to identify themselves. They ignore her and place a device on her which beams the three of them away. Seconds later, Voyager is split apart and explodes with almost everyone on it.
Act Three Edit
Braxton welcomes Seven to the Federation timeship Relativity. They explain to Seven that Voyager has just exploded due to a saboteur putting a temporal disruptor on the ship. They suggest to Seven that the saboteur transported onto Voyager while Voyager's shields were down in an attack by the Kazon. Seven agrees to help them prevent Voyager's destruction. Ducane tests her on all things about time, such as the Pogo paradox, when the Borg tried to prevent the Federation from ever existing, incidentally creating it. Braxton orders her to avoid contact with Janeway if at all possible, for she has made more temporal violations than anyone in history and sticks her nose where it doesn't belong: hence he calls it the Janeway Factor, due to which he had to fix up three major temporal incursions. He also mentions the timeframe he was stuck in for thirty years. Ducane then uses a technology to hide her Borg implants.
In 2372, Voyager is under attack by the Kazon. In a corridor, Seven of Nine beams aboard Voyager. She starts scanning for the weapon immediately.
Act Four Edit
Harry Kim, however, detects her transport as a 0.003 chroniton flux and places a force field around the area. Like her three years later counterpart, Janeway and Tuvok both go to where she is trapped. On the timeship, Ducane tries to pull her out, but the force field is interfering with the transport and communications. Janeway and Tuvok find her and she is forced to explain who she is. Braxton starts to get angry, insisting that Ducane beam her out, but they still cannot. Seven tries to avoid telling Janeway the truth, due to the Temporal Prime Directive. Janeway doesn't care and demands answers. Tuvok detects Seven's hidden Borg implants so Janeway orders a search for any nearby vessels. Seven insists there are none, and disregarding the Temporal Prime Directive, she tells Janeway the truth. Seven convinces Janeway to free her to help prevent the destruction of Voyager in the future. In the 29th century aboard the Relativity, a crew member utters the Latin phrase tempus fugit, which literally translates as time flees. Aboard Voyager, Seven and Janeway quickly go to the Jefferies tube where the weapon should be. Janeway, Tuvok, and Seven enter and find a man trying to place the disruptor in the tube. It turns out to be an older Captain Braxton.
Act Five Edit
On Relativity, Braxton is extremely surprised. The saboteur Braxton explains that this will complete their mission. He had undergone a temporal psychosis, having lost his rank which he blames on Voyager. The current Braxton tells his "younger" self that once Voyager is obliterated, he will heal. The Braxton on the Relativity tells Ducane to beam Braxton's future self aboard, but the older Braxton had activated a dispersal node to avoid beaming. Ducane accuses the captain of sabotaging Voyager, and places him under arrest for crimes he is going to commit.
Just as Seven of Nine is about to capture the older Braxton, he beams off Voyager. Seven then transports to where Braxton beamed to: back to 2371.
As Janeway and Patterson walk down a corridor, Seven and Braxton come running through. Seven shoots Braxton, but misses. Seven starts to suffer from temporal psychosis and starts to drift out of consciousness. But she beams herself to where Braxton now is: 2375.
In the mess hall, the ping-pong tournament is occurring. Braxton suddenly runs through and Seven, almost unconscious, walks in and disables Braxton's tricorder, trapping him in 2375. She then falls to the ground. The Seven of Nine in this timeline walks up to her counterpart, asking her to explain herself. Seven's counterpart tells the other Seven to stop Braxton because their future depends on it. After Relativity beams the incapacitated Seven away, the other Seven captures Braxton. When Janeway arrives, she comments that she remembers Braxton from 2372. Relativity beams Braxton away. They then beam Janeway to their ship.
Ducane starts to explain to Janeway all that had happened. He explained that there is a Braxton in their brig and a Braxton on their bridge. They ask Janeway to go back to 2372 to completely fix the timeline. Seven's attempts to remove the device have introduced several noticeable temporal incursions. She instigated a phaser fight at Utopia Planitia , interacted with Janeway's three years younger self and spoke to her younger self during a ping-pong tournament in front of 15 crew members. By capturing Braxton before the device is planted these changes will be removed. Seven cannot do it because she might damage herself. Janeway is confused, especially with the second Seven. Ducane assures her that by the end of the day, there will be only one Seven. The Braxtons will soon be reintegrated in time for the trial. The Braxton on the bridge tells Janeway where he will be in that timeline and Janeway is transported to 2372.
Janeway is beamed aboard during the Kazon attack on Voyager. She encountered Torres en route, telling her to do what she think is right in Engineering. When she nears the corridor where Braxton will beam in, she hides from her three years younger self. Almost immediately, she finds Braxton beaming aboard. He stumbles over a wounded crewman. At that moment, Janeway walks over to him and captures him.
Back on Relativity, Ducane commends Janeway for capturing the last Braxton and making a small incursion of 0.0036. He then is ready to send Seven of Nine and Janeway back to 2375's Voyager, reintegrated with their past selves. He strictly reminds them to remember the Temporal Prime Directive: discuss your experiences with no one. Yet he tells her one thing: Braxton was right that Voyager appears on the Relativity's sensors too often and they should avoid time travel. They then beam back to the 2375 Voyager.
Memorable quotes Edit
"Tempus fugit."
- - Ducane, to Braxton
"Long time no see."
- - Braxton, to Ducane when Braxton was beamed back to the Relativity after being apprehended by Seven of Nine in 2375
"So, in a way the Federation owes its existence to the Borg."
"You're welcome."
- - Ducane and Seven of Nine
"What is the threshold of the H2 molecule?"
"14.7 electron volts"
"Third brightest star in Orion?"
"Viewed from where?"
"Gamma Orionis or Bellatrix if you prefer the original Arabic name."
"Not bad. Now give me a hug Katie, that's an order."
- - Admiral Patterson, quizzing Captain Janeway
"See you in the 24th century."
"I look forward to it. Or should I say backward?"
"Don't get started!"
- - Captain Janeway and Seven of Nine, about returning to Voyager from the 29th century
"Thanks to you, we've learned that the temporal disruptor was, and will be concealed here... I gave up trying to keep my tenses straight years ago."
- - Captain Braxton, to Seven of Nine
"... and I ended up stranded in the late 20th century. Have you ever been to that time frame?"
"Well, I don't recommend it. After three decades with those post-industrial barbarians, I had to go through extensive rehabilitation before I could return to duty. Avoid contact with Janeway. That's an order."
- - Captain Braxton, talking to Seven of Nine
"We have a saying in our line of work: There's no time like the past."
- - Captain Braxton, to Seven of Nine
"Have we met?"
"Too many times! But you wouldn't remember, they haven't occurred yet."
- - Braxton and Captain Janeway (2372)
"Seven of Nine to Seven of Nine, what's your status?"
- - Seven of Nine
"Wait a minute let me get this straight, I'm going to go back in time to stop Braxton, but you already have him?"
"And there's a third one in our brig; I arrested him earlier today. But don't worry, they'll all be reintegrated in time for the trial."
"And Seven?"
"Oh I assure you when this is over there will be only one Seven of Nine"
"Alright, let's just get started before my headache gets any worse."
- - Captain Janeway, and Ducane, regarding the confusing nature of her time travel mission
"Needless to say we need to clean up the timeline. Someone must go back to the beginning and prevent the chain of events from ever occurring in the first place."
"I can't make another jump without damaging myself."
"... I get the feeling I'm about to be drafted."
- - Ducane, Seven of Nine, and Janeway, aboard the timeship Relativity after capturing Captain Braxton
"Is this a part of the tour?"
- - Captain Janeway, during the tour of USS Voyager back in time while Seven of Nine chases Captain Braxton
"Oh captain, Braxton was right about one thing: Voyager shows up on our sensors far too often. Try to avoid time travel."
- - Ducane
" I'm detecting bio-mechanical implants. They have a Borg signature."
" Janeway to the bridge, scan the vicinity for Borg ships"
" Did you say Borg?"
" Do it!"
- - Tuvok, Janeway, and Chakotay, after finding Seven of Nine's Borg implants
"Next time your Human physiology fails you, don't consult the database; just call me."
"You are the database-"
"-with two legs and a splendid bedside manner."
- - The Doctor and Seven of Nine
"I'm sorry, sir. I'm taking command of this vessel, and I'm relieving you of duty for crimes you're going to commit."
