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KYLE Critchell has called on everyone associated with the Terras to give Jason Matthews time to implement his ideas.
Weymouth may remain a big name in non-League football but the 26-year-old believes returning the club to its former glories will take years not months.
Commenting on Matthews' appointment as permanent manager, Critchell told Echosport: "Knowing Jason as long as I have, he has always kept himself very fit and taken his football really seriously.
"I know he wants to prolong his playing career for a bit longer, and he will probably still do that, but the chance to become Wey-mouth manager has come along and I think it has really put things into perspective for him.
"It is a massive opportunity and I have no doubts he will do the best he can to move the club forward."
He continued: "I have played alongside Jason for various different teams and at various stages of my career, and I have the utmost respect for him.
"He has always given me support and he knows what the game is all about.
"The most important thing now is that he is given the time to develop things.
"The whole structure at the club, from top to bottom, needs to be amended and fixed, and that cannot be done in six months, it takes years.
"The foundations need to be built first, and once they are in place, the club can then hopefully move forward, from the youth structure right up to the first team."
Rightly or wrongly, former boss Brendon King was often criticised for not having enough contacts in the game, but this should not be a problem for Matthews, who has been around the non-League circuit for the last 15 years.
Critchell said: "Jason knows a lot of people that can help him and I think that is important.
"He has already shown that by bringing in Jake Green from Bristol Rovers and he also has connections with the likes of Bristol City and Exeter City too.
"The club has not got a lot of money at the moment, so he is going to need to find a way of producing players through the youth system and the reserve team.
"Whoever he brings in as his assistant needs to be able to help with that and have a good understanding of the local scene.
"Like everything, it all comes down to a money situation, and at the end of the day the club needs to run within its means."
Critchell returns to work today for the first time in six months after recovering from a severe bout of sepsis, which almost claimed his life last year.
The defender, who can also play in midfield, still harbours hopes of returning to the field one day but he admits he still has a long way to go.
"Personally, I am very much in limbo at the minute," Critchell went on to add. "I have been to see the specialist in Oxford and he has basically given me three scenarios, and all I can do at the moment is keep driving up there for scans to see how my hip is, and how the infection is going.
"Certain questions cannot be answered at the moment but I am being seen by some of the best medical people in the country, if not the world, so I am in the best hands and very thankful for that.
"The whole experience has been very traumatic and although I still hope to play again one day, this is about my life outside of football too, and I need to make sure everything is right."
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57a Landa Kongreso Sankta Luiso / 57th National Congress St. Louis
This is a brief page with pointers to up-to-date information about the 57th Landa Kongreso in at the Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet in St. Louis (May 22 - 25, 2009).
You can read the Full Announcement and download the provisional schedule (Note that it is subject to change!). You can also register for the congress and sign up to find a roommate.
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I had the chance to present at the Riveria JUG on Friday, I had one hour to cover a lot of materials.
We discussed the Adobe Flash/Flex/AIR/RIA Enterprise Solutions, I also quickly demonstrated Flash Catalyst.
I also took a few minutes to demonstrate the latest spring-flex release through a simple CRUD application named spring-flex-todo. (Beware, the client side is not production ready)
I published this demo source code within the fna V2 project, under a LGPL V3 license :
You'll see how elegant and easy is the Spring-Flex remoting integration; here is for example how I set up a TodoItem CRUD Flex Remoting service
package com.adobe.ac.samples.service.impl; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; import org.springframework.flex.remoting.RemotingDestination; import org.springframework.stereotype.Service; import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional; import com.adobe.ac.samples.dao.TodoItemDaoJpa; import com.adobe.ac.samples.model.TodoItem; import com.adobe.ac.samples.service.TodoService; @Service("todoService") @RemotingDestination(channels = { "channel-amf" }) @Transactional public class TodoServiceImpl extends GenericManagerImpl<TodoItem, Integer> implements TodoService { @Autowired public TodoServiceImpl(TodoItemDaoJpa todoItemDao) { super(todoItemDao); } }
Here are the slides associated with this demo: The Spring of Flex Remoting :
- The source code is under svn at : http://fna-v2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/samples/riveria_jug/spring_flex_todo/
- You may import the project in your eclipse, the only prerequisites are
- have m2eclipse installed (or declare a M2_REPO linked resource within your Eclipse workspace)
- create a linked resource named spring_flex_todo_root pointing to your local copy of spring-flex-todo
For those of you who don't like maven and would like to give this a try, I will provide a ANT version of the build as soon as one of you sends it to me.
What I except from any build is to :
- be managing Dependencies
- run the XUnit-Test
- generate documentation and quality reports
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Cinedigm, Tribeca partner on US release of The English Teacher
Cinedigm and Tribeca Film have teamed up to acquire US rights to Craig Zisk's feature directorial debut The English Teacher.
The partners have set a spring release with an ultra VoD and digital window, followed by theatrical release, DVD and broadcast.
The English Teacher stars Julianne Moore in the titular role as a repressed character whose life is turned upside-down when a former pupil, a failed playwright, returns to her small town. Dan and Stacy Chariton wrote the screenplay.
Nathan Lane, Greg Kinnear, Lily Collins and Michael Angarano star and Matthew E Chausse produced alongside Naomi Despres, Ben LeClair and Robert Salerno.
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The Sigg company keeps coming up with more and more fabulous, fun designs! This one in blue and green called the Earth Sigg Water Bottle is really big, like 33 oz. big! By filtering my own water and filling up a Sigg instead of purchasing water in a plastic bottle, I'm not only saving myself money, I'm helping to save the environment!
Please return. Classically curved stainless steel flask with attached twist cap and instructions (with blank space for you to fill in) on getting the drinker and the flask home safely.
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Episode 3 March 27, 2007
Liverpool Public Library's David Fulton discusses new fiction and non-fiction titles, an innovative early literacy project funded by a grant from the Verizon Foundation, the relocation of the Sargent Meeting Room, and two websites. Running time 8 minutes 23 seconds.
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Look, if you're dating a dude who enjoys sports, your living room will probably be transformed into an all-male mecca come February. And if you're planning on sticking around rather than leaving on a full day's worth of shoe shopping, I'll have to question where your priorities are. Then again, maybe I can see the allure of men in tight pants, savagely attacking each other to the ground all in the name of pigskin ….
If you're going to survive the man cave, though, you're going to need food. Luckily, I have recipes for just this occasion. Here's my quick guide to surviving the Super Bowl!
1) Create a Mad Cool Menu: Want to be a hit with the boys and shkoff some awesome food while you're at it? Try my Cherry Bomb Poppers with Maple Bacon from Dude Food, for a solid start. For another crowd-pleaser, try Chorizo Corn Dogs with Grainy Maple Mustard from Mad Men(u). And may I suggest the DIY Vodka Bar with Spicy Pomegranate and Lemongrass Limeade Mixers, which, let's be honest, is more for you than the boys.
