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Andover Theological School Missionary Rock
Andover Theological School Missionary Rock
Sprattler, Timothy
Phillips Academy
This memorial was placed in 1910 to remember the missionaries sent out to foreign lands to spread the word of the lord. the theological school had moved to Harvard University in 1908, but its history remains tightly bound to this campus. The theologues often strolled the woods of the nearby bird sanctuary and this area around Rabbit Pond. For this reason the boulder was placed here.
Andover Theological School -- Grounds
Andover Theological School -- Missionary Rock
Phillips Academy -- Grounds
Hall, Gordon
Mills, Samuel J.
Judson, Adoniram
Richards, James
Rice, Luther
Newell, Samuel
Nott, Samuel
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Sprattler, Timothy, "Andover Theological School Missionary Rock ," in NOBLE Digital Heritage, Item #15727, http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15727 (accessed September 26, 2017).


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Communi-Card 2
Richard Poulin Design Group Inc., New York, New York, 1995
Developed with New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center, this visual tool facilitates communication between emergency service and cardiac care staff and non-English-speaking patients or those with acute speech/hearing problems or chronic communication deficits. Colorful pictograms illustrate physical, medical, and emotional symptoms, while a simplified human figure targets the symptom's location. Simple questions in English and a second language along with an alphabet on the back of the card allow the patient, care provider, or family member to spell out simple messages. Currently, the card is being used in over 200 hospitals and health-care facilities in the United States and Canada.
Collections: Information Graphics: Design of Understanding
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Information design
Format: Information graphic, Interaction, Cards
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- Richard Poulin Design Group Inc.
- Art director
- Richard Poulin
- Designers
- J. Graham Hanson, Richard Poulin
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- Colahan-Saunders Corporation
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Vaughn told police Judy Bell was shot by an intruder, but police say Vaughn was a suspect all along
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CEDAR HILL — Few details emerged this week about what may have led a woman to fatally shoot her lesbian partner in this suburb south of Dallas in 2008, or how authorities finally linked her to the crime three years later.
Seidah Muhammad Vaughn, 41, was arrested Monday, Dec. 6, on a charge of first-degree murder in the February 2007 murder of her partner, Judy Marie Bell, 34.
After being taken into custody at the high school where she teaches in Oklahoma City, Vaughn waived extradition and was brought Tuesday to the Dallas County jail, where she was being held on $500,000 bond.
Vaughn called 911 in the early morning hours of Feb. 29, 2008, and said an intruder had shot Bell in the Cedar Hill home they shared. But there were no signs of forced entry, and authorities never believed Vaughn's story.
"She's always been a person of interest, and our detectives have actually kept up with her location over the years because of that," said Corky Brown, a spokesman for the city of Cedar Hill. "Recently, they came across some information that gave them what they were looking for."
Brown declined to elaborate and said the motive for the crime remained unknown.
"We don't typically try them [cases] in the public," Brown said. "The idea is to get the information to the district attorney and let them try the case."
Marshall McCallum, the assistant Dallas County district attorney assigned to the case, didn't return a phone call seeking comment.
District Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons said court records contained no additional information because the case was referred by a grand jury.
According to media reports, both Vaughn and Bell taught at Permenter Middle School in Cedar Hill at the time of the murder. They'd lived together for four years.
Bell was a special education teacher and basketball coach. Vaughn taught English and language arts.
Bell's 10-year-old son and three of Vaughn's children — ages 11-20 — were in the home sleeping at the time of the shooting.
Vaughn began teaching in Oklahoma City in February 2009. Bell's son now lives with his father in Houston.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition December 10, 2010.


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Recap of Last Year's Side Dishes
Here are some side dishes that have been very memorable. Never underestimate a good side dish. It can really bring a whole meal together.
I can't even count how many times I have made this Butternut Squash and Spinach Casserole. It serves quite a few people, so it's great for potlucks and dinner parties. It also reheats well and is healthy!
If you are looking for a delicious ooey-gooey Mac and Cheese recipe, look no further. I served this at our SuperBowl party and it was quite a success.
We love anything roasted. When you add a quick and easy marinade, you can transform plain old potatoes into these Roasted Potatoes.
Again with the roasting. Roasting Asparagus is my favorite way to prepare asparagus and we were eating this almost daily for a while…
And last but not least, this Fire Roasted Ketchup is good on everything. It takes zero effort and time and you'll be blown away by the flavor.
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i grew up on boiled vegetables and soggy potatoes (blech) so when i grew up and started roasting everything to crispiness, it was a revelation
Butternut squash and spinach casserole? Yes, please! I love the beautiful colors too!
That is a good point about side dishes bringing a meal together. I have been trying to be better about including them in my weekly menu planning.
The butternut squash and spinach casserole sounds like perfection!! Definitely going to try that soon 🙂
I made the butternut squash and spinach casserole last year, and it was FANTASTIC. It makes a ton, too! Wow, it was so good, I can't wait to make it again.
I've made your fire roasted ketchup twice this summer, it is awesome! So easy and so tasty, it really adds pizzaz to burgers.
Thanks so much for all you do!


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Can you believe Thanksgiving is only a week away? It's time for me to start seriously looking through the Carb-Conscious Thanksgiving Recipes and making some choices! This recipe for Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic, Parmesan, and Pine Nuts is not only the first brussels sprouts recipe I ever posted on Kalyn's Kitchen, but it's also the recipe that turned me into a lover of brussels sprouts. This low-carb and gluten-free recipe is perfect as a Thanksgiving side dish; just put the brussels sprouts in to roast when you take out the turkey.
This recipe has so many fans that I've been hesitant to replace this ultra close-up photo of the recipe from 2007, so I decided I'd just add a more updated photo, and keep the old one too so people can recognize the recipe. If brussels sprouts have a bad reputation with some people, it's partly because when they're overcooked they release an unpleasant smell, but when cooked properly they are nutty tasting and delicious. Personally I think roasting is the perfect method for cooking brussels sprouts.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic, Parmesan, and Pine Nuts
(Makes 3-4 servings, recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from Fine Cooking Magazine on roasting vegetables, November 2007.)
1 lb. brussels sprouts, trimmed and quartered
2 T olive oil
1 T balsamic vinegar
2 T Parmesan cheese (preferably fresh grated; use more or less to taste)
1 T pine nuts (preferably toasted, could substitute other nuts of your choice)
Trim brussels sprouts, remove any discolored leaves, and cut into quarters (or halves if they are small.) Whisk together the olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Put sprouts in mixing bowl and toss with the olive oil-balsamic mixture.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Olive oil and nuts are both considered a "good fat" for South Beach, so this is a good side dish for any phase of the South Beach Diet, as well as a good choice for any kind of low-carb diet.
More Tasty Recipes for Brussels Sprouts:
Hashed Brussels Sprouts with Lemon from Simply Recipes
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pecans - with or without Gorgonzola Cheese from Kalyn's Kitchen
Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic and Cranberries from The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Shredded and Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Toasted Almonds and Parmesan from Kalyn's Kitchen
Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta and Garlic from A Veggie Venture
Blogger Disclosures:
Posts may include links to my affiliate account at Amazon.com, and Kalyn's Kitchen earns a few cents on the dollar if readers purchase the items I recommend, so thanks for supporting my blog when you shop at Amazon!
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic, Parmesan, and Pine Nuts was first posted in 2007 for Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Truffle from What's On My Plate and was updated with better photos November 2014.


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We will not be eating at OG. Casa is messing with you.
12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Lazy idiot
Maybe the Olive Gardens in Nashville have decent food...clearly the ones in PA don't.
Tick tock
Ooh! Casa... make Trent swear again.
Jesus wept. I'm just leaving town that week. Somebody watch my dogs.
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
Fine, I guess Trent thinks that since he is the race director his voice overrules majority vote.