- - Ducane, to Braxton
Background information Edit
Story and script Edit
- This was the last of five Star Trek: Voyager episodes that Nick Sagan, story editor for the series' fifth season, was involved in writing. He previously worked on "In the Flesh", "Gravity", "Course: Oblivion", and "Juggernaut". In his capacity as story writer and teleplay co-writer here, Nick Sagan found this to be an enjoyable episode to write. He later reminisced, "I think that might have been the easiest one I worked on, because the goal is simply to have fun. With the others I felt a lot of different loyalties to character this, character that. For some reason that one came together very quickly, and it was such a joy to write because we were just trying to please ourselves." [1]
- Executive Producer Brannon Braga did a lot of uncredited rewriting on the episode. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55)
- One aspect of this installment that was changed was its depiction of the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards; the episode's script originally called for only a simple shot of a lone Voyager in drydock at Utopia Planitia. Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz noted, "One ship, one drydock, and that was it." (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 9, p. 102)
Cast and characters Edit
- Not having been a science fiction fan prior to her work on Star Trek: Voyager, Seven of Nine actress Jeri Ryan found this time travel episode's script difficult to follow. "It was a challenge just keeping the time frames straight," she admitted. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 28)
- Jeri Ryan also found it humorously coincidental that, in this outing, her character wears the disguise of a Starfleet uniform, a fact the actress described as "actually very funny." She continued, "I had just done an online chat three or four days before this script came up. As they always do, one of the fans had asked me when we were going to see Seven in a Starfleet uniform, and I said, 'Well, never, because she's not Starfleet, of course.' Then bam, I get a call from wardrobe two days later saying, 'We need you to come in for a fitting because you are in a Starfleet uniform for the next episode.'" (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 28-29)
- Although Captain Braxton appeared in Star Trek: Voyager twice before, he is played by a different actor in this episode, with Bruce McGill replacing Allan G. Royal.
Production Edit
- The 29th century phaser that Seven of Nine uses against Braxton is of the same type seen in possession of Henry Starling's assistant Dunbar in the third season episode "Future's End" during the phaser fight outside the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles in 1996.
- The thrombic modulator is seen again in this episode, having first been seen in "Message in a Bottle" when The Doctor didn't know what it was.
- Another prop reused in this episode is the triangular device that Lieutenant Ducane places on Seven of Nine's arm before transporting her to the USS Relativity. It was used in "Tattoo" as a universal translator between one of the Sky Spirits and Chakotay.
- Even though some minor cosmetic changes were made to the Voyager sets for the fourth season (for example, the trim on the briefing room table as well as the ready room desk was changed from a gray to green), the scenes from this episode that take place prior to "Caretaker" show the newer set colors.
- According to the unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (pp. 312 & 314), the bridge of the Relativity was a redress of the USS Enterprise-E bridge, with interior design elements from the Enterprise-E and Voyager.
Visual effects Edit
- The reasoning why the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards was depicted as more extensive than the script suggested was that the visual effects artists from Foundation Imaging were extremely excited about visualizing the elaborate shots that open this episode. "As fans who were working on the show, we couldn't bear to be this close to seeing the shipyards and not go all the way," reflected Adam Lebowitz. "So, in our own time, we created the entire shipyard and took rough drafts of the shots we had in mind to VFX supervisor Ron Moore and producer Peter Lauritson. Luckily, they were very receptive. It may have only amounted to two shots in the final episode, but they were an absolute labor of love for all of us. The half-constructed ships looked great (thanks to the hard work of Koji Kuramura), and the image of Mars you see in the final sequence is made from a satellite photo of the real Utopia Planitia, courtesy of the folks at NASA. In fact, the whole time we were working on the episode, we thought it was a shame that the people at home would only see this stuff on blurry TV screens, and not in the high-resolution glory we had created them in." (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 9, p. 102) Robert Bonchune and Lee Stringer were others at Foundation Imaging who donated personal time to realize the sequence.(citation needed • edit)
- The battle scenes between Voyager and the Kazon were stock footage of combat from earlier episodes, namely the second season outings "Alliances" and "Basics, Part I".
Continuity and trivia Edit
- This episode features the return of not only Captain Braxton, whose previous appearances were in the two-parter "Future's End" and "Future's End, Part II", but also Lieutenant Joe Carey, who was last seen in Season 1's "State of Flux". However, Carey's scenes here take place before Voyager is lost in the Delta Quadrant. He returns in VOY: "Fury", but his scenes in that episode also take place in the past. He is not seen again in the present (namely, 2378) until VOY: "Friendship One", in which he is killed.
- Braxton mentions that Janeway and Voyager are involved in three major temporal events. The first is clearly a reference to "Future's End" while the second is a more subtle reference to "Timeless". The third is never clearly explained but one can speculate that it refers to the events of either "Endgame", "Time and Again", the two-parter "Year of Hell" and "Year of Hell, Part II", or this episode itself.
- Braxton claims to remember being stranded in the 20th century in this episode, despite having claimed to Janeway at the conclusion of "Future's End" that he "never experienced that timeline."
- In "Caretaker", Janeway says she needs Tom Paris to help locate Maquis bases. However, in this episode, she says she wants him because of his piloting skills, even though he never flew the ship once in the Badlands. However, it's possible she intended to put him at the helm later in the mission.
- This episode features the fifth time Voyager is completely destroyed. "Relativity" also includes the eighth of many times Janeway "dies" in the series – on this occasion, when Braxton succeeds in destroying Voyager in 2375.
- According to the stardates, the 2375 portions of this episode take place at about the same time as DS9: "The Dogs of War", which was originally broadcast two weeks later.
- This is the first and only episode to feature the actual Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. The fleet yards were seen previously in a picture in TNG: "Parallels" and as a holographic simulation in TNG: "Booby Trap".
- The events of Star Trek: First Contact are used as an example for the Pogo paradox.
- In TNG: "Timescape" there are also localized time discrepancies as time running faster or slower in specific locations from inside a room to a vast region in space.
Reception and aftermath Edit
- Ultimately, Brannon Braga was extremely pleased with this installment. "'Relativity' is a time travel romp," he declared. "It's an incredibly fast-paced, mind-bending, fun, time travel story. [The identity of the bomber] will be a real shocker." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55)
- Nick Sagan was also satisfied with this outing, likewise finding it to be fun. He stated, "I don't think it's an episode that needs to be studied, per se, or ruminated upon, you just go with it like a rollercoaster ride." [2]
- The book Star Trek 101, by Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block, lists this episode as one of the "Ten Essential Episodes" from Star Trek: Voyager.
- Among the costumes and props seen in this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay was Jay Karnes' uniform. [3]
Video and DVD releases Edit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.12, 22 November 1999
- This is the final Voyager volume released by CIC Video. Paramount Home Entertainment released the remainder of the series following CIC's dissolution.
- As part of the VOY Season 5 DVD collection
Links and referencesEdit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
- Roxann Dawson as Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
- Robert Duncan McNeill as Ensign Tom Paris
- Ethan Phillips as Neelix
- Robert Picardo as The Doctor
- Tim Russ as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok
- Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
- Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim
Guest stars Edit
Co-star Edit
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Brian Donofrio as science division officer
- Andrew English as a security officer
- Sylvester Foster as Timothy Lang
- Erin Price as Renlay Sharr
- Tarik Ergin as Ayala
- Matthew Cannon Hanson as alien Relativity helmsman
- Nicole McAuley as photo double for Jeri Ryan
- Richard Sarstedt as William McKenzie
- Pablo Soriano as an operations division ensign
- Unknown performers as
Stand-ins Edit
- Brita Nowak – stand-in for Jeri Ryan
References Edit
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January 15, 2013
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – After three consecutive lopsided victories, the No. 8 nationally ranked Master's College Lady Mustangs faced what turned out to be their most formidable opponent to date. Entering into Tuesday's 4:00 PM matinee was a Concordia Eagle Women's basketball team whose exuberant second half effort seemed inconsistent with their overall record of 4-11 (2-1 GSAC).
By the end of the evening, the Lady Mustangs emerged victorious with a final score of 78-67, and a spotless record of 16-0. Tuesday's victory kept The Master's College undefeated in conference play, and tied for first place in the conference with No. 12 nationally ranked Westmont (12-3, 3-0 GSAC).
The evening began with the Lady Mustangs taking an early 4-0 lead off two Theresa Brown (Eugene, OR) jumpers. The Lady Mustangs later found themselves tied at 10-10 at the 16:56 mark. After trading the lead two more times with the Eagles, Lena Rivera (Allen TX) drove in a layup putting things at 21-19 with 9:58 left on the clock.
