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Tadao Ando: Regeneration - Surroundings and Architecture
Tokyo Station Gallery
Tokyo, Japan
On view: April 05, 2003 - May 25, 2003
I begin my architectural studies, pursuing discoveries, seeking the answers to questions, and engaging in ongoing, abstract dialogues with the histories, cultures, and societies of various places./Tadao Ando, excerpt from an interview in Brutus casa (Sept. 2002)
The exhibition at the Tokyo Station Gallery shows Tadao Ando's recent work in the form of models, drawings, photographic panels, and video images and also foresees his future visions.
Tadao Ando's designs attempt to uncover the "memory of the location" by maintaining an awareness of the new relationships that architecture can create among the city, history, and society.
Tadao Ando's cylindrical, one-story "Space for Contemplation" in the UNESCO compound, is paved with granite slabs from Hiroshima that were irradiated during the explosion of the H-bomb in August, 1945.
Rebuilding Plan for the Dojunkai Aoyama Apartments (in the
planning stage)
The Dojunkai Aoyama Apartments in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward were built in 1927, after the Great Kanto Earthquake, as Japan's first ferro concrete multifamily housing. They are valued not only for their historical worth but also as an essential presence for maintaining the "urban memory" of Tokyo.
The rebuilding plans emphasize continuation of that memory above all. Goals of the plan include making maximum use of underground space so that half the volume of the building is below ground and keeping the building no taller than the height of the zelkova trees lining the avenue.
This museum is located on a 3.2 hectar site on the Ile Segan in the middle of the Seine River in the south western suburbs of Paris, France.
With a wonderful location surrounded by the Seine on both sides, the land has a history of involvement in the life of Paris as the cradle of French industry and as the heartland of the labor movement since before World War II.
/Excerpt from an interview in Brutus casa (Sept. 2002)
For the Fondation d'Art Contemporain Franois Pinault, project I studied the history of the transformation of Paris since the nineteenth century, and considered the construction of the Eiffel Tower and the consequent raising of the curtain on the age of iron.
I also reviewed the development of the "Grands Projets" along the Seine, reflecting on the significance of the river, and analyzing current social conditions. In this way, I make myself aware of every issue I can think of around the problem at hand.
As a prayer that the souls of the people who lost their lives may find eternal rest and that this kind of incident might never happen again, Ando took the bold step of proposing to build nothing on the site except a mound of earth like an ancient Japanese burial mound. Its meaning would be "the Earth as one community," and its shape and dimensions would take as their motif the spherical shape of the Earth.
The International Library of Children's Literature is located in the Ueno Park, Tokyo.
The main building, designated as a historic building by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, was constructed in 1906 and expanded in 1929.
The reinforced concrete and glass extension by Tadao Ando adds approximately 5,433 square meters to the historic brick building.
The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in the city of Kobe opened in 2001. The sea-facing concrete, stone and glass building, located in Kobe's newly developed waterfront area, is a symbol of recovery in a city which was devastated by the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.
Ando is a leader in the Hyogo Green Network, a project to plant trees around reconstructed houses in areas hit by the earthquake. Ando and other members of the network have already planted more than 300,000 trees.
While I create buildings, I dream the day will come when children gather and read books under huge magnolia trees, I sometimes feel planting trees is my most important task./IHT/Asahi
Also included in the exhibition
The Tokyo Station Gallery is located in the red-brick Tokyo Station building designed by early-twentieth-century Japanese architect Kingo Tatsuno (1854-1919). The Gallery, which maintain the original red-brick walls, was established in 1988 on the principle of elevating the Station from the status of a mere transport hub to a center offering a glimpse into the cultures of both Japan and the world.
After Tokyo the exhibition will travel to Kobe, and Sang-Hi, China.
For me, making architecture is the same as thinking./Excerpt from Tadao Ando's acceptance of the 1995 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Last updated: December 19, 2013
See also
International Library of Children's Literature
Tokyo, Japan
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals Zodiac Heads
Los Angeles, California, USA
Alturas de Macchu Picchu
Montréal, Canada
Santiago Calatrava: The Architect's Studio
Seattle, Washington, USA
Santiago Calatrava: World Architecture
Copenhagen, Denmark
Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture
Los Angeles, California, USA


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SINCE Daisy the Cow first graced Kiama's main street, she has been a cultural mainstay, but now one of Kiama's councillors wants her to be the mascot for the region's dairy industry.
Councillor Dennis Seage put forward a question without notice to the business meeting last week, asking for Daisy to be part of an educational program, encouraging residents to buy branded milk.
He heard supermarkets were stocking Victorian milk and thought the council should be using every resource to support its industries.
"A, she's a dairy cow, and B, she's a little tourist icon and she's really good at building cultural awareness. It would make sense to involve Daisy, and I'm sure she'd agree."
He said he wanted to involve community groups and schools in the final design if the council were to support the proposal.
Councillor Andrew Sloan also put forward a question to ask Woolworths why two-litre bottles of Dairy Farmers Original Milk were no longer available at the Kiama store. Jamberoo dairy farmers supply to the brand and had their excess milk price slashed in July.
"They stock the one-litre bottles because there's demand from the elderly buyers, but I'm a father of three young kids and we go through a lot of milk," Cr Sloan said.
He questioned whether Woolworths had intentionally priced Dairy Farmers out of the market because he had seen the brand priced cheaper at corner shops.
A Woolworths spokeswoman did not respond to questions on competitive pricing, but said the two-litre range had been pulled from the store for more than a year.
"Woolworths always looks to support local suppliers," she said.
"In the Kiama store we made the decision to range a local branded milk, South Coast Milk, which is sourced from [Shoalhaven] dairy farmers as opposed to a national brand.
"Woolworths is committed to supporting the dairy industry by working with suppliers on a long-term sustainability basis."
A report will be made on both matters.

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South Australian government removes creation ban, according to the Policies of the Non Government Schools Registration Board applicable to the registration and review of Nongovernment schools 2010/2011. Last year we reported the South Australian government had put the following statement in their 2009/2010 policy guidelines for science teaching in non-government schools: "The board requires the teaching of Science as an empirical discipline, focussing on inquiry, hypothesis, investigation, experimentation, observation and evidential analysis. The Board does not accept as satisfactory a science curriculum in a non-Government school which is based on, espouses or reflects the literal interpretation of a religious text in its treatment of creationism or intelligent design."
This statement meant that Christian (and Jewish and Muslim) schools were banned from teaching, or even allowing students to research, evidence for creation, Noah's Flood and the Tower of Babel. Since then a new set of policy guidelines has been published for 2010/2011. In the section on science teaching the sentence beginning "The Board does not accept ..." has been removed. This leaves the guidelines for teaching science simply as: "The board requires the teaching of Science as an empirical discipline, focussing on inquiry, hypothesis, investigation, experimentation, observation and evidential analysis."
Editorial Comment: We are pleased to see the lifting of this ban. Now it is important that Christian Schools take the opportunity to teach their students the strengths and limitations of the scientific method. Science is about observing the world around us as it is now. Christian schools should encourage this – studying the existing creation should lift students' sights to the Creator. However, since the origin of the world is outside the direct observation of any living human being, and therefore, outside the boundaries of the scientific method, science is no use in discovering anything but the latest guesses of men who will make theories in harmony only with their presuppositions. Therefore, all people choose to either believe the testimony of the Creator who was there, or choose to ignore it. Ignoring it is not science, even when atheists like to pretend that it is. The Bible will stand up to any honest scrutiny. Therefore, Christian schools should encourage students to ask: when God says something is true, what would the evidence be? Then go and look for that evidence. (Ref. education, politics, philosophy)
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eBooks and eReader overview
Feb 27, 2012
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Are you curious about eBooks and eReaders? Are you thinking about buying one but are unsure which one to buy? Join us February 27 @ 6:30 pm at the James Kennedy Public Library for a class that will cover the basics of what an eBook is, what an eReader is, along with differences between the varying types of eReaders available. This is a great class if you want more information about eBooks and eReaders before you buy one or if you just want to know more about them. The library will have a small eReader "petting zoo" available so that you can see how a few of the different eReaders work. Registration is requested.