I guess we all convene at the locale that got the second greatest number of votes.
Macaroni Grill at Opry Mills.
Oh Mighty Wing
Damn you Casa Damn you!!!
hey how about Billy Jack's or Jacky Billy's or something like that... we can go eat there and kick all the local's out (by local I mean on a first name basis with the wait staff)... where I will order water and all you nashvillian's will laugh just like our waitress did!


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Twitter Testing Easier-To-Use Hashtags
Twitter appears to be testing a feature that will better organize its chaotic world of hashtags.
The new feature, seen by The Wall Street Journal in the Twitter app for iOS, added an expanded label to some hashtag searches such as #tbt (Throwback Thursday), #smh (Shaking My Head) or #oitnb (TV series "Orange Is The New Black"). The labeling gives the hashtags a sense of legitimacy and order as related to a certain event or subject.
Other hashtags noticed by WSJ that appeared to have legitimate associations to it included #lol ("League of Legends," the popular online game), #manutd (Manchester United, the soccer team), #hhldn (Hacks/Hackers London, a small media/technology event) and #rt (stated to be Russia Today, rather than retweet).
It wasn't clear how these labels were generated. Some included an option for users to rate their accuracy. Many hashtags, such as #MH17 for Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, didn't trigger the feature. A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment on the supposed new feature.
Like many social networks, Twitter often tests out experimental new features on select groups. Earlier this year some users noticed the word "retweet" in their apps had been replaced with "share," and the recent desktop profile design was also tested on random users before its wider release.
The new hashtag definition feature could be designed to help ease new users into the social network, which has struggled to grow its user base in recent years—though it showed stronger growth the second quarter of this year.
Some analysts consider the service to be hard to use. To address that issue, Twitter has focused on making it easier for new users to find content that is of specific interest to them faster. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has said it plans to do this by better organizing Twitter around topics and events.
One of the experimental hashtags viewed by The Journal appears to prompt users to easily find users using the same hashtag nearby. In the event of an accident or some other kind of hyper local news event, organizing tweets in a neighborhood by a single hashtag could theoretically make it easier for users to discover relevant information about the accident faster.


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displacer beast, blink, pets in general can cause you to being warped too far from your primary target, general bug out where it doesn't do anything, heroic leap, can be disarmed mid killing spree, mirror images, demonic portal, demonic leap, disengage and roll are just all too good versus it. if you're lucky, you might follow people when they use stuff like leap, disengage or demonic leap but it's too rare.
that being said, paralytic poison and shuriken toss can help out combat along via random stuns during killing spree and shuriken toss to extend bandit guile duration of 10-20%. not to mention it does more dmg than ss
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Football meets sexy: Lingerie League comes to Kent
Scantily clad women playing tackle football will make their debut for the new Seattle Mist of the inaugural Lingerie Football League on Sept. 11 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Tickets go on sale Monday for the game between the San Diego Seduction and the Seattle Mist, two of the 10 teams in the new Lingerie Football League.
Tickets range from $12 for upper end zone seats to $105 for VIP mid-field seats. Other ticket prices are $16, $22, $35 and $65 at the 6,000-seat arena.
The Mist will play only four games. The other home game is Jan. 1 against the Denver Dream. The road games are Oct. 23 at the Dallas Desire and Nov. 27 at the Los Angeles Temptation.
The games will feature seven-on-seven tackle football on a 50-yard field. Each offense will have a quarterback, center, two running backs and three receivers.
"All of the girls have athletic backgrounds, whether it's field hockey, gymnastics or even wrestling," said Stephon McMillen, media director for the league, in a phone interview Wednesday from his office in West Hollywood, Calif. "Everybody has athletic ability and they also are beautiful. They have to be both to be a part of the team."
The idea for the new league grew out of the popular Lingerie Bowl that has been played the last few years at Super Bowl sites and shown on pay-per-view television during halftime of the Super Bowl.
"It's a very niche product and a complement to the NFL," McMillen said.
About 55 percent of fans are expected to be male, based on early ticket sales for other Lingerie Football League teams and hits on the league's Web site. McMillen expects most fans to be ages 20 to 40.
League officials looked at several venues in the Seattle area, but liked the newness of the ShoWare Center as well as the location.
"We didn't do much due diligence on the city of Kent, we were more in love with the venue," McMillen said. "What's great about Kent is its proximity to several regions that we can pull fans from."
Tim Higgins, ShoWare Center general manager, expects the Seattle Mist to be popular.
"It's something different, a different form of entertainment and sporting event," Higgins said in a phone interview Wednesday. "They have tryouts and the girls take the sport very seriously. I think it will do well here."
There has been no negative feedback so far to having women in lingerie playing football at the ShoWare Center.
"I haven't heard anything as of yet," Higgins said of any adverse reaction to the Mist. "ShoWare tries to provide diverse entertainment to appeal to a variety of audiences."
Anyone who criticizes lingerie football simply is unfamiliar with the sport, McMillen said.
"It's usually people who haven't seen a game before," McMillen said when asked about critics of the sport. "If you watch a game, you'll see real football. They're wearing lingerie, but it's boys sports shorts, a sports bra, a helmet and pads.
"They are more covered up than women's beach volleyball," he said. "The only thing risque is it's called lingerie football."
League officials selected an initial Seattle roster last fall during tryouts at Green Lake Park. But new players could make the team at a minicamp in late April or the training camp in July.
"If we find new talent, we'll bring them on," McMillen said. "Nobody is guaranteed a spot."
The Seattle Mist Web site lists 12 players on the roster from ages 20 to 34.
Maggie Pearson, listed as a 5-foot-7, 135-pound center, has a MySpace.com page that features a Seattle Mist team photo as well as a photo of her in uniform No. 9. Pearson writes on the page that she graduated from Washington State University and Federal Way High School. She said she ran track and competed in soccer, gymnastics and swimming at Federal Way.
McMillen said he would not disclose how much each player will be paid.
"But they will be well-compensated," he said. "They also will receive bonuses in line with their success."
The league owns each team, but local ownership will be found as well to oversee a front-office staff. Seattle has hired Rob Long, a former arena football player, to coach the Mist. No other hires have been made.
The Seattle franchise also is in discussions with several former Seattle Seahawks to become involved with the team in some capacity, McMillen said.
"We are purposely in the Seattle market because we understand the passion their fans feel to their local pro teams," McMillen said.
For more information about the Lingerie Football League, go to www.lflus.com.
For tickets, starting on Monday, to the Seattle Mist, go to www.showarecenter.com.


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In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
I've eaten a fair few turkey-avocado sandwiches in my time (hey, it's my duty as a Californian), but never one as well-named as the Gobblecado ($10) at Peels. Great, right? It's a sandwich of smoked turkey with creamy avocado and a chili mayo that does a great job of perking up those mild flavors; Cotija cheese adds the perfect salty bite. But the best part might be the deliciously oily bread, with just the slightest outside crust—easy to bite right through.
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About the author: Carey Jones is the Editor of Serious Eats New York and co-editor of Serious Eats: Sweets. Follow her on Twitter (@careyjones).


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I always held Event monitors in high regard. My brother had a pair of nice sounding 20/20s and I've always lusted after the highly regarded ASP8's. This past July in Las Vegas, Event announced their new flagship speaker the Opal. As with most active speakers with high powered amps these are not bargain priced (about $3000 for a pair). The claimed frequency response is 30 Hz to 10k Hz and they can handle 1,000 Watts. They incorporate a lot of new technology and some of it sounds like stuff you would find in a Audi R8 such as a carbon fiber speaker cone! As a 15 year+ Yamaha NS10M user I am pleased that the Opal's entire HF unit (tweeter) can be rotated so the speaker can lay on it's side.