Two Theresa Brown free throws preceded a pair of Jacquelyn Marshall (San Clemente, CA) layups giving the Lady Mustangs a 26-19 advantage. In the final eight minutes of the first half, Marshall claimed eight points, followed by Kelly Burns (Yorba Linda, CA) with four more. Zoe Scott (Spokane, WA), Kimberly Iverson (San Marcos, CA), and Whitney Best (Snohomish, WA) chipped in two points each, bringing the score to a commanding 42-26.
At the end of the first half, the Lady Mustangs shot a spectacular 58% (19-33) from the field, while going 100% (4-4) behind the line. Marshall paced the Lady Mustangs with 10 points, while Brown led TMC's defensive efforts with four rebounds.
Marshall and Brown opened up the second half with four unanswered points. Scott followed with a trey and three free-throws, bringing the score to 52-33. That 19 point cushion soon slipped away from the Lady Mustangs, as Concordia's offense sparked an impressive comeback which eventually brought the Eagles within five points in the final eight minutes of play.
However, eight points by Best (six of which came behind the line), four points from Brown, three from Rivera, and a successful free throw from Scott concluded the evening 78-67, and successfully diverted the Lady Mustangs from facing their first loss of the season.
Marshall finished the evening with a team-high 14 points, going 5-9 from the field. Rivera chipped in 13 points, while Brown claimed 12 points and 14 rebounds, earning her third double-double of the season. Scott and Best followed the three other double-digit scorers with 12 points apiece.
The Lady Mustangs now look to extend their greatest season in program history as the squad travels to La Mirada to face Biola (9-9,0-3 GSAC) on Saturday, January 19th, in a 5:30 PM tip-off.

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Facing old team, Kaminska is unhittable
Pirates farmhand fans five over six innings in first start of '12
By Danny Wild / MLB.com | August 17, 2012 6:35 PM ET
The sinkerballing right-hander was surrounded by familiar faces when he took the mound in Bradenton in his first start in more than a year. Only those faces were under the caps of the Jupiter Hammerheads, his old team.
"I know a lot of those guys, I knew everybody in that lineup. I played with all those guys, they're all awesome dudes," Kaminska said. "But it's a business and I gotta go out and get those guys out whether they know me or not."
Kaminska put his friendships aside, holding Jupiter hitless for six innings for the win as Class A Advanced Bradenton shut down the Hammerheads, 4-1, at McKechnie Field.
Acquired from the Marlins on July 31 with Gaby Sanchez for Gorkys Hernandez and a 2013 Draft pick, Kaminska (1-0) struck out five in his first outing since being transitioned to a starter.
"The organization felt like I should be a starter, so I went with it," said Kaminska, whose last start came for Jupiter on July 23, 2011. "I felt like it was the right decision as well, I had some success with that. Working with [pitching coach Mike] Steele and the whole staff, they did a great job. I feel like I made some good adjustments and went out there and did what I wanted to do."
The gem -- Kaminska threw only 68 pitches before taking a seat -- is probably his best in a season that, by his own admission, has had its ups and downs. Miami's 25th-round pick in 2007 split the first half between Triple-A New Orleans and Double-A Jacksonville. But with a 5.11 ERA in 31 Southern League games, the Marlins included him in the deadline deal with Pittsburgh. He made three relief appearances with Double-A Altoona, but the Bucs wanted to move him back into a starting role and sent him to Bradenton to make the transition.
"I felt pretty good. I wasn't really sure how I'd feel after the fourth, but overall, I felt pretty good, considering," he said. "The last inning, I was a little more tired than I was earlier, but that's part of getting stretched out. You gotta go out and do it."
Kaminska was perfect in five of his six innings after issuing a one-out walk to rehabbing Marlins outfielder Emilio Bonifacio, who led the Majors in stolen bases for most of this season. Bonifacio, testing his own limits, ended up getting thrown out stealing to end the inning.
"I got ahead of him there, and the last two pitches of that at-bat I wanted to go back down and away. And I know he's fast, but that's my strength, getting ground balls and getting sinkers," Kaminska explained. "I walked him, and I've watched his games -- I wanted to make sure he didn't get a good read on me. It worked out."
Kaminska shut down his former team until exiting. Quinton Miller came on and allowed a run and a hit over the next two innings before Doug Salinas pitched the ninth for his eighth save.
Handing over the ball with a no-hitter in progress wasn't too difficult for Kaminska, though.
"I'm confident in these guys here, they've shown they have a good bullpen here," he said. "They have good arms in their system, they're all here for a reason."
As for his first start in a year, it couldn't have gone better. Relying on his sinker, he induced eight ground balls and did so on fewer than 70 pitches.
"That was the key, just attacking with that sinker, and I got a lot of ground balls. That's what I'm gonna do. And you want to be efficient," said Kaminska, who threw six hitless frames for Class A Greensboro on May 20, 2008.
"I didn't really notice [the no-hitter] until the fifth inning. I just wanted to go out and do the same thing I'd been doing."
As for this season, joining a new organization was a welcome move for Kaminska.
"I wasn't expecting anything to happen and then one night they called me a couple of hours before the deadline. It was a pretty cool feeling," he said. "It was definitely -- I told someone else, it was pretty shell-shocking. But I'm glad it happened. I've got to work and continue the road to the big legaues. That's what I'd like to do."
For now, the hitless outing is a good way to finish off what he called "a roller-coaster of a year."
"To finally work on something and have success with it, it's definitely huge," Kaminska said. "I have three pretty good pitches, threw them all for strikes and was able to get deep into the game. So that's a good sign."
Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com. 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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PHILADELPHIA - Penn returns all five starters from a team that earned the program's first-ever postseason victory and reached the semifinals of the Women's Basketball Invitational. The Quakers (0-0) look to build on that success when they open the 2013-14 on Saturday against St. Francis Brooklyn (0-0) at The Palestra. Tip off is at 2 p.m. The game can be seen on the Penn Sports Network.
Catching the Game
If you can't make it out to The Palestra, fans can watch the game on the Penn Sports Network as part of the Ivy League Digital Network. Live stats can be found at PennAthletics.com and live twitter updates (@PennWBB) are also available throughout the contest. A complete recap and box score can then be found at PennAthletics.com shortly after the conclusion of the game.
In the Series vs. St. Francis Brooklyn - Eighth Meeting
This will mark the sixth straight year these two teams have met and the eighth meeting overall. Penn has won each of the first seven meetings, but the last two meetings have been decided in dramatic fashion. In the 2011 season opener at The Palestra, Penn tied the game with 18.7 seconds left and won in overtime, while last year, the Quakers completed the largest comeback in program history when they overcame an 18-point second-half deficit and sunk the game-winner with 6.4 seconds to go. Penn is 3-0 all-time at home against St. Francis Brooklyn and head coach Mike McLaughlin is 4-0 against the Terriers.
About the Terriers
St. Francis Brooklyn finished the 2012-13 season with an 11-19 overall mark and a 8-10 record in the Northeast Conference. The Terriers secured the seventh seed in the conference tournament—the first time they were postseason bound in five years. This season, the Terriers were predicted to finish sixth in the Northeast Conference preseason coaches' poll. The Terriers' top returning scorer was a 2013 all-Northeast Conference third team selection, Sarah Benedetti (11.6 ppg). Junior guard Eilidh Simpson was the team's second-leading scorer at 9.4 points per contest. 2013 All-Northeast Conference Rookie Team selection Leah Fechko was the team's leading rebounder last season, pulling down 5.4 caroms a contest. In all, St. Francis Brooklyn returns all five starters from last season and a total of 13 letter-winners.
Ivy Record
Penn's run to the semifinals of the WBI put them at 31 games last season, breaking a school record and tying the Ivy League mark. The only other Ivy League team to play 31 games in a season was Dartmouth in 2007-08. The Big Green played 29 regular season games, an Ivy playoff and an NCAA Tournament game that year.
Second-Most Wins
In 2009-10, Penn won just two games—the fewest wins in program history. Just three seasons later, the Quakers posted the second-most wins in program history. In addition, Penn's nine non-league wins last year matched the school record set in 1999-00. The winning ways were also evident throughout league play where the Quakers won nine games for just the sixth time in school history.
More Records
- Alyssa Baron and Kara Bonenberger each started 31 games to break Anca Popvici's school record of 29 from 2007-08.