2) Educate Yourself About Beer: You've already got them beat at chugging competitions; now pummel your man and his friends with your extensive knowledge of beers and their food pairings. If you like lager, chicken is a great food pairing. Believe it or not, even my all-dressed pizza serves well with a specific type of beer ‑ try brown ales. Rule of thumb: treat lagers like a white wine and ale more like a red.
And there you have it, two ways to survive the Super Bowl as a lady: food and booze. My third option is to run, far, far away … but that's just me.
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DJ_m wrote:Hello Mark,Love the forum and wish you luck with it.I am looking for a few knives over the coming months. First up is a bread knife and (another) Chef's knife. Given your previous recommendations I think I'll go with the 270mm Tojiro ITK bread knife.For the Chef's knife I want something to compliment my two MAC Professionals. I have a 8" Chefs and a 6.5" Santoku both with the hollow edge. I want something that is a bit beefier than these two - slightly heavier, thicker and longer. I don't want to go a full french style and prefer a flatter profile. I'll look to my Santoku for finer chopping and dicing and the 8" for slicing etc. I also use the 8" on fish and more delicate meat slicing.I want the new knife to be the main go to piece that will stand up to some reasonable home kitchen abuse.- Prefer western style handle (not hexagonal or round). I have a biggish hand.- No bolster of half bolster is prefered- I sharpen with an Edge Pro Apex (or will when it arrives!)- Probably stainless- Not too thick, I still prefer the deft of the thinner blades but just something with a bit more grunt than the MACsI like the look of the Richmond Remedy 240mm, the Blazen 240mm Gyuto, the Masamoto 240mm, the Sakai Takuyuki, the MIsumo UX 10 and the Hiromoto Gyuto 240mm. My 8" MAC is only a little over 6oz, some of your knives have weight, others (Richmond Remedy) don't, I would have thought weight was a key factor? I want some weight in this knife.Thanks in advance.Thoughts?
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Blayne Barber became somewhat famous for disqualifying himself following the first stage of PGA TOUR Q School last fall, and he has repeated the trick while contending at the Mylan Classic on the Web.com Tour this week.
New Zealander Daniel Pearce dropped two late shots, but his 6-under-par 33-33=66 was still good for a one shot first round lead over Ben Campbell and Daniel Valente in the Fiji International at Natadola Bay GC.
Brian Davis preps for his first PGA TOUR start in over a year as he turns his attention to Sedgefield Country Club at this week's Wyndham Championship.
Brandt Snedeker has announced his intentions to put away the sticks indefinitely due to a sternum joint (rib) injury that just isn't healing.
Anthony Wall ended a 16-year drought to win last year's Paul Lawrie Match Play in Scotland but he'll put his title on the line on German soil this week as the tournament switches to Golf Resort Bad Griesbach in Bavaria.
Richie Ramsay is the man to chase in this week's Paul Lawrie Match Play at Golf Resort Bad Griesbach in Bavaria.
Wake Forest alum Webb Simpson takes his talents back home to Greensboro, North Carolina, for a ninth appearance at this week's Wyndham Championship.
Y.E. Yang twirled a bogey-free, 6-under-par 35-30=65 during the Monday qualifier into the Wyndham Championship, earning top honors ahead of other qualifiers: Jason Widener (-5), Brad Miller (-4), and Ted Purdy (-4).
Making his major championship debut, World No. 81 Jordan Smith enjoyed a 3-under-par 33-35=68 in the final round of the 99th PGA Championship to wrap on 1-under 283, up 17 places to T9, seven back of champion Justin Thomas.
World No 27 Louis Oosthuizen tacked on a 1-under-par 35-35=70 in the final round of the 99th PGA Championship for a four-day tally of 6-under 278, up two spots into a season-tying-best T2, two shy of champion Justin Thomas, who shot 68.
Beginning two strokes back, World No. 14 Justin Thomas fired a 3-under-par 34-34=68 in the final round of the 99th PGA Championship to wrap on 8-under 276, up three places on the day and good for a two-shot win over Francesco Molinari, Patrick Reed and Louis Oosthuizen.
World No. 28 Patrick Reed fashioned a 4-under-par 33-34-67 in the final round of the 99th PGA Championship to post 6-under 278, up five spots on the live leaderboard to T2, matching the 72-hole clubhouse lead of Francesco Molinari and tying the low round in the clubhouse with four others. UPDATE: With play completed, Reed finished a season-best T2, two short of champion Justin Thomas, who shot 68.


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DETROIT - 9:00 a.m.
Judge Edmunds takes the stand after a 9-day break.
"Mr. Evelyn. How nice to see you back." She tells Ferguson attorney Gerald Evelyn.
Judge Edmunds: "I have instruction we've agreed on in respect to Mr. Mercado."
Before the jury is brought in, the attorneys and judge are meeting at a sidebar.
Kwame Kilpatrick is at the table, chatting with friend and co-defendant, Bobby Ferguson.
Not only is Victor Mercado not here after his surprise guilty plea, the entire table and chairs where he and his two attorneys were sitting are gone.
Edmunds is now instructing the jury, welcoming them back after the "unplanned" break.
"I do have an instruction to give you in respect to the absence of Mr. Mercado. When you came in you may notice Mr. Mercado is no longer a part of this trial. I instruct you that you are not to speculate about the absence of Mr. Mercado."
Edmunds goes on to tell the jury that they are considering this case and the defendants separately, that they are only be tried together as a matter of convenience.
"I want to emphasis again that the remaining defendants have entered pleas of not guilty. The burden of proof is still with the government and never shifts to the defendants."
Now court is back in session.
Gerald Evelyn is back questioning Thomas Hardiman.
Hardiman is a city contractor and was on the witness stand two weeks ago when Evelyn suddenly got sick and had to sit down. Evelyn was eventually rushed to the hospital.
Hardiman says he was once a co-owner of Lakeshore Engineering.
Hardiman has testified that he gave millions to Bobby Ferguson to get his firm city contracts.
When he didn't cut Ferguson in, he testified his firm lost out on millions in Detroit water department contracts.
9:50 a.m.
Attorney Evelyn's style is to ask a question about every 3.5 seconds in rapid-fire fashion to get a one word response.
His voice didn't sound as strong when he began, but now he's back in a groove, peppering Hardiman with a list of questions focusing on all of the issues he and Ferguson agree on: helping minority business, education, taking care of family.
"We both cared about the city of Detroit and about African Americans," Hardiman said. "We would talk about the areas of increasing the hiring of African Americans in the city of Detroit."
Hardiman testified that he was quite close with Ferguson.
Evelyn is now showing a subcontract agreement between Lakeshore Engineering and another subcontractor, DCG.
They're reading the "scope of services."
Mr. Ferguson identified the line items that he wanted to do, and Angelo (DCG) identified the items that he wanted to do, Hardiman testified.
Ferguson was to get 36 percent of the contract of the $19 million contract.
Mr. Ferguson was pushed out of the contract, Evelyn suggests. He was paid to walk away from it.
Evelyn is suggesting that Hardiman and Ferguson talked about the importance of helping minority owned business, but once a big contract was awarded by the city, Lakeshore (Hardiman) left Ferguson out.