"Many remarked on the clarity of the critical mid-bass regions, while the upper mids in the range of the crossover and the highs seemed nicely balanced. And there were plenty of comments on the well-defined imaging within the stereo soundstage." – mixonline.com
Your studio is only as good as it's weakest link. I always say spend your money on good sound treatment first and once you got that out of the way spend high on speakers. Try and find a dealer with a good return policy because speaker taste can be quite subjective.
Read the forum thread about the new Opals on Gearslutz: click here
Ty Ford's Opal Road Trip: click here


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A Study of Several Anti-HIV Drug Combinations in HIV-Infected Patients Who Have Used Indinavir
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To compare the proportion of patients whose plasma HIV-1 RNA is below 500 copies/ml after 16 weeks of treatment. To assess the safety, toxicity, and tolerance of each treatment arm.
While indinavir is currently the most commonly prescribed protease inhibitor, the optimal therapy for a person on an indinavir-containing regimen who experiences a rebound in viral load or never experiences a decrease in viral load below 500 copies per milliliter is unknown. Current clinical practice for such patients typically involves empiric use of a combination of other protease inhibitors (saquinavir/nelfinavir or saquinavir/ritonavir) and at least 1 other antiretroviral agent to which the patient has had little or no prior exposure. This may involve the use of 1 or more reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs) or nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). This study attempts to formally evaluate some of these options in indinavir-experienced patients.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Ritonavir Drug: Nelfinavir mesylate Drug: Levocarnitine Drug: Adefovir dipivoxil Drug: Saquinavir Drug: Delavirdine mesylate
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Activity of the Soft Gelatin Capsule of Saquinavir (SQVsgc) in Combination With Ritonavir or Nelfinavir and Combinations of Delavirdine and/or Adefovir Dipivoxil in HIV-Infected Subjects With Prior Indinavir Use and Viral Loads From 2,000 to 200,000 Copies HIV RNA/ml
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|Study Completion Date:
|August 1999
While indinavir is currently the most commonly prescribed protease inhibitor, the optimal therapy for a person on an indinavir-containing regimen who experiences a rebound in viral load or never experiences a decrease in viral load below 500 copies per milliliter is unknown. Current clinical practice for such patients typically involves empiric use of a combination of other protease inhibitors (saquinavir/nelfinavir or saquinavir/ritonavir) and at least 1 other antiretroviral agent to which the patient has had little or no prior exposure. This may involve the use of 1 or more reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs) or nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). This study attempts to formally evaluate some of these options in indinavir-experienced patients.
Patients are stratified by HIV RNA (2,000 - 20,000 copies/ml versus 20,000 - 200,000 copies/ml), and randomized to 1 of 6 treatment arms as follows:
Arm A: Saquinavir (SQV) plus ritonavir (RTV) plus delavirdine (DLV) plus adefovir dipivoxil placebo.
Arm B: SQV plus RTV plus DLV placebo plus adefovir dipivoxil. Arm C: SQV plus RTV plus DLV plus adefovir dipivoxil. Arm D: SQV plus nelfinavir (NFV) plus DLV plus adefovir dipivoxil placebo. Arm E: SQV plus NFV plus DLV placebo plus adefovir dipivoxil. Arm F: SQV plus NFV plus DLV plus adefovir dipivoxil. In addition to assigned study treatment patients receive an L-carnitine supplement.
Therapy is administered for 24 weeks. Patients who have an average HIV RNA value for Weeks 12 and 16 that is less than 5,000 copies or a least 1 log below their baseline value may continue their assigned study treatment for an additional 24 weeks. [AS PER AMENDMENT 3/30/98: Subjects with plasma HIV RNA greater than 5,000 copies/ml may elect to continue or discontinue study medications in the treatment extension and seek the best available treatment.] [AS PER AMENDMENT 06/11/98: The dose of adefovir dipivoxil is reduced at or after Week 16. Alternatively, patients may discontinue adefovir dipivoxil/placebo and substitute appropriate antiretroviral agent(s) or add appropriate antiretroviral agent(s) to their reduced-dose regimen. Also, at the discretion of the protocol chairperson, patients who have been on study for more than 16 weeks may substitute appropriate FDA-approved antiretroviral agent(s) for any study medication that must be discontinued because of toxicity. Addition of nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, or investigational agents is specifically excluded.]
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Chemoprophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia for all patients who have a CD4 cell count of equal or less than 200 cells/mm3.
- Topical and oral antifungal agents except ketoconazole and itraconazole.
- Treatment, maintenance or chemoprophylaxis with approved agents for opportunistic infections.
- Antibiotics.
- Systemic corticosteroids for 21 days or less for acute problems.
- Recombinant erythropoietin (rEPO) and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF, filgrastim).
- Regularly prescribed medications such as antipyretics, analgesics, allergy medications, antidepressants, sleep medications, oral contraceptives (not as a sole form of birth control), megestrol acetate, or testosterone.
- Alternative therapies, such as vitamins, acupuncture, and visualization techniques.
- [AS PER AMENDMENT 3/30/98: Calcium channel blockers may be used only with caution.]
Patients must have:
- HIV-1 infection documented by a licensed ELISA and confirmed by Western blot, HIV culture, HIV antigen, plasma HIV RNA, or a second antibody test other than ELISA.
- 2,000 to 200,000 HIV-1 RNA copies/ml as measured by any Roche-certified laboratory [AS
- using the Roche Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor] within 30 days of study entry.
- Signed, informed consent from parent or legal guardian for patients less than 18 years of age.
Prior Medication: Required:
- More than 6 months cumulative indinavir therapy.
- Stable indinavir-containing antiretroviral regimen for at least 4 weeks [2 weeks AS PER AMENDMENT 3/30/98] prior to study entry.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:
- Any active infection requiring acute treatment within 30 days [21 days AS PER AMENDMENT 3/30/98] prior to study entry.
- Unexplained temperature greater than 38.5 degrees for any 7 consecutive days within 30 days prior to study entry.
- Malignancy, including Kaposi's sarcoma, that requires systemic chemotherapy.
Concurrent Medication:
- Non-protocol-specified immunomodulatory and/or antiretroviral agents.
- Systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy.
- Ketoconazole, itraconazole, rifampin, rifabutin, alprazolam, amiodarone, astemizole, bepridil, bupropion, cisapride, clorazepate, clozapine, diazepam, encainide, estazolam, flecainide, flurazepam, isotretinoin, meperidine, midazolam, piroxicam, propafenone, propoxyphene, quinidine, terfenadine, triazolam, zolpidem, phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, and ergot alkaloids and [ AS PER AMENDMENT 3/30/98: dexamethasone, ergot derivatives, and pimozide].
- Herbal medications.
Prior Medication:
- At least 2 weeks or more total ritonavir and/or saquinavir (hard gelatin capsule).
- NNRTIs (nevirapine, delavirdine, DMP-266, etc.), saquinavir (soft gelatin capsule), nelfinavir, 141W94VX-478, and adefovir dipivoxil.
- Immunomodulator [systemic immunomodulator AS PER AMENDMENT 3/30/98] or investigational drug therapy within 30 days prior to entry.
- Active immunization within 30 days [21 days AS PER AMENDMENT 3/30/98] prior to entry.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000892
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|Study Chair:
|R Gulick
|Study Chair:
|D Katzenstein
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000892 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
11324 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES )
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|July 26, 2013
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Therapy, Combination
HIV Protease Inhibitors
RNA, Viral
Anti-HIV Agents
Viral Load
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Adefovir dipivoxil
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
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PLANS to expand Bicester Village and build a new Tesco have been delayed.
The existing Tesco supermarket is to be demolished, making way for the shopping outlet's expansion.
The supermarket firm received permission in January 2013 from Cherwell District Council to build a new and bigger store off Oxford Road, which was scheduled to open in 2015.
But Tesco told the Oxford Mail that the plans were being delayed. It has yet to explain why.