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Famous globally as the home of Manchester United FC (often known as 'The Red Devils'), Manchester has had a similarly substantial impact on British culture and industry over the years.
The city is seen by many as the 'Capital of the North', and offers visitors flying to Manchester everything from historical sights and world-class shopping to cosmopolitan dining and major sporting events. Book a flight to Manchester with Qatar Airways to discover why it's often referred to as the UK's second city.
Manchester was one of the powerhouses of the Industrial Revolution, and this is evident in its skyline of former textile mills. There are many places where you can discover this industrial past during your trip to Manchester, including the Museum of Science and Industry and the waterways of the Manchester Ship Canal.
For football fans (and particularly those of MUFC), a tour around the legendary turf of Old Trafford is an essential stop on your trip to Manchester.
Manchester has plenty of museums and cultural attractions, including the Gallery of English Costume, the Imperial War Museum North, and the Peoples History Museum. The eponymous Manchester Museum contains a selection of more ancient exhibits dating to the time of the dinosaurs and Ancient Egypt.
Manchester is well known for its lively reputation, and throughout the city there is an abundance of venues for enjoying live music, from the latest rock and pop acts to the freshest faces on the Manchester scene.
If you're taking a trip to Manchester during the festive season then you might like to visit the outdoor ice-rinks in the Spinningfields area of the city, or the Christmas markets that take place just in front of Manchester's imposing town hall in Albert Square and elsewhere around the city centre.
There is a cosmopolitan scope of options available when it comes to dining in Manchester. Simon Rogan's Mr Cooper's House & Garden restaurant is particularly popular, and is located in the Midland Hotel – something of a landmark location in the city. Other top quality dining experiences are to be found at The French, and Michael Caines' restaurant at the Abode Hotel. But there's also an abundance of more affordable international fare, from Greek Cuisine on Wilmslow Road to pizza in the Northern Quarter.
If you find yourself in the mood for a curry while visiting Manchester then take a walk down 'Curry Mile' – a stretch of the Rusholme area dominated by takeaway restaurants from South Asia and the Middle East.
Travel to Manchester and you'll find a wide range of shopping opportunities for all budgets. The main shopping streets and the substantial Arndale Centre can be found in the city centre. There are also a number of large indoor shopping complexes located further out, including the colossal Trafford Centre.
Keep an eye out for some of the city's most exclusive stores on Deansgate. There's also plenty of shopping to be done among the boutiques in the Millennium Quarter. Fans of alternative fashion and music should make a trip to Affleck's Palace in the Northern Quarter, where dozens of independent sellers sell everything from band t-shirts to 'Goth' jewellery.
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General Tendencies
Everyday Life / Profession: Neptune has depicted a very idealistic image with Venus, and Venus is now opposed to Pluto, which confronts it with unpleasant facts. Mercury in Virgo is retrograde and will slowly escape the nebulous influence of Neptune in order to get a clear perspective. This week begins with the Moon in realistic Taurus. We are gradually informed of what was blanked out during the "stunning" Aquarius Full Moon. Mercury has a lot to work through and to recalculate. As is often the case with grandiose projects, in the end the costs get out of hand (Venus-Neptune-Pluto). Even mother nature must have suffered quietly. It will take a while before we can grasp the true costs. Meanwhile everyone is pretending that everything is just wonderful. Jupiter in Libra paints a beautiful picture of the world and hides that we are heading into a total Solar Eclipse (on August 21st in Leo) – or, however, are taking advantage of this second chance! Partnership / Love: Venus and Mars are in very different signs (Cancer and Leo) and are demonstrating their respective strengths in very different ways. Partners must be very far-sighted and sincere in order to see what the other partner has to offer. When both are allowed to be strong and respected by the other, there are no problems. But if you are only always concerned with yourself, you cannot dance with your partner, and you are not really living in a relationship.
Everyday Life / Profession: This week begins with the Moon in Taurus, which draws your attention to your resources and your capacity to calculate. Mercury in Virgo has to recalculate and will take a lot of time to do so. Would you like to face up to the result, even if it should come at the cost of your success? For that you need a particular courage, which you actually have thanks to Mars in Leo. This does not diminish your achievements, on the contrary. Saturn desires sustainability in everything you do. Your true pioneering work could lie in the fulfillment of this requirement for sustainability. A quick success is an easy game for you. Are you ready for a less rapid result? Can you deal with the tedious work that Mercury is recommending? Partnership / Love: The Sun and Mars in Leo, along with Jupiter in Libra, describe a relationship life that celebrates itself in public. Can someone look behind the scenes? Actually, how is Venus in Cancer doing, which would most prefer to express its emotions in a protected environment? Is Venus forced to play the game in public? Who is playing the role of Venus? Does someone feel affected? It must be someone with a childlike innocence.
Everyday Life / Profession: This week begins with a Taurus Moon so that you are offered a chance to get in touch with yourself. What does your body need? How can you do something good for yourself that is also healthy? Mercury in Virgo sleuths out health issues that you had forgotten about. The solar eclipse next Monday has something to do with the Mercury/Virgo themes, even if it occurs at the end of Leo. The sign of Leo was very emphasized recently, during which Mars continuously demanded new things. Give and take are out of sync. It is possible that Jupiter in Libra desired personally pleasant things too much and painted a far too bright and colorful picture of the world. It is time to make a correction and to return to a healthy medium. No one likes to relinquish things. If you do it voluntarily, it can even be a pleasure (Venus-Pluto). Partnership / Love: Venus is now in opposition to Pluto. That can mean that fears arise where you had not expected them. Something that was repressed can become palpable. Issues of self worth hang in the air, coupled with questions like: "Who am I actually?" "What do I need? "What can I give myself and do not have to expect from my partner?" "Am I a satisfied person without a partner?" It should be possible to be satisfied without a partner.
Everyday Life / Profession: Mercury, ruler of Gemini and Virgo, is now retrograde. It is in Virgo and will make up for something there. For the time being it is about finding out what has actually been neglected because the other constellations have recently demanded so much of seeming (?) importance and brought something else into blossom that has completely fallen out of your field of vision. Mercury in Virgo urges adherence to the truth, the rules of engagement and natural laws, as well as paying attention to your health. If there have been excesses, these have produced an imbalance that needs to be corrected. Jupiter in Libra will be helpful as soon as insight has been gleaned. Mercury in Virgo searches for this insight with us. Partnership / Love: After playing the dream couple long enough, it is time to take a closer look. Venus opposes Pluto and is compelled to look at its shadow side and persevere. That does not mean that you fall from a perfect world into a situation of unhappiness, even if it can feel like that for a moment. It is about a correction, a recovery. Was the ideal that you had just imagined perhaps exaggerated?
Everyday Life / Profession: Venus in Cancer is now forming tense aspects with Pluto and Jupiter. You have already sensed, or were warned, that something must immediately be cleared up, which up to this point had looked like a major win or success. You do not have to reverse everything or question success as such. But you certainly have to rework and work up what has been overlooked or even consciously shoved to the side. This can diminish the profit, but there will still be a profit left. If you defer the labor of reworking and recalculating into the future now, you are not doing yourself any favors. We are heading towards a Solar Eclipse (next Monday). When the Moon moves in front of the Sun, feelings and people become more important than material or social success. Partnership / Love: Venus under tension indicates a dilemma. Venus-Pluto means deep spiritual connection (the Beauty and the Beast). Venus-Jupiter describes a particular relationship that corresponds to established clichés of success (the Princess and her Hero). Venus-Pluto is also dependence, while Venus-Jupiter stands for the greatest possible freedom. It is now your task to bring these extremes together under one roof, to see the beauty in the beast, to find comfort despite the requirement for freedom, modesty in wealth, contentment in humility.
Everyday Life / Profession: Mercury in Virgo has reached a standstill and now appears to be moving backwards as seen from the earth. With that the pace should be markedly curbed, even if Mars in Leo works towards lofty goals with enthusiasm. At the beginning of the week, the Taurus Moon makes us feel that we can no longer advance as quickly. However it gives us a sense of reality that has become necessary, and Mercury promotes this emphatically. In addition, Venus in tension with Pluto and Jupiter describes a struggle with requirements and their feasibility, that is, their true costs. Everything that was sugarcoated has to be looked at more closely. Questions of cost push to the foreground. Have you taken on too much? Can you find a solution that does not cause any damage? You are further oriented toward success, enterprising and pioneering. Partnership / Love: Venus in tension with Pluto and Jupiter draws your attention to issues of love. Have you overlooked something, not taken something seriously? You will have to deal with the issue that is imposed on you now. For this it will be necessary to review encounters and words. Details become important. If you take this task on, love can be as awesome as you have wanted and imagined it to be.
Everyday Life / Profession: The constellations have recently promised a lot of success. Generous and prestigious plans were created. Now the moment has come to go over the books to in order to be able to make a necessary correction. For that you need clarity that you already wanted for last week. As a Virgo you are exactly the right person who should be taking care of the details. You can assume that something was overlooked or consciously shoved to the side. Find out what it is, become a tracker! Venus in tension with Pluto and Jupiter needs your contribution in order to be able to balance an imbalance. If people hear you groaning often this week it is a sign that you have done your work and are coming across all kinds of inconsistencies. Partnership / Love: Venus in tension with Pluto and Jupiter points to a struggle in your relationship life. If you would like to know where a problem is, you have to ask your partner. At least give them time to find words. They first have to get clear where the problem actually lies. A great deal has already been swept under the rug because an "ideal" image of your relationship has been adhered to so tightly.
Everyday Life / Profession: Mercury has gone retrograde. It is certainly not guilty if something does not currently feel good. Venus is in a tense relationship with Pluto and Jupiter, but also these planets are not guilty, rather they simply indicate that by now you feel that something cannot be right. Jupiter in Libra will not want to accept it, but it has to listen to Venus whether it wants to or not. If you take everything seriously – everyone around you, your own feelings and thoughts, and the signals your body is sending you – you cannot actually do anything wrong. If something goes belly up, it is due to unreasonableness or arrogance, to holding onto illusions and daydreams, to the beautiful surface and ideal images that one has of oneself (Jupiter in Libra in tension with Pluto, Sun and Mars in Leo, Saturn in Sagittarius). Partnership / Love: Mercury may now begin to adapt the image you have of yourself and your relationship or your partner to reality. It looks as though you have to say goodbye to a dream in order to be able to arrive in reality. Even when we make our dreams come true they have to adapt to reality. If you are aware of that, the current constellations cannot affect you.
Everyday Life / Profession: Are you on the winning side? The Sun and Mars in Leo point towards visible successes. How important is success to you? Venus in tension with Pluto and Jupiter indicates an uncertainty in your values: you oscillate between overestimating (revaluation) and underestimating (depreciation). At the same time these constellations can generate an immeasurable wealth through a joint act of power: a wealth of insight and wisdom (Jupiter), a wealth of humanity (Jupiter, Venus) and a sense of responsibility (Pluto in Capricorn), a wealth of peacemaking actions (Jupiter, Venus), a wealth of good familial connections (Venus, Pluto), but also of friends and other good contacts (Venus, Jupiter). If all of this means wealth to you, then in a material sense more than enough is available to you, or respectively, left over. Partnership / Love: Venus indicates an emergency situation now, when it is pressured by Pluto and Jupiter at the same time. There are too many claims and demands present right now. Maybe also too many notions that you have made of love. In a board game, in a case like this you would either win or lose, and then the game would end. If you would like to keep playing, there can neither be winners nor losers.
Everyday Life / Profession: The Taurus Moon and newly retrograde Mercury in Virgo ameliorate your perception of reality at the beginning of the week. Venus, in tension with Jupiter and Pluto, contributes to that as well because it must also suffer under the given circumstances. Whatever was not clear last week can become clear now. The entire thing looks like something repressed that makes itself known so that you can no longer ignore it. It could also be a person or a group of people who make themselves felt. Have you forgotten anyone or not paid enough attention to them? Not valued them enough? The planets in the fire element have recently drawn your entire attention to them through brisk activity, and were supported by Jupiter in Libra. Has Jupiter disregarded the Libran ideals of justice? Bias or partiality have emerged. Partnership / Love: Suddenly feelings and needs are so strong that you can no longer suppress them. What happened? What has made this change possible? Is the new situation unpleasant? Or embarrassing? Or are you also a little relieved? Contradictory feelings encounter each other and can kind of confuse you. We are heading toward a Leo Solar Eclipse and are now supplying the subjects that we will have to chew on a bit longer.
Everyday Life / Profession: Venus in Cancer opposing Capricorn draws your attention to something or someone. Have you overlooked something or someone? Is there something to correct or improve? The wave of success that Jupiter and the emphasized sign of Leo could have brought your way has a shadow side that you will now look at. There is a lot of legwork you have to do. You must take your time and cannot make any further high-flying plans. You have reached a high point and gone past it. That does not mean that things go downhill from here, it does however mean that you have to fulfill promises and claims if you would like to continue to be satisfied with yourself. Next Monday is a Solar Eclipse in Leo; the Moon moves in front of the Sun and shows that it is more about people and less about personal success. Partnership / Love: Both the Lunar and the Solar Eclipse have to do with your relationship life. You have embarked on something and will be confronted with the consequences. The Leo New Moon, which we are heading towards (Solar Eclipse), is conjoined Mars. It is the second New Moon like this, which is very rare. You experience a second chance and this time will definitely do something differently than a month ago.
Everyday Life / Profession: Interpersonal relationships are a challenge. Sun and Mars in Leo have been opposed to the sign of Aquarius for three weeks and this Sunday there is a second Leo New Moon conjoined Mars. Do you still know what occupied you on 23/24 July? The topic has not yet been finalized. Could it be that you have to learn how to argue? Do you have to find a position or better inform yourself? Retrograde Mercury offers to go on the search for an explanation. Maybe someone close to you can be of help. Venus in tension with Pluto and Jupiter announce relationship issues that you simply cannot ignore. You notice it when you become angry. When that happens can you say why you are angry? Find out! Partnership / Love: You have most definitely gotten closer. Are things going according to your desires or is your partner determining the circumstances and manner of convergence? Or is it the other way around and you are the boss in the relationship? It cannot be the case that one partner constantly makes decisions for the other. Jupiter in Libra desires equilibrium and is pressured by Pluto in Capricorn to take this task really seriously.
Everyday Life / Profession: Do you have difficulty asserting yourself? That would be one explanation why there are two New Moons in Leo connected with Mars. It would also mean that you cannot yet really profit from the promising constellations we had in the last two weeks. If this applies to you, the second New Moon (Leo Solar Eclipse) this coming Monday is your second chance to make yourself noticeable to those around you and bring your wishes to life. You will rarely assert yourself using your elbows, rather with a very special charm, maybe even with a bit of theatrical talent. Take advantage of your possibilities! Go your entirely own way in order to reach your goals. But if you recently were able to prevail and realize important projects, you have to – like other people as well – go over the books again and see where something needs improvement. Partnership / Love: Misunderstandings have to be cleared up. The Taurus Moon helps you have a realistic perspective at the beginning of the week; the Gemini Moon helps you to understand your partner's situation; the Cancer Moon will enliven your feelings (extremely pleasant, but also negative ones, nothing lukewarm); and the Leo Moon prepares you on Sunday for the New Moon, which brings your relationship life into a new dynamic.