- Brianna Bradford's five threes in the first round against Howard set a program postseason record to top the four Mika Austin made against UCONN in the NCAA Tournament in 2004.
- The 2013 WBI was the fourth postseason appearance in program history and just the third since since the start of the Women's NCAA in 1981.
- Penn's win over Howard in the First Round marked the program's first-ever postseason victory.
- Penn's semifinal matchup at Detroit on March 27th marked the latest into March the Quakers have ever played.
Penn Trends
At least one freshman has been in the starting lineup for the Quakers in 83 of the last 87 games ... Penn was 15-2 when leading at the half last season and 3-11 when trailing ... The Quakers had fewer turnovers than their opponents in a remarkable 26 of 31 games last season (17-9 in those games) ... The Quakers outrebounded their opponent just 10 times last year, but were 10-0 in those games ... Penn has used the same starting lineup in 27 of the last 28 games (18-9) ... Alyssa Baron has started 87 consecutive games for the Quakers ... Three different Quakers scored more than 20 points in a game last season (Baron, Roche, Ray) and Kathleen Roche's 19 against Detroit were the most scored in a postseason game.
Magic Number: 60
The statistic that may most indicate a Penn win or loss? 60 points. Since head coach Mike McLaughlin took over at Penn, the Quakers are 28-8 (.777) when they score 60 points, including 10-3 last year. In comparison, the Quakers are just 16-63 (.203) when they've scored less than 60 points under Coach McLaughlin. The trend continues defensively. Over the last four seasons, the Red and Blue are 9-43 (.173) when allowing more than 60 points. But when holding opponents under that number, the Quakers hold a winning record of 35-28 (.556), including nine straight wins.
Senior Starters
After not starting a senior until Senior Night last season, coach McLaughlin's starting five will likely feauture two fourth-year players on a regular basis this season: first-team All-Ivy guard Alyssa Baron and a fully-healed Meghan McCullough.
Climbing the Record Books
Senior Alyssa Baron added another 12 points in the 2012-13 season finale and finished with 437 points last season. She is currently the fourth-highest scorer in program history with 1,373 for her career. This season, Baron will chase Kirsten Brendel (1,656 points) for third place and Jewel Clark (1,743) for second. Clark is also 10th all-time in scoring in Ivy history. Former Quaker Diana Caramanico holds the Ivy League scoring record at 2,415 points. Baron became the 19th Penn women's player to reach 1,000 career points on Nov. 30, 2012. She is the third-fastest Quaker to accomplish that milestone (60 games) and the first since Carrie Biemer topped the landmark in 2008. Only Penn's all-time leading scorer (man or woman), Caramanico (48 games) and Mandy West (52 games) were faster to 1,000 career points.
2013-14 Team Captains
All four seniors, Alyssa Baron, Kristen Kody, Meghan McCullough and Courtney Wilson will serve as captains this season. Baron is a reigning unanimous first-team All-Ivy performer and has led Penn in scoring in each of her first three seasons. Kody has appeared in 81 games and McCullough started the first 59 of her career before suffering a season-ending knee injury last season. Wilson finished second in the Ivy League in blocks last season which ranked as sixth-most all-time in a single season at Penn.
Penn Picked to Finish Third in Ivy League
Picked to finish third in the Ivy Preseason Media Poll, Penn also received a first-place vote, marking the first time since 2009 a school other than Princeton or Harvard earned a vote as the preseason favorite. The 98 points are 22 more than the Quakers received the previous year. Just three years ago, Penn was picked to finish last in the poll. Last season, Penn was picked to finish fourth in the Ivy League and finished in third place with a 9-5 Ivy League record—the program's best finish since 2003-04.
A Penn Win Would...
... be the third opening night win in the past four years.
... be the third in the last four games dating back to last season.
... be the third straight at home.
... mark the third win in the last four years in a season opener and home opener.
... be the eighth straight win over the Terriers.
A Penn Loss Would...
... be the first loss to St. Francis Brooklyn in program history.
... mark the second consecutive loss in a season opener.
... be less good than a win.
Last Time Out
You wouldn't expect the season to end any other way. Penn battled to the final buzzer. Unfortunately, a late rally and the game-tying three fell short as time expired. The second-seeded Quakers lost at top-seed Detroit, 71-68, in the WBI Semifinals at Calihan Hall. Penn battled back from a 14-point deficit in the final six minutes and a six-point deficit in the final 20 seconds, but a last second game-tying three hit the front of the rim and bounced away as time expired.
Up Next
Penn has a two-week break before they welcome one of the nation's premier teams to The Palestra, Notre Dame will visit the Cathedral of College Basketball for the first time on Nov. 23, Penn is 0-3 all-time against the Fighting Irish and all three were played in South Bend. Tip off with the ACC foe is set for 3 p.m.
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Franklin Regional fortunate in win over Hollidaysburg
Two of Franklin Regional's worst plays turned into the biggest swings in the Panthers' favor Friday night.
Dane Brown led No. 6 Franklin Regional with 150 total yards and two touchdowns, and the Panthers' defense recovered three fumbles to give Franklin Regional a 35-0 Greater Allegheny Conference win at home against Hollidaysburg.
The Panthers (6-1, 5-1) were holding a 7-0 lead and had Hollidaysburg (3-4, 3-3) pinned back on its 6-yard line with 1:54 left in the first half. On a third-and-11, Hollidaysburg quarterback Brian Urban broke a designed run down the left side past midfield.
Defensive back Chris Colucci chased him down at the 34-yard line and hacked the ball out of the Urban's hands, which allowed the Panthers to recover after a 60-yard run.
"One of the best linebackers I've ever had, Carter Henderson, made just about his only mistake. He read the play wrong, went the wrong way, and they hit it," Franklin Regional coach Greg Botta said. "Colucci gave a great effort. He made a big play to strip that ball. He did exactly what he needed to do to get the ball back and change the momentum."
Two plays later, Brown took a screen pass from quarterback Nico Lodovico for a 51-yard gain, which set up Lodovico for an 11-yard touchdown scramble with 12 seconds remaining before halftime.
On the Panthers' second play from scrimmage in the second half, Lodovico was hit as he threw a deep pass, and Urban intercepted the underthrow.
But on the next play, the Panthers turned another negative into a positive, as Urban fumbled in the backfield and Franklin Regional recovered.
"We've got to stop shooting ourselves in the foot," Hollidaysburg coach John Barton said.
"Offensively, that's been one of those things that we've got to shake, but in the same vein, when you've got a great team like Franklin Regional, they create some of those opportunities, too."
Franklin Regional kept control from there, with rushing touchdowns by Brown, Matt Yurko and Paul Emanuele on its next three drives.
"If we execute and do the things we need to do, we'll be successful," Botta said. "I think we got the message, and we played a lot better in the second half."
Matt Grubba is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-388-5830 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Chris Egner is a former writer for Crutchfield. She concentrated on point-and-shoot cameras and speakers while she worked here.
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Ralph Graves is one of Crutchfield's blog editors, and part of the company's social media team. He writes about home audio/video gear, specializing in Apple-related and wireless technologies. Ralph holds a master's degree in music composition, and his works have been released on various labels. He's served as product manager for an independent classical and world music label, produced several recordings, and worked extensively in public broadcasting. Since 1984 he's hosted a weekly classical music program on WTJU, and is also active as a blogger and podcaster.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
In this short video, Ralph and Chris discuss the top features of Bose's 191 speakers. They install in your wall or ceiling, and include a built-in enclosure.
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Chris: Hi, I'm Chris.
Ralph: And I'm Ralph. And we're here today in the Crutchfield studio to talk about the Bose® 191 in-wall and in-ceiling speakers.
Chris: These are a great choice to add background music all throughout your house, because they save space. I could totally see them in my house where it's smaller, and I don't want big, bulky speakers everywhere.
Ralph: That's true.
Chris: They mount flush against your wall or against your ceiling, so you can hardly see them.
Ralph: Yes, and Bose® provides both rectangular wall grilles and circular ceiling grilles, so you have a choice of mounting the same speaker either in a wall or in a ceiling. And of course, they're paintable.
Chris: Bose® designed these with angled drivers so that the sound is dispersed more evenly throughout your room. It doesn't just hit that one direct spot.
Ralph: Now, whenever you cut into a wall, usually there's a surprise.