It was hoped the development would stimulate plans for a new business park on the land, creating 2,800 jobs.
It would have brought a further 700 jobs to Tesco and Bicester Village and provided funds for £11m worth of road improvements.
This would include a hamburger-style roundabout at the A41 junction which would cut peak congestion.
A Tesco spokesman said: "We would still like to build the new store and are currently considering timescales for construction.
"We will keep the community updated as we move forward with our plans."
The Bicester Village extension on to the current Tesco store at Pingle Drive would create 30 new stores and 350 parking spaces.
Asked if building work could start later this year, the spokesman said she could not confirm this.
Digging has taken place at the Oxford Road site at the request of the county archaeologist, they confirmed.
Bicester Village community relations director Miranda Markham said: "We are aware that Tesco have delayed their plans, and this will have a knock-on effect on our own timetable.
"We are waiting to hear details of their revised programme."
Town, district and county councillor Les Sibley said the scheme is "vital" adding: "This will give real cause for concern.
"The whole thing hinges on people moving around. Tesco building its new store, Bicester Village expanding, the road improvements and business park being built.
"It's like a pack of dominos. If Tesco pulls out the whole deal would collapse.
"This could put us back 10 or 20 years in terms of infrastructure for Bicester."
Developments in the area
- Work is due to start soon on the first phase of the 6,000-home eco town at North West Bicester.
- Plans for phase two of Bicester centre regeneration have been submitted. Proposals include a civic building, 53-bedroom hotel, new library, retail units and offices.
- The first track of the new Oxford to Marylebone via Bicester rail link is due to be laid this month. The Evergreen Three project will see new stations at Bicester, Islip and Water Eaton.
- Building work on the new Kingsmere estate is underway.
- Cherwell District Council is this month set to buy land at Graven Hill from the MoD. The site has approval for up to 1,900 homes.


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The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) offers its members, other beef and dairy veterinarians and livestock producers Practical Euthanasia of Cattle guidelines. These guidelines are intended to aid caretakers, animal owners, livestock market operators, animal transporters, and veterinarians in choosing effective euthanasia methods.
The guidelines, which were posted on AABP's website in September 2013, have recently been translated into Spanish. Both versions can be found at http://aabp.org/about/AABP_Guidelines.asp
Both the English and Spanish versions are in accordance with euthanasia recommendations from the American Veterinary Medical Association. The AABP guidelines include information on human safety, animal welfare, restraint, practicality, skill, cost, aesthetics, diagnostics and carcass disposal.
AABP Animal Welfare Committee Chairman Dr. Dave Sjeklocha, Satanta, Kan., says, "Veterinarians, farmers and farm employees need to understand that euthanasia should not be taken lightly. There are acceptable methods that we must employ and it is in the best interest of the animal to use these methods.
"Euthanasia means 'good death'," Sjeklocha explains. "The goal of euthanasia is to end the suffering of an animal as quickly and painlessly as possible. These guidelines are key to making that goal a reality, and we must be aware of the proper methods for the good of our livestock."
Having these guidelines translated into Spanish is important, Sjeklocha adds. "I am pleased that AABP has the foresight to offer these guidelines in both English and Spanish," he says. "The value to this also relates to ending animal suffering as expeditiously as possible. We have many Spanish-speaking workers on our farms and ranches today, so we must be sure they are also aware of the correct methods of euthanasia."
Find the English and Spanish Practical Euthanasia of Cattle guidelines at http://aabp.org/about/AABP_Guidelines.asp.
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Mr. OD-1 watched as Duffus got ready to launch his boat into the water. "It's gonna leak, Duffus" remarked OD-1.
"No, it shouldn't leak. I got in the boat, carefully patched all the holes with the patch kit recommended by the marina and then filled the boat with water to see if it would leak - and no leaks," replied Duffus.
"OK then, but you're gonna get wet," yelled Mr. Od-1 as Duffus launched the boat out into the lake, ignoring him. Moments later Duffus frantically rowed back to shore as the boat began to fill with water.
Why did Mr. Od-1 think that Duffus's repair would fail even though he used the proper repair materials?
HintThink water pressure.
AnswerDuffus patched the holes from the inside of the boat only. As he rowed out on the lake the water pressure forced the patch to come loose and the boat filled with water. This is much like putting you finger over the spout of a tap; the water pressure tries to force your finger away. If he had put a patch on the outside of the boat instead, the pressure would have forced the patch to stay in place, much like the plug in your sink.
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Assessment of Fat Free Mass Index and Its Impact on Health in Children With Cystic Fibrosis (GAIA)
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|Cystic Fibrosis
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Longitudinal Assessment of Fat Free Mass Index and Its Impact on Lung Health and Overall Health Metrics in Pediatric Patients With Cystic Fibrosis
- body composition (bone mineral density) [ Time Frame: change from baseline to 18 months ]Compare Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) analysis to GAIA device
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|June 2012
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|July 2016
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|July 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common life-threatening inherited disorders affecting 1/35000 individuals in the US. In the past decades, the median predicted survival of CF patients has increased significantly from 10-12 to over 37 years (1). One of the major factors contributing to increased survival has been the understanding of the role of optimal nutrition on overall health status of individuals with CF.
Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) is currently the best predictor of pulmonary health in CF, and malnutrition in a person of any age with CF has a negative impact on lung function with a more rapid yearly decline in FEV1. Recent data from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) patient registries in the United States and Canada were analyzed to determine whether any association existed between pulmonary function as measured by FEV1 and Body mass index (BMI) for age. BMI-for-age percentile values >50th percentile were associated with well-preserved lung function and lower values of BMI were associated with incrementally lower values of FEV1 (2). Thus, the CFF recommended that children with CF between the ages of 2 and 20 years maintain a BMI a≥50th percentile for age and sex. However, several publications have demonstrated that fat free muscle (FFM) wasting is evident even in individuals with a BMI > 50th percentile, and it is unknown whether BMI percentile adequately reflects changes in body composition in this group of patients; therefore, BMI might not be the best marker indicating an optimal nutritional status.
Limitations of BMI as a marker of optimal Nutrition: fat mass versus muscle mass In individuals with CF, BMI is used to assess appropriateness of weight to height for age and sex. Since there is a strong association between BMI and overall health metrics, especially lung health, the CFF recommends that children with CF maintain a BMI ≥50th percentile for age and sex. However, an apparent loss of skeletal muscle may occur in CF patients who retain their normal body weight, indicating that BMI does not provide any information about body compartments and may fail to detect subtle alterations in body composition. Although several epidemiologic studies showed that CF patients who maintain BMI> 50th percentile will have improved lung functions and survival, recent data indicate that the preserved FFM instead of BMI may have an impact on overall survival in CF (7). Because of the variability in the levels of both fat mass and fat-free mass, and the many combinations of fat mass index and FFM index associated with the same BMI, this weight-height index needs to be carefully interpreted. Because high levels of BMI-for-age are associated with substantial increases in fat mass, BMI is most useful as a measure of obesity. In chronic inflammatory diseases, a change in regional fat distribution is observed with a shift to a more central fat distribution. The latter is associated with an increase in low-grade chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular risk (8). Therefore, BMI is a good index for assessment of obesity in otherwise normal children, but not adequate or sufficient in the CF population.
In summary, some pediatric patients with CF may have a decreased Fat-free Mass Index (FFMI) with a well preserved BMI of ≥50th percentile. Conversely, some patient might have a BMI<50th percentile with normal FFMI associated with overall well-being. Current practice forces CF patients to consume high fat and caloric nutrients to maintain a BMI >50th percentiles incurring the costs of causing anxiety, stress, daily struggle in the family with a potential increase in the pro-inflammatory state due to central fat accumulation. The outcome of the proposed study will contribute to the understanding of the relationships between BMI, muscle wasting and markers of health and wellbeing. If our study demonstrates that a well maintained FFMI rather than the BMI correlates better with good health status in CF, it may result in changes of current nutrition practice in CF at the national or even international level.