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Topic: My dad's been told he has a CC
Hello everyone,
We are originally from Colombia, I live in Australia but all my family including my parents and sister are back home. My dad is a healthy 48yo who presented to the clinic nearly a month ago with symptoms of jaundice. He's had several tests performed such as CTS, PETS, MRIS, ERCPS, an FNAB and some CA antigen blood tests. He has not shown any palpable masses or other characteristic symptoms of this condition.
From all the testing he has had the Ca19-9 was extremely elevated (12,000), and only the MRI showed a lesion in the common bile duct which led them to think he had a tumour, although the type is not know yet (possibly a Klastkin) -
on the bright side, the other exams showed there was no metastasis and his jaundice was relieved by inserting a percutaneous billary drain.
The treating hepatic surgeon (Dr. Alonso Vera Torres) from the Santa Fe foundation hospital has stated that surgery is not an option at this point even though the cancer is in stage 1 but that perhaps chemotherapy and radiotherapy are a better treatment for him; nonetheless, depending on the response to the treatment a liver resection or transplant could be possible. He has referred us to the oncologist in this hospital and he has also stated that due to the location it is virtually impossible to take an accurate biopsy to identify the tumour.
Dr. Jorge Otero, the oncologist has suggested the use of chemotherapy drugs such as gemcitabine in combination with something else that I cannot recall as this is the common mix. However, we were told by the Dr that the therapy has been shown to be effective in approximately 20% of the population and that sometimes it can damage other organs. My dad considers this to be an average treatment and makes him think twice before agreeing to it as his other organs are healthy.
Doubts have started arising and we would like to hear feedback from individuals who have been through the same experience, we would really appreciate it if anyone could tell us what they suggest. We are open to any therapy (homeopath or allopath) anywhere in the world so long as this is proven to be effective and it gives my dad quality of life.
Perhaps not the place where I'd like to meet people but that's what we go through in life and I am so glad there a spaces like this out there. You are all amazing!
Kind regards,
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FAIRBURN, GA — Elliott Berry navigated the hallways at Creekside High in Fairburn, Ga., in his black Nike Air Force 1s with a composed, confident swagger. House keys jangled from the 5-foot-11, 202-pound senior running back's left hip pocket as he high-fived fellow students between sips of water from a gallon jug.
On the other side of the school, Elliott's fraternal twin, Evan, sat alone in a classroom, with a laser focus on the makeup American government exam in front of him. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound safety — capable of clocking a 10.54-second 100-meter sprint — was dressed in a black Adidas track suit and Air Jordans.
If you ran into either Berry, you could have mistaken them for the one who played in the NFL's Pro Bowl. The twins' builds nearly mirror that of their older brother, Eric, who is an All-Pro safety for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Now, eyes nationwide are on the twins as attention turns to signing day. Although Elliott and Evan pledged to Tennessee on Nov. 4, their birthday, Wednesday marks the moment they officially can become Volunteers.
Their father, James, played running back and served as team captain in 1981, rushing for 1,721 yards. Eric became a two-time All-American, a defensive captain as a junior and received the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's best defensive back. He skipped his senior season and was selected No. 5 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Chiefs.
"It makes me proud that they'd want to go to the same school that I went to and do it at their own accord," James said.
Although the twins hardly market their connection, internally Evan feels it. When he isn't around Elliott, it's as though "I'm missing half of me. It's not that I can't live without him, but I'm just so used to having him around. Eventually we'll have to go our separate ways into the real world, but right now, we really don't have to."
That's a guarantee for a few years. While the twins possess different personalities and interests, deciding where to attend college wasn't a conflicting allure. Had one brother received an athletic scholarship offer and not the other, each agreed not to accept.
"I didn't want to put my parents under that kind of stress — going to Elliott's game one week and going to my game another week," Evan said.
The Berry family is so closely intertwined with the University of Tennessee that Evan recalled a Vols fan once extended a football magazine and requested that he autograph the cover. Evan, at the time, was just 14 years old.
"It surprised me. It let me know what kind of situation I was in," he said. "I'm blessed to have people wanting me to come to their school, and for what my brother had done to put me in that situation."
Whispers of matching Eric's successes have hovered over the twins since elementary school. Growing up, the twins competed with each other as much as they did against their older brother.
"It was always like, 'If you score 10 points, I'm going to score 15,' " their father recalled. "It's an ongoing thing. Every time Eric comes home, they want to race or do something to prove that they're better. It only motivates them to do well."
Last season, they one-upped Eric's high school achievements when they helped Creekside make history by winning a state championship. Eric, a former two-way star at Creekside, was the nation's No. 3 prospect in 2007, leading his team to the state quarterfinals but never further.
2013 was different. Elliott, whom Rivals.com ranked as the No. 47 prospect in the state, and Evan, rated No. 22 in Georgia, were a double dose of leadership, strength and quickness.
"Running sprints with them, we pretty much just gave up," senior wide receiver Dexter Knox said. "Even if we tried, there was just no way. They were that much faster. They were the spark of our team. A lot of kids on the team looked up to them."
Stepping into the leadership role, just like their older brother, was never a question for the twins. And as much as the twins respect Eric's feats and hope to continue to build the family legacies at Tennessee, in the process, the twins are concerning themselves with a bigger challenge.
"I haven't thought about personal goals, but as a team, I want to win a national championship," Evan said.