Did Ferguson have the power to have Kwame Kilpatrick cancel contracts if they were not to his liking or he wasn't cut into the money, as the government is accusing?
All he told me (Ferguson) was that the contract "Had to go across the mayor's desk.," Hardiman said.
When questioned, Hardiman said that Ferguson never said the contract would be stopped.
10:50 a.m
Gerald Evelyn is questioning Thomas Hardiman, part owner of Sky group.
Contract 1361 first with city for Hardiman for water main repair. Had a relationship with ferguson for over 10 years. Had many discussions on ethnicity and hopes and dreams for their race. Involved with Homer Ferguson Foundation.
Contract with DCG and Lakeshore and Lanzo Lining for DWSD 849. $19.9 Million Contract. Ferguson and DCG both wanted to to do the same work. Ferguson wanted 20%. Change order brought total to $44M.
Feb 1, 2005 text: Gary Delasondro, father of Angelo ask Ferguson to give him a call. "New issues have arrived." Inland waters bid $22m for the same contract. Evelyn trying to show ferguson was part of the bid process.
Bid proposal for DWSD 865 - claimed Mr.Fred Erdman from FEI project manager with a very good resume saying he worked for A&H (on loan) Hardiman had no knowledge of this guy. A&H had no project managers with these credentials - important for winning bid. Would benefit A&H and Lakeshore.
Same proposal shows Mr. Derla as an employee of A&H and foreman for 8 years - loaned to A&H for this project.
10:33 a.m. video frozen - thomas asks for a break.
12:12 p.m.
Ferguson to the rescue
An 8" water main being installed by A&H at Fox Creek shifted underground during installation and Ferguson who was working a few block over from the project came to fix the problem with two of his guys.
Ferguson had four streets he was working on and A&H had three streets on the Fox creek project - where the problem occurred.
Hardiman, with much consternation, agrees Fergusion was a capable contractor but does seem to question the direction of this line of questioning.
Hardiman has doubts as to the validity of the field reports.
Documents are coming directly from Mr. Ferguson and from his office.
12:55 p.m.
During the break - Ferguson at the podium highlighting documents for Evelyn.
12:31 back in session. Evelyn continues to present documents that Hardiman does not recall - his response: "that's what the document says" and "it was written by someone at Fergusons."
change orders for CM 2014 - show FEI was paid for shifted water main repair.
Ferguson helped Lakeshore and A&H when they needed help. Hardiman knew Ferguson could help and had expertise to work on water mains. Hardiman avoids saying he "trusted" Ferguson.
Evelyn presenting documents for bids showing Lakeshore used past projects that Ferguson worked on including a picture of an excavator that may or may not be owned by Ferguson. Government has since confiscated all of Fergusons heavy machines.
12:54 Done for the day - judge says Friday court will end at 11am. Turkey week and all.
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Youth Hunting Weekend Set for Oct. 30-31
AUSTIN, Texas — Passing the hunting tradition through the generations and providing opportunities for young hunters this fall are the goals of special youth-only seasons. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sets aside the special seasons for white-tailed deer, Rio Grande turkey and waterfowl on October 30-31, before the general hunting seasons, to encourage adults to share the hunting experience with the next generation of hunters.
"These youth hunting seasons are becoming as much a part of our state's hunting tradition as opening day of dove or deer season," said Mike Berger, TPWD Wildlife Division director. "We hope these opportunities will motivate folks to devote some time afield with kids and pass on Texas' hunting heritage to the next generation."
During the statewide special youth-only hunting weekend of Oct. 30-31, licensed youth 16 years of age or younger will be allowed to harvest white-tailed deer and Rio Grande turkey. General season bag limits for the county hunted apply during the youth-only weekend.
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Gilliam, Waterston Lead Commonwealth Shakespeare Co's OTHELLO, Closes 8/15
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) is pleased to announce thecasting for the company's 15 th annual free Shakespeare on The Common production, WilliamShakespeare's immortal drama, Othello, directed by CSC Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler. Othello will be performed at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common from July 28 to August 15.
The cast includes Seth Gilliam as Othello and James Waterston as Iago, as well as a list of local favorites including Marianna Bassham, Adrianne Krstansky, Dan Roach, andFrEd Sullivan, Jr.Othello, known as one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, is a captivating story about the fall ofa charismatic Moorish general through the betrayal of one of his most trusted soldiers. Setagainst a backdrop of war, Othello is a powerful story about love and jealousy that focuses onthe passions and personal lives of its major figures.
Othello, with its intimate domestic setting, iswidely regarded as the most moving of Shakespeare's great tragedies.Othello will be performed July 28 - August 15 Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundayat 7 p.m., weather permitting. Performances take place outdoors at the Parkman Bandstand onBoston Common and are presented in partnership with the City of Boston and Mayor Menino.CSC productions have become a beloved civic institution and are expected to draw an estimated100,000 people over 18 performances.
All performances are free and open to the public of allages.THE CASTSeth Gilliam (Othello) is best known for his portrayal of Sgt. Ellis Carver on HBO's "The Wire"and as Clayton Hughes on HBO's "Oz." His theater credits include Richard III (Prince Edward,New York Shakespeare Festival); Saint Stanislaus Outside the House (MCC Theater); JeanGenet's The Maids (Madame, Classic Stage Company NYC); Iphigenia and Other Daughters(Orestes, Classic Stage Company NYC); Hey Little Walter (Playwrights Horizons); Man at hisBest (Playwrights Horizons); Dogeaters (LaJolla Playhouse); Topdog/Underdog (Lincoln,Philadelphia Theatre Company); A Soldier's Play (Soldier, Ojai Music Festival); Suzan-Lori Parks'Father Comes Home from the Wars (Homer, The Public Theatre); and Margaret Edson's Wit (Dr.Posner, Union Square Theatre). Other TV credits include "Assault at West Point" (Showtime),"The Cosby Show" (NBC), "Law and Order" & "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC), "CSI:-Continued-Miami" (CBS), "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime), "As the World Turns" (CBS), and "Mercy" (NBC).
Filmcredits include "Did You Hear about the Morgans?," "Starship Troopers," Courage Under Fire,""The Great New Wonderful," "Tar," "Mr. Wonderful," "Personal Velocity," and "On Board."James Waterston (Iago) has starred in many productions in New York, including The Importanceof Being Earnest (Jack, Brooklyn Academy Of Music); As You Like It (Orlando, New YorkShakespeare Festival); A.R. Gurney's Buffalo Gal (Primary Stages); and Brooke Berman's APerfect Couple (WET). Regional favorites include Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (A.R.T.); Randyin Children (Williamstown); Richard in Ah, Wilderness! (Huntington Theatre Company), and SirAndrew in Twelfth Night. He has also performed in three seasons at Old Globe, three seasonsplaying piano for Greylock Project at Williamstown Theatre Festival and three seasons at TheSundance Institute June Lab. Film/TV credits include: "The Good Wife" (CBS), "Six Feet Under"(HBO, recurring), "Live from Baghdad " (HBO), "The Electric Company," "ER," Dead PoetsSociety, "Christy" (Hallmark), and Little Sweetheart.