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|7 Years to 17 Years (Child)
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|Probability Sample
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- Subjects who already have a diagnosis of CF based on universal diagnostic criteria
- Age 7 to 17 years at the time of enrollment
- Under routine medical control at the CF center of Arkansas Children's Hospital(ACH)
- Clinically stable in CF symptoms as determined by investigators
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unstable current diagnosis of metabolic diseases including liver (cirrhosis) or renal disease
- Failure to give informed consent
- Individuals with pacemakers
- Pregnancy in females of childbearing age. A pregnancy test will be performed on females who are post-menarche before performing a DEXA scan
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01401439
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|Arkansas Children's Hospital
|Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202
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|Ariel Berlinski, MD
|University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital
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|July 22, 2011
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|August 5, 2016
Keywords provided by University of Arkansas:
cystic fibrosis
body mass index
fat free mass
Children with cystic fibrosis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cystic Fibrosis
Pathologic Processes
Pancreatic Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
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Primera Plastics, Inc.: Injection-Molded Products
Manufacturing firm uses Autodesk Moldflow plastic injection molding simulation software to produce more accurate quotes and optimize production cycle times.
"With Autodesk Moldflow, we rise above competitors who are not able to conduct the same level of validation before production. We're able to tell our customers if we find a specific area of concern—and help them optimize their products and reduce their costs."
—Scott Leatherman, Project Engineer, Primera Plastics
An old barn outfitted with two injection molding machines gave Primera Plastics its start in 1994. From these humble beginnings, the company has grown into a top manufacturer of precision-molded plastic products, operating 30 injection molding presses in its award-winning facilities in Zeeland, Michigan. Primera Plastics produces custom plastic parts for a range of international customers, including premier furniture manufacturers and automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
To deliver competitively priced, high-quality plastic parts quickly, Primera Plastics relies on Autodesk® Moldflow® software. Using Autodesk Moldflow, the company produces more accurate quotes for prospective customers and optimizes injection mold designs prior to manufacturing. With the help of Autodesk Moldflow software, Primera Plastics has been able to:
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"Before Autodesk Moldflow, we approximated cycle time based on part volume and our previous experience," explains Scott Leatherman, a project engineer at Primera Plastics. "And once we bid, we were locked into a quote, so we always estimated conservatively to reduce our risk."
In addition, because many of the parts Primera Plastics manufactures are used in automotive interiors and office furniture, high quality and overall aesthetics are critical. "A vast majority of the plastic parts we produce must look good," says Leatherman. "If a part is manufactured to specifications and dimensionally correct, but has an unintended visual defect, we're in trouble."
Using Autodesk Moldflow software, Primera Plastics can perform simulations to develop more accurate quotes when it receives requests for plastic parts. Engineers run a range of simulations to study the flow of melted plastic, evaluate various runner systems and gate configurations, determine the most efficient cooling systems, and predict volumetric shrinkage. "With Autodesk Moldflow, we can virtually explore a range of issues before we deliver a quote and start manufacturing a part," notes Leatherman.
One of the biggest problems that can arise with quoting is under- or overestimating cycle times. "If you underestimate cycle times, you'll cut into your profit, but if you overestimate, you might not get the business," says Leatherman. Using Autodesk Moldflow, Primera Plastics can more accurately predict how long it will take for a plastic part to reach ejection temperature and identify when the part will start to warp. "Autodesk Moldflow software tells us how long we have to keep the part in the injection mold," adds Leatherman. "With more accurate predictions of cycle times, we have much more confidence in our quotes."
The cost of creating injection molds often plays a major role in the total cost of manufacturing a plastic part—in some cases, up to 75 percent. "If the mold isn't designed correctly, it can wreak havoc on the entire production process," says Leatherman. "And if the estimated cost for the mold is wrong, we can end up sacrificing our already thin profit margins."
As a result, Primera Plastics must effectively communicate the exact tooling specifications necessary to mold a particular part to the third-party vendors it uses to create its molds. "A great deal of time and money is wasted if we have to go back to our tooling vendors after the mold is produced," says Leatherman. "But with the results of our Autodesk Moldflow simulations in hand, our vendors can accurately design the molds we need. Before a mold is built, we have confidence it will be optimized for our injection molding requirements."
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Using the insight gained from Autodesk Moldflow simulations, Primera Plastics can communicate more effectively with customers about optimizing plastic part designs and the injection molding process. "With Autodesk Moldflow, we rise above competitors who are not able to conduct the same level of validation before production," says Leatherman. "We're able to tell our customers if we find a specific area of concern—and help them optimize their products and reduce their costs."
With help from Autodesk Moldflow software, Primera Plastics can create more accurate and competitive quotes, protecting the company's thin profit margins. Autodesk Moldflow also helps Primera Plastics optimize parts for the injection molding process, so it can more efficiently manufacture plastic parts and avoid costly production delays and part defects.
"Thanks to Autodesk Moldflow, we can save months of production time—and easily, thousands of dollars," says Leatherman. "We're more confident in our quoting because we can study every aspect of the injection modeling process before we begin manufacturing. Autodesk Moldflow is definitely helping us maximize profit. It's a valuable tool."
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In another category on this forum, I mentioned that I could not throw stable, overstable, or fast discs - only midrange, understable discs, such as Cobras and Stingrays. I also mentioned that I am 51 years old, and one of the posters recommended that I get some really light discs. Seems older players do have problems developing arm speed. I've ordered some, but also dug out a 162 gram Sidewinder, and found that I can throw it about 250', fairly straight, if I really concentrate on the throw.
So, I ordered a 125 gram Sidewinder, a 148 gram Latitude 64 Diamond, and a 155 gram Latitude 64 Pearl. Those were basically the lightest discs they had in understable discs that I felt I had a chance of being able to throw.
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They are not evil. Shipbreakers are guys trying to make a living the same as any of us.I really think the scrap merchants are evil shipwerckers.
Preserving ships in and of itself isn't a waste, assuming that a particular vessel has some historical signifigance.But Why? Why is perserving ships are a waste?
A ship is a large wooden or metal structure which is sitting in salt water, one of the most persistantly corrosive mediums on the face of the planet. Given enough time, it'll eat a battlship.WOW! that is so sad. I can't believe it's that diffcult to perserve ships.
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When the week began, 18 of baseball's 30 teams either had a hold on a playoff spot or were within 4 1/2 games of one, meaning the final two weeks could provide as much entertainment for fans as last season's exciting finish—and maybe more.
And yet here I am tangled up in a world of justice and rationality and reason, searching for balance between my head and my heart.
It comes down to this: I don't know what to root for.
There are the things that the fan in me wants to see happen. Then there are the things I think ought to happen.
Part of me loves what the Baltimore Orioles have been able to do in giving their passionate fan base reason to care for the first time in 14 years. But another part of me sees the way their season has unfolded and considers it patently unfair that they're in the hunt for a playoff spot.
It's nothing against the Orioles, Buck Showalter, or Dan Duquette. It's just that following the game closely—and spending much of the year talking with like-minded people in the industry—I want to see not only the best teams win, but the ones that have gone about it the right way.
So, as nerdy as this might sound, I guess I'm rooting for positive run differentials and good process. I'm not sure the Orioles have either.
Some of this craziness, of course, is bound to happen. It's what we love about baseball. Every year a group of scouts and writers I know try to revel in the unpredictability by making what we call No (Effing) Way predictions—or NFWs, for short.
Players and teams come out of nowhere every year—Ben Zobrist OPSing .948 in 2009, Jose Bautista launching 54 home runs in 2010, etc.—and what we do is try to get a jump on them. It goes like this: you make a call on something you think might happen, and it counts as your NFW pick so long as everyone else decides there's "No effing way" it happens.