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Moss' walk-off HR ends longest game in A's history
Scratched from start, Anderson pitches in relief
OAKLAND -- A weary Brandon Moss leaned against his locker, his eyes barely able to make out the nearby clock that told him it was well past 2 a.m PT, his usual chatty self almost unable to vocalize anything that made sense.
Nothing really did on a night that became morning before Oakland's 10-8 victory over the Angels was made official.
So trying to comprehend any of it, let alone put into words the feeling of ending a six hour and 32 minute game -- the longest by time in A's history -- with a walk-off two-run homer in the 19th inning, eluded Moss. But he tried, anyway.
"That was a crazy game," said Moss, who also homered in the sixth, "and I'm glad it's over.
"It's one of those things where you just want to quit, but at the same time you don't want to lose so you're not going to quit. You just keep fighting through and keep hoping they throw a ball into your bat. I don't even know how I hit it."
It was a changeup from righty Barry Enright, the 16th pitcher used in the game, that was recorded at 83 miles per hour -- essentially the same pitch Moss had swung through just seconds before, Jed Lowrie patiently waiting at first base following his Oakland record-tying ninth at-bat. This one landed over the right-field wall, ending a tumultuous affair between a pair of division foes, the A's having secured their 12th straight win over an American League West opponent.
Injuries occurred along the way -- the A's lost Coco Crisp and Chris Young to muscle strains, while the Angels were without Peter Bourjos and Luis Jimenez by game's end -- and, as is custom in such a lengthy contest, so were difficult decisions.
Yet Melvin's choice in the 13th inning to bring out lefty Brett Anderson, scratched from the day's start to rest his sore right ankle in favor of a healthy Dan Straily, who gave up six runs in 4 2/3 innings, somehow wasn't one of them.
"Thank God we did," the manager said.
Turns out one of the best performances by an A's starter this season came in relief, with Anderson braving 5 1/3 innings, his one run allowed in the 15th essentially erased by Adam Rosales' ensuing RBI hit in the bottom of the frame.
It was the first career relief appearance for Anderson, who decided his last one may have come at some point in high school. And though it ended in a limp off the mound, with Jerry Blevins coming in to relieve him in the 18th, Anderson insisted he was no worse off than when he entered the game, declaring he'll make his next scheduled start.
"I didn't really come to the field today anticipating to pitch, but that was fun," Anderson said. "It's baseball. It's fun. Weird things happen. That's why it's the greatest game in the world.
"The first few innings I was pitching on adrenaline, the last few was pretty much sheer will. That was an awesome win for us. It took a little while, but it's always good when you win."
Blevins, too, felt like he was back in high school, while stepping to the plate to lead off the bottom of the 19th for his first career at-bat, the A's out of position players. One was about to be asked to maybe pitch the 20th inning if it got that far, perhaps the 21st if Blevins could go one more. That job was designated for Seth Smith, and Blevins had his outfielders' glove on hand just in case.
But Moss, amid a rather boisterous cheer from a lively fan base of a few hundred still at work in the wee hours of the morning, had other plans in mind for a game his club once trailed, 7-2, in the middle of the eighth inning.
"I tell you what, I couldn't be happier that we're on the winning side of a game like that," Blevins said. "Those are stepping stones along the season and character-builders for a ball club. Everyone chipped in and we came out victorious."
It was the second straight walk-off win for the A's, who have three on the season after totaling 15 during their magical 2012 run. As he did the day before, Yoenis Cespedes naturally played an integral role in this one, collecting his second game-tying hit in the ninth inning in as many days.
It came on one of 598 pitches thrown in the game, a 19-inning marathon that tied for the third-most innings in Oakland history.
Even Josh Reddick was too sleepy to pie Moss. So he told his teammate to finish the job on his own. And Moss did.
"I think he was too tired to pie me, so I pied myself," Moss said. "We gotta do the pie, so yeah, I did."
"A lot happened in this game that normally doesn't happen in one baseball game," Melvin concluded. "We exhausted everything we had."
Yet, in the bigger picture, these A's are more alive than ever before in this young season.
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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|Ashley Rininger's 10th double-double of the season included a game-high 22 points and 10 rebounds.
Liberty put the clamps on Big South co-leader Gardner-Webb Thursday evening at the Vines Center, limiting the Runnin' Bulldogs to a season-low scoring output in a 72-40 victory.
Double-doubles by Ashley Rininger (22 points, 10 rebounds) and Katelyn Adams (15 points, 13 rebounds) helped the Lady Flames win their third straight game and post their eighth victory in the last nine outings. Liberty is now 9-6 overall and shares the Big South lead with Winthrop at 5-1.
Gardner-Webb, now 9-6 overall and 4-2 in conference play, struggled shooting from the field (11-of-52 for 21.2 percent), three-point range (1-of-14 for 7.1 percent) and the foul line (17-of-34 for 50 percent).
The early stages of the game saw three lead changes and a pair of ties, with the second tie producing a 10-10 deadlock.
Liberty then held Gardner-Webb without a made field goal for a stretch of 14:36, as the Runnin' Bulldogs misfired on 16 straight attempts from the floor. During that span, the Lady Flames went on an 18-2 run, taking a 28-12 lead on Rininger's pair of free throws 1:34 before halftime.
The Runnin' Bulldogs then scored five of the period's final seven points, trimming their halftime deficit to 30-17.
Both teams struggled from the floor during the first half, as the Lady Flames shot 32.1 percent (9-of-28) and Gardner-Webb connected at a 20.8 percent (5-of-24) clip.
Liberty made 10 of its 12 first-half free throw attempts for 83.3 percent, while Gardner-Webb hit only six of 14 for 42.9 percent.
Gardner-Webb held a slim 23-21 rebounding edge during the first 20 minutes, while Liberty converted the Runnin' Bulldogs' 11 turnovers into 11 points.
Rininger paced the Lady Flames in both points (8) and rebounds (6) in the first half, while Kiera Currie's four points led Gardner-Webb's output.
The Runnin' Bulldogs got off to a fast start in the second half, pulling to within 32-23 at the 18:27 mark after Lana Doran's layup capped a 6-0 burst.
Liberty outscored Gardner-Webb by an 18-4 count over the next 8:45, pushing its advantage to 50-27 on Adams' old-fashioned three-point play at 9:42.
The visitors got no closer than 18 points down the rest of the way and made only one field goal in the final 8:31. As a result, the Lady Flames were able to extend their advantage to the final margin of 32 points (72-40).
Liberty finished the game at 39.7 percent (23-of-58) from the field and shot well from the charity stripe once again, connecting at a 77.8 percent (21-of-27) clip.
In a battle between the Big South's top two rebounding teams, Liberty came away with a slim 45-44 edge on the boards to outrebound its 13th straight opponent. Meanwhile, the Lady Flames racked up 36 points in the paint to Gardner-Webb's 16.
Rininger scored 14 points during the second half as part of her 10th double-double of the season and the 13th of her career. She also matched a season high with three blocked shots and is now the ninth different Lady Flame ever to record 10 or more double-doubles in a season.
Adams' double-double was her second of the season. The Minnesota native led all players with a career-high 13 rebounds and tied her career high with three assists.
Not to be completely overshadowed by her fellow post players, Catherine Kearney contributed nine points and six caroms to the Lady Flames' win.
Emily Frazier's nine points were her most in a game since Dec. 3, and the redshirt junior also tallied a game-high four assists.
Reigning Big South Player of the Week Catrina Green topped Gardner-Webb in both points (8) and rebounds (9), while blocking two Liberty shot attempts.
Liberty will remain at home on Saturday, playing host to Presbyterian College (3-12, 1-5 Big South) at 7 p.m. The Blue Hose were victorious in their only meeting with the Lady Flames last season, posting a 51-49 win inside the Vines Center on Jan. 3, 2013.