Chris: You can get insulation, or there can be nothing. There can be a huge space, or small. And it can even be that way in the same room from wall to wall. You can have an outside wall different from an inside wall, which makes the sound different, speaker to speaker.
Ralph: Correct, because some in-wall speakers use that space as the speaker cabinet. So, two identical speakers could have a slightly different sound, even within the same room. Now Bose® solves that problem by building their speakers onto their own enclosures. So whether there's any insulation back here or not, or this is a particularly big area or small...
Chris: Right, the sound's consistent.
Ralph: Yes it is.
Chris: These are a great solution for a kitchen, a dining room, or a bedroom — anywhere you don't have a lot of space but you want to spread your music throughout your house.
Ralph: But you don't want speakers standing around on the floor.
Chris: Exactly. To learn more about the Bose® 191s, go to crutchfield.com/Bose191
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Free-roaming cats, both tame and feral, are largely responsible for the population of homeless cats in the United States. This is because only about 2% of free-roaming cats are spayed or neutered, compared to about 85% of pet cats. Population projections estimate 33 million kittens per year come from pet cats and 147 million come from free-roaming cats.[1] The kittens produced by free-roaming cats increase competition for animal shelter resources and for adoptive homes.
Estimates suggest there are nearly 200,000 feral cats living in Fairfax County alone![2] Given the large number of feral cats in the County, it would not be either practical or humane to attempt to eradicate them.[3] Instead, the Fairfax County Animal Shelter uses a proactive, community-based approach to controlling the population of feral cats in Fairfax County. Working with hundreds of feral cat colony caretakers, the Shelter provides free spay or neuter surgery and basic medical care to feral cats. Since 2008, over 3,000 feral cats have been spayed or neutered through the Shelter's Trap-Neuter-Return program.
What is a feral cat?
Feral cats are members of the domestic cat species, but they are not socialized (friendly) to humans. A feral cat is a cat who has either never had contact with humans, or whose contact with humans has diminished over time. Feral cats survive on their own outdoors, often living in groups called colonies, wherever they can find food and shelter. Feral cats cannot be adopted from animal shelters because they are fearful of people.
What is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)?
Colony caretakers and volunteers humanely trap feral cats and bring them to a clinic where they are spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies and distemper, checked over and given an 'ear tip.' The cats are then returned to their colony where they can live out their lives without adding to the homeless cat population. Feral cats that go through this program live healthier lives and are less prone to fighting, spraying, and other nuisance behaviors which are associated with breeding.
What is ear-tipping?
Ear-tipping is a widely accepted, practiced, and understood way of marking a feral cat that has been spayed or neutered. If you see a cat with the tip removed from one of its ears (usually the left ear), chances are it is part of a managed feral colony.
How does Trap-Neuter-Return benefit the community?
[1] Source: the Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project (http://www.feralcatproject.org/aboutthecats_whatis.aspx).
[2] Based on Fairfax County Economic and Demographic data (http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/gendemo.htm#pop) and the feral cat population estimate formula (The Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project: http://www.feralcatproject.org/aboutthecats_truths.aspx).
[3] Fairfax County Times, April 2010 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040702309.html).
Because feral cats are not adoptable, the most humane solution is to allow them to live out their lives outdoors without contributing further to the outdoorcat population. TNR stabilizes the feral cat population and over time, reduces it. It reduces or eliminates nuisance behaviors like spraying, noisemaking, and fighting. TNR also saves taxpayer dollars by reducing the number of kittens that come to the Shelter in need of socialization, medical care and, eventually, adoptive homes. The Shelter has seen a significant reduction in the number of kittens entering our facility and Foster Program since our TNR program was established in 2008.
What is a colony caretaker?
Colony caretakers (individuals or groups) manage the feral cat colony or colonies in a community. The caretaker provides food, water and shelter for the cats and humanely traps them so that they can be spayed or neutered and given medical care. The Fairfax County Animal Shelter gives donated food and supplies to caretakers who manage colonies.
How can I learn more about caring for feral cats, and how to become a colony caretaker?
- Learn everything you need to know about what to do when you see cats outdoors and how to manage your own colony by signing up for our FREE Helping Community Cats workshop. These classes are held monthly in two locations in the County. Visit the Shelter Calendar.
- Contact the Shelter to see if someone in your community is already trapping cats and can help you learn more about how you can help.
I am interested in helping to care for feral cats in my neighborhood, but I am on a fixed income and can't afford to spend much money. Do you provide financial assistance?
The Fairfax County Animal Shelter makes every effort to reduce the financial burden on colony caretakers and volunteers who help feral cats. Food assistance is available through the Shelter donation program. Traps are loaned for free, and spay and neuter and basic medical services are provided free of charge to program participants. This program, and all County Spay and Neuter services, are funded through the Animal Friendly license plate grant. Once the cats in your colony are spayed or neutered, it should be less expensive to feed them once the population stabilizes.
What is the difference between a feral cat and a stray cat?
Stray cats are socialized to people and can be adopted into homes, but feral cats are not socialized to people and are happy living outdoors. While a stray cat might be seen during daylight hours and may approach people, a feral cat is more often nocturnal and will typically flee when strangers approach. Stray cats can sometimes be reintroduced to homes, although they may require time to re-adjust after living outdoors away from people.
Can I bring feral cats to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter to be adopted?
Feral cats are not socialized to humans and cannot be adopted from the Shelter. An adult feral cat is fearful of people, usually cannot be touched even by a caretaker, and is not likely to become a lap cat or be happy living indoors. Humane euthanasia is the only option for feral cats in the Shelter. Because there are no licensing laws in Fairfax County and cats are legally allowed to be free-roaming, the Shelter will not accept feral cats for intake unless the cat is sick or injured.
Feral kittens can often be socialized at a young age and placed in adoptive homes, but this is an intensive process which consumes a lot of the Shelter's foster care resources. If you notice kittens living outdoors in your community, we ask that you attend one of the Shelter's Helping Community Cats workshops before attempting to trap kittens and bring them to the Shelter.
Can't feral cats be removed or relocated?
Feral cat colonies live in certain areas because of the presence of
resources such as a reliable food supply, access to water, and safe
shelter, whether these resources are provided by a colony caretaker
or whether they exist in the area naturally. Rounding up cats and
relocating them or bringing them to shelters does not solve the
problem. Instead, attempts at this type of eradication almost always
s to the 'vacuum effect,' whereby new cats come to the
newly vacated area in search of the food or other resources that
attracted the original cats. Relocating cats is time-consuming, there
is no guarantee that the cats will remain in the new location, and
new locations are very difficult to find. TNR prevents the vacuum
effect by enabling an existing colony to continue living in its
established territory - which the colony will defend from other cats
- without reproducing. In this way, the feral cat population is
gradually reduced over time.
How do I obtain traps?
If you are part of the Fairfax County Animal Shelter's TNR program, you can borrow traps from the Shelter at no cost. To learn more about the Fairfax County TNR program or to become a colony caretaker, contact email@example.com.
Where can I learn more about helping feral cats?
Most of the information on this page comes from Alley Cat Allies, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and humane treatment of cats. Visit the Alley Cat Allies website to read more about TNR and caring for feral cats in your community: Alley Cat Allies.
Links to Other Resources
- Read more about feral cats on the Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project website
- Find low-cost spay/neuter services at the Potomac Spay/Neuter Clinic in Manassas, VA
- Trap, Neuter, Return Program Decreases Homeless Feral Cat Population


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Thunder smash!
Buy my wife's sea catchers
Oh Mighty Wing
And I'm not last!
I'm first in my division and gender.
And I'm kicking bDub's @$$. (He probably won't even respond.)
Hey alright! I came in above two people who don't post their logs. Woohoo for me. And stuff.
YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Ok and seriously you come in before TONS of people in my book!!!
bdub prefers to let The Monkey sort these things out. And talk about himself in the 3rd person, apparently.
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You keep a book on people who run less than 217.2 miles in a year?
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Conclusion: we need to get lives.
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Walking the Tigers Path Reviews
A moving personal story, an exciting war story, and a difficult spiritual journey, Walking the Tiger's Path offers elements of all three. For anyone looking to learn how the Buddhist path can be a useful and productive component of contemporary life, I recommend experiencing SSgt Kendel's story."
--Ven. Wayne Hughes, Engaged Dharma
Read the full review here
Buddhism is well known for its emphasis on non-violence. Less known, but as important for our modern age, is its wisdom on how to meet and transform the poison of violence, no matter how egregious. Paul Kendel discovered these teachings, not in a classroom or as bedside reading, but on the battlefield of Iraq in 2005 where he put them into action with jaw-dropping gentleness, intelligence, and courage.