If someone would have said the Orioles would be outscored by their opponents by 20-something runs, and that not one of their trio of young starters—Zach Britton, Brian Matusz, and Jake Arrieta—would have a breakout season, that wouldn't have counted as a NFW. Too believable. But if you'd said all that would happen, plus they'd be a game behind the Yankees atop the AL East on Sept. 17, you'd have heard a chorus of NFWs as well as concerns about your sanity.
That part of their story is kind of neat, but what about the organizations that might deserve it more? Don't the smartly run Rays, with their shoestring budget, their shrewd deal-making, and their plus-74 run differential seem more deserving? Or, for that matter, don't the Blue Jays, another well-run organization that was struck by a storm of injuries and/or inexplicable ineffectiveness (yes, you, Ricky Romero)?
What have the Orioles done other than fire a front office that laid the groundwork for this season?
The 2012 Orioles aren't much different from the 2007 Diamondbacks, the 2010 Padres, or even the 2012 Athletics. These out-of-nowhere teams generally have a few distinct characteristics: they have lights-out bullpens. They are good at hitting with runners in scoring position. They are good in what Baseball-Reference defines as high-leverage situations. And, as a result, they win a lot of one-run games.
But the thing I find frustrating—perhaps irrationally (or overly rationally?)—is the unpredictability and unrepeatability of all of this. Bullpen construction is notoriously difficult, with luck figuring in as a major component of success. Just look at the Orioles. They went into the year with Kevin Gregg expected to fill a prominent late-inning role. He was released last week.
And let's not even get into the whole clutchness thing.
"I was watching our team win," said a front-office executive of a recent surprise team, "and it made me question everything. 'Do I even know anything about baseball?'"
I'm not the only one who finds myself confused about whom to root for this time of year.
"We feel like we need to understand this game and feel like we get it," a scout said last week. "And then the amazing thing about it is it confirms what we believe at times, and then at times it surprises us. If it never surprised us, it would be boring. We don't want it to be Tic-tac-toe. There needs to be some degree of that. But I share your sentiment. I don't want the Orioles to do well. I don't want this nonsense to continue.
"A lot of times I get so lost and so depressed, it's almost lose-lose. I try to find someone deserving. For years, that team was the Atlanta Braves. They didn't have ridiculous amounts of money. They did it the right way. Now, I guess I'm rooting for Texas."
Part of our confusion stems from our own biases, from what we think is the right way to go about putting a team together and what we think defines a good team. But who says that scout has all the answers? Who says I do?
I'm nearing the end of my sixth season as a beat reporter covering the Diamondbacks, and every season has surprised me. Every single season. I thought they'd merely be competitive in 2007. They won 90 games. I thought they'd be even better in 2008. They won 82 games. I thought they'd bounce back in 2009. They lost Brandon Webb and 92 games. I figured they'd be competitive in 2010. They lost 97. I didn't see 94 wins coming last year. I didn't see merely a .500 team coming this year.
"Perhaps," said Dylan Hernandez, the Dodgers beat writer for the Los Angeles Times, "this says something about you."
Dylan was being a smartass. But he's right, too.
I certainly don't think I know it all. And I don't mind being surprised. I love that in our sport, we get a leading projection model in PECOTA that is far from perfect and yet, the system's creator, Nate Silver, can go on to accurately predict 49 of 50 states' presidential voting results.
Maybe it's the Greek in me that wants order out of chaos. Or maybe it's the fact that I've gotten to know smart, hard-working scouts and executives who have dedicated their lives to figuring this game out. People whose jobs can disappear if things don't go their way.
I just want to see the best teams win. I want to see the best decisions—good process—pay off in the end. I want to believe, despite all the things in the world that tell us otherwise, that good work is rewarded in the end.
Too often, that doesn't seem to happen in baseball. But I guess if it did, we wouldn't have anything left to debate. And what fun would that be?
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The flaw in your argument is the idea that you want the best teams to win always. One of the joys of baseball is that nobody is truly out of contention in the long-term - if you look at the last five years, pretty much every team in baseball (except for the Royals) has been involved in a playoff race, and that's what keeps it fresh and interesting. Always wanting the best team to win keeps things predictable and dull, because there's a greater correlation between money spent and being the best team than there is between money spent and winning divisions or world series.
Sep 18, 2012 03:10 AM
When in the last five years (ten years) were the Jays really in contention? Their records were generally decent, but nowhere near contention past the All Star game.
Sep 18, 2012 06:40 AM
I used to want the best teams to win, the playoffs to be minimized so that random chance was taken out and skill dominated.
Sep 18, 2012 13:54 PM
If you had to wait for an Angelos-owned team to build a winner the right way, then it would take a while. However, look at how competitive the Rays are every year and how good the Jays should have been this year before their entire rotation along with an MVP candidate hit the DL. Angelos had the opportunity this past offseason to put someone in charge who could do that. He chose not to do so. The Orioles have enough money to supplement their team in a way that the Rays cannot. That financial flexibility could make the Orioles a perennially competitive team with the right person making decisions.
Sep 18, 2012 14:06 PM
Johnson Magic
I don't give a rat's patootie that the O's aren't *supposed* to win; I'm enjoying September baseball for the first time in a decade-and-a-half. I'll take it.
Sep 18, 2012 05:31 AM
Is it unpredictability, or are there factors that we have yet to discover?
Sep 18, 2012 07:47 AM
You appear to be too deeply wedded to stats, so much that you dislike those who don't match your statistical bias. Sometimes there are exceptions. If the team's stats don't reflect your preferences (i.e. Orioles), they should not win. Rather you should be examining why they are succeeding in spite of the stats. I don't think it's fluke. Neither is it due to old management.
Sep 18, 2012 08:41 AM
Those that keep getting caught up in the O's run differential narrative remind me of the people who were mocked for using AVG and RBI.
Sep 18, 2012 08:48 AM
Anyone who thinks the Orioles haven't won in "the right way" hasn't been watching them play this year. Sure, their success undermines the whole sabermetrics process, but they've been a great team to watch and a great team to root for. You'd prefer, maybe, a team that spends $150 million dollars on an all-star lineup?
Sep 18, 2012 08:50 AM
As a San Diegan, I would love it if this was required reading for all Padres fans. Great work, Nick.
Sep 18, 2012 09:06 AM
Do you really think Gregg was slated for a late-inning role at the start of the season? Buck used him in mop-up duty from Day 1.
Sep 18, 2012 09:45 AM
Right way, wrong way, whatever. it's Spetember, it's baseball and it's awesome. Good stuff.
Sep 18, 2012 10:06 AM
Ruhee Dewji
I am generally an emotionally biased sports fan. I enjoy playoffs more if I have a horse in the race, so when (not if, sadly) the regular season ends without my team making it, I pick a team. Then I root loyally for them until they win or are axed. I find this way more exciting than just watching games without much bias.
Sep 18, 2012 10:20 AM
So you want to reward good process with good results -- I think everyone can get on board with that.
Sep 18, 2012 10:33 AM
I really enjoyed this article. If anything I think the O's performance this year is the exception that proves the rule.
Sep 18, 2012 11:07 AM
Very good read, thanks Nick. The comments left to this point, however, decided less so. Seems some people completely missed the point.
Sep 18, 2012 11:28 AM
It seems like quite a few people have misunderstood the tone and point of this article.
Sep 18, 2012 11:34 AM
Except that the whole article up to that last throwaway line was wailing and gnashing of teeth about how tragic it is that the best teams have to lose to less-deserving lucky teams. Which I suppose is ok in a vacuum, but really is awful for fans of teams that don't pass the "right way" test.