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Break out the bubbly, blow up the balloons -- Winnipeg's longest-running choir is celebrating its 90th anniversary.
The Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir is pulling out all the stops this season with a star-studded performance of Felix Mendelssohn's epic oratorio Elijah on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 3 p.m. at the historic St. Boniface Cathedral.
"There will be 90 choristers, five soloists and 44 Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra musicians onstage," says choir board president Barry McArton in a phone interview.
"Our programming committee has wanted to do Elijah for some time. Over the last two years, we've developed a relationship with the WSO, so we can go back to the choir's roots of doing major works with instrumentation."
"The Phil," as it is fondly known, is a Winnipeg institution. Chances are you know someone who sings or has sung with the group. There are choristers who have been with the choir for decades.
"But we have many new, younger choir members now, too," says McArton, emphasizing that the average age of singers has gone down in the past few years, with many choristers in their 20s to mid-30s.
It all began in 1921, when a group of choirs massed together to perform in the Manitoba Music Festival. It turned out to be so successful that two members of the Men's Musical Club, Stanley Osborne and Norman Douglas, took it upon themselves to form a large choir to sing together on a regular basis. They hired a choral conductor from England, Hugh Ross, in 1922, and the Phil was born. (There have been 17 conductors since Ross.)
It started as an all-male chorus, but according to legend, there was a shortage of men, as it was post-First World War, so that September, women were recruited to boost the numbers. The first concert was held on Dec. 12, 1922, at the old Winnipeg Board of Trade Auditorium, located at what is now Main Street and William Stephenson Way.
The Phil's 18th conductor/artistic director, Yuri Klaz, who has wielded the baton since 2000, will direct the special anniversary concert. The soloists are locally grown, including internationally renowned soprano Tracy Dahl, mezzo-soprano Kirsten Schellenberg, tenor Kurt Lehmann and as Elijah, baritone Gregory Dahl. Dahl's son, boy soprano Anton Dahl Sokalski rounds out the cast.
What is it that keeps a choir of this size going for so long?
"There has always been an incredible drive for quality," McArton says. "Without dedication to quality and excellence, the Phil wouldn't have survived.
"Yuri pushes them and they like to be pushed and love working with him. And they have so much fun. They are a tight group."
Chorister and board member Pearl Stelmack agrees. She's been in the Phil for 37 years.
"It's a wonderful outlet," says the recruitment and membership co-ordinator. "You can have the worst day and you go to rehearsal and it's a great escape. You forget everything and you have the opportunity to sing wonderful, different music. I feel privileged to be part of the choir."
Stelmack is a perfect example of the dedication of which McArton spoke.
"Tuesdays are 'Phil nights,'" she explains. "One Tuesday our dog was having pups. Once I saw that things were going OK and my family could handle things, I left for rehearsal. They couldn't believe I would leave."
Stelmack's Phil roots run deep. She comes from a family of musicians. Her grandfather, also a conductor, sang in the first Phil performance 90 years ago, and she will be singing Elijah from his actual score. Her father was in the choir, too, at one time.
"It was natural for me to join," she says with a laugh. "I was always taken to their concerts."
Her son, Andrew, a successful actor, sang with the Phil for a while and now her teenage granddaughter has the same aspiration. (If you're interested in joining yourself, Stelmack welcomes a call at 204-222-3549.)
McArton cites several highlights of the Phil's illustrious run. They include singing at Expo 86 in Vancouver under conductor Henry Engbrecht and at Carnegie Hall on Canada Day in 1997, with conductors Robert Cooper and Garry Froese.
Elijah will doubtless mark another high point for this robust group and it has no intentions of slowing down. On the horizon are performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in May with the WSO, and the Verdi Requiem next season.
With singers' enthusiasm at an all-time high and subscription sales tripling this past year, we can expect the Phil to be around for a long time to come.
Tickets are $25/adults; $20/seniors; $10/age 30 and under by calling 204-896-PHIL (7445) or at McNally Robinson Booksellers.


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Rocha Hits .455 and Bonter Connects on 11 Kills in the Win
SAINT LEO, Fla. – Don't give up on them yet!Box Score
In this rollercoaster ride of a 2010 season, the Saint Leo volleyball team did exactly what they needed to do in order to keep their postseason hopes alive as they trounced visiting Lynn University 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 26-24) in Sunshine State Conference action at the Bowman Center on Friday night. The win proved to be one of the Lions more overpowering performances all year, and it came at the perfect time.
After taking their first lead at 10-9 in set one, the Lions dominated the remainder of the game, sparked by an amazing service ace from senior Bruna Rocha that put the Lions up 11-9. Rocha blasted her patented jump-serve clear across the court where it looked as if it was going to travel far past the back line. With the Lynn (20-9, 11-5 SSC) players moving out of the way, the ball curved down and caught the back line, surprising everyone in the Bowman Center and giving the Lions the point.
Another set of great serves came from the right arm of newly-minted libero Corey Ryan as she included an ace into a four-point run where the Lions opened up their lead to 22-15. Pushing that advantage to 24-20, the Lions appeared to have the set won on the next point, but a confusing play where a LU attack error directly into the antenna was ruled a blocking error on the Lions could have changed the course of the entire match. The Lions, unfazed by the call, turned to junior Danielle Bletso, who zipped down a no-doubter for the final point.
Gaining an early lead in set two, Saint Leo (14-14, 8-7 SSC) responded to two Fighting Knight rallies, finally getting a comfortable margin behind another great trio of serves from Ryan. The final point of Ryan's rotation was a signal that things may go right for the home team. An initial attack that got blocked back onto the Lions' side saw an out-of-system play end with setter Jaclyn Mailoto pushing a free ball onto Lynn's side of the net. Apparently caught off guard, the Fighting Knights watched the overpass fall untouched to the court, giving the Lions the point.
Opening up a 16-11 lead after Mailoto's point, the Lions would alternate serves for the remainder of the set in taking a 2-0 advantage into the third game.
Looking to end things in three, Saint Leo rallied from a 17-12 deficit, again behind the serve of Rocha, to take an 18-17 lead. A back-and-forth battle would push the score all the way to 22-22 as the Lions responded to LU leads each time. Lynn first put itself in position to post the set win off of an SLU attack error, but Saint Leo would quickly tie the score behind a Rocha kill.
Heading to extra-points in another match this season, the Lions capitalized on consecutive attack errors, including the last one that went flying long, to pick up the match win.
Rocha and junior Celeste Bonter shared the top-performer award as Rocha notched 11 kills with a .455 average and Bonter dropped down 14 kills at a .355 clip to go along with 10 digs. Senior Kaitlin McKenna quietly had an impressive night, hitting .381, adding 11 kills a solo block and she assisted on two more as well.
Mailoto assisted on 28 kills while notching three service aces and Kim Nuckols tallied a solo block.
Still alive in the hunt for an NCAA tournament bid, the Lions will close out the regular season when they play host to Florida Tech on Saturday afternoon. Prior to the match the Lions will honor their five departing seniors as McKenna, Rocha, Nuckols, Leah Perry and Emily Calderon-Reyes will all be playing in their final home match for Saint Leo.
The ceremony is scheduled to get underway at 4:00 p.m. and the match with the Panthers will start immediately afterwards.