Upcoming plans include a tour of France in2011 reprising his role of Brutus in Julius Caesar, David Simon's "Treme" (HBO) and the filmCertainty, written by Boston's own Mike O'Malley.Marianna Bassham (Desdemona), an Elliot Norton Award-winning actress and a veteran of theBoston theater scene, is currently starring in Stoneham Theatre's production of Gaslight.Dan Roach (Cassio) was last seen at CSC in last year's The Comedy of Errors, and hasappeared in numerous Off-Broadway productions and on stages in Los Angeles.
Adrianne Krstansky (Emilia) is an Elliot Norton award-winning actress who has been seen inmany productions around Boston, most recently in the A.R.T.'s production of Paradise Lost, and teaches acting at Brandeis University. FrEd Sullivan, Jr. (Brabantio/Gratiano) played Egeon inlast year's The Comedy of Errors, Jaques (Elliot Norton award- Outstanding actor) in CSC's AsYou Like It, and is also a longtime member of Trinity Rep Company's resident Acting Company.
Jeremy Browne (Montano), no stranger to the bard's plays, was last seen in CSC's The Comedyof Errors, as well as King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing with Hampshire ShakespeareCompany. McCaela Donovan (Bianca) has been seen in many productions both in Boston andNew York City, including CSC's original production of Shakespeare on Love, and recently playedYum-Yum in New Repertory Theatre's production of Hot Mikado.The Company of CSC's Othello also includes Grayson Powell (Roderigo), Philippe Bowgen(Lodovico), John McGinnis (Duke), Arthur Barlas (Senator 1), Arthur Waldstein (Senator 2),Nicholas Crandall (Clown), Greg Coughlin (Ensemble), and Terrell Sledge (Ensemble).
Steven Maler (Director) most recently directed A Shakespearean Cabaret with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and New England Conservatory as part of First Night Boston 2010 andCSC's production of The Comedy of Errors on Boston Common. As the founding Artistic Directorof CSC, he has directed all of their productions. His CSC production of Much Ado About Nothingwon the IRNE Award for Best Director, his Twelfth Night won the Elliot Norton award for "BestProduction," his first CSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream won the Elliot Norton Awardfor "Outstanding Director," his production of Suburbia for the Speak Easy Stage Company won theNorton Award for "Best Production," and his production of John Kuntz's Starf***ers won theNorton Award for "Best Solo Performance."
Patrick Lynch (scenic design) is a 2008 Motif Award-winner for his scene design of Figaro at theBrown/Trinity Consortium. David Reynoso (Costume Design) is a 2010 Elliot Norton Award-winner (Outstanding Costume Design) for last year's CSC production The Comedy of Errors.Justin Townsend (Lighting design) won an Elliot Norton award in 2007 for his design on TheOnion Cellar at the American Repertory Theater and is a member of the Obie Award-winningTheatre Of a Two Headed Calf. David Remedios (sound design) has a Connecticut Critics Circle Award for his design of No Exit with Harford Stage and an Elliot Norton Award for MotherCourage and Her Children at the American Repertory Theater.About Commonwealth Shakespeare CompanyCommonwealth Shakespeare Company, best known for its annual free performances on BostonCommon, is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the works of William Shakespeare invital and contemporary productions to the people of Boston.
In addition to the annual BostonCommon production, the company offers a summer "Tour of the Parks," with a Shakespeare-inspired program designed for families as well as other Shakespeare-related programming throughout the summer. Previous productions include Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth,Henry V, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar. For moreinformation, or to make a contribution to support the work of CSC, visit www.commshakes.org


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The Maple Leaves are making their own push, so I expect this game will be entertaining, intense, and probably nasty.
Which is probably part of the reason Aaron Voros is being de-prucha'd. I suspect that Jokinen might have been prucha'd if Callahan hadn't been hurt. Instead it looks as if it will just be Lisin prucha'd and P.A. Parenteau in the lineup.
Also, Matt Gilroy is prucha'd. And somehow Redden survives to play another day. Wow.
Boston won this afternoon, the dropping-like-a-stone Flyers lost.


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In a first-of-its-kind trading plan involving three states of the Ohio River Basin, an interstate water quality pilot trading program has been initiated.
Under the trading plan, farmers in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky reducing their nutrient run-off using conservation best practices can be credited for nutrient run-off reduction. And emitters of similar nutrients such as power plants and sewage treatment plants can purchase the nutrient reduction credits and not have to invest in hugely expensive changes to their operations in order to meet lower pollution standards/environmental permit requirements.
This water quality exchange program is similar to the carbon exchange programs that have existed for farmers to receive credit for no-till farming to trap carbon so that industries can have a larger carbon footprint in their operations.
The water-quality program, as with the carbon trading, will be handled in a market-based approach. The three states initially participating are the core states of the Ohio River Basin drainage area. Water quality exchanges have not been extremely common and those that have been enacted have been a state or less per program.
"Although some states have adopted trading policies or rules to govern trading within their jurisdictions, this is the first time that several states have come together to develop or implement an interstate trading program where all states operate under the same rules and a water quality credit generated in one state can be applied in another," explained an announcement issued by the American Farmland Trust.
The three-state trading is being termed a pilot program with trades beginning this year and proceeding through 2015 under the pilot program descriptor. Apparently, the program is also being termed a pilot as research into how to handle all aspects of the trading, appropriate actions for credits and other details are worked out while the program proceeds. The organizers promise in their announcement that water quality trading will be simpler than what farmers have found to be the case with other incentive payment programs "because of the valuable input from agriculture in the trading plan."
There is a wide coalition of companies, associations and government agencies involved to assure all the legal aspects and protocol for expanding this program to the whole Ohio River Basin can be worked out.
"The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is leading the research effort with support from American Farmland Trust (AFT); Hunton & Williams LLP; Kieser & Associates, LLD; and the University of California at Santa Barbara. The pilot project is also receiving regional support from the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission; federal support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS); and industry support from American Electric Power, Duke Energy and Hoosier Energy," the announcement noted.
"This trading plan is a win-win for utility companies, agriculture and ultimately consumers and the environment," said AFT President Jon Scholl. "For farmers, water quality trading creates opportunities to work within their communities to implement conservation practices that improve water quality and protect and enhance valuable farmland soils."
Jessica Fox, senior scientist for EPRI's Water and Ecosystems Program and the project director, was quoted as saying, "Trading provides point sources with a cost-effective option for meeting nutrient reduction targets and has the added benefits of improving water quality, restoring wildlife habitat, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and top-soil losses, improving soil health on farms and providing financial support for farmers and local counties."
AFT contends that the program has strong agricultural support and leadership and is being designed to reflect the input of more than 150 Ohio River Basin growers/producers, soil and water conservation district staff and agricultural professionals. Additionally, a 16-member agricultural stakeholder advisory committee is to provide guidance for the project as it proceeds. Various meetings have been ongoing since October 2011.