Whether you're about to deploy to a foreign country or are simply searching for real tools to deal with the fear, anger, and violence within and around you, this book provides a vivid and courageous guide to changing your world.
—Susan Piver, Author
The Wisdom of a Broken Heart
Kendel's story is beyond unique. How can one "kill and pray" and maintain one's own sanity and humanity. War is not glorious, rewarding or any other upbeat metaphor, war is truly "Hell."
Rarely do civilians have an opportunity to see the true nature of war. Not the five o'clock version, but the reality. Take the time and read his story and you will understand a number of things, but PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), is my focus.
A Chef's Cauldron! Place anyone in an unfamiliar environment throw in a dash of uncertainty, fear, and enormous stress, a pinch of unknown good and bad guys that are armed, and you have a real live stew of danger. This danger is both physical and mental. Society seems to feel a soldier can return from war and simply turn that "engine" off. He/she is not a car or television. Watching the evening news does not make you a combat veteran.
That he was able to maintain some compassion amid this quagmire speaks well of his inner self. Is Kendel a hero? Perhaps not in the sense one might identify with an Audie Murphy, but heroic to be sure in how he came to deal with all that was going on within and around him.
A soldier with conviction amid the brutality of war is worth the read. Walking the Tiger's Path is such a story.
—Jim Greenwald, Lead Reviewer
Military Writers Society of America (MWSA)
Lawrence King interviews Paul and reviews Walking the Tiger's Path. Read the review below:
Walking the Tiger's Path: A Soldier's Spiritual Journey in Iraq puts you on the ground with National Guardsman Paul M. Kendel as he faces roadside bombs, ambush, and potential suicide bombers while patrolling the "Triangle of Death" outside Baghdad in 2005. Already familiar with the Middle East through travel and study, he's acutely aware of the local people and culture around him—in a way that many American soldiers are not. As his friends start dying and the other soldiers grow embittered toward the Iraqis, he struggles to maintain his humanity and sense of compassion with his finger on the trigger.
Impulsively sending an email to the Shambhala Buddhist community, he makes a connection with an instructor, Margot Neuman, and they begin a correspondence that provides him with advice and spiritual teachings. Literally Sgt. Kendel discovers and contemplates spiritual teachings with a gun in his hands, as he makes his way through the blood-soaked, cratered landscape of a war zone. When he returns to America, he finds that his "ordinary" life is not immune to death and suffering either, affirming the principles he's been learning and the need for compassion. In the end, he comes to a heartening place of peace and clarity.
An unusual story, Walking the Tiger's Path combines a compelling, quick-reading, gritty military narrative with a voyage of spiritual discovery centered on principles of eastern religion. There are few, if any, stories like it in modern Buddhist literature. At the same time, it fits into the realm of classic war memoir, replete with the details of battle and the modern soldier's life, told in a voice by turns humane, humorous, sarcastic, and thoughtful. The most natural audiences for his book, therefore, would be anyone interested in spirituality and eastern religion, as well as those interested in war stories and American military history in Iraq.
Sgt. Kendel spent three years in the Army and twenty in the National Guard. He has two master's degrees, in anthropology and in middle-eastern history, and currently teaches high school in Jacksonville, Florida.
Listen to Paul's interview with Lawrence King on his Talk Show at Artist First Radio Network here.


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The scary truth about Germany's Cup win
MICHAEL LYNCH That Germany deserved to win the World Cup - albeit narrowly, with a sensational extra time winner - cannot really be argued against.
Goal unbelievable, says Goetze
Match-winner Mario Goetze says he felt "unbelievable" after the extra-time goal that gave Germany victory.
Messi goes home empty-handed
Substitute's goal secures Cup
Separating sheep from Goetze
Michael Lynch's World Cup XI
Russian prankster streaks
Scolari resigns as Brazil manager
The most incredulous moment
Sabella rues missed chances
Fred says he's finished with Brazil
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A Golden Ball but no golden finish
SEBASTIAN HASSETT Lionel Messi's final may be remembered for its close shaves.
Germany win the World Cup
An extra time goal from Mario Goetze secured the World Cup for Germany.
Ten things World Cup taught us
MICHAEL LYNCH First of all, it is the people and the host community that make the tournament.
Goetze revels in Germany World Cup winner
World Cup final match-winner Mario Goetze says he felt "unbelievable" after scoring the extra-time goal that gave Germany a 1-0 win over Argentina.
Five moments where the final was won
Germany won the World Cup for the fourth time with a 1-0 win over Argentina thanks to Mario Goetze's extra time goal at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.
World Cup flops XI: nightmare in Brazil
This is the World Cup flop XI. A team of the players who had a nightmare tournament in Brazil.
Police disperse protesters with tear gas
Police in Rio de Janeiro used tear gas to disperse a small group of protesters who tried to push past a blockade before the World Cup final on Sunday, a spokeswoman said.
The World Cup's 10 most memorable goals
MICHAEL LYNCH Tim Cahill's goal against the Netherlands was special, but there was one goal that was better than that from the Socceroos star.
Where did they come from? Breakout stars
MICHAEL LYNCH These are the players who came from nowhere to light up the World Cup and enhance their status in the game.
Video 2014 World Cup video channel
'We are the world champions... waaaagh!!!'
Germany fans packed out Melbourne's Hofbrauhaus for the World Cup final against Argentina and they couldn't be happier with the result. (02:23)
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World Cup 2014: The complete interactive guide
The stats, the stars, the songs and more.
World cup stadiums
Interactive map of World Cup arenas in Brazil
Youngsters ready to shine at World Cup
They are the young players you might not have heard of who could become big stars at the World Cup in Brazil.
Fashion experts mixed on World Cup shirts
The World Cup team strips will provide a carnival of colour and fashion, from Brazil's bright yellow shirts to the Netherlands' classic orange.
Baby pandas to predict scores
A crack team of baby pandas in China will be used to predict scores at the World Cup in Brazil, according to reports, in a home-grown answer to former soccer soothsayer Paul the Octopus.
Colours of Brazil
With the FIFA World Cup 2014 only days away Rio de Janeiro turns on the colour.
Moriarty: From Borroloola to Brazil
GREG BAUM John Moriarty has brought young proteges from to expand their horizons and help to expand the horizons of others.
History of the World Cup from 1930-1950
The first of a five-part history of the World Cup, starting with Uruguay in 1930.
History of the World Cup from 1954-1966
Who can forget England's triumph against West Germany at Wembley in 1966?
National squad lists for Brazil 2014
Find out which players have made the cut in the country-by-country squad lists for all 32 teams in World Cup 2014.
History of the World Cup from 1970-1982
The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup to be televised live in colour to a global audience.
Digital eye on the ball: how to enjoy the action
MAHESH SHARMA Where to stream, watch, recap, interact with and enjoy the FIFA World Cup 2014.


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A RENOVATED Federation house in Middle Park fetched $4.4 million at auction yesterday after languishing for months on the market for sale privately.
The auction of 64 Armstrong Street attracted a large crowd and two bidders. The winning bidder is believed to be thoroughbred fancier and tuna tycoon Tony Santic, who won the Melbourne Cup three times with Makybe Diva. Cayzer director Michael Szulc would not comment when asked about the auction and Mr and Mrs Santic did not respond to attempts to contact them.
It was a strong result for the fully renovated five-bedroom house, which was rumoured to have sold for $4.25 million six weeks ago in an off-market deal that collapsed.
Middle Park has turned in some strong private sales recently with 226 Danks Street selling for about $7 million and 30 St Vincent Place fetching about $6.5 million.
The auction clearance rate held steady at 60 per cent on Sunday, according to data collected by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, from the results of 853 auction. A further 86 results are yet to be counted.
Buyer advocate David Morrell said vendors were more motivated than buyers but that did not turn into definite sales. Of the 316 properties that did not sell, 201 were passed in on a vendor's bid.
Houses performed better than units and apartments with clearance rates, respectively, of 64 per cent and 54 per cent.
Agents are reporting increased enthusiasm from vendors wanting to sell before Christmas or early in February, spurred on by the prospect of an interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank this week or early next year.
Hocking Stuart director Will Walton, who sold 18 Cromwell Crescent, South Yarra, for $1.775 million on Saturday, said more and more buyers were jumping in to the the market because of interest rate drops.