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No dice for Chances patrons who want to dance
Customers looking to be entertained at the new Chances community gaming centre are still not allowed to get up and dance.
An application from Chilliwack Gaming Ltd./The Well for a permanent change to its food primary licence failed to get approval by council at the last meeting.
Chances officials were applying for an "entertainment endorsement" that would allow dancing, talent shows, singalongs and other types of patron interaction at the Chances restaurant, called The Well, as well as on the patio.
Council voted twice on the matter Tuesday night, once to deny the motion and the next time to approve it. Both times the deadlocked vote was a 3-3 tie, so the application ultimately failed.
Mayor Sharon Gaetz, who voted in favour, and said the applicant satisfied the requirements, said another hearing will be required if the applicant wants to bring it back for another attempt.
"In accordance with the City of Chilliwack Procedural Bylaw, should the vote be equal for or against a motion, the motion is defeated," reads a press release sent out the morning after the meeting. "The item can be brought back by the applicant again in the future, or brought back for reconsideration within 30 days by the Mayor or a majority of the members of Council, at which time a subsequent Public Information Meeting will again be required."
Corky's Pub owner Bob Harms sent a letter of opposition to council about the proposed liquor licence change saying that Chances officials were "clouding" the distinction between a restaurant and a pub, which was "bad ground to walk on," he said at the meeting.
"It seems to me that Chances, if successful in their current application, would have blurred the line between a restaurant and a pub, and be well on their way to applying for a full Liquor Primary licence, or at the very least a large lounge or holding area, so that they would not have to serve food with liquor and people could walk around with their drinks," Harms wrote in his letter.
The issue of unfair competition came up more than once.
"I see this as a hopeless endeavour," Harms added before taking his seat again.
The long-established pub across the road from Chances, Friendly Mike's Pub, has taken "a lot of hits," in recent years, said pub general manager John Toussaint. He also wrote a letter of opposition to council saying the Chances' licence change would "directly compete" with his business, adding that they had already lost half their business in the last 10 years.
"We do not want to compete with pubs," said Howard Blank, vp of Great Canadian Gaming, when he got to the microphone at the hearing. He apologized to the pub and bar owners, stating that Chances is an "entertainment destination with terrific food."
So far food sales have exceeded their alcohol sales since opening in November.
They purposely don't have pool tables, Blank told council, or some of the other "unique" features found in bars.
"With respect to the advertising, we don't want to pretend to be something we are not," he said, adding he was unaware of the wording of the ad.
The advertising copy will be adjusted accordingly, he said.
"In closing although we have only been here a few months, we want to make it clear we are not trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes."
Mayor Gaetz read out sections of the ad copy, saying the part about "taking a break" from local bars was something she found "offensive" and that the advertising has probably put them on "thin ice."
Here's the ad copy found online: "The Well is your local go-to in Chilliwack for good times and good company. Take a break from the typical Chilliwack pub scene…From the ambiance of the space, to our people and food, the entire experience will have you feeling like this is your kind of place.
Whether you're looking to meet friends for an after-work pint, or you'd like to host a gathering in our private function space, The Well is the perfect neighborhood watering hole."
Coun. Ken Huttema was one of the councillors who voted against the application, citing another example where the city had trouble with a food primary licensed business that was acting too much like a pub, the closed-down Duke of Dublin.
"I think we need to send a message with this one," he said.
Coun. Chuck Stam also voted against, as did Coun. Ken Popove. Stam mentioned he would like to see more clarity from the province on licensing issues, and worried about the precedent this application might set.


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After early ejections, Phils come undone vs. Nats
Burnett, Sandberg tossed in second in disagreement about strike zone
WASHINGTON -- A.J. Burnett had never been thrown out of Major League game in 16 seasons entering Saturday night.
That changed in the Phillies' 11-0 loss to the Nationals at Nationals Park. And the right-hander made sure his first career ejection was a memorable one.
The trouble started in the bottom of the second inning when Anthony Rendon drove a sinker from Burnett into the seats in left-center field for a three-run home run that gave the Nationals a 5-0 lead. Earlier in the at-bat, though, Burnett was surprised at a pitch home-plate umpire Chris Guccione called outside.
After the call, Burnett said he calmly inquired to Guccione about whether the pitch missed outside. Guccione replied that it did. Burnett returned to the rubber and proceeded to throw before Rendon got a hold of the 3-1 delivery.
Jayson Werth then stepped to the plate, and Burnett, angry about the previous call, purposely threw the first pitch significantly outside. He looked at Guccione, gestured with his hand and said, "That's outside."
This time he wasn't asking Guccione. He was telling him.
And that was all the umpire needed to hear before he sprinted out from behind home plate, removed his mask and tossed Burnett from the game after just 1 2/3 innings.
"That one to Rendon looked like something that he had called already in the game," Burnett said. "That's the thing: You throw a pitch that you think that's been called already, and you expect it to be called again."
Manager Ryne Sandberg then jogged onto the field for an explanation and to protect his player. The skipper's argument was that Guccione was too quick in ejecting Burnett. After all, he was the starting pitcher, and the Phillies' bullpen went 6 1/3 innings Thursday night when Cliff Lee left the contest with a left elbow strain.
But the point was moot. And after the discussion escalated to a screaming match, Sandberg was also thrown out.
"I thought both guys were in the wrong," Sandberg said. "A.J. can't get tossed there on his part and the umpire, I thought, was a little early on the ejection."
The tempers didn't stop there, though. After Sandberg was tossed, Burnett sprinted toward the four-member crew and needed to be restrained by second-base umpire Tom Hallion as he yelled at Guccione. Burnett wouldn't disclose what his message to Guccione was when he spoke after the game.
"That was to him and not to the world," Burnett said. "He got it."
Sandberg and Burnett left the field after several minutes. But the manager was then faced with an even bigger problem: finding the arms to get the Phillies through this game after such a taxing night in the series opener on Thursday.
Phillippe Aumont relieved Burnett and retired Werth for the final out of the second inning. But the Nationals tagged the right-hander for six earned runs on eight hits over his next 1 2/3 innings to turn the game into a blowout. Aumont was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley after the game with a corresponding move to be made on Sunday.
Cesar Jimenez, Mario Hollands and Antonio Bastardo combined to hold the Nationals without a run in the final 4 1/3 innings.
With the large cushion, right-hander Jordan Zimmermann cruised to his 50th career victory, spinning seven scoreless innings while striking out eight.
"I felt good," Zimmermann said. "These guys gave me some runs early. I was able to settle in, just throw strikes and let the defense work."
After the game, Burnett said there was one thing he would take back from his outburst: flipping the ball toward Guccione as he walked off the field and into the dugout.
"That's uncalled for," he said.
Other than that, Burnett stood by his actions, primarily because the veteran believes there is a discrepancy between how hitters and pitchers can argue balls and strikes.
"Just one of those things where he felt like I showed him up in front of 40,000 people," Burnett said. "You can have hitters step out of the box and basically look him in the eye and tell him that the ball's up and tell him that the ball is a strike. But that's not showing him up? So it's different for us [pitchers]. We're out there. We're in the center stage."
Daniel Popper is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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TRADING standards officers are warning people to be wary if offered a "cheap" new Apple iphone, after fake mobiles were found in a van in Oldbury.
Checks have revealed conmen are offering the new Apple iphone 4s and iphone 5 at a fraction of the real price, but tests show they are counterfeit.
The chargers are also fake and, while meeting the basic safety standards, run the risk of catching fire if left on too long.
The scam came to light following a routine stop check of a white transit van in Oldbury in which the fake phones were stashed.
Sandwell Trading Standards manager Bob Charnley said the counterfeit phones are so close to the real product it would be quite easy for a member of the public to be duped into handing over cash for what they believe to be the genuine item.
People are being warned to only buy phones from an official retailer and although the fakes look virtually identical to the real phone, the operating systems within them are substandard to that of the official Apple product.
A brand new iphone 4s and iphone 5 costs in the region of £410 to £700 dependant on gb storage.
Mr Charnley said: "If anyone approaches you in the street and offers you a product that appears to be too good to be true, in all likelihood it is.
"I would advise members of the public to avoid these products as you could very well be wasting a considerable amount of money."
Cabinet member for neighbourhood services Councillor Ian Jones added: ''Fake products are often half the price of legal ones. While most people believe they are getting a bargain, many do not realise the effect buying fake products has on them and their community.
"The sale of counterfeit goods is a serious criminal offence which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment."


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Does valuation matter?
There are moments in time when it does not. We are seeing one of those moments today.
To that, I say be very careful. Buying stocks simply because the market is rising is a dangerous game. Any number of things can change the mood and do so very quickly.
As they say, you don't want to be caught holding the bag.
One of the triggers for a downswing in the market is the quarterly earnings report. When a company reports operating results the market can better judge what a company is worth. If that new valuation differs greatly from where the stock currently trades, fireworks can occur.
It is not unusual to see stocks move 5% to 10% after announcing profit numbers. In some cases the gains or losses can be even more.
In the current market environment, stocks are in full-blown rally mode. Perhaps you've been distracted by the noise of political debate over the fiscal cliff or other issues to notice, but stocks added double digits last year. So far in January, stocks have added another 4% to the tally.
The gains put many names at 52-week highs if not multi-year highs. A high in and of itself is not a bad thing, but if the valuation is excessive the earnings report becomes even more important to the narrative.
Miss the number and look out below.
Here are three names to jettison before they report results on Thursday, January 24th:


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Disney Fans' PetsLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
Five young girls are all friends and are all big Disney fans. They have named their pets after cartoon characters from their favorite Disney movies. Each girl owns a pair of pets of the same species. Each pair consists of two differently colored creatures of the same age. Can you figure out which girl owns which pets, their colors, ages and names?
Girls: Audrey, Betty, Cari, Debra, and Emma
Pets: Birds, Dogs, Cats, Fish and Rabbits
Pet Names: Ariel and Aurora, Beauty and Beast, Lilo and Stitch, Mike and Sully, Timon and Pumba
Color Pairs: Blue and White, Blue and Red, Blue and Brown, Brown and Red, Brown and White
Ages: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years
Emma is allergic to dogs.
Neither of the rabbits are blue. Neither of the fish are white.
Just one girl has the same first initial as both her 2 yr old pets.
The girls don't usually take their pets with them to visit each other. It is certain that Mike and Sully would try to devour Aurora and Ariel, and also that the blue and brown pair would consider the blue and white pair a tasty snack.
Lilo and Stitch live in the same house as Aurora and Ariel because their owners are sisters. There is no reason to think they would attack each other. In fact, they probably aren't even aware of each other.
Cari and Debra don't own blue pets. Audrey and Emma don't own brown pets.
The brown and white pair are younger than the fish, and also younger than Debra's pets.
Audrey's pets are exactly twice the age of Aurora and Ariel.
Timon and Pumba are older than the cats but younger than the red and brown pair.
AnswerAudrey owns Lilo and Stitch, red and blue 1 year old fish.
Betty owns Beauty and Beast, blue and brown 2 year old cats.
Cari owns Aurora and Ariel, brown and white 6 month old rabbits.
Debra owns Mike and Sully, red and brown 4 year old dogs.
Emma owns Timon and Pumba, blue and white 3 year old birds.
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'Scientists who go about teaching that evolution is a fact of life are great con-men, and the story they are telling may be the greatest hoax ever. In explaining evolution we do not have one iota of fact.'
Dr T.N. Tahmisian (Atomic Energy Commission, USA), 'The Fresno Bee', August 20, 1959. As quoted by N.J. Mitchell, 'Evolution and the Emperor's New Clothes', 3D Enterprises Ltd, 1983, title page.


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For a different take, he could have delved into Gregg Frazer's The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders.
George Will and American Religious History
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For a different take, he could have delved into Gregg Frazer's The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders.
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I agree that Will mishandled the "key" Founders question, but it's the prevailing consensus method of dealing with the Founding.
The least overtly religious were indeed seen as safe choices and honest brokers in an environment where each sect was competing for primacy. "None of the Above" was the prudent choice---not so much to lead by example in non-religiosity, but to prevent the pushy Presbyterians to get one up Anglicans or Baptists.
John Adams blamed his electoral loss to Jefferson not on being seen as too religious, but being seen as allied with the Presbyterians. This often gets misunderstood.
[The call for a national fast] was connected with the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which I had no concern in. That assembly has allarmed and alienated Quakers, Anabaptists, Mennonists, Moravians, Swedenborgians, Methodists, Catholicks, protestant Episcopalians, Arians, Socinians, Armenians, &c, &c, &c, Atheists and Deists might be added. A general Suspicion prevailed that the Presbyterian Church was ambitious and aimed at an Establishment as a National Church. I was represented as a Presbyterian and at the head of this political and ecclesiastical Project. The secret whispers ran through them [all the sects] "Let us have Jefferson, Madison, Burr, any body, whether they be Philosophers, Deists, or even Atheists, rather than a Presbyterian President." This principle is at the bottom of the unpopularity of national Fasts and Thanksgiving. Nothing is more dreaded than the National Government meddling with Religion. This wild Letter, I very much fear, contains seeds of an Ecclesiastical History of the U.S. for a Century to come.


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WOULD-BE robbers have struck at an off-licence in Barrowford.
Two men with their faces covered burst into Maguires Off Licence, in Gisburn Road, at around 7.30pm this evening.
A police spokesperson said: "Two men went in and threatened a female shop worker. It does not like look they got away with anything."
One witness said she saw police cars with their lights flashing parked outside the off-licence, and officers protecting the scene, shortly after the attempted robbery.
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The primary reason I chose to study abroad in Spain for the academic year of 2012-2013 was to gain fluency in Castellano. Through this experience, I have been able to travel throughout Spain and live in the city of Madrid. I have developed a close relationship with my host family and have gained a huge appreciation for the Spanish language and culture. One of the best parts of staying the year was the opportunity to intern at a Poetry Foundation (Fundación Centro de Poesía José Hierro). The center focuses on the support and development of contemporary poets in and outside of the Madrid community. It helps create a space to share, workshop and publish poetry. As an English/Spanish double major my placement in the Center couldn´t have been more ideal. I worked with archives, organizing event information and editing photos and videos to maintain an updated webpage. I was able to attend readings in various locations in Madrid and partook in some seminars. The office showed me the type of close-knit but hardworking environment that I would someday like to work in.


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I used to hang with Jim when played for the Bears. Very simple, yet complicated guy. Sure wish he would have won.
Thanks B.
When I was single I never worried.
Now that I have a 2 year old, my mind goes places it's never been…
You know, being responsible for another human being and all that.
But I will chill. Thanks again for all of your info.
Thanks dude. I will seriously look into this. Wondering if I should think about moving my family. Out of the TMZ at least.
(BTW, it is wise of you folks in L.A. to be aware of the threat, but for the rest of us…hate to tell ya', but if the Norks popped a nuke over downtown L.A. it really wouldn't hurt the US all that much. Wipe out Hollywood, sure, but with some breaks on the fallout plume…sure, we'd get our hair mussed, but not fatally.)
(And if they dropped one on Microsoft's Redmond campus, well, that would be painful and possibly fatal for me, but they'd be doing the world a favor.)
Those wishing to read deeper about the capabilities and threat potential of the North Korean nuclear weapons program should peruse Carey Sublette's once-definitive website (he's no longer updating it) http://www.nuclearweaponarchive.org and search for Carey's postings in the USENET group alt.war.nuclear.
(No, I'm not Carey.)
For recent analysis you kind of have to read around to less obvious sources. Read anything that Bruce Blair publishes or posts.
I had food poisoning yesterday, oh and no cable, we just watch netflix.
That was nice of you to put me in your list. I enjoy your posts too.
I think they were running in four local markets. AT this point Davey's more interested in impressing the whales than any actual recruitment.
Many thanks to all of you who've commented on the SB — It's expanded my 2013 SB experience in a great way!
Also, on a more dire note, any expansion on BP's comments re NK and its policies would be greatly appreciated.
And now it's time to move on to celebrating the impending Mardi Gras [and the following Ash Wednesday 🙁 ].
Let the good times roll while they can!!!
Thanks for the explanation @prolixe 🙂
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I've enjoyed all your input and comments. Speakingfor myself this site has brought much commaderie to us and a lot of joy to my world. Hugs to all.
Miss the comments of Old;ady and Yawnathon and all the unknowns and Anonymous Anna's.com
This is like ghetto jersey shore bridezilla true life.
Welcome, @Xander! And inside scoop is always welcome, no such thing as TMI!
Sorry everyone…
Cannot respond to anything now – oi!
I have a 2.5 year old and a beautiful wife who is 11.5 weeks pregnant who both woke up at the same time tonight so swamped taking care of both for the rest of the night.
Dude has a tanning bed open next to a little child.
Rumnies sorry!! Gorgies are regular peeps.
I am totally all over this white trash gypsy shit! 😉 I ended up talking politics and the game with my grandma, now it's back to over the tops gorges (?) 🙂
YEAH Ravens!!!
😀 😀 😀
And Walking Dead marathon, season 1 episode 2 is on right now. I almost had a shit fit earlier when I thought the new episode was tonight and I had missed it.
Smash TLC is running an American Gypsy Wedding marathon if you have never checked out that fine television specimen.
Sherry indeed, the Ravens have proved victorious. But IMO you guys won the battle of locale if that makes it any better! No offense Baltimore. Enjoy your beer though, I am trying this weird new thing sobriety so drink up for me!
I am watching the engagement with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Renolds. It is super cheesy but cute.
I just Season 1 of Lost Girl on Blu-Ray…I don't watch football unless LSU is playing.
Sorry, lady. I actually wanted the 49ers to come back (Sorry Dia!), so I was a little bummed. Off to get the kiddos in bed, but I wanted to say goodnight 🙂
Welcome! Thank you for the interesting insider info. I look forward to hearing more 🙂
I think conventional wisdom is that there is no reason that a stock split should generally heighten overall stock value since even if a lower share price brings in more small investors and makes the price bump up substantially, it is likely to be offset by a selloff by a large investor. Apple might be an exception in that regard since Apple buyers often have an emotional investment in the company that they don't have with other companies.
But that is my total armchair quarterbacking analysis since my investment knowledge is purely amateur.
That commercial is really above and beyond gross.
If I never see/hear that GoDaddy commercial again, it would be a blessing.
Shivakamini Somakandarkram!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was one if the better SB games! So close and when the brothers met up, that must be tough.
And that's how we do it! Yea, Ravens!
Holy pickle snatch, that was *too close*!
Fabulous call for the safety.
Smash, I'm obvs not B but I just read this earlier today…interesting view on why Apple's stock is suffering while Amazon's is thriving.
B- what do you think of Apples stock price? For a company with so much income why is their stock taking a hit?
Has anyone watched Person of Interest? Is it any good?
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Sorry I am trying to read and post on my kindle now which takes forever.
it is definitely on purpose.
catalog models they do not want people to focus or be offended on too.much sexuality. Small is a bonus for those models to get booked.
Ck and more fashion underwear they choose the.model for body fist, face second, then enhance.the package for selling the subconscious sec of it all.
Cant update typo here it is supposed to.read body first
I think the 49s really are making a good come back.
Love Benz.
Awww the Clydesdale commercial touched my heart. Best commercial ever.
Laura- I saw this meme "I didn't want to have kids to I got my girlfriend two dogs". Truth. 🙂
Thanks. I will check that out. Mostly interested in what B. Profane was talking about earlier this week – so hopefully some of that info will be on there.
Niners! I feel it! This team lives for this stuff. It kills me, but works for them.
Hi @ Xander Dyle, and thanks for coming out of the lurker closet. That does make sense in regards to the underwear modeling. Catalog models tend to be more "average" than the fashion models, anyway, right? Or is that just how they are photographed?
Thank goodness the 9ers didn't get the conversion. The Ravens are killing me softly right now.
Thanks Smash, I was not prepared to cry at the Superbowl commercials! And now they are playing the God made a farmer one. It is amazing the connection we can have with our animals.