"Strong participation from the agricultural community is essential to developing a water quality trading market that works for both buyers and sellers," said Rick McLellan, senior vice president, commercial, with the Mosaic Company and a board member. The Mosaic Company Foundation is a supporter by also providing funds.
Apparently the kick-off for pilot trades are set as it was announced that trades are expected to take place in 16 counties. This should involve 30 farmers implementing agricultural "conservation best management practices" on up to 20,000 acres. The water quality credits from these operations are expected to be purchased by an initial three power plants.
From this planned pilot beginning, nutrient reductions have been calculated to total approximately 45,000 pounds of nitrogen and 15,000 pounds of phosphorus annually.
The organizers' goal is for success to eventually be an eight-state trading area in the Ohio River Basin with farmers creating enough credits for 46 power plants, thousands of wastewater treatment facilities and other industries purchasing credits from about 230,000 farmers. The states targeted are Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.


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MORE than 600 Australians have joined a class action against the distributor and manufacturer of Bonsoy soy milk, claiming they fell ill from excessive iodine levels the companies knew about years before the product was recalled.
Legal firm Maurice Blackburn has expanded a multimillion-dollar action against Australian brand owner Spiral Foods to include the two Japanese companies that manufactured and exported Bonsoy, Marusan-ai Co Ltd and Muso Co Ltd.
The law firm has filed an amended statement of claim in the Victorian Supreme Court that alleges the three companies involved were aware of a test conducted in 2006 that revealed Bonsoy contained high levels of iodine but ignored the results.
Bonsoy voluntarily recalled its product in December 2009 after it was found to contain iodine levels at 31 milligrams per litre. According to the statement of claim iodine levels in one glass of Bonsoy were seven times higher than the ''safe limit'' of daily consumption food authorities recommended.
The claim alleges Bonsoy had excessive iodine levels since mid-2003, when Spiral Foods requested Marusan-ai and Muso reformulate Bonsoy using iodine-rich kombu, derived from seaweed, instead of salt.
Irina Lubomirska, a senior associate at Maurice Blackburn, says despite the test results in 2006 the companies failed to act even though they were allegedly contacted on three occasions by customers expressing concerns about iodine levels.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - An astounding second-half defensive effort propelled the University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team to a 52-40 win at Columbia on Friday night. The Quakers allowed just nine points, two baskets and forced 11 turnovers in the final 20 minutes at Levien Gym.
Penn, which held Columbia to one basket over the first 18 minutes of the second half, has now won four of its last five Ivy League road games. It marked the third straight double-digit win over Columbia and moved Penn to 8-8 overall and 1-1 in the Ivy League.
The Lions (2-15, 0-3 Ivy) finished the second stanza 2-of-20 (10.0%) from the floor. Penn had trailed 31-27 at the break, but then outscored Columbia 25-9 the rest of the way.
What made the second half defensive performance even more impressive was Columbia's efficiency in the first half. The Lions shot nearly 50 percent (13-of-28) in the first 20 minutes and were 2-of-4 from three. In contrast, Penn struggled at 6-of-26 (30.3%).
Other than the opening minutes, Columbia led throughout the first half. The Quakers stayed in the game by getting to the line. Penn had half of its points from the charity stripe on 13-of-19 (68.4%) shooting.
Seven minutes into the second half, Penn trailed 35-32, but ended the game on a 20-5 run. It had a similar feel to last season when the Quakers used a 21-0 run to win by 20 at Levien. Junior captain Alyssa Baron had 13 of her game-high 14 points during that final run.
Baron made her first two field goals of the game to start a string of 11 straight Penn points. Her second bucket gave the Quakers a 36-35 lead at the 11:18 mark.
Then sophomore Katy Allen hit a corner three, sophomore Kara Bonenberger converted a post-up layup off a nice entry pass from Baron, and Baron capped the run with another lay-in to go up 43-35 with 8:37 to play.
Columbia hit a pair of free throws, but after that, Baron had a fastbreak layup, fed junior Courtney Wilson for a layup and then sunk a three for a 50-37 lead with just 3:22 remaining.
The Quakers salted the game away from there. They finished 16-of-54 (29.6%) from the field, including 5-of-21 (71.4%) from three. Columbia was 15-of-48 (31.3%) overall and 3-of-10 (30.0%) from beyond the arc. Penn won the rebounding battle, 41-33.
Baron also added five rebounds, two blocks, two steals and had six of the team's nine assists. Allen matched a career high with a game-high 11 rebounds in addition to eight points and two steals. Sophomore Kathleen Roche hit three three-pointers and finished with nine points. Freshman Keiera Ray scored all seven of her points in the first half to keep the Quakers close during that time. Senior Brianna Bradford had five points in 24 minutes off the bench.
Penn boarded the bus to Ithaca, N.Y. immediatley following the game and will take on Cornell (10-7, 2-1 Ivy) at 7 p.m. Saturday inside Newman Arena.
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Combining solid science, simple language in online health info [video]
The Internet has replaced the "pediatrician on speed dial" for many parents as the first place they turn for information.
Maureen Hill, a Wilmington mother of three, says it's just easier. "It's less time-consuming just to get a quick answer on the Internet." When she observes symptoms, or one of her children gets sick on a weekend, she goes online first to evaluate whether she should call her pediatrician.
It's what Amy Lacy Powalski did when her son Charlie, 3, came home with a rash and a fever.
"I was googling to figure out what he might have and it was 'fifth disease,' and I had never heard of this before," she said.
But how do parents know if they can trust the info they have found? Should they call the doctor anyway?
Enter kidshealth.org, which is led by a pediatrician.
Striking the right balance
Dr. Neil Izenberg heads the Nemours Center for Children's Health Media, which produces the site. Twenty years ago, he was creating print materials and videos for hospitals. A few years later, as people started using the Internet, Izenberg sensed a huge, new opportunity.
"This is going to be fantastically useful," he remembers thinking. "So we jumped with both feet into the web, and by that, I mean I hired one person."
Izenberg says good online health information should allow people to research symptoms, to familiarize themselves with a diagnosis, and should offer healthy lifestyle tips. It has to balance solid science with simple language.
"We have to write in a simple way," explained Izenberg. "Now you can explain complicated things in simple language, and that's part of the art of what we do. I think part of the art also is interweaving the medical with the emotional aspects, how this may affect the family."
Everything published on the site is reviewed by several doctors and scientists.
Something for everyone
The site has different sections, one for parents, one for teens, and one for kids — which is decidedly different from the grownup section.
"Kids are interested in gross stuff, boogers and stinky feet," explained Debra Moffit, kids' editor at kidshealth.org. "They are interested in things that happened to them — chicken pox, strep throat — and they are also very curious about how the body works."
A video series called "how the body works" looks just like a cartoon kids would watch on their favorite channel.
"We don't want it to look like a musty old textbook, or a slide show they have to watch in school," said Moffit. "I don't think it's pandering. It's about making them feel like they belong, that this site is for me."
Of course, the web is old news these days — the newest game is mobile platforms and apps. And Izenberg says the center is now developing health apps such as the one called "Is it Contagious?" about infections that the kids might have or that kids in day care might have.