''That's why people haven't been reluctant to auction in December. We expect to get some listings on Monday for properties that may go to auction on December 22 or February 16 - that's unusually late and unusually early,'' Mr Walton said.
In the west, Jas H. Stephens director Craig Stephens said December was shaping up to be very busy for his office. ''We've come off a very good November, one of the best we've had in seven years. What's happened is interest rate movement,'' Mr Stephens said.
The new Jellis Craig Kensington office, headed by John Morello, sold a converted church at 1 Hudson Street in Moonee Ponds for $2.4 million.
Jellis Craig director Alastair Craig said agents would hold twilight auctions this December in a bid to get through the remaining sales. ''We are booking quite well for February, but I'd like to see more people committing to it,'' Mr Craig said.


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Camp Hoskins includes 3 dormitory buildings and a dining hall with full commercial-grade kitchen. These buildings were built during World War II and served and enlisted troop barracks at Fort Flagler. Today they are part of the Fort Flagler State Park Retreat Center.
Fort Flagler was established on the north end of Marrowstone Island in 1897. Along with Forts Casey and Worden, Fort Flagler helped defend Admiralty Inlet, the vital passage to the Bremerton Naval Shipyard and ports in Seattle & Tacoma. Today Fort Flagler State Park maintains the same borders as the original fort, with hiking trails, beaches, camping, museum, 5 vacation houses, retreat center and 10 historic gun batteries open for public exploration.


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Conservatives rail against MSNBC's Olbermann for reporting election irregularities
Research ››› ››› JEREMY CLUCHEY
Media conservatives have labeled MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann a "voice of paranoia" and accused him of perpetuating "idiotic conspiracy theories" for his sustained spotlight on the numerous local news reports of voting irregularities during the November 2 presidential election. Olbermann's emphasis during Countdown with Keith Olbermann on voting irregularities has been part of a critique of what he has called the "Rube Goldberg voting process of ours" -- as well as a criticism of the major media outlets' failure to report on the irregularities.
In her November 11 nationally syndicated column, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter falsely asserted that Olbermann has been "peddling the theory that Bush stole the election" and referred to "Olbermann's idiotic conspiracy theory." A November 14 column by associate editor Bill Steigerwald in the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (owned by right-wing financier Richard Mellon Scaife) claimed Olbermann "really made a Dan Rather of himself" by focusing a segment of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann on allegations of voter fraud. And in his November 10 "Inside Politics" column, Washington Times columnist Greg Pierce quoted the conservative Media Research Center's analysis of Olbermann's coverage:
"With 'Did Your Vote Count? The Plot Thickens' as his on-screen header, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Monday night led his 'Countdown' program with more than 15 straight minutes of paranoid and meaningless claims about voting irregularities in states won by President Bush," the Media Research Center reports at www.mediaresearch.org.
But Olbermann has not suggested that the election was stolen. Discussing the possible causes of the bevy of reported voting irregularities from around the country, Olbermann offered this analysis on the November 10 edition of Countdown:
There are really only three possible explanations for all of this. The first is hoped for virtually unanimously by supporters of every candidate and every party -- namely, that all those elected last Tuesday got in because that's the way the people voted. The second is that some of them got in through manipulation of a series of insufficiently sophisticated, insufficiently secure computer voting machines that might be hacked into by the nearest 9-year-old. But the third possibility is actually more heart-stopping still, one that threatens the democracy in the way 100 terrorist rings could not -- that the president or the District 90 dog catcher or other Republicans or other Democrats were elected because a series of insufficiently sophisticated, insufficiently secure computer voting machines was affected by bad design, bad use, damp ballots, power surges, and/or static cling.
Olbermann's commitment to addressing voting irregularities has been coupled with commentary on the lack of media coverage they have received, which Media Matters for America has also noted. "Even assuming there's nothing nefarious about the national election," Olbermann asked Newsweek senior editor and columnist Jonathan Alter, "why has the cascade of irregularities around this country occurred virtually in a news blackout?" Alter responded by saying that "I'm not justifying this, but by way of explanation, I think it is that there's no sense that, with a three-and-a-half-million vote difference [between President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry], that this would affect the outcome, even if there were widespread irregularities found." On the November 11 edition of Countdown, Congressional Quarterly columnist and MSNBC political analyst Craig Crawford offered another perspective: "The glib answer, which is part of the truth, is I think everybody was tired after that election. ... [W]e're often wimps in the media. And we wait for other people to make charges, one political party or another, and then we investigate it."
In a November 14 entry on his MSNBC.com weblog, Olbermann responded to the attacks on him by citing the gradual increase in attention the voting irregularities issue is receiving among the mainstream press:
On Friday, [NBC News correspondent] David Shuster, who has already done some excellent research at Hardblogger [the MSNBC.com weblog associated with MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews], did a piece on the mess for Hardball, and Chris followed up with a discussion with Joe Trippi and Susan Molinari. There was a cogent, reasoned, unexcited piece about the mechanics of possible tampering and/or machine failure on CNN's "Next" yesterday, and Saturday alone there were serious news pieces in the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Los Angeles Times, Salt Lake Tribune, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. NPR did a segment of its "On The Media" on the topic (with said blogger as the guest).
And today the New York Times continues its series of "Making Vote Counts" editorials with a pretty solid stance on the necessity of journalistic and governmental proof that the elections weren't tampered with. ... I suspect the coverage is going to go through the roof as the news spreads that [presidential candidate Ralph] Nader has gotten his recount in New Hampshire, and that the Greens and Libertarians are actually going to get their Ohio recount. When reporters discover what Jonathan Turley pointed out to us on Tuesday's show, namely that 70% of Ohio's votes were done with punch cards and as Florida proved in 2000, in court, a lot of those punch cards -- as Jon put it -- "turn over," I suspect there will be long-form television on the process.
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Exercises are a very important part of
treatment for a
rotator cuff disorder. If pain, weakness, and
stiffness in your shoulder are related to problems with your rotator cuff, a
doctor will usually first recommend nonsurgical treatment.
Exercises, combined with periods of rest, ice, and heat and taking nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), resolve most rotator cuff
problems. If the pain in or function of your shoulder does not improve with
these methods, surgery or other treatment may be considered.
need to avoid certain motions and everyday activities that make your problems
worse, such as reaching into the backseat of your car or stretches that pull
your arms toward your back. Be careful when you begin your exercises. Slow down
or stop the activity if needed.
Exercises also play a role when
your rotator cuff is treated surgically. You will work with your doctor and physical therapist to plan an exercise program that helps you
regain as much strength and flexibility in your
shoulder as possible.
Exercises that help rotator cuff disorders include:
Be sure to talk with your doctor or
physical therapist before you start any exercises for
rotator cuff disorders. After the exercises listed below are approved, your
results will depend on your commitment to using the correct technique and doing
the exercises as often and for as long as your doctor recommends.
But do not continue exercises that cause pain. Talk to your doctor
to see if you are doing the exercises properly. If you are doing them correctly
and yet are having pain, you may need modified exercises or other
If my symptoms improve with exercise, it is okay to do
them less frequently.
It is important that you continue your
exercises as long as your doctor recommends. Stopping exercises or
not doing them as frequently as recommended may delay your progress. Not doing
exercises as prescribed can also make it more difficult for your doctor to diagnose your problem.
I should not do an exercise that is
Some mild discomfort is not unusual when you
start new exercises, but your exercises should not hurt. If any exercise causes
pain, talk to your doctor. You may be doing the exercise
incorrectly, or it may need to be modified. Pain may also mean that your
condition needs other treatment.
Continue to Why?
Exercises can help relieve shoulder pain related to rotator cuff
disorders. Stretching and strengthening exercises can help you properly use
your shoulder to minimize further damage. Exercises can also improve strength
and flexibility of related muscles and tendons.
Most rotator cuff
disorders are resolved with exercises that are combined with other home
treatment methods, such as rest, ice, heat, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs. If exercise and other home treatment methods do not sufficiently relieve
painful symptoms or improve strength and range of motion, your rotator cuff may
have a complete tear that needs surgery, or you may have another condition.
Exercises can help me use my shoulder properly,
relieve pain, build strength, and improve flexibility related to my rotator
Exercises are part of a complete nonsurgical
treatment program that can help relieve pain in most people and restore enough
function of their shoulder to avoid surgery.