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OLVESTON pupils are busy getting to know the chicks they have hatched.
Reception children at Olveston Primary School were given a dozen bantam eggs before Easter.
They had been carefully keeping watch over the chicken eggs.
Bantam chickens are smaller than their large counterparts and most breeds have a bantam version.
The small poultry breeds originated in Southeast Asia.
The chicken eggs were donated to the school along with equipment to help them grow, such as heat lamps.
After 21 days of incubation, five chicks hatched at the school.
Originally just a hatching project, the school decided to keep on some of the birds after seeing the children's enthusiasm for them and the care shown in raising them.
A school spokesman said it had been a fantastic learning experience, adding: "We would like to thank everyone who has helped us make this project possible. We are looking forward to this new venture and can't wait for some eggs of our own."


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COLCHESTER'S arts organisations are today breathing a sigh of relief after being told they will receive more than £5 million of government funding over the next three years.
Firstsite, the Mercury Theatre and Colchester Arts Centre discovered today they would not be one of 58 organisations nationally that would no longer attract Arts Council funding.
Instead, they will remain part of the government quango's "national portfolio" and continue to receive major grants until at least 2018.
Firstsite director Matthew Rowe said the award was a "significant achievement" for Colchester.
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There is no doubt that iOS and Android are the most popular platforms to develop for right now. The question then comes, since I don't have as many resources as I would like, which platform should I build for first?
I want to say iOS because it is less fragmented but some say Android is getting even more popular.
Well, what programming experience do you have? As your background could influence your decision. Do not listen to the apple fanboys argument about Android being "fragmented". iOS is just as fragmented, as far as different devices with the same OS version have differences. All fragmentation means that there is a lot of different versions out there and screen sizes. But I can tell you, that building for multiple screen sizes is a lot easier on Android than it is on iOS. Mainly because everytime apple release a new screen size device, things in your app need to change. My android apps work on any new screen size without changing anything.
So to decide which to do first, comes down to your preference. If you have a C# or similar background, I would say start with Android. As it is written in java and the syntax is very similar. If you have a C++ background, I would say iOS, as you can use C++ functions with your Objective-C code if you wish (but I would not advise). But Objective-C is a rather ugly syntax in my opinion. Then you also need to consider environment. Android can be written on Windows, Linux, OSX, iOS can only be done OSX. And to be very honest, both xcode and eclipse is pretty unstable software, with random crashes and freezes on both. But they have gotten a lot better these days.
Hello Shanshan, i am definitely agree with NightStalker. It is depend on your Opinion which programming expertise you have. If you know the c++ programming functionality very well then choose the IOS and You have a good knowledge in Java then go to the Android application. Android is based on open source like a Linux.
Both IOS & Android are running good in market. You should choose any one of them which you have master knowledge & Interest.
Mobile apps can be divided into three groups, and they will decide what programming language you will need to learn: native apps, hybrid apps, and web apps.
Native appsWith native apps, you use the native programming language for that device, such as Objective-C for Apple devices or Java for Android devices. What you code for one device cannot be used on the other device. However, their strength is that, with best code practices, you'll get the smoothest and fastest apps that have the look and feel of the native environment. You'll work with different software development kits (SDKs) for each environment (such as Xcode for Apple and Eclipse for Android) to create the final product (such as an apk file for Android). Android apps can be build on PCs and Macs; Apple apps need a Mac machine to compile the final product that is uploaded to the App Store.
Hybrid appsHybrid apps use a combination of HTML, CSS, and Javascript to create the apps, then they are packaged with a wrapper like PhoneGap, which ties in the code with the device. With PhoneGap (or other software), one may use plugins to access the various phone functions like camera. Hybrid apps are generally slower and not as smooth as their native counterpart. Although you can program your app on any computer, you'll still need a Mac to compile the final product, and you'll still need the SDK for each device you you create apps for.
Web appsWeb apps are simply web pages hosted on normal web servers, but sized to fit comfortably in smartphones. They are coded with any number of web technologies, including PHP/MySQL and other database technologies, since they are web sites at heart. They are accessed by smartphones the same way as any other web site, but with a little extra coding, you can provide an icon that will reside on the home screen of the device if the user chooses to save your site to the home screen. Web apps don't use device SDK because they are uploaded to web servers just like any other web site content. Because they don't use SDKs, they cannot access device capabilities like camera, etc.
I came from a web design background, so I chose to go the Hybrid app route, which allows me to create one HTML/CSS/Javascript code base and deploy it, with some changes, to the Apple and Android platforms.
Must choice android market. There is lots of way about how to develop apps without any coding skills. I have my own apps in Google play store. You can easily develop android application in just few hours. Developing android application is not too much difficult to develop. Today everyone need apps for promote website or blog or any other pages. Convert website or blog into android apps and published it into Google play store and user will easily access to ur website or blog through Google market. You can check apps into Mobile before published into Google play store. I am Experienced android application developer since three years. Today android market become popular day by day and every youngster have an android phone. They uses android apps. There is tons of real money have in developing apps without any coding skills.
Well android is talk of the town today so you might wanna give it a heads up first..
Android is more popular than iOS, these days. It's because most mobile phones use Android OS. So I say start with Android, then iOS afterwards.
There is truly no platform that can be considered fully superior over the other. Both have their plus and minuses so it is up to you to decide on which of these that would best suit your needs.
When we discuss with the client the platform for his future application, we focus on the target audience. Very often people forget that they do the app not for themselves, but for users. Analyze tour audience and choose the platform, which is use more frequently used. If they are almost the same, choose cross-platform development.


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WEYMOUTH'S midfield options are looking very limited for tomorrow's home clash with Corby Town (3pm).
Kyle Critchell, Dave Allen and Jamie Symes all remain sidelined while Scott Walker has been ruled out through suspension, leaving new player-boss Jason Matthews with a big selection headache ahead of his first game in permanent charge.
He told Echosport: "We are struggling for numbers as it is, so to lose Scott to a one-game ban for five bookings is a bit of a blow.
"It also makes my search to get someone in for tomorrow even more important.
"I have been making a lot of enquiries but whether something can be done in time, we will have to wait and see.
"There will certainly be some movement by next week."
The Terras lost 3-1 at Corby earlier in the season but Matthews still feels that result was not a fair reflection of the game.
He added: "For the first 40 minutes we played really well at their place but we then conceded a goal at just the wrong time.
"Corby then added a second after the break through a deflected shot, which got their tails up, and from there we just couldn't get back in it.
"I am fully expecting it to be another tough game tomorrow, but it is definitely a winnable one, and if we are to start climbing the table, these are the types of home games we need to be taking three points from."
Due to three straight postponements, the Terras have not seen competitive action since their 2-1 win at Frome Town on December 28.
When asked whether that lay-off could have an adverse effect on his troops, Matthews said: "I hope not.
"It has actually allowed us a bit of time to work on a few things in training, which is something we haven't always had.
"Tomorrow will be my first game in permanent charge and we will be looking to put in a big performance in front of a good crowd."
Corby have experienced even worse problems with the weather. They have managed to complete just one fixture over the last 22 days, which resulted in a 2-0 home defeat against leaders Hemel Hempstead Town.
However, the Steelmen are still in pretty good form. They have lost just two of their last 10 games in the Southern Premier and have also collected 10 points from their last four on the road.
The Northamptonshire outfit currently sit one point and one place below the Terras in 16th spot with a game in hand.
Terras (from): Matthews, Cafer, Poole, M Walker, N Walker, Green, Wells, McConnell, Harvey, Clay, Winsper, Burbidge, Joyce, Yetton, Ford, McClements.
Tomorrow's fans' forum has been brought forward to 5.45pm.
*Weymouth will host Hamworthy United in the last four of the Dorset Senior Cup on Tuesday, February 25 (7.45pm). The other semi-final tie will see Poole Town travel to Gillingham Town.