"It has wonderful illustrations, it tells you how long to keep the kids out of school," said Izenberg.
Reliability factor
Charlie's mom, Amy Powalski, could have found "fifth disease" here, the rash and fever that were plaguing her son.
For Maureen Hill, certain Internet sites have become an essential resource in her kids' care, a resource that professionals seem to trust as well.
"I have gone to doctors and they have searched the Internet to give me answers," Hill says.
Aside from professional advice, Hill says she also enjoys exchanging ideas, advice and tips with other parents online.
A version of this story will air on a WHYY-TV First Extra: Health+Technology. The half-hour special explores the ways tech innovations are driving medicine and airs at 5:30 p.m. on March 28 on WHYY-TV. It will be re-broadcasted on April 2 at 7:30 p.m.


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• Coordinates all special events relating to fundraising with the VP of Development and the Field Office's Director of Operations.
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• Establishes sound working relationships and cooperative arrangements with community groups and organizations.
• Establishes and expands awareness about the mission of Operation Homefront among political leaders, business leaders and the general public.
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Starting a MSc in Digital Forensics and Security this year so I'm going to try and get an early start by using Backtrack to see what I can learn.
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Young's homer backs Chen's dominant night
Orioles lefty tosses eight strong innings for his fourth straight win
SEATTLE -- Orioles manager Buck Showalter wanted to get everyone at least one start on the club's current 10-game West Coast road trip, and designated hitter Delmon Young was the last guy for Showalter to pencil in Thursday night.
Young, who had last started on July 6, had some success against Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma going in and -- as Showalter quipped before the game -- made sure his skipper was aware of it. Several hours later, he went out and proved it.
Led by Young's three-run homer, which capped a four-run third inning, the Orioles got a career-high-tying eight scoreless innings from starter Wei-Yin Chen to keep first-place Baltimore three games up in the American League East. The series-opening 4-0 win, in front of 19,621 at Safeco Field, puts the O's at 4-3 on the three-city swing and 14-7 in their last 21 road games.
"Probably the best I've seen [Chen] in a really long time," catcher Caleb Joseph said of the lefty, who didn't allow a baserunner to reach second after the first inning. "Really did well with the fastball, mixed in a really good slider, threw the curveball and the changeup. And that's the type of performance we really need out of him for us to be a playoff contending team."
While Chen dazzled on the mound, with his pitches and defensive prowess, Young continued to give the Orioles impressive at-bats despite erratic playing time. With just one at-bat in the second half prior to suiting up Thursday, Young drove Iwakuma's first-pitch slider into the left-field seats to score Nick Markakis and Joseph and mark the O's fourth hit of the inning.
"I had good numbers," Young said when asked if he expected to get the nod Thursday. "They say I only play with numbers, so if I didn't play today, something was wrong."
"I thought I was going to see 10-for-11 or something but it was like 2-for-5," Showalter said of Young's track record against Iwakuma. "I was going to play him anyway, I spoke to him a day or two ago ... Delmon is a professional hitter. We are lucky to have him. He had a big blow for us. Obviously as big as a hit as there was in the game."
It was the bottom of the order that got things going with Ryan Flaherty and No. 9 batter Joseph singling before Markakis drove in a run with a hit to center field. After Young's homer, Chris Davis delivered a two-out single, which marked the fifth hit off Iwakuma, who allowed seven total over his seven innings.
"I was flying open and trying to make my adjustment on the mound for a second inning," Iwakuma said through his interpreter. "I was able to make the adjustment at the end, but it was too late. [Young] got to that pitch, it was a slider up in the zone, and that hurt me. ... That three-run home run cost us the whole game."
Chen handily outpitched his mound counterpart, running his winning streak to four in a dominant 109-pitch performance. The lefty was on cruise control for most of the night, showcasing some impressive defense, including a first-inning play at the plate that saved him a run.
With James Jones on third base -- after reaching on a leadoff walk -- Robinson Cano hit a dribbler back to Chen, who charged it and made a great glove flip to the plate to nab Jones. After a crew-chief review, the play stood as an out, and Chen scattered five singles from there.
"Since all the way back to Spring Training, Buck told us about being aware of all kinds of situations," Chen said through his interpreter. "During the play I took a peek and saw that the runner was going, so I did what I needed to do to get the ball to the plate. I think with a lot of practice in Spring Training, that's a result of that practice."
The play capped a defensive show for the Orioles, who also got a nice play from Davis to help turn the early momentum in their favor. Chen took it and ran, starting the eighth inning at 94 pitches and striking out Chris Taylor to mark the first time he's recorded an out past the seventh this season. One out later, Stefen Romero singled to bring Showalter on for a mound meeting, but Chen was able to retire Cano and finish the inning.
"I don't think he was real happy with the manager after the last outing," Showalter said, referencing Chen's five-inning outing in Oakland. "He takes a lot of pride in getting deep into games. I could tell he had a little extra edge going into tonight.
"I was going to let him start the ninth, if he could have got the guy out before Cano. But he just took it as far as he could. That's about as good as you can pitch."
It's also been a familiar sight lately for the Orioles as Chen became the fourth consecutive starter to turn in a quality outing, with the rotation pitching to a 1.26 ERA over that span and allowing four earned runs over a combined 28 2/3 innings.
"It's good because we've been getting ahead early and they've been pitching well so we don't have to go out there and score five or six runs," Young said. "If we go out there and score three or four, we can win because once the ball gets into the bullpen's hands with a lead, 90 percent of the time we're coming out with a win."
Darren O'Day, who leads the league in relief ERA, pitched a scoreless ninth to lower his mark to 1.02 and run his scoreless-outing streak to 13.
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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College football won't have a four-team playoff in place for another two years, but Saturday's Southeastern Conference championship game in Atlanta will have the same impact as a national semifinal.
Sunday's penultimate BCS standings confirmed that the winner between No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia will earn a spot in the Jan. 7 national championship game opposite Notre Dame, which clinched the top position and capped off a 12-0 season with a 22-13 victory at Southern Cal.
This will be the seventh consecutive year the winner of the SEC championship game qualifies for the national title game. With No. 4 Florida locked in at 11-1 and ranked No. 2 in five of the six computer formulas, it would be impossible at this point for No. 5 Oregon, which didn't qualify for the Pac-12 championship game, to pass the Gators. No. 6 Kansas State will try to clinch the Big 12 championship Saturday against Texas.


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Our fifth installment of this annual feature examines a variety of outstanding LEED projects, all of which exemplify excellence in sustainable commercial interior design and architecture.
In 1993, there weren't many people talking about a new eco-industrial revolution, but that didn't stop Rick Fedrizzi, David Gotfried and Mike Italanio from founding the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in April of that year.
Two decades later, the conversation has become so pervasive in the A&D community that it's hard to find someone who isn't plugged into the sustainability movement in one way or another. If you don't believe us, just ask one of the more than 181,000 professionals who currently hold LEED credentials, according to the USGBC.