Continue to How?
you start these exercises, talk with your doctor or physical therapist. It is
important to be consistent and do the exercises every day.
But stop exercising
and call your health professional if you are not sure you are doing them
correctly or if you have any pain. Any discomfort you feel during exercise should not last more than 2 hours after you finish. And pain should not wake you up at night.
Clicking and popping during
exercise are not necessarily cause for concern. But a grinding sensation may
point to another problem.
If your shoulder is sore after you
exercise, ice it.
If you have had surgery to repair a rotator cuff tear, you
will not usually begin any active exercises until at least 3 to 6 weeks after
surgery. Active exercise might be allowed right away after surgery for tendinitis. Be sure to follow your surgeon's advice on when exactly these
exercises are appropriate. Also, most people wear an immobilizing
sling or shoulder brace after surgery. You will need to ask your doctor about getting
help taking it off before you exercise and replacing it at the end
of the session. A friend, family member, or physical therapist may be able to
help you if your doctor approves.
You should master the
stretching exercises and be able to put your shoulder through its full range of
motion before you begin strengthening routines. Do the stretching exercises 5
to 10 times a day.
The list below links to specific stretching exercises
with pictures and instructions.
Start strengthening
exercises only after you have your doctor's approval. Usually
these exercises are started gradually as soon as you can do the stretching
routine without pain. But these and other similar exercises usually should not
be done until at least 6 to 8 weeks after surgery.
For any of the following exercises where your arms start
at or stretch from your sides, the motion should be on a diagonal about 30
degrees to the front of where your arms would make a T when raised 90
degrees to the side.
The list below links to specific strengthening exercises
with pictures and instructions.
The shoulder
blade (scapula) is one of the main bones of the shoulder joint. It stabilizes
the shoulder from the back side. If the scapula doesn't move well, it puts a
lot of pressure on the rotator cuff and related muscles, which can cause
strain. Also, if the scapula is not moving properly, there is an
increased risk of impingement in the subacromial space.
exercises can help you keep or improve strength around the shoulder blade to
help with rotator cuff function.
The list below links to specific
scapular strengthening exercises with pictures and instructions.
I should start with the strengthening exercises and
follow with the stretching exercises.
You must first regain your flexibility and be
able to do the stretching exercises without pain. When you are comfortable with
all of the stretches, you can advance to the strengthening exercises.
If I have pain while I exercise, I need to call my
Although some pain may be normal, you need to
check in with your doctor to see if you need further
Continue to Where?
For more information about exercises for rotator cuff
problems, talk to:
For more information on shoulder pain and rotator cuff
disorders, see:
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2 Bedroom Condo - Fireworks View at Blue Heron Resort
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Breathtaking views of the Disney fireworks,Lake Bryan and the surrounding area will greet guests vacationing at the Blue Heron Resort. Enjoy luxurious vacation living and superb resort amenities just a mile away from Walt Disney World. There are plenty of family-friendly activities close-by, with popular shopping malls, restaurants, and fun local attractions. Universal Studios and SeaWorld are an easy drive from the resort.
Comfortable accommodations await yourfamilily in our 2 bedroom condos at the Blue Heron Resort. The master bedroom is outfitted with a king sized bed, 17" TV with DVD player, and an attached master bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub and shower. There is a private balcony off of the master bedroom, perfect for a relaxing breakfast with tea or coffee to jump-start the day. A second bedroom comes complete with a set of twin beds and a 17" TV. Bunk beds nestled in the hallway and a queen sleeper sofa in the living room is provided for the rest of the family.
Research delicious meals ahead of your vacation to cook in your private, fully-equipped kitchen. We'll provide all pots and pans, dishes, glassware, and eating utensils. A large living room TV with DVD player provides the perfect setting for a family movie night. You'll be able to keep in contact with friends and family not vacationing with you with available internet through an ethernet connection. Guests who wish to use the internet must bring an ethernet cord to connect to the internet. The clothes washer and clothes dryer are provided as a convenience.
The pictures shown above represent a typical 2 bedroom fireworks view condo at the Blue Heron Resort. Guests may or may not realize the same furniture and decorations shown in the pictures on our website. Please be aware that there may be some differences in the decorations of the particular condo you make reservations for.
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2 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
1,078 Square Feet
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DiningGlass Top Table
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© Crochet Garden 2009
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This is one sock trim and applique of a pattern set consisting of 10 trims and 10 appliques.
Includes: 10 sock trim patterns and 10 applique patterns
Sizes: any size sock with ribbing on cuff
Skill Level: Easy-Intermediate
Materials: Size 10 thread


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The impoundment of the waters of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River in 1969 provided Kentucky with one of its best fishing lakes. Near the states of Virginia and West Virginia, the deep, long, narrow Fishtrap Lake is known for some of the finest fishing in the commonwealth. The highest dam (195 feet) in Kentucky contains the waters of the lake.
Fishtrap Lake is located in Pike County, seven miles south of the county seat of Pikeville. The natural beauty of eastern Kentucky enhances the lake as a popular destination for tourists. Built for flood control along Levisa Fork by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lake can hold as much as 54 billion gallons of water. Extending 16.5 miles in length, Fishtrap Lake covers 1,131 acres and is 84 feet deep. Construction of the dam began in February 1962. President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated the project on October 26, 1968. Workers moved five million cubic yards of earth and rock to construct the dam.
The Pike County area is also filled with Kentucky history. The name of the lake came from pioneers who observed the unique fish traps made by the American Indians. Archeologists discovered 33 prehistoric American Indian sites in the Fishtrap area. They found 65,000 artifacts at the Slone site at Woodside. Pike County is also known for being the site of the infamous Hatfield-McCoy Feud. The struggle between these two families lasted for decades and made headlines in national newspapers. Although not the bloodiest or longest lasting feud, the Hatfield-McCoy conflict remains the epitome of the romantic mountain feuds of the late nineteenth century. The physical facilities of the park are under the auspices of the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Risk Stratification and Benefits With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) (BENEFIT)
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|Heart Failure Ventricular Arrhythmias
|Device: CRT device implant
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Risk Stratification and Benefits With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Change in 6-minute hall walk distance between baseline and subsequent follow-up [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Composite endpoint a. 6-minute hall walk distance b. NYHA Classification c. Quality of Life (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure, DASS, SF-36) [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- The occurrence of either death (all-cause) or first HF hospitalization. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Change in echocardiographic variables including: a. Ejection Fraction b. Wall motion score c. Increase in TD velocity d. Yu index [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Cause-specific mortality [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
|Study Start Date:
|February 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|CRT device-recipients
Device: CRT device implant
CRT device-recipients
Detailed Description:
The purpose of the study is two-fold. First, to determine if an algorithm can be developed based on pre-implant clinical variables to predict response to CRT-D therapy. Second, the study aims to determine in patients implanted with CRT-D if the combined use of cTnT and BNP can further predict and risk-stratify HF improvement and all-cause mortality. Additionally, novel biochemical markers defining cardiac mortality in high risk patients detected by plasma proteomic analysis in the CRT-D patients will be evaluated.
This study represents a combination of previous CRT studies that evaluated these variables independently. Data from this study will be pooled with data from previous studies to build a more complete picture of CRT therapy.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meets current clinical indications for CRT-D therapy
- Patient is 18 years old or older
- Ability to independently comprehend and complete all QOL questionnaires
- Patient has the ability to perform the 6-minute Hall Walk Test (6-MHW) with the only limiting factor being fatigue or shortness-of-breath
- Ability to provide informed consent for a study and be willing and able to comply with the prescribed follow-up
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to successfully implant an intravascular lead and CRT-D device. (i.e. exclude epicardial leads) within 30 days of initial procedure.
- Myocardial infarction in the last 3 weeks
- Unstable angina in the last 3 weeks
- Status 1 classification for cardiac transplantation
- Currently participating in a clinical trial that includes an active treatment arm
- Life expectancy of less than 12 months.
- Recent (within 1 week) administration of Nesiritide™ or inotropes
- Patients in whom revascularization is expected
- Patient is pregnant
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00996086
|United States, New York
|Touro College
|New York, New York, United States, 10010
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Veterans' Adminstration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15240
|Principal Investigator:
|Alan Kadish, M.D.
|Northwestern University
|Principal Investigator:
|Alaa Shalaby, M.D.
|VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
|Responsible Party:
|St. Jude Medical
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00996086 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 14, 2009
|Last Updated:
|July 17, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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