Sep 18, 2012 14:00 PM
Turns out I was paraphrasing. The actual quote is:
Sep 18, 2012 12:02 PM
Some inaccuracies:
Sep 18, 2012 12:19 PM
Richard Bergstrom
I chuckle that the Rockies thought they were contenders with Moyer slated as their #2 pitcher but the fan in me hoped it would work. I actually got exposed to BP from Rob Neyer who, along with Rany Janzerali (sp?) had a blog called Rob and Rany on the Royals. Besides it can be easier to analyze when things are going wrong than when they are going well.
Sep 18, 2012 12:19 PM
"the ones that have gone about it the right way".
Sep 18, 2012 14:00 PM
I guess what I object to in this article is the implicit assumption that the Orioles have gotten where they are this year by dumb luck. I've watched a lot of Orioles games this year. There were some flukish things like Chris Davis pitching two scoreless innings against the Red Sox, but for the most part the Orioles did not win the games they won because of well-timed bloop singles or careless defense on the part of their opponents in critical situations. They won by pitching well when they needed to and hitting well when they needed to. And when they lost, they lost by not pitching well and not hitting well.
Sep 18, 2012 14:56 PM
Tyler Bridges
Nick writes: "Part of me loves what the Baltimore Orioles have been able to do in giving their passionate fan base reason to care for the first time in 14 years."
Sep 18, 2012 15:26 PM
We like to look at run differential across an entire season - it's a reasonable sample size, and corresponds to one of our basic units of baseball.
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After slow start, everything clicking for Gee
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Apparently, Dillon Gee was not exaggerating when he said something "clicked" in his final inning against the Astros last week. Battling through a miserable spring at the time, Gee struck out the final three batters he faced last Wednesday, then tacked another six shutout innings onto his Grapefruit League line Monday afternoon at Disney.
"Today I wanted to come out and … throw every pitch I have for strikes, not try to nibble, just pound the zone and force contact," said Gee, who struck out seven batters, walked no one and allowed the Braves just two singles in six innings. "Luckily, it was there today."
Heading into the fourth inning last Wednesday in Kissimmee, Gee had produced a 9.00 Grapefruit League ERA with more walks than strikeouts, allowing 11 runs over one particularly brutal four-inning span. He has since fired a total of eight shutout innings with 10 strikeouts and no walks -- good news for a pitcher currently slated to pitch the fourth game of the season.
"It helps," Gee said. "I tried not to get too caught up in how I was going. It's Spring Training. I know what I'm working on. Even though it was pretty bad leading up to this point, I'm so confident in my abilities and I know the kind of guy I can be and I should be. I knew it would come along. I hope I can just keep building off this."
Gee's next outing is scheduled for Saturday in Sarasota in the Mets' final Grapefruit League game. The right-hander will travel to New York from there, prepared to start the Mets' second series at Citi Field against the Marlins.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A decision was made over the last twelve hours to close and then remove from view the "She wanted to LIVE" R.I.P. "Braveheart"" thread and several others from view. I, and some of my mod colleagues made the decision following a number of increasingly harsh ad hominem remarks, personal and generalized attacks and the railroading of the "She wanted to LIVE" R.I.P. "Braveheart"" into a train wreck over gender inequality.
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Nama Saagar 14-09-2017 – Raj tv show | Raj tv 14-09-17 Naama Saagar Program 14th September 2017
Sri Vittaldas Maharaj, a scholarly speaker, delivers a devotional discourse on Hindu scriptural literature.
Sri Vittal Rukmini Samsthan (formerly known as Sri Panduranga Bhajanashram), at Govindapuram near Kumbakonam with an excellent Sanctum Sanctorum for Sri Pandurangan Rukmini Devi and an exceptional GoSala.
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With the divine grace of Sri Haridhos Giri Swamigal (Sri Guruji) and Paranur Mahathma Sri Krishna Premi Swamigal (Sri Sri Anna), Sri Vittal Rukmini Samsthan was established in the year 1998 by Brahmashri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Deekshithar. The main objective is to spread the Bhakthi cult through Namasankeerthanam, the easiest way to attain liberation in the age of Kali and to build an unique Maharashtrian Hemandapanthi style temple for Sri Pandurangan and Rukmini Devi. To achieve this feat, Sri Vittaldas Maharaj has established Sri Vittal Rukmini Samsthan in a holy place called Govindapuram on the Kumbakonam Auduthurai Highways, 6 Kms from Kumbakonam, 2 Kms from Thiruvidaimaruthur and approximately a kilometer from Sri Bhagavannama Bodhendra Saraswathi Swamigal's (Sri Bodhendral) Adhishtaanam. Bhoomi pooja (ground breaking ceremony) was performed in April 1997. Paranur Mahathma Sri Krishna Premi Swamigal (Sri Sri Anna) and Sri Vittaldas Maharaj consecrated the dieties on 6th September 1998. Sri Krishna Premi Swamigal (Sri Sri Anna) bestowed the title Dakshina Pandaripuram (Phandarpur of South India) to Sri Vittal Rukmini Samsthan.
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To do this, we had a diverse team including veterinarians from Michigan State University, technicians and Lansing Fire Department Station 9 come to PPZ. We started by anesthetizing Jello. Then, the Fire Department assisted with the jaws of life, using them to open the rhino's very heavy mouth so we could intubate him (place a tube in his trachea so he could breathe during the procedure).
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Once driven nearly to extinction in much of the United States, wild turkeys are back—with a vengeance. As growing populations of the birds move from forestlands into suburbia, big tom turkeys—or gobblers—are harassing homeowners, shoppers, baby-walkers, joggers, bicyclists, school kids and mail carriers in towns from coast to coast, often within sight of big-city skyscrapers.
The wild turkey is North America's second largest bird after the trumpeter swan, and the toms are truly handsome creatures with feathers that shimmer in hues of red, green, copper, bronze and gold. A mature gobbler may stand 4 feet tall and weigh around 24 pounds, with wings spanning 5 feet.
Then there are the bird's spurs—sharp bony appurtenances about 2 inches long, one on the back of each reddish orange leg. Toms use those spikes for defense or to establish dominance over other toms, but they can also leave a nasty gouge on a human arm or leg.
Communities near Boston, Massachusetts have become a hot spot for human-turkey encounters. In Brookline—a densely populated town next to Boston—mobs of wild turkeys roam backyards, halt traffic and occupy porches and decks where seed has spilled from bird feeders.
How did did the turkeys get there? And why are the males so aggressive?
"The flocks simply wandered down river corridors and power-line rights-of-way," says Jim Cardoza, a biologist with Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife "and people are changing wild turkey behavior by feeding them. They soon lose their fear of humans and incorporate us into their view of society. The lordly toms think they're the boss, and humans are lower in the pecking order."
The fall—and rise—of the wild turkey
Pilgrims in Plymouth, about 40 miles south of Boston, most likely dined on wild turkeys that legendary first Thanksgiving in 1621. The birds were abundant in New England forests in colonial times, but they were hunted to extinction in Massachusetts by 1851. By the early 1900s the species had been extirpated over much of its range.
Today some 6.5 million turkeys inhabit woodlands in 49 states and 6 Canadian provinces. The credit goes to management programs by wildlife agencies and, in the East, to the recovery of mature forest habitat. Massachusetts alone has an estimated 20,000 wild turkeys.
What should you do if confronted by an aggressive turkey?
You need to reestablish dominance, say wildlife biologists. Be bold. Chase them right back. Brooms and umbrellas are good turkey deterrents. So are BB guns and water hoses. And turkeys don't like dogs.
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More than 100 people gathered Friday night at Laguna Niguel Presbyterian Church for a fundraiser to support the Ricciotti family of Dana Point, whose 2-year-old son, Valen, was diagnosed last year with a rare autoimmune disease called opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome. The illness affects only about one in 10 million people, and treatment calls for a regimen of specialized drugs that come with a hefty price tag.
Friday's event included a silent auction and performances by students from George White Elementary and Niguel Hills Middle schools in Laguna Niguel. Proceeds will be donated to Shandi and Brian Ricciotti to help cover the costs of treating Valen.