Although the green building industry still has its share of growing pains to overcome (as the continuing debates over transparency and certification show), it appears to have reached something of a critical mass, thanks to the thousands of design practitioners, manufacturers and industry stakeholders that are committed to seeing a complete market transformation. Case in point: just 10 years ago, there were only 962 LEED projects registered with the USGBC, representing just 122 million square feet of space. Today, the United States alone boasts more than 46,000 registered or certified LEED projects, representing nearly 6.6 billion square feet.
If perception defines reality, then sustainable thinking is quickly becoming the new normal. For example, 42 percent of respondents cited
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Extension of BPS-MR-PAH-203 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Patients
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|Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
|Drug: Beraprost Sodium Modified Release
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Open-label Extension of BPS-MR-PAH-203 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Patients
- Safety will be assessed by adverse events, physical examination, vital signs, clinical laboratory parameters, and electrocardiogram findings. [ Time Frame: 3, 6 & 12 months & annually thereafter ]
- Unencouraged 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) [ Time Frame: 3, 6 & 12 months & annually thereafter ]
- Clinical Worsening [ Time Frame: 3, 6 & 12 months & annually thereafter ]
|Study Start Date:
|November 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: B.I.D
Beraprost Sodium Modified Release Tablet, 60mcg, B.I.D (twice a day dosing)
Drug: Beraprost Sodium Modified Release
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Experimental: Q.I.D
Beraprost Sodium Modified Release Tablet, 60mcg, q.i.d (four times a day dosing)
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Eligible patients who participated in BPS-MR-PAH-203 and who elect to continue receiving study drug in an open-label extension.Each patient will return to the clinic following enrollment in the study at 3, 6, and 12 months, and annually thereafter for assessment. Patients will be called by study personnel to assess adverse events and concomitant medications at Month 9, and at 3 month intervals following the annual visit.
At the End of Study visit, patients discontinuing study drug will be down-titrated off of BPS-MR at the discretion of the Investigator, at a maximum decrement of one tablet (60µg) b.i.d. per day and a minimum decrement of one tablet (60µg) b.i.d. per week. Likewise, patients who withdraw early from the study will be down-titrated off of BPS-MR in the same manner. Upon completion of down-titration, patients will return to the clinic for a final Closeout visit.
Currently enrolled patients may be invited to participate in an optional four times daily (QID) dosing substudy of BPS-MR with total daily dose of BPS-MR achieved previously in the main study. Patients will return to the clinic for baseline visit, week 12, and then will follow the visit schedule provided to them in BPS-MR-PAH-204 main study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who remained on study drug and completed all assessments during the Treatment Phase of Study BPS MR PAH 203 are eligible for this study.
- Women of child-bearing potential (defined as less than 1 year post-menopausal or not surgically sterile) must be using an acceptable method of birth control or practicing abstinence. If sexually active, female patients must use a double barrier method of birth control, such as a condom and spermicidal.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who discontinued study drug during the previous study (BPS MR PAH 203) for any reason (e.g. treatment related adverse events) are not eligible for entry into this study.
- Patients who are pregnant or lactating are excluded from participation in the open-label extension.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00990314
|United States, California
|Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
|Torrance, California, United States, 90502
|United States, Illinois
|Midwest Heart Foundation - Advocate Medical Group
|Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, United States, 60181
|United States, New York
|Albert Einstein College of Medicine
|Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
|Beth Israel Medical Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10003
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Allegheny General Hospital
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15212
|United States, Texas
|UT Southwestern Medical Center
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
|Universite Libre de Bruxelles
|Bruxelles, Belgium, 1070
|Catholic University of Leuven
|Leuven, Belgium, 3000
|Czech Republic
|General Teaching Hospital
|Praha, Czech Republic, 2, 128 08
|Klinikum der Universitat zu Koln
|Cologne, Germany, 50937
|Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik
|Dresden, Germany, 01307
|Abt Innere Medizin III, Medizinische Universitatsklinik
|Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
|Universitatsklinik Leipzig Abteilung Pulmologie
|Leipzig, Germany, 04103
|Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Ltd.
|Dublin, Ireland, 7
|Institutul de Urgenta pentru Boli
|Bucuresti, Romania, 022322
|Institutul National de Pneumologie
|Bucuresti, Romania, 050159
|Institutul de Boli Cardiovasculare
|Lasi, Romania, 700503
|Study Director:
|Aimee Smart
|Study Sponsor
|Responsible Party:
|Lung Biotechnology PBC
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00990314 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 5, 2009
|Last Updated:
|May 19, 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Vasodilator Agents
Antihypertensive Agents
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The term scientific reductionism has been used to describe various reductionist ideas about science.[citation needed] These ideas can often be conflicting.
Reductionist ideasEdit
One version is simply the idea that all of nature can eventually be described scientifically; that there are no inherently unknowable facts.
Sometimes it is used to describe science (particularly physics) as a basis for ontological reductionism—the idea that everything that exists can be explained as the interactions of a small number of simple things (such as fundamental particles like quarks and leptons interacting through gauge bosons) obeying physical laws. Superstitious world-views have however been largely abandoned in the scientific community in exchange for more naturalistic approaches with empirical evidence to support them.
One attack against this form of reductionism, which is popular among solid-state physicists, argues that it is incorrect to regard the laws which govern the components of structures to be more fundamental than the laws which govern the structures. For example, it has been argued that a traffic jam contains patterns of behavior which cannot be reduced to the behavior of an individual car. Similarly metals undergo collective behavior and interactions that are not reducible to the behavior of an individual atom within that metal, and it has been argued that the laws which describe this collective behavior are no less fundamental than the laws that describe the atoms themselves.
Another attack against the idea of reductionism comes from supporters of the anthropic principle. Some believe that the laws of physics may be randomly determined and explain the fact that we observe certain physical laws by postulating that only a small subset of laws allow for conscious observers. Seen this way, consciousness does not arise from the laws of physics, but rather the observed laws of physics exist because of consciousness.
Daniel Dennett defends this basic kind of reductionism, which he says is really little more than materialism, by making a distinction between this and what he calls "Greedy reductionism": the idea that every explanation in every field of science should be reduced all the way down to particle physics or string theory. Greedy reductionism, he says, deserves some of the criticism that has been heaped on reductionism in general because the lowest-level explanation of a phenomenon, even if it exists, is not always the best way to understand or explain it. Richard Dawkins describes the alternative as "hierarchical" reductionism: organisms can be described in terms of DNA, DNA in terms of atoms, atoms in terms of sub-atomic particles; but there is no need to deal with details of sub-atomic particles to explain animal behavior if one can make adequate explanations and predictions at a higher level.
Both Dennett and Steven Pinker argue that too many people who are opposed to science use the words "reductionism" and "reductionist" less to make coherent claims about science than to convey a general distaste for the endeavor. Furthermore, these opponents often use the words in a rather slippery way, to refer to whatever they dislike most about science. Dennett suggests that critics of reductionism may be searching for a way of salvaging some sense of a higher purpose to life, in the form of some kind of non-material / supernatural intervention. Dennett terms such aspirations "skyhooks," in contrast to the "cranes" that reductionism uses to build its understanding of the universe from solid ground. He writes :-
- The term that is most often bandied about in these conflicts, typically as a term of abuse, is "reductionism." Those who yearn for skyhooks call those who eagerly settle for cranes "reductionists," and they can often make reductionism seem philistine and heartless. But like most terms of abuse, "reductionism" has no fixed meaning. (Dennett 1995, p. 80)
As Pinker puts it,
- Attempts to explain behavior in mechanistic terms are commonly denounced as "reductionist" or "determinist." The denouncers rarely know exactly what they mean by those words, but everyone knows they refer to something bad. (Pinker 2002, p. 10)
In light of this, it might be wise to make some effort to distinguish between rabble-rousing uses of these words, and efforts to make serious claims with them.
Alternatives to reductionismEdit
In recent years, the development of systems thinking has provided methods for tackling issues in a holistic rather than a reductionist way, and many scientists are considered to belong to a holistic paradigm, commonly seen as an alternative to mainstream reductive science in certain fields. When the terms are used constructively in the science context, holism and reductionism refer to how empirical evidence is interpreted, and not only to the methods used to produce such evidence.
In many cases (such as the kinetic theory of gases), given a good understanding of the components of the system, one can predict all the important properties of the system as a whole. In other cases, trying to do this leads to a fallacy of composition. In those systems, emergent properties of the system are almost impossible to predict from knowledge of the parts of the system. Complexity theory studies such systems.
References and further readingEdit
- Daniel Dennett (1995) Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life. ISBN 0-684-80290-2
- Steven Pinker (2002) The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. Viking Penguin.
- Steven Weinberg (2002) describes what he terms the culture war among physicists in his review of A New Kind of Science
- Eric Scerri The reduction of chemistry to physics has become a central aspect of the philosophy of chemistry. See several articles by this author.
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After nine months, four current and former New Orleans Saints players who were named following the NFL's three-year investigation into a pay-for-performance scheme had their suspensions overturned Tuesday.
Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who was appointed as appeals hearing officer in October by current Commissioner Roger Goodell, vacated the suspensions handed out to middle linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith, as well as two former Saints — linebacker Scott Fujita and defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove.
Tagliabue heard the case in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans last week.
Goodell announced March 2 that an investigation by the league showed former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and 24 to 27 players were involved in a bounty scheme that awarded cash for hits, called "cart-offs" and "knockouts," that took opposing players out of games.
Goodell suspended Vilma for the 2012 season and banned Smith for four games. Hargrove and Fujita received bans of eight and three games, respectively. Hargrove is a free agent and Fujita is with the Cleveland Browns.
The suspensions of Hargrove and Fujita were reduced by one game each after Goodell heard a second round of appeals in October, one month after a three-person Collective Bargaining Agreement appeals panel overturned his initial suspensions.
Despite vacating the suspensions, Tagliabue agreed with the league's findings that Vilma, Smith and Hargrove were involved in a pool that rewarded players for big plays and hard hits.
Fujita, however, was exonerated by Tagliabue of conduct detrimental to the league, saying he found the NFL's contentions against Fujita to be "lacking in merit."
Tagliabue noted the case was contaminated by Saints coaches and other members of the organization because they encouraged the players to participate in the system, did nothing to stop it, or asked them to mislead investigators.
"Unlike Saints' broad organizational misconduct, player appeals involve sharply focused issues of alleged individual player misconduct in several different aspects," Tagliabue wrote in his decision. "My affirmation of Commissioner Goodell's findings could certainly justify the issuance of fines.
However, this entire case has been contaminated by the coaches and others in the Saints' organization.
"I strongly condemn the misconduct of the Saints' coaches found by Commissioner Goodell and confirmed in the record developed during this appeal. That severe misconduct played a substantial role in my deciding whether to sustain, in whole or in part, or vacate the discipline to be imposed upon these four players. Equally, in vacating the players' suspensions, I do not in any degree condone their behavior."
The Saints did not immediately respond to an email request for comment.
Also suspended by Goodell were Saints coach Sean Payton for the 2012 season, General Manager Mickey Loomis for eight games and assistant head coach/linebackers coach Joe Vitt for six games.
They were suspended for misleading investigators and for not stopping the bounty system when instructed to do so by league officials.
Williams, who left the Saints to join the St. Louis Rams in January, was suspended indefinitely and cannot apply for reinstatement until after the season.
Vitt, who served as the team's interim coach before and after his six-game suspension, has repeatedly said Saints defenders never did anything to intentionally injure players when they stepped between the white lines.
"We respect Mr. Tagliabue's decision, which underscores the due process afforded players in NFL disciplinary matters," the NFL said in a statement. "This matter has now been reviewed by Commissioner Goodell, two CBA grievance arbitrators, the CBA Appeals Panel, and Mr. Tagliabue as Commissioner Goodell's designated appeals officer.
"The decisions have made clear that the Saints operated a bounty program in violation of league rules for three years, that the program endangered player safety, and that the commissioner has the authority under the CBA to impose discipline for those actions as conduct detrimental to the league. Strong action was taken in this matter to protect player safety and ensure that bounties would be eliminated from football."
The NFL Players Association said in a statement: "We believe that when a fair due process takes place, a fair outcome is the result. We are pleased that Paul Tagliabue, as the appointed hearings officer, agreed with the NFL Players Association that previously issued discipline was inappropriate in the matter of the alleged New Orleans Saints bounty program."
The players' suspensions were originally overturned Sept. 7 by a three-person Collective Bargaining Agreement appeals panel, which unanimously voted to send the case back to Goodell for a redetermination because they said it was unclear if the suspensions fell under his jurisdiction, according to the CBA.
Goodell later appointed Tagliabue, an attorney who was the NFL's commissioner from 1989-2006, to hear the case and bring it to a conclusion.
Tagliabue's ruling does nothing to change the suspensions to Payton, Loomis, Vitt and Williams.
A statement issued by Vilma's attorney, Peter Ginsberg, said his client intends to continue pursuing a defamation-of-character suit that was filed against Goodell and the league after he was identified as one of the leaders of the pay-for-performance system.
"We are obviously relieved and gratified that Jonathan no longer needs to worry about facing an unjustified suspension," Ginsberg's statement said. "On the other hand, Commissioner Tagliabue's rationalization of Commissioner Goodell's actions does nothing to rectify the harm done by the baseless allegations lodged against Jonathan.
"Jonathan has a right and every intention to pursue proving what really occurred and we look forward to returning to a public forum where the true facts can see the light of day."
None of the players who were implicated sat out any games because of the suspensions.
Smith has played in all 13 games this season. Vilma, who underwent a series of knee operations during the offseason, has played in eight games after spending the first six weeks of the season on the physically-unable-to-perform (PUP) list.
Fujita played in four games with the Browns before his season ended when he went on injured reserve with a neck injury.
Hargrove, who was with the Green Bay Packers this summer, was released and hasn't played this season.