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The recent traffic-related death of a Canada goose on Gratiot Avenue has one local woman asking officials to do a better job in raising awareness for motorists about a bird family residing in the urban area.
Abby Russell of Mount Clemens said more should be done to make passing drivers aware of a family of geese -- and a few ducks -- which she calls the "mascots of Mount Clemens" that live along the Clinton River near the Riverfront Inn on Gratiot Avenue at Wellington Crescent on the border of Clinton Township and Mount Clemens.
"I think they are a staple of the community," Russell said.
Her concern grew after witnessing a goose die last week after it apparently was struck by a vehicle on Gratiot. She believes it was hit by a Macomb County Department of Roads truck going through the intersection, although a county spokesman denied the charge.
Roads department director Robert Hoepfner said the driver maintains the bird was already dead and he only assisted in moving the carcass from the street before contacting the county's animal shelter to dispose of it.
"Our driver did not strike the goose," Hoepfner said. "He was a responsible citizen. We take this allegation seriously because our drivers do not harm animals. We like geese."
Russell recalled seeing the goose "freaking out" after it was hit, frantically flapping its wings as if in distress before collapsing on the ground. She said the driver got out of the truck, looked at the bird and then got back in the vehicle and drove off.
Russell tried to file a police report with the Clinton Township Police Department but was told the accident was not a criminal matter.
Detective Capt. Richard Maierle said the incident did not appear to rise to the level of animal abuse.
"We felt it would be best handled in an administrative manner by road department supervisors," Maierle said.
Canada geese are protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Act of 1918, which makes it illegal to harm or injure a goose, or damage or move its eggs and nest without a federal permit, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
With an estimated 300,000 geese in Michigan, DNR officials say the number of human-goose conflicts flare up from time to time.
"Those kinds of accidents happen a lot," said Russ Mason, wildlife chief for the DNR.
One way to prevent further incidents would be if the geese were moved.
Mason said there are ways to relocate the geese for a fee if a local unit of government or property owner petitions the wildlife service. Sometimes the move doesn't take and the geese return. Then, the next step would be to destroy the nest and eggs.
Russell, a mother of two young daughters and who has lived in the area for more than 10 years, said she can forgive whoever may have killed the goose. Still, the incident triggered her concern for the family of geese. She would like to see the Michigan Department of Transportation post signs on Gratiot Avenue advising motorists to slow down and watch out for the geese, which routinely waddle across Gratiot or Wellington Crescent in a bunch blocking motorists.
"I'm a very forgiving person," Russell said. "I only care about the well-being of the geese. Since this has happened, I've been thinking it over and maybe we can come up with some solutions to prevent this from happening again. We need to raise awareness and tell people to be careful when they're driving in the area."


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"I feel very blessed," the 32-year-old said. "I appreciate every day, every step in my life, every second in my life. Every time I put on a uniform, I feel like I've been blessed."
The Astros aren't saying Veras will be their closer to start the year, but he's certainly the leading candidate after considering the lack of experience in the Houston bullpen. Veras has pitched in 327 big league games, but has only five saves with a 4.01 ERA.
"I just focus on doing my job, no matter what position and what spot they use me," he said. "I don't focus on one thing because I don't think that makes sense. I focus on doing my job to make my team win ballgames. That's the best part of the game."
Astros manager Bo Porter would be comfortable with Veras closing games.
"If you're going to take a chance on someone to be a first-time closer, that's the type of guy you want," Porter said. "We do have other pitchers that will get an opportunity to pitch late in the game, whether it's [Rhiner] Cruz, who had a really good winter league, or [Hector] Ambriz. There are others who will get a look, but Veras has the experience right now and is the front-runner."


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Ryan Sarver and Doug Williams of the Twitter platform discuss the launch of commercial public social data nearly two years ago and how the Twitter firehose has evolved.
Ryan and Doug of Twitter have been there three years and describe the experience as "learning as you go." What excited Doug was for the first time was that there was an open data source on the web, and he became the API evangelist. During the last six years, Twitter now has 140 million users. During that incredible growth page, the scaling has been tough for the company yet having that many users has created many opportunities for people to build products on top of that social data.
Several years ago, Twitter decided to change how data was syndicated. Twitter was built to serve consumers, so at the time it was hard to take resources away from that to support the API. Two years ago, Twitter was receiving multiple requests and weren't able to provide enterprise-level support for features. At the time, Joe Fernandez of Klout was in the same building and was making multiple requests because Klout felt they could create much cooler features if they had access to more types of metadata. Wanting to focus on serving the consumers that were using the product but still wanting to support the API, Twitter decided to work with outside companies such as Gnip to provide its social data to provide that enterprise level support. Twitter decided to select a small number of companies to provide the data because they wanted to know where the data was going and how it was being used. Doug Williams called working with Gnip one of the most successful partnerships that Twitter has ever had. But it was important to Twitter that by providing companies with data, they wanted to create value for both directions. The companies represented at Big Boulder are helping to create a better audience, encouraging companies to invest time and resources into Twitter.
One of the most frequent questions that Twitter is asked if they're going to do analytics. What Ryan and Doug talked about is that they're going to continue to build out baseline features, but they'll rely on other companies to provide the features that companies need to do business and interact on Twitter. They want companies to get the analytics they need and recognize that the analytics that other social media companies provide add value to Twitter. When people get the analytics they need, they understand the value that Twitter provides and it powers their decisions to use Twitter and advertise on the Twitter platform. They also talked about how Twitter is firmly committed to providing Twitter data and are invest in by making sure companies receive all the tweets they need.
The conversation segued to the firehose, which Gnip still receives requests to have access to the entire firehose but most companies are realizing that they really don't need it. Receiving the entire firehose can be prohibitive because it can be too much to consume and expensive. Ryan and Doug talked about how they will continue to license the firehose when it makes sense but the overall trend is to service those use cases less and less. Each case is evaluated on a case by case basis. Twitter is committed to ensuring that businesses have a clear path to getting the social data they need, as they recognize businesses are being built around the Twitter data.
Last week Twitter announced expandable tweets, or as they call it internally, In Tweet Media. This is an exciting advancement for the platform because it provides more options to chose how your content on Twitter gets consumed. Publishers want to have control on how that social data gets syndicated. Since news is frequently breaking on Twitter, publishers want to be able to tell their stories on the platform, allowing them to drive greater distribution with Twitter.
So exactly what is Twitter doing about spam? A lot. According to Ryan, the spam prevention team is one the largest at Twitter, and they've made several acquisitions around it. As they pointed out, spam is still a problem for email which has been around for many years. Spam is an ongoing battle that they'll have to fight for the existence of the program. Doug talked about how when people test the Gnip platform, they often start a new account and then the tweet can be marked as spam and doesn't make it through. Doug said to the delight of Jud and Chris, "messages marked as spam that you sent from a test account is Twitter's issue, not Gnip's issue." The takeaway is not to create a new account to test Twitter.
Twitter now has 140 million users, and 400 millions tweets every couple of days. Yet the team still sees lots of room for growth, and that they'd love to see everyone with a phone using Twitter. In fact, they talked about during the Q&A with how often Twitter is used during protests that they put much consideration into making sure that Twitter can be used without a smart phone and that Tweets are quickly delivered across the world. As they're trying to encourage more use, they recognize that much of the world knows about Twitter, but the gap is to help people understand why they need to be part of the platform.
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Fully furnished 4 double bedroom student (HMO) propertyin Fallowfield, Manchester. There is a bus stop with links to the Universities & City Centre. The property comes with bills incl option. View it! Love it! Reserve it!
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Student Haus is a Student Property (HMO) Management and Letting Agent, helping students and landlords in Salford, Manchester & Bolton with their accommodation needs. Visit our website for more student homes www.student-haus.